Paleoclimate records from maar Monticchio ...

• Main Authors: Allen, Judy R M, Brandt, Ute, Brauer, Achim, Huntley, Brian, Keller, Jörg, Kraml, Michael, Mackensen, Andreas, Mingram, Jens, Negendank, Jörg F W, Nowaczyk, Norbert R, Watts, William A, Wulf, Sabine, Zolitschka, Bernd, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang, Oberhänsli, Hedi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1999
• Subjects: Core drilling; Piston corer BGR type; M25/4; Meteor 1986; Greenland; Greenland ice core; Greenland ice cores; ice core; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.707088; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.707088

Oxygen-isotope records from Greenland ice cores indicate numerous rapid climate fluctuations during the last glacial period. North Atlantic marine sediment cores show comparable variability in sea surface temperature and the deposition of icerafted debris. In contrast, very few continental records of this time period provide the temporal resolution and environmental sensitivity necessary to reveal the extent and effects of these environmental fluctuations on the continents. Here we present high-resolution geochemical, physical and pollen data from lake sediments in Italy and from a Mediterranean sediment core, linked by a common tephrochronology. Our lacustrine sequence extends to the past 102,000 years. Many of its features correlate well with the Greenland ice-core records, demonstrating that the closely coupled ocean-atmosphere system of the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial extended its influence at least as far as the central Mediterranean region. Numerous vegetation changes were rapid, ... : Supplement to: Allen, Judy R M; Brandt, Ute; Brauer, Achim; Huntley, Brian; Keller, Jörg; Kraml, Michael; Mackensen, Andreas; Mingram, Jens; Negendank, Jörg F W; Nowaczyk, Norbert R; Watts, William A; Wulf, Sabine; Zolitschka, Bernd; Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang; Oberhänsli, Hedi (1999): Rapid environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period. Nature, 400(6746), 740-743 ...