“Seasonal deposition processes and chronology of a varved Holocene lake sediment record from Lake Chatyr Kol (Kyrgyz Republic)” (gchron-2019-18) by Kalanke et al. provides a “very exciting [new] record for the palaeoclimate community”, offering a detailed, thorough, multi-methodology (14C, 210Pb, 137Pb and focussing particularly on varves) description of the geochronology of their sediment core. All three reviews are overwhelmingly positive (“well written”, “detailed”, “succinct”, “thorough”, “excellent figures”…).

As the authors state, the purpose of the current manuscript is to focus on the geochronology of the Chatyr Kul sedimentary record, and that detailed palaeoeclimatological study from the site, based upon this high precision chronology, will be the subject of a future publication. Discussion of the geochronology and sedimentary analysis is ample for standalone publication, and the manuscript is a worthy addition to ‘Geochronology’.

My thanks to all three anonymous reviewers who have provided excellent critiques of the manuscript, and to the authors for their detailed responses.

Thank you once again for your interesting manuscript and detailed responses to the reviewers’ comments.

There are a few typos that I have found, but otherwise the manuscript is ready for acceptance.

Thank you once again for choosing to publish this work in ‘Geochronology’.

With my best wishes,

Richard

I agree with the Associate Editor's decision. Thank you for considering Geochronology for your manuscript, and we look forward to the final version incorporating the minor technical corrections listed in the Associate Editor's report.
Best wishes,

Philippa