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Pickarski, Nadine; Kwiecien, Ola; Langgut, Dafna; Litt, Thomas (2015): High-resolution multi-proxy record of the last glacial period from Lake Van, eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853779, Supplement to: Pickarski, N et al. (2015): Abrupt climate and vegetation variability of eastern Anatolia during the last glacial. Climate of the Past, 11(11), 1491-1505, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1491-2015

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Abstract:
Detailed analyses of the Lake Van pollen, Ca/K ratio and stable oxygen isotope record allow the identification of millennial-scale vegetation and environmental changes in eastern Anatolia throughout the last glacial (~75-15 ka BP). The climate within the last glacial was cold and dry, with low arboreal pollen (AP) levels. The driest and coldest period corresponds to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 2 (~28-14.5 ka BP) dominated by the highest values of xerophytic steppe vegetation.
Our high-resolution multi proxy record shows rapid expansions and contractions of tree populations that reflects variability in temperature and moisture availability. This rapid vegetation and environmental changes can be linked to the stadial-interstadial pattern of the Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events as recorded in the Greenland ice cores. Periods of reduced moisture availability were characterized by enhanced xerophytic species and high terrigenous input from the Lake Van catchment area. Furthermore, comparison with the marine realm reveals that the complex atmosphere-ocean interaction can be explained by the strength and position of the westerlies, which is responsible for the supply of humidity in eastern Anatolia. Influenced by diverse topography of the Lake Van catchment, larger DO interstadials (e.g. DO 19, 17-16, 14, 12 and 8) show the highest expansion of temperate species within the last glacial. However, Heinrich events (HE), characterized by highest concentrations of ice-rafted debris (IRD) in marine sediments, are identified in eastern Anatolia by AP values not lower and high steppe components not more abundant than during DO stadials. In addition, this work is a first attempt to establish a continuous microscopic charcoal record over the last glacial in the Near East, which documents an initial immediate response to millennial-scale climate and environmental variability and enables us to shed light on the history of fire activity during the last glacial.
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Latitude: 38.667000 * Longitude: 42.669000
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  1. Pickarski, N; Kwiecien, O; Langgut, D et al. (2015): Calcium/Potassium ratio of sediment core Lake Van, Eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey, 10-110 ka BP. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853778
  2. Pickarski, N; Kwiecien, O; Langgut, D et al. (2015): Bulk oxygen isotopic record of autochthonous precipitated carbonates of sediment core Lake Van, Eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey, 10-110 ka BP. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853777
  3. Pickarski, N; Kwiecien, O; Langgut, D et al. (2015): Pollen diagram of the last glacial period at Lake Van, Eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey, 10-110 ka BP. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853776
  4. Pickarski, N; Kwiecien, O; Langgut, D et al. (2015): (Table 1) Synoptic description of the pollen assemblage superzones (PAS) and pollen assemblage zones (PAZ) of the Lake Van record, eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey, 10-110 ka. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853814