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Lowe et al. 1994

Lowe, J.J., B. Ammann, H.H. Birks, S. Björck, G.R. Coope, L. Cwynar, J.-L. de Beaulieu, R.J. Mott, D.M. Peteet, and M.J.C. Walker, 1994: Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP-253. J. Quat. Sci., 9, no. 2, 185-198, doi:10.1002/jqs.3390090215.

This paper presents a summary of the evidence for climatic changes during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP) in land areas adjacent to the North Atlantic. It is a synthesis of the results of the 12 regional summaries compiled by contributors to the North Atlantic Seaboard Programme of IGCP-253 that are published separately in this issue of Journal of Quaternary Science. Eighteen palaeotemperature curves are compared and arranged in three transects, one from southern Europe to Spitsbergen, a second from Ireland to Poland, and the third from southern New England to the Labrador-Baffin Shelf area. Ten maps are presented that summarise the synoptic climatic conditions of the region in 500-year time periods. The purpose of the exercise is to examine the extent to which any emerging patterns support the Ruddiman and Mclntyre model of large-scale shifts in the position of the oceanice Polar Front during the last glacial-interglacial transition. Some broad agreement emerges, although the influence of oceanic changes is diminished in areas that lay in close proximity to the Laurentide and Fennoscandian ice sheets. Attention is drawn to limitations in the compilations and to the potential for improved models in the future.

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@article{lo03100n,
  author={Lowe, J. J. and Ammann, B. and Birks, H. H. and Björck, S. and Coope, G. R. and Cwynar, L. and de Beaulieu, J.-L. and Mott, R. J. and Peteet, D. M. and Walker, M. J. C.},
  title={Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP-253},
  year={1994},
  journal={Journal of Quaternary Science},
  volume={9},
  number={2},
  pages={185--198},
  publisher={John Wiley & Sons},
  doi={10.1002/jqs.3390090215},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - lo03100n
AU  - Lowe, J. J.
AU  - Ammann, B.
AU  - Birks, H. H.
AU  - Björck, S.
AU  - Coope, G. R.
AU  - Cwynar, L.
AU  - de Beaulieu, J.-L.
AU  - Mott, R. J.
AU  - Peteet, D. M.
AU  - Walker, M. J. C.
PY  - 1994
TI  - Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial-interglacial transition (14-9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP-253
JA  - J. Quat. Sci.
JO  - Journal of Quaternary Science
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 185
EP  - 198
DO  - 10.1002/jqs.3390090215
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
ER  -

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