Tephra data from varved lakes of the Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition: towards a global inventory and better chronologies on the Varved Sediments Database (VARDA)

Beckett, Anna; Blanchet, Cecile; Brauser, Alexander; Kearney, Rebecca; Martin-Puertas, Celia; Matthews, Ian; Mittelbach, Konstantin; Palmer, Adrian; Ramisch, Arne; Brauer, Achim

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-595-2024

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-595-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-595-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

Data description paper

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24 Jan 2024

Data description paper |

| 24 Jan 2024

Tephra data from varved lakes of the Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition: towards a global inventory and better chronologies on the Varved Sediments Database (VARDA)

Anna Beckett, Cecile Blanchet, Alexander Brauser, Rebecca Kearney, Celia Martin-Puertas, Ian Matthews, Konstantin Mittelbach, Adrian Palmer, Arne Ramisch, and Achim Brauer

Data sets

Major Element and Trace Element Compositions of Tephra Layers Found in European Varved Lake Records Anna Beckett, Cecile Blanchet, Alexander Brauser, Rebecca Kearney, Celia Martin-Puertas, Ian Matthews, Konstantin Mittelbach, Adrian Palmer, Arne Ramisch, and Achim Brauer https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2023.015

Short summary

This paper focuses on volcanic ash (tephra) in European annually laminated (varve) lake records from the period 25 to 8 ka. Tephra enables the synchronisation of these lake records and their proxy reconstructions to absolute timescales. The data incorporate geochemical data from tephra layers across 19 varve lake records. We highlight the potential for synchronising multiple records using tephra layers across continental scales whilst supporting reproducibility through accessible data.