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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1665-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1665-2019
Research article
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02 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 02 Sep 2019

Is there evidence for a 4.2 ka BP event in the northern North Atlantic region?

Raymond S. Bradley and Jostein Bakke

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We review paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic records from the northern North Atlantic to assess the nature of climatic conditions at 4.2 ka BP. There was a general decline in temperatures after ~ 5 ka BP, which led to the onset of neoglaciation. Although a few records do show a distinct anomaly around 4.2 ka BP (associated with a glacial advance), this is not widespread and we interpret it as a local manifestation of the overall climatic deterioration that characterized the late Holocene.