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A 17,900-year multi-proxy lacustrine record of Lago Puyehue (Chilean Lake District): introduction
De Batist, Marc; Fagel, Nathalie; Loutre, Marie-France et al.
2008In Journal of Paleolimnology, 39 (2), p. 151-161
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Keywords :
lake; deglaciation; Late Glacial; Holocene; South America; paleoclimate; Paleolimnology
Abstract :
[en] This paper introduces the background and main results of a research project aimed at unravelling the paleolimnological and paleoclimatological history of Lago Puyehue (40 degrees S, Lake District, Chile) since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), based on the study of several sediment cores from the lake and on extensive fieldwork in the lake catchment. The longest record was obtained in an 11-m-long piston core. An age-depth model was established by AMS C-14 dating, Pb-210 and Cs-237 measurements, identification of event-deposits, and varve-counting for the past 600 years. The core extends back to 17,915 cal. yr. BP, and the seismic data indicate that an open-lake sedimentary environment already existed several thousands of years before that. The core was submitted to a multi-proxy analysis, including sedimentology, mineralogy, grain-size, major geochemistry and organic geochemistry (C/N ratio, delta C-13), loss-on-ignition, magnetic susceptibility, diatom analysis and palynology. Along-core variations in sediment composition reveal that the area of Lago Puyehue was characterized since the LGM by a series of rapid climate fluctuations superimposed on a long-term warming trend. Identified climate fluctuations confirm a.o. the existence of a Late-Glacial cold reversal predating the northern-hemisphere Younger Dryas cold period by 500-1,000 years, as well as the existence of an early southern-hemisphere Holocene climatic optimum. Varve-thickness analyses over the past 600 years reveal periodicities similar to those associated with the El Nino Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, as well as intervals with increased precipitation, related to an intensification of the El Nino impact during the southern-hemisphere equivalent of the Little Ice Age.
Disciplines :
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Earth sciences & physical geography
Environmental sciences & ecology
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
De Batist, Marc
Fagel, Nathalie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Argiles, géochimie et environnements sédimentaires
Loutre, Marie-France
Chapron, Emmanuel
Language :
English
Title :
A 17,900-year multi-proxy lacustrine record of Lago Puyehue (Chilean Lake District): introduction
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Journal of Paleolimnology
ISSN :
0921-2728
eISSN :
1573-0417
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
Volume :
39
Issue :
2
Pages :
151-161
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
SSTC - Services Fédéraux des Affaires Scientifiques, Techniques et Culturelles [BE]
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