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ArticleQuaternary science reviews2026

Evidence that the Aso-3 caldera-forming eruption (southwest Japan) marks the termination of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6.

D McLean, P G Albert, G Jones, R A Staff, A Francke, S O Vineberg, J J Tyler, M Saito-Kato, T Sagawa, K Kaneko and 13 more

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D McLeanResearch Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.
P G AlbertDepartment of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, Cymru, SA2 8PP, UK.
G JonesDepartment of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, Cymru, SA2 8PP, UK.
R A StaffResearch Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.
A FranckeDiscipline of Earth Sciences, School of Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, Australia.
S O VinebergResearch Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.
J J TylerDiscipline of Earth Sciences, School of Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, Australia.
M Saito-KatoDepartment of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 110-8718, Tokyo, Japan.
T SagawaInstitute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Japan.
K KanekoGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
H BucklandDepartment of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, Cymru, SA2 8PP, UK.
T SuzukiDepartment of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.
J-I KimuraVolcano and Earth's Interior Research Center, Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0016, Japan.
Q ChangVolcano and Earth's Interior Research Center, Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0016, Japan.
H HoshizumiAIST, Geological Survey of Japan, Japan.
Y MiyabuchiCentre for Water Cycle, Marine Environment and Disaster Management, Kumamoto University, Kurokami Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
C J ManningDepartment of Earth Science, Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
K YamadaResearch Centre for Palaeoclimatology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
I KitabaResearch Centre for Palaeoclimatology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
K IkeharaResearch Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan.
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T NakagawaDepartment of Earth Science, Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
V C SmithResearch Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.

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Abstract

The Aso-3 caldera-forming event of Aso volcano was one of the largest eruptions of the Quaternary period, blanketing vast regions of Japan and surrounding seas in ash. However, uncertainties surrounding the eruption age and geochemical variability have limited its utility as a robust time-stratigraphic marker. Distal occurrences previously attributed to Aso-3 span a broad temporal window (135-110 ka) and glass shards often lack compositional agreement with those of proximal datasets. Here, we re-evaluate the characteristics of Aso-3 using new stratigraphic and geochemical evidence from proximal and distal settings. In the Lake Suigetsu sediments, three Aso tephra layers are newly identified, including a 3 cm thick layer at ∼133 ka with glass shards that compositionally span the proximal Aso-3 range. Additionally, we identify a compositionally identical Aso-3 cryptotephra in the Sea of Japan (core U1427A). Combined stratigraphic, geochemical, and palaeoenvironmental evidence (pollen, diatom and benthic δ

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Aso-3Glass shard geochemistryLake SuigetsuTephrochronologyTermination II

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