A 12,400 14c yr Offshore Diatom Record From East Central Lake Victoria, East Africa |
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| Authors: | JC Stager TC Johnson |
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| Institution: | (1) Math/Science Division, Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, USA;(2) Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, USA |
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| Abstract: | The diatom record of V95-2P, a 7.6 m long sediment core collected from 67 m depth, is the first from the east central portion of Lake Victoria. A soil horizon developed at the coring site shortly before 12,400 14C yr BP due to a lakewide desiccation event. The radiocarbon chronology of the older half of this core is problematic, but if our estimated chronology is correct, then aridity and evaporative concentration of the lake are indicated by the presence of Thalassiosira rudolfi from > 12,400 BP to about 10,000 BP. Abundant Aulacoseira and generally rising biogenic silica concentrations may reflect enhanced water column mixing and rising precipitation:evaporation ratios ca. 10,000-8400 BP. A lakewide reorganization of diatom assemblages occurred around 7200 BP, when Aulacoseira nyassensis largely replaced A. granulata and after which rainfall and wind-driven mixing became more seasonally restricted. Pronounced reductions in offshore diatom deposition, from about 8300-5800 BP and after 3500 BP, may have been related to declines in the duration and/or intensity of wind-driven mixing. Increased aridity, and possibly deforestation in the lake basin, is indicated after 1400 BP. |
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| Keywords: | Africa biogenic silica climate diatoms Lake Victoria monsoons phytoliths pollen |
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