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Research article
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04 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 04 Jul 2018
| 04 Jul 2018
Evaluating the link between the sulfur-rich Laacher See volcanic eruption and the Younger Dryas climate anomaly
James U. L. Baldini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE,
UK
Richard J. Brown
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE,
UK
Natasha Mawdsley
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE,
UK
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- Times are changing: A new chronology for Holocene volcanic events and hydro-sedimentary history recorded in the Sarliève marsh (central France) A. Mayoral et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107237
- A multiphasic Younger Dryas cold period recorded in sediments of Lake Steisslingen, SW-Germany: A biomarker perspective J. Weber et al. 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.028
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- Possible magmatic CO2 influence on the Laacher See eruption date J. Baldini et al. 10.1038/s41586-023-05965-1
- Arctic sea ice export as a driver of deglacial climate A. Condron et al. 10.1130/G47016.1
- Discovery of Laacher See eruption in speleothem record synchronizes Greenland and central European Late Glacial climate change S. Warken et al. 10.1126/sciadv.adt4057
- Towards a dendrochronologically refined date of the Laacher See eruption around 13,000 years ago F. Reinig et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106128
- Reply to Stuchlík et al.: The Younger Dryas onset at 12.87 ky B.P. is still justified if the Laacher See eruption is considered H. Cheng et al. 10.1073/pnas.2024692118
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- Limnological response to the Laacher See eruption (LSE) in an annually laminated Allerød sediment sequence from the Nahe palaeolake, northern Germany S. Dreibrodt et al. 10.1111/bor.12468
- Constraining sulphur yields of trachytic and phonolitic volcanic eruptions: Tambora, Vesuvius, Laacher See and Campi Flegrei B. Scaillet et al. 10.5802/crgeos.276
- Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago, Parts 1 and 2: A Discussion V. Holliday et al. 10.1086/706264
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- Volcanic climate forcing preceding the inception of the Younger Dryas: Implications for tracing the Laacher See eruption P. Abbott et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107260
- Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period A. Svensson et al. 10.5194/cp-16-1565-2020
- Simulation of ash clouds after a Laacher See-type eruption U. Niemeier et al. 10.5194/cp-17-633-2021
- Identification of the Younger Dryas onset was confused by the Laacher See volcanic eruption E. Stuchlík et al. 10.1073/pnas.2022485118
- Late Quaternary paleoclimate reconstructions in Bhutanese Himalaya based on glacial modelling W. Yang et al. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104513
- Volcanic origin for Younger Dryas geochemical anomalies ca. 12,900 cal B.P. N. Sun et al. 10.1126/sciadv.aax8587
- Ice core evidence for major volcanic eruptions at the onset of Dansgaard–Oeschger warming events J. Lohmann & A. Svensson 10.5194/cp-18-2021-2022
- Impacts of major volcanic eruptions over the past two millennia on both global and Chinese climates: A review W. Sun et al. 10.1007/s11430-022-1218-0
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Short summary
The Younger Dryas occurred ~13 ka BP and is an iconic millennial-scale climate anomaly. However, the cause of the event is still ambiguous. Here, we propose that the event was triggered by a large, sulfur-rich eruption of the Laacher See volcano (Germany). The eruption's direct (sulfate aerosol-induced) cooling effects lasted less than 5 years, and we suggest these were amplified and extended by a sea-ice–ocean circulation positive feedback, leading to the event's characteristic features.
The Younger Dryas occurred ~13 ka BP and is an iconic millennial-scale climate anomaly. However,...
