Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe
Marine localities on the west European shelf have been studied to reconstruct the nearshore palaeoceanography of the last two millennia. The sites form a transect from the Iberian margin northeastward via Scotland to western Norway and Iceland. Proxies used for palaeoclimatic reconstructions include...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/c0f81344-4792-4e92-a3f7-22beb8f9460b 2024-06-23T07:53:24+00:00 Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe Eiriksson, Jon Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga Bara Cage, Alix G. Gudmundsdottir, Esther Ruth Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe Marret, Fabienne Rodrigues, Teresa Abrantes, Fatima Austin, William E. N. Jiang, Hui Knudsen, Karen-Luise Sejrup, Hans-Petter 2006-11 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/variability-of-the-north-atlantic-current-during-the-last-2000-years-based-on-shelf-bottom-water-and-sea-surface-temperatures-along-an-open-oceanshallow-marine-transect-in-western-europe(c0f81344-4792-4e92-a3f7-22beb8f9460b).html https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683606hl991rp http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947213251&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/variability-of-the-north-atlantic-current-during-the-last-2000-years-based-on-shelf-bottom-water-and-sea-surface-temperatures-along-an-open-oceanshallow-marine-transect-in-western-europe(c0f81344-4792-4e92-a3f7-22beb8f9460b).html info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Eiriksson , J , Bartels-Jonsdottir , H B , Cage , A G , Gudmundsdottir , E R , Klitgaard-Kristensen , D , Marret , F , Rodrigues , T , Abrantes , F , Austin , W E N , Jiang , H , Knudsen , K-L & Sejrup , H-P 2006 , ' Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe ' , The Holocene , vol. 16 , pp. 1017-1029 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683606hl991rp North Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature climate variability palaeoceanography North Atlantic Current Holocene HOLSMEER project DINOFLAGELLATE CYST ASSEMBLAGES GREENLAND ICE CORE PAST 1000 YEARS LATE-HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES STABLE-ISOTOPES ICELANDIC SHELF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA article 2006 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683606hl991rp 2024-06-13T00:24:00Z Marine localities on the west European shelf have been studied to reconstruct the nearshore palaeoceanography of the last two millennia. The sites form a transect from the Iberian margin northeastward via Scotland to western Norway and Iceland. Proxies used for palaeoclimatic reconstructions include stable isotopes, benthic and planktonic foraminfera, diatoms, dinoflagellates, as well as geochemical and sedimentological parameters. Major changes as well as long-term trends in oceanographic conditions are observed in the records, including a general cooling trend through much of the last millennium. There is a clear linkage between the atmospheric processes and the oceanic circulation, and the ocean temperature variability in the records can be correlated with the so-called 'Mediaeval Warm Period' and 'Little Ice Age'. These oscillations are, however, by no means unique within the last two millennia. As an example, sea surface temperatures to the north of Iceland and on the Iberian margin were higher in the Roman Warm Period than at any time during the 'Mediaeval Warm Period'. However, the palaeoceanographic record generally supports a distinct cooling at the transition between the 'Mediaeval Warm Period' and the 'Little Ice Age'. While a number of records indicate a warming of coastal and shelf waters during the last 200 years, the twentieth century does not appear to be unusual when the proxy records spanning the last two millennia are examined. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice core ice core Iceland north atlantic current North Atlantic University of St Andrews: Research Portal Greenland Norway The Holocene 16 7 1017 1029 |
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North Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature climate variability palaeoceanography North Atlantic Current Holocene HOLSMEER project DINOFLAGELLATE CYST ASSEMBLAGES GREENLAND ICE CORE PAST 1000 YEARS LATE-HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES STABLE-ISOTOPES ICELANDIC SHELF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA |
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North Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature climate variability palaeoceanography North Atlantic Current Holocene HOLSMEER project DINOFLAGELLATE CYST ASSEMBLAGES GREENLAND ICE CORE PAST 1000 YEARS LATE-HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES STABLE-ISOTOPES ICELANDIC SHELF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA Eiriksson, Jon Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga Bara Cage, Alix G. Gudmundsdottir, Esther Ruth Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe Marret, Fabienne Rodrigues, Teresa Abrantes, Fatima Austin, William E. N. Jiang, Hui Knudsen, Karen-Luise Sejrup, Hans-Petter Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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North Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperature climate variability palaeoceanography North Atlantic Current Holocene HOLSMEER project DINOFLAGELLATE CYST ASSEMBLAGES GREENLAND ICE CORE PAST 1000 YEARS LATE-HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES STABLE-ISOTOPES ICELANDIC SHELF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA |
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Marine localities on the west European shelf have been studied to reconstruct the nearshore palaeoceanography of the last two millennia. The sites form a transect from the Iberian margin northeastward via Scotland to western Norway and Iceland. Proxies used for palaeoclimatic reconstructions include stable isotopes, benthic and planktonic foraminfera, diatoms, dinoflagellates, as well as geochemical and sedimentological parameters. Major changes as well as long-term trends in oceanographic conditions are observed in the records, including a general cooling trend through much of the last millennium. There is a clear linkage between the atmospheric processes and the oceanic circulation, and the ocean temperature variability in the records can be correlated with the so-called 'Mediaeval Warm Period' and 'Little Ice Age'. These oscillations are, however, by no means unique within the last two millennia. As an example, sea surface temperatures to the north of Iceland and on the Iberian margin were higher in the Roman Warm Period than at any time during the 'Mediaeval Warm Period'. However, the palaeoceanographic record generally supports a distinct cooling at the transition between the 'Mediaeval Warm Period' and the 'Little Ice Age'. While a number of records indicate a warming of coastal and shelf waters during the last 200 years, the twentieth century does not appear to be unusual when the proxy records spanning the last two millennia are examined. |
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Eiriksson, Jon Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga Bara Cage, Alix G. Gudmundsdottir, Esther Ruth Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe Marret, Fabienne Rodrigues, Teresa Abrantes, Fatima Austin, William E. N. Jiang, Hui Knudsen, Karen-Luise Sejrup, Hans-Petter |
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Eiriksson, Jon Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga Bara Cage, Alix G. Gudmundsdottir, Esther Ruth Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe Marret, Fabienne Rodrigues, Teresa Abrantes, Fatima Austin, William E. N. Jiang, Hui Knudsen, Karen-Luise Sejrup, Hans-Petter |
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Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe |
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variability of the north atlantic current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western europe |
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Eiriksson , J , Bartels-Jonsdottir , H B , Cage , A G , Gudmundsdottir , E R , Klitgaard-Kristensen , D , Marret , F , Rodrigues , T , Abrantes , F , Austin , W E N , Jiang , H , Knudsen , K-L & Sejrup , H-P 2006 , ' Variability of the North Atlantic Current during the last 2000 years based on shelf bottom water and sea surface temperatures along an open ocean/shallow marine transect in western Europe ' , The Holocene , vol. 16 , pp. 1017-1029 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683606hl991rp |
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