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A 2600-year high-resolution climate record from Lake Trichonida (SW Greece)
Institute for Ecosystem Research, Christian-Albrechts-Universität,
Olshausenstraße 75, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Pavlos Avramidis
Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rio, 26504 Patras, Greece
Walter Dörfler
Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2–6, 24118 Kiel,
Germany
Alexandros Emmanouilidis
Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rio, 26504 Patras, Greece
Ingmar Unkel
Institute for Ecosystem Research, Christian-Albrechts-Universität,
Olshausenstraße 75, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Short summary
This paper reconstructs climatic changes during the last 2600 years in southern Greece based on a sediment core from Lake Trichonida. We provide an age-depth model and continuous geochemical data. Carbonate-rich material is linked to drier/warmer conditions, while terrigenous sediment input was stronger during wetter/colder conditions. Wetter phases coincide with a more negative North Atlantic Oscillation index, suggesting that this is a major driver for precipitation variability in the region.
This paper reconstructs climatic changes during the last 2600 years in southern Greece based on...
