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Diatom-based inferences of post-glacial hydrological change from a sedimentary record from Felker Lake, British Columbia,
show millennial-scale pacing of climate over the past approximately 11670 calendar years with change at ca. 8140 cal. year BP,
ca. 6840 cal. year BP, ca. 5700 cal. year BP, and ca. 2230 cal. year BP. Early postglacial diatom assemblages are dominated
by fragilaroid taxa, suggesting that cool and moist climate conditions and relatively high lake levels prevailed at this time.
Early Holocene warming near ca. 8140 cal. year BP promoted Cyclotella bodanica var. lemanica, a fall bloomer competitive in limnological conditions associated with warmer water and stratified conditions. Short-lived
peaks of Stephanodiscus parvus/minutulus between ca. 6340 cal. year BP and ca. 5860 cal. year BP indicate periodic increases in nutrient availability and prolonged
mixing likely associated with long cool and moist spring seasons. The diatom-inferred depth of Felker Lake increased during
the mid-Holocene to reach a record high-stand at ca. 5860 cal. year BP. Large changes in hydrological variability and terrestrial
vegetation at Felker Lake occurred after ca. 2230 cal. year BP when high-amplitude centennial-scale fluctuations in diatom-inferred
lake depth and salinity are observed. Change is first documented in terrestrial vegetation at this time by a shift from open
Pinus parklands to a landscape that periodically supported populations of Cupressaceae. Three record low-stand high-salinity events
are reconstructed between ca. 1910 cal. year BP and ca. 1800 cal. year BP, ca. 1030 cal. year BP and ca. 690 cal. year BP,
and ca. 250 cal. year BP and ca. 140 cal. year BP. The low lake-level episode of ca. 1030 cal. year BP–ca. 690 cal. year BP
is coeval with the Medieval Warm Period (ca. 1000 cal. year BP–ca. 600 cal. year BP), a period of intense drought in western
North America. Post-glacial hydrological change at Felker Lake is coherent with regional, hemispherical, and global paleoclimate
events, suggesting that millennial-and centennial-scale shifts in water availability are a persistent feature of the climate
of western North America. 相似文献
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Liping Zhu Xiaolin Zhen Junbo Wang Houyuan Lü Manping Xie Hiroyki Kitagawa Göran Possnert 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(3):343-358
Climatic and environmental changes since the last glacial period are important to our understanding of global environmental
change. There are few records from Southern Tibet, one of the most climatically sensitive areas on earth. Here we present
a study of the lake sediments (TC1 core) from Lake Chen Co, Southern Tibet. Two sediment cores were drilled using a hydraulic
borer in Terrace 1 of Lake Chen Co. AMS 14C dating of the sediments showed that the sequence spanned >30,000 years. Analyses of present lake hydrology indicated that
glacier melt water is very important to maintaining the lake level. Sediment variables such as grain size, TOC, TN, C/N, Fe/Mn,
CaCO3, and pollen were analyzed. Warm and moderately humid conditions dominated during the interval 30,000–26,500 cal year BP.
From 26,500 to 20,000 cal year BP, chemical variables and pollen assemblages indicate a cold/dry environment, and pollen amounts
and assemblages suggest a decline in vegetation. From 20,000 to 18,000 cal year BP, the environment shifted from cold/dry
to warm/humid and vegetation rebounded. The environment transitioned to cold/humid during 16,500–10,500 cal year BP, with
a cold/dry event around 14,500 cal year BP. After 10,500 cal year BP, the environment in this region tended to be warm/dry,
but exhibited three stages. From 10,500 to 9,000 cal year BP, there was a short warm/humid period, but a shift to cold/dry
conditions occurred around 9,000 cal year BP. Thereafter, from 9,000 to 6,000 cal year BP, there was a change from cold/dry
to warm/humid conditions, with the warmest period around 6,000 cal year BP. After 6,000 cal year BP, the environment cooled
rapidly, but then displayed a warming trend. Chemical variables indicate that a relatively warm/dry event occurred around
5,500–5,000 cal year BP, which is supported by time-lagged pollen assemblages around 4,800 cal year BP. Our lake sediment
sequence exhibits environmental changes since 30,000 cal year BP, and most features agree with records from the Greenland
GISP2 ice core and with other sequences from the Tibetan Plateau. This indicates that environmental changes inferred from
Lake Chen Co, Southern Tibet were globally significant. 相似文献
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Sediment geochemistry of Lake Daihai,north-central China: implications for catchment weathering and climate change during the Holocene 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Qianli Sun Sumin Wang Jie Zhou Zhongyuan Chen Ji Shen Xiuping Xie Feng Wu Peng Chen 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(1):75-87
