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The main aim of this study was to reconstruct the history of water level fluctuations of a small dimictic lake during the Holocene based on the lithological and geochemical composition of sediments. We studied lithological and geochemical parameters in sediment cores extracted along a transect through Lake Juusa in southeastern Estonia. Analysis revealed that LOI550 and CaCO3 content in the accumulated sediment are dependent on water depth. At depths greater than 3 m, the relationship between organic carbon and CaCO3 is inverse, whereas no relationship exists at shallower depths. Lake-level changes are well depicted on the grain-size distribution profiles and macrofossil composition. An increase in the >315μm fraction appeared during the initial phases of water level fluctuations, followed by an increase in the 100–315μm fraction. The >36μm fraction dominated the silt fraction. Higher OC/N ratios in shallow water sediments reflect the dominance of macrophytes vegetation. 相似文献
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Water and sediment chemistry of Lake Pumayum Co,South Tibet,China: implications for interpreting sediment carbonate 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Jianting Ju Li-ping Zhu Junbo Wang Manping Xie Xiaolin Zhen Yong Wang Ping Peng 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(3):463-474
A combination of water and sediment chemistry was used to investigate carbonate production and preservation in Lake Pumayum
Co (altitude 5,030 m a.s.l.), south Tibet, China. We compared the chemical composition of lake water in various parts of the
lake with that of input rivers and found that the loss of Ca2+ results from calcite sedimentation induced by evaporation and biogenic precipitation. This is supported by evaporation data
from the catchment and δ18O measurements on water. Results suggest that CaCO3 is the predominant carbonate in this lake. There is a positive correlation in the sediments among concentrations of total
inorganic carbon (TIC), Ca, total organic carbon (TOC), and total nitrogen, confirming that most carbonates in sediment are
endogenic. The Jiaqu River is the largest inflow to Lake Pumayum Co and has a strong influence on both lake water chemistry
and sediment composition. The river and lake bathymetry influence carbonate sedimentation by affecting water flow velocity
and growing conditions for macrophytes. Different carbon contents and relationships between TIC and TOC in the two long cores
from different depths in the lake reveal that hypolimnetic conditions also influence carbonate precipitation and preservation. 相似文献
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Historical changes in sediments of Pyramid Lake,Nevada, USA: consequences of changes in the water balance of a terminal desert lake 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sediment cores from the shallow and deep basins of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, revealed variations in composition with depth reflecting changes in lake level, river inflow, and lake productivity. Recent sediments from the period of historical record indicate: (1) CaCO3 and organic content of sediment in the shallow basin decrease at lower lake level, (2) CaCO3 content of deep basin sediments increases when lake level decreases rapidly, and (3) the inorganic P content of sediments increases with decreasing lake volume. Variations in sediment composition also indicate several periods for which productivity in Pyramid Lake may have been elevated over the past 1000 years. Our data provide strong evidence for increased productivity during the first half of the 20th Century, although the typical pattern for cultural eutrophication was not observed. The organic content of sediments also suggests periods of increased productivity in the lake prior to the discovery and development of the region by white settlers. Indeed, a broad peak in organic fractions during the 1800's originates as an increase starting around 1600. However, periods of changing organic content of sediments also correspond to periods when inflow to the lake was probably at extremes (e.g. drought or flood) indicating that fluctuations in river inflow may be an important factor affecting sediment composition in Pyramid Lake. 相似文献
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Little Manitou Lake is a topographically closed, hypersaline lake that occupies a long, linear glacial meltwater channel in the northern Great Plains of western Canada. Most of the modern and late Holocene sediment in the lake has been generated from within the basin itself, either by endogenic inorganic precipitation or by other authigenic processes. These endogenic and authigenic precipitates, composed of mainly very soluble sulfate salts and sparingly soluble carbonates, provide an explicit record of the past chemical and hydrological fluctuations that have occurred in the lake. Although detailed chronostratigraphy is incomplete, preliminary14C dating indicates an age of about 2000 years for the oldest sediment recovered from the basin.Five subsurface sedimentary facies are identified in offshore cores. From the base these are: (i) structureless, gray clay, (ii) gypsiferous mud, (iii) structureless, organic-rich mud, (iv) finely laminated aragonitic mud, and (v) Na and Mg sulfate salts. The lithostratigraphy