Early Weichselian interstadial land biotas at Thule, Northwest Greenland
Allochthonous macroscopic plant and animal remains from a shallow‐water marine deposit from Northwest Greenland, assigned to the Early Weichselian/Wisconsinan, are indicative of arctic biotas dominated by herbaceous plants. The presence of several southern extralimital taxa show that summer temperat...
| Published in: | Boreas |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1992
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1992.tb00019.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1992.tb00019.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1992.tb00019.x |
| Summary: | Allochthonous macroscopic plant and animal remains from a shallow‐water marine deposit from Northwest Greenland, assigned to the Early Weichselian/Wisconsinan, are indicative of arctic biotas dominated by herbaceous plants. The presence of several southern extralimital taxa show that summer temperatures were considerably higher than at present, presumably with a mean July temperature of about 8°C, as compared with c . 4°C at present. |
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