A 12.87-m-long sediment core was retrieved from closed-basin Lake Daihai in the monsoon–arid transition zone of north-central
China. Oxides of major elements and their ratios normalized to Al in the AMS-14C-dated core were employed to evaluate chemical weathering intensity (CWI) in the lake drainage basin, which reflects hydrothermal
conditions in the study area. Lower CWI periods occurred prior to 14.5 ka BP, and during the intervals ca. 11.7–10.3, 3.5–3.2,
2.6–1.7 ka BP, and 1.2–0 ka BP, indicating relatively low temperatures and moisture availability. Greater CWI during the intervening
periods ca. 14.5–11.7, 10.3–9.0, 3.2–2.6, and 1.7–1.2 ka BP, with the maximum CWI at ca. 6.7–3.5 ka BP, imply ameliorated
hydrothermal conditions in the lake basin, i.e. higher temperatures and precipitation. Exceptionally low CWI, associated with
high CaO/MgO ratio during ca. 9.0–6.7 ka BP, suggests higher evaporation rates in the area under warmer temperature. Overall,
CWI displays in-phase variations with changes in organic matter (TOC, TN), carbonate (CaCO3) and pollen assemblages, all of which are related to variations in monsoon effective precipitation. High CWI indicates strong
monsoon-induced precipitation, whereas low CWI reflects a weak precipitation regime. The optimum hydrothermal status, recorded
by the strongest CWI and maximum monsoon effective precipitation during ca. 6.7–3.5 ka BP defines the Holocene climate optimum
(HCO) in the Lake Daihai region. These results indicate that the HCO prevails after the early Holocene in the monsoon–arid
transition zone of north-central China. Temperature and precipitation variations during most of the Holocene, inferred from
the lake sediments, are due largely to insolation forcing. Dry but warm conditions ca. 9.0–6.7 ka BP, however, probably reflect
the complex interactions between insolation and geography (e.g. altitude and local topography). 相似文献
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Zbyněk Engel Grzegorz Skrzypek Debajyoti Paul Wojciech Drzewicki Daniel Nývlt 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(4):609-624
This study presents detailed lithostratigraphy and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic variations in a 520-cm-long sediment
core from a cirque basin in the Labsky důl Valley, Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic. Detailed study of the core reveals
five major periods of sedimentation during the last 7600 years: silt and sand deposition during ~7.6–5.1 ka cal BP, Sphagnum peat accumulation during ~5.1–4.0 ka cal BP, sandy silt and sand during ~4.0–2.8 ka cal BP, raised peat bog during ~2.8–2.0 ka cal
BP (Sphagnum peat), and sedimentation of sandy silt since ~2.0 ka cal BP. The δ13C values of the organic matter in the core vary in the range typical for C3 plants, from −24.35 to −27.68‰, whereas the δ15N values vary from −2.65 to +4.35‰. Core sections having ash contents ≥70% have δ15N > 1‰ and δ13C < −26‰, whereas those having ≤70% ash content have δ15N < 1‰ and δ13C > −26‰. Strong linear correlations are observed between δ13C and δ15N values as well as between C:N ratios and δ15N values in the horizons with ash content >10%, primarily for sand and silt horizons. On the other hand, poor correlations
between δ13C and C:N ratio, as well as δ15N and C:N ratio, were observed in Sphagnum peat layers (45–125 and 185–265 cm). We conclude that the primary stable isotope variations are not preserved in the layers
where significant correlation between δ15N and C:N ratio is observed. The relatively small δ13C variation in the uppermost Sphagnum peat layer suggests stable temperature during ~2.8–2.0 ka cal BP. 相似文献
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Beatriz Ortega Gabriel Vázquez Margarita Caballero Isabel Israde Socorro Lozano-García Peter Schaaf Esperanza Torres 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(3):745-760
Geochemical data obtained from X-ray fluorescence, physical properties, total organic and inorganic carbon content (TOC/TIC),
and diatom analysis from a 6.61-m-long sedimentary sequence near the modern northern shore of Lake Zirahuen (101° 44′ W, 19°
26′ N, 2000 m asl) provide a reconstruction of lacustrine sedimentation during the last approximately 17 cal kyr BP. A time
scale is based on ten AMS 14C dates and by tephra layers from Jorullo (AD 1759-1764) and Paricutin (AD 1943-1952) volcanoes. The multiproxy analyses presented
in this study reveal abrupt changes in environmental and climatic conditions. The results are compared to the paleo-record
from nearby Lake Patzcuaro. Dry conditions and low lake level are inferred in the late Pleistocene until ca. 15 cal kyr BP,
followed by a slight but sustained increase in lake level, as well as a higher productivity, peaking at ca. 12.1 cal kyr BP.
