Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe
The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchrono...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/421460 2023-11-12T04:22:11+01:00 Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe Engels, Stefan Lane, Christine S. Haliuc, Aritina Hoek, Wim Z. Muschitiello, Francesco Baneschi, Ilaria Bouwman, Annerieke Bronk Ramsey, Christopher Collins, James de Bruijn, Renee Heiri, Oliver Hubay, Katalin Jones, Gwydion Laug, Andreas Merkt, Josef Müller, Meike Peters, Tom Peterse, Francien Staff, Richard A. ter Schure, Anneke T. M. Turner, Falko van den Bos, Valerie Wagner-Cremer, Frederike Geomorfologie Coastal dynamics, Fluvial systems and Global change Organic geochemistry Palaeo-ecologie Organic geochemistry & molecular biogeology 2022-12 application/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/421460 en eng 2662-4435 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/421460 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Article 2022 ftunivutrecht 2023-11-01T23:28:37Z The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchronous, or whether regional or time-transgressive lags existed. Here we use new palynological results from a robustly dated lake sediment sequence retrieved from lake Hämelsee (north Germany) to show that vegetation change started at 12,820 cal. yr BP, concurrent with the onset of changes in local climate. A comparison of the Hämelsee results to a compilation of precisely dated palynological records shows instant and, within decadal-scale dating uncertainty, synchronous response of the terrestrial plant community to Late-Glacial climate change across northwest Europe. The results indicate that the environmental impact of climate cooling was more severe than previously thought and illustrates the sensitivity of natural terrestrial ecosystems to external forcing. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Utrecht University Repository |
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The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchronous, or whether regional or time-transgressive lags existed. Here we use new palynological results from a robustly dated lake sediment sequence retrieved from lake Hämelsee (north Germany) to show that vegetation change started at 12,820 cal. yr BP, concurrent with the onset of changes in local climate. A comparison of the Hämelsee results to a compilation of precisely dated palynological records shows instant and, within decadal-scale dating uncertainty, synchronous response of the terrestrial plant community to Late-Glacial climate change across northwest Europe. The results indicate that the environmental impact of climate cooling was more severe than previously thought and illustrates the sensitivity of natural terrestrial ecosystems to external forcing. |
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Geomorfologie Coastal dynamics, Fluvial systems and Global change Organic geochemistry Palaeo-ecologie Organic geochemistry & molecular biogeology |
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Engels, Stefan Lane, Christine S. Haliuc, Aritina Hoek, Wim Z. Muschitiello, Francesco Baneschi, Ilaria Bouwman, Annerieke Bronk Ramsey, Christopher Collins, James de Bruijn, Renee Heiri, Oliver Hubay, Katalin Jones, Gwydion Laug, Andreas Merkt, Josef Müller, Meike Peters, Tom Peterse, Francien Staff, Richard A. ter Schure, Anneke T. M. Turner, Falko van den Bos, Valerie Wagner-Cremer, Frederike |
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Engels, Stefan Lane, Christine S. Haliuc, Aritina Hoek, Wim Z. Muschitiello, Francesco Baneschi, Ilaria Bouwman, Annerieke Bronk Ramsey, Christopher Collins, James de Bruijn, Renee Heiri, Oliver Hubay, Katalin Jones, Gwydion Laug, Andreas Merkt, Josef Müller, Meike Peters, Tom Peterse, Francien Staff, Richard A. ter Schure, Anneke T. M. Turner, Falko van den Bos, Valerie Wagner-Cremer, Frederike Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Engels, Stefan Lane, Christine S. Haliuc, Aritina Hoek, Wim Z. Muschitiello, Francesco Baneschi, Ilaria Bouwman, Annerieke Bronk Ramsey, Christopher Collins, James de Bruijn, Renee Heiri, Oliver Hubay, Katalin Jones, Gwydion Laug, Andreas Merkt, Josef Müller, Meike Peters, Tom Peterse, Francien Staff, Richard A. ter Schure, Anneke T. M. Turner, Falko van den Bos, Valerie Wagner-Cremer, Frederike |
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Engels, Stefan |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest europe |
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