Validating a Swedish varve chronology using radiocarbon, palaeomagnetic secular variation, lead pollution history and statistical correlation
(2010) In Quaternary Geochronology 5(6). p.611-624- Abstract
- We use statistical correlation of palaeomagnetic secular variation (PSV) curves from a varved Holocene
lake sediment sequence in west central Sweden (Lake Kälksjön) against those of a Fennoscandian master
stack (FENNOSTACK) to correct for an apparent error in the varve chronology. Additional correlation
between a lead pollution-derived chronology for the last 2000 years corroborates the PSV results. Use of
the FENNOSTACK palaeomagnetic master curve reveals no significant difference in duration between
large-scale features from ~2500 to ~8000 cal. yrs BP. Statistical correlation, however, implies that 270
years are missing from the younger part (<1000 cal. yrs BP) of the varve... (More) - We use statistical correlation of palaeomagnetic secular variation (PSV) curves from a varved Holocene
lake sediment sequence in west central Sweden (Lake Kälksjön) against those of a Fennoscandian master
stack (FENNOSTACK) to correct for an apparent error in the varve chronology. Additional correlation
between a lead pollution-derived chronology for the last 2000 years corroborates the PSV results. Use of
the FENNOSTACK palaeomagnetic master curve reveals no significant difference in duration between
large-scale features from ~2500 to ~8000 cal. yrs BP. Statistical correlation, however, implies that 270
years are missing from the younger part (<1000 cal. yrs BP) of the varve chronology, and that there is an overestimation by approximately 230 years in the number of varves counted in the early Holocene
(>8000 cal. yrs BP). A similar comparison between the PSV-determined ages and calibrated bulk radiocarbon ages suggests that the sediments of mid-Holocene age contain substantial amounts of old carbon, probably of soil origin, which causes bulk sediment-calibrated mean 14C ages to be up to 850 years older than the corrected varve chronology, which extends to 9193 +/- 186 cal. yrs BP. This study highlights both the use of statistical correlation as a technique for detecting errors between chronologies, and the importance of validating incremental chronologies with more than one independent method. (Less)
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- Stanton, Tania LU ; Snowball, Ian LU ; Zillén, Lovisa LU and Wastegård, Stefan
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- 2010
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- lead pollution, radiocarbon dating, palaeomagnetism, varves, chronology, lake sediment, Holocene, statistical correlation
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- Quaternary Geochronology
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- 5
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- 6
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- 611 - 624
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- Elsevier
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- 1871-1014
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- 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.03.004
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- English
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abstract = {{We use statistical correlation of palaeomagnetic secular variation (PSV) curves from a varved Holocene<br/><br>
lake sediment sequence in west central Sweden (Lake Kälksjön) against those of a Fennoscandian master<br/><br>
stack (FENNOSTACK) to correct for an apparent error in the varve chronology. Additional correlation<br/><br>
between a lead pollution-derived chronology for the last 2000 years corroborates the PSV results. Use of<br/><br>
the FENNOSTACK palaeomagnetic master curve reveals no significant difference in duration between<br/><br>
large-scale features from ~2500 to ~8000 cal. yrs BP. Statistical correlation, however, implies that 270<br/><br>
years are missing from the younger part (<1000 cal. yrs BP) of the varve chronology, and that there is an overestimation by approximately 230 years in the number of varves counted in the early Holocene<br/><br>
(>8000 cal. yrs BP). A similar comparison between the PSV-determined ages and calibrated bulk radiocarbon ages suggests that the sediments of mid-Holocene age contain substantial amounts of old carbon, probably of soil origin, which causes bulk sediment-calibrated mean 14C ages to be up to 850 years older than the corrected varve chronology, which extends to 9193 +/- 186 cal. yrs BP. This study highlights both the use of statistical correlation as a technique for detecting errors between chronologies, and the importance of validating incremental chronologies with more than one independent method.}},
author = {{Stanton, Tania and Snowball, Ian and Zillén, Lovisa and Wastegård, Stefan}},
issn = {{1871-1014}},
keywords = {{lead pollution; radiocarbon dating; palaeomagnetism; varves; chronology; lake sediment; Holocene; statistical correlation}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{6}},
pages = {{611--624}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Quaternary Geochronology}},
title = {{Validating a Swedish varve chronology using radiocarbon, palaeomagnetic secular variation, lead pollution history and statistical correlation}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2010.03.004}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.quageo.2010.03.004}},
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