Glacier maxima in Baffin Bay during the Medieval Warm Period coeval with Norse settlement
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The Baffin Bay region was relatively cool during the Medieval Warm Period coinciding with the period of Norse settlement.
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The transition into a North Atlantic Medieval Warm Period (MWP) coincided with the Viking expansion across the Arctic region to settle first in Iceland (~877 CE) and then in southern Greenland (~985 CE).
“This transition into a North Atlantic Medieval Warm Period (MWP) coincided with the Viking expansion across the Arctic region to settle first in Iceland (~877 CE) and then in southern Greenland (~985 CE) 85,86 .”
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The Introduction dates the Medieval Warm Period to approximately 950–1250 CE and says the Norse settled Greenland around 985 CE. The Discussion describes migration from Iceland in 985 CE, but our copy does not give a date for the settlement of Iceland; it therefore does not support the claimed ~877 CE date or that part of the sequence. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“ThistransitionintoaNorthAtlanticMedievalWarmPeriod(MWP) coincidedwiththeVikingexpansionacrosstheArcticregiontosettle fi rstin Iceland(~877CE)andtheninsouthernGreenland(~985CE) 85,86 .”
- Authors
- Young, N. E., Schweinsberg, A. D., Briner, J. P., & Schaefer, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Young, Nicolás E.
- Venue
- Science Advances
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- 2015-12-04
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- 11
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- e1500806-e1500806
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- 2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC4673052
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- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Cryospheric studies and observations
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Tree-ring climate responses
- Keywords
- Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, Baffin Bay, Baffin Island, West Greenland, cosmogenic beryllium-10, moraine chronology, alpine glaciers, North Atlantic Oscillation, Norse settlement, last millennium climate, paleoclimate
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