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{"title":"Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research – A 20 year update","authors":"Melanie J. Leng","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109322","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109322","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises a series of review papers which discuss the application of stable isotopes to different types of Quaternary records. This is an update of the 2004 special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews on “Isotopes in Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (ISOPAL)”, volume 23, issue 7–8, pages 739–992. The last 2 decades have seen huge advances in methods and interpretation of the common stable isotopes in air, liquid and solid materials but there have also been advancements in the so-called rarer isotopes in difficult matrices. The volume will include updates and reviews on recent advances in some of the potentially faster moving disciplines which include isotopes in: the anthropocene, bones and teeth, chironomid head capsules, as well as isotopes in coastal (organic matter) and marine (benthic foraminifera) sediments. Updates on silicon isotopes and isotopes in biomarkers (focussing in on peatlands) are discussed and there is also a review on how isotopes are used in sclerochronology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143807027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating adaptability of early cereal consumption during Holocene climate fluctuation: Integrated insights from macro-botanical remains, fossil pollen records and species distribution modeling in northern China","authors":"Yumeng Qu","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109350","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109350","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agricultural production began with the selective adaptation of wild crops. While extensive archaeological evidence indicates that northern China was one of the earliest regions to develop systematic cereal cultivation, the dynamics of early subsistence adaptation remain insufficiently understood, primarily due to limited knowledge regarding the distribution, abundance, and variation of cereals. This study integrates multiple lines of evidence, including macro-botanical data recovered from archaeological sites, pollen taxa analysis from high-resolution sediment samples, and species distribution modeling (SDM), to evaluate the interaction between wild cereal resources and human choices during Holocene climate fluctuations. The findings suggest that climatic amelioration following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) may facilitate the availability of wild broomcorn millet and rice in northern China. Their high abundance during the early Holocene may make these cereals dominant choices. In contrast, the climatic impact on wild foxtail millet was minimal, and its relatively lower availability likely constrained its early consumption. During the early Holocene, the composition of local vegetation may have influenced the proportion of cereals in daily diets. By the mid-Holocene, although climatic fluctuations diminished the availability of wild broomcorn millet and rice, the expansion of agriculture became the primary driver for the widespread dominance of foxtail millet. The assessment of early human adaptation reveals that the selective utilization of cereals was part of a complex ecological and economic dynamic, initially driven by disparities in plant resource availability resulting from Holocene climatic variations. Over time, however, population demands and agricultural development increasingly shaped this process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"358 ","pages":"Article 109350"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143792557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconstruction of environmental and hydroclimate changes in the Adriatic region over the last 367 kyr from Modrič Cave (Croatia) speleothems","authors":"Maša Surić ,&nbsp;Petra Bajo ,&nbsp;Andrea Columbu ,&nbsp;Robert Lončarić ,&nbsp;Nina Lončar ,&nbsp;Russell N. Drysdale ,&nbsp;John C. Hellstrom","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109351","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109351","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We report the longest episodic stable isotope (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) speleothem record from the eastern Adriatic coast, obtained from three U-Th dated speleothems from Modrič Cave (Croatia), covering environmental changes at orbital (glacial-interglacial cycles) and sub-orbital (millennial-to-centennial) time scales. According to the age models, speleothems grew intermittently during the last 367 ka, i.e. the time span from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 10 to the present, with growth episodes during 367-342 ka, 331-278 ka, 244-233 ka, 200-155 ka, 69-34 ka and from 15 ka to the present. Speleothem deposition during every interglacial and glacial period, except for the MIS 8, along with the isotope record, suggest that intermittent calcite deposition was not entirely climate controlled, but depended upon the drip site specifics, as well.