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Volcanic, tectonic and climate controls on lacustrine sedimentary supplies over the last millenia in NE Chilean Patagonia (Lake Esponja, Aysen, 45°S)
Fagel, Nathalie; Pedreros, Pablo; Alvarez, Denisse et al.
2023In Holocene, 33 (5), p. 518 - 535
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Keywords :
Chile; diatom assemblages; Lacustrine sediment; Late-Holocene; sedimentary geochemistry; tephra; Global and Planetary Change; Archeology (arts and humanities); Ecology; Earth-Surface Processes; Paleontology; Archeology
Abstract :
[en] The environmental variability of Northern Chilean Patagonia during the last millennia is evaluated using a multi-proxy analysis of sediment cores from Lake Esponja (45°S 72°W) to decipher if the sediment deposition is controlled by volcanic eruptions, landslides induced by earthquake or heavy rainfall. The lake is located in a glacio-tectonic valley in Patagonia. The organic-rich clayey silt sediment with low biogenic silica content was analysed for grain size, magnetic susceptibility, organic matter, biogenic silica content and diatom assemblages, mineralogy (X-ray diffraction), organic (IRMS C and N analyses) and inorganic (XRF core-scanner) geochemistry and glass shard major composition (Microprobe, SEM). The combination of 210Pb, 137Cs, 14C and tephrochronology indicates an averaged accumulation rate of 0.4 mm/year, leading to a record of ~3.5 kyr within 154 cm. The sedimentary geochemistry records changes in volcanic supplies, diatom productivity and detrital inputs. The sediments were interrupted by millimetric to centimetric layers corresponding to tephra deposition related to explosive eruptions of nearby volcanoes Macá, Melimoyu and Hudson. Concerning the diatoms, the dominant planktonic species (80–150 cm) are replaced by benthic species in a transition interval (55–80 cm) and then by Surirella spp. in the upper core. This last genus indicates a closure of the basin ~2 ka ago, probably related to an uplift linked to a rejuvenation of the Mañihuales fault. This local change could reflect regional tectonic instability. Indeed, a partial earthquake rupture occurred around ~AD100 along the southern part of the Valdivia segment, recorded as a mass transport deposit in Aysén fjord sedimentation. The fine detrital input varies over time with more variable Si/Al values in the lower part of the LEs14 core than in the upper 80 cm. The higher values may reflect wetter conditions, leading to an higher lake level and more turbid conditions in agreement with changes in diatom assemblages.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Fagel, Nathalie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Argiles, géochimie et environnements sédimentaires
Pedreros, Pablo;  Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA - Chile Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Concepcion, Chile
Alvarez, Denisse;  Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA - Chile Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Concepcion, Chile ; Centro Bahía Lomas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile
Israde Alcantara, Isabel;  Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Michoacacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
Vega Alay, Ignacio;  Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA - Chile Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Concepcion, Chile
Namur, Olivier;  KUL, Belgium
Araneda, Alberto;  Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA - Chile Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Concepcion, Chile
Schmidt, Sabine ;  UMR Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, Université de Bordeaux, France
Lepoint, Gilles  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution
Urrutia, Roberto;  Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA - Chile Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Concepcion, Chile
Language :
English
Title :
Volcanic, tectonic and climate controls on lacustrine sedimentary supplies over the last millenia in NE Chilean Patagonia (Lake Esponja, Aysen, 45°S)
Publication date :
May 2023
Journal title :
Holocene
ISSN :
0959-6836
eISSN :
1477-0911
Publisher :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Volume :
33
Issue :
5
Pages :
518 - 535
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FONDECYT - Chile Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico [CL]
Funding text :
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially funded by bilateral cooperation program Wallonia-Brussels International WBI-Chili, ANID/Fondecyt projects 1201277 and 11201231. D. Álvarez, R. Urrutia and P Pedreros thank to CRHIAM ANID/FONDAP 15130015.The authors thank all the persons who contributed for the sample preparation, analyses and/or figure elaboration, in particular I. Billy (UMR EPOC, Université de Bordeaux, France) for XRF core scanner and Scopix measurements, J. Otten from University of Liege for grain-size analysis and Alex Henríquez from the University of Concepcion for the elaboration of the geological map. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially funded by bilateral cooperation program Wallonia-Brussels International WBI-Chili, ANID/Fondecyt projects 1201277 and 11201231. D. Álvarez, R. Urrutia and P Pedreros thank to CRHIAM ANID/FONDAP 15130015.
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