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Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1703-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1703-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
Research article
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01 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 01 Aug 2024

Patterns of centennial to millennial Holocene climate variation in the North American mid-latitudes

Bryan N. Shuman

Data sets

Reconciling divergent trends and millennial variations in Holocene temperatures (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/22992) J. Marsicek et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25464

Centennial-to-Millennial Hydrologic Trends and Variability along the North Atlantic Coast, U.S.A., during the Holocene (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/23074) P. Newby et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL060183

Cooling of Northwest Atlantic slope waters during the Holocene (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/6409) J. P. Sachs https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gl028495

The Structure of Holocene Climate Change in Mid-Latitude North America (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/31097) B. N. Shuman and J. P. Marsicek https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.009

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Short summary
A gap in understanding climate variation exists at centennial to millennial scales, particularly for warm climates. Such variations challenge detection. They exceed direct observation but are geologically short. Centennial to millennial variations that may have influenced North America were examined over the past 7 kyr. Significant patterns were detected from fossil pollen and sedimentary lake level changes, indicating ecological, hydrological, and likely human significance.
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