Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records
Identification of the causes of past climate change requires detailed knowledge of one of the most important natural factors—solar forcing. Prior to the period of direct solar observations, radionuclide abundances in natural archives provide the best-known proxies for changes in solar activity. Here...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:fa878de1-f844-443b-8fd9-599a7a4685b2 2023-05-15T13:39:35+02:00 Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records Muscheler, Raimund Joos, Fortunat Beer, Jurg Muller, Simon Vonmoos, Maura Snowball, Ian 2006 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/627255 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qscirev.2006.07.012 eng eng Elsevier https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/627255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.qscirev.2006.07.012 Quaternary Science Reviews; 26, pp 82-97 (2006) ISSN: 0277-3791 Geology contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2006 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qscirev.2006.07.012 2023-02-01T23:28:24Z Identification of the causes of past climate change requires detailed knowledge of one of the most important natural factors—solar forcing. Prior to the period of direct solar observations, radionuclide abundances in natural archives provide the best-known proxies for changes in solar activity. Here we present two independent reconstructions of changes in solar activity during the last 1000 yr, which are inferred from 10Be and 14C records. We analyse the tree-ring 14C data (SHCal, IntCal04 from 1000 to 1510 AD and annual data from 1511 to 1950 AD) and four 10Be records from Greenland ice cores (Camp Century, GRIP, Milcent and Dye3) together with two 10Be records from Antarctic ice cores (Dome Concordia and South Pole). In general, the 10Be and 14C records exhibit good agreement that allows us to obtain reliable estimates of past solar magnetic modulation of the radionuclide production rates. Differences between 10Be records from Antarctica and Greenland indicate that climatic changes have influenced the deposition of 10Be during some periods of the last 1000 yr. The radionuclide-based reconstructions of past changes in solar activity do not always agree with the sunspot record, which indicates that the coupling between those proxies is not as close as has been sometimes assumed. The tree-ring 14C record and 10Be from Antarctica indicate that recent solar activity is high but not exceptional with respect to the last 1000 yr. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Greenland Greenland ice cores GRIP South pole South pole Lund University Publications (LUP) Antarctic Greenland South Pole |
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Identification of the causes of past climate change requires detailed knowledge of one of the most important natural factors—solar forcing. Prior to the period of direct solar observations, radionuclide abundances in natural archives provide the best-known proxies for changes in solar activity. Here we present two independent reconstructions of changes in solar activity during the last 1000 yr, which are inferred from 10Be and 14C records. We analyse the tree-ring 14C data (SHCal, IntCal04 from 1000 to 1510 AD and annual data from 1511 to 1950 AD) and four 10Be records from Greenland ice cores (Camp Century, GRIP, Milcent and Dye3) together with two 10Be records from Antarctic ice cores (Dome Concordia and South Pole). In general, the 10Be and 14C records exhibit good agreement that allows us to obtain reliable estimates of past solar magnetic modulation of the radionuclide production rates. Differences between 10Be records from Antarctica and Greenland indicate that climatic changes have influenced the deposition of 10Be during some periods of the last 1000 yr. The radionuclide-based reconstructions of past changes in solar activity do not always agree with the sunspot record, which indicates that the coupling between those proxies is not as close as has been sometimes assumed. The tree-ring 14C record and 10Be from Antarctica indicate that recent solar activity is high but not exceptional with respect to the last 1000 yr. |
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Muscheler, Raimund Joos, Fortunat Beer, Jurg Muller, Simon Vonmoos, Maura Snowball, Ian |
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Muscheler, Raimund Joos, Fortunat Beer, Jurg Muller, Simon Vonmoos, Maura Snowball, Ian |
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Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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Solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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solar activity during the last 1000 yr inferred from radionuclide records |
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Quaternary Science Reviews; 26, pp 82-97 (2006) ISSN: 0277-3791 |
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