A 2000-year record of solar forcing on varved lake sediment in eastern Finland |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi''an 710061, China;2. College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. Institute of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland;2. Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), P.O. Box 96, FI-02151 Espoo, Finland;1. Geographic Institute, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand;3. Institute of Computer Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany;4. Earth System Science Research Center, Institute for Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A high-resolution study was performed on varved sediments from Lake Lehmilampi in eastern Finland. Varve data was collected by digital image analysis using standard 1.8 mm thick samples impregnated in epoxy and X-rayed. Climatic variability is imprinted on varve properties (varve thickness and accumulation of mineral and organic matter) during the last 2000 years. The cumulative counting error of the varve record is estimated as 2.3%. Qualitative comparison of varve parameters and residual Δ14C constructed from tree-rings revealed close correspondence between the two records, suggesting solar forcing on lake sedimentation. Classical climatic periods of the last millennia, Medieval Climate Anomaly (1060–1280 in the varve record) and Little Ice Age (cooler phases culminating in 1340, 1465, 1545, 1680, 1850 and also in 1930 in the varve record) are clearly evident in the varve record. At present the physical link between solar activity levels and lake sedimentation has not been established. |
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