PGR Forum abstracts 2016

Abrupt climatic change, during the Late Quaternary in northern Europe, can be identified using different proxy data sources from sedimentary archives. The Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT) (16-8 ka BP) is one such period that provides evidence of well-defined millennial scale climatic oscillations and associated reorganisation of ecosystems. Imprinted upon these longer term episodes are a number of centennial-scale climatic oscillations which are less well-understood. These short-lived events appear to be spatially and temporally complex across northern Europe and frequently have either not been identified or are shown to have limited impact. However, many records have not been studied for proxies which provide evidence of both drivers and response, or the records are not resolved in sufficient detail. Consequently landscape responses to these events are largely unknown.