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Jennifer M. Galloway R. Timothy Patterson Christine T. Doherty Helen M. Roe 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2007,38(4):569-588
Pollen and diatoms preserved in the radiocarbon dated sediments of Two Frog Lake in the Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex of the
central mainland coast of British Columbia document postglacial climate change. Two Frog Lake was isolated from the sea prior
to 11,040 ± 50 yr BP (13,030 cal. yr BP) when the climate was cool and dry, and open Pinus contorta woodlands covered the landscape. These woodlands were replaced by a mixed conifer forest ca. 10,200 yr BP (ca. 12,300 cal.
yr BP) when the climate became moister. A relatively dry and warm early Holocene climate allowed Pseudotsuga menziesii to migrate northward to this site where it grew with Picea, Tsuga heterophylla and Alnus. The climate became cooler and moister at ca. 8,000 yr BP (ca. 9,200 cal. yr BP), approximately 500–1,000 years prior to
sites located south of Two Frog Lake and on the Queen Charlotte Islands, but contemporary with sites on the northern mainland
coast of British Columbia and south coastal Alaska. Climate heterogeneity in central coastal British Columbia appears to have
occurred on a synoptic scale, suggesting that atmospheric dynamics linked to a variable Aleutian Low pressure system may have
had an important influence on early Holocene climate change in the Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex. The transition to cooler
and moister conditions facilitated the expansion of Cupressaceae and the establishment of a modern-type coastal temperate
rainforest dominated by Cupressaceae and T. heterophylla. This was associated with progressive lake acidification. Diatom changes independent of vegetation change during the late
Holocene are correlative with the mid-Neoglacial period, when cooler temperatures altered diatom communities. 相似文献
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Kaarina Sarmaja-Korjonen Seija Kultti Nadia Solovieva Minna Väliranta 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2003,30(4):415-426
Mid-Holocene changes in vegetation, palaeohydrology and climate were investigated from the sediments of Lake Vankavad in the northern taiga of the Usa Basin, NE European Russia, through the analysis of pollen, plant macrofossils, Cladocera and diatoms. Lake Vankavad was probably formed at ca. 5000 BP (ca. 5600 cal. BP) and initially it was shallow with a littoral cladoceran fauna. Macrofossil and pollen results suggest that dense Betula-Picea forests grew in the vicinity and the shore was close to the sampling point. At ca. 4600 BP (ca. 5400 cal. BP) the water level rose coincident with the decrease in the density and area of forests, probably caused by cooling climate and accelerated spread of mires. There was also a further rise in the water level at ca. 3500 BP (ca. 3800 cal. BP). The initiation of the lake, followed by two periods of rising water-level, as well as the increase in mire formation, was a consequence of a rise in groundwater level. This probably reflects lower evapotranspiration in a cooling mid-Holocene climate and/or higher precipitation in the lowland area. Also the decreased forest density and area may have contributed to the lower evapotranspiration. It is also possible that permafrost aggradation or changes in peat ecosystems might have affected the hydrological conditions in the area. 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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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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I.S. Spooner D. Mazzucchi G. Osborn R. Gilbert I. Larocque 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,28(4):419-431
A stratigraphic record from a lake in the Central Plateau Regionof northern British Columbia reveals changes in environment and inferredclimate during the Holocene. Upon deglaciation (ca. 11500 BP), Skinny Lakebecame an embayment of an ice-dammed lake. High clastic sedimentationrates, an unstable landscape, and cool, possibly wet conditions likelypersisted until the early Holocene (ca. 9000 BP). From ca. 9000–8300 BPdeclining lake levels coupled with warm and dry conditions resulted in theformation of a prominent marl bed. A colonizing shrub and herb assemblagepersisted from 9000 BP until about 8300 BP when it was replaced by a spruce(Picea) and subalpine fir (Abieslasiocarpa) forest under slightly cooler and moister conditions. Themiddle Holocene was warmer-than-present, however, decreasingtemperature and increasing precipitation trends characterize the period fromca. 6000 BP–3000 BP. The transition to modern climate at 3000 BP isevident primarily in the lithostratigraphic record and corresponds with theinitiation of the Tiedemann glacial advance (ca. 3300 BP) in thesouth-coastal mountains of British Columbia. A significant change infossil pollen occurs at ca. 2400 BP and is characterised by an increase in pinepollen accompanied by decreases in alder (Alnus), spruceand fir. This also coincides with an increase in west-sourced exoticwestern hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and cedar type(Cupressaceae) pollen possibly transported by regional changes in air masscirculation patterns associated with Aleutian Low dynamics. This studydemonstrates that both lithostratigraphic and biotic proxies are helpful inreconstructing the timing and nature of climate change and that each may havevarying sensitivities to a particular type of change. 相似文献
