88-2 BTH 19 Nakagawa, Takeshi [53992] ASYNCHRONOUS CLIMATE CHANGES BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION: FULL DESCRIPTION

• Main Author: Pavel E
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AND DE; Fuller; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.211.4773; http://inqua2003.dri.edu/inqua03_abstracts_p231-244.pdf

In the oral symposium we present the results of our high-resolution pollen analytical study of the annually-laminated lacustrine sediments of Lake Suigetsu, Japan, and attempt to provide some explanations of the observed asynchrony in deglacial climate changes between the North Atlantic and Japan. In the limited time allowed for the presentation, however, we can only outline the pollen-based climate reconstruction method employed, and are able to present selected results only. Here we present a fuller description of the method, and illustrate the results of reconstructions attempted for additional climatic parameters. The methodological problems involved will be expanded in open discussion. The poster displays the following information: 1) The principles of the best-modern-analogues technique, 2) The principles of error estimation using Montecarlo simulation, 3) The comprehensiveness of the pollen and climate databases used for climate reconstruction, 4) The distribution of the modern vegetation and climates of Japan 5) Topography of the Lake Suigetsu area, with some landscape photos, 6) Photograph of the Lake Suigetsu core section