This interpretation is consistent with several regional climatic reconstructions in central Mexico, but it is in opposition
to record from Lake Patzcuaro. A sediment hiatus bracketed between 12.1 and 7.2 cal kyr BP suggests a drop in lake level in
response to a dry early Holocene. A deeper, more eutrophic and turbid lake is recorded after 7.2 cal kyr BP. Lake level at
the coring site during the mid Holocene is considered the highest for the past 17 cal kyr BP. The emplacement of the La Magueyera
lava flows (LMLF), dated by thermoluminiscence at 6560 ± 950 year, may have reduced basin volume and contributed to the relative
deepening of the lake after 7.2 cal kyr BP. The late Holocene (after 3.9 cal kyr BP) climate is characterized by high instability.
Extensive erosion, lower lake levels, dry conditions and pulses of high sediment influx due to high rainfall are inferred
for this time. Further decrease in lake level and increased erosion are recorded after ca. AD 1050, at the peak of Purepechas
occupation (AD 1300–1521), and until the eighteenth century. Few lacustrine records extend back to the late Pleistocene—early
Holocene in central Mexico; this paper contributes to the understanding of late Pleistocene-Holocene paleoclimates in this
region. 相似文献
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Serpent River Bog lies north of North Channel, 10 m above Lake Huron and 15 m below the Nipissing Great Lake level. A 2.3 m
Holocene sequence contains distinct alternating beds of inorganic clastic clay and organic peat that are interpreted as evidence
of successive inundation and isolation by highstands and lowstands of the large Huron-Basin lake. Lowstand phases are confirmed
by the presence of shallow-water pollen and plant macrofossil remains in peat units. Twelve 14C dates on peat, wood and plant macrofossils combined with previously published 14C ages of lake-level indicators confirm much of the known early Holocene lake-level history with one notable exception. A
new Late Mattawa highstand (8,390 [9,400 cal]–8,220 [9,200 cal] BP) evidenced by a sticky blue-grey clay bed is tied to outburst
floods of glacial Lake Minong during erosion of the Nadoway drift barrier in the eastern Lake Superior basin. A subsequent
Late Mattawa highstand (8,110 [9,040 cal]–8,060 [8,970 cal] BP) is attributed to enhanced meltwater inflows that first had
deposited thick varves throughout Superior Basin. Inundation by the Nadoway floods and possibly the last Mattawa flood were
likely responsible for termination of the Olson Forest (southern Lake Michigan). A pollen diagram supports the recognized
progression of Holocene vegetation, and defines a subzone implying a very dry, cool climate about 7.8–7.5 (8.6–8.3 cal) ka
BP based on the Alnus crispa profile during the Late Stanley lowstand. A new date of 9,470 ± 25 (10,680–10,750 cal) BP on basal peat over lacustrine clay
at Espanola West Bog supports the previous interpretation of the Early Mattawa highstand at ca. 9,500 (10,740 cal) BP. The
organic and clastic sediment units at these two bogs are correlated with other records showing coherent evidence of Holocene
repeated inundation and isolation around northern Lake Huron. Taken together the previous and new lake-level data suggest
that the Huron and Georgian basin lakes were mainly closed lowstands throughout early Holocene time except for short-lived
highstands. Three of the lowstands were exceptionally low, and likely caused three episodes of offshore sediment erosion which
had been previously identified as seismo-stratigraphic sequence boundaries. 相似文献
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Variations in the oxygen-isotope composition of paleo-water bodies in the Lake Superior Basin provide information about the
timing and pathways of glacial meltwater inflow into and within the Lake Superior Basin. Here, the oxygen-isotope compositions
of Lake Superior have been determined using ostracodes from four sediment cores from across the Basin (Duluth, Caribou and
Ile Parisienne sub-basins, Thunder Bay trough). The δ18O values indicate that lake water (Lake Minong) at ~10,600–10,400 cal [~9,400–9,250] BP was dominated by glacial meltwater
derived from Lake Agassiz and the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS). From that time to ~9,000 cal [~8,100] BP, a period associated
with formation of thick varves across the Lake Superior Basin, the δ18O values of Lake Minong decreased even further (−24 to −28‰), symptomatic of an increasing influx of glacial meltwater. Its
supply was reduced between ~9,000 and ~8,900 cal [~8,100–8,000] BP, and lake water δ18O values grew higher by several per mil during this period. Between ~8,900 and ~8,800 cal [~8,000–7,950] BP, there was a return
to δ18O values as low as −29‰ in some parts of the Lake Superior Basin, indicating a renewed influx of glacial meltwater before
its final termination at ~8,800–8,700 cal [~7,950–7,900] BP. The sub-basins in the Lake Superior Basin generally displayed