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Changes in the diatom assemblages preserved in a sediment core taken from a small lake located north of arctic treeline on the western Taimyr Peninsula, Russia, were examined in order to investigate late Holocene (i.e., ca 5000 cal yr BP to present) climatic and environmental changes within the region. Early diatom assemblages were dominated by benthic Fragilaria taxa and indicate a transitional phase in the lake history, most likely reflecting lake development and environmental change associated with treeline retreat to the south of the study site. Concurrent with pollen and macrofossil evidence of a vegetation shift to shrub tundra in the catchment basin at ca 4200 cal yr BP, an increase in cold-water taxa, followed by little change in diatom assemblages until ca 2800 cal yr BP, suggests that conditions were relatively cool and stable at this time. The last 2000 years of the Middendorf Lake record have been marked by fluctuating limnological conditions, characterized by striking successional shifts between Fragilaria pinnata and Aulacoseira distans var. humilis. Recent conditions in Middendorf Lake indicate an increase in diatom taxa previously rare in the record, possibly associated with twentieth-century climatic warming. The Middendorf Lake record indicates that significant limnological change may occur in the absence of catchment vegetation shifts, suggesting late-Holocene decoupling of aquatic and terrestrial responses to climatic and hydrological change. Our study results represent one of the few paleoecological records currently available from northern Russia, and highlight the need for further development of calibration data sets from this region. 相似文献
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The ostracode record from Harris Lake, southwestern Saskatchewan: 9200 years of local environmental change 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Holocene paleoenvironments of Harris Lake, southwestern Saskatchewan, are reconstructed from the ostracode stratigraphy of a 10.4 m sediment core. Twenty three taxa, representing nine genera, were identified and counted from 113 samples. At each depth, a theoretical faunal assemblage was derived from the raw counts. The mean and variance of chemical, climatic and physical variables were inferred from modern analogues of the fossil assemblages, using existing autecological data from 6720 sites, mostly in western Canada. These data suggest four paleoenvironments: an early-Holocene (9240–6400 years BP) variable climate supporting aspen parkland vegetation; the warm dry hypsithermal (6400–4500 years BP); a short transitional period of ameliorating climate and expanding subboreal forest (4500–3600 years BP); and the present environment since 3600 years BP. A change in regional climate with the draining of Glacial Lake Agassiz (ca. 8500 years BP) and landsliding in the watershed (ca. 4000 years BP) caused relatively rapid environmental change. The ostracode record generally corroborates the interpretations of other proxy data previously published for Harris Lake. Most of the discrepancy involves the timing and severity of maximum Holocene warmth and aridity. Peak aridity interpreted from the pollen data is earlier than in the other proxy records. Both the diatoms and ostracodes indicate highest paleosalinity between ca. 6500 and 5000 years BP, but maximum salinity in the diatom record occurs between ca. 6000–5700 years BP, whereas the ostracode-inferred salinity is relatively low at this time and peaks later at ca. 5000 years. Neither of these reconstructions suggests the short episodes of hypersalinity interpreted from the mineralogy. 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
9.
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
10.
Diatom response to mid-Holocene climate change in Lago di Massaciuccoli (Tuscany,Italy) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A sedimentary sequence from the Mediterranean coastal basin of Lago di Massaciuccoli (Tuscany, Italy) was analyzed for diatoms,
covering two periods over the past ca. 7,000 years. The site was selected because it is situated in a sensitive position at
the limit between Mediterranean and Central European climates and biomes. Our focus is on the impact of accelerated human
activity during the recent past (water uptake in the catchment, sand extraction, wastewater discharge) and on a phase of evident
change between 6,600 and 5,400 cal. BP. The diatom record suggests fresh-water conditions and rather high lake levels until
ca. 6,000 years ago. The subsequent shift towards brackish conditions peaked at around 5,500 cal. BP. We relate this shift
to a pervasive change towards a drier climate that has been observed elsewhere in the Mediterranean and Northern African regions,
and stands in contrast to the shift towards a cooler and more humid climate in the nearby Alps (200–350 km distant) and in
central Europe. Pollen and charcoal records from a previous study on the same sedimentary sequence were used to gain additional
insights about the causes of the changes in the diatom assemblages and apply numerical methods to search for common trends
and correlations. 相似文献
11.