and variation in the mineralogical composition of the sediment indicate that Little Manitou Lake experienced significant water level changes and compositional fluctuations during the past several millennia. The basal clays indicate a relatively deep, freshwater lake existed about 2000 years ago, but was soon followed by a period of low water/playa sedimentation and a negative hydrological budget in the basin. Water levels gradually increased after about 1500 years ago in response to a cooler and wetter climate. This resulted in development of a meromictic, saline to hypersaline lake characterized by periodic carbonate (aragonite) whitings. Water levels again decreased about 1000 years ago, resulting in a breakdown of meromixis and initiation of subaqueous evaporitic salt precipitation. Although the brine in Little Manitou Lake has fluctuated between Na-SO4 and Mg-Na-SO4 -Cl types during the past 1000 years, water levels and overall salinities have remained relatively constant.Palliser Triangle Global Change Contribution No. 16. 相似文献
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Human disturbance and trophic status changes in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
The paleolimnology (sediment chemistry, 210Pb dating, pollen, and diatoms) of Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA was studied to investigate the impact of European settlement on lake trophic status. Pollen clearly indicates a vegetational shift from Quercus dominance to Ambrosia. 210Pb dating suggests that the Ambrosia rise likely occurs around the 1840's, which is consistent with historical records on the European settlement in this area. Coincident with the vegetational shifts, several diatom species, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Fragilaria crotenensis, Asterionella formosa and Tabellaria fenestrata, all increase while C. comta decreases after the settlement. However, C. comta and Aulacoseira ambigua, two dominant species, remain abundant throughout the entire core. Their relative abundances at the surface sediments reach presettlement levels. It is hypothesized that Crystal Lake, a glacial lake rich in CaCO3, may have been able to assimilate increases of phosphorus by coprecipitating phosphorus with CaCO3. Such a 'buffering mechanism may be responsible for the lake's resistance to trophic changes or recovery following disturbance. 相似文献
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Mark Brenner David A. Hodell Barbara W. Leyden Jason H. Curtis William F. Kenney Binhe Gu Jana M. Newman 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(1):129-148
We studied the role that submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) plays in the sedimentation of organic matter (OM) and phosphorus
(P) in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida (USA), a shallow, hard-water, macrophyte-dominated water body. Carbon/Nitrogen ratios (C/N)
and stable isotope signatures (δ13C and δ15N) in algae, higher plants, and surface sediments were measured to identify sources of OM to the lake mud. Pollen, plant macrofossils,
and geochemistry in sediment cores indicated that primary productivity and SAV abundance in Lake Panasoffkee increased in
the late 1800s, probably as a response to increased P loading from human settlement and forest clearance. SAV and associated
periphyton served as temporary sinks for soluble P, maintaining relatively clear-water, low-nutrient conditions in the lake.
P accumulation in Lake Panasoffkee sediments increased together with indicators for greater SAV presence. This suggests that
SAV and associated epiphytes promote P burial and retention in sediments. Although it might be assumed that rooted submersed
macrophytes are directly responsible for P uptake from water and transfer to sediments, C/N and stable carbon isotope results
argue for the importance of other macrophyte growth forms, and perhaps epiphytic algae, in permanent OM and P sequestration.
For instance, high rates of photosynthesis by epiphytes in hard-water systems consume CO2 and promote CaCO3 precipitation. Sloughing of accumulated carbonates from macrophyte leaves transfers epiphytes and associated P to the sediment.
Our paleolimnological findings are relevant to restoration efforts in the Florida Everglades and support the claim that constructed
SAV wetlands remove P from waters effectively. 相似文献
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Yuehan Lu Philip A. Meyers Brian J. Eadie John A. Robbins 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(2):261-272
A ~106-cm sediment core from the eastern basin of Lake Erie was examined to investigate biogeochemical processes in this large
lake during its cultural eutrophication over the last century. We measured stable carbon isotopes of total organic carbon
and calcium carbonate (δ13CTOC and
d13 \textC\textCaCO 3 \delta^{13} {\text{C}}_{{{\text{CaCO}}_{ 3} }} ) as well as the concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3). δ13CTOC and TOC show a strong positive correlation throughout the core and record changes in phytoplankton productivity and nutrient
loading. CaCO3 and TOC concentrations display a negative correlation throughout the core, suggesting that CaCO3 concentrations are controlled primarily by decomposition of TOC in the hypolimnion and the sediments, although temperature
and invasive mussels are also potential controlling factors.
