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A thousand year speleothem proxy record of North Atlantic climate from Scotland

Lookup NU author(s): Dr John Proctor, Dr Andrew Baker

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Abstract

Luminescent organic matter in stalagmites may form annual bands, allowing growth rate to be precisely determined. Stalagmite growth rate is controlled by precipitation, so annual bands can be used to derive long precipitation records. A continuously banded stalagmite from a cave in NW Scotland was used to provide a 1100 year high-resolution record of precipitation. The location of the cave means that precipitation is closely linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation, for which a record is also derived. This suggests that changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation state was an important control on European climate over the past millennium.

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Author(s): Proctor CJ, Baker A, Barnes WL, Gilmour MA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Climate Dynamics

Year: 2000

Volume: 16

Issue: 10-11

Pages: 815-820

Print publication date: 01/01/2000

ISSN (print): 0930-7575

ISSN (electronic): 1432-0894

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003820000077

DOI: 10.1007/s003820000077

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