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The 8.2 ka cooling event in coastal East Asia: High-resolution pollen evidence from southwestern Korea.


ABSTRACT: In this study, we present a high-resolution multi-proxy record (pollen, magnetic susceptibility, and mean grain size) from Bigeum Island, South Korea, which mainly showed early Holocene paleoenvironmental change. Bigeum pollen records indicated that early Holocene climate variations in coastal East Asia were principally controlled by the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Most importantly, the 8.2 ka cooling event was clearly recognized for the first time in coastal East Asia, where few high-resolution proxy data, such as ice core and stalagmite ?18O records, are available. The insular vegetation in the study site was extremely susceptible to even short-term climate changes, such as the 8.2 ka cooling event, which allowed a detailed climate reconstruction from pollen data. Early Holocene climate teleconnections between coastal East Asia and other regions were identified through regional comparisons of Greenland, China, Brazil, Spain, Madagascar, and Korea. Coastal East Asia is one of world's most populated regions and will be particularly vulnerable to future climate change. Accurate and detailed paleoclimate proxy data, such as the Bigeum pollen record, will therefore be increasingly important in this region.

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6102300 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The 8.2 ka cooling event in coastal East Asia: High-resolution pollen evidence from southwestern Korea.

Park Jungjae J   Park Jinheum J   Yi Sangheon S   Kim Jin Cheul JC   Lee Eunmi E   Jin Qiuhong Q  

Scientific reports 20180820 1


In this study, we present a high-resolution multi-proxy record (pollen, magnetic susceptibility, and mean grain size) from Bigeum Island, South Korea, which mainly showed early Holocene paleoenvironmental change. Bigeum pollen records indicated that early Holocene climate variations in coastal East Asia were principally controlled by the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Most importantly, the 8.2 ka cooling event was clearly recognized for the first time in coastal East Asia, where fe  ...[more]

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