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Direct terrestrial–marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe

Daniel RichterThomas LauratHerman J. MücherAdam JagichMark Jan SierMark Jan SierLutz KindlerNorbert HesseMark J. DekkersSabine Gaudzinski-windheuserDimitri De LoeckerWim KuijperEnrico BrühlDouwe J.j. Van HinsbergenKirsty PenkmanWil RoebroeksCorrie Bakels

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010506 paleontologyEemiangeographyPaleomagnetismgeography.geographical_feature_category010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesAardwetenschappenBlake EventMIS 5ePalaeomagnetismLast interglacialTime lagLate onsetEemianSedimentary basin01 natural sciencesSequence (geology)PaleontologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)InterglacialShort PaperGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesGeology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface Processes

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AbstractAn interdisciplinary study of a small sedimentary basin at Neumark Nord 2 (NN2), Germany, has yielded a high-resolution record of the palaeomagnetic Blake Event, which we are able to place at the early part of the last interglacial pollen sequence documented from the same section. We use this data to calculate the duration of this stratigraphically important event at 3400 ± 350 yr. More importantly, the Neumark Nord 2 data enables precise terrestrial–marine correlation for the Eemian stage in central Europe. This shows a remarkably large time lag of ca. 5000 yr between the MIS 5e ‘peak’ in the marine record and the start of the last interglacial in this region.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-01-01Quaternary Research
10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003