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The recent (1950–1996) varve record from the proximal sediments in Nicolay Lake, Cornwall Island, Nunavut, Canada (77°46′ N,
94°40′ W) contains distinct subannual rhythmites. Deposition of these subannual rhythmites is due primarily to nival snow
melt, with additional sedimentary units resulting from major summer precipitation and subaqueous mass wasting events. In order
to evaluate the potential hydroclimatic signal contained in the varves from the unglacierized catchment, the nival deposition
record was estimated by delineating the initial subannual rhythmite within each varve. When the record is split into temporal
segments based on two phases that exhibit different sediment deposition patterns in the lake, the nival rhythmites are significantly
correlated to annual cumulative melting degree days (MDD) from the nearest weather station Isachsen (78°47′ N, 103°32′ W)
(1950–1962 AD and 1963–1977 AD with r = 0.55 and r = 0.82, respectively). A similar analysis with data from Resolute (74°43′ N,
94°59′ W) yields slightly weaker correlations (1950–1962 AD, r = 0.60; 1963–1994, r = 0.59). The strong positive correlation
with both the Isachsen and Resolute thermal records suggests that the paleoclimatic signal in the sediments reflects regional
climate conditions. Notably, the signal is strongest when the entire melt season is considered; weaker correlations with instrumental
weather records are associated with comparisons limited to the peak melt or early season melt periods. We attribute this to
the ongoing supply of snowmelt through the season in this polar region and the availability of sediment for transport throughout
the melt season. These results indicate that a high resolution hydroclimatic signal is present in the sediments from Nicolay
Lake and can be used for paleoclimate reconstruction provided sedimentary depositional controls are taken into account. 相似文献
2.
The Gray Fossil Site (GFS) includes a small (<2 ha) paleosinkhole lake fill with an exceptionally well-preserved record of
sedimentation and fossils from the latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene. The uppermost lacustrine stratigraphy is characterized
by rhythmites that regularly alternate between coarse-grained and organic-rich (A) laminae and fine-grained, silty clay (B)
laminae. Both the A and B components are almost exclusively comprised of exogenic sediment (including organic matter). Periodicities
of 24 and 4.4 are recorded within a continuous 96 interpreted year sequence of rhythmite sediment. In a small lake with a
poorly oxygenated bottom, the presence of laterally continuous laminated sediment that includes well-known periodicities in
rhythmite thickness is interpreted as representing annually generated varves that correspond to seasonal variations in sedimentation.
The distinctly larger fraction of medium sand-size quartz grains present within the A laminae, as well as the abrupt transitions
between A and B components suggest that the rhythmites represent deposition during alternating high-energy and lower-energy
seasons, which is consistent with a monsoonal precipitation pattern. The seasonal climate may relate to changes in the ocean
circulation pattern prior to 4.6 Ma that resulted in an increased temperature and atmospheric pressure gradient between the
east coast of North America and the Atlantic Ocean, but this climate phase seems to be only a temporary condition, as underlying
and overlying sediment are both consistent with drier conditions. The periodicity at 24 interpreted years is consistent with
the well-known Hale solar cycle. The 4.4 interpreted-year periodicity occurs within the ENSO frequency band, and if this documentation
of ENSO-like interannual climate change is correct, then it suggests that ENSO operated at times during the warm Earth conditions
characterizing the late Tertiary. 相似文献
3.
James T. Teller Zhirong Yang Matthew Boyd William M. Buhay Kyle McMillan Hedy J. Kling Alice M. Telka 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(2):661-688
West Hawk Lake (WHL) is located within the glacial Lake Agassiz basin, 140 km east of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The small lake lies
in a deep, steep-sided, meteorite impact crater, which has been partly filled by 60 m of sediment that today forms a flat
floor in the central part of the basin below 111 m of water. Four cores, 5–11 m in length, were collected using a Kullenberg
piston gravity corer. All sediment is clay, contains no unconformities, and has low organic content in all but the upper meter.
