Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate
Subfossil chironomids in short cores from two lakes in western Iceland were analysed and a chironomidmean July air temperature transfer function applied to produce chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions for the recent past. These reconstructions were compared with local meteorological data...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:MvT7MgJGn_MILWXoFJmGA 2023-05-15T16:44:15+02:00 Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate Holmes, N. 2018-01-15 https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-63-4-2008 https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/63/4/2008/ en eng Copernicus Publications doi:10.5194/gh-63-4-2008 10670/1.l7b4sw 0016-7312 2194-8798 https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/63/4/2008/ undefined Geographica Helvetica - geography eISSN: 2194-8798 envir geo Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-63-4-2008 2023-01-22T19:13:08Z Subfossil chironomids in short cores from two lakes in western Iceland were analysed and a chironomidmean July air temperature transfer function applied to produce chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions for the recent past. These reconstructions were compared with local meteorological data in order to evaluate the technique in Iceland. The chironomidinferred temperature reconstructions showed similar patterns and magnitudes of change to those recorded in the instrumental data, but the chironomid temperature reconstructions slightly underpredicted the observed temperatures. This suggests that the chironomids are able to reconstruct sequence trends of temperature change although the accuracy of the actual figures produced needs to be addressed. Subfossil chironomids in Iceland can be used to reconstruct the relatively small magnitude temperature changes of the last few hundred years, and also the larger magnitude changes experienced earlier in the Holocene. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Unknown Geographica Helvetica 63 1 4 14 |
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Subfossil chironomids in short cores from two lakes in western Iceland were analysed and a chironomidmean July air temperature transfer function applied to produce chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions for the recent past. These reconstructions were compared with local meteorological data in order to evaluate the technique in Iceland. The chironomidinferred temperature reconstructions showed similar patterns and magnitudes of change to those recorded in the instrumental data, but the chironomid temperature reconstructions slightly underpredicted the observed temperatures. This suggests that the chironomids are able to reconstruct sequence trends of temperature change although the accuracy of the actual figures produced needs to be addressed. Subfossil chironomids in Iceland can be used to reconstruct the relatively small magnitude temperature changes of the last few hundred years, and also the larger magnitude changes experienced earlier in the Holocene. |
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Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate |
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Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate |
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Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate |
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Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate |
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Validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in Iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in Holocene climate |
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validation of chironomid-inferred temperature reconstructions in iceland : the potential for reconstructing quantitative changes in holocene climate |
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