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Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2559-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2559-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Research article
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10 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2021

A new perspective on permafrost boundaries in France during the Last Glacial Maximum

Kim H. Stadelmaier, Patrick Ludwig, Pascal Bertran, Pierre Antoine, Xiaoxu Shi, Gerrit Lohmann, and Joaquim G. Pinto

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We use regional climate simulations for the Last Glacial Maximum to reconstruct permafrost and to identify areas of thermal contraction cracking of the ground in western Europe. We find ground cracking, a precondition for the development of permafrost proxies, south of the probable permafrost border, implying that permafrost was not the limiting factor for proxy development. A good agreement with permafrost and climate proxy data is achieved when easterly winds are modelled more frequently.
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