d13 \textC\textCaCO 3 \delta^{13} {\text{C}}_{{{\text{CaCO}}_{ 3} }} values show a positive correlation with δ13CTOC between 1909 and 1969, indicating phytoplankton productivity was the primary control for
d13 \textC\textCaCO 3 \delta^{13} {\text{C}}_{{{\text{CaCO}}_{ 3} }} values during eutrophication. However, a negative correlation between
d13 \textC\textCaCO 3 \delta^{13} {\text{C}}_{{{\text{CaCO}}_{ 3} }} and δ13CTOC from 1970 to 2002 suggests that these two proxies tracked different aspects of the carbon cycle in the lake in more recent
times. The cause for the negative correlation is not yet known, but it is perhaps associated with temperature variations and
seasonal differences in productivity. 相似文献
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Georg Schettler Qiang Liu Jens Mingram Jörg F. W. Negendank 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(2):239-270
The varved sediments of the dimictic Lake Sihailongwan (Long Gang mountain area, Jilin Province, Northeast China) represent
a palaeoclimatic archive which documents the local precipitation frequency during the summer monsoon, and variations in the
aeolian flux of dust with their remote sources in the arid and semi-arid regions of inner Asia. Based on a detailed discussion
of sediment genesis in Lake SHL, dust flux rates and palaeohydrological conditions were reconstructed on a decadal scale over
the past 220 years. The aeolian influx by dry and wet deposition was quantified and characterised in its chemical composition.
Photosynthetic production in the lake is positively correlated with the inflow of nutrient-rich groundwater. The groundwater
discharge largely reflects the strength of the summer monsoon. Net accumulation rates for biogenic silica were determined
for annually laminated sediments from the centre of the U-shaped lake basin based on sediment data. In a Si-balance model
of the modern lake, the depositional flux of biogenic silica could be independently quantified on the base of hydrochemical
monitoring data. Comparison of the both estimates allowed to asses the focussing of the particle flux in the lake. Though
water retention in Lake SHL is rather high (ca. 30 years), changes in the hydrological conditions are sensitively recorded
in the sediments because (i) nutrient-rich groundwater discharges into the productive zone of the lake, (ii) a substantial
proportion of the total dissolved Si-inventory of the mixed lake (ca. 30%) is annually consumed by diatom growth, and (3)
sediment accumulation is substantially focussed towards the flat bottom of the lake basin. The bulk siliciclastic sediment
fraction (ca. 75 wt.%) largely originates from influx of dust of remote provenance. In sediment thin-sections, the dry-deposited
dust fraction is microscopically identifiable as seasonal silt layer. Aeolian input by wet-deposition shows a distinctly higher
variability than the influx of dust by dry-deposition. As diatom production, wet-deposition of dust is positively correlated
with the rainfall during the summer monsoon. The inferred positive correlation between rainfall and dust flux during the summer
monsoon implies that dust deposition is determined by the out-wash efficiency of mineral particles for a permanent high atmospheric
dust concentration over Northeast China in the last 220 years. 相似文献
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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
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Paul Augustinus Michael Reid Sofia Andersson Yanbin Deng Mark Horrocks 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(4):789-805
Frozen sediment cores from Lake Pupuke in Auckland City, New Zealand, contain a high resolution decadal to annual scale record
of changing lake paleoenvironments and geochemistry that reflects changing landuse and hydrology in the catchment over the
past c. 190 years. A reliable chronology is available from AMS 14C and 210Pb dating of the sediments, with the timing of the older part of the record supported by the first appearance of pollen of
introduced Pinus and Plantago lanceolata associated with European settlement of Auckland in the early 1840s. Diatom stratigraphy, sediment elemental and carbon isotope
geochemistry reflect changes in sediment sources and lake conditions commensurate with European development of the Lake Pupuke
catchment, in particular enhanced algal productivity controlled by the influx of nutrients after c. 1920 AD. Attempts to prevent
nuisance algal blooms in 1933, 1934 and 1939 using CuSO4 addition produced Cu spikes in the sediment that allowed confirmation of the accuracy of the 210Pb chronology. Hence, the elemental and isotopic composition of the Lake Pupuke sediments reflect the timing of significant
anthropogenic activities, rather than climatic variations, that have occurred within the watershed over the past c. 190 years.