</div><div>As for the speleothem isotopic signal, δ¹³C variations were governed by local soil bioactivity, while the δ¹⁸O signal was a proxy for regional hydroclimate processes. As commonly found in the Mediterranean, δ¹⁸O was controlled by precipitation amount, except during the three detected periods when the source effect outweighed the amount effect. Most likely, due to the weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), ¹⁸O-depleted Atlantic moisture was partially compensated with ¹⁸O-enriched Mediterranean-sourced moisture. Regional teleconection between the North Atlantic region and the central Mediterranean has been characterized by a rapid response to abrupt climate system reorganization during Termination TI. Although future anthropogenic climate changes will occur under different boundary conditions, understanding the persistence of such rapid, dynamic teleconnections over longer time scales is of significant interest to the climate community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"358 ","pages":"Article 109351"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143792555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coupled sea-level and hydroclimatic controls on the southern Red Sea sedimentation during the past 30 ka","authors":"Francesca Paraschos ,&nbsp;Andreas Koutsodendris ,&nbsp;Spyros Sergiou ,&nbsp;Maria Geraga ,&nbsp;Helen Kaberi ,&nbsp;Melissa Berke ,&nbsp;Oliver Friedrich ,&nbsp;Stylianos Iliakis ,&nbsp;Mirko Alessandro Uy ,&nbsp;Ross Williams ,&nbsp;Geoffrey Bailey ,&nbsp;Dimitris Sakellariou","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109310","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109310","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sedimentation in the Red Sea basin is governed by the complex interplay between regional atmospheric circulation, precipitation patterns, and sea level fluctuations, which altogether exert a profound control on the detrital and biogenic components of the sedimentary record. To gain a comprehensive understanding of these controls on the southern Red Sea sedimentation over the past 30 ka, we here combine high-resolution bulk geochemical and mineralogical data with detrital grain-size distributions and plant-wax biomarkers at a sub-centennial average temporal resolution. Our proxies reveal that the sedimentary record is characterised by two distinct depositional regimes of detrital and marine origin. The pronounced shift from the detrital-dominated (ca. 30–14.6 kyr) to the marine-dominated phase (ca. 14.6–0.8 kyr) coincides with the end of Heinrich Event 1 and the rapid sea-level rise associated with Meltwater Pulse 1a. Flooding of the shelf during deglacial sea-level rise increased the distance between the core site and the respective shoreline, and partially controlled the delivery of detrital material to the site. Shifts in detrital grain-size distribution and mineralogical composition indicate a reduction in regional continental aridity and potentially weaker wind circulation with the onset of Greenland Interstadial-1, while the reestablishment of water-mass exchange with the Gulf of Aden from ca. 15 ka onwards led to a marine productivity surge at our study area. An increase of fine-grained fluvial material and terrestrial <em>n</em>-alkanes between ca. 16 and 8 ka points to the establishment of more pluvial conditions and the activation of local wadi runoff during the African Humid Period. Finally, the subtle but steady increase of detrital input from ca. 5 ka onwards suggests the re-establishment of continental aridity during the late Holocene.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":"Article 109310"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143791486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Uplift, tilting, and underlying structures of coastal northwestern Luzon, Philippines, deduced from marine terraces","authors":"Yiran Wang ,&nbsp;Aron J. Meltzner ,&nbsp;Jennifer Quye-Sawyer ,&nbsp;Huili Yang ,&nbsp;Yichen Pu ,&nbsp;Jintang Qin ,&nbsp;Lin Thu Aung ,&nbsp;Zihan Aw ,&nbsp;Andrea Denise A. Pamintuan ,&nbsp;Noelynna T. Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109347","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109347","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Northern Luzon Island of the Philippines, located between the converging Sunda and Philippine Sea Plates, is a seismically active region within a complex tectonic setting. Remnants of Pleistocene marine terraces along the coast of northwestern Luzon have been deformed and provide clues to the active underlying structures. Through remote sensing and field surveys, we mapped and surveyed multiple generations of uplifted Pleistocene marine terraces between the municipalities of Pasuquin and Santo Domingo along the northwestern Luzon coast. We found that wave-cut platforms are the most common type of marine terrace in the area, each consisting of a sedimentary basement (Laoag Formation) and a fluvial or alluvial deposit cover. The uplift of these terraces shows that the area north of Laoag City has experienced westward tilting while the area farther south has been uniformly uplifted. With K-feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating of sand samples collected above the abrasion surface of the wave-cut platforms, we infer that the most prominent marine terrace, with a seaward edge 40–50 m above mean sea level, was formed during marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a. This suggests a long-term uplift rate of ∼1 m/kyr along the coast and up to 1.6 m/kyr farther inland. Combining evidence from field surveys and bathymetric and focal mechanism data, we suggest that the large-scale uplift of the coastal area is the result of slip along an east-dipping thrust with a surface trace ∼12 km off the west coast, while a west-dipping branch of the Vigan-Aggao Fault Zone has contributed to tilting, horizontal (sinistral) movement, and localized folding of the coastal area. Through elastic dislocation modeling, we suggest the offshore fault likely has a dip angle lower than 45°, and the difference in uplift patterns between north and south can be attributed to different slip-rate distributions between the two faults. Overall, we estimate west-northwest directed shortening at 1–2 m/kyr across the nearshore and coastal area of northwestern Luzon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"358 ","pages":"Article 109347"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143792556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chironomid assemblages in surface sediments from 182 lakes across New England and Eastern Canada: Development and validation of a new summer temperature transfer function","authors":"Thomas Suranyi ,&nbsp;Julie Talbot ,&nbsp;Donna Francis ,&nbsp;Augustin Feussom Tcheumeleu ,&nbsp;Pierre Grondin ,&nbsp;Damien Rius ,&nbsp;Adam A. Ali ,&nbsp;Yves Bergeron ,&nbsp;Laurent Millet","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109333","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":"Article 109333"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143776858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mineral dust as a forcing factor behind primary productivity in the northwestern Arabian Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum","authors":"Alice Karsenti ,&nbsp;Charlotte Skonieczny ,&nbsp;Stéphanie Duchamp-Alphonse ,&nbsp;Xinquan Zhou ,&nbsp;Maxime Leblanc ,&nbsp;Julius Nouet ,&nbsp;Amélie Plautre ,&nbsp;Kara Labidi ,&nbsp;Annachiara Bartolini ,&nbsp;Eva Moreno ,&nbsp;Catherine Kissel ,&nbsp;Franck Bassinot","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109328","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109328","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Located in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea (AS) is under the influence of Indian monsoon surface winds that create a coastal upwelling off Somalia and Oman during summer and a convective mixing north of 15°N during winter. It is also surrounded by vast arid regions regularly swept by regional winds, namely the <em>Shamal</em> and the <em>Levar</em>, that supply mineral dust to the sea surface. Coastal upwelling, convective mixing and mineral dust bring significant amount of nutrients to the euphotic zone, making the AS one of the most productive oceanic regions in the world. Since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), many studies attribute changes in western AS primary productivity (PP) to variations in coastal upwelling and summer monsoon dynamics. However, it has been recently demonstrated that convective mixing was a significant contributor in the northwestern part of the AS, while mineral dust may have also played a role. No high-resolution mineral dust records are available in the literature, nor are any linked to reconstructed PP signals, limiting our understanding of the relationship between mineral dust and PP in this region since the LGM. In this study, we provide sub-millennial scale records of detrital fraction grain-size distribution and clay mineralogy composition of sediment core MD00-2354 (21°02.55′N, 61°28.51′E, 2740 mbsl), located in the northwestern AS, and that benefits from a centennial PP signal previously obtained based on a micropaleontological approach (Zhou et al., 2022). Together with high-resolution geochemical X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data from the studied site as well as geochemical data from literature, these records enable us to reconstruct changes in regional wind dynamics and link them