Climate stability during the Eemian – new pollen evidence from the Nidzica site,northern Poland     

KRZYSZTOF BIŃKA  JERZY NITYCHORUK  JAN DZIERŻEK 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2011,40(2):342-350

Bińka, K., Nitychoruk, J. & Dzier?ek, J. 2010: Climate stability during the Eemian – new pollen evidence from the Nidzica site, northern Poland. Boreas, 10.1111/j.1502‐3885.2010.00179.x. ISSN 0300‐9483 Interglacial sediments at Nidzica, northern Poland were investigated by means of pollen and isotope analysis. These deposits accumulated in an extensive basin through most of the Eemian and Early Weichselian, practically without stratigraphic gaps. Continuous subsidence of the basin floor has resulted in the accumulation of a great thickness of lacustrine sediments, consisting mostly of calcareous gyttja. The course of pollen and isotope curves in the interglacial interval does not indicate the abrupt climatic shifts reported from some other continental climatic archives. Particularly important has been the reconstruction of the final stages of the Eemian, a potential analogue for future climatic change in the late Holocene. At Nidzica, this period is registered as a gradual modification of forest composition, devoid of any pulsations in which temperate forest is followed by terminal, boreal pine–birch communities.  相似文献   

Aeolian construction and alluvial dismantling of a fault‐bounded intracontinental aeolian dune field (Teruel Basin,Spain); a continental perspective on Late Pliocene climate change and variability     

JUAN PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ‐LÓPEZ  CARLOS L. LIESA  JAN VAN DAM  PALOMA LAFUENTE  LUIS ARLEGUI  LOPE EZQUERRO  POPPE L. DE BOER 《Sedimentology》2012,59(5):1536-1567

An aeolian dune field migrating to the east encroached on the toes of alluvial fans in the Teruel Basin (eastern Spain) during a short interval in the Late Pliocene (ca 2·9 to 2·6 Ma), when Northern Hemisphere glaciation and strong glacial–interglacial cycles began. Preservation of the dune field was controlled by syn‐sedimentary activity of a normal fault. Ephemeral water discharge eroded aeolian sands and formed V‐shaped channels in which aeolian sandstone blocks accumulated. The incorporation of loose aeolian sand in wadi waters modified the sediment/water ratio, changing the physical properties of the flows as they penetrated the aeolian dune field. The erosion and cover of aeolian dune foresets by sheetflood deposits suggest that dune‐damming caused the intermittent ponding of water behind the dunes and its flashy release. The arid climate in the Late Pliocene western Mediterranean realm favoured the transport of windblown sediments from northern Africa and western Mediterranean land masses into the Mediterranean. The formation of the studied aeolian dune field (2·9 to 2·6 Ma) and possibly others (for example, the Atacama, Namib and Sahara deserts) correlates with a strong increase of the influence of obliquity, which can be attributed to the combination of a regional expression related to the reduced effect of precession due to a minimum in the long‐period (2·3 Ma) eccentricity cycle and a remote expression of the onset of the Northern Hemisphere glaciation.  相似文献   

The first Holocene relative sea-level curve from the middle part of Hardangerfjorden, western Norway     

ANDERS ROMUNDSET  ØYSTEIN S. LOHNE  JAN MANGERUD  JOHN INGE SVENDSEN 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2010,39(1):87-104

Romundset, A., Lohne, Ø. S., Mangerud, J. & Svendsen, J. I. 2009: The first Holocene relative sea-level curve from the middle part of Hardangerfjorden, western Norway. Boreas , 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00108.x. ISSN 0300-9483.
The first relative sea-level (RSL) curve from the mid-Hardangerfjorden area covering the entire Holocene is presented. The curve is based on a series of AMS ¹⁴C dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils across the isolation level in each of five lakes located between 3.5 and 74.5 m a.s.l. During the first 1200 years, the RSL fell very rapidly from the marine limit at 98 m a.s.l. to 33 m a.s.l., i.e. at a rate of 5.4 cm yr⁻¹. The emergence rate then slowed considerably and was close to standstill 8000–6500 cal. yr BP. However, an emergence of 16.5 m has taken place during the past 6000 years. Radiocarbon dates of terrestrial plant macrofossils from the basal strata in a lake above the marine limit and mollusc shells from glaciomarine silt in the isolation basins yielded a mean age for the local ice-margin retreat of 11 300 cal. yr BP. This verifies that Hardangerfjorden was glaciated during the Younger Dryas – an interpretation that has recently been disputed. The ice margin retreated at a rate of about 300 m yr⁻¹ from the position of the Younger Dryas moraine to this site some 60 km further into the fjord.  相似文献   

