Impact of millennial-scale Holocene climate variability on eastern North American terrestrial ecosystems: Pollen-based climatic reconstruction

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-35

  Willard, Debra A ^a   Bernhardt, Christopher E ^a   Korejwo, David A ^a   Meyers, Stephen R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Holocene; Little Ice Age; Paleoclimatology; pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20344385999     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.11.017     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. R.B. Alley, P.A. Mayewski, T. Sowers, M. Stuiver, K.C. Taylor, and P.U. Clark Holocene climatic instability: a prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago Geology 25 1997 483 486
2. J.K. Angell Relation between 300-mb north polar vortex and equatorial SST, QBO, and sunspot number and the record contraction of the vortex in 1988-89 Journal of Climate 5 1992 22 29
3. J.K. Angell Contraction of the 300 mbar north circumpolar vortex during 1963-1997 and its movements into the eastern hemisphere Journal of Geophysical Research 103 1998 25,887 25,893
4. D.C. Barber, A. Dyke, C. Hillaire-Marcel, A.E. Jennings, J.T. Andrews, M.W. Kerwin, G. Bilodeau, R. McNeely, J. Southon, M.D. Morehead, and J.-M. Gagnon Forcing of the cold event of 8,200 years ago by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide lakes Nature 400 1999 344 348
5. P.J. Bartlein, I.C. Prentice, and T. Webb III Climatic response surfaces from pollen data for some eastern North American taxa Journal of Biogeography 13 1986 35 57
6. A. Berger, and M.F. Loutre Insolation values for the climate of the last 10 million years Quarternary Science Reviews 10 1991 297 317
7. M.A. Berke, and T.M. Cronin Early holocene marsh foraminifera and ostracodes from Chesapeake Bay: implications for sea-level history Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 36 5 2004 293
8. F. Boberg, and H. Lundstedt Solar wind variations related to fluctuations of the North Atlantic Oscillation Geophysical Research Letters 29 15 2002 10.1029/2002GLO
9. G.C. Bond, W. Showers, M. Cheseby, R. Lotti, P. Almasi, P. deMenocal, P. Priore, H. Cullen, I. Hajdas, and G. Bonani A pervasive millennial-scale cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial climates Science 278 1997 1257 1266
10. G.C. Bond, W. Showers, M. Elliot, M. Evans, R. Lotti, I. Hajdas, G. Bonani, and S. Johnsen The North Atlantic's 1-2 kyr climate rhythm: relation to Heinrich events, Dansgaard/Oeschger cycles and the Little Ice Age P. Clark R. Webb L.D. Keigwin Mechanisms of global climate change at millennial time scales, geophysical monograph series vol. 112 1999 35 58
11. G.C. Bond, B. Kromer, J. Beer, R. Muscheler, M.N. Evans, W. Showers, S. Hoffmann, R. Lotti-Bond, I. Hajdas, and G. Bonani Persistent solar influence on North Atlantic climate during the Holocene Science 294 2001 2130 2136
12. E.L. Braun Deciduous forests of eastern North America 1950 The Blakiston Philadelphia
13. G.S. Brush Patterns of recent sediment accumulation in Chesapeake Bay (VA, MD, U.S.A.) tributaries Chemical Geology 44 1984 227 242
14. G.S. Brush, C. Lenk, and J. Smith The natural forests of Maryland: an explanation of the vegetation map of Maryland Ecological Monographs 50 1980 77 92
15. K.R.M. Buening, L. Fransen, B. Nakityo, E.L. Mecray, and M.R. Buchholtz ten Brink Modern pollen deposition in Long Island Sound Journal of Coastal Research 16 2000 656 662
16. M.A. Buzas Another look at confidence limits for species proportions Journal of Paleontology 64 1990 842 843
17. Colman, S.M., Halka, J.P., 1989. Maps showing Quaternary geology of the southern Maryland part of the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1948C.
18. S.M. Colman, P. Baucom, J.F. Bratton, T.M. Cronin, J.P. McGeehin, D. Willard, A.R. Zimmerman, and P.R. Vogt Radiocarbon dating, chronologic framework, and changes in accumulation rates of Holocene estuarine sediments from Chesapeake Bay Quaternary Research 57 2002 58 70
19. T.M. Cronin, D. Willard, A. Karlsen, S. Ishman, S. Verardo, J. McGeehin, R. Kerhin, C. Holmes, and A. Zimmerman Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments Geology 28 2000 3 6
20. T.M. Cronin, G.S. Dwyer, T. Kamiya, S. Schwede, and D.A. Willard Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age and 20th century temperature variability from Chesapeake Bay Global and Planetary Change 36 2003 17 29
21. R.E. Davis, and S.R. Benkovic Climatological variations in the Northern Hemisphere circumpolar vortex in January Theoretical and Applied Climatology 46 1992 63 73
22. P. deMenocal, J. Ortiz, T. Guilderson, and M. Sarnthein Coherent high- and low-latitude climate variability during the Holocene warm period Science 288 2000 2198 2202
23. G.H. Denton, and W. Karlen Holocene climate variations their pattern and possible causes Quarternary Research 3 1973 155 205
24. Edwards, L.E., Willard, D.A., 2001. Dinoflagellate cysts and pollen from sediment samples, Mississippi Sound and Gulf of Mexico. In: Gohn, G.S. (Ed.), Stratigraphic Framework of the Neogene and Quaternary Sediments of the Mississippi Coastal Zone, Jackson County, Mississippi. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 01-415 (CD-ROM).