Sample analyses include bulk and clay mineralogy, major and minor elements, TOC, stable isotopes of C, N, and O, pollen, charcoal,
diatoms, and floral and faunal macrofossils. The sequence is divided into four units based mainly on thickness and style of
lamination, diatoms, and pollen. AMS radiocarbon dates do not provide a clear indication of age in the postglacial sequence;
possible explanations include contamination by older organic inwash and downward movement of younger organic acids. A chronological
framework was established using only selected AMS dates on plant macrofossils, combined with correlations to dated events
outside the basin and paleotopographic reconstructions of Lake Agassiz. The 822 1-cm-thick varves in the lower 8 m of the
cored WHL sequence were deposited just prior to 10,000 cal years BP (∼8,900 14C years BP), during the glacial Lake Agassiz phase of the lake. The disappearance of dolomite near the top of the varved sequence
reflects the reduced influence of Lake Agassiz and the carbonate bedrock and glacial sediment in its catchment. The lowermost
varves are barren of organisms, indicating cold and turbid glacial lake waters, but the presence of benthic and planktonic
algae in the upper 520 varves indicates warming; this lake phase coincides with a change in clay mineralogy, δ18O and δ13C in cellulose, and in some other parameters. This change may have resulted from a major drawdown in Lake Agassiz when its
overflow switched from northwest to east after formation of the Upper Campbell beach of that lake 9,300–9,400 14C years ago. The end of thick varve deposition at ∼10,000 cal years BP is related to the opening of a lower eastern outlet
of Lake Agassiz and an accompanying drop in West Hawk Lake level. WHL became independent from Lake Agassiz at this time, sedimentation
rates dropped, and only ∼2.5 m of sediment was deposited in the next 10,000 years. During the first two centuries of post-Lake
Agassiz history, there were anomalies in the diatom assemblage, stable O and C isotopes, magnetic susceptibility, and other
parameters, reflecting an unstable watershed. Modern oligotrophic conditions were soon established; charcoal abundance increased
in response to the reduced distance to the shoreline and to warmer conditions. Regional warming after ∼9,500 cal years BP
is indicated by pollen and diatoms as well as C and O isotope values. Relatively dry conditions are suggested by a rise in
pine and decrease in spruce and other vegetation types between 9,500 and 5,000 cal years BP (∼8,500–4,400 14C years BP), plus a decrease in δ13Ccell values. After this, there was a shift to slightly cooler and wetter conditions. A large increase in organic content and change
in elemental concentration in the past several thousand years probably reflects a decline in supply of mineral detritus to
the basin and possibly an increase in productivity. 相似文献
4.
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
5.
Steven J. Balogh Daniel R. Engstrom James E. Almendinger Charlene McDermott Jie Hu Yabing H. Nollet Michael L. Meyer D. Kent Johnson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(4):623-639
Sediment cores from Lake Pepin, a natural lake on the Upper Mississippi River, reveal the historical trends in trace metal
use and discharge in the watershed. Lead-210 dated concentration profiles of trace metals (Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, V, Zn)
in sediment cores from throughout the lake generally showed low and stable concentrations prior to settlement (circa 1830),
peak concentrations between 1940 and 1975, and substantial decreases thereafter. Whole-lake sediment accumulation rates increased
greatly over the period of record, from 79,000 metric tons year−1 prior to 1830, to 876,000 metric tons year−1 during the 1990s. Whole-lake accumulation rates of most trace metals peaked in the 1960s but decreased sharply after that.
Sediment and trace metal accumulation rates decreased in the downstream direction, and approximately two-thirds of the sediment
and trace metal mass accumulated in Lake Pepin since 1800 was deposited in the upper 30% (by area) of the lake. The dramatic
declines in trace metal concentrations and accumulation rates in Lake Pepin sediments since 1970 coincide with increased pollution
control and prevention efforts throughout the watershed, including the implementation of secondary treatment at a large municipal
wastewater treatment plant upstream.
This is one of eight papers dedicated to the “Recent Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi River” published in this
special issue of the Journal of Paleolimnology. D.R. Engstrom served as guest editor of the special issue. 相似文献
6.
Kevin A. Kincare 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2007,37(3):383-394
The water level of the Lake Michigan basin is currently 177 m above sea level. Around 9,800 14C years B.P., the lake level in the Lake Michigan basin had dropped to its lowest level in prehistory, about 70 m above sea
level. This low level (Lake Chippewa) had profound effects on the rivers flowing directly into the basin. Recent studies of
the St. Joseph River indicate that the extreme low lake level rejuvenated the river, causing massive incision of up to 43 m
in a valley no more than 1.6 km wide. The incision is seen 25 km upstream of the present shoreline.