The comparison of records of land use change in the catchment with the multi-proxy record of changes in the sediments usually
allowed unambiguous identification of the signatures of change and their causes. 相似文献
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Revital Bookman Charles T. Driscoll Steven W. Effler Daniel R. Engstrom 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(3):449-462
Geochemical analysis of 210Pb-dated sediment cores from Otisco Lake (New York) combined with analysis of recent land cover change in the watershed revealed
the history of land use change, lake management, and industrial pollution since European settlement in the northeastern US.
Clearance of forestland for agriculture characterized the early settlement era that was marked in the Otisco Lake sediments
by a decline in organic carbon (OC) and OC:N ratios, which indicate a change in the sources of organic matter to the lake.
Agricultural land use reached its greatest areal extent in the Otisco watershed around 1900, followed by field abandonment
and reforestation over the last century. In the 1920s sediment accumulation rates began to increase coincident with residential
development along the lake shore. Nitrogen and organic carbon, which are transported from the watershed, show increased fluxes
to the lake in response to this change. Deposition of inorganic carbon increased markedly over a short period from the 1940s
to the 1980s, which is consistent with enhanced mobilization of watershed calcium by increased acidic deposition, followed
by alkalinization of the lake waters and calcite precipitation. An increase in copper content in the sediments reflects application,
since 1942, of the algicide copper sulfate to the lake waters to control algal blooms. This CuSO4 marker confirmed the accuracy of the 210Pb chronology. Atmospheric mercury (Hg) fluxes to the lake were affected by increased sediment transport from the watershed.
The maximum Hg peak in the sediment record, however, was dated to the early 1970s and coincides with maximum Hg emissions
to the atmosphere in the Great Lakes region. 相似文献
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Robert M. Lent W. Berry Lyons William J. Showers Kevin H. Johannesson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1995,13(3):193-207
An 84 cm sediment core collected from the center of Devils Lake, North Dakota, was analyzed at 1-cm intervals for,210Pb,137Cs, sediment conductivity, the concentrations of, biogenic silica, total organic carbon, carbon to nitrogen ratio, and the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of the organic fraction. Variations in210Pb activities in the upper 20 centimeters indicate that sediment accumulations rates in Devils Lake are not constant, and that accumulation rates were highest during periods of high lake level. The mean sedimentation accumulation rate was calculated as 0.24 cm–1 yr. The137Cs profile is characterized by near-surface maximum concentrations, possibly the result of redistribution of137Cs during salinity excursions.Biogenic silica is strongly correlated to lake level in Devils Lake. Periods of low lake level (characterized by high sediment conductivity) correspond to low biogenic silica concentrations. The trends in biogenic silica are attributed to variations in diatom productivity in the lake and to variations in sediment accumulation rates. Based on biogenic silica content and the composition of organic matter in the sediment (total organic carbon, carbon:nitrogen ratio and the 13C and 15N composition of total organic matter), paleobiologic conditions of Devils Lake during low lake stands were characterized by, (1) decreased primary productivity, (2) decreased input of detrital organic matter, and (3) increased nitrogen availability.During the 350 years of sediment accumulation represented by the 84-cm sediment core Devils Lake has experienced two periods of sustained high lake level; one between about 130 and 170 years ago (1820 to 1860 A.D.) and the second between 270 and 310 years ago (1680 to 1720 A.D.). Devils Lake experienced a period of intense drying about 260 years ago (1720 A.D.). 相似文献
