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Holocene climate variability on the Kola Peninsula, Russian Subarctic, based on aquatic invertebrate records from lake sediments

Ilyashuk, Elena A. ; Ilyashuk, Boris P. ; Kolka, Vasily V. and Hammarlund, Dan LU (2013) In Quaternary Research 79(3). p.350-361
Abstract
Sedimentary records of invertebrate assemblages were obtained from a small lake in the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula. Together with a quantitative chironomid-based reconstruction of mean July air temperature, these data provide evidence of Holocene climate variability in the western sector of the Russian Subarctic. The results suggest that the amplitude of climate change was more pronounced in the interior mountain area than near the White Sea coast. A chironomid-based temperature reconstruction reflects a warming trend in the early Holocene, interrupted by a transient cooling at ca. 8500-8000 cal yr BP with a maximum drop in temperature (ca. 1 degrees C) around 8200 cal yr BP. The regional Holocene Thermal Maximum, characterized by... (More)
Sedimentary records of invertebrate assemblages were obtained from a small lake in the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula. Together with a quantitative chironomid-based reconstruction of mean July air temperature, these data provide evidence of Holocene climate variability in the western sector of the Russian Subarctic. The results suggest that the amplitude of climate change was more pronounced in the interior mountain area than near the White Sea coast. A chironomid-based temperature reconstruction reflects a warming trend in the early Holocene, interrupted by a transient cooling at ca. 8500-8000 cal yr BP with a maximum drop in temperature (ca. 1 degrees C) around 8200 cal yr BP. The regional Holocene Thermal Maximum, characterized by maximum warmth and dryness occurred at ca. 7900-5400 cal yr BP. During this period, July temperatures were at least 1 C higher than at present. The relatively warm and dry climate persisted until ca. 4000 cal yr BP, when a pronounced neoglacial cooling was initiated. Minimum temperatures, ca. 1-2 degrees C lower than at present, were inferred at ca. 3200-3000 cal yr BP. Faunal shifts in the stratigraphic profile imply also that the late-Holocene cooling was followed by a general increase in effective moisture. (C) 2013 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Midges, Chironomidae, Oribatid mites, Holocene, Palaeoclimate, Kola, Peninsula, Russia
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Quaternary Research
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79
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3
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350 - 361
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Academic Press
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0033-5894
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10.1016/j.yqres.2013.03.005
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English
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  author       = {{Ilyashuk, Elena A. and Ilyashuk, Boris P. and Kolka, Vasily V. and Hammarlund, Dan}},
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  keywords     = {{Midges; Chironomidae; Oribatid mites; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Kola; Peninsula; Russia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{350--361}},
  publisher    = {{Academic Press}},
  series       = {{Quaternary Research}},
  title        = {{Holocene climate variability on the Kola Peninsula, Russian Subarctic, based on aquatic invertebrate records from lake sediments}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.03.005}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.yqres.2013.03.005}},
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