Bernd Wagner André F. Lotter Norbert Nowaczyk Jane M. Reed Antje Schwalb Roberto Sulpizio Verushka Valsecchi Martin Wessels Giovanni Zanchetta 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(3):407-430
Lake Ohrid is considered to be of Pliocene origin and is the oldest extant lake in Europe. A 1,075-cm-long sediment core was
recovered from the southeastern part of the lake, from a water depth of 105 m. The core was investigated using geophysical,
granulometric, biogeochemical, diatom, ostracod, and pollen analyses. Tephrochronology and AMS radiocarbon dating of plant
macrofossils reveals that the sediment sequence spans the past ca. 39,500 years and features a hiatus between ca. 14,600 and
9,400 cal. year BP. The Pleistocene sequence indicates relatively stable and cold conditions, with steppe vegetation in the
catchment, at least partial winter ice-cover of the lake, and oxygenated bottom waters at the coring site. The Holocene sequence
indicates that the catchment vegetation had changed to forest dominated by pine and summer-green oak. Several of the proxies
suggest the impact of abrupt climate oscillations such as the 8.2 or 4.0 ka event. The observed changes, however, cannot be
related clearly to a change in temperature or humidity. Human impact started about 5,000 cal. year BP and increased significantly
during the past 2,400 years. Water column mixing conditions, inflow from subaquatic springs, and human impact are the most
important parameters influencing internal lake processes, notably affecting the composition and characteristics of the sediments. 相似文献
12.
Genki I. Matsumoto Yukinori Tani Koji Seto Tomoko Tazawa Masumi Yamamuro Takahiro Watanabe Toshio Nakamura Tetsuo Takemura Satoshi Imura Hiroshi Kanda 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(2):677-693
Antarctic climate changes influence environmental changes at both regional and local scales. Here we report Holocene paleolimnological
changes in lake sediment core Sk4C-02 (length 378.0 cm) from Lake Skallen Oike in the Soya Kaigan region of East Antarctica
inferred from analyses of sedimentary facies, a range of organic components, isotope ratios of organic carbon and nitrogen,
and carbon-14 dating by Tandetron accelerator mass spectrometry. The sediment core was composed of clayish mud (378.0–152.5 cm)
overlain by organic sediments (152.5 cm-surface). The age of the surface and the core bottom were 150 (AD1950-1640) and ca.
7,030 ± 73 calibrated years before present (cal BP), respectively, and the mean sedimentation rate was estimated to be 0.55 mm/year.
Multi-proxy analyses revealed that the principal environmental change in the core is a transition from marine to lacustrine
environments which occurred at a depth of 152.5 cm (ca. 3,590 cal BP). This was caused by relative sea level change brought
about by ongoing retreat of glaciers during the mid-Holocene warming of Antarctica, and ongoing isostatic uplift which outpaced
changes in global (eustatic) sea level. The mean isostatic uplift rate was calculated to be 2.8 mm/year. The coastal marine
period (378.0–152.5 cm, ca. 7,030–3,590 cal BP) was characterized by low biological production with the predominance of diatoms.
During the transition period from marine to freshwater conditions (152.5-approximately 135 cm, ca. 3,590–3,290 cal BP) the
lake was stratified with marine water overlain by freshwater, with a chemocline and an anoxic (sulfidic) layer in the bottom
of the photic zone. Green sulfur bacteria and Cryptophyta were the major photosynthetic organisms. The Cryptophyta appeared
to be tolerant of the moderate salinity and stratified water conditions. The lacustrine period (approximately 135 cm-surface,
ca. 3,290 cal BP-present) was characterized by high biological production by green algae (e.g. Comarium clepsydra and Oedegonium spp.) with some contributions from cyanobacteria and diatoms. Biological production during this period was 8.7 times higher
than during the coastal marine period. 相似文献
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Lucia Wick Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen Willem O. van der Knaap André F. Lotter 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2003,30(3):261-272
