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Annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock
A varve is an annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock. The word 'varve' derives from the Swedish word varv whose meanings and connotations include
Varve
thickness of sediment layers (known as "varve analysis"—the term "varve" means a layer or layers of sediment. Typically, varve refers to lake or glacial sediment)
Incremental_dating
Unit of time based on Earth's orbit
technique such as ice-core dating, dendrochronology, uranium–thorium dating or varve analysis is used as the primary method for age determination. If age is
Year
Parish of Latvia
Vārve parish (Latvian: Vārves pagasts) is an administrative unit of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.The parish has a population
Vārve_Parish
Swedish geologist (1858–1943)
geomorphology and geochronology. De Geer is best known for his work on varves. In 1890 De Geer was the first to apply the name Ancylus Lake to the Baltic
Gerard_De_Geer
Fine grained natural soil
identified using X-ray diffraction rather than chemical or physical tests. Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers that are formed by seasonal
Clay
Former lake in Ontario & Quebec
glacial varve records provided a more accurate chronology for the proglacial lakes of North America. Paleohydrologists measure glacial varves, which are
Lake_Ojibway
Geologic formation in the United States
light-hue inorganic layer in the dry season. Each pair of layers is called a varve and represents one year. The sediments of the Green River Formation present
Green_River_Formation
Geological museum in Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
Prefectural Varve Museum is a geological and archeological museum located in Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It features varve ranging
Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
Fukui_Prefectural_Varve_Museum
components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel)" varve, "a pair of layers of alternately finer and coarser silt or clay believed
List of English words of Swedish origin
List_of_English_words_of_Swedish_origin
Lake in Ontario, Canada
means it has sequentially deposited seasonal sediment laminations called varves at the bottom; these allow for accurate dating of sediment cores and make
Crawford_Lake_(Halton_Region)
Layered iron-rich sedimentary rock
out, forming a thin layer on the ocean floor. Each band is similar to a varve, resulting from cyclic variations in oxygen production. Banded iron formations
Banded_iron_formation
Prehistoric event in Central Asia
Pleistocene lake sediments in the Chuya Basin, showing possible varves (annual cyclicity)
Altai_flood
Large inland body of relatively still water
the types of nutrients available. A paired (black and white) layer of the varved lake sediments correspond to a year. During winter, when organisms die,
Lake
Former glacially-formed lake of New England
sediments, or varves: silt and sand in the summertime (due to glacial meltwater) and clay in the wintertime (as the lake froze). Analysis of varves along Canoe
Lake_Hitchcock
Heavy floods of the last ice age
sediment or sedimentary rock laid down with periodicity and regularity Varve – Annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock Floods in the United States
Missoula_floods
Global climate phenomenon
tropical cyclone activity. Miocene 5.92-5.32 Mya / Italy / Evaporite varve thickness The varve close to the Mediterranean shows 2–7 year variability, closely
El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
Period of major glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere (115,000–12,000 years ago)
the innermost belong to the LGP. Llanquihue Lake's varves are a node point in southern Chile's varve geochronology. During the last glacial maximum, the
Last_Glacial_Period
Large salt lake in eastern Turkey
only penetrated the first few meters of sediment, they provided sufficient varves to give proxy climate data for up to 14,570 years BP. The PALEOVAN project
Lake_Van
Lakes in Boston, Massachusetts
Lake accumulate in annual layers (or varves) that have been nearly undisturbed for a thousand years. Such varves in meromictic lakes preserve a historical
Mystic_Lakes_(Boston)
Sediments deposited into lakes that come from glaciers
deposited all over the lake bed. Glaciolacustrine deposits commonly form varves, which are annually deposited layers of silt and clay, where silt is deposited
Glaciolacustrine_deposits
Uninhabited Canadian Arctic island
