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Analytical and methodological aspects of oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of carbonate lacustrine sediments. Final report for the period 1 October 1990 - 14 September 1992

Abstract

Lacustrine deposits are one of the most valuable continental materials for palaeoclimatic reconstructions. They can provide high-resolution, relatively continuous records of late Pleistocene/Holocene climate. Lake sediments often contain authigenic carbonates and fossil shells whose oxygen isotopic composition is mainly controlled by that of the lake water and by temperature. During the execution of the research contract, approximately 800 samples from the laminated sediment cores raised from the lake Gosciaz, central Poland, have been analysed for {sup 18} and {sup 13}C content of lake carbonates. A remarkable feature of the sediments from the Gosciaz lake is the continuous microlamination of the 19m thick sediment column. Together with other analysed properties of the sediment (CaCO{sub 3} content, pollen analysis, AMS {sup 14}C-dating of macrofossils), the isotope data obtained provide a unique, high-resolution record of climatic changes in central Europe during the last deglaciation. Some important conclusions can be drawn from this study with respect to the chronology of the Late Glacial Holocene transition in central Europe: (i) Onset of the Younger Dryas was as abrupt as its termination - both were completed within approximately 70 years; (ii) The apparent duration of the Younger Dryas, determined by direct counting of annual varves preserved  More>>
Authors:
Dulinski, M [1] 
  1. Institute of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, Cracow (Poland)
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-R-5467-F
Reference Number:
SCA: 540211; 400101; 540311; 580000; PA: AIX-24:029434; SN: 93000955589
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1993
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 58 GEOSCIENCES; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE RATIO; OXYGEN 18; POLAND; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPE DATING; CALCIUM CARBONATES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DIAGENESIS; 540211; 400101; 540311; 580000; RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; ACTIVATION, NUCLEAR REACTION, RADIOMETRIC, AND RADIOCHEMICAL PROCEDURES; GEOSCIENCES
OSTI ID:
10132577
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93619205; TRN: XA9333319029434
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[26] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Dulinski, M. Analytical and methodological aspects of oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of carbonate lacustrine sediments. Final report for the period 1 October 1990 - 14 September 1992. IAEA: N. p., 1993. Web.
Dulinski, M. Analytical and methodological aspects of oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of carbonate lacustrine sediments. Final report for the period 1 October 1990 - 14 September 1992. IAEA.
Dulinski, M. 1993. "Analytical and methodological aspects of oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of carbonate lacustrine sediments. Final report for the period 1 October 1990 - 14 September 1992." IAEA.
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title = {Analytical and methodological aspects of oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of carbonate lacustrine sediments. Final report for the period 1 October 1990 - 14 September 1992}
author = {Dulinski, M}
abstractNote = {Lacustrine deposits are one of the most valuable continental materials for palaeoclimatic reconstructions. They can provide high-resolution, relatively continuous records of late Pleistocene/Holocene climate. Lake sediments often contain authigenic carbonates and fossil shells whose oxygen isotopic composition is mainly controlled by that of the lake water and by temperature. During the execution of the research contract, approximately 800 samples from the laminated sediment cores raised from the lake Gosciaz, central Poland, have been analysed for {sup 18} and {sup 13}C content of lake carbonates. A remarkable feature of the sediments from the Gosciaz lake is the continuous microlamination of the 19m thick sediment column. Together with other analysed properties of the sediment (CaCO{sub 3} content, pollen analysis, AMS {sup 14}C-dating of macrofossils), the isotope data obtained provide a unique, high-resolution record of climatic changes in central Europe during the last deglaciation. Some important conclusions can be drawn from this study with respect to the chronology of the Late Glacial Holocene transition in central Europe: (i) Onset of the Younger Dryas was as abrupt as its termination - both were completed within approximately 70 years; (ii) The apparent duration of the Younger Dryas, determined by direct counting of annual varves preserved in the sediments of the lake, was around 1600 years; (iii) The transition between the Younger Dryas and Preboreal occurred approximately 11,000 calendar years before the present. 9 refs, 3 figs, 1 tab.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1993}
month = {Jan}
}