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The 12,460-Year Hohenheim Oak and Pine Tree-Ring Chronology from Central Europe—A Unique Annual Record for Radiocarbon Calibration and Paleoenvironment Reconstructions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Michael Friedrich ,
Sabine Remmele ,
Bernd Kromer ,
Jutta Hofmann ,
Marco Spurk ,
Klaus Felix Kaiser ,
Christian Orcel  and
Manfred Küppers
Michael Friedrich
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany (210), Hohenheim University, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Sabine Remmele
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany (210), Hohenheim University, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Bernd Kromer
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Jutta Hofmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany (210), Hohenheim University, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Marco Spurk
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany (210), Hohenheim University, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Klaus Felix Kaiser
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf / Geographic Dept., University of Zürich, CH 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Orcel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Romand de Dendrochronologie, CH-1510 Moudon, Switzerland
Manfred Küppers
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany (210), Hohenheim University, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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The combined oak and pine tree-ring chronologies of Hohenheim University are the backbone of the Holocene radiocarbon calibration for central Europe. Here, we present the revised Holocene oak chronology (HOC) and the Preboreal pine chronology (PPC) with respect to revisions, critical links, and extensions. Since 1998, the HOC has been strengthened by new trees starting at 10,429 BP (8480 BC). Oaks affected by cockchafer have been identified and discarded from the chronology. The formerly floating PPC has been cross-matched dendrochronologically to the absolutely dated oak chronology, which revealed a difference of only 8 yr to the published 14C wiggle-match position used for IntCal98. The 2 parts of the PPC, which were linked tentatively at 11,250 BP, have been revised and strengthened by new trees, which enabled us to link both parts of the PPC dendrochronologically. Including the 8-yr shift of the oak-pine link, the older part of the PPC (pre-11,250 BP) needs to be shifted 70 yr to older ages with respect to the published data (Spurk 1998). The southern German part of the PPC now covers 2103 yr from 11,993–9891 BP (10,044–7942 BC). In addition, the PPC was extended significantly by new pine chronologies from other regions. A pine chronology from Avenches and Zürich, Switzerland, and another from the Younger Dryas forest of Cottbus, eastern Germany, could be crossdated and dendrochronologically matched to the PPC. The absolutely dated tree-ring chronology now extends back to 12,410 cal BP (10,461 BC). Therefore, the tree-ring-based 14C calibration now reaches back into the Central Younger Dryas. With respect to the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition identified in the ring width of our pines at 11,590 BP, the absolute tree-ring chronology now covers the entire Holocene and 820 yr of the Younger Dryas.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 46 , Issue 3: IntCal04: Calibration Issue, Guest Editor: PAULA J REIMER , 2004 , pp. 1111 - 1122
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