Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives
For interpreting past changes on a regional or global scale, the timings of proxy-inferred events are usually aligned with data from other locations. However, too often chronological uncertainties are ignored in proxy diagrams and multisite comparisons, making it possible for researchers to fall int...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/082ae7c5-6ba0-43a4-9cdb-243be41e3152 2024-06-02T08:11:28+00:00 Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives Christen, J. A. Mauquoy, D. van der Plicht, J. Bennett, K. D. Blaauw, Maarten 2007-02 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/082ae7c5-6ba0-43a4-9cdb-243be41e3152 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/082ae7c5-6ba0-43a4-9cdb-243be41e3152 https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607075857 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6703873/2007HoloceneBlaauw.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/082ae7c5-6ba0-43a4-9cdb-243be41e3152 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Christen , J A , Mauquoy , D , van der Plicht , J , Bennett , K D & Blaauw , M 2007 , ' Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives ' , Holocene , vol. 17 , no. 2 , pp. 283-288 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607075857 Bayesian age-modelling radiocarbon chronological uncertainty meta-analysis synchronicity of events 'Little Ice Age' HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY NORTH-ATLANTIC CLIMATE RAISED BOGS AGE RECORDS MIDHOLOCENE MONSOON IMPACT DEPTH article 2007 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607075857 2024-05-07T18:29:42Z For interpreting past changes on a regional or global scale, the timings of proxy-inferred events are usually aligned with data from other locations. However, too often chronological uncertainties are ignored in proxy diagrams and multisite comparisons, making it possible for researchers to fall into the trap of sucking separate events into one illusionary event (or vice versa). Here we largely solve this 'suck in and smear syndrome' for radiocarbon (14 Q dated sequences. In a Bayesian framework, millions of plausible age-models are constructed to quantify the chronological uncertainties within and between proxy archives. We test the technique on replicated high-resolution 14 C-dated peat cores deposited during the 'Little lee Age' (C. AD 1400-1900), a period characterized by abrupt climate changes and severe C-14 calibration problems. Owing to internal variability in proxy data and uncertainties in age-models, these (and possibly many more) archives are not consistent in recording decadal climate change. Through explicit statistical tests of palaeoenvironmental hypotheses, we can move forward to systematic interpretations of proxy data. However, chronological uncertainties of non-annually resolved palaeoclimate records are too large for answering decadal timescale questions. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of Groningen research database The Holocene 17 2 283 288 |
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Bayesian age-modelling radiocarbon chronological uncertainty meta-analysis synchronicity of events 'Little Ice Age' HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY NORTH-ATLANTIC CLIMATE RAISED BOGS AGE RECORDS MIDHOLOCENE MONSOON IMPACT DEPTH Christen, J. A. Mauquoy, D. van der Plicht, J. Bennett, K. D. Blaauw, Maarten Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives |
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Bayesian age-modelling radiocarbon chronological uncertainty meta-analysis synchronicity of events 'Little Ice Age' HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY NORTH-ATLANTIC CLIMATE RAISED BOGS AGE RECORDS MIDHOLOCENE MONSOON IMPACT DEPTH |
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For interpreting past changes on a regional or global scale, the timings of proxy-inferred events are usually aligned with data from other locations. However, too often chronological uncertainties are ignored in proxy diagrams and multisite comparisons, making it possible for researchers to fall into the trap of sucking separate events into one illusionary event (or vice versa). Here we largely solve this 'suck in and smear syndrome' for radiocarbon (14 Q dated sequences. In a Bayesian framework, millions of plausible age-models are constructed to quantify the chronological uncertainties within and between proxy archives. We test the technique on replicated high-resolution 14 C-dated peat cores deposited during the 'Little lee Age' (C. AD 1400-1900), a period characterized by abrupt climate changes and severe C-14 calibration problems. Owing to internal variability in proxy data and uncertainties in age-models, these (and possibly many more) archives are not consistent in recording decadal climate change. Through explicit statistical tests of palaeoenvironmental hypotheses, we can move forward to systematic interpretations of proxy data. However, chronological uncertainties of non-annually resolved palaeoclimate records are too large for answering decadal timescale questions. |
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Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives |
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Christen , J A , Mauquoy , D , van der Plicht , J , Bennett , K D & Blaauw , M 2007 , ' Testing the timing of radiocarbon-dated events between proxy archives ' , Holocene , vol. 17 , no. 2 , pp. 283-288 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607075857 |
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