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Miriam Dühnforth Andreas G. N. Bergner Martin H. Trauth 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,36(3):281-294
The Nakuru-Elmenteita basin in the Central Kenya Rift, contains two shallow, alkaline lakes, Lake Nakuru (1770 m above sea level) and Lake Elmenteita (1786 m). Ancient shorelines and lake sediments at 1940 m suggest that these two lakes formed a single large and deep lake as a result of a wetter climate during the early Holocene. Here, we used a hydrological model to compare the precipitation–evaporation balance during the early Holocene to today. Assuming that the Nakuru-Elmenteita basin was hydrologically closed, as it is today, the most likely climate scenario includes a 45% increase in mean-annual precipitation, a 0.5°C decrease in air temperature, and an increase of 9% in cloud coverage from the modern values. Compared to the modeling results from other East African lake basins, this dramatic increase in precipitation seems to be unrealistic. Therefore, we propose a significant flow of water from the early Holocene Lake Naivasha in the south towards the Nakuru-Elmenteita basin to compensate the extremely negative hydrological budget of this basin. Since we did not find any field evidence for a surface connection, as often proposed during the last 70 years, the hydrological deficit of the Nakuru-Elmenteita basin could have also been compensated by a subsurface water exchange. 相似文献
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Yannick Garcin Annett Junginger Daniel Melnick Daniel O. Olago Manfred R. Strecker Martin H. Trauth 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2009,28(9-10):911-925
The Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene African Humid Period (AHP) was characterized by dramatic hydrologic fluctuations in the tropics. A better knowledge of the timing, spatial extent, and magnitude of these hydrological fluctuations is essential to decipher the climate-forcing mechanisms that controlled them. The Suguta Valley (2°N, northern Kenya Rift) has recorded extreme environmental changes during the AHP. Extensive outcrops of lacustrine sediments, ubiquitous wave-cut notches, shorelines, and broad terrace treads along the valley margins are the vestiges of Lake Suguta, which once filled an 80 km long and 20 km wide volcano–tectonic depression. Lake Suguta was deep between 16.5 and 8.5 cal ka BP. During its maximum highstand, it attained a water depth of ca 300 m, a surface area of ca 2150 km2, and a volume of ca 390 km3. The spatial distribution of lake sediments, the elevation of palaeo-shorelines, and other geomorphic evidences suggest that palaeo-Lake Suguta had an overflow towards the Turkana basin to the north. After 8.5 cal ka BP, Lake Suguta abruptly disappeared. A comparison of the Lake Suguta water-level curve with other reconstructed water levels from the northern part of the East African Rift System shows that local insolation, which is dominated by precessional cycles, may have controlled the timing of lake highstands in this region. Our data show that changes of lake levels close to the Equator seem to be driven by fluctuations of spring insolation, while fluctuations north of the Equator are apparently related to variations in summer insolation. However, since these inferred timings of lake-level changes are mostly based on the radiocarbon dating of carbonate shells, which may have been affected by a local age reservoir, alternative dating methods are needed to support this regional synthesis. Between 12.7 and 11.8 cal ka BP, approximately during the Northern Hemisphere high-latitude Younger Dryas, the water level of Lake Suguta fell by ca 50 m, suggesting that remote influences also affected local hydrology. 相似文献
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Martin H. Trauth Juan C. Larrasoaña Manfred Mudelsee 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2009,28(5-6):399-411
We analyzed published records of terrigenous dust flux from marine sediments off subtropical West Africa, the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and the Arabian Sea, and lake records from East Africa using statistical methods to detect trends, rhythms and events in Plio-Pleistocene African climate. The critical reassessment of the environmental significance of dust flux and lake records removes the apparent inconsistencies between marine vs. terrestrial records of African climate variability. Based on these results, major steps in mammalian and hominin evolution occurred during episodes of a wetter, but highly variable climate largely controlled by orbitally induced insolation changes in the low latitudes. 相似文献
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Tectonic and climatic control on evolution of rift lakes in the Central Kenya Rift, East Africa 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A.G.N. Bergner M.R. Strecker M.H. Trauth A. Deino F. Gasse P. Blisniuk M. Dühnforth 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2009,28(25-26):2804-2816
The long-term histories of the neighboring Nakuru–Elmenteita and Naivasha lake basins in the Central Kenya Rift illustrate the relative importance of tectonic versus climatic effects on rift-lake evolution and the formation of disparate sedimentary environments. Although modern climate conditions in the Central Kenya Rift are very similar for these basins, hydrology and hydrochemistry of present-day lakes Nakuru, Elmenteita and Naivasha contrast dramatically due to tectonically controlled differences in basin geometries, catchment size, and fluvial processes. In this study, we use eighteen 14C and 40Ar/39Ar dated fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary sections to unravel the spatiotemporal evolution of the lake basins in response to tectonic and climatic influences. We reconstruct paleoclimatic and ecological trends recorded in these basins based on fossil diatom