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Holocene Lacustrine Carbonate Formation; Old Ideas in the Light of New Radiocarbon Data from a Single Site in Central Hungary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

M Jenei ,
S Gulyás ,
P Sümegi  and
M Molnár
M Jenei
Affiliation:
University of Szeged, Department of Geology and Paleontology, H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u.2-6, Hungary
S Gulyás*
Affiliation:
University of Szeged, Department of Geology and Paleontology, H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u.2-6, Hungary
P Sümegi
Affiliation:
University of Szeged, Department of Geology and Paleontology, H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u.2-6, Hungary
M Molnár
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
*
Corresponding author. Email: gubanc@yahoo.com
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Lacustrine carbonate deposition in Hungary has been traditionally interpreted as the outcome of the dry, hot climate prevailing between 7500 and 5000 14C yr BP (hereafter BP) (∼6400 and 3800 BC), triggering the partial desiccation of minor ponds and lakes. A comparative analysis of 5 14C results from the site of Csólyospálos, central Hungary, with those of other Hungarian lacustrine carbonates yielded stunning new results. According to these new dates, carbonate deposition must have initiated much earlier, possibly around 10,000–11,000 BP (9500–11,000 BC) in the Carpathian Basin. Furthermore, the formation of lacustrine carbonates must have come to an end at very different times in different parts of the basin, contrasting previous views on the uniform and synchronous cessation of lacustrine carbonate formation in Hungary. According to the newest results presented here, carbonate deposition in the southern and southeastern parts of the basin ceased around 6000 BP (∼4900 BC). Meanwhile, in the central parts, deposition continued as long as the terminal Bronze Age (∼1300 BC).

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 1017 - 1021
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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