CLIMATIC VARIATIONS DURING THE WURMIAN PL ENIGLACIAL INFERRED FROM FOSSIL ARTHROPOD ASSEMBLAGES AT LA GRANDE PILE (HAUTE-SAONE, FRANCE)

Authors
PONEL P
Citation
P. Ponel, CLIMATIC VARIATIONS DURING THE WURMIAN PL ENIGLACIAL INFERRED FROM FOSSIL ARTHROPOD ASSEMBLAGES AT LA GRANDE PILE (HAUTE-SAONE, FRANCE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 319(7), 1994, pp. 845-852
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
319
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
845 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)319:7<845:CVDTWP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The aim of this first analysis Arthropod macroremains performed on the site of La Grande Pile is to reconstruct the variations of mean July temperature during the Lower and Middle Pleniglacial, a period for whi ch climatic reconstructions based on pollen data alone are not entirel y reliable, Two phases of climate improvement are recorded, the first one just after 70,000 BP (rise of temperature from 10-13 to 15-16 degr ees C), the second one just before 34,000 BP (rise of temperature from 10-13 to 14-21 degrees C). A cold maximum characterized by a temperat ure as low as 6-11 degrees C is recorded at about 30,000 BP.