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Kravchinsky, Vadim; Langereis, Cornelis G; Walker, Shawn D; Dlusskiy, Konstantin G; White, Dustin (2013): Analyses of a Holocene soil/loess sequence in Southern Siberia [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820135, Supplement to: Kravchinsky, V et al. (2013): Discovery of Holocene millennial climate cycles in the Asian continental interior: Has the sun been governing the continental climate? Global and Planetary Change, 110(C), 386-396, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.011

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Abstract:
We conducted a high-resolution study of a unique Holocene sequence of wind-blown sediments and buried soils in Southern Siberia, far from marine environment influences. This was accomplished in order to assess the difference between North Atlantic marine and in-land climate variations. Relative wind strength was determined by grain size analyses of different stratigraphic units. Petromagnetic measurements were performed to provide a proxy for the relative extent of pedogenesis. An age model for the sections was built using the radiocarbon dating method. The windy periods are associated with the absence of soil formation and relatively low values of frequency dependence of magnetic susceptibility (FD), which appeared to be a valuable quantitative marker of pedogenic activity. These events correspond to colder intervals which registered reduced solar modulation and sun spot number. Events, where wind strength was lower, are characterized by soil formation with high FD values. Spectral analysis of our results demonstrates periodic changes of 1500, 1000 and 500 years of relatively warm and cold intervals during the Holocene of Siberia. We presume that the 1000 and 500 year climatic cycles are driven by increased solar insolation reaching the Earth surface and amplified by other still controversial mechanisms. The 1500 year cycle associated with the North Atlantic circulation appears only in the Late Holocene. Three time periods -- 8400-9300 years BP, 3600-5100 years BP, and the last ~250 years BP - correspond to both the highest sun spot number and the most developed soil horizons in the studied sections
Coverage:
Latitude: 52.100000 * Longitude: 107.500000
Event(s):
Burdukovo * Latitude: 52.100000 * Longitude: 107.500000 * Location: Siberia, Russia * Method/Device: Outcrop sample (OUTCROP)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Kravchinsky, V; Langereis, CG; Walker, SD et al. (2013): Frequency dependence of magnetic susceptibility of soil/loess section Burdukovo. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820130
  2. Kravchinsky, V; Langereis, CG; Walker, SD et al. (2013): Piecewise linear-interpolation of frequency dependence of magnetic susceptibility of soil/loess section Burdukovo. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820131
  3. Kravchinsky, V; Langereis, CG; Walker, SD et al. (2013): Median grain size of soil/loess section Burdukovo. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820132
  4. Kravchinsky, V; Langereis, CG; Walker, SD et al. (2013): Piecewise linear-interpolation of median grain size of soil/loess section Burdukovo. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820133
  5. Kravchinsky, V; Langereis, CG; Walker, SD et al. (2013): Soil/loess occurrences in Burdukovo section. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.820134