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The Preboreal climate reversal and a subsequent solar-forced climate shift

Van der Plicht, J ; Van Geel, B ; Bohncke, SJP ; Bos, JAA ; Blaauw, M ; Speranza, AOM ; Muscheler, Raimund LU orcid and Björck, Svante LU (2004) In Journal of Quaternary Science 19(3). p.263-269
Abstract
Accurate chronologies are essential for linking palaeoclimate archives. Carbon-14 wiggle-match dating was used to produce an accurate chronology for part of an early Holocene peat sequence from the Borchert (The Netherlands). Following the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition, two climatic shifts could be inferred. Around 11 400 cal. yr BP the expansion of birch (Betula) forest was interrupted by a dry continental phase with dominantly open grassland vegetation, coeval with the PBO (Preboreal Oscillation), as observed in the GRIP ice core. At 11 250 cal. yr BP a sudden shift to a humid climate occurred. This second change appears to be contemporaneous with: (i) a sharp increase of atmospheric C-14; (ii) a temporary decline of atmospheric... (More)
Accurate chronologies are essential for linking palaeoclimate archives. Carbon-14 wiggle-match dating was used to produce an accurate chronology for part of an early Holocene peat sequence from the Borchert (The Netherlands). Following the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition, two climatic shifts could be inferred. Around 11 400 cal. yr BP the expansion of birch (Betula) forest was interrupted by a dry continental phase with dominantly open grassland vegetation, coeval with the PBO (Preboreal Oscillation), as observed in the GRIP ice core. At 11 250 cal. yr BP a sudden shift to a humid climate occurred. This second change appears to be contemporaneous with: (i) a sharp increase of atmospheric C-14; (ii) a temporary decline of atmospheric CO2; and (iii) an increase in the GRIP Be-10 flux. The close correspondence with excursions of cosmogenic nuclides points to a decline in solar activity, which may have forced the changes in climate and vegetation at around 11 250 cal. yr BP. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. (Less)
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wiggle-match dating, peat, climate change, Preboreal, solar forcing, C-14, Be-10, O-18
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Journal of Quaternary Science
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19
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3
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263 - 269
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1099-1417
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10.1002/jqs.835
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English
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  author       = {{Van der Plicht, J and Van Geel, B and Bohncke, SJP and Bos, JAA and Blaauw, M and Speranza, AOM and Muscheler, Raimund and Björck, Svante}},
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  keywords     = {{wiggle-match dating; peat; climate change; Preboreal; solar forcing; C-14; Be-10; O-18}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{263--269}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Quaternary Science}},
  title        = {{The Preboreal climate reversal and a subsequent solar-forced climate shift}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.835}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jqs.835}},
  volume       = {{19}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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