As lake level rose from the Chippewa low, the St. Joseph River lost competence and its estuary migrated back upstream. Floodplain
and channel sediments partially refilled the recently excavated valley leaving a distinctly non-classical morphology of steep
sides with a broad, flat bottom. The valley walls of the lower St. Joseph River are 12–18 m tall and borings reveal up to
30 m of infill sediment below the modern floodplain. About 3 × 108 m3 of sediment was removed from the St. Joseph River valley during the Chippewa phase lowstand, a massive volume, some of which
likely resides in a lowstand delta approximately 30 km off-shore in Lake Michigan.
The active floodplain below Niles, Michigan, is inset into an upper terrace and delta graded to the Calumet level (189 m)
of Lake Chicago. In the lower portion of the terrace stratigraphy a 1.5–2.0 m thick section of clast-supported gravel marks
the entry of the main St. Joseph River drainage above South Bend, Indiana, into the Lake Michigan basin. This gravel layer
represents the consolidation of drainage that probably occurred during final melting out of ice-marginal kettle chains allowing
stream piracy to proceed between Niles and South Bend.
It is unlikely that the St. Joseph River is palimpsest upon a bedrock valley. The landform it cuts across is a glaciofluvial-deltaic
feature rather than a classic unsorted moraine that would drape over pre-glacial topography.
This is the fifth in a series of ten papers published in this special issue of Journal of Paleolimnology. These papers were
presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research (2004), held at the University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. P.F. Karrow and C.F.M. Lewis were guest editors of this special issue. 相似文献
7.
William M. Last 《International Journal of Salt Lake Research》1993,2(1):47-58
Remarkably high rates of sedimentation (up to nearly 60 kg m−2 yr−1) are documented for offshore areas of Freefight Lake, a deep, hypersaline, meromictic lake in the northern Great Plains of
Canada. Most material in the offshore sediment traps consists of soluble and suparingly soluble endogenic salts. Deposition
of allogenic sediment is minor. The observed high sedimentation rates are in response to several mechanism: (i) freeseout
precipitation of salts from the mixolimnion; (ii) redistribution of shallow water endogenic precipitates by turbidity flows
and interflow processes; and (iii) precipitation of salts from within the monimolimnion Because the bottom water mass of the
lake is essentially isothermal and isochemical, large scale temperature induced remobilization of these salts at or near the
sediment-water interface is unlikely. Similarly, the morphology of the basin suggests that resuspension of bottom sediment
by waves in the offshore areas of the basin is negligible. Although the sedimentation rates observed in Freefight Lake are
extraordinarily high and considerably greater than other modern lacustrine sedimentation rates documented in the literature
to date, the observed rates are entirely compatible with suggested accumulation rates of ancient evaporite sequences.
Palliser Tringle Global Change Contribution Number 6. 相似文献
8.
Sediment cores collected from embayed lakes along the east-central coast of Lake Michigan are used to construct aeolian sand
records of past coastal dune mobility, and to constrain former lake levels in the Lake Michigan basin. Time series analysis
of sand cycles based on the weight-percent aeolian sand within lacustrine sediment, reveals statistically significant spectral
peaks that coincide with established lake level cycles in Lake Michigan and the Gleissberg sunspot cycle of minima. Longer
cycles of ~ 800 and ~ 2200 years were also identified that correspond to solar cycles. Shorter cycles between 80 and 220 years
suggest a link between coastal dune mobility, climate, and lake levels in the Lake Michigan basin. Radiocarbon-dated sedimentary
contacts of lacustrine sediment overlying wetland sediment record the Nipissing transgression in the Lake Michigan basin.
Lake level rise closely mimics the predicted uplift of the North Bay outlet, with lake level rise slowing when outflow was
transferred to the Port Huron/Sarnia outlet. The Nipissing highstand was reached after 5000 cal (4.4 ka) BP. 相似文献
9.
