High-resolution stalagmite stratigraphy supports the Late Holocene tephrochronology of southernmost Patagonia

Björn Klaes; Gerhard Wörner; Katrina Kremer; Klaus Simon; Andreas Kronz; Denis Scholz; Carsten W. Mueller; Carmen Höschen; Julian Struck; Helge Wolfgang Arz; Sören Thiele-Bruhn; Daniel Schimpf; Rolf Kilian

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00358-0

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2022)

High-resolution stalagmite stratigraphy supports the Late Holocene tephrochronology of southernmost Patagonia

Björn Klaes,
Gerhard Wörner,
Katrina Kremer,
Klaus Simon,
Andreas Kronz,
Denis Scholz,
Carsten W. Mueller,
Carmen Höschen,
Julian Struck,
Helge Wolfgang Arz,
Sören Thiele-Bruhn,
Daniel Schimpf,
Rolf Kilian

Affiliations

Björn Klaes: Geology Department, Trier University, Campus II (Geozentrum)
Gerhard Wörner: Division of Geochemistry and Isotope Geology, GZG, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Katrina Kremer: Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich
Klaus Simon: Division of Geochemistry and Isotope Geology, GZG, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Andreas Kronz: Department of Mineralogy, GZG, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Denis Scholz: Institute for Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Carsten W. Mueller: Department for Geosciences and Environmental Management, University of Copenhagen
Carmen Höschen: Soil Science, Research Department Life Science Systems, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich
Julian Struck: Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Helge Wolfgang Arz: Marine Geology Department, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)
Sören Thiele-Bruhn: Soil Science Department, Trier University, Campus II (Geozentrum)
Daniel Schimpf: Geology Department, Trier University, Campus II (Geozentrum)
Rolf Kilian: Geology Department, Trier University, Campus II (Geozentrum)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00358-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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South Patagonian speleothems yield chemical volcanogenic signals and tephra, which can be used to date regional volcanic eruptions and correlate them with the existing tephrochronology, according to geochemical analyses and micro-/nanoscale observations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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