Open AccessThe multiple chronological techniques applied to the L ake S uigetsu SG 06 sediment core, central J apan
Author(s) -
Staff Richard A.,
Nakagawa Takeshi,
Schlolaut Gordon,
Marshall Michael H.,
Brauer Achim,
Lamb Henry F.,
Bronk Ramsey Christopher,
Bryant Charlotte L.,
Brock Fiona,
Kitagawa Hiroyuki,
Plicht Johannes,
Payne Rebecca L.,
Smith Victoria C.,
Mark Darren F.,
Macleod Alison,
Blockley Simon P. E.,
Schwenninger JeanLuc,
Tarasov Pavel E.,
Haraguchi Tsuyoshi,
Gotanda Katsuya,
Yonenobu Hitoshi,
Yokoyama Yusuke
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00278.x
Subject(s) - varve , radiocarbon dating , geology , chronology , tephrochronology , paleontology , sediment , physical geography , tephra , geography , volcano
The varved sediment of Lake Suigetsu (central J apan) provides a valuable opportunity to obtain high‐resolution, multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental data across the last glacial/interglacial cycle. In order to maximize the potential of this archive, a well‐constrained chronology is required. This paper outlines the multiple geochronological techniques being applied – namely varve counting, radiocarbon dating, tephrochronology (including argon–argon dating) and optically stimulated luminescence ( OSL ) – and the approaches by which these techniques are being integrated to form a single, coherent, robust chronology. Importantly, we also describe here the linkage of the floating L ake S uigetsu ( SG 06) varve chronology and the absolute ( I nt C al09 tree‐ring) time scale, as derived using radiocarbon data from the uppermost (non‐varved) portion of the core. This tie‐point, defined as a distinct (flood) marker horizon in SG 06 (event layer B ‐07–08 at 1397.4 cm composite depth), is thus derived to be 11 255 to 11 222 I nt C al09 cal. years BP (68.2% probability range).