N. Kazancı S. A. G. Leroy S. Öncel Ö. İleri Ö. Toprak P. Costa S. Sayılı C. Turgut M. Kibar 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(1):89-110
Freshwater Lake Ulubat (z
mean = 1.5–2.0 m and Area = ~138 km2), NW Anatolia, Turkey was filled in by fine-to-medium-grain silts during the late Holocene. Deposition in Lake Ulubat has
been 1.6 cm year−1 for the last 50 years, but the sedimentation rate over the last ~1,600 years was lower (0.37 mm year−1). The organic matter and carbonate contents of the infill show cyclic changes that reflect environmental fluctuations. The
silt-dominated lithology and the vertically uniform heavy metal distributions are probably due to wind-controlled sedimentation
in the lake. Heterogeneous mud, derived from a large, mountainous drainage basin, is deposited in the lake mostly during summer,
June to October, when conditions are hot and calm. Winter months are stormier and sediments are re-suspended due to the shallow
water depth and the effect of waves on the lake bottom. It is likely that re-suspended sediments, particularly fine-grained
particles, together with the heavy metals, are transported out of the lake via the outlet, especially during periods of high
lake level. This resuspension and removal process probably caused the lake sediments to become silt-dominated and depleted
in heavy metals. The role of broad shallow lakes in sequestering sediments and heavy metals can be described more accurately
when wind data are considered. Such information may also be helpful for land-use planning in downstream areas. 相似文献
10.
Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring Annett Junginger Lydia A. Olaka Ralph Tiedemann Martin H. Trauth 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,45(3):353-367
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth
century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly intensive farming of coffee, tea,
flowers, and other horticultural crops within its catchment. The water-level history of Lake Naivasha over the past 200 years
was derived from a combination of instrumental records and sediment data. In this study, we analysed diatoms in a lake sediment
core to infer past lacustrine conductivity and total phosphorus concentrations. We also measured total nitrogen and carbon
concentrations in the sediments. Core chronology was established by 210Pb dating and covered a ~186-year history of natural (climatic) and human-induced environmental changes. Three stratigraphic
zones in the core were identified using diatom assemblages. There was a change from littoral/epiphytic diatoms such as Gomphonema gracile and Cymbella muelleri, which occurred during a prolonged dry period from ca. 1820 to 1896 AD, through a transition period, to the present planktonic Aulacoseira sp. that favors nutrient-rich waters. This marked change in the diatom assemblage was caused by climate change, and later
a strong anthropogenic overprint on the lake system. Increases in sediment accumulation rates since 1928, from 0.01 to 0.08 g cm−2 year−1 correlate with an increase in diatom-inferred total phosphorus concentrations since the beginning of the twentieth century.
The increase in phosphorus accumulation suggests increasing eutrophication of freshwater Lake Naivasha. This study identified
two major periods in the lake’s history: (1) the period from 1820 to 1950 AD, during which the lake was affected mainly by
natural climate variations, and (2) the period since 1950, during which the effects of anthropogenic activity overprinted
those of natural climate variation. 相似文献
11.
Lake St. Croix is a natural impoundment of the lowermost 37 km of the St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, making this
one of a few large river systems in the world possessing a long-term depositional basin at its terminus. The river’s relatively
pristine condition led to its designation as a National Scenic Riverway in 1968, but increasing urbanization in its lower
reaches has raised concerns about impacts on water quality. This study was initiated to reconstruct historical loadings of
suspended sediment and phosphorus (P) from the sediment record in Lake St. Croix. Twenty-four piston cores, with an average
length of 2 m, were collected along eight transects of the lake. Dated chronologies from 210Pb, 137Cs and 14C were used to calculate the rate of sediment accumulation in the lake over the past 100+ years. Diatom microfossil analysis
was used to reconstruct historical lakewater P concentrations over the same time period, and sediment P analysis quantified
the amount of P trapped in lake sediments. Using a whole-lake mass balance approach, the loading of sediment and P to Lake
St. Croix over the last 100+ years was calculated. Beginning in 1850, sediment accumulation increased dramatically to a peak
in 1950–1960 of eight times background rates prior to European settlement. The peak is driven largely by sediment contributions
from small side-valley catchment tributaries to the downstream half of the lake. The total P load to the lake increased sharply
after 1940 and remains high, at around four times the level of pre-European settlement conditions. The timing of peak sediment
and P loading to the lake shows that early settlement activities, such as logging and the conversion of forest and prairie
to agricultural land between 1850 and 1890, had only modest impacts on the lake. By contrast, the mid-1900s brought major
increases in sediment and P loading to the lake, suggesting that relatively recent activities on the landscape and changes
to nutrient balances in the watershed have caused the current eutrophic condition of this important recreational and natural
resource.
This is one of eight papers dedicated to the “Recent Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi River” published in this
special issue of the Journal of Paleolimnology. D. R. Engstrom served as guest editor of the special issue. 相似文献
12.
