(Table 2) Age determination of sediment core MD04-2845, supplement to: Daniau, Anne-Laure; Sanchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda; Duprat, Josette M (2009): Last glacial fire regime variability in western France inferred from microcharcoal preserved in core MD04-2845, Bay of Biscay. Quaternary Research, 71(3), 385-396

• Main Authors: Daniau, Anne-Laure, Sanchez Goñi, Maria Fernanda, Duprat, Josette M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2009
• Subjects: Sample ID; Datum level; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Age, dated material; Age, dated; Age, dated standard deviation; Age, minimum/young; Age, maximum/old; Median probability age; Age model; Age model, optional; Comment; Calypso Corer; Age, 14C milieu/reservoir corrected -400 yr; MD141; Marion Dufresne 1995; Laure; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.816897; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.816897

High resolution multiproxy analysis (microcharcoal, pollen, organic carbon, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s), ice rafted debris) of the deep-sea record MD04-2845 (Bay of Biscay) provides new insights for understanding mechanisms of fire regime variability of the last glacial period in western France. Fire regime of western France closely follows Dansgaard-Oeschger climatic variability and presents the same pattern than that of southwestern Iberia, namely low fire regime associated with open vegetation during stadials including Heinrich events, and high fire regime associated with open forest during interstadials. This supports a regional climatic control on fire regime for western Europe through fuel availability for the last glacial period. Additionally, each of Heinrich events 6, 5 and 4 is characterised by three episodes of fire regime, with a high regime bracketed by lower fire regime episodes, related to vegetational succession and complex environmental condition changes.