assemblages and geologic field mapping. Our study shows a tendency towards increasing alkalinity and shrinkage of water bodies in both lake basins during the last million years. Ongoing volcano-tectonic segmentation of the lake basins, as well as reorganization of upstream drainage networks have led to contrasting hydrologic regimes with adjacent alkaline and freshwater conditions. During extreme wet periods in the past, such as during the early Holocene climate optimum, lake levels were high and all basins evolved toward freshwater systems. During drier periods some of these lakes revert back to alkaline conditions, while others maintain freshwater characteristics. Our results have important implications for the use and interpretation of lake sediment as climate archives in tectonically active regions and emphasize the need to deconvolve lacustrine records with respect to tectonics versus climatic forcing mechanisms. 相似文献
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Kyle S. Boodoo Jakob Schelker Nico Trauth Tom J. Battin Christian Schmidt 《水文研究》2019,33(17):2279-2299
Gravel bars (GBs) contribute to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from stream corridors, with CO2 concentrations and emissions dependent on prevailing hydraulic, biochemical, and physicochemical conditions. We investigated CO2 concentrations and fluxes across a GB in a prealpine stream over three different discharge‐temperature conditions. By combining field data with a reactive transport groundwater model, we were able to differentiate the most relevant hydrological and biogeochemical processes contributing to CO2 dynamics. GB CO2 concentrations showed significant spatial and temporal variability and were highest under the lowest flow and highest temperature conditions. Further, observed GB surface CO2 evasion fluxes, measured CO2 concentrations, and modelled aerobic respiration were highest at the tail of the GB over all conditions. Modelled CO2 transport via streamwater downwelling contributed the largest fraction of the measured GB CO2 concentrations (31% to 48%). This contribution increased its relative share at higher discharges as a result of a decrease in other sources. Also, it decreased from the GB head to tail across all discharge‐temperature conditions. Aerobic respiration accounted for 17% to 36% of measured surface CO2 concentrations. Zoobenthic respiration was estimated to contribute between 4% and 8%, and direct groundwater CO2 inputs 1% to 23%. Unexplained residuals accounted for 6% to 37% of the observed CO2 concentrations at the GB surface. Overall, we highlight the dynamic role of subsurface aerobic respiration as a driver of spatial and temporal variability of CO2 concentrations and evasion fluxes from a GB. As hydrological regimes in prealpine streams are predicted to change following climatic change, we propose that warming temperatures combined with extended periods of low flow will lead to increased CO2 release via enhanced aerobic respiration in newly exposed GBs in prealpine stream corridors. 相似文献
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Hermanns RL Trauth MH Niedermann S McWilliams M Strecker MR 《The Journal of geology》2000,108(1):35-52
Two morphologic settings in the northwestern Argentine prone to giant mountain-front collapse-deeply incised narrow valleys and steep range fronts bordering broad piedmonts-were analyzed through detailed investigations of fossil landslides and related fluvio-lacustrine sediments. Nine different rhyodactic tephra layers were defined by geochemical fingerprinting of glass, morphology of pumice, stratigraphic relationships, and mineralogy. The age of three tephra could be determined either directly by 40Ar/39Ar dating or relatively by 14C dating of associated sediments: Paranilla Ash (723+/-89 ka), Quebrada del Tonco Ash ( approximately 30 ka), and Alemanía Ash ( approximately 3.7 ka). These units permit correlation of several spatially separate landslide deposits. Landslide deposits in narrow valleys were generated in the late Pleistocene between 40 and 25 ka and in the Holocene since ca. 5 ka and correspond to periods characterized by increased humidity in subtropical South America. In contrast, the age of large landslides in piedmont regions is significantly greater but more difficult to define by tephrochronology. However, selected deposits from this second environment have cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages of 140-400 ka. Because of the large distance of the collapsed mountain fronts from eroding streams and because of important Quaternary displacement along the mountain-bounding faults, we suggest that strong, low-frequency seismic activity is the most likely trigger mechanism for most of the landslides in this environment. 相似文献
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Lydia A. Olaka Eric O. Odada Martin H. Trauth Daniel O. Olago 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(2):629-644
Sequences of paleo-shorelines and the deposits of rift lakes are used to reconstruct past climate changes in East Africa.
These recorders of hydrological changes in the Rift Valley indicate extreme lake-level variations on the order of tens to
hundreds of meters during the last 20,000 years. Lake-balance and climate modeling results, on the other hand, suggest relatively
moderate changes in the precipitation-evaporation balance during that time interval. What could cause such a disparity? We
investigated the physical characteristics and hydrology of lake basins to resolve this difference. Nine closed-basin lakes,
Ziway-Shalla, Awassa, Turkana, Suguta, Baringo-Bogoria, Nakuru-Elmenteita, Naivasha, Magadi-Natron, Manyara, and open-basin
Lake Victoria in the eastern branch of the East African Rift System (EARS) were used for this study. We created a classification
scheme of lake response to climate based on empirical measures of topography (hypsometric integral) and climate (aridity index).