Biogeochemical records of paleoenvironmental changes in Nainital Lake,Kumaun Himalayas,India 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Preetam Choudhary Joyanto Routh Govind J. Chakrapani Bhishm Kumar 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(4):571-586
Rapid urbanization and increased tourism around Nainital Lake in the Kumaun Himalayan region in north India has raised concerns
about sediment and water pollution. Lead-210 dated sediment cores from the lake represent ~95 years of accumulation and yield
a mean sedimentation rate of ~4.7 mm year−1. Total organic carbon (TOC), percent N and S and their atomic C/N and C/S ratios, stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S), and specific biomarkers (n-alkanes and pigments) were measured in the core. Organic matter is primarily derived from in-lake algal production and TOC
flux varies from 1.0 to 3.5 g m−2 year−1. Sediments are anoxic (Eh −328 to −187 mV) and have low (0.10–0.30 g m−2 year−1) N, but high (0.37–1.0 g m−2 year−1) S flux. Shifts in δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S suggest in-lake microbial processes dominated by denitrification and sulfate reduction. The sediments are dominated by short-chain
hydrocarbons with low Carbon Preference Index values. The pigments indicate a gradual shift to cyanobacterial domination of
the phytoplankton community in recent years. Despite an increase in external input of nutrients, the trophic state of the
lake has remained largely unchanged, and the perceived human-induced impacts are limited. 相似文献
13.
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
14.
Matthew N. Waters Michael F. Piehler Antonio B. Rodriguez Joseph M. Smoak Thomas S. Bianchi 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(1):51-64
Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina, USA is a large (162 km2) and shallow (mean depth = 1 m) coastal lake, which was significantly modified to support agricultural activities following
European settlement in 1850. Paleolimnological proxies measured on a 400-cm sediment core collected from Lake Mattamuskeet
reveal shifts in organic matter input and primary producer community structure in response to climatic and human impacts on
the lake during the late Holocene. Stratigraphic changes in organic matter content, nutrients, metals, lignin phenols and
photosynthetic pigments were used to divide the sediment core into three intervals. Interval I includes sediment deposited
between A.D. 360–1584 and indicates a clear-water, sand-bottom state with low algal abundance. In addition, the lake catchment
area experienced two significant fires during this interval that were recorded as charcoal layers in the core around A.D.
360 and A.D. 1435 (calibrated 14C AMS dates). Trophic structure changed with the onset of Interval II (A.D. 1584–1860) when total algal abundance increased,
and the primary producer community was comprised primarily of diatoms, chrysophytes, cryptophytes and cyanobacteria. During
this interval there was also an increase in terrestrial organic material input into the lake as well as a shift in plant type
from woody gymnosperms to non-woody angiosperms as determined from lignin data. Sediment deposited in Lake Mattamuskeet following
European settlement (Interval III, A.D. 1860-present) suggests a dramatic increase in organic-matter deposition, metals, primary-producer
abundance and the onset of cyanobacterial dominance. Sedimentary evidence indicates that shallow-water primary producers can
respond rapidly to climate change and human development. 相似文献
15.
Lidia Romero-Viana Ramon Julià Antonio Camacho Eduardo Vicente Maria Rosa Miracle 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(2):703-714
Lake La Cruz is a meromictic, karstic lake with annually laminated sediment formed by summer pulses of calcite deposition.
The aim of this study was to explore the potential use of the laminated sediment from Lake La Cruz as a quantitative climate
proxy, by calibrating lamina thickness against instrumental climate data. Statistical analysis of the relation between lamina
thickness and the meteorological dataset indicated a high correlation between calcium carbonate lamina thickness and rainfall
from December to March (r = 0.725, P < 0.01, n = 35). Winter rainfall anomalies in the area are, in turn, highly negatively correlated with the North Atlantic Oscillation
index (NAO, r = −0.832; P < 0.01; n = 53). We propose a regression model to infer past winter rainfall from calcium carbonate laminae thickness. These results
highlight new possibilities for paleoenvironmental research using calcite laminated sediment records as climate proxies, especially
to study past rainfall variability. 相似文献
16.
