COMNISPA II: Update of a mid-European isotope climate record, 11 ka to present
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We present an update (COMNISPA II) of a precisely dated, high-resolution speleothem δ 18 O record from the Austrian Alps. COMNISPA II consists of five stalagmites from Spannagel Cave, which have comparable δ 18 O values within periods of simultaneous growth and show similar δ 18 O variations on centennial to millennial timescales. This allows combining the five stalagmites to one composite record using a newly developed statistical approach. The COMNISPA II stack differs slightly from the previous version, but is better constrained because of additional stalagmites used for the reconstruction and a more objective method used for constructing the composite record. Furthermore, the record now covers the last 11 ka and shows variations in δ 18 O values by about 2‰. As previously shown, these variations compare well with other records in central Europe and the North Atlantic, and thus reflect a large-scale climate evolution.
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At the onset of the Hrafnkatla episode in 751 CE, a cooling signature is recorded in two speleothem records from central Europe (Milandre cave, Switzerland and Spannagel cave, Austria), and is most pronounced (up to 1 °C) at around 762-763 CE.
“At the onset of the Hrafnkatla episode in 751 CE, a cooling signature is recorded in two speleothem records from central Europe (Milandre cave, Switzerland 61 and Spannagel cave, Austria 62,63 ), and is most pronounced (up to 1 °C) at around 762-763 CE (see Fig. 7d).”
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“At the onset of the Hrafnkatla episode in 751 CE, a cooling signature is recorded in two speleothem records from central Europe (Milandre cave, Switzerland 61 and Spannagel cave, Austria 62,63 ), and is most pronounced (up to 1 °C) at around 762 – 763 CE (see Fig.”
Background
- Authors
- Fohlmeister, J., Vollweiler, N., Spötl, C., & Mangini, A.
- Affiliations
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (DE)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Venue
- The Holocene
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-12-20
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 749-754
- ISSN
- 0959-6836 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0911
- OpenAlex
- W2162307750
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Holocene (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- CS Fund
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Austrian Science Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Tree-ring climate responses
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and environmental studies
- Keywords
- speleothem δ18O, Austrian Alps, mid-Holocene climate, paleoclimate reconstruction, North Atlantic climate
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