Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England
European paleoenvironmental records through the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT; ca 16-8 cal ka BP) record a series of climatic events occurring over decadal to multi-centennial timescales. Changes in components of the climatic system other than temperature (e.g. hydrology) through the LG...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:225784 2023-05-15T17:34:31+02:00 Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England Lincoln, Paul C. Matthews, Ian P. Palmer, Adrian P. Blockley, Simon P.E. Staff, Richard A. Candy, Ian 2020-12-01 text http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/225784/ http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/225784/1/225784.pdf en eng Elsevier http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/225784/1/225784.pdf Lincoln, P. C., Matthews, I. P., Palmer, A. P., Blockley, S. P.E., Staff, R. A. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/38602.html> and Candy, I. (2020) Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England. Quaternary Science Reviews <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Quaternary_Science_Reviews.html>, 249, 106630. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106630 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106630>) cc_by_nc_nd_4 CC-BY-NC-ND Articles PeerReviewed 2020 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106630 2021-10-14T22:10:08Z European paleoenvironmental records through the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT; ca 16-8 cal ka BP) record a series of climatic events occurring over decadal to multi-centennial timescales. Changes in components of the climatic system other than temperature (e.g. hydrology) through the LGIT are relatively poorly understood however, and further records of hydroclimatic changes are required in order to develop a more complete understanding on the phasing of environmental and anthropogenic responses in Europe to abrupt climate change. Here, we present a multiproxy palaeoenvironmental record (macroscale and microscale sedimentology, macrofossils, and carbonate stable isotopes) from a palaeolake sequence in the Vale of Pickering (VoP), NE England, which enables the reconstruction of hydroclimatic changes constrained by a radiocarbon-based chronology. Relative lake-level changes in the VoP occurred in close association (although not necessarily in phase) to threshold shifts across abrupt climate change transitions, most notably lowering during cooling intervals of the LGIT (∼GI-1d, ∼GI-1b, and ∼GS-1). This reflects more arid hydroclimates associated with these cooling episodes in the British Isles. Comparisons to hydrological records elsewhere in Europe show a latitudinal bifurcation, with Northern Europe (50–60°N) becoming more arid (humid), and Southern Europe (40–50°N) becoming more humid (arid) in response to these cooling (warming) intervals. We attribute these bifurcating signals to the relative positions of the Atlantic storm tracks, sea-ice margin, and North Atlantic Polar Front (NAPF) during the climatic events of the LGIT. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Sea ice University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Quaternary Science Reviews 249 106630 |
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European paleoenvironmental records through the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT; ca 16-8 cal ka BP) record a series of climatic events occurring over decadal to multi-centennial timescales. Changes in components of the climatic system other than temperature (e.g. hydrology) through the LGIT are relatively poorly understood however, and further records of hydroclimatic changes are required in order to develop a more complete understanding on the phasing of environmental and anthropogenic responses in Europe to abrupt climate change. Here, we present a multiproxy palaeoenvironmental record (macroscale and microscale sedimentology, macrofossils, and carbonate stable isotopes) from a palaeolake sequence in the Vale of Pickering (VoP), NE England, which enables the reconstruction of hydroclimatic changes constrained by a radiocarbon-based chronology. Relative lake-level changes in the VoP occurred in close association (although not necessarily in phase) to threshold shifts across abrupt climate change transitions, most notably lowering during cooling intervals of the LGIT (∼GI-1d, ∼GI-1b, and ∼GS-1). This reflects more arid hydroclimates associated with these cooling episodes in the British Isles. Comparisons to hydrological records elsewhere in Europe show a latitudinal bifurcation, with Northern Europe (50–60°N) becoming more arid (humid), and Southern Europe (40–50°N) becoming more humid (arid) in response to these cooling (warming) intervals. We attribute these bifurcating signals to the relative positions of the Atlantic storm tracks, sea-ice margin, and North Atlantic Polar Front (NAPF) during the climatic events of the LGIT. |
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Lincoln, Paul C. Matthews, Ian P. Palmer, Adrian P. Blockley, Simon P.E. Staff, Richard A. Candy, Ian Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England |
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hydroclimatic changes in the british isles through the last-glacial-interglacial transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the vale of pickering, ne england |
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http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/225784/1/225784.pdf Lincoln, P. C., Matthews, I. P., Palmer, A. P., Blockley, S. P.E., Staff, R. A. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/38602.html> and Candy, I. (2020) Hydroclimatic changes in the British Isles through the Last-Glacial-Interglacial Transition: multiproxy reconstructions from the Vale of Pickering, NE England. Quaternary Science Reviews <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Quaternary_Science_Reviews.html>, 249, 106630. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106630 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106630>) |
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