The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Sánchez Goñi, M.F.; Desprat, S.; Daniau, A.L.; Bassinot, F.C.; Polanco-Martínez, J.M.; Harrison, S.P.; Allen, J.R.M.; Anderson, R.S.; Behling, H.; Bonnefille, R.; Burjachs, F.; Carrión, J.S.; Cheddadi, R.; Clark, J.S.; Combourieu-Nebout, N.; Mustaphi, C.J.C.; Debusk, G.H.; Dupont, L.M.; Finch, J.M.; Fletcher, W.J.; Giardini, M.; González, C.; Gosling, W.D.; Grigg, L.D.; Grimm, E.C.; Hayashi, R.; Helmens, K.; Heusser, L.E.; Hill, T.; Hope, G.; Huntley, B.; Igarashi, Y.; Irino, T.; Jacobs, B.; Jiménez-Moreno, G.; Kawai, S.; Kershaw, A.P.; Kumon, F.; Lawson, I.T.; Ledru, M.P.; Lézine, A.M.; Liew, P.M.; Magri, D.; Marchant, R.; Margari, V.; Mayle, F.E.; McKenzie, G.M.; Moss, P.; Müller, S.; Müller, U.C.; Naughton, F.; Newnham, R.M.; Oba, T.; Pérez-Obiol, R.; Pini, R.; Ravazzi, C.; Roucoux, K.H.; Rucina, S.M.; Scott, L.; Takahara, H.; Tzedakis, P.C.; Urrego, D.H.; van Geel, B.; Valencia, B.G.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Vincens, A.; Whitlock, C.L.; Willard, D.A.; Yamamoto, M.

doi:10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Sánchez Goñi, M.F.; Desprat, S.; Daniau, A.L.; Bassinot, F.C.; Polanco-Martínez, J.M.; Harrison, S.P.; Allen, J.R.M.; Anderson, R.S.; Behling, H.; Bonnefille, R.; Burjachs, F.; Carrión, J.S.; Cheddadi, R.; Clark, J.S.; Combourieu-Nebout, N.; Mustaphi, C.J.C.; Debusk, G.H.; Dupont, L.M.; Finch, J.M.; Fletcher, W.J.; Giardini, M.; González, C.; Gosling, W.D.; Grigg, L.D.; Grimm, E.C.; Hayashi, R.; Helmens, K.; Heusser, L.E.; Hill, T.; Hope, G.; Huntley, B.; Igarashi, Y.; Irino, T.; Jacobs, B.; Jiménez-Moreno, G.; Kawai, S.; Kershaw, A.P.; Kumon, F.; Lawson, I.T.; Ledru, M.P.; Lézine, A.M.; Liew, P.M.; Magri, D.; Marchant, R.; Margari, V.; Mayle, F.E.; McKenzie, G.M.; Moss, P.; Müller, S.; Müller, U.C.; Naughton, F.; Newnham, R.M.; Oba, T.; Pérez-Obiol, R.; Pini, R.; Ravazzi, C.; Roucoux, K.H.; Rucina, S.M.; Scott, L.; Takahara, H.; Tzedakis, P.C.; Urrego, D.H.; van Geel, B.; Valencia, B.G.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Vincens, A.; Whitlock, C.L.; Willard, D.A.; Yamamoto, M.

Authors

M.F. Sánchez Goñi

S. Desprat

A.L. Daniau

F.C. Bassinot

J.M. Polanco-Martínez

S.P. Harrison

J.R.M. Allen

R.S. Anderson

H. Behling

R. Bonnefille

F. Burjachs

J.S. Carrión

R. Cheddadi

J.S. Clark

N. Combourieu-Nebout

C.J.C. Mustaphi

G.H. Debusk

L.M. Dupont

J.M. Finch

W.J. Fletcher

M. Giardini

C. González

W.D. Gosling

L.D. Grigg

E.C. Grimm

R. Hayashi

K. Helmens

L.E. Heusser

T. Hill

G. Hope

B. Huntley

Y. Igarashi

T. Irino

B. Jacobs

G. Jiménez-Moreno

S. Kawai

A.P. Kershaw

F. Kumon

I.T. Lawson

M.P. Ledru

A.M. Lézine

P.M. Liew

D. Magri

R. Marchant

V. Margari

F.E. Mayle

G.M. McKenzie

P. Moss

S. Müller

U.C. Müller

F. Naughton

R.M. Newnham

T. Oba

R. Pérez-Obiol

R. Pini

C. Ravazzi

K.H. Roucoux

S.M. Rucina

L. Scott

H. Takahara

P.C. Tzedakis

D.H. Urrego

B. van Geel

B.G. Valencia

M.J. Vandergoes

A. Vincens

C.L. Whitlock

D.A. Willard

M. Yamamoto

Abstract

Quaternary records provide an opportunity to examine the nature of the vegetation and fire responses to rapid past climate changes comparable in velocity and magnitude to those expected in the 21st-century. The best documented examples of rapid climate change in the past are the warming events associated with the Dansgaard–Oeschger (D–O) cycles during the last glacial period, which were sufficiently large to have had a potential feedback through changes in albedo and greenhouse gas emissions on climate. Previous reconstructions of vegetation and fire changes during the D–O cycles used independently constructed age models, making it difficult to compare the changes between different sites and regions. Here, we present the ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database, which includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) with a temporal resolution better than 1000 years, 32 of which also provide charcoal records. A harmonized and consistent chronology based on radiometric dating (14C, 234U∕230Th, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), 40Ar∕39Ar-dated tephra layers) has been constructed for 86 of these records, although in some cases additional information was derived using common control points based on event stratigraphy. The ACER database compiles metadata including geospatial and dating information, pollen and charcoal counts, and pollen percentages of the characteristic biomes and is archived in Microsoft AccessTM at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870867.

Citation

Sánchez Goñi, M., Desprat, S., Daniau, A., Bassinot, F., Polanco-Martínez, J., Harrison, S., …Yamamoto, M. (2017). The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period. Earth System Science Data, 9(2), 679-695. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 7, 2017
Online Publication Date	Sep 11, 2017
Publication Date	Sep 11, 2017
Deposit Date	Sep 12, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Sep 12, 2017
Journal	Earth System Science Data
Print ISSN	1866-3508
Electronic ISSN	1866-3516
Publisher	Copernicus Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	9
Issue	2
Pages	679-695
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017