very similar patterns of lake water δ18O values, typical of a well-mixed system. The final stage of glacial meltwater input, however, was largely expressed near
its input (Thunder Bay trough) and recognizable in dampened form mainly in the Duluth sub-basin to the west. Water in the
easternmost Ile Parisienne sub-basin was enriched in 18O relative to the rest of the lake, particularly after ~10,000 cal [~8,900] BP, probably because of a strong influence of
local precipitation/runoff, and perhaps also enhanced evaporation. By ~9,200 cal [~8,250] BP, lake water δ18O values in the Ile Parisienne sub-basin were similar to the adjacent Lake Huron Basin, suggesting a strong hydraulic connection
between the two water bodies, and common responses to southern Ontario’s shift to warmer and dry climatic conditions after
~9,000 cal [~8,100] BP. 相似文献
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Barbara Wohlfarth Pavel Tarasov Ole Bennike Terri Lacourse Dmitry Subetto Peter Torssander Fedor Romanenko 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(3):543-569
Three lake sediment sequences (lakes Nero, Chashnitsy, Zaozer’e) from the Rostov-Jaroslavl’ region north of Moscow were studied
to provide information on palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes during the past 15,000 cal yr. The multi-proxy study
(i.e., pollen, macrofossils, mineral magnetic measurements, total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur) is chronologically constrained
by AMS 14C measurements. Lake Nero provided the longest sedimentary record back to ca. 15,000 cal yr BP, while sediment accumulation
began around ca. 11,000 cal yr BP in the two other lakes, possibly due to melting of permafrost. Limnic plant macrofossil
remains suggest increased lake productivity and higher mean summer temperatures after 14,500 cal yr BP. While the late glacial
vegetation was dominated by Betula and Salix shrubs and various herbs, it appears that Betula sect. Albae became established as early as 14,000 cal yr BP. Major hydrological changes in the region led to distinctly lower lake levels,
starting 13,000 cal yr BP in Lake Nero and ca. 9000 cal yr BP in lakes Chashnitsy and Zaozer’e, which are situated at higher
elevations. These changes resulted in sedimentary hiatuses in all three lakes that lasted 3500–4500 cal yr. Mixed broad-leaved
– coniferous forests were widespread in the area between 8200 and 6100 cal yr BP and developed into dense, species-rich forests
between 6100 and 2500 cal yr BP, during what was likely the warmest interval of the studied sequences. Agricultural activity
is documented since 500 cal yr BP, but probably began earlier, since Rostov was a major capital by 862 A.D. This apparent
gap may be caused by additional sedimentary hiatuses around 2500 and 500 cal yr BP. 相似文献
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Christoph Mayr Andreas Lücke Nora I. Maidana Michael Wille Torsten Haberzettl Hugo Corbella Christian Ohlendorf Frank Schäbitz Michael Fey Stephanie Janssen Bernd Zolitschka 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(1):81-102
A combination of carbon-to-nitrogen ratios (TOC/TN), Rock Eval-analyses, and stable isotope values of bulk nitrogen (δ15N) and organic carbon (δ13Corg) was used to characterize bulk organic matter (OM) of a piston core from the Patagonian maar lake Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina)
for the purpose of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Sedimentary data were compared with geochemical signatures of potential
OM sources from Laguna Potrok Aike and its catchment area to identify the sources of sedimentary OM. Correlation patterns
between isotopic data and TOC/TN ratios allowed differentiation of five distinct phases with different OM composition. Before
8470 calibrated 14C years before present (cal. yrs BP) and after 7400 cal. yrs BP, isotopic and organo-geochemical fingerprints indicate that
the sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike consist predominantly of soil and diatom OM with varying admixtures of cyanobacterial
and aquatic macrophyte OM. For a short phase of the early Holocene (ca. 8470–7400 cal. yrs BP), however, extremely high input
of soil OM is implied by isotopic fingerprints. Previous seismic and geochronological results indicate a severe lake-level
drop of 33 m below present-day shortly before 6590 cal. yrs BP. It is suggested that this lake level drop was accompanied
by increased erosion of shore banks and channel incision enhancing soil OM deposition in the lake basin. Thus, isotopic data
can be linked to hydrological variations at Laguna Potrok Aike and allow a more precise dating of this extremely low lake
level. An isotopic mixing model was used including four different sources (soil, cyanobacteria, diatom and aquatic macrophyte
OM) to model OM variations and the model results were compared with quantitative microfossil data. 相似文献
