Can involutions be used as palaeotemperature indicators?
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https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1999/38/10Keywords:
periglacial succession, disturbances of interglacial sequences, cryoturbations, sediment density, temperature reconstructionAbstract
Over the last decades Quaternary periglacial successions and related periglacial involutions, often called cryoturbations, have been studied with respect to their genesis, sedimentary environment and climatic significance. Later also palaeotemperature estimations have been made derived from various types of involutions. In this paper I will comment on and criticize the use of these involutions as palaeotemperature indicators. It is demonstrated that involutions occur in both periglacial and in interglacial sequences and the amplitude of involutions can be very variable. Palaeoclimatic inferences and conclusions based on the presence and amplitude of involutions are only valuable if used in combination with other proxy evidence.
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