and Scott Lamoureux. 2006. "Recent Summer Climate Recorded in Complex Varved Sediments, Nicolay Lake, Cornwall Island, Nunavut, Canada". Journal of Paleolimnology
Cornwall_Island_(Nunavut)
Former whitewater rapid on the river Indalsälven, Sweden
varved sediment accumulated on the bottom of Ragundasjön. Since Swedish geologist, Gerard de Geer had an exact date at this site for the last varve laid
Döda_fallet
Capital and largest city of Estonia
are the Quaternary deposits. The materials of these deposits are till, varved clay, sand, gravel, and pebbles that are of glacial, marine and lacustrine
Tallinn
Thin layers present in sedimentary rock
environments (in glacier lakes) are a special case. They are called varves. Quaternary varves are used in stratigraphy and palaeoclimatology to reconstruct
Lamination_(geology)
1908 air burst explosion in Siberia, Russia
in 1999. The Russian scientists in 2017 counted at least 280 such annual varves in the 1260 mm long core sample pulled from the bottom of the lake, representing
Tunguska_event
Jesus' death as described in the gospels
the region between AD 26 and 36. This earthquake was dated by counting varves (annual layers of sediment) between the disruptions in a core of sediment
Crucifixion_of_Jesus
Former lake in New Hampshire, United States
geology of New Hampshire. It experienced annual layering of sediments, or varves: silt and sand in the summertime (due to glacial meltwater) and clay in
Lake_Merrimack
Current geological epoch
March 2017). "Climate variability in SE Europe since 1450 AD based on a varved sediment record from Etoliko Lagoon (Western Greece)". Quaternary Science
Holocene
Geological site in New South Wales, Australia
perfection of preservation of the varves and the associated contorted beds exposed in them. David exhibited specimens of the varved shales in Honolulu in 1920
Seaham_Quarry
Genus of midges
are interesting in that they are restricted to specific larval habitat (varve clay and sometimes rotting wood) and thus there is genetic structure between
Axarus
Climatic period of the Holocene
be observed around 5000 varve years BP in the maars of the Eifel. In the preceding interval lasting from 8200 till 5000 varve years (Holocene Climatic
Subboreal
Landform shaped by erosion and deposition from glacial meltwater
surfaces include: outwash plains, kames, kame terraces, kettle holes, eskers, varves, and proglacial lakes. Meltwater streams and formed by glaciers, especially
Fluvioglacial_landform
Preserved physical characteristics allowing reconstruction of past climatic conditions
Likewise, they measure the layers of varve (deposited fine and coarse silt or clay) laminating lake sediments. Lake varves are primarily influenced by: Summer
Proxy_(climate)
Roman province (218 BC – 472 AD)
"The Iberian–Roman Humid Period (2600–1600 cal yr BP) in the Zoñar Lake varve record (Andalucía, southern Spain)". Quaternary Research. 71 (2): 108–120
Hispania
Archeological museum in Mikatakaminaka, Fukui Prefecture
Japan. It is dedicated to the exhibition of Torihama shell mound as well as varve (annual layer pattern), oldest of which dating back to 70,000 years ago
Wakasa_Mikata_Jomon_Museum
Baltic Sea predecessor in the Pleistocene epoch
radiocarbon dating material from ancient sediments and shore lines and from clay-varve chronology. Such dates tend to vary by as much as a thousand years in the
Yoldia_Sea
Parish of Latvia
Parish Jūrkalne Parish Piltene Parish Pope Parish Puze Parish Tārgale Parish Ugāle Parish Usma Parish Užava Parish Vārve Parish Ziras Parish Zlēkas Parish
Pope_Parish
Caldera in Nevada and Oregon, United States
19 million years ago. A lake subsequently formed in the caldera, depositing varved sediments, diatomite, opal, and organic matter amidst lava flows and tuffs
McDermitt_Caldera
Period of long-term reduction in temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere
of Lake Huron, with giant layers of now-lithified till beds, dropstones, varves, outwash, and scoured basement rocks. Correlative Huronian deposits have
Ice_age
Time period c. 12,900–11,700 years ago
started at around the same time across the Northern Hemisphere. However, varve (sedimentary rock) analysis carried out in 2015 suggested that the cooling
Younger_Dryas
Estonian singer
English like her Eesti Laul song, "Got To Be" (English version of "Rohkem Värve") or the successful single "Breaking the rules". After 2015, Lemsalu gained
Liis_Lemsalu
back up into the Connecticut River. The glacial lake left behind a soft, varved landscape, gathering silt and sand in the summertime due to the influx of