Pollen and plant macrofossils were analysed at Sägistalsee (1935 m asl), a small lake near timber-line in the Swiss Northern Alps. Open forests with Pinus cembra and Abies alba covered the catchment during the early Holocene (9000–6300 cal. BP), suggesting subcontinental climate conditions. After the expansion of Picea abies between 6300 and 6000 cal. BP the subalpine forest became denser and the tree-line reached its maximum elevation at around 2260 m asl. Charcoal fragments in the macrofossil record indicate the beginning of Late-Neolithic human impact at ca. 4400 cal. BP, followed by a extensive deforestation and lowering of the forest-limit in the catchment of Sägistalsee at 3700 cal. BP (Bronze Age). Continuous human activity, combined with a more oceanic climate during the later Holocene, led to the local extinction of Pinus cembra and Abies alba and favoured the mass expansion of Picea and Alnus viridis in the subalpine area of the Northern Alps. The periods before 6300 and after 3700 cal. BP are characterised by high erosion activity in the lake's catchment, whereas during the phase of dense Picea-Pinus cembra-Abies forests (6300–3700 cal. BP) soils were stable and sediment-accumulation rates in the lake were low. Due to decreasing land-use at higher altitudes during the Roman occupation and the Migration period, forests spread beween ca. 2000 and 1500 cal. BP, before human impact increased again in the early Middle Ages. Recent reforestation due to land-use changes in the 20th century is recorded in the top sediments. Pollen-inferred July temperature and annual precipitation suggest a trend to cooler and more oceanic climate starting at about 5500 cal. BP. 相似文献
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Lourdes Vargas-Ramirez Emile Roche Philippe Gerrienne Henry Hooghiemstra 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,39(2):197-217
A pollen record from Puyehue area (40°S; 72°W) in the southern Lake District, Chile, indicates that prior to 13,410 14C yr BP (ca. 16,500–15,200 cal yr BP), cold resistant and hygrophilous vegetation, particularly Nothofagus forest and myricaceous vegetation, covered the area. From ca. 15,000 cal yr BP onward, the forest became increasingly dense.
Between 10,010 and 7450 14C yr BP (ca. 11,000–8000 cal yr BP), the expansion of Nothofagus obliqua and the spread of grasses suggests the climate became warmer and semi-arid. Lowland deciduous forest (Nothofagus obliqua, Aextoxicon punctatum, Laurelia sempervirens) and Valdivian rainforest (Nothofagus dombeyi, Eucryphia cordifolia, Caldcluvia paniculata, Aextoxicon punctatum, Laureliopsis philippiana) were abundant. During the next two thousand years, stable warm climatic conditions prevailed, and the diversity of the vegetation
increased. From 5760 to 1040 14C yr BP (ca. 6500–900 cal yr BP), the North Patagonian rainforest expanded. The presence of Pilgerodendron/Fitzroya, together with Nothofagus forest, suggests that humid conditions prevailed. During the last millennium, human impact intensified and regional vegetation
was disturbed, particularly the lowland deciduous forest and Valdivian rainforest. North-Patagonian and subantartic taxa,
such as Podocarpus nubigena, Pilgerodendron/Fitzroya, Nothofagus dombeyi type, Austrocedrus chilensis and Drimys winteri, occupied the low and high-altitude parts of the Cordillera. Five hundred years ago, shrub and grasses expanded in the Nothofagus forest, suggesting that forest became more open under cool–cold, and humid climatic conditions. These conditions prevail
to the present day.
This is the fourth 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
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Sabine Hanisch Martin Wessels Frank Niessen Antje Schwalb 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(3):393-406
This study used organic matter in oligotrophic Lake Constance (southern Germany) to reconstruct lake environment and to disentangle
the multiple factors, such as climate change and human impacts, which influence sedimentation in large lakes. A sediment core
from Upper Lake Constance, which represents 16,000 years of Late Glacial and Holocene lake history, was analysed for organic
biomarkers, hydrogen index and elements calcium, strontium, and magnesium. Magnetic susceptibility was measured to establish
a high-resolution stratigraphic framework for the core and to obtain further information about changes with respect to relative
allochthonous versus autochthonous sedimentation. Dinosterol—a biomarker for dinoflagellates—and calcium have low concentrations
in Younger Dryas sediments and consistently high concentrations between 10,500 and 7,000 cal. years BP. These variations are
attributed to changes in lake productivity, but are not reflected in the proportion of total organic carbon within the sediment.
During the Younger Dryas and between 6,000 and 2,800 cal. years BP, concentrations and accumulation rates of land-plant-derived
C29-steroids (β-sitosterol, stigmastanol and stigmasterol), in combination with a relatively low HI, indicate periods of enhanced
terrigenous input to the lake. For the Younger Dryas, higher runoff can be attributed to a cold climate, leading to decreased
vegetation cover and increased erosion. After 6,000 cal. years BP, high terrestrial input may be explained by enhanced precipitation.