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Climate records during the last millennium are essential in placing recent anthropogenic-induced climate change into the context of natural climatic variability. However, detailed records are still sparse in Alaska, and these records would help elucidate climate patterns and possible forcing mechanisms. Here we present a multiple-proxy sedimentary record from Kepler Lake in south-central Alaska to reconstruct climatic and environmental changes over the last 800?years. Two short cores (85 and 101?cm long) from this groundwater-fed marl lake provide a detailed stable isotope and sediment lithological record with chronology based on four AMS 14C dates on terrestrial macrofossils and 210Pb analysis. The ??18O values of inorganic calcite (CaCO3) range from ?17.0 to ?15.7???, with the highest values during the period of 1450?C1850 AD, coeval with the well-documented Little Ice Age (LIA) cold interval in Alaska. The high ??18O values during the cold LIA are interpreted as reflecting shifts in atmospheric circulation. A weakening of the wintertime Aleutian low pressure system residing over the Gulf of Alaska during the LIA would have resulted in 18O-enriched winter precipitation as well as a colder and possibly drier winter climate in south-central Alaska. Also, elevated calcite contents of >80?% during the LIA reflect a lowering of lake level and/or enhanced seasonality (warmer summer and colder winter), as calcite precipitation in freshwater lakes is primarily a function of peak summer temperature and water depth. This interpretation is also supported by high ??13C values, likely reflecting high aquatic productivity or increased residence times of the lake water during lower lake levels. The lower lake levels and warmer summers would have increased evaporative enrichment in 18O, also contributing to the high ??18O values during the LIA. Our results indicate that changes in atmospheric circulation were an important component of climate change during the last millennium, exerting strong influence on regional climate in Alaska and the Arctic. 相似文献
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Matthew E. Kirby Christopher J. Poulsen Steve P. Lund William P. Patterson Liam Reidy Douglas E. Hammond 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2004,31(3):275-293
Southern California faces an imminent freshwater shortage. To better assess the future impact of this water crisis, it is essential that we develop continental archives of past hydrological variability. Using four sediment cores from Lake Elsinore in Southern California, we reconstruct late Holocene (3800 calendar years B.P.) hydrological change using a twentieth-century calibrated, proxy methodology. We compared magnetic susceptibility from Lake Elsinore deep basin sediments, lake level from Lake Elsinore, and regional winter precipitation data over the twentieth century to calibrate the late Holocene lake sediment record. The comparison revealed a strong positive, first-order relationship between the three variables. As a working hypothesis, we suggest that periods of greater precipitation produce higher lake levels. Greater precipitation also increases the supply of detritus (i.e., magnetic-rich minerals) from the lake's surrounding drainage basin into the lake environment. As a result, magnetic susceptibility values increase during periods of high lake level. We apply this modern calibration to late Holocene sediments from the lake's littoral zone. As an independent verification of this hypothesis, we analyzed 18O(calcite), interpreted as a proxy for variations in the precipitation:evaporation ratio, which reflect first order hydrological variability. The results of this verification support our hypothesis that magnetic susceptibility records regional hydrological change as related to precipitation and lake level. Using both proxy data, we analyzed the past 3800 calendar years of hydrological variability. Our analyses indicate a long period of dry, less variable climate between 3800 and 2000 calendar years B.P. followed by a wet, more variable climate to the present. These results suggest that droughts of greater magnitude and duration than those observed in the modern record have occurred in the recent geological past. This conclusion presents insight to the potential impact of future droughts on the over-populated, water-poor region of Southern California. 相似文献
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S. Giralt M. T. Rico-Herrero J. C. Vega B. L. Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):487-502
Monthly limnological monitoring in Lake Sanabria (Spain) since 1986 provided a unique opportunity to test relationships among
climate, hydrology and lake dynamics and how they are recorded in the lake sediments. Four datasets were employed: (1) meteorological
(monthly maximum and minimum air temperature and total precipitation), (2) limnological (Secchi disk, water temperature, conductivity,
pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, silicon, total and reactive phosphorus, and total chlorophylls and chlorophyll a), (3) hydrological (Tera River water input and output), and (4) XRF core scanner measurements carried out in short cores.
