Challenging process to make the Lateglacial tree-ring chronologies from Europe absolute–an inventory

KF Kaiser, M Friedrich, C Miramont, B Kromer… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
KF Kaiser, M Friedrich, C Miramont, B Kromer, M Sgier, M Schaub, I Boeren, S Remmele…
Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012Elsevier
Here we present the entire range of Lateglacial tree-ring chronologies from Switzerland,
Germany, France, covering the Lateglacial north and west of the Alps without interruption as
well as finds from northern Italy, complemented by a 14C data set of the Swiss chronologies.
Geographical expansion of cross-matched European Lateglacial chronologies, limits and
prospects of teleconnection between remote sites and extension of the absolute tree-ring
chronology are discussed. High frequency signals and long-term fluctuations are revealed …
Here we present the entire range of Lateglacial tree-ring chronologies from Switzerland, Germany, France, covering the Lateglacial north and west of the Alps without interruption as well as finds from northern Italy, complemented by a 14C data set of the Swiss chronologies. Geographical expansion of cross-matched European Lateglacial chronologies, limits and prospects of teleconnection between remote sites and extension of the absolute tree-ring chronology are discussed. High frequency signals and long-term fluctuations are revealed by the ring-width data sets of the newly constructed Swiss Late-glacial Master Chronology (SWILM) as well as the Central European Lateglacial Master Chronology (CELM) spanning 1606 years. They agree well with the characteristics of Boelling/Alleroed (GI-1) and the transition into Younger Dryas (GS-1). The regional chronologies of Central Europe may provide improved interconnection to other terrestrial or marine high-resolution archives. Nevertheless the breakthrough to a continuous absolute chronology back to Boelling (GI-1e) has not yet been achieved. A gap remains, even though it is covered by several floating chronologies from France and Switzerland.
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