to PP patterns since the LGM. During the LGM and the near-glacial Henrich Stadial 1 (HS1; 17–14.7 ka) and Younger Dryas (YD; 12.9–11.7 ka), stronger <em>Levar</em> and <em>Shamal</em> together with stronger aridity in the source areas associated to more extended ice sheet in the Northern Hemisphere, weaker Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), and stronger winter monsoon, seem to be responsible for the higher dust inputs and PP signals recorded in the northwestern AS. During the Holocene and the mild interstadial Bølling-Allerød (B-A; 14.7–12.9 ka), weaker regional winds together with stronger humidity in the source area due to reduced ice sheet extension, stronger AMOC, and stronger summer monsoon, seem to diminish mineral dust inputs and hence lower PP. In such scenarios, convective mixing and mineral dust appear to be the main nutrient sources for PP in the northwestern AS, questioning the influence of the coastal upwelling system in that area.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":"Article 109328"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strong earthquake in a low seismicity area of the European Southern Alps during Roman Times – A lacustrine paleoseismic evaluation","authors":"Markus Niederstätter ,&nbsp;Katleen Wils ,&nbsp;Arne Ramisch ,&nbsp;Jean Nicolas Haas ,&nbsp;Hannah Pomella ,&nbsp;Sönke Szidat ,&nbsp;Michael Strasser ,&nbsp;Jasper Moernaut","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109341","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hazard assessment of moderate to strong earthquakes (moment magnitude, M_W &gt; 5.5) in slowly deforming regions, such as the European Southern Alps, is hindered by recurrence intervals that exceed the timeframe covered by historical records and a lack of paleoseismic data revealing earthquake source parameters. Estimations of the maximum possible magnitude (M_max) in a region are often solely based on theoretical models and lack validation by long paleoseismic records. A rare example of a potential M_max event is formed by a coseismic surface rupture impacting a Roman age building in Egna/Neumarkt (South Tyrol, Italy) which occurred during the 3rd century CE, as proposed by an archaeoseismological study. Our study tests this hypothesis by examining the sedimentary record of Kleiner Montiggler See/Piccolo Lago di Monticolo, a lake located only 10 km from the Egna site, for evidence of seismic shaking. A multiproxy analysis of sediment cores allowed us to disentangle different depositional processes and to identify an event layer, which we interpret to be caused by a seismic seiche. Using a radiocarbon-based age-depth model, the event was dated to ∼222 years CE (8–450 years CE, 95 % probability range), coinciding with the identified fault offset, and therefore supporting the hypothesis of a Roman Age surface rupturing earthquake in Egna. We constrain the minimum local intensity of this earthquake by considering the sedimentary characteristics of the event layer in Kleiner Montiggler See, the post-seismic response of the lake system, and the absence of lacustrine sedimentary evidence for other strong historical earthquakes in the broader region. We evaluate different potential magnitude scenarios for the Egna earthquake by using ground motion modelling and comparing the results with paleoseismic records from nearby lakes. This allows us to infer that an M_W of 6.5 is the most likely scenario for this event, which is consistent and slightly below the M_max estimates for the study area. This empirical evidence for a strong earthquake close to the considered M_max within its tectonic domain highlights the potential hazard posed by unrecognized seismogenic structures in regions with apparent low seismic activity. This emphasizes the need for long paleoseismic records in such regions to refine hazard assessment of strong earthquakes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":"Article 109341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flood and earthquake records over the past 2000 years revealed by varved lake sediments from Lake Xinluhai, southeastern Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Zhicong Huang ,&nbsp;Jingxuan Yang ,&nbsp;Xin Mao ,&nbsp;Xingqi Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109349","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109349","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau experiences frequent natural disasters, yet long-term records are scarce for risk assessment. We established a 2000-year varve chronology from Lake Xinluhai using a 1150 cm sediment core, combining varve counting and AMS ¹⁴C dating. A multi-proxy analysis, including grain-size, total organic carbon (TOC), charcoal and pollen concentrations, and μ-XRF surface scanning of elemental composition in laminae and turbidite layers, revealed two distinct types of turbidites: (1) Flood-induced turbidites, which exhibit graded bedding with coarse sand at the base