| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4724840 | Quaternary Geochronology | 2016 | 8 Pages |
•The Hengelo interstadial, at its type locality and region, dates between 36,000 and 38,600 BP (uncalibrated radiocarbon age).•This uncalibrated age corresponds to 42,350–41380 calBP using the IntCal13 calibration curve.•Thus, correlation of the Hengelo interstadial with ice-core records remains as yet rather speculative.
Understanding past climate events relies for a large part on correlations between various proxy records. For the last glacial cycle, these are mainly marine and ice core records. However, such tele-connections are often based on weak arguments. For terrestrial data the Hengelo interstadial is a key event, discovered more than 4 decades ago. Here we review the age of this event, in particular by its 14C dates, their calibration and comparison with other proxy records. We conclude that the Hengelo interstadial, at the type locality and a few nearby comparable sites, dates between 36,000 and 38,600 BP (uncalibrated radiocarbon age), corresponding to 42,350 and 41,380 calBP. Correlation of the Hengelo interstadial with ice-core records remains problematic.
