Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits
International audience Ice core and marine archives provide detailed quantitative records of last glacial climate changes, whereas comparable terrestrial records from the mid-latitudes remain scarce. Here we quantify warm season land-surface temperatures and precipitation over millennial timescales...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-03871063v1 2023-05-15T16:29:15+02:00 Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits Prud’homme, Charlotte Fischer, Peter Jöris, Olaf Gromov, Sergey Vinnepand, Mathias Hatté, Christine Vonhof, Hubert Moine, Olivier Vött, Andreas Fitzsimmons, Kathryn Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie (GEOTRAC) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (LGP) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2022-11-21 https://hal.science/hal-03871063 https://hal.science/hal-03871063/document https://hal.science/hal-03871063/file/s43247-022-00595-3.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3 hal-03871063 https://hal.science/hal-03871063 https://hal.science/hal-03871063/document https://hal.science/hal-03871063/file/s43247-022-00595-3.pdf doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2662-4435 Communications Earth & Environment https://hal.science/hal-03871063 Communications Earth & Environment, 2022, 3 (1), pp.267. ⟨10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3⟩ Rhine Valley loess-palaeosol-sequences central Europe glacial climate changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00595-3 2023-03-08T01:08:51Z International audience Ice core and marine archives provide detailed quantitative records of last glacial climate changes, whereas comparable terrestrial records from the mid-latitudes remain scarce. Here we quantify warm season land-surface temperatures and precipitation over millennial timescales for central Europe for the period spanning 45,000-22,000 years before present that derive from two temporally overlapping loess-palaeosol-sequences, dated at high resolution by radiocarbon on earthworm calcite granules. Interstadial temperatures were 1-4 °C warmer than stadial climate, a temperature difference which is strongly attenuated compared to Greenland records. We show that climate in the Rhine Valley was significantly cooler during the warm season and overall drier with annual precipitation values reduced by up to 70% compared to the present day. We combine quantitative estimates with mesoscale wind and moisture transport modelling demonstrating that this region was dominated by westerlies and thereby inextricably linked to North Atlantic climate forcing, although ameliorated. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland ice core North Atlantic Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Greenland Communications Earth & Environment 3 1 |
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Rhine Valley loess-palaeosol-sequences central Europe glacial climate changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment Prud’homme, Charlotte Fischer, Peter Jöris, Olaf Gromov, Sergey Vinnepand, Mathias Hatté, Christine Vonhof, Hubert Moine, Olivier Vött, Andreas Fitzsimmons, Kathryn Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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International audience Ice core and marine archives provide detailed quantitative records of last glacial climate changes, whereas comparable terrestrial records from the mid-latitudes remain scarce. Here we quantify warm season land-surface temperatures and precipitation over millennial timescales for central Europe for the period spanning 45,000-22,000 years before present that derive from two temporally overlapping loess-palaeosol-sequences, dated at high resolution by radiocarbon on earthworm calcite granules. Interstadial temperatures were 1-4 °C warmer than stadial climate, a temperature difference which is strongly attenuated compared to Greenland records. We show that climate in the Rhine Valley was significantly cooler during the warm season and overall drier with annual precipitation values reduced by up to 70% compared to the present day. We combine quantitative estimates with mesoscale wind and moisture transport modelling demonstrating that this region was dominated by westerlies and thereby inextricably linked to North Atlantic climate forcing, although ameliorated. |
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie (GEOTRAC) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (LGP) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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Millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central Europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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millennial-timescale quantitative estimates of climate dynamics in central europe from earthworm calcite granules in loess deposits |
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