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

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 t...

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Published in:Quaternary research 2011-01, Vol.75 (1), p.213-218
Main Authors: Sier, Mark J., Roebroeks, Wil, Bakels, Corrie C., Dekkers, Mark J., Brühl, Enrico, De Loecker, Dimitri, Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine, Hesse, Norbert, Jagich, Adam, Kindler, Lutz, Kuijper, Wim J., Laurat, Thomas, Mücher, Herman J., Penkman, Kirsty E.H., Richter, Daniel, van Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basins
Blake Event
Central Europe
Correlation
Eemian
Last interglacial
Management information systems
Marine
Mathematical analysis
MIS 5e
Palaeomagnetism
Pollen
Short Paper
Time lag
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0033-5894
1096-0287
DOI:10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003