Geology_of_Connecticut
Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada
Snowfall and Temperature Variability and Winter Storminess Recorded in the Varved Sediments of Bear Lake, Devon Island, Arctic Canada". Quaternary Research
Devon_Island
Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles
Laminae that represent seasonal changes (similar to tree rings) are called varves. Any sedimentary rock composed of millimeter or finer scale layers can be
Sedimentary_rock
methods to reveal ancient climates. Wilmot H. Bradley found that annual varves of clay laid down in lake beds showed climate cycles. Andrew Ellicott Douglass
20th_century_in_science
Dolomitic limestone from Stone City, Iowa, USA
banding, durability, and most of all, by its distinct planar and undulating varve–like laminations. This distinctive stone forms part of the Gower Formation
Anamosa_Limestone
Branch of geology
Photomicrograph showing detail of the varves in a rich Colorado oil shale specimen. The organic laminae are themselves finely laminated. The mineral laminae
Oil_shale_geology
basin allows for sediments to be deposited without bioturbation, forming varves of alternating light and dark color, which correspond to the dry or rainy
Cariaco_Basin
Municipality of Latvia
Puze Parish, Tārgale Parish, Ugāle Parish, Usma Parish, Užava Parish, Vārve Parish, Ziras Parish and Zlēkas Parish. It is administered from Ventspils
Ventspils_Municipality
Period of worldwide glaciation during the Cryogenian period
glaciation is known from dropstones, diamictites, rhythmites, clast layers, and varve-like deposits. According to Eyles and Young, the Marinoan is a second episode
Marinoan_glaciation
Material of glacial origin
stratified and sorted sediments in the form of outwash plains, eskers, kames, varves, and so forth. The term drift clay is a synonym for boulder clay. Both are
Drift_(geology)
1961 book by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris
well as geological formations, such as coral reefs, petrified forests, and varves, all of which imply great age for the earth. Several dozen Christian magazines
The_Genesis_Flood
Science of determining the age of rocks, sediments and fossils
or floating. [citation needed] Dendrochronology Ice cores Lichenometry Varves A sequence of paleomagnetic poles (usually called virtual geomagnetic poles)
Geochronology
Second epoch of the Paleogene Period
ISSN 0016-7606. Retrieved 11 September 2023. Bradley, W. H. (1930). "The varves and climate of the Green River epoch". U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Eocene
Unsorted glacial sediment
in sandurs, and as glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine deposits, such as varves (annual layers) in any proglacial lakes which may form. Erosion of till
Till
Lakes filled by sediment
caused by the ice readvance and drainage of Lake Ojibway. By analyzing the varve sequences and dividing them into the Matagami section and La Reine section
Lacustrine_plain
Method for determining the age of objects
improvements to these curves are based on new data gathered from tree rings, varves, coral, plant macrofossils, speleothems, and foraminifera. There are separate
Radiocarbon_dating
Volcanic eruption about 40,000 years ago
seven Campanian tephra layers deposited between 40 and 38 ka BP in the varved lake sediments of Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy". Quaternary
Campanian_Ignimbrite_eruption
Type of igneous rock
Phosphorite Sandstone Shale Siltstone Sylvinite Tillite Travertine Tufa Turbidite Varve Wackestone Metamorphic rock Anthracite Amphibolite Blueschist Cataclasite
Teschenite
Scientific study of ice and natural phenomena involving ice
under stagnant ice. Kames Stratified drift builds up low, steep hills. Varves Alternating thin sedimentary beds (coarse and fine) of a proglacial lake
Glaciology
Method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings
herbaceous plants. Similar seasonal patterns also occur in ice cores and in varves (layers of sediment deposition in a lake, river, or sea bed). The deposition
Dendrochronology
periods across thousands of years. He used local peat sequences combined with varve dating to produce a regional climatic chronology for Scandinavia. In 1940
Pollen_zone
Layers of sediment or sedimentary rock laid down with periodicity and regularity
found in the geological record, varves are among the most important and illuminating to studies of past climate change. Varves are amongst the finest resolution
Rhythmite
