GEOTHERMIC ESTIMATES OF THE AMPLITUDES OF HOLOCENE WARMING IN EUROPE

Abstract

Periodic alternation of ice ages and warm interglacial periods is a characteristic feature of the Earth’s climatic system in the Quaternary Period. This is testified by the data from oxygen isotopic analysis on deep-sea sediment and ice cores. At the same time, the mechanism of glaciation fluctuations remains unclear in many respects. Indications of the spatial distribution of climate characteristics during the periods of its global changes are needed to understand more clearly the causes of these fluctuations. The last climate change occurred approximately 10 000 yr ago in the beginning of the modern interglacial period (Holocene). In our paper, we analyze the spatial distribution of geothermic estimates of the amplitudes of Holocene warming in Europe.