A record of accelerated erosion in the recent sediments of Blelham Tarn in the English Lake district |
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| Authors: | K D van der Post F Oldfield E Y Haworth P R J Crooks P G Appleby |
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| Institution: | (1) Environmental Magnetism Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK;(2) Institute of Freshwater Ecology, Windermere Laboratory, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LP, UK;(3) Department of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK |
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| Abstract: | Two frozen cores from Blelham Tarn were subsampled and measured using mineral magnetic, loss-on-ignition (LOI), radiometric, granulometric and diatom analyses. A detailed chronology was established using varves, radioisotopes and diatoms. This has enabled an accurately dated reconstruction of sedimentation over the past forty years. Despite a large increase in lake productivity, evidence suggests that the observed exponential increase in sedimentation rates can be attributed to erosion within the catchment. The predominant sediment source has been identified as surface soil. A comparison between the trend of accelerated sedimentation and the record of increased sheep stocking density for the area within which the most of the catchment lies, as well as observations of contemporary surface processes within the catchment, both suggest that much of the recent erosion is a direct response to increased pressure from sheep grazing. |
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| Keywords: | magnetism diatoms radioisotopes erosion laminae chronology |
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