Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway
One of the most reliable proofs of terrestrial ice-free conditions within Stadials is the presence of terrestrial vertebrate fauna that require access to vegetation in the winter, for example sedentary birds such as Ptarmigans and herbivorous mammals in particular. The musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) is...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/23489 2023-05-15T16:38:13+02:00 Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway Hufthammer, Anne Karin Nesje, Atle Higham, Thomas F.G. 2020-01-15T10:20:28Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23489 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.032 eng eng Elsevier urn:issn:0031-0182 urn:issn:1872-616X https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23489 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.032 cristin:1689785 Attribution CC BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Copyright 2019 The Author(s) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.032 2023-03-14T17:39:26Z One of the most reliable proofs of terrestrial ice-free conditions within Stadials is the presence of terrestrial vertebrate fauna that require access to vegetation in the winter, for example sedentary birds such as Ptarmigans and herbivorous mammals in particular. The musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) is an example of the latter; modern-day distributions of this species are limited to areas with low snow accumulations. In this paper we discuss the discovery of musk ox bones in Norway. Recently obtained radiocarbon dates on this material demonstrate the presence of this species 41–35 cal kyr B.P. in southern Norway during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3). Furthermore the dates have implications for the interpretation of climate and environmental conditions; indicating the existence of a small ice cap in the mountains and climate and vegetation supporting a large mammal fauna in South Norway at that time. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice cap musk ox ovibos moschatus University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Norway Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 524 62 69 |
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One of the most reliable proofs of terrestrial ice-free conditions within Stadials is the presence of terrestrial vertebrate fauna that require access to vegetation in the winter, for example sedentary birds such as Ptarmigans and herbivorous mammals in particular. The musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) is an example of the latter; modern-day distributions of this species are limited to areas with low snow accumulations. In this paper we discuss the discovery of musk ox bones in Norway. Recently obtained radiocarbon dates on this material demonstrate the presence of this species 41–35 cal kyr B.P. in southern Norway during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3). Furthermore the dates have implications for the interpretation of climate and environmental conditions; indicating the existence of a small ice cap in the mountains and climate and vegetation supporting a large mammal fauna in South Norway at that time. publishedVersion |
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Hufthammer, Anne Karin Nesje, Atle Higham, Thomas F.G. Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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Hufthammer, Anne Karin Nesje, Atle Higham, Thomas F.G. |
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Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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Radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late Marine Isotope Stage 3 in central South Norway |
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radiocarbon dates of two musk ox vertebrae reveal ice-free conditions during late marine isotope stage 3 in central south norway |
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