Record of pollen, silt and greyscale stack from the Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA)

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Autores principales: Sirocko, Frank, Seelos, Klemens, Schaber, Katja, Rein, Bert, Dreher, Frank, Diehl, Markus, Lehne, Rouwen, Jäger, Knut, Krbetschek, Matthias R, Degering, Detlev
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author Sirocko, Frank
Seelos, Klemens
Schaber, Katja
Rein, Bert
Dreher, Frank
Diehl, Markus
Lehne, Rouwen
Jäger, Knut
Krbetschek, Matthias R
Degering, Detlev
author_facet Sirocko, Frank
Seelos, Klemens
Schaber, Katja
Rein, Bert
Dreher, Frank
Diehl, Markus
Lehne, Rouwen
Jäger, Knut
Krbetschek, Matthias R
Degering, Detlev
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Investigating the processes that led to the end of the last interglacial period is relevant for understanding how our ongoing interglacial will end, which has been a matter of much debate. A recent ice core from Greenland demonstrates climate cooling from 122,000 years ago driven by orbitally controlled insolation, with glacial inception at 118,000 years ago. Here we present an annually resolved, layer-counted record of varve thickness, quartz grain size and pollen assemblages from a maar lake in the Eifel (Germany), which documents a late Eemian aridity pulse lasting 468 years with dust storms, aridity, bushfire and a decline of thermophilous trees at the time of glacial inception. We interpret the decrease in both precipitation and temperature as an indication of a close link of this extreme climate event to a sudden southward shift of the position of the North Atlantic drift, the ocean current that brings warm surface waters to the northern European region. The late Eemian aridity pulse occurred at a 65° N July insolation of 416 W/m**2, close to today's value of 428 W/m**2, and may therefore be relevant for the interpretation of present-day climate variability.
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spellingShingle Record of pollen, silt and greyscale stack from the Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA)
Sirocko, Frank
Seelos, Klemens
Schaber, Katja
Rein, Bert
Dreher, Frank
Diehl, Markus
Lehne, Rouwen
Jäger, Knut
Krbetschek, Matthias R
Degering, Detlev
DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Ei2; Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive; Eigelbach Trockenmaar, Eifel, Germany; ELSA; ELSA_Ei2; ELSA_HL2; HL2; Westlich Hoher List, Trockenmaar, Eifel, Germany
Investigating the processes that led to the end of the last interglacial period is relevant for understanding how our ongoing interglacial will end, which has been a matter of much debate. A recent ice core from Greenland demonstrates climate cooling from 122,000 years ago driven by orbitally controlled insolation, with glacial inception at 118,000 years ago. Here we present an annually resolved, layer-counted record of varve thickness, quartz grain size and pollen assemblages from a maar lake in the Eifel (Germany), which documents a late Eemian aridity pulse lasting 468 years with dust storms, aridity, bushfire and a decline of thermophilous trees at the time of glacial inception. We interpret the decrease in both precipitation and temperature as an indication of a close link of this extreme climate event to a sudden southward shift of the position of the North Atlantic drift, the ocean current that brings warm surface waters to the northern European region. The late Eemian aridity pulse occurred at a 65° N July insolation of 416 W/m**2, close to today's value of 428 W/m**2, and may therefore be relevant for the interpretation of present-day climate variability.
title Record of pollen, silt and greyscale stack from the Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA)
topic DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Ei2; Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive; Eigelbach Trockenmaar, Eifel, Germany; ELSA; ELSA_Ei2; ELSA_HL2; HL2; Westlich Hoher List, Trockenmaar, Eifel, Germany
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472208