Periodic input of dust over the Eastern Carpathians during the Holocene linked with Saharan desertification and human impact

Longman, Jack; Veres, Daniel; Ersek, Vasile; Salzmann, Ulrich; Hubay, Katalin; Bormann, Marc; Wennrich, Volker; Schäbitz, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-897-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-897-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-897-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

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18 Jul 2017

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Periodic input of dust over the Eastern Carpathians during the Holocene linked with Saharan desertification and human impact

Jack Longman, Daniel Veres, Vasile Ersek, Ulrich Salzmann, Katalin Hubay, Marc Bormann, Volker Wennrich, and Frank Schäbitz

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-897-2017-supplement

Data sets

Age determination and dust flux of peat core MOHOS J. Longman, D. Veres, V. Ersek, U. Salzmann, K. Hubay, M. Borman, V. Wennrich, and F. Schäbitz https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.879222

Short summary

We present the first record of dust input into an eastern European bog over the past 10 800 years. We find significant changes in past dust deposition, with large inputs related to both natural and human influences. We show evidence that Saharan desertification has had a significant impact on dust deposition in eastern Europe for the past 6100 years.