Combined marine proxy and pollen analyses reveal rapid Iberian vegetation response to North Atlantic

KH Roucoux*, NJ Shackleton, L de Abreu, J Schonfeld, PC Tzedakis

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    Abstract

    A deep-sea sediment core from the western Portuguese margin has provided a continuous, high-resolution record of millennial-scale climatic oscillations during the interval 9000-65,000 yr B.P. Pollen analysis of the same sequence allows direct, in situ assessment of the phase relationship between the North Atlantic climate system and vegetation changes on the adjacent landmass. This demonstrates for the first time that variability in NW Iberian tree population size closely tracked millennial-scale climate variability. (C) 2001 University of Washington.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)128-132
    Number of pages5
    JournalQuaternary Research
    Volume56
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2001

    Keywords

    • marine palynology
    • marine isotope stage 3
    • Portuguese margin
    • North Atlantic
    • land-sea correlation
    • LAST GLACIAL PERIOD
    • GREENLAND ICE
    • CLIMATE
    • RECORD
    • PORTUGAL
    • MARGIN
    • INSTABILITY
    • EVENTS
    • OCEAN
    • CORE

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