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Sub-bottom profiling was conducted at eight sub-basins within the lower French River area, Ontario, to investigate deposits
preserved within the ancient North Bay outlet. Ten cores were collected that targeted the four depositional acoustic facies
identified in the sub-bottom profiling records. The rhythmically laminated/bedded glaciolacustrine deposits of facies I are
interpreted to have aggraded within glacial Lake Algonquin and its associated recessional lakes that persisted between 13,000
and 11,300 cal BP (~11,100 and 9,900 BP). The majority of the facies II, III and IV lacustrine deposits accumulated between
about 9,500 cal BP (~8,500 BP) and the mid-Holocene, based on radiocarbon-dated organic materials. These deposits represent
sedimentation within a ‘large’ lake during the late portion of the Mattawa-Stanley phase, and the Nipissing transgression,
Nipissing Great Lakes and post-Nipissing recession phases of lake levels. Two sets of organic-rich sand beds are preserved
within facies II deposits and reveal that the large lake lacustrine depositional environment was interrupted during the late
Mattawa-Stanley phase between 9,500–9,300 and 9,000–8,400 cal BP (~8,500–8,300 and ~8,000–7,600 BP), when the water surface
of Lake Hough fell below the outlet threshold and the lake basin became hydrologically closed. Pre-9,500 cal BP (~8,500 BP),
the early and middle portions of the Mattawa-Stanley phase were dominated by erosion, as reflected by an unconformity at the
base of facies II that occurs widely in the sub-basins and the general lack of preserved deposits for these intervals in the
cores. This erosion is attributed to wave action and fluvial scouring within the outlet mouth during the early and mid-Stanley-Hough
low stages and relates specifically to the period when the flowing portion of the North Bay outlet was situated over the lower
French River area. This study reveals that the majority of the post-glacial deposits accumulated after the outlet threshold
had shifted permanently eastwards and the lower French River area was inundated under the multiple phases of the large lake
occupying the Nipissing Lowlands and Georgian-Huron basins, extending well into the mid-Holocene. The occurrence of deposits
marking two closed-basin intervals during the late Stanley-Hough stage are well preserved locally within the lacustrine depositional
sequence, but identifying earlier closed-basin intervals from the French River stratigraphy is hindered by the lack of preserved
pre-9,500 cal BP (~8,500 BP) post-glacial deposits. 相似文献
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Agathe Fourmont Jean-Jacques Macaire Jean-Gabriel Bréhéret 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(3):471-490
Since the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, hydrology in Europe has been influenced by both climate changes, and since Neolithic
times, an increase in human activity. Paleohydrological reconstructions, especially from lake studies, can help identify the
respective impact of these two factors. The present work focuses on a lacustrine geosystem, the Sarliève paleolake in the
Massif Central (France), in an unusually dry, temperate area. The lake sediment geometry (core drillings, geotechnical methods),
and the geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the catchment rocks and soils, and of the lacustrine deposits, indicate
major variations in paleohydrology during the last 12,000 years as dated by 14C, palynology and tephrochronology. In addition, a model quantifying detrital versus biochemical lacustrine components was
developed to identify hydrological trends. The data show that the Sarliève area was characterized mainly by remarkably dry
conditions, hence sharpening the climatic trends at middle latitudes in Western Europe. Three main hydrological phases are
distinguished since the Late Glacial: (1) 13.7–7.5 ka cal BP, a dominant dry climate, with a peak at ca. 8 ka cal BP, leading
to a lowstand in water level and unusual mineral authigenesis, zeolite then dolomite, constituting up to 60% of the lacustrine
sediments; (2) 7.5 to ca. 5.3 ka cal BP, repeated short-duration hydrological alternations that could have been climate-driven:
lowstands in water level with up to 60% biochemical minerals versus higher water levels with <10% biochemical minerals; (3)
5.3 ka cal BP to the Middle Ages (i.e. beginning in the 5th century AD), a hydrological trend towards perennial high water
level, with mainly detrital sediments, probably linked to climate evolution, except periods of obvious human-driven drying
during the last two millennia. 相似文献
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Jennifer A. Nelson Kathy Licht Catherine Yansa Gabriel Filippelli 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(1):1-13
Records from lake sediment cores are critical for assessing the relative stability of climate and ecosystems over the Holocene.
