Nouvelles données pour l’histoire des fluctuations holocènes du niveau du lac de Neuchâtel (Suisse): la séquence sédimentaire de Marin-Les Piécettes

Magny, Michel; Honegger, Matthieu; Chalumeau, Laurent

doi:10.1007/s00015-005-1157-6

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“… Comparisons of the Chatillon lake‐level record (this study, middle panel) with chronological data (radiocarbon dates with their calibrated ranges at 1 σ and 2 σ ) documenting a period of possible lake‐level highstand (horizontal grey bands) around 4150–3800 cal. a BP in the Jura Mountains and on the Swiss Plateau (Magny et al ., 2007b, 2005; Magny, 2010; 2011a) (upper panel), and with (2) palaeohydrological records established from deep cores from lakes Le Bourget (Arnaud et al ., 2005) and Bodensee (Wessels, 1998) (lower panel). The radiocarbon dates presented for lakes Neuchâtel, Pluvis, Cerin and Morat correspond to ages of low lake‐level phases bracketing a rise event, while that indicated for Lake Petit Maclu corresponds to a phase of higher lake‐level conditions.…”

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Lake‐level fluctuations at Lake Bourget (eastern France) around 4500–3500 cal. a BP and their palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

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Arnaud²,

Billaud³

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J Quaternary Science

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On the basis of sedimentological analysis of two cores taken at Chatillon, Lake Le Bourget (northern French Pre‐Alps), and well dated by radiocarbon dates in addition to tree ring dates obtained from an archaeological layer, this paper presents a high‐resolution lake‐level record for the period 4500–3500 cal. a BP. The collected data provide evidence of a complex palaeohydrological (climatic) oscillation spanning the ca. 4300–3850 cal. BP time interval, with major lake‐level maxima at ca. 4200 and 4050–3850 cal. a BP separated by a lowering episode around 4100 cal. a BP. The lake‐level highstands observed at Chatillon between 4300 and 3850 cal. BP appear to be synchronous with (i) a major flooding period recorded in deep cores from the large lakes Le Bourget and Bodensee, and (ii) glacier advance and tree line decline in the Alps. Such wetter and cooler climatic conditions in west‐central Europe around 4000 cal. a BP may have been a nonlinear response to decrease and seasonal changes in insolation. They may also provide a possible explanation for the general abandonment of prehistoric lake dwellings north of the Alps between 4360 and 3750 cal. a BP. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Lake‐level fluctuations at Lake Bourget (eastern France) around 4500–3500 cal. a BP and their palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

Magny¹,

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Billaud³

et al. 2012

J Quaternary Science

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“…BP) has been well documented and dated at Lakes Joux and Saint Point (Magny et al, 2008(Magny et al, , 2010. It has also been documented at Lakes Neuchâtel, Morat (Magny et al, 2005a) and Ilay where the rise event started just before ad 1394, i.e. 556 cal.…”

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“…BP) was first documented and dated at Lake Petit Maclu (Magny, 1992). It is also documented at Lakes Cerin, Morat and Neuchâtel (Magny et al, 2005a(Magny et al, , 2011.…”

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Orbital, ice-sheet, and possible solar forcing of Holocene lake-level fluctuations in west-central Europe: A comment on Bleicher

Magny

2013

The Holocene

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Bleicher (2013) discussed interpretations proposed by Magny (2004) that Holocene lake-level fluctuations in west-central Europe suggest possible solar forcing of climate. He pointed out that the method used by Magny (2004) is a variant of a cumulative probability function (CPF) and cannot prove solar forcing of central European lake-level changes. He concluded that only few episodes of lake-level changes are climatically driven and that non-climatic factors were dominating. While Bleicher’s paper offers a stimulating contribution to the general debate on CPFs, the present comment is based on an approach which, in contrast to CPFs, excludes any consideration of variations in the probabilities over the time intervals given by calibration of 14C dates, as well as any distinction between types of dates (radiocarbon versus tree ring). It produces a revised pattern of the mid-European high lake-level events for the whole Holocene, supporting the hypothesis proposed in Magny (2004). Comparisons with other regional and North Atlantic palaeoclimatic records suggest that, without excluding other forcing factors, the successive high lake-level events recognised in west-central Europe reflect a combination of three main forcing factors acting on millennial and centennial scales, i.e. orbitally driven changes in insolation, impacts of deglacial outbursts and, possibly, variations in solar activity. Finally, it is clear that further investigations are still needed in order to improve the chronological data set for mid-European lake-level fluctuations, with particular attention to better defining the beginning and end of events.

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“…They permitted the reconstruction of the water-level fluctuations of Lake Neuchâtel for the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and the tentative assessment of their magnitude (e.g. Arnold and Langenegger, 2012; Brochier and Moulin, 2010; Campen and Kurella, 1998; Lüdi, 1935; Magny, 2008; Magny et al, 2005; Moulin, 1991; Schifferdecker, 1982).…”

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Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (around 4900–3100 cal. BP) lake-level fluctuations at Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland) as reflected by the sediment sequence of the site of Colombier/Les Plantées de Rive: Palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

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Recent archaeological investigations at the site of Colombier/Les Plantées de Rive (COL-PR) on the northwestern shore of Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland) revealed an exceptional concentration of anthropic structures from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age interbedded within an alternation of terrestrial and lacustrine deposits. The chronology is based on radiocarbon dates from terrestrial material and on artefacts found in archaeological structures. Using various proxies, the sedimentological analysis of the COL-PR sediment sequence allows the reconstruction of lake-level fluctuations for the period 4900-3300 cal. BP. Three major lake-level highstands occurring at ca. 4900 (Late Neolithic), 3650 (Early Bronze Age) and 3400 cal. BP (Middle Bronze Age) have been related to the possible influences of decreases in the solar activity sometimes accentuated by increases in volcanic activity. The COL-PR site provides robust data to document the climatic deterioration assumed to be responsible for the abandonment of the lake-dwellings north of the Alps during the Middle and the early Late Bronze Age. In addition, the interbedding of successive monuments within terrestrial as well as lacustrine deposits suggests a significant role played over hundred years by the collective memory in the perpetuation of the ceremonial and funeral vocation of the site and its spatial organisation at the interface between lacustrine and terrestrial domains, despite interruptions provoked by major lake-level rises associated with worsening of climatic conditions.

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Nouvelles données pour l’histoire des fluctuations holocènes du niveau du lac de Neuchâtel (Suisse): la séquence sédimentaire de Marin-Les Piécettes

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Lake‐level fluctuations at Lake Bourget (eastern France) around 4500–3500 cal. a BP and their palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

Lake‐level fluctuations at Lake Bourget (eastern France) around 4500–3500 cal. a BP and their palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

Orbital, ice-sheet, and possible solar forcing of Holocene lake-level fluctuations in west-central Europe: A comment on Bleicher

Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (around 4900–3100 cal. BP) lake-level fluctuations at Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland) as reflected by the sediment sequence of the site of Colombier/Les Plantées de Rive: Palaeoclimatic and archaeological implications

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