/ 23.265°N 75.117°W / 23.265; -75.117 Lower Mystic Lake Massachusetts Varves formed by post-storm sedimentation 1000 Up to eight Category 2–3 hurricanes
List of paleotempestology records
List_of_paleotempestology_records
Prehistoric proglacial lake in Western Montana
period of still water with the intervening draining of the lake. As with "varves", darker layers are winter deposits, comprising fine particles in quiet
Glacial_Lake_Missoula
Village in Devon, England
Brannam Pottery and used for their "Barum Ware". The clay may have formed in varve lakes, near an ice deposit which lay over Fremington during the Last Glacial
Fremington,_Devon
Volcanic crater lake in Aksaray Province, Niğde Province
varves) representing different seasons of the year. Like tree rings, they create a natural geological clock. The best known other example of a varve-forming
Lake_Nar
"The Iberian–Roman Humid Period (2600–1600 cal yr BP) in the Zoñar Lake varve record (Andalucía, southern Spain)". Quaternary Research. 71 (2): 108–120
Climate_of_ancient_Rome
Study of rock layers and their formation
minerals (particularly carbonates), grain size, thickness of sediment layers (varves) and fossil diversity with time, related to seasonal or longer term changes
Stratigraphy
Opposing climate states on Earth
time. The study of ice cores, dendrochronology, ocean and lake sediments (varve), palynology, (paleobotany), isotope analysis (such as radiometric dating
Greenhouse_and_icehouse_Earth
Geochronological technique
terrestrial records, including fossil pollen studies (palynology), from varves in lake sediments or from marine deposits and ice-core records, and to extend
Tephrochronology
Swedish geologist
Argentina as part of a Swedish-Argentine collaboration to extend the clay varve chronology of Gerard De Geer to the Southern Hemisphere. After returning
Carl_Caldenius
Piltene Parish, Piltene town, Pope Parish, Puze Parish, Tārgale Parish, Ugāle Parish, Usma Parish, Užava Parish, Vārve Parish, Ziras Parish, Zlēkas Parish
Administrative divisions of Latvia
Administrative_divisions_of_Latvia
Geologic formation in Gansu, China
yellowish mudstones of the Xiagou Formation are the lithified remnants of varves that were laid down as extremely fine silt settled to the bottom of a tranquil
Xiagou_Formation
Historical region of Latvia
settlements (Latin: villae): Vārtaja, Tadaiķi, Ūsaiķi, Ilga, Līpa, Gavieze, Vārve, Padone, Peke, Okte, Ģelži, Lindale, Troista, Ievade, Dzēre, Boja, Droga
Piemare
Reservoir in Kenora District, Ontario
bottom of Lac Seul is covered with thick deposits of lacustrine silts and varved clay of varying thickness. The water of Lac Seul is tea colored. In clear
Lac_Seul
Violation of Polish airspace by drones
recovered fragments from a Russian drone on a beach near the western village of Varve, Ventspils district, thought to belong to a drone shot down over Poland
2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland
2025_Russian_drone_incursion_into_Poland
Former lake in North America
annually-deposited varves by both their thickness and the presence of materials foreign to the immediate drainage. Atwater reports from 35 to 55 annual varves between
Glacial_Lake_Columbia
Graph in climate science
Paleoclimatology dates back to the 19th century, and the concept of examining varves in lake beds and tree rings to track local climatic changes was suggested
Hockey stick graph (global temperature)
Hockey_stick_graph_(global_temperature)
Volcano in southern Peru
England, John H.; Sharp, Martin J.; Bush, Andrew B.G. (February 2001). "A varve record of increased 'Little Ice Age' rainfall associated with volcanic activity
Huaynaputina
Assemblage of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic sedimentary rocks
fossils are very rare. Some of the strata are detailed to the level of varves, with indications of Milankovitch cycles. In preserved lake sediments, Semionotus
Newark_Supergroup
Geologic formation in Kazakhstan
salamanders, lizards and crocodiles. The primary lithology consists of 1 mm thick varve laminations of claystone, with a dark part and a light dolomitic part, which
Karabastau_Formation
Partly eroded cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada
isolated pile of subaerial basalt flows and associated pillow lava rest on varved clay and till in King Creek. Cinder Mountain last erupted during the Pleistocene
Cinder_Mountain
Former principality in Latvia
Kalten — Kalši, (Vaiņode Parish), Baten — Bāte, (Vaiņode Parish), Waruwe — Vārve, (Tadaiķi Parish), Elkene — Elkuzeme, (Vaiņode Parish), Assiten — Asīte
Bandava
Volcanic eruption in Indonesia
variability during the past 1600 years recorded in historical documents and varved lake sediment profiles from northeastern China". The Holocene. 22 (7): 787
1257_Samalas_eruption
lakes were designated as a Ramsar site. The Lake Suigetsu is famous for its varves, which were adopted as a global standard for dating geological and historical
Mikata_Five_Lakes
Law enforcement agency
existing border battalions, the Riga Separate Border Control Point and Vārve Training Centre. By the order of Minister of Defence of 23 November 1995
State_Border_Guard_(Latvia)
State park in New York state, United States
undisturbed annual layers of sediment (or varves) that preserve a historical record, somewhat like tree rings do. These varves are being used to study the climate
Green_Lakes_State_Park
Body of water in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Meerfelder Maar. The time of the maximum of the last glaciation derived from varve chronology is in close agreement with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet
Holzmaar
Cooling period during the preboreal stage
Hässeldalen and Askja-S Tephras through varve counting in the Lake Czechowskie sediment record, Poland: VARVE COUNTING BETWEEN THE HÄSSELDALEN AND AKSJA-S
Preboreal_oscillation
In geology, a type of compact mass
are often found eroding out of exposures of interlaminated silt and clay, varved, proglacial lake deposits. For example, great numbers of strikingly symmetrical
Concretion
to reveal ancient climates. In 1929, Wilmot H. Bradley found that annual varves of clay laid down in lake beds showed climate cycles. Andrew Ellicott Douglass
History of climate change science
History_of_climate_change_science
Periodic change in the Sun's activity
Mekhaldi, Florian; Adolphi, Florian (31 May 2018). "Synchronizing 10Be in two varved lake sediment records to IntCal13 14C during three grand solar minima".
Solar_cycle
Underlying geological material in which soil horizons form
important types. A macro photo of glacio-lacustrine parent material with clear varves from annual deposition of material. Parent material transported by streams
Parent_material
Science of determining past climates from trees
prehistoric climate indicators Temperature record of the last 2,000 years Varve "IPAE RAS Dendrochronology group research results summary". Archived from
Dendroclimatology
Worldwide glaciation episodes during the Proterozoic eon
marine sediments), which can be deposited by glaciers or other phenomena. Varves (annual sediment layers in periglacial lakes), which can form at higher
Snowball_Earth
Caldera in Alaska
(October 2025). "A tephrostratigraphic investigation of the continuously varved Holocene Boreal lake Nautajärvi, Finland, provides precise age estimate
Mount_Aniakchak
distinct component of the yearly varves in the lake, with large blooms occurring to form the lighter summer portions of the varve couplets. In the younger layers
Paleoflora of the Messel Formation
Paleoflora_of_the_Messel_Formation
City and municipality in Río Negro, Argentina
Glacial), Rio Negro, Argentina". In Schlüchter, Ch. (ed.). Moraines and Varves. pp. 81–92. ISBN 9061910390. "Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi - Perfil de Parque
Bariloche
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African, American, Anglo, Australian, Biblical, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hebrew, Indian, Teutonic
Hazelnut; A Nut-bearing Tree; The Tree; Nut; Colour; Ruler; Colour of Sun Set; Reddish Brown; Tree
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French
French form of Latin Anastasius, ANASTASE means "resurrection."
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Muslim
Arrows
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Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
A Cone-bearing Tree; Fir; Pine
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Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Tamil
Delight
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Another Name for Prophet Muhammad
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Tamil
Supreme mahamantra of jains
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Bengali, Indian, Telugu
Foster Mother of Lord Sri Venkateshwara
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
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Irish American
Strong.
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n.
See Varvel.
a.
Having varvels, or rings.
n.
In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.