The sharp rise of Δ14C ca. 800 cal BC:: Possible causes, related climatic teleconnections and the impact on human environments

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Van Geel, B
Van der Plicht, J
Kilian, MR
Klaver, ER
Kouwenberg, JHM
Renssen, H
Reynaud-Farrera, I
Waterbolk, HT
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[1] Univ Amsterdam, Netherlands Ctr Geoecol Res, NL-1098 SM Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Groningen, Ctr Isotope Res, NL-9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
[3] Free Univ Amsterdam, Netherlands Ctr Geoecol Res, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Montpellier 2, ISEM, UMR Paleoenvironm & Palynol 5554, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France
[5] Univ Groningen, Biol Archeol Inst, NL-9712 ER Groningen, Netherlands
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10.1017/S0033822200018403
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
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In this study we report on accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) wiggle-match dating of selected macrofossils from organic deposits ca. 800 cal BC (ca. 2650 sp). Eased on paleological, archaeological and geological evidence, we found that the sharp rise of atmospheric C-14 between 850 and 760 cal Be corresponds to the following related phenomena: 1. In European raised bog deposits, the changing spectrum of peat forming mosses and a sharp decline in decomposition of the peat indicate a sudden change from relatively dry and warm to cool, moist climatic conditions. 2. As a consequence of climate change, there was a fast and considerable rise of the groundwater table so that pest growth started in areas that were already marginal from a hydrological point of view. 3. The rise of the groundwater table in low-lying areas of the Netherlands resulted in the abandonment of settlement sites. 4. The contemporaneous earliest human colonization of newly emerged salt marshes in the northern Netherlands (after loss of cultivated land) may have been related to thermal contraction of ocean water, causing a temporary stagnation in the relative sea-level rise. Furthermore, there is evidence for synchronous climatic change in Europe and on other continents (climatic teleconnections on both hemispheres) ca. 2650 BP. We discuss reduced solar activity and the related increase of cosmic rays as a cause for the observed climatological phenomena and the contemporaneous rise in the C-14-content of the atmosphere. Cosmic rays may have been a factor in the formation of clouds and precipitation, and in that way changes in solar wind were amplified and the effects induced abrupt climate change.
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