Identification of the Younger Dryas onset was confused by the Laacher See volcanic eruption.

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10425590

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022485118" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022485118</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022485118" target="_blank" >10.1073/pnas.2022485118</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Identification of the Younger Dryas onset was confused by the Laacher See volcanic eruption.

Original language description

Cheng et al. (1) provide data on oxygen-isotope d18O in nine speleothems of Younger Dryas (YD) age from caves situated in several continents between 42°27′ N and 21°05′ S and dated by the U-Th method. They compare this data with d18O records in several ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica that were originally dated by the radiocarbon method. While the presented YD records of d18O and their bowlshaped pattern (e.g., in speleothems and ice cores from the Northern Hemisphere) are similar to earlier published YD structures [e.g., lake sediment-based pollen and Cladocera inferred temperature (2) and lake sediment Th/K ratio (3)], the interpretation of this data merits some criticism. Although the authors refer to several papers dealing with the Laacher See volcanic eruption (LSVE), they ignore any of its potential effects on climate. Unfortunately, this hampers the interpretation of their own data and confounds the role of the widespread Pt anomaly (4) and thus the actual onset of the YD, which they mistakenly associate with the first drop in d18O. The LSVE tephra is one of the most important chronological markers in European lacustrine varved sedimentary archives that resides close to the onset of the YD (5). The timing of this at least Europe-wide event, based on carbonatite U-Th zircon isochron age (12,900 cal. B.P.) (6) and lake varve age (12,880 cal. B.P.) (5), is within the error range of the YD onset provided by Cheng et al. (12,870 ± 30 cal. B.P.) (1). Results of our recent multiproxy study of a sedimentary archive in the Central European paleolake Stará Jímka (3) suggest that the first drop in d18O found by Cheng et al. (cave Seso, North Greenland Ice Core Project., figure 4 of ref. 1) originated from a previous warmer climate in combination with a long-term climate repercussion following the LSVE (7). Then, the subsequent major continuous decrease of d18O indicates the actual YD onset, as a reaction to an extraterrestrial impact event (ETIE) revealed by the Pt anomaly along with the occurrence of microspherules and nanodiamonds (8, 9). In addition, their data based on the identification of annual bends in speleothems (Cherrapunji and Rige cave samples Chy-1, Rige 3., figure S3 of ref. 1) support this interpretation. Furthermore, the lag estimated by Cheng et al. (1) of ∼50 y between their proposed YD onset and the Pt anomaly is within our error range of a ∼70-y lag (based on radiocarbon dates) found in the sediment of the Stará Jímka paleolake between the accumulation of LSVE tephra and magnetic impact microspherules that indicate an ETIE (3). Thus, while the data provided by Cheng et al. (1) are improperly interpreted, they support the validity of the YD impact hypothesis (10).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

ISSN

0027-8424

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

118

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

2

Pages from-to

e2022485118

UT code for WoS article

000612945500072

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85100058234