The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation
This paper summarizes the results of studies of the Late Weichselian periglacial environments carried out in key areas of northern Eurasia by several QUEEN teams (European Science Foundation (ESF) programme: "Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North"). The palaeoglaciological boundary...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:57416c7a-6244-4713-a3cc-aa66ca7f5eb1 2023-05-15T15:12:48+02:00 The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation Hubberten, HW Andreev, A Astakhov, VI Demidov, I Dowdeswell, JA Henriksen, M Hjort, Christian Houmark-Nielsen, M Jakobsson, M Kuzmina, S Larsen, E Lunkka, JP Lysa, A Mangerud, J Möller, Per Saarnisto, M Schirrmeister, L Sher, AV Siegert, C Siegert, MJ Svendsen, JI 2004 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/275039 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.012 eng eng Elsevier https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/275039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.012 wos:000222108400006 scopus:2642517383 Quaternary Science Reviews; 23(11-13), pp 1333-1357 (2004) ISSN: 0277-3791 Geology contributiontojournal/systematicreview info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2004 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.012 2023-02-01T23:28:44Z This paper summarizes the results of studies of the Late Weichselian periglacial environments carried out in key areas of northern Eurasia by several QUEEN teams (European Science Foundation (ESF) programme: "Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North"). The palaeoglaciological boundary conditions are defined by geological data on timing and extent of the last glaciation obtained in the course of the EU funded project "Eurasian Ice Sheets". These data prove beyond any doubt, that with the exception of the northwestern fringe of the Taymyr Peninsula, the rest of the Eurasian mainland and Severnaya Zemlya were not affected by the Barents-Kara Sea fee Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Inversed modelling based on these results shows that a progressive cooling which started around 30 ka BP, caused ice growth in Scandinavia and the northwestern areas of the Barents-Kara Sea shelf, due to a maritime climate with relatively high precipitation along the western flank of the developing ice sheets. In the rest of the Eurasian Arctic extremely low precipitation rates (less than 50 mm yr(-1)), did not allow ice sheet growth in spite of the very cold temperatures. Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental conditions for the time prior to, during, and after the LGM have been reconstructed for the non-glaciated areas around the LGM ice sheet with the use of faunal and vegetation records, permafrost, eolian sediments, alluvial deposits and other evidences. The changing environment, from interstadial conditions around 30 ka BP to a much colder and drier environment at the culmination of the LGM at 20-15 ka BP, and the beginning of warming around 15 ka BP have been elaborated from the field data, which fits well with the modelling results. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ice Ice Sheet Kara Sea permafrost Severnaya Zemlya Taymyr Taymyr Peninsula Lund University Publications (LUP) Arctic Kara Sea Severnaya Zemlya ENVELOPE(98.000,98.000,79.500,79.500) Taymyr ENVELOPE(89.987,89.987,68.219,68.219) Quaternary Science Reviews 23 11-13 1333 1357 |
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This paper summarizes the results of studies of the Late Weichselian periglacial environments carried out in key areas of northern Eurasia by several QUEEN teams (European Science Foundation (ESF) programme: "Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North"). The palaeoglaciological boundary conditions are defined by geological data on timing and extent of the last glaciation obtained in the course of the EU funded project "Eurasian Ice Sheets". These data prove beyond any doubt, that with the exception of the northwestern fringe of the Taymyr Peninsula, the rest of the Eurasian mainland and Severnaya Zemlya were not affected by the Barents-Kara Sea fee Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Inversed modelling based on these results shows that a progressive cooling which started around 30 ka BP, caused ice growth in Scandinavia and the northwestern areas of the Barents-Kara Sea shelf, due to a maritime climate with relatively high precipitation along the western flank of the developing ice sheets. In the rest of the Eurasian Arctic extremely low precipitation rates (less than 50 mm yr(-1)), did not allow ice sheet growth in spite of the very cold temperatures. Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental conditions for the time prior to, during, and after the LGM have been reconstructed for the non-glaciated areas around the LGM ice sheet with the use of faunal and vegetation records, permafrost, eolian sediments, alluvial deposits and other evidences. The changing environment, from interstadial conditions around 30 ka BP to a much colder and drier environment at the culmination of the LGM at 20-15 ka BP, and the beginning of warming around 15 ka BP have been elaborated from the field data, which fits well with the modelling results. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Hubberten, HW Andreev, A Astakhov, VI Demidov, I Dowdeswell, JA Henriksen, M Hjort, Christian Houmark-Nielsen, M Jakobsson, M Kuzmina, S Larsen, E Lunkka, JP Lysa, A Mangerud, J Möller, Per Saarnisto, M Schirrmeister, L Sher, AV Siegert, C Siegert, MJ Svendsen, JI |
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Hubberten, HW Andreev, A Astakhov, VI Demidov, I Dowdeswell, JA Henriksen, M Hjort, Christian Houmark-Nielsen, M Jakobsson, M Kuzmina, S Larsen, E Lunkka, JP Lysa, A Mangerud, J Möller, Per Saarnisto, M Schirrmeister, L Sher, AV Siegert, C Siegert, MJ Svendsen, JI |
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The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation |
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The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation |
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The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation |
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The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation |
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The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation |
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periglacial climate and environment in northern eurasia during the last glaciation |
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