25. Emery, K.O., 1966. Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 529-A, 1-23 pp.
26. E. Friis-Christensen, and K. Lassen Length of the solar cycle: an indicator of solar activity closely associated with climate Science 254 1991 698 700
27. J.L. Fuller Ecological impact of the mid-Holocene hemlock decline in southern Ontario, Canada Ecology 79 1998 2337 2351
28. A.M. Greller Deciduous forest M.G. Barbour W.D. Billings North American terrestrial vegetation 1988 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 288 316
29. J.P. Halka, P.R. Vogt, and M. Czarnecki Marion-Dufresne coring in Chesapeake Bay: geophysical environment at sites MD99-2204 and 2207 T.M. Cronin Initial report on IMAGES V cruise of the Marion-Dufresne to Chesapeake Bay June 20-22, 1999 2000 40 48 U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-306
30. S.P. Harrison, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, P.J. Bartlein, B. Otto-Bliesner, D. Muhs, I.C. Prentice, and R.S. Thompson Mid-Holocene climates of the Americas: a dynamical response to changed seasonality Climate Dynamics 20 2003 663 688
31. C.H. Hobbs III Geological history of Chesapeake Bay, USA Quaternary Science Reviews 23 2004 641 661
32. F.S. Hu, D. Slawinski, H.E. Wright Jr., E. Ito, R.G. Johnson, K.R. Kelts, R.F. McEwan, and A. Boedigheimer Abrupt changes in North American climate during early Holocene times Nature 400 1999 437 440
33. F.S. Hu, D. Kaufman, S. Yoneji, D. Nelson, A. Shemesh, Y. Huang, J. Tian, G. Bond, B. Clegg, and T. Brown Cyclic variation and solar forcing of Holocene climate in the Alaskan subarctic Science 301 2003 1890 1893
34. Iverson, L.R., Prasad, A.M., Hale, B.J., Sutherland, E.K., 1999. Atlas of current and potential future distributions of common trees of the Eastern United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report, NE-265.
35. S.J. Johnsen, D. Dahl-Jensen, N. Gundestrup, J.P. Steffensen, H.B. Clausen, H. Miller, V. Masson-Delmotte, A.E. Sveinbjörnsdottir, and J. White Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice-core stations: camp century, Dye-3, GRIP, SIGP2, Renland, and NorthGRIP Journal of Quaternary Science 16 2001 299 307
36. L.D. Keigwin, and R.S. Pickart Slope water current over the Laurentian fan on interannual to millennial time scales Science 286 1999 520 523
37. M. Kneller, and D. Peteet Late-Quaternary climate in the ridge and valley of Virginia, U.S.A.: changes in vegetation and depositional environment Quaternary Science Reviews 12 1993 613 628
38. J.E. Kutzbach, R. Gallimore, S. Harrison, P. Behling, R. Selin, and F. Laarif Climate and biome simulations for the past 21,000 years Quaternary Science Reviews 17 1998 473 506
39. Litwin, R.J., Andrle, V.A.S., 1992. Modern palynomorph and weather census data from the U.S. Atlantic coast (Continental Margin Program samples and selected NOAA weather stations). U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 92-263, 1-31.
40. M.A. Magny, C. Miramont, and O. Sivan Assessment of the impact of climate and anthropogenic factors on Holocene Mediterranean vegetation in Europe on the basis of palaeohydrological records Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197 2002 47 59
41. P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, M.S. Twickler, S. Whitlow, Q. Yan, W.B. Lyons, and M. Prentice Major features and forcing of high-latitude northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation using a 110,000-year-long glaciochemical series Journal of Geophysical Research 102 1997 26,345 26,366
42. 18O record from SW Ireland Science 294 2001 1328 1331
43. Mudie, P.J., 1980. Palynology of later Quaternary marine sediments, eastern Canada. PhD thesis. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
44. P.J. Mudie Pollen distribution in recent marine sediments, eastern Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19 1982 729 747