Linear models between the different dataset variables allowed us to characterize the climate signal transmission from one
to the other and cross-correlation analyses permitted us to identify the different response times (if any) between them. Principal
Component Analyses (PCA) of the limnological and geochemical datasets allowed us to identify the main processes that link
lake dynamics, primarily nutrient supply and organic productivity, with some sedimentological processes, e.g. organic matter
and phosphorus accumulation. Sediment chronology was established by gamma spectrometry (210Pb). Water input to Lake Sanabria is controlled mostly by the Tera River input and is linked directly to precipitation. Response
of the Lake Sanabria water budget to climate oscillations is immediate, as the strongest correlation between these two datasets
occurs with no lag time. PCA of the limnological dataset indicated that most of the variance is related to nutrient input,
and comparison with the Tera River water discharge shows that nutrient input was controlled mainly by oscillations in the
hydrological balance. The lag time between the hydrological and limnological datasets is 1 month. The PCA of the XRF core
scanner dataset showed that the principal process that controls the chemical composition of the Lake Sanabria sediments is
related to sediment and nutrient delivery from the Tera River and organic productivity. Comparison of the nutrient input reconstructed
using the limnological dataset and the XRF core scanner data indicated that the sediments act as a low-pass filter, smoothing
the climate signal. It was, however, possible to establish the link between these datasets, and obtain a quantitative reconstruction
of precipitation for the 1959–2005 AD period that captures the regional variability. This quantitative precipitation reconstruction
suggests it is possible to obtain accurate climate reconstructions using non-laminated sediments. 相似文献
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J. H. Van Boxel Z. González-Carranza H. Hooghiemstra M. Bierkens M. I. Vélez 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2014,51(1):63-77
Knowledge of paleoclimates and past climate change is important to put recent and future climate change in perspective. In the absence of well-developed methodology to reconstruct paleoprecipitation the majority of climate reconstructions focus on temperature, whereas precipitation is an equally important climate parameter. This paper explores the possibility of inferring paleoprecipitation from lake-level records by inverse hydrological modelling. Pollen spectra of a lacustrine sediment core were used to infer changes in past temperatures and lake levels during the past 14,000 years. A hydrological model that calculates lake levels using meteorological parameters and a digital terrain model were developed for the catchment area of Lake La Cocha. After calibration the model accurately simulated modern lake levels. A sensitivity analysis shows that the model results are most sensitive to temperature and precipitation. This hydrological model was subsequently used to estimate mean annual precipitation needed to reproduce the pollen-based reconstructed lake levels (inverse modelling). The lake currently discharges through the permanent Guamués River, with a modelled mean annual discharge of 3.6 m3 s?1. However, past lake levels and hydrological modelling results suggest that Lake La Cocha has been free of discharge during most of the Holocene, and after an intermittent phase only recently started discharging permanently. The uncertainty in the inferred precipitation during the discharge-free period is estimated at ~22 mm. Quasi stable lake levels seem to justify using equilibrium conditions when reconstructing precipitation. Early Holocene lake levels were ~10 m lower than modern values, implying that precipitation must have been 30–40 % less than today. 相似文献
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Sediment geochemistry of Lake Daihai,north-central China: implications for catchment weathering and climate change during the Holocene 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Qianli Sun Sumin Wang Jie Zhou Zhongyuan Chen Ji Shen Xiuping Xie Feng Wu Peng Chen 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(1):75-87
A 12.87-m-long sediment core was retrieved from closed-basin Lake Daihai in the monsoon–arid transition zone of north-central
China. Oxides of major elements and their ratios normalized to Al in the AMS-14C-dated core were employed to evaluate chemical weathering intensity (CWI) in the lake drainage basin, which reflects hydrothermal
conditions in the study area. Lower CWI periods occurred prior to 14.5 ka BP, and during the intervals ca. 11.7–10.3, 3.5–3.2,
2.6–1.7 ka BP, and 1.2–0 ka BP, indicating relatively low temperatures and moisture availability. Greater CWI during the intervening
periods ca. 14.5–11.7, 10.3–9.0, 3.2–2.6, and 1.7–1.2 ka BP, with the maximum CWI at ca. 6.7–3.5 ka BP, imply ameliorated
hydrothermal conditions in the lake basin, i.e. higher temperatures and precipitation. Exceptionally low CWI, associated with
high CaO/MgO ratio during ca. 9.0–6.7 ka BP, suggests higher evaporation rates in the area under warmer temperature. Overall,
CWI displays in-phase variations with changes in organic matter (TOC, TN), carbonate (CaCO3) and pollen assemblages, all of which are related to variations in monsoon effective precipitation. High CWI indicates strong
monsoon-induced precipitation, whereas low CWI reflects a weak precipitation regime. The optimum hydrothermal status, recorded
by the strongest CWI and maximum monsoon effective precipitation during ca. 6.7–3.5 ka BP defines the Holocene climate optimum
(HCO) in the Lake Daihai region. These results indicate that the HCO prevails after the early Holocene in the monsoon–arid
transition zone of north-central China. Temperature and precipitation variations during most of the Holocene, inferred from
the lake sediments, are due largely to insolation forcing. Dry but warm conditions ca. 9.0–6.7 ka BP, however, probably reflect
the complex interactions between insolation and geography (e.g. altitude and local topography). 相似文献
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Yongqiang Xiong Fengchang Wu Jidun Fang Lifang Wang Yun Li Haiqing Liao 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(1):217-231
In order to investigate the natural ecosystem of Lake Dianchi and to assess its anthropogenic impacts, a stratigraphic study
of bulk and molecular compositions of organic matter was conducted using a 63-cm long sediment core. The results show that
two apparent environmental changes occurred during the evolution of Lake Dianchi: (1) the first change occurred in the 43–63 cm
sediment depth, and was revealed by the amount and the composition of organic matter in the stage. Natural changes were possibly
major factors responsible for triggering the environmental change, but the influence of human activities could not be excluded.
