We invite abstract submissions for this Symposium to be held at the
upcoming INQUA meeting in Reno, NE USA, 23-30 July, 2003. You can submit
abstracts electronically at:
http://inqua2003.dri.edu/abstracts.htm
Warm Times/Cold Times: Holocene climate variability in the northern
North Atlantic region.
The amplitude of Holocene environmental change is particularly strong in
the northern North Atlantic region. Early Holocene warming is due to an
intensified North Atlantic Drift and higher summer insolation; the early
Holocene thermal maximum was followed by irregular cooling commencing
about 5 ka, culminating in the Little Ice Age, widely thought to
represent the coldest summers of the postglacial. The Little Ice Age
terminated with the onset of 20th century warming. These changes
exhibit strong variability at decadal, century and millennial scales,
all sub-Milankovitch. Significant new research, primarily from lake
sediment cores, ice cores, and high-resolution marine cores, provide new
insights on the magnitude of change and the frequency domains of climate
variability, and provide a context for 20th century warming.
By northern North Atlantic, we would like to restrict contributions to
those focusing on land masses bordering the North Atlantic Ocean
(including the Nordic Seas) north of about 50°N, ice cores from these
regions, and marine records from the adjacent seas.
We have been allocated a half-day oral session limited to 10 speakers,
and an unlimited amount of poster space. INQUA will have most
presentations as posters this year.
If there is sufficient interest, we are will seek a special issue of a
major international journal, to publish a set of papers arising from the
meeting.
Co-conveners:
Gifford Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA
Aslaug Geirsdottir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ICELAND
Atle Nesje, University of Bergen, Bergen, NORWAY
Chris Caseldine, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK