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Lower Meuse paleoflood record reveals NAO-driven decadal to multi-centennial variability - XRF-core-scanning Data Version 2

Rick Hennekam (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.zj

These files contain raw X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning data and line scan data of the Buggenum and Ravenstein cores used in Peng et al. (2025). The abstract of that publication: A central challenge in assessing climate-driven flood regimes is constructing long-term paleoflood records with sufficient temporal resolution to identify both short- and long-term variability. To address this, we performed grain-size and X-ray fluorescence scanning analyses on two cores from paleochannels in the Lower Meuse (the Netherlands). The downcore ln(Zr/Rb) ratio proves to be a reliable grain-size proxy, allowing reconstruction of flood-related sediment input variations. We find the flood intensity record displays a ~300-yr cycle, synchronous to that observed in the North Atlantic Oscillation record, and both records are synchronous at this band. Importantly, a persistent quasi-decadal (7-10 years) oscillation indicate a persistently active flooding regime and hydrological stationarity throughout the Late Holocene. This study advances paleoflood methodology by demonstrating that paleochannel infills provide valuable archives for reconstructing flood histories across multi-annual to millennial intervals, thus enhancing our ability to track hydrological responses to climate variability across multiple timescales.

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Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
DAS Code 7b.b.zj
Source https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.zj
Version 2
Creator(s)
Hennekam, Rick (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
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Toonen, Willem (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Peng, Fei (Lanzhou University)
Depositor Rick Hennekam (rick.hennekam@nioz.nl)
Publication Date 2025-09-16T10:37:47.8938156
Deposit Date 2025-08-20
Dataset Persistent Identifier DOI:10.25850/nioz/7b.b.zj
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Related identifier https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29429999
Contributor Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Distributor Research Data Management(NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
Distribution Date 2025-08-20
Production Date 2025-09-16
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (42101002)

Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (25JRRA690)
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North Bound: 51.797005
South Bound: 51.2323713
West Bound: 5.6515519
East Bound: 5.981036