Abstract
A nearly continuous record of the concentration of 10Be from ice-core data is compared with the tree-ring-derived record for 14C over the same period and it is found that short-term trends in these data sets provide a record of solar activity. No definitive relationship between the long-term trends and the geomagnetic dipole moment is found.
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Beer, J., Siegenthaler, U., Bonani, G. et al. Information on past solar activity and geomagnetism from 10Be in the Camp Century ice core. Nature 331, 675–679 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331675a0
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