Precise radiocarbon dating of late-glacial cooling in mid-latitude South America

被引:93
作者
Hajdas, I [1 ]
Bonani, G
Moreno, PI
Ariztegui, D
机构
[1] ETH, PSI, Lab Honggerberg AMS14C, HPK-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Univ Geneva, Dept Geol & Paleontol, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[3] Univ Geneva, Inst Forel, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
[4] Univ Chile, Dept Biol, Santiago, Chile
关键词
C-14; dating; Younger Dryas; Huelmo/Mascarch cold reversal; mid-latitude South America;
D O I
10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00017-0
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Variability of atmospheric C-14 content often complicates radiocarbon-based chronologies; however, specific features such as periods of constant C-14 age or steep changes in radiocarbon ages can be useful stratigraphic markers. The Younger Dryas event in the Northern Hemisphere is one of those periods, showing conspicuous C-14 wiggles. Although the origin of those variations is not fully understood, we can make practical use of them and determine: (i) whether the Younger Dryas was global in extent; if so, (ii) were the initial cooling and the final warming synchronous worldwide; and (iii) what are the implications of these similarities/differences? Here we report high-resolution AMS C-14 chronologies from the mid-latitudes of South America that pinpoint a cool episode between 11,400 and 10,200 C-14 yr B.P. The onset of the final cool episode of the Late Glacial in the southern mid-latitudes, i.e., the Huelmo/Mascardi Cold Reversal, preceded the onset of the Younger Dryas cold event by similar to550 calendar years. Both events ended during a radiocarbon-age plateau at similar to10,200 C-14 yr B.P. Thus, the Huelmo/Mascardi Cold Reversal encompasses the Younger Dryas, as well as a couple of short-term cool/warm oscillations that immediately preceded its onset in the North Atlantic region. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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