Subsequently, the lake entered into a relatively stable and oligotrophic stage, which maintained until 20-cm sediment depth.
(2) Eutrophication started in the upper 20 cm depth. Human activities became a major factor influencing environmental changes
in this stage. Vertical profiles of various organic geochemical variables in the upper 20-cm sediments show evidence that
primary productivity of the lake increased progressively and that the lake started eutrophic. Especially in the uppermost
10 cm, notable excursions to less negative δ13Corg and δ15Ntotal and high TOC concentrations have recorded an abrupt change in the lacustrine environment, suggesting that the lake entered
a hypereutrophic stage. In addition, enhancement of αβ-hopanes reflects the contribution of fossil fuels to the lake sediments. 相似文献
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We have reconstructed the history of mid-late Holocene paleohydrological changes in the Chinese Loess Plateau using n-alkane data from a sediment core in Tianchi Lake. We used Paq (the proportion of aquatic macrophytes to the total plant community) to reflect changes in lake water level, with a higher abundance of submerged macrophytes indicating a lower water level and vice versa. The Paq-based hydrological reconstruction agrees with various other lines of evidence, including ACL (average chain length), CPI (carbon preference index), C/N ratio and the n-alkane molecular distribution of the sediments in Tianchi Lake. The results reveal that the lake water level was relatively high during 5.7–3.2 ka BP, and decreased gradually thereafter. Our paleohydrological reconstruction is consistent with existing paleoclimate reconstructions from the Loess Plateau, which suggest a humid mid-Holocene, but is asynchronous with paleoclimatic records from central China which indicate an arid mid-Holocene. Overall, our results confirm that the intensity of the rainfall delivered by the EASM (East Asian summer monsoon) is an important factor in affecting paleohydrological changes in the region and can be considered as further evidence for the development of a spatially asynchronous “northern China drought and southern China flood” precipitation pattern during the Holocene. 相似文献
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Juan Pablo Corella Adel El Amrani Javier Sigró Mario Morellón Eugenio Rico Blas Lorenzo Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):469-485
We present a high-resolution, multiproxy reconstruction of the depositional history of Lake Arreo, northern Spain, for the
last 60 years. We conducted sedimentological, geochemical and diatom analyses in short cores and made a detailed comparison
with regional instrumental climate data (1952–2007), limnological monitoring of the lake (1992–2008) and recent land use changes
that affect the lake catchment. Chronology is based on “floating” discontinuous varve counts and 137Cs and 14C dates. Four periods were identified in the Lake Arreo recent history: (1) prior to 1963, varved facies intercalated with
fine turbidite deposits, and diatom assemblages dominated by Cyclotella taxa indicate predominantly meromictic conditions, (2) from 1964 to 1978, permanent anoxia persisted in bottom waters, as shown
by similar facies and diatom assemblages as before, though detrital layers were coarser, (3) from 1979 to 1994, sediment delivery
to the lake increased and laminated, clastic facies were deposited, and (4) from 1995 to 2008, dominance of massive facies
and an increase in Fragilaria tenera and Achnanthes minutissima reflect relatively lower lake levels, less frequent bottom anoxia with more frequent water column mixing, similar to modern
conditions. The period 1952–1979 was a time of meromixis and varved facies deposition, and was characterized by higher rainfall
and less intense agricultural pressure in the watershed. There were two short humid periods (1992–1993 and 1996–1998) when
monitoring data show more anoxic weeks per year and relatively higher lake levels. Increased cultivation of small landholdings
in 1963, and particularly after 1979, caused a large increase in sediment delivery to the lake. The inferred lake evolution
is in agreement with monitoring data that suggest a transition from dominantly meromictic conditions prior to 1993–1994 to
a predominantly monomictic pattern of circulation since then, particularly after 2000. The synergistic effects of intensive
water extraction for irrigation and lower rainfall since 1979, and particularly since 1994, brought the long period of meromictic
conditions in Lake Arreo to an end. Water balance and sediment delivery to the lake are dominant factors that control the
limnological and mixing conditions in Lake Arreo and they must be considered in management and restoration plans. 相似文献