An overview of Holocene climate reconstructions in northernmost Fennoscandia: A contribution to the Stone Age Demographics project

• Published in: Septentrio Reports
• Main Author: Sjögren, Per J.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2021
• Subjects: climate change; Fennoscandia; Holocene thermal maximum; Holocene thermal decline; Northern Europe; temperature reconstructions; North Cape; Sene
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SapReps/article/view/5747; https://doi.org/10.7557/7.5747

An overview of climate reconstructions considering summer air temperatures and effective precipitation is provided for northernmost Fennoscandia. During the earliest part of the Holocene (11,700–10,000 cal. BP), temperatures rose rapidly and were followed by mild, wet and variable conditions. An ear...