45. National Climatic Data Center, Climate Atlas of the United States. CD-ROM Disk 1 (Sept., 2000).
46. S.R. O'Brien, P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, D.A. Meese, M.S. Twickler, and S.I. Whitlow Complexity of Holocene climate as reconstructed from a Greenland ice core Science 270 1995 1962 1964
47. K. Pang, and K.K. Yau Ancient observations link changes in sun's brightness and earth's climate EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 481 2002 489 490
48. H. Renssen, H. Goosse, T. Fichefet, and J.-M. Campin The 8.2 kyr BP event simulated by a global atmosphere-sea-ice-ocean model Geophysical Research Letters 28 2001 1567 1570
49. D. Rind The sun's role in climate variations Science 296 2002 673 677
50. D.T. Shindell, G.A. Schmidt, M.E. Mann, D. Rind, and A. Waple Solar forcing of regional climate change during the Maunder Minimum Science 294 2001 2149 2152
51. Smith, W.B., Vissage, J.S., Darr, D.R., Sheffield, R.M., 1997. Forest resources of the United States, 1997. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report NC-219, 1-198.
52. M. Stuiver, P.J. Reimer, and T.F. Braziunas High-precision radiocarbon age calibration for terrestrial and marine samples Radiocarbon 40 1998 1127 1151
53. R.S. Thompson, K.H. Anderson, and P.J. Bartlein Atlas of relations between climatic parameters and distributions of important trees and shrubs in North America-Introduction and conifers U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650-A 2000 1 269
54. D.J. Thomson Spectrum estimation and harmonic analysis IEEE Proceedings 70 1982 1055 1096
55. B.A. Tinsley Influence of solar wind on the global electric circuit, and inferred effects on cloud microphysics, temperature, and dynamics in the troposphere Space Science Reviews 94 2000 231 258
56. B.A. Tinsley, and R.A. Heelis Correlations of atmospheric dynamics with solar activity: evidence for a connection via the solar wind, atmospheric electricity, and cloud microphysics Journal of Geophysical Research 98 1993 10,375 10,384
57. A. Traverse Paleopalynology 1988 Unwin-Hyman Boston
58. A.J. Vega, C.H. Sui, and K.M. Lau Interannual to interdecadal variations of the regionalized surface climate of the United States and relationships to generalized flow parameters Physical Geography 19 1998 271 291
59. A.J. Vega, R.V. Rohli, and C.H. Sui Climatic relationships to Chesapeake Bay salinity during Southern Oscillation extremes Physical Geography 20 1999 468 490
60. P.R. Vogt, M. Czarnecki, and J.P. Halka Marion-Dufresne coring in Chesapeake Bay, geophysical environment at sites MD99-2204 and 2207 T.M. Cronin Initial report on IMAGES V cruise of the Marion Dufresne to Chesapeake Bay June 20-22, 1999 2000 32 39 U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-306
61. U. von Grafenstein, H. Erlenkeuser, J. Müller, J. Jouzel, and S. Johnsen The cold event 8200 years ago documented in oxygen isotope records of precipitation in Europe and Greenland Climate Dynamics 14 1998 73 81
62. W.A. Watts Late Quaternary vegetation of central Appalachia and the New Jersey coastal plain Ecological Monographs 49 1979 427 469
63. T. Webb III, P.J. Bartlein, and J.E. Kutzbach Climatic change in eastern North America during the past 18,000 years; comparisons of pollen data with model results W.R. Ruddiman H.E. Wright Jr. North America and adjacent oceans during the last deglaciation 1987 Geological Society of America Boulder, Colorado 447 462
64. D.A. Willard Palynological record from the North Atlantic region at 3 Ma: vegetational distribution during a period of global warmth Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 83 1994 275 297
65. D.A. Willard, and C.E. Bernhardt Pollen stratigraphy and land-use change, Pocomoke Sound, Maryland T.M. Cronin Pocomoke Sound sedimentary and ecosystem history 2004 U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1350
66. D.A. Willard, T.M. Cronin, and S. Verardo Late-Holocene climate and ecosystem history from Chesapeake Bay sediment cores, USA The Holocene 13 2003 201 214
67. H.C. Willett Long-period fluctuations of the general circulation of the atmosphere Journal of Meteorology 6 1949 34 50
68. G.A. Zielinski, P.A. Mayewski, L.D. Meeker, S. Whitlow, M.S. Twickler, M. Morrison, D. Meese, R. Alley, and A.J. Gow Record of volcanism since 7000 B.C. from the GISP2 Greenland ice core and implications for the volcano-climate system Science 264 1994 948 952
69. A.R. Zimmerman, and E.A. Canuel A geochemical record of eutrophication and anoxia in Chesapeake Bay sediments: anthropogenic influence on organic matter composition Marine Chemistry 69 2000 117 137