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δ13C of Loess Organic Matter as a Potential Proxy for Paleoprecipitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christine Hatté ,
Pierre Antoine ,
Michel Fontugne ,
Andreas Lang ,
Denis-Didier Rousseau  and
Ludwig Zöller
Christine Hatté
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR1572 CEA/CNRS, Domaine du CNRS, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France, E-mail: hatte@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr
Pierre Antoine
Affiliation:
CNRS ESA 8018 “Préhistoire et Quaternaire,”, Unité Stratigraphie et Paléoenvironnements Quaternaires, UFR de Géographie, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Avenue P. Langevin, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
Michel Fontugne
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR1572 CEA/CNRS, Domaine du CNRS, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
Andreas Lang
Affiliation:
Geographisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, Bonn, D-53115, Germany
Denis-Didier Rousseau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléoenvironnement et Palynologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR 5554-CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France and Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964
Ludwig Zöller
Affiliation:
Geographisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

Paleoprecipitation reconstructions on the basis of pollen are well known, but they do not provide high temporal resolution for glacial periods. High-resolution paleoprecipitation reconstructions for the last glaciation based on the isotopic record organic matter in loess from Nussloch (Rhine Valley, Germany) are consistent with paleoprecipitation inferred from peat in the same area using an independant method. Thus, δ13C of loess organic matter can be used as a proxy for paleoprecipitation.

Keywords

carbon isotopesloessorganic matterpaleoprecipitationWeichselian
Type
Research Article
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 33 - 38
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University of Washington

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