Reply to Stuchlík et al.: The Younger Dryas onset at 12.87 ky B.P. is still justified if the Laacher See eruption is considered

Hai Cheng^{1

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3}, Haiwei Zhang⁴, Jonathan Baker⁴, Ashish Sinha⁵, Hanying Li⁴, Jingyao Zhao⁴, Xiyu Dong⁴, Youwei Li⁴, Xue Jia⁴, Baoyun Zong⁴, Yanjun Cai⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China; cheng021@xjtu.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin 541004, China.
⁴ Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.
⁵ Department of Earth Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747.

Comment

Hai Cheng et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 26;118(4):e2024692118.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2024692118.

Hai Cheng^{1

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3}, Haiwei Zhang⁴, Jonathan Baker⁴, Ashish Sinha⁵, Hanying Li⁴, Jingyao Zhao⁴, Xiyu Dong⁴, Youwei Li⁴, Xue Jia⁴, Baoyun Zong⁴, Yanjun Cai⁴

¹ Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China; cheng021@xjtu.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin 541004, China.
⁴ Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.
⁵ Department of Earth Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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Cheng H, Zhang H, Spötl C, Baker J, Sinha A, Li H, Bartolomé M, Moreno A, Kathayat G, Zhao J, Dong X, Li Y, Ning Y, Jia X, Zong B, Ait Brahim Y, Pérez-Mejías C, Cai Y, Novello VF, Cruz FW, Severinghaus JP, An Z, Edwards RL. Cheng H, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Sep 22;117(38):23408-23417. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007869117. Epub 2020 Sep 8. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 32900942 Free PMC article.
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Stuchlík E, Vondrák D, Hořická Z, Hrubá J, Mijovilovich A, Kletetschka G. Stuchlík E, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jan 26;118(4):e2022485118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022485118. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021. PMID: 33468659 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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