The importance of independent chronology in integrating records of past climate change for the 60-8 ka INTIMATE time interval

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Brauer, Achim¹  Hajdas, Irka²  Blockley, Simon P. E.³  Ramsey, Christopher Bronk⁴  Christl, Marcus²  Ivy-Ochs, Susan²  Moseley, Gina E.⁵  Nowaczyk, Norbert N.¹  Rasmussen, Sune O.⁶  Roberts, Helen M.⁷  Spoetl, Christoph⁵  Staff, Richard A.⁴  Svensson, Anders⁶ 

[1] GFZ German Res Ctr Geosci, Sect Climate Dynam & Landscape Evolut 5 2, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany

[2] ETH, Lab Ion Beam Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

[3] Univ London, Quaternary Res Ctr, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England

[4] Univ Oxford, Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Oxford OX1 3QY, England

[5] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Geol, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

[6] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, Ctr Ice & Climate, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

[7] Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Geog & Earth Sci, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Ceredigion, Wales

关键词: Quaternary;    Chronology;    Dating methods;    Palaeoclimatology;    INTIMATE;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.006

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides a brief overview of the most common dating techniques applied in palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental studies including four radiometric and isotopic dating methods (radiocarbon, Th-230 disequilibrium, luminescence, cosmogenic nuclides) and two incremental methods based on layer counting (ice layer, varves). For each method, concise background information about the fundamental principles and methodological approaches is provided. We concentrate on the time interval of focus for the INTIMATE (Integrating Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records) community (60-8 ka). This dating guide addresses palaeoclimatologists who aim at interpretation of their often regional and local proxy time series in a wider spatial context and, therefore, have to rely on correlation with proxy records obtained from different archives from various regions. For this reason, we especially emphasise scientific approaches for harmonising chronologies for sophisticated and robust proxy data integration. In this respect, up-to-date age modelling techniques are presented as well as tools for linking records by age equivalence including tephrochronology, cosmogenic Be-10 and palaeomagnetic variations. Finally, to avoid inadequate documentation of chronologies and assure reliable correlation of proxy time series, this paper provides recommendations for minimum standards of uncertainty and age datum reporting. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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