Duck Lake in south-central Lower Michigan, USA, was the focus of a study that identified how changes in the geochemical variables
in lake sediments relate to variations in regional climate and local land use during the Holocene. More than 8.5 m of lacustrine
sediment were recovered using Livingston and freeze corers and analyzed for organic carbon, inorganic (carbonate) carbon,
total nitrogen, and trace metals. Repeating packages of sediment (1–10 cm thick) that grade from light (inorganic carbon-rich)
to dark (organic carbon-rich) were found from the surface to a depth of about 8 m. Variations in the high-resolution gray
scale data from core X-radiographs are highly correlated to the relative amount of inorganic carbon. Geochemical analyses
of the upper 8.5 m of sediment revealed a wide range of values: 0.05–10.6% for inorganic carbon (i.e. 0.5–89% calcium carbonate)
and 1.1–28% for organic carbon (i.e. 2.7–70% organic matter). Organic carbon to nitrogen ratios indicate that most of the
sediment organic matter is produced within the lake. A core chronology based on eight AMS radiocarbon dates shows low sediment
accumulation rates (0.05 cm/year) from 10,000 to 3,800 cal year BP and higher sediment accumulation rates (0.1–0.3 cm/year)
from 3,800 cal year BP to present. We suggest that carbonate accumulates during relatively dry times, whereas organic matter
accumulation dominates when nutrient input to the lake is enhanced by wetter climate. The Duck Lake core records a distinct
low point in inorganic carbon deposition that may be related to the 8.2 ka cooling event now documented from several sites
in North America. Spectral analysis of gray scale values shows significant ~200-year periodicities over the past 8,000 years,
hypothesized to result from climate changes induced by solar forcing. Concentrations of trace metals (e.g. lead, iron, copper,
zinc) indicate the onset of regional anthropogenic influence about 150 cal year BP. 相似文献
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Gabriella Sch?ll-Barna Attila Demény Gábor Serlegi Szilvia Fábián Pál Sümegi István Fórizs Bernadett Bajnóczi 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2012,47(1):87-100
Geochemical records of bivalve shells have been increasingly studied in the last decade to obtain information on climate conditions.
In this paper we present stable isotope compositions of living and prehistoric shells of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) and
their relationships with climate conditions in a shallow lake environment of Lake Balaton, West-Central Hungary. Physical
conditions and stable oxygen isotope compositions of lake water samples were monitored where living bivalves were collected.
Comparisons between seasonal variations in ambient temperature, water composition and within-shell isotopic variations indicate
that the shells of Unio pictorum do reflect local changes at high resolution and thus can be used to study past conditions. Additionally, shells covering
the last two decades were gathered at several locations along the lake in order to determine spatial and temporal variations
in the shells’ isotopic compositions as a function of weather conditions. As an application, prehistoric shells collected
in archaeological excavations were analysed in order to study past environmental variations. Climate variations during the
Late Copper Age (5460–4870 cal. yr BP) have been assumed on the basis of geomorphological and archaeozoological observations
at the site Balatonkeresztúr-Réti-dűlő (south of Lake Balaton), that suggested increasing humidity as a cause of changes in
settlement location and domestic livestock husbandry. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of prehistoric bivalve
shells were analyzed from excavations representing five archaeological subphases (Boleráz subphase, 5460–5310 cal. yr BP;
two transitional subphases around 5310 cal. yr BP; Early Classic subphase, 5310–5060 cal. yr BP; Late Classic subphase, 5040–4870 cal.
yr BP). The analyses revealed significant negative C and O isotope shifts in the transitional subphases relative to the earlier
and later subphases. The isotopic variations indicate that the local climate became relatively wet and possibly cold around
5310 cal. yr BP, then it returned to drier (and likely warmer) conditions during the Classic subphases. This interpretation
is in agreement with previous studies on climate changes related to the “5.3 ky event” in the European continental area and
the North Atlantic Region, indicating an Atlantic influence in the Carpathian Basin. 相似文献
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Partitioning of the grain-size components of Dali Lake core sediments: evidence for lake-level changes during the Holocene 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Jule Xiao Zhigang Chang Bin Si Xiaoguang Qin Shigeru Itoh Zaur Lomtatidze 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(2):249-260
We recovered a sediment core (DL04) from the depocenter of Dali Lake in central-eastern Inner Mongolia. The upper 8.5 m were
analyzed at 1-cm intervals for grain-size distribution to partition the grain-size components and provide a high-resolution
proxy record of Holocene lake level changes. Partitioning of three to six components, C1, C2, C3 through C6 from fine to coarse
modes within the individual polymodal distributions, into overlapping lognormal distributions, was accomplished utilizing
the method of lognormal distribution function fitting. Genetic analyses of the grain-size components suggest that two major
components, C2 and C3, interpreted as offshore-suspension fine and medium-to-coarse silt, can serve as sediment proxies for
past changes in the level of Dali Lake. Lower modal sizes of both C2 and C3 and greater C3 and lower C2 percentages reflect
higher lake stands. The proxy data from DL04 core sediments span the last 12,000 years and indicate that Dali Lake experienced
five stages during the Holocene. During the interval ca. 11,500–9,800 cal year BP, lake level was unstable, with drastic rises
and falls. Following that interval, the lake level was marked by high stands between ca. 9,800 and 7,100 cal year BP. During
the period from ca. 7,100 to 3,650 cal year BP, lake level maintained generally low stands, but displayed a slight tendency
to rise. Subsequently, the lake level continued rising, but exhibited high-frequency, high-amplitude fluctuations until ca.
