BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL AND STABLE ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR A YOUNGER DRYAS-STYLE COLD SPELL AT THE SAALIAN EEMIAN TRANSITION, DENMARK

Benthic foraminiferal and stable isotope studies of two borings from t he island of Anholt, Denmark, reveal a continuous Late Saalian-Eemian sequence with an overall gradual warming interrupted by a short term t emperature deterioration comparable with the Younger Dryas cold spell. The sequence is correlated to the global deep sea stable isotope reco rd based on environmental evidence given by foraminiferal faunas and s table isotopes. The following environmental changes in the Anholt core s can be attributed to the global variations: (1) An interstadial phas e, the ''Flakket Interstadial'', which had a duration of about 1000 ye ars, is correlated to stable isotope event 6.01. (2) The following col d spell, the ''Kattegat Stadial'', spanning about 1000 years, represen ts most of the interval between isotope events 6.01 and 6.0. (3) A pha se of rapid warming within about 1000 years between isotope events 6.0 and 5.53. (4) A sea level change within the Eemian between isotope ev ents 5.53 and 5.51.