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Research article
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12 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2021
| 12 Oct 2021
Seasonal climate signals preserved in biochemical varves: insights from novel high-resolution sediment scanning techniques
Institute of Geography & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change
Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Maurycy Żarczyński
Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Wojciech Tylmann
Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Shauna-kay Rainford
Institute of Plant Sciences & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change
Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Martin Grosjean
Institute of Geography & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change
Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Holocene climate evolution and human activity as recorded by the sediment record of lake Diss Mere, England L. Boyall et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3646
- High-Resolution Reconstruction of Total Organic Carbon Content in Lake Sediments Using Hyperspectral Imaging X. Lin et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17040706
- Fire regimes and their effects on ecosystems inferred from varved lake sediments of Holzmaar (Germany) for the last 2000 years A. Bonk et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109964
- Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans L. Ivany & E. Judd https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-095156
- Linking the formation of varves in a eutrophic temperate lake to meteorological conditions and water column dynamics M. Żarczyński et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156787
- Sediments: sink, archive, and source of contaminants A. Chiaia-Hernández et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24041-1
- Climate-eutrophication-anoxia interactions in Late Glacial Soppensee, Switzerland: Forcings, non-linear responses and recovery S. Schouten et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109804
- Seasonal to interannual variations of daily growth rate of a Tridacna shell from Palau Island, western Pacific, and paleoclimatic implications H. Wen et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112258
- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Lake Van and Lake Erçek over the last millennium using varved sediments (Eastern Türkiye) A. Meydan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.013
- Scanning Hyperspectral Imaging for In Situ Biogeochemical Analysis of Lake Sediment Cores: Review of Recent Developments P. Zander et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8030058
- What we talk about when we talk about seasonality – A transdisciplinary review O. Kwiecien et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103843
- Late Glacial temperature, anoxia, and primary production in Lago di Mezzano, Central Italy S. Schouten et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113933
- Advancing Analytical Frontiers in Molecular Organic Biomarker Research Through Spatial and Mass Resolution A. McKenna et al. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.18.2.107
- Unlocking varve details: high-resolution sampling via freeze-melt technique A. Ojala et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-025-00375-x
- Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and its special applications C. Vanhoof et al. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2JA90035A
- Theoretical Principles and Perspectives of Hyperspectral Imaging Applied to Sediment Core Analysis K. Jacq et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020028
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Short summary
High-resolution geochemical imaging techniques provide new opportunities to investigate the biogeochemical composition of sediments at micrometer scale. Here, we compare biogeochemical data from biochemical varves with meteorological data to understand how seasonal meteorological variations are recorded in varve composition. We find that these scanning techniques help to clarify climate–proxy relationships in biochemical varves and show great potential for high-resolution climate reconstruction.
High-resolution geochemical imaging techniques provide new opportunities to investigate the...
