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RECOVERY FROM THE LITTLE ICE AGE: GEOTHERMAL EVIDENCES

https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2013-6-1-60-70

Abstract

We applied geothermal method for paleoclimatic reconstruction of the ground surface temperature history during the Little Ice Age and contemporary warming. We analyzed 83 borehole temperature profiles and estimated warming amplitudes and warming start dates after the Little Ice Age. The studied boreholes are situated in the Urals and Eastern Europe (Finland, Ukraine, and Belarus). Our investigation shows high degree of spatial variability of climatic changes in 18–19 centuries. Spatial distribution of amplitudes of paleoclimatic changes and warming start date testifies that warming following after the Little Ice Age was in progress in several steps and for different regions it started at different times.

About the Authors

Anastasia Gornostayeva
Institute of Geophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; 100 Amundsen Str., Ekaterinburg, Russia
Russian Federation


Dmitry Demezhko
Institute of Geophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; 100 Amundsen Str., Ekat
Russian Federation


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Gornostayeva A., Demezhko D. RECOVERY FROM THE LITTLE ICE AGE: GEOTHERMAL EVIDENCES. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2013;6(1):29-36. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2013-6-1-60-70

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