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- Title
A Single-Year Cosmic Ray Event at 5410 BCE Registered in <sup>14</sup>C of Tree Rings.
- Authors
Miyake, F.; Panyushkina, I. P.; Jull, A. J. T.; Adolphi, F.; Brehm, N.; Helama, S.; Kanzawa, K.; Moriya, T.; Muscheler, R.; Nicolussi, K.; Oinonen, M.; Salzer, M.; Takeyama, M.; Tokanai, F.; Wacker, L.
- Abstract
The annual 14C data in tree rings is an outstanding proxy for uncovering extreme solar energetic particle (SEP) events in the past. Signatures of extreme SEP events have been reported in 774/775 CE, 992/993 CE, and ~660 BCE. Here, we report another rapid increase of 14C concentration in tree rings from California, Switzerland, and Finland around 5410 BCE. These 14C data series show a significant increase of ~6‰ in 5411-5410 BCE. The signature of 14C variation is very similar to the confirmed three SEP events and points to an extreme short-term flux of cosmic ray radiation into the atmosphere. The rapid 14C increase in 5411/5410 BCE rings occurred during a period of high solar activity and 60 years after a grand 14C excursion during 5481-5471 BCE. The similarity of our 14C data to previous events suggests that the origin of the 5410 BCE event is an extreme SEP event. Plain Language Summary The 14C data of tree rings register extreme storms of solar energetic particles (SEPs), far larger than the largest SEP event ever observed in the Space Era. So far, three extreme SEP events have been reported as a rapid 14C increase in tree rings and 10Be and 36Cl increases in ice cores. In this study, we found a new rapid 14C increase in 5410 BCE using annual 14C content in ring samples from California, Switzerland, and Finland. The 14C signature of 5410 BCE event ties the origin of this 14C excursion to an extreme SEP event similar to three other extreme SEP events (774/775 CE, 992/993 CE, and ~660 BCE) confirmed with radionuclides of ice cores.
- Subjects
FINLAND; SWITZERLAND; CALIFORNIA; TREE-rings; SOLAR energetic particles; ICE cores; SOLAR activity; COSMIC rays
- Publication
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, Vol 48, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0094-8276
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2021GL093419