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To synthesize regional palaeotemperature records across areas bordering the North Atlantic between 14 and 9 ka BP and test the Ruddiman and McIntyre model of Polar Front migration.

June 1, 1994Journal of Quaternary Science

Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial‐interglacial transition (14‐9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP‐253

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JLJ. John LoweRoyal Holloway University of London BABrigitta AmmannUniversity of Bern HBHilary H. BirksBjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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Palaeoclimate synthesis demonstrates regional temperature shifts across the North Atlantic borderlands, indicating major oceanic polar front movements tempered by continental ice sheets.

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To synthesize regional palaeotemperature records across areas bordering the North Atlantic between 14 and 9 ka BP and test the Ruddiman and McIntyre model of Polar Front migration.
Synthesized findings from 12 regional reports compiled under the North Atlantic Seaboard Programme of IGCP-253.
Analyzed 18 palaeotemperature curves grouped into three transects extending from southern Europe to Spitsbergen, Ireland to Poland, and southern New England to the Labrador-Baffin Shelf.
Constructed 10 synoptic climate maps divided into 500-year intervals spanning 14,000 to 9,000 years BP.
Synoptic patterns broadly support the Ruddiman and McIntyre model regarding widespread climatic impacts driven by North Atlantic Polar Front shifts.
Terrestrial areas situated near the Laurentide and Fennoscandian ice sheets experienced a diminished oceanic influence, reflecting localized ice sheet cooling effects.

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Lowe et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa300c700e2da8b16ea5090 https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390090215

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Palaeoclimate synthesis demonstrates regional temperature shifts across the North Atlantic borderlands, indicating major oceanic polar front movements tempered by continental ice sheets.

Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial‐interglacial transition (14‐9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP‐253

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Climatic changes in areas adjacent to the North Atlantic during the last glacial‐interglacial transition (14‐9 ka BP): A contribution to IGCP‐253

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