Open AccessDifferent types of ending to the last two interglacials in western Europe
Author(s) -
LEFEBVRE DOMINIQUE
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - eemian , interglacial , geology , period (music) , glacial period , isotopes of oxygen , oceanography , sea level , baltic sea , physical geography , climatology , paleontology , geochemistry , geography , physics , acoustics
Tidal deposits dating from the penultimate interglacial (Oxygen Isotope Stage 7) are preserved on a bank of the River Seine at Tancarville. The foraminiferal assemblages indicate a gradual cooling towards Arctic conditions, which corresponds to the onset of the penultimate cold period. This cooling started before or during the drop in sea level in Europe, in contrast to the situation at the end of the last interglacial (Eemian) when Europe remained warm even during the period of falling sea level.