Direct comparison of UK temperatures and Greenland snow accumulation rates, 15000—12000 yr ago
Abstract A palaeotemperature record based on fossil coleopteran evidence and dated by accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS) 14 C determinations on plant macrofossils has been obtained for the last glacial‐interglacial transition from the site of Gransmoor in eastern England. Calibration of the radioca...
| Published in: | Journal of Quaternary Science |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1995
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390100207 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.3390100207 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3390100207 |
| Summary: | Abstract A palaeotemperature record based on fossil coleopteran evidence and dated by accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS) 14 C determinations on plant macrofossils has been obtained for the last glacial‐interglacial transition from the site of Gransmoor in eastern England. Calibration of the radiocarbon measurements enabled a direct comparison to be made between this palaeotemperature curve and the snow accumulation record from the GISP‐2 Greenland ice‐core. The similarity between the two data sets suggests a degree of correspondence in the pattern and timing of climatic change in Greenland and the British Isles at the end of the last cold stage. |
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