Sensitivity of atmosphere–ocean heat exchange and heat content in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea     

CORINNA SCHRUM  JAN O. BACKHAUS 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1999,51(4):526-549

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''Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be ages on the Pomeranian Moraine, Poland'': Reply to comments     

VINCENT R. RINTERKNECHT  LESZEK MARKS  JAN A. PIOTROWSKI  GRANT M. RAISBECK  FRANCOISE YIOU  EDWARD J. BROOK  PETER U. CLARK 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2006,35(3):605-606

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WEATHER,GEOGRAPHY, AND VEHICLE‐RELATED HYPERTHERMIA IN CHILDREN*     

ANDREW GRUNDSTEIN  JAN NULL  VERNON MEENTEMEYER 《Geographical review》2011,101(3):353-370

Vehicle‐related hyperthermia is an unfortunate tragedy that leads to the accidental deaths of children each year. This research utilizes the most extensive dataset of child vehicle‐related hyperthermia deaths in the United States, including 414 deaths between 1998 and 2008. Deaths follow a seasonal pattern, with a peak in July and no deaths in December or January. Also, deaths occurred over a wide range of temperature and radiation levels and across virtually all regions, although most of them took place across the southern United States. In particular, the Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, and Las Vegas metropolitan areas had the greatest number of deaths. We utilize our vehicle hyperthermia index (vhi ) to compare expected deaths versus actual deaths in a metropolitan area, based on the number of children in the area who are under the age of five and on the frequency of hot days in the area. The vhi indicates that the Memphis, West Palm Beach‐Boca Raton, and Las Vegas metropolitan areas are the most dangerous places for vehicle‐related hyperthermia. We conclude by discussing several recommendations with public health policy implications.  相似文献   

Deforming bed conditions on the Danischer Wohld Peninsula, northern Germany': Comments     

JAN A. PIOTROWSKI  UTE DORING  ANJA HARDER  RASAQ QADIRIE  SUSANNE WENGHOFER 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1997,26(1):73-77

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The Storegga tsunami along the Norwegian coast, its age and run up     

STEIN BONDEVIK  JOHN INGE SVENDSEN  GEIR JOHNSEN  JAN MANGERUD  PETER EMIL KALAND 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1997,26(1):29-53

The statigraphy in 25 coastal lakes shows that most of the Norwegian coastline was impacted by a large tsunami about 7200 ¹⁴C BP. The methodology has been to core a staircase of lake basins above the contemporary sea level in several areas and to map the tsunami deposit to its maximum elevation. The tsunami was identified in the sedimentary record as an erosional unconformity overlain by graded or massive sand with shell fragments, followed by redeposited organic detritus. The greatest recorded runup along the coast (10–11 m above high tide) is found in areas most proximal to the Storegga slide scar on the Norwegian continental slope (Sunnmøre). To the north and south, runup is less, about 6–7 m at Bjugn (250 km north of Sunnmøre) and about 3–5 m in Austrheim (200 km to the south of Sunnmerre). This runup pattern supports the suggestion that the tsunami was generated by the Second Storegga Slide. The recorded runup heights are consistent within and between the investigated areas, and imply that the tsunami wave was not significantly influenced by the local topography, suggesting a very long wave length. The mapped runup estimates are in good agreement with a numerical model of the tsunami generated by the Second Storegga slide, and indicate that the slide was a single major event rather than a set of smaller slides.  相似文献   

Hydrographic changes in the southern Kattegat (Scandinavia) during the early Holocene transgression     

CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANSEN  KELD CONRADSEN  EMIL EMELYANOV  EGIS TRIMONIS  JAN HEINEMEIER  NIELS RUD 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1993,22(4):349-356

Detailed sedimentological, micropalaeontological, mineralogical and geochemical investigations as well as ¹⁴C datings were carried out on a core from the southern part of the Kattegat Sea. According to the micropalaeontological interpretations, sea level rose by approximately 20 m in the period c. 9610 BP to 8200 BP. The core therefore provides evidence of the hydrographical conditions in the southern Kattegat during the early Holocene transgression. In the sediment there is geochemical evidence of strong stratification in the water column possibly related to inflow of saline water around 9080 BP. After the sediments dated to 8200 BP there is a hiatus followed by very young (<300 BP?) sediments. It is suggested that this hiatus might be associated with the opening of the Danish Straits.  相似文献   

Postglacial marine and lacustrine sediments in Lake Linnevatnet, Svalbard     

JOHN INGE SVENDSEN  JON Y. LANDVIK  JAN MANGERUD  GIFFORD H. MILLER 《Polar research》1987,5(3):281-283

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