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Extent and Dynamics of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 (65,000–25,000 yr B.P.)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Neil S. Arnold ,
Tjeerd H. van Andel  and
Vidar Valen
Neil S. Arnold
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER, United Kingdom
Tjeerd H. van Andel
Affiliation:
Godwin Institute of Quaternary Research and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
Vidar Valen
Affiliation:
Interconsult Group ASA, Post-box 69, Sandsli, N5861 Bergen, Norway
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Abstract

The climate of the middle Weichselian Glaciation, Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 (OIS-3), a relatively mild period compared to the glacial maxima of OIS-4 and OIS-2, consisted of long warm interstades punctuated by brief cold excursions that grew colder and more frequent with time. The OIS-4 ice sheet is generally thought to have persisted throughout OIS-3, but evidence from dated OIS-3 interstadial deposits suggests that it was swiftly reduced to small remnants which only briefly expanded and retreated. Only 30,000 years ago the deteriorating climate initiated a sustained ice advance leading toward the final glacial maximum of OIS-2. Dynamic ice-sheet models support the existence of a prolonged ice-free interval during OIS-3 induced, perhaps, by low precipitation due to extensive sea-ice cover offshore.

Keywords

glacial climatesice sheet dynamicsScandinavian ice sheet historyWeichsel Glaciation
Type
Research Article
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 38 - 48
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University of Washington

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Footnotes

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This contribution is the second of a series of articles reporting the results of the Stage 3 project (van Andel, 2002). See the Stage 3 website for details and databases at http.//www.esc.cam.ac.uk/oistage3/Details/Homepage/html

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