Climate Forcings and Their Influence on Alpine History as Reconstructed Through the Application of Synchrotron‐based X‐ray Microfluorescence on Layered Stalagmites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8352820 |
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| Authors | Silvia Frisia (0000-0001-6568-2696, Museo delle Scienze), Andrea Borsato (0000-0003-3858-4462, Museo delle Scienze), Jean Susini (0009-0002-1267-0549, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), Andréa Somogyi (0000-0002-3814-4152, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-219 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00197.x |
| OpenAlex | W2037007375 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Solar variability and volcanic activity strongly interact with climate and the environment. Synchrotron radiation X‐ray microfluorescence (micro‐XRF) to an annually laminated Alpine stalagmite confirmed that annual laminae result from hydrological variability and changes in the duration of soil microbial degradation. The latter is modulated by solar variability. At the centennial timescale, growth rate and solar activity appear to be correlated with temperature change, with low temperatures at solar minima. By combining micro‐XRF and absorption spectroscopy techniques (XANES), we also found that speleothems are a new archive of aerosol sulphate related to volcanic activity. Peaks in S‐concentration from c. 5.2 to 5.0 ka bp in an Alpine stalagmite suggest that multiple volcanic sulphate aerosol emissions enhanced Mid‐Holocene summer cooling, thus favouring the preservation of the Alpine Iceman mummy in a persistent ice casket
Aerosol · Atmospheric sciences · Climatology · Geochemistry · Geography · Holocene · Ice core · Meteorology · Stalagmite · Synchrotron · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Building materials and conservation · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography
The Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate as a reflection of regional events
Climatic change and contemporaneous land-use phases north and south of the Alps 2300 BC to 800 AD
Annual climate variability in the Holocene
Strong coherence between solar variability and the monsoon in Oman between 9 and 6 kyr ago
Palaeo-climate reconstruction from stable isotope variations in speleothems
A major widespread climatic change around 5300 cal. yr BP at the time of the Alpine Iceman
Centennial-Scale Holocene Climate Variability Revealed by a High-Resolution Speleothem δ 18 O Record from SW Ireland
Origin and Migration of the Alpine Iceman
Holocene climate variability as reflected by mid-European lake-level fluctuations and its probable impact on prehistoric human settlements
Interannual to century scale climate variability in the European Alps
The Alps with little ice
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