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A Quantitative Holocene Climatic Record from Diatoms in Northern Fennoscandia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Atte Korhola ,
Jan Weckström ,
Lasse Holmström  and
Panu Erästö
Atte Korhola
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Systematics, P.O. Box 17 (Arkadiankatu 7), University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
Jan Weckström
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Systematics, P.O. Box 17 (Arkadiankatu 7), University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
Lasse Holmström
Affiliation:
Rolf Nevanlinna Institute, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 5), University of Helsinki, FIN-0014, Finland
Panu Erästö
Affiliation:
Rolf Nevanlinna Institute, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 5), University of Helsinki, FIN-0014, Finland
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Abstract

A diatom-based calibration model for predicting summer temperatures was developed using climatically sensitive subarctic lakes in northern Fennoscandia. The model was applied to a sediment core from a treeline lake to infer trends in Holocene climate. The record exhibits long-term variations, as well as a series of shorter-term fluctuations on a time scale of centuries. Summers were warmest in the area about 6200 cal yr B.P. and featured distinct cooling episodes around 8300, 7200, 4200, 3000, and 400 cal yr B.P., most of these coinciding with some known climate events (e.g., the 8200 cal yr B.P. event and the Little Ice Age). The similarity of the observed shifts with the pacings of climate events from marine and ice-core records represents evidence for coupled ocean–atmosphere forcing of the regional climate.

Keywords

paleoclimatediatomslake sedimentstransfer functionrapid climate eventsHoloceneLittle Ice AgeMedieval Warm PeriodSiZer
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , September 2000 , pp. 284 - 294
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University of Washington

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