1,800 cal years ago. Since ca. 1,800 cal year BP, the lake has displayed a gradual lowering trend with frequent fluctuations. 相似文献
17.
Ulla Kokfelt Nina Reuss Eric Struyf Mats Sonesson Mats Rundgren G?ran Skog Peter Rosén Dan Hammarlund 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(1):327-342
Permafrost in peatlands of subarctic Sweden is presently thawing at accelerated rates, which raises questions about the destiny
of stored carbon and nutrients and impacts on adjacent freshwater ecosystems. In this study we use peat and lake sediment
records from the Stordalen palsa mire in northern Sweden to address the late Holocene (5,000 cal BP-present) development of
the mire as well as related changes in carbon and nutrient cycling. Formation, sediment accumulation and biogeochemistry of
two studied lakes are suggested to be largely controlled by the development of the mire and its permafrost dynamics. Peat
inception took place at ca. 4,700 cal BP as a result of terrestrialisation. Onset of organic sedimentation in the adjacent
lakes occurred at ca. 3,400 and 2,650 cal BP in response to mire expansion and permafrost aggradation, respectively. Mire
erosion, possibly due to permafrost decay, led to re-deposition of peat into one of the lakes after ca. 2,100 cal BP, and
stimulated primary productivity in the other lake at ca. 1,900–1,800 cal BP. Carbonate precipitation appears to have been
suppressed when acidic poor fen and bog (palsa) communities dominated the catchment mire, and permafrost-induced changes in
hydrology may further have affected the inflow of alkaline water from the catchment. Elevated contents of biogenic silica
and diatom pigments in lake sediments during periods of poor fen and bog expansion further indicate that terrestrial vegetation
influenced the amount of nutrients entering the lake. Increased productivity in the lake likely caused bottom-water anoxia
in the downstream lake and led to recycling of sediment phosphorous, bringing the lake into a state of self-sustained eutrophication
during two centuries preceding the onset of twentieth century permafrost thaw. Our results give insight into nutrient and
permafrost dynamics in a subarctic wetland and imply that continued permafrost decay and related vegetation changes towards
minerotrophy may increase carbon and nutrient storage of mire deposits and reduce nutrient fluxes in runoff. Rapid permafrost
degradation may on the other hand lead to widespread mire erosion and to relatively short periods of significantly increased
nutrient loading in adjacent lakes. 相似文献
18.
J. A. Dearing R. T. Jones J. Shen X. Yang J. F. Boyle G. C. Foster D. S. Crook M. J. D. Elvin 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(1):3-31
A 6.48 m sediment core sequence from Erhai lake, Yunnan Province, provides a multi-proxy record of Holocene environmental
evolution and human activity in southwest China. These sedimentary records provide proxy time series for catchment vegetation,
flooding, soil erosion, sediment sources and metal workings. They are complemented by independent regional climate time-series
from speleothems, archaeological records of human habitation, and a detailed documented environmental history. The article
attempts to integrate these data sources to provide a Holocene scale record of environmental change and human–environment
interactions. These interactions are analysed in order to identify the roles of climate and social drivers on environmental
change, and the lessons that may be learned about the future sustainability of the landscape. The main conclusions are: lake
sediment evidence for human impacts from at least 7,500 cal year BP is supported by a terrestrial record of cultural horizons
that may extend back to ∼9,000 cal year BP. A major shift in the pollen assemblage, defined by detrended correspondence analysis,
at ∼4,800 cal year BP marks the transition from a ‘nature-dominated’ to a ‘human-dominated’ landscape. From 4,300 cal year
BP, a change in river discharge responses may signal the beginning of hydraulic modification through drainage and irrigation.
