Strong evidence for the influence of solar cycles on a Late Miocene lake system revealed by biotic and abiotic proxies.

ABSTRACT: The Late Miocene paleogeography of central Europe and its climatic history are well studied with a resolution of c. 10⁶ years. Small-scale climatic variations are yet unresolved. Observing past climatic change of short periods, however, would encourage the understanding of the modern climatic system. Therefore, past climate archives require a resolution on a decadal to millennial scale. To detect such a short-term evolution, a continuous 6-m-core of the Paleo-Lake Pannon was analyzed in 1-cm-sample distance to provide information as precise and regular as possible. Measurements of the natural gamma radiation and magnetic susceptibility combined with the total abundance of ostracod shells were used as proxies to estimate millennial- to centennial scale environmental changes durin

SUBMITTER: Kern AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3617729 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature