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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
02 Oct 2008
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal BG but the revision was not accepted.
CO2 radiative forcing during the Holocene Thermal Maximum revealed by stomatal frequency of Iberian oak leaves
Abstract. Here we analyse radiocarbon-dated Quercus leaf assemblages from northern Spain to obtain past atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios for the time period 9000–1100 cal BP by means of stomatal frequency analysis. Normalized, stomata based CO2 records show fluctuations of 20 ppmv during the Holocene that parallel Northern Hemisphere palaeotemperature reconstructions. The calculated radiative forcing of CO2 indicates a CO2 contribution of +0.1°C to the Holocene Thermal Maximum from 7 to 5 kyr BP, and −0.05°C to the Neoglacial cooling around 4 kyr BP. Derived northern hemispheric air-temperature anomalies forced by atmospheric CO2 variation suggest an active role of this trace gas as an amplifier of initial orbital forcing of Holocene climate.
How to cite. García-Amorena, I., Wagner-Cremer, F., Gomez Manzaneque, F., van Hoof, T. B., García Álvarez, S., and Visscher, H.: CO2 radiative forcing during the Holocene Thermal Maximum revealed by stomatal frequency of Iberian oak leaves, Biogeosciences Discuss., 5, 3945–3964, https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-5-3945-2008, 2008.
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SC S1963: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Dieter Luethi, 16 Oct 2008
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AC S2043: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Ignacio Garcia-Amorena, 22 Oct 2008
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RC S2103: 'Referee 1 comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Oct 2008
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AC S2043: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Ignacio Garcia-Amorena, 22 Oct 2008
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SC S1963: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Dieter Luethi, 16 Oct 2008
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AC S2043: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Ignacio Garcia-Amorena, 22 Oct 2008
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RC S2103: 'Referee 1 comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Oct 2008
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RC S2103: 'Referee 1 comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Oct 2008
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AC S2043: 'Stomata vs. Ice Cores', Ignacio Garcia-Amorena, 22 Oct 2008
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RC S2183: 'referee statement', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Nov 2008
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AC S2515: 'Final Author Comments', Ignacio Garcia-Amorena, 22 Dec 2008
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I. García-Amorena
Unidad Docente de Botanica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
F. Wagner-Cremer
Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
F. Gomez Manzaneque
Unidad Docente de Botanica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
T. B. van Hoof
TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
S. García Álvarez
Unidad Docente de Botanica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
H. Visscher
Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands