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Brehm, Nicolas; Bayliss, Alex; Christl, Marcus; Synal, Hans-Arno; Adolphi, Florian; Beer, Jürg; Kromer, Bernd; Muscheler, Raimund; Solanki, Sami K; Usoskin, Ilya; Bleicher, Niels; Bollhalder, Silvia; Tyers, Cathy; Wacker, Lukas (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings (969-1933 AD) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921808

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Published: 2020-08-20 • DOI registered: 2020-08-20

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Abstract:
Accelerator mass spectrometer measurement results of C14 age in tree rings from 13 different dendrochronoligically dated trees from England and Switzerland spanning the last almost all of the last millenium.
The Sun provides almost all of the external forcing to the Earth system, so that its variability is of considerable interest for geoscience. Observational records of solar activity cover only the last about 400 yr. Beyond that, cosmogenic nuclides stored in tree rings (14C) or ice cores (10Be, 36Cl) are used as proxies for solar activity extending back by many thousands of years1-3. Major drawbacks of cosmogenic nuclide based solar reconstructions are the presence of weather-induced noise (10Be in ice cores) and/or low temporal resolution of long, precisely dated records (14C in tree rings). Here, we present a continuous, annually resolved 14C record from absolutely dated tree rings covering nearly all of the last millennium (969-1933 AD). The high resolution and high precision 14C record reveals the presence of the eleven-year solar Schwabe cycle over the past millennium. Statistical analysis of the Schwabe cycle shows a positive correlation of its amplitude with reconstructed solar modulation. The record further confirms the 993 AD solar energetic particle event and reveals two new candidate events (1052 AD and 1279 AD) indicating that strong solar events are probably more common than previously thought.
Keyword(s):
C14; Radiocarbon
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Brehm, Nicolas; Bayliss, Alex; Christl, Marcus; Synal, Hans-Arno; Adolphi, Florian; Beer, Jürg; Kromer, Bernd; Muscheler, Raimund; Solanki, Sami K; Usoskin, Ilya; Bleicher, Niels; Bollhalder, Silvia; Tyers, Cathy; Wacker, Lukas (2021): Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings. Nature Geoscience, 14(1), 10-15, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-00674-0
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 51.553846 * Median Longitude: 0.100000 * South-bound Latitude: 47.400000 * West-bound Longitude: -4.200000 * North-bound Latitude: 53.400000 * East-bound Longitude: 8.600000
Date/Time Start: 2018-08-31T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-08-31T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree ALT-B04. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921795
  2. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree ALT-B05. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921796
  3. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree BLS-B10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921797
  4. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree COD-C38. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921798
  5. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree DRN-D11. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921799
  6. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree HFD-C01. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921800
  7. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree LYB-H40. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921801
  8. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree STK-C34. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921803
  9. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree STK-C10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921802
  10. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree SYD-M22. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921804
  11. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree TAT-C13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921805
  12. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree ZH-600797. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921806
  13. Brehm, N; Bayliss, A; Christl, M et al. (2020): Radiocarbon measurements on tree rings of tree ZH-644415. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.921807