Towards a dendrochronologically refined date of the Laacher See eruption around 13,000 years ago

0524309 - ÚVGZ 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Reinig, F. - Cherubini, P. - Engels, S. - Esper, J. - Guidobaldi, G. - Joris, O. - Lane, C. - Nievergelt, D. - Oppenheimer, C. - Park, C. - Pfanz, H. - Riede, F. - Schmincke, H.-U. - Streeter, M. - Wacker, L. - Büntgen, Ulf
Towards a dendrochronologically refined date of the Laacher See eruption around 13,000 years ago.
Quaternary Science Reviews. Roč. 229, FEB 2020 (2020), č. článku 106128. ISSN 0277-3791. E-ISSN 1873-457X
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : abrupt climate-change * meerfelder maar * volcanic-eruption * varve chronology * tephra * record * calibration * palaeolake * sediments * intcal13
OECD category: Physical geography
Impact factor: 4.112, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379119304159?via%3Dihub

The precise date of the Laacher See eruption (LSE), central Europe's largest Late Pleistocene volcanic event that occurred around 13,000 years ago, is still unknown. Here, we outline the potential of combined high-resolution dendrochronological, wood anatomical and radiocarbon (14C) measurements, to refine the age of this major Plinian eruption. Based on excavated, subfossil trees that were killed during the explosive LSE and buried under its pyroclastic deposits, we describe how a firm date of the eruption might be achieved, and how the resulting temporal precision would further advance our understanding of the environmental and societal impacts of this event. Moreover, we discuss the relevance of an accurate LSE date for improving the synchronization of European terrestrial and lacustrine Late Glacial to Holocene archives. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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