palaeoclimate
/ˈpalɪəʊˌklʌɪmət
/ /ˈpeɪlɪəʊˌklʌɪmət/(US paleoclimate)
noun
A climate prevalent at a particular time in the geological past.Through analysis of the paleoclimate record as well as a number of climate model simulations, we also suggest that it is very unlikely that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning will cease to be active in the near future....
- The palaeoclimates during coal accumulation must have been very humid and very warm.
- The origin of the Brejos has been associated with humid paleoclimates established after the middle Tertiary, especially during interglacial phases of the Pleistocene.
Derivatives
palaeoclimatic
- Comparable Pliocene palaeoclimatic fluctuations can also be seen in Southern Ocean silicoplankton records and marine isotopic records, and in seismic reconstructions of Antarctic glacial stratigraphy.
- It may also prove possible in individual cases to quantitatively calibrate the trace elements for palaeoclimatic variables such as rainfall.
- Periods of loess deposition are found to correlate with glacial periods when loess profiles are compared to palaeoclimatic evidence from deep-sea cores.
palaeoclimatologist
- Consequently, the field is becoming much more interesting and dynamic, with collaborations bringing together, for example, paleontologists, ecologists, paleoclimatologists, and geologists.
- It is well-known amongst paleoclimatologists that there are no successful CO2 measurements from Greenland, the record shown is obviously from Antarctica.
- Much more work will have to be done by ocean modellers and palaeoclimatologists before the factors behind the variability are understood.
palaeoclimatology
- Rather, many arbitrarily isolated ‘disciplines ‘- geology, micro-biology, paleoclimatology, atmospheric chemistry and geochemistry - are intrinsic to knowledge of life's history.’
- Transfer functions are frequently employed in Quaternary palaeoclimatology because they provide an important method of reconstructing past climatic conditions.
- The technique allows estimation of growth rate of speleothems at any interval of interest, which is one of several possible uses in palaeoclimatology.