Major increases in disturbed land taxa and loss of forest taxa from 2,200 cal year BP onward, also associated with the start
of significant topsoil erosion, register the expansion of agriculture by Han peoples. It is also the start of silver smelting
linked to trade along the SW Silk Road with Dali becoming a regional centre. Peak levels of disturbed land taxa, topsoil and
gully erosion are associated with the rise and fall of the Nanzhao (CE 738–902) and Dali (CE 937–1253) Kingdoms, and the documented
environmental crisis that occurred in the late Ming and Qing dynasties (CE 1644–1911). The crisis coincides with a stronger
summer monsoon, but exploitation of marginal agricultural land is the main driver. These historical perspectives provide insight
into the resilience and sustainability of the modern agricultural system. The largest threat comes from high magnitude-low
frequency flooding of lower dry farmed terraces and irrigated valley plains. A sustainable future depends on reducing the
use of high altitude and steep slopes for grazing and cultivation, maintaining engineered flood defences and terraces, and
anticipating the behaviour of the summer monsoon.
This article is based on a keynote address delivered by John Dearing at the 10th International Paleolimnology Symposium, June
2006, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. 相似文献
19.
Exposures along the lower Kaministiquia River (near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) provide insight into early Holocene lake
level fluctuations and paleoenvironmental conditions in the northwestern Lake Superior basin. These exposures show at least
two large paleochannels which were downcut into offshore sediments, and were later filled with >2 m of sand, ~3 m of rhythmically
laminated silt and clay, and ~6 m of interbedded silt and sand. Buried by the rhythmically laminated silty clay unit is a
well-preserved organic deposit with abundant plant macrofossils from terrestrial and emergent taxa, including several upright
tree trunks. Three AMS radiocarbon ages were obtained on wood and conifer cones from this deposit: 8,135 ± 25 (9,130–9,010
cal), 8,010 ± 25 (9,010–8,780 cal), and 7,990 ± 20 (8,990–8,770 cal) BP. This sequence records an early postglacial high-water
phase, followed by the Houghton lowstand, and reflooding of the lower Kaministiquia River Valley. The drop in lake level associated
with the Houghton phase forced the ancestral Kaministiquia River to downcut. By ~9,100 cal (~8,100) BP, older channels eroded
into subaqueous underflow fan deposits in the Thunder Bay area near Fort William Historical Park (FWHP) were abandoned and
colonized by a Picea-Abies-Larix forest. Based on stratigraphic data corrected for differential isostatic rebound, the lake was below the Sault Ste. Marie
bedrock sill between at least 9,100 cal (8,100) and 8,900 cal (8,000) BP. Shortly after 8,900 cal BP, the lake quickly rose
and buried in situ lowland vegetation at FWHP with varved sediments. We argue that this transgression was due to overflow
from glacial Lakes Agassiz or Ojibway associated with the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the Nakina moraine and/or
the Cochrane surge margins in the Hudson Bay Lowlands. A continued rise in lake level after 6,420 ± 20 (7,400 cal) BP at FWHP
may record uplift of the North Bay outlet above the Sault Ste. Marie bedrock sill and the onset of the Nipissing transgression
in the Lake Superior basin. 相似文献
20.
Sébastien Bertrand François Charlet Bernard Charlier Virginie Renson Nathalie Fagel 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,39(2):179-195
This paper presents a multi-proxy climate record of an 11 m long core collected in Lago Puyehue (southern Chile, 40°S) and
extending back to 18,000 cal yr BP. The multi-proxy analyses include sedimentology, mineralogy, grain size, geochemistry,
loss-on-ignition, magnetic susceptibility and radiocarbon dating. Results demonstrate that sediment grain size is positively
correlated with the biogenic sediment content and can be used as a proxy for lake paleoproductivity. On the other hand, the
magnetic susceptibility signal is correlated with the aluminium and titanium concentrations and can be used as a proxy for
the terrigenous supply. Temporal variations of sediment composition evidence that, since the Last Glacial Maximum, the Chilean
Lake District was characterized by three abrupt climate changes superimposed on a long-term climate evolution. These rapid
climate changes are: (1) an abrupt warming at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum at 17,300 cal yr BP; (2) a 13,100–12,300
cal yr BP cold event, ending rapidly and interpreted as the local counterpart of the Younger Dryas cold period, and (3) a
3,400–2,900 cal yr BP climatic instability synchronous with a period of low solar activity. The timing of the 13,100–12,300
cold event is compared with similar records in both hemispheres and demonstrates that this southern hemisphere climate change
precedes the northern hemisphere Younger Dryas cold period by 500 to 1,000 years.
This is the third in a series of eight papers published in this special issue dedicated to the 17,900 year multi-proxy lacustrine record of
Lago Puyehue, Chilean Lake District. The papers in this special issue were collected by M. De Batist, N. Fagel, M.-F. Loutre
and E. Chapron. 相似文献