transitioning upward to fine silt, capped by a clay-rich layer. At the turbidite base, these layers show a sharp increase in <em>D</em>_<em>50</em>, <em>D</em>_<em>90</em>, TOC, charcoal, and pollen concentrations, along with the poorest sorting. Upward, these parameters decrease, while sorting improves, reflecting a systematic hydrodynamic sorting process. (2) Earthquake-triggered turbidite contains mixed bedrock fragments and clay, with erratic grain-sizes, poor sorting, and slightly elevated TOC, but without notable changes in charcoal or pollen assemblages relative to background sediments. Our findings indicate that ten turbidites were deposited by extreme rainfall-induced floods (recurrence interval: 73–279 years; last event: 1796–1806 CE), while one turbidite was triggered by a slope collapse associated with a <em>Ms</em> ≥ 6.0 earthquake on the Manigange segment of the Ganzi-Yushu Fault during 842–867 CE. Given that over 200 years have passed since the last flood, the probability of future flooding is high. This study provides a scientific basis for long-term natural hazard assessment in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"358 ","pages":"Article 109349"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The first NW European stratigraphic record containing an entire interglacial-glacial cycle of periglacial alluvial fan response to (sub)orbital climate fluctuations","authors":"Willem Viveen ,&nbsp;Jeroen M. Schoorl ,&nbsp;Ronald T. van Balen ,&nbsp;Nik Trabucho ,&nbsp;Freek S. Busschers","doi":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109315","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109315","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Periglacial alluvial fans are common in northwestern and central Europe and their pre-Holocene stratigraphic records typically date back to late Middle Pleniglacial and Late Pleniglacial (late MIS3 and 2). Preserved stratigraphic records that include an entire interglacial-glacial cycle have, so far, not been described and it is thus unknown how periglacial alluvial fans responded during a full cycle of interglacial-glacial climate changes. In this paper, we reconstruct the evolution of the Eerbeek periglacial alluvial fan in the Netherlands which was deposited during the late Saalian (MIS 6) to late Weichselian (MIS 2) period, including the entire last interglacial–glacial cycle (MIS 5-2). Our reconstruction is based on 48, up-to 45-m deep borehole and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) logs that allowed the construction of an 8-km long longitudinal and a 7-km long transverse cross section over the Eerbeek periglacial alluvial fan. Age control was provided by means of 17, previously published, Optically Stimulated Luminescence ages of two boreholes on the fan, and 14 &lt;sup&gt;14&lt;/sup&gt;C ages from three boreholes and a nearby, now abandoned, quarry.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Overlying a thick, late Saalian (MIS 6) alluvial fan record, is a 4- to 18-m thick alternation of distinct organic (mainly peat and humic clays), siliciclastic alluvial fan (coarse- and medium-grained sands), Rhine (coarse- and medium grained sands), and aeolian (mainly medium-grained sands) stratigraphic units. Organic levels indicate fan stability during the Eemian interglacial (MIS 5e), and Brørup (MIS 5c), Odderade–Ognon interstadial complex (MIS 5a), and Middle Pleniglacial (MIS 3) interstadials 14, 13, 12 and 11 as well as late MIS 2 interstadial 1a. Clastic sediments indicate alluvial fan activity during the Herning (MIS 5d), Rederstall (MIS 5b), Ognon stadial complex (late MIS 5a), Early Pleniglacial (MIS 4) and upper Middle Pleniglacial (upper MIS 3) stadials 13, 12 and 11. Sediments from the coldest and driest period of the Last Glacial (late MIS 3 and MIS 2) are absent and following a phase of aeolian activity, the fan was only reactivated at the MIS 2 to MIS 1 transition (stadial 1). We attribute the absence of fan activity during the coldest period of the last interglacial-glacial cycle to the eastward orientation of the fan making it less sensitive to permafrost melt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The colder MIS substages and stadials in which the Eerbeek fan was active coincided with the presence of permafrost and/or a seasonal, deeply frozen soil, and a relatively humid climate during which vegetation was largely absent. The presence of channels that dissect the underlying organic units suggests that the Eerbeek fan initially responded to the changes from interstadials to stadials by means of erosion. As climate cooled and permafrost/deep frost developed, the fan switched to alluvial aggradation. The consistent presence of coarsening-fining upward sequences suggests a relation with cycles of incre","PeriodicalId":20926,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Reviews","volume":"357 ","pages":"Article 109315"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}