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Marine evidence for climatic instability during the last interglacial in shelf records from northwest Europe
Author(s) -
Seidenkrantz MaritSolveig,
Kristensen Peter,
Knudsen Karen Luise
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390100108
Subject(s) - eemian , interglacial , oceanography , geology , benthic zone , climatology , continental shelf , ice sheet , glacial period , paleontology
Abstract Data from the Greenland ice sheet and continental records from Europe have indicated climatic fluctuations during the last interglacial (Eemian: Oxygen Isotope Substage 5e). Similar fluctuations have not, however, been documented previously from marine environments. Here, we show the existence of two cold events during substage 5e in two marine, benthic foraminiferal, shelf records from northwest Europe and suggest that these cooling events are a result of fluctuations in the strength of the North Atlantic surface‐water circulation.