A high-resolution study of Holocene paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic changes in the Nordic Seas

Type Article
Date 2003-03
Language English
Author(s) Risebrobakken B1, Jansen E1, 2, 3, Andersson C2, Mjelde E1, Hevroy K1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Bergen, Dept Earth Sci, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
2 : Univ Bergen, Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
3 : NERSC, Bergen, Norway.
Source Paleoceanography (0883-8305) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2003-03 , Vol. 18 , N. 1 , P. 17.1-17.14
DOI 10.1029/2002PA000764
WOS© Times Cited 170
Keyword(s) Holocene, climate, Nordic Seas, NAO, high resolution, variability
Abstract High-resolution records from IMAGES core MD95-2011 in the eastern Norwegian Sea provide evidence for relatively large- and small-scale high-latitude climate variability throughout the Holocene. During the early and mid-Holocene a situation possibly driven by consistent stronger westerlies increased the eastward influence of Arctic intermediate and near-surface waters. For the late Holocene a relaxation of the atmospheric forcing resulted in increased influence of Atlantic water. The main changes in Holocene climate show no obvious connection to changing solar irradiance, and spectral analysis reveals no consistent signature for any periodic behavior of Holocene climate at millennial or centennial timescales. There are, however, indications of consistent multidecadal variability.
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