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The Younger Dryas cooling 12,700 years ago is one of the most abrupt climate changes observed in Northern Hemisphere palaeoclimate records1–4. Annually laminated lake sediments are ideally suited to record the dynamics of such abrupt changes, as the seasonal deposition responds immediately to climat...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.601.1203 2023-05-15T17:32:24+02:00 LETTERS An abrupt wind shift in western Europe at Achim Brauer Gerald H. Haug Peter Dulski Daniel M. Sigman Jörg F. W. Negendank The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2008 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.601.1203 http://www.climategeology.ethz.ch/publications/2008_Brauer_et_al.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.601.1203 http://www.climategeology.ethz.ch/publications/2008_Brauer_et_al.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.climategeology.ethz.ch/publications/2008_Brauer_et_al.pdf text 2008 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T14:02:28Z The Younger Dryas cooling 12,700 years ago is one of the most abrupt climate changes observed in Northern Hemisphere palaeoclimate records1–4. Annually laminated lake sediments are ideally suited to record the dynamics of such abrupt changes, as the seasonal deposition responds immediately to climate, and the varve counts provide an accurate estimate of the timing of the change. Here, we present sub-annual records of varve microfacies and geochemistry from Lake Meerfelder Maar in western Germany, providing one of the best dated records of this climate transition5. Our data indicate an abrupt increase in storminess during the autumn to spring seasons, occurring from one year to the next at 12,679 yr BP, broadly coincidentwith other changes in this region.We suggest that this shift in wind strength represents an abrupt change in the North Atlantic westerlies towards a stronger and more zonal jet. Changes in meridional Text North Atlantic Unknown |
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The Younger Dryas cooling 12,700 years ago is one of the most abrupt climate changes observed in Northern Hemisphere palaeoclimate records1–4. Annually laminated lake sediments are ideally suited to record the dynamics of such abrupt changes, as the seasonal deposition responds immediately to climate, and the varve counts provide an accurate estimate of the timing of the change. Here, we present sub-annual records of varve microfacies and geochemistry from Lake Meerfelder Maar in western Germany, providing one of the best dated records of this climate transition5. Our data indicate an abrupt increase in storminess during the autumn to spring seasons, occurring from one year to the next at 12,679 yr BP, broadly coincidentwith other changes in this region.We suggest that this shift in wind strength represents an abrupt change in the North Atlantic westerlies towards a stronger and more zonal jet. Changes in meridional |
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