With reference to early Holocene lake levels, we found that lakes in the crest of the Ethiopian and Kenyan domes were most
sensitive to recording regional climatic shifts. Their hypsometric values fall between 0.23–0.29, in a graben-shaped basin,
and their aridity index is above unity (humid). Of the ten lakes, three lakes in the EARS are sensitive lakes: Naivasha (HI
= 0.23, AI = 1.20) in the Kenya Rift, Awassa (HI = 0.23, AI = 1.03) and Ziway-Shalla (HI = 0.23, AI = 1.33) in the Main Ethiopian
Rift (Main Ethiopian Rift). Two lakes have the graben shape, but lower aridity indices, and thus Lakes Suguta (HI = 0.29,
AI = 0.43) and Nakuru-Elmenteita (HI = 0.30, AI = 0.85) are most sensitive to local climate changes. Though relatively shallow
and slightly alkaline today, they fluctuated by four to ten times the modern water depth during the last 20,000 years. Five
of the study lakes are pan-shaped and experienced lower magnitudes of lake level change during the same time period. Understanding
the sensitivity of these lakes is critical in establishing the timing or synchronicity of regional-scale events or trends
and predicting future hydrological variations in the wake of global climate changes. 相似文献
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Noise Removal from Duplicate Paleoceanographic Time-Series: The Use of Adaptive Filtering Techniques
Martin H. Trauth 《Mathematical Geology》1998,30(5):557-574
This study demonstrates that adaptive filters can be used successfully to remove noise from duplicate paleoceanographic time-series. Conventional methods for noise canceling such as fixed filters cannot be applied to paleoceanographic time-series if optimal filtering is to be achieved, because the signal-to-noise ratio is unknown and varies with time. In contrast, an adaptive filter automatically extracts information without any prior initialization of the filter parameters. Two basic adaptive filtering methods, the gradient-based stochastic least-mean-squares (LMS) algorithm and the recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithm have been modified for paleoceanographic applications. The RLS algorithm can be used for noise removal from duplicate records corrupted by stationary noise, for example, carbonate measurements, species counts, or density data. The RLS filter performance is characterized by high accuracy and fast rate of convergence. The modified LMS algorithm out-performs the RLS procedure in a nonstationary environment (e.g., stable isotope records) but at the price of a slower rate of convergence and a reduced accuracy in the final estimate. The application of both algorithms is demonstrated by means of carbonate and stable isotope data. 相似文献
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Laura S. Epp Kathleen R. Stoof Martin H. Trauth Ralph Tiedemann 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(4):939-954
Using molecular genetic methods and an ancient DNA approach, we studied population and species succession of rotifers of the
genus Brachionus in the Kenyan alkaline-saline crater lake Sonachi since the beginning of the 19th century as well as distribution of Brachionus haplotypes in recent and historic sediments of other lakes of the East African Rift System. The sediment core record of Lake
Sonachi displays haplotypes of a distinct evolutionary lineage in all increments. Populations were dominated by a single mitochondrial
haplotype for a period of 150 years, and two putatively intraspecific turnovers in dominance occurred. Both changes are concordant
with major environmental perturbations documented by a profound visible change in sediment composition of the core. The first
change was very abrupt and occurred after the deposition of volcanic ash at the beginning of the 19th century. The second
change coincides with a major lake level lowstand during the 1940s. It was preceded by a period of successively declining
lake level, in which two other haplotypes appeared in the lake. One of these putatively belongs to another species documented
in historical and recent Kenyan lake sediments. The analysis of plankton population dynamics through historical time can reveal
patterns of population persistence and turnover in relation to environmental changes. 相似文献
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Evaluating the reliability of time series analysis to estimate variable riparian travel times by numerical groundwater modelling
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The transition zones between rivers and adjacent riparian aquifers are locations of high biogeochemical activities that contribute to a removal of potentially hazardous substances in the aquatic system. The potential of the removal processes depends highly on subsurface water travel times, which can be determined by using the propagation of electrical conductivity (EC) signal from the river into the riparian aquifer. Although this method has been applied and verified in many studies, we observe possible limitations for the usage of EC fluctuation analysis. Our findings are based on EC time series analyses during storm events and artificial hydropeaks induced by watermill operations. Travel times derived by cross‐correlation analysis were compared with travel times calculated based on backward particle tracking of a calibrated transient numerical groundwater flow model. The cross‐correlation method produced only reasonable travel times for the artificial hydropeaks. In contrast, cross‐correlation analysis of the EC data during natural storm events resulted in implausibly negative or unrealistically low travel times for the bulk of the data sets. We conclude that the reason for this behaviour is, first, the low EC contrast between river and groundwater in connection with a strong damping of the infiltrating river EC signal into the subsurface during storm events. Second, the existence of old and less‐mineralized riparian water between the river and the monitoring well resulted in bank‐storage‐driven EC breakthrough curves with earlier arrival times and the subsequent estimation of implausible riparian travel times. 相似文献