Biomarker and HI results, in combination with archaeological studies, raise the question as to whether lakeshore settlements
affected sedimentation in Upper Lake Constance between 6,000 and 2,800 cal. years BP. 相似文献
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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
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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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Matthew A. Konfirst Charlotte Sjunneskog Reed P. Scherer Peter T. Doran 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(2):257-272
We present a diatom record from a sediment core taken in Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Six zones were defined using
diatom assemblage changes that indicate varying limnological conditions. The early lake stage, ca. 35,000 cal years BP, is characterized by Mayamea atomus f. permitis, a species rarely reported in modern Antarctic Dry Valley environments. An extended period from ca. 35,000 to 19,000 cal years BP is characterized by low diatom abundance, with dominant taxa Luticola spp., Muelleria spp., and Diadesmis contenta. The modern assemblage was established ca. 13,000 cal years BP, after two relatively brief transitional stages. One key species
for this recent period, Navicula lineola var. perlepida, is absent in surface sediments and the modern environment, indicating an environmental change within the last several centuries.
The diatom assemblage is compared to modern diatom communities in Dry Valley streams, which provide the most complete information
on diatom distributions in this region. Although precise environmental interpretation of the core is hampered by limited knowledge
of environmental constraints on many of the diatom taxa present in the lake core, the data provide important new insights
into the history of Glacial Lake Washburn. 相似文献
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Brent Lennox Ian Spooner Timothy Jull William P. Patterson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(1):15-27
A high-resolution, multi-proxy lake sediment record was used to establish the timing of Holocene environmental change in Canoran Lake, southwest Nova Scotia, Canada. Proxies include %C, δ15N, δ13C, HI, magnetic susceptibility, and pollen. Canoran Lake is a small, shallow (11 m) lake with two ephemeral inlets and an outlet. The site was deglaciated at ca. 15,300 cal (calibrated) year BP and elevated %C values indicate the establishment of a productive aquatic environment that is consistent with Allerød warming. The Allerød was interrupted by rapid air temperature cooling during the Younger Dryas (ca. 12,900–11,600 cal year BP). The Early Hypsithermal (ca. 11,600–8,500 cal year BP) was relatively warm and wet. A slight increase in clastic input occurred between 9,100 and 8,500 cal year BP but δ15N, δ13C, and HI values imply that the lithostratigraphic response may not be indicative of climate-induced change. The strong proxy response between 8,500 and 8,000 cal year BP was likely due to cooling and drying coincident with the 8.2 k year event. The climate was relatively warm and dry during the Late Hypsithermal (ca. 8,000–3,500 cal year BP). None of the proxies’ exhibit notable change during the 5,500 cal year BP hemlock decline, indicating that ecological change was likely due to a pathogen attack. Post-Hypsithermal (modern) climate was characterized by an increase in precipitation and a decrease in air temperatures from ca. 3,500 to 700 cal year BP (top of core). 相似文献
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Reader Lake and Elbow Lake, two high-altitude lakes in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, are located approximately 2 km apart,
at similar elevations, and within identical vegetation communities. Loss on ignition, carbon to nitrogen ratios, biogenic
silica, and sediment grain size were analyzed throughout percussion cores retrieved from both lakes to construct continuous
time series spanning 14 to ca. 2 ka BP. Given the proximity of the lakes, it is assumed that both were subjected to the same
climatic forcing over this time. Accordingly, the first goal of this study was to consider these two multiproxy datasets in
concert to yield an integrated paleoclimate record for this region. Close inspection of the records identified discrepancies
indicating that the lakes responded to climate changes in different ways despite their proximity and similar setting. Clarifying
these differences and understanding why the two lakes behaved differently at certain times was the second goal of this study.
Overall, the paleoclimatic records document lake formation in the latest Pleistocene following glacier retreat. Buried glacier
ice at the location of Reader Lake may have persisted through the Younger Dryas. Both lakes became biologically productive
ca. 11.5 ka BP, and the first appearance of conifer needles indicates that trees had replaced alpine tundra in these watersheds
by 10.5 ka BP. The interval from 10 to 6 ka BP was marked by a dramatic increase in precipitation, perhaps related to enhanced
monsoonal circulation driven by the insolation maximum. The two lakes recorded this event in notably contrasting ways given
their differing hydrogeomorphic settings. Precipitation decreased from 6 to 4 ka BP, and low water levels and drought conditions
marked the interval from 4.0 to 2.7 ka BP. The integrated paleoclimate record developed from these cores provides a useful
point of comparison with other records from the region. The differences between the records from these closely spaced lakes
underscore the need to consider hydrogeomorphic setting when evaluating the suitability of a lake for a paleolimnological
study. 相似文献