Direct comparison of UK temperatures and Greenland snow accumulation rates, 15000—12000 yr ago

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Lowe, J. J., Coope, G. R., Sheldrick, C., Harkness, D. D., Walker, M. J. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: GISP; Greenland; Greenland ice core; ice core
• 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

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.