Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA) 2009 Dust and Greyscale Stacks Seelos, K.; Sirocko, F.; Dietrich, S. Seelos, K. Sirocko, F. Dietrich, S. earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (age,null,null,calendar year before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,age before 2k) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (dust,null,null,percent,null,paleolimnology,composited,null,N,Dust-stack 2009_HL2 + OW1 + DE3 + SM3) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (grayscale,sediment,null,dimensionless,null,paleolimnology,composited,null,N,greyscale stack SM2 + DE2 + OW1 + HL2) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (Schalkenmehrener Maar>LATITUDE 50.1694>LONGITUDE 6.85806) (Oberwinkler Maar>LATITUDE 50.15>LONGITUDE 6.95) The last glacial cycle in Central Europe is dominated by processes of aeolian dust transport and accumulation. These dust deposits are preserved in soils and lake sediments and provide detailed information about the climate variability during cold and dry periods. Especially the transitions from warm into cold periods are characterized by turbulent climate conditions. The main problems of terrestrial paleoclimate reconstructions are the completeness of the core material and a sampling resolution. To detect single dust storms we use a particle detection method, which allows high resolution, sub-annual analyses of sediment structures in undisturbed samples. The ELSA (Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive) stack is a compilation of four different lake sediment cores of the Eifel region (Western Germany) and comprise the period of the last 133 ka. The results of our analyses show high frequencies of dust storm events during the first cold events C24 and C23 after the last warm stage. In opposition, the coldest periods of the last glacial cycle OIS-4 (70-60 ka BP) and OIS-2 (35-14 ka BP) are characterized by stable climate conditions that provide the accumulation of homogenous dust sediments. STUDY NOTES: Pleistocene laminated lake sediments from maar structures of the Eifel present a new and unique record to construct for the first time a continuous time series with annual resolution for volcanic activity, climate, paleoweather and environment of the last 70000 years in central Europe. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Seelos, K. Investigator : Sirocko, F. Investigator : Dietrich, S. 2016-12-09 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21431 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009greyscale.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009dust.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009greyscale.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009dust.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21431 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009greyscale.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/germany/elsa2009dust.txt Klemens Seelos, Frank Sirocko and Stephan Dietrich2009A continuous high-resolution dust record or the reconstruction of wind systems in central Europe (Eifel, Western Germany) over the past 133 kaGeophysical Research LettersL2071262010.1029/2009GL039716http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009GL039716/full START YEAR: 132282 cal yr BP * END YEAR: 92 cal yr BP 6.85806 50.15 6.95 50.1694