FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Delayed maximum northern European summer temperatures during the Last Interglacial as a result of Greenland Ice Sheet melt BT AF Jones, R.T. Turney, C.S.M. Lang, B. Brooks, S.J. Rundgren, M. Hammarlund, D. Björck, S. Fogwill, C.J. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:5;7:5;8:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Exeter University, Devon EX4 4RJ, UK Climate Change Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia 12 Chapel Walks, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire PR4 2TA, UK Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Quaternary Sciences, Department of Geology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden C2 UNIV EXETER, UK UNIV NEW S WALES, AUSTRALIA 12 Chapel Walks, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire PR4 2TA, UK NHM, UK UNIV LUND, SWEDEN IF 4.635 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00428/53940/55079.pdf LA English DT Article CR IMAGES 1-MD101 MD 132 / P.I.C.A.S.S.O.-IMAGES11 BO Marion Dufresne AB Here we report a new quantitative mean July temperature reconstruction using non-biting midges (chironomids) from the Danish Last Interglacial (LIG) site Hollerup (spanning 127-116 ka). We find that peak mean July temperatures of 17.5 degrees C, similar to those of the present day (1961-1990 CE), were reached shortly before the onset of the regional Carpinus pollen zone. Through comparison to terrestrial and marine sequences we demonstrate that peak summer warmth took place some three millennia after the onset of LIG warming in Europe, a marked delay in line with records from the North Atlantic. Crucially, the warmest northern European summer temperatures appear to follow maximum Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss, implying that meltwater substantially reduced Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and depressed European temperatures during the early part of the interglacial. PY 2016 PD DEC SO Geology SN 0091-7613 PU Geological Society of America VL 45 IS 1 UT 000396124000008 BP 23 EP 26 DI 10.1130/G38402.1 ID 53940 ER EF