Michael M. McGlue Kiram E. Lezzar Andrew S. Cohen James M. Russell Jean-Jacques Tiercelin Anna A. Felton Evelyne Mbede Hudson H. Nkotagu 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(2):635-653
New intermediate-resolution, normal-incidence seismic reflection profiles from Lake Tanganyika’s central basin capture dramatic
evidence of base-level change during two intervals of the late Pleistocene. Four seismically-defined stratigraphic sequences
(A–D) tied to radiocarbon-dated sediment cores provide a chronology for fluctuating environmental conditions along the Kalya
Platform. Stacked, oblique clinoforms in Sequence C are interpreted as prograding siliciclastic deltas deposited during a
major regression that shifted the paleo-lake shore ∼21 km towards the west prior to ∼106 ka. The topset-to-foreset transitions
in these deltas suggest lake level was reduced by ∼435 m during the period of deposition. Mounded reflections in the overlying
sequence are interpreted as the backstepping remnants of the delta system, deposited during the termination of the lowstand
and the onset of transgressive conditions in the basin. The youngest depositional sequence reflects the onset of profundal
sedimentation during the lake level highstand. High amplitude reflections and deeply incised channels suggest a short-lived
desiccation event that reduced lake level by ∼260 m, interpreted as a product of Last Glacial Maximum (32–14 ka) aridity.
Paleobathymetric maps constructed for the two interpreted regressions reveal that despite the positive lake-floor topography
created by the Kavala Island Ridge Accommodation Zone, Lake Tanganyika remained a large, mostly connected water body throughout
the late Pleistocene. The results of this analysis further imply that Lake Tanganyika is the most drought resistant water
body in the East African tropics, and may have acted as a refuge for local and migrating fauna during periods of prolonged
aridity. 相似文献
17.
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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Lake Simcoe is a large lake 45 km across and in places over 30 m deep, located between Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, in the
glaciated terrain of southern Ontario, Canada. Seismostratigraphic analysis of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles,
together with lakebed sediment sampling and pollen study, revealed distinctive sequences in the sediments beneath Lake Simcoe,
Ontario. A surface unit (Blue Sequence) of soft Holocene mud (low-amplitude surface reflection, discontinuous parallel internal
reflections) lies in the deeper basins of the lake. The underlying unit (Green Sequence) is characterized by high-amplitude
parallel internal reflections; basal sediments of this sequence consist of clay rhythmites with dropstones. The Green Sequence
was deposited by lacustrine sedimentation in proglacial Lake Algonquin; sedimentation persisted until the basin was isolated
from other glacial lakes at about 10 14C ka at the Penetang post-Algonquin phase. Subsequent erosion of the uppermost portion of the Green Sequence is attributed
to wave action in a low-level early Holocene lake, possibly closed hydrologically and coeval with closed lowstands in the
Huron and Georgian Bay basins. Two sequences with high-amplitude surface reflections and chaotic internal reflections (Purple
and Red Sequences) lie below the Green Sequence. Northeast-southwest trending ridges, tens of metres in height, on the Red
Sequence (the lowermost of these two units) are interpreted to be drumlins. An erosion surface descends into narrow valleys
50–80 m deep beneath the lake in bays to the west and south of the main lake basin. These depressions are interpreted as subglacial
tunnel channels cut by rapid flows of meltwater. The sediments of Purple Sequence are interpreted as channel-fill sediments
rapidly deposited during waning stages of the meltwater drainage. The Red Sequence is correlated with the Newmarket Till of
the last glacial maximum identified beneath the Oak Ridges Moraine to the south. 相似文献
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Trace metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were analyzed in sediment cores from three central Alberta lakes to
determine the contributions of local coal-fired power plants to contaminant loadings. In Wabamun Lake, with four power plants
built since 1950 within a 35-km radius, sediment concentrations of mercury, copper, lead, arsenic and selenium have increased
by 1.2- to 4-fold. Trace metal enrichments were less pronounced in Lac Ste. Anne and Pigeon Lake, situated 20 km north and
70 km south of Wabamun Lake, respectively. Total Hg flux to Wabamun Lake sediments (21–32μg m−2 yr−1) has increased 6-fold since 1950, compared to 2- and 1.5-fold increases in Lac Ste. Anne and Pigeon Lake, respectively, since
circa 1900. Total PAH flux to surface sediments was 730–1100μg m−2 yr−1 in Wabamun Lake, 290–420μg m−2 yr−1 in Lac Ste. Anne, and 140–240μg m−2 yr−1 in Pigeon Lake. Without adoption of pollution-abatement technology that compensates for increases in generating capacity,
continued expansion of coal-burning industry in Alberta will result in increased contaminant deposition, primarily from local
sources. 相似文献