Chironomid-inferred late-glacial air temperatures at Whitrig Bog, southeast Scotland

• Main Authors: Brooks, SJ, Birks, HJB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD 2000
• Subjects: mean July temperature; late-glacial; Chironomidae; Scotland; weighted-averaging partial least squares; ICE-CORE RECORD; LATEGLACIAL PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORD; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES; WESTERN NORWAY; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; NORTHERN EUROPE; EARLY-HOLOCENE; YOUNGER DRYAS; KRAKENES LAKE; SE SCOTLAND; Krakenes; Norway; ice core
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/162053/

This paper presents the first chironomid-inferred mean July air temperature reconstruction for the Late-glacial in Britain. The reconstruction suggests that the thermal maximum occurred early in the interstadial, with temperatures reaching about 12 degreesC. There was then a gradual downward trend t...