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Does Belgian Holocene speleothem records solar forcing and cold events?
Abstract. We present a decadal-centennial scale Holocene climate record based on trace elements contents from a 65 cm stalagmite (Père Noël
) from Belgian Père Noël cave. Père Noël (PN) stalagmite covers the last 12.7 ka according to U/Th dating. High spatial resolution measurements of trace elements (Sr, Ba, Mg and Al) were done by Laser-Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Trace elements profiles were interpreted as environmental and climate changes in the Han-sur-Lesse region. Power spectrum estimators and continuous wavelet transform were applied on trace elements time series to detect any statistically significant periodicities in the PN stalagmite. Spectral analyses reveal decadal to millennial periodicities (i.e., 68–75, 133–136, 198–209, 291–358, 404–602, 912–1029 and 2365–2670 yr) in the speleothem record. Results were compared to reconstructed sunspot number data to determine whether solar signal is presents in PN speleothem. The occurrence of significant solar periodicities (i.e., cycles of Gleissberg, de Vries, unnamed 500 years, Eddy and Hallstat) supports for an impact of solar forcing on PN speleothem trace elements contents. Moreover, several intervals of significant rapid climate change were detected during the Holocene at 10.3, 9.3–9.5, around 8.2, 6.4–6.2, 4.7–4.5, and around 2.7 ka BP. Those intervals are similar to the cold events evidenced in different natural paleoclimate archivers, suggesting common climate forcing mechanisms related to changes in solar irradiance.
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EC1: 'Correct grammatical title', Dominik Fleitmann, 12 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Answer to editor Dominik Fleitmann, Mohammed allan, 08 sept 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript “Does Belgian Holocene speleothem records solar forcing and cold events?” by Allan et al., submitted to Climate of the Past', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to Reviewer #1, Mohammed allan, 08 sept 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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SC1: 'Hydrological context to Belgian Holocene speleothem', Javier Vinós, 19 Aug 2017
- AC4: 'Answer to SC1 (Javier Vinós)', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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RC2: 'Comment on cp-2017-91 "Does Belgian Holocene speleothem records solar forcing and cold events?"', Laia Comas-Bru, 29 Aug 2017
- AC3: 'Answer to Reviewer 2 (Laia Comas-Bru), Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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SC2: 'Suggestions on statistics and minor comments', Zoltán Kern, 08 Sep 2017
- AC5: 'Answer to Z. Kern', Mohammed Allan, 12 Sep 2017
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EC1: 'Correct grammatical title', Dominik Fleitmann, 12 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Answer to editor Dominik Fleitmann, Mohammed allan, 08 sept 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript “Does Belgian Holocene speleothem records solar forcing and cold events?” by Allan et al., submitted to Climate of the Past', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to Reviewer #1, Mohammed allan, 08 sept 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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SC1: 'Hydrological context to Belgian Holocene speleothem', Javier Vinós, 19 Aug 2017
- AC4: 'Answer to SC1 (Javier Vinós)', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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RC2: 'Comment on cp-2017-91 "Does Belgian Holocene speleothem records solar forcing and cold events?"', Laia Comas-Bru, 29 Aug 2017
- AC3: 'Answer to Reviewer 2 (Laia Comas-Bru), Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017', Mohammed Allan, 08 Sep 2017
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SC2: 'Suggestions on statistics and minor comments', Zoltán Kern, 08 Sep 2017
- AC5: 'Answer to Z. Kern', Mohammed Allan, 12 Sep 2017
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