Climate variability and long-term expansion of peatlands in Arctic Norway  during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea)

Panitz, Sina; Salzmann, Ulrich; Risebrobakken, Bjørg; De Schepper, Stijn; Pound, Matthew J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1043-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1043-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1043-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Research article

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21 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 21 Apr 2016

Climate variability and long-term expansion of peatlands in Arctic Norway during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea)

Sina Panitz, Ulrich Salzmann, Bjørg Risebrobakken, Stijn De Schepper, and Matthew J. Pound

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RC C3024: 'Referee comment', Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi, 22 Jan 2016
- AC C3230: 'Response to review from M. F. Sanchez Goñi', Sina Panitz, 22 Mar 2016
SC C3041: 'Short comment on Panitz et al.', Ian Bailey, 25 Jan 2016
- AC C3244: 'Response to comment from I. Bailey', Sina Panitz, 22 Mar 2016
RC C3180: 'Review of Panitz et al., Climate variability and long-term expansion of peat lands in Arctic Norway during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea)', Timme H. Donders, 19 Feb 2016
- AC C3236: 'Response to review from T. H. Donders', Sina Panitz, 22 Mar 2016

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ED: Publish as is (30 Mar 2016) by Alan Haywood

AR by Sina Panitz on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper presents the first late Pliocene high-resolution pollen record for the Norwegian Arctic, covering the time period 3.60 to 3.14 million years ago (Ma). The climate of the late Pliocene has been widely regarded as relatively stable. Our results suggest a high climate variability with alternating cool temperate forests during warmer-than-presen periods and boreal forests similar to today during cooler intervals. A spread of peatlands at the expense of forest indicates long-term cooling.