Direct terrestrial-marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe

Type Article
Date 2011-01
Language English
Author(s) Sier Mark J.1, 2, 3, Roebroeks Wil1, Bakels Corrie C.1, Dekkers Mark J.2, Bruehl Enrico4, 5, de Loecker Dimitri1, Gaudzinski-Windheuser Sabine5, 6, Hesse Norbert4, Jagich Adam1, Kindler Lutz5, Kuijper Wim J.1, Laurat Thomas4, 5, Muecher Herman J.10, Penkman Kirsty E. H.7, Richter Daniel8, Van Hinsbergen Douwe J. J.9
Affiliation(s) 1 : Leiden Univ, Fac Archaeol, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
2 : Univ Utrecht, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Paleomagnet Lab Ft Hoofddijk, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands.
3 : Natl Ctr Human Evolut CENIEH, Burgos 09002, Spain.
4 : Landesamt Denkmalpflege & Archaol, D-06114 Halle, Germany.
5 : Forsch Bereich Altsteinzeit, Romisch German Zent Museum, D-56567 Schloss Monrepos, Neuwied, Germany.
6 : Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Vor & Fruhgeschichte, D-55116 Mainz, Germany.
7 : Univ York, BioArCh Dept Chem, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England.
8 : Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Human Evolut, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
9 : Univ Oslo, N-0391 Oslo, Norway.
10 : Univ Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Source Quaternary Research (0033-5894) (Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science), 2011-01 , Vol. 75 , N. 1 , P. 213-218
DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003
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Keyword(s) Blake Event, Eemian, Last interglacial, MIS 5e, Palaeomagnetism
Abstract An interdisciplinary study of a small sedimentary basin at Neumark Nord 2 (NN2), Germany, has yielded a high-resolution record of the palaeomagnetic Blake Event, which we are able to place at the early part of the last interglacial pollen sequence documented from the same section. We use this data to calculate the duration of this stratigraphically important event at 3400 +/- 350 yr. More importantly, the Neumark Nord 2 data enables precise terrestrial marine correlation for the Eemian stage in central Europe. This shows a remarkably large time lag of ca. 5000 yr between the MIS 5e 'peak' in the marine record and the start of the last interglacial in this region.
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Sier Mark J., Roebroeks Wil, Bakels Corrie C., Dekkers Mark J., Bruehl Enrico, de Loecker Dimitri, Gaudzinski-Windheuser Sabine, Hesse Norbert, Jagich Adam, Kindler Lutz, Kuijper Wim J., Laurat Thomas, Muecher Herman J., Penkman Kirsty E. H., Richter Daniel, Van Hinsbergen Douwe J. J. (2011). Direct terrestrial-marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe. Quaternary Research, 75(1), 213-218. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33891/