The 8.2
kyr Holocene thermal maximum is thought to have been buffered by the presence of the Laurentide ice sheet in the northern hemisphere.
The 8.2
kyr Holocene thermal maximum is thought to have been buffered by the presence of the Laurentide ice sheet in the northern hemisphere.
Not exact matches
In comparison, stages 9 and 5 remained below 3.6 o / oo for 13 and 12
kyr, respectively, and the
Holocene interglacial has lasted 11
kyr so far.
As for the «not stable environment» bit, I think thats wrong: the
holocene (last 10
kyr) * has * been fairly stable, and the rise of civilisation is sometimes attributed to that — William]
The 14C ages were corrected for mass - dependent fractionation with measured δ13C values, 33 and compared with samples of Pleistocene whale bone or calcite (backgrounds, > 48 14C
kyr BP), late
Holocene bison bone (∼ 1,850 14C BP), late AD 1800s cow bone and OX - 2 oxalic acid standards for calibration.
Short - term events within the
Holocene interglacial period include the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), Roman Warm Period (RWP), Little Ice Age (LIA), and other cool events such as 4.2, 5.9, 7.2 and 8.2
kyr events.
As for the «not stable environment» bit, I think thats wrong: the
holocene (last 10
kyr) * has * been fairly stable, and the rise of civilisation is sometimes attributed to that — William]
This slow decline in the 10
kyr after the initial peak is in contrast to the slowly increasing CO2 levels in the
Holocene and the even slower increase in MIS 11, despite the similar orbital configuration of these three periods.
Atmospheric CO2 concentration was about 260 ppm at its
Holocene minimum around 8
kyr BP and increased towards about 280 ppm in the pre-industrial period.
In comparison, stages 9 and 5 remained below 3.6 o / oo for 13 and 12
kyr, respectively, and the
Holocene interglacial has lasted 11
kyr so far.
Table 1 summarizes mean variation rates of temperature, sea level and GHG concentrations during (A) the last termination (19 — 10
kyr), (B) the
Holocene (10
kyr to mid-19th century), (C) mid-19th century to mid-1970s, and (D) mid-1970s to 2005, based on ice core studies [2], IPCC - 2001 and IPCC - 2007 [3], NASA - GISS [4], CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research [5], UK Meteorological Office [6] datasets and science journals.