Developing an event stratigraphy for Australasian climate change
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2011-06-03
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American Geophysical Union
Abstract
The last glacial-interglacial transition in the Australasian region has been a focus of intense paleoclimate investigation for the past decade or so. This focus is due to the recognition of the southern midlatitudes as a key region to examine climate connections between the hemispheres during the late Pleistocene. That period, between 30,000 and 8000 years ago, was marked by extreme and rapid climatic change in the North Atlantic region. In particular, the Australasian region may be critical to examining the relative importance of atmospheric energy transfers versus deep ocean circulation effects.
In February 2006, 32 members of the Australasian Integration of Ice, Marine and Terrestrial records (INTIMATE) program attended a two-day workshop at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand. ©2006. American Geophysical Union.
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Paleoclimatology, Australasia, Pleistocene epoch, Climatic change, Atmospheric circulation, Oceanic circulation
Citation
Shulmeister, J., Turney, C. S. M., Fink, D., Newnham, R. M., & Alloway, B. V. (2011). Developing an event stratigraphy for Australasian climate change.
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 87(29), 283-283. doi:10.1029/2006EO290005.