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The Holocene, Vol. 14, No. 1, 35-44 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl687rp
© 2004 SAGE Publications

Solar forcing of climatic change during the mid-Holocene: indications from raised bogs in The Netherlands

Maarten Blaauw

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Botany Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland drieteenmeeuw{at}hotmail.com

Bas van Geel

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Johannes van der Plicht

Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

Two cores of mid-Holocene raised-bog deposits from the Netherlands were 14C wiggle-match dated at high precision. Changes in local moisture conditions were inferred from the changing species composition of consecutive series of macrofossil samples. Several wet-shifts were inferred, and these were often coeval with major rises in the {Delta}14C archive (probably caused by major declines in solar activity). The use of {Delta}14C as a proxy for changes in solar activity is validated. This paper adds to the increasing body of evidence that solar variability forced climatic changes during the Holocene.

Key Words: Climatic change • solar forcing • raised bogs • 14C wiggle-match dating • mid-Holocene • wet-shifts • The Netherlands


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