Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire
While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110-30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient det...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-161654 2023-10-09T21:49:17+02:00 Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire Buckland, Philip I. Bateman, Mark D. Bennike, Ole Buckland, Paul C. Chase, Brian M. Frederick, Charles Greenwood, Malcolm Murton, Julian Murton, Della Panagiotakopulu, Eva 2019 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161654 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190577 eng eng Umeå universitet, Miljöarkeologiska laboratoriet Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK GEUS Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, ØsterVoldgade 10, Copenhagen 1350, Denmark Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution-Montpellier (ISEM), Universite´ de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Bat 22, CC061, Place Euge`ne Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France 6Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Leics LE11 3TU, UK Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK Royal Society Publishing Royal Society Open Science, 2019, 6:7, orcid:0000-0002-2430-0839 orcid:0000-0003-1756-6046 orcid:0000-0002-5486-9946 orcid:0000-0001-6987-1291 orcid:0000-0002-5955-2411 orcid:0000-0002-9469-5856 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161654 doi:10.1098/rsos.190577 PMID 31417753 ISI:000479146300070 Scopus 2-s2.0-85070735241 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess mid-Devensian Vale of York plant macrofossils Trichoptera Coleoptera periglaciation Geology Geologi Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Ecology Ekologi Climate Research Klimatforskning Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2019 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190577 2023-09-22T13:57:32Z While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110-30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient detail for confirmation from sites in the British Isles. Data from deposits at Finningley, South Yorkshire, can help redress this. A channel with organic silts, dated 40 314-39 552 cal a BP, contained plant macrofossil and insect remains showing tundra with dwarf-shrub heath and bare ground. Soil moisture conditions varied from free draining to riparian, with ponds and wetter vegetated areas. The climate was probably low arctic with snow cover during the winter. Mutual climatic range (MCR), based on Coleoptera, shows the mean monthly winter temperatures of -22 to -2 degrees C and summer ones of 8-14 degrees C. Periglacial structures within the basal gravel deposits and beyond the glacial limits indicate cold-climate conditions, including permafrost. A compilation of MCR reconstructions for other Middle Devensian English sites shows that marine isotope stage 3-between 59 and 28 ka-experienced substantial variation in climate consistent with the Greenland ice-core record. The exact correlation is hampered by temporal resolution, but the Finningley site stadial at approximately 40 ka may correlate with the one of the Greenland stadials 7-11. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Greenland ice core Ice ice core permafrost Tundra Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Greenland Royal Society Open Science 6 7 190577 |
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mid-Devensian Vale of York plant macrofossils Trichoptera Coleoptera periglaciation Geology Geologi Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Ecology Ekologi Climate Research Klimatforskning Buckland, Philip I. Bateman, Mark D. Bennike, Ole Buckland, Paul C. Chase, Brian M. Frederick, Charles Greenwood, Malcolm Murton, Julian Murton, Della Panagiotakopulu, Eva Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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While there is extensive evidence for the Late Devensian, less is known about Early and Middle Devensian (approx. 110-30 ka) climates and environments in the UK. The Greenland ice-core record suggests the UK should have endured multiple changes, but the terrestrial palaeo-record lacks sufficient detail for confirmation from sites in the British Isles. Data from deposits at Finningley, South Yorkshire, can help redress this. A channel with organic silts, dated 40 314-39 552 cal a BP, contained plant macrofossil and insect remains showing tundra with dwarf-shrub heath and bare ground. Soil moisture conditions varied from free draining to riparian, with ponds and wetter vegetated areas. The climate was probably low arctic with snow cover during the winter. Mutual climatic range (MCR), based on Coleoptera, shows the mean monthly winter temperatures of -22 to -2 degrees C and summer ones of 8-14 degrees C. Periglacial structures within the basal gravel deposits and beyond the glacial limits indicate cold-climate conditions, including permafrost. A compilation of MCR reconstructions for other Middle Devensian English sites shows that marine isotope stage 3-between 59 and 28 ka-experienced substantial variation in climate consistent with the Greenland ice-core record. The exact correlation is hampered by temporal resolution, but the Finningley site stadial at approximately 40 ka may correlate with the one of the Greenland stadials 7-11. |
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Buckland, Philip I. Bateman, Mark D. Bennike, Ole Buckland, Paul C. Chase, Brian M. Frederick, Charles Greenwood, Malcolm Murton, Julian Murton, Della Panagiotakopulu, Eva |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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Mid-Devensian climate and landscape in England : new data from Finningley, South Yorkshire |
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mid-devensian climate and landscape in england : new data from finningley, south yorkshire |
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Umeå universitet, Miljöarkeologiska laboratoriet |
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