A multi-proxy investigation of late-Holocene temperature change and climate-driven fluctuations in sediment sourcing
Simpson Lagoon, Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12268126 |
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| Authors | Andrea JM Hanna (Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA), Timothy M Shanahan (0000-0002-3831-3198, Department of Geosciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA), Mead A Allison (0000-0001-9090-1811, Tulane University, corresponding author), Thomas S Bianchi (0000-0002-3068-2933, University of Florida), K M Schreiner (0000-0002-7600-5006, University of Minnesota, Duluth) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 984-997 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683617752845 |
| OpenAlex | W2787778107 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 104 |
The significant and ongoing environmental changes in Arctic regions demonstrate the need for quantitative, high-resolution records of pre-industrial climate change in this climatically sensitive region; such records are fundamental for understanding recent anthropogenic changes in the context of natural variability. Sediment contained within Arctic coastal environments proximal to large fluvial systems has the ability to record paleoclimate variability on subdecadal to decadal scale resolution, on par with many other terrestrial climate archives (i.e. lake sediments, ice cores). Here, we utilize one such sediment archive from Simpson Lagoon, Alaska, located adjacent to the Colville River Delta to reconstruct temperature variability and fluctuations in sediment sourcing over the past 1700 years. Quantitative reconstructions of summer air temperature are obtained using the branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT)-derived methylation index of branched tetraethers (MBT’)/cyclization ratio of branched tetraether (CBT) paleothermometer and reveal temperature departures correlative with noted climate events (i.e. ‘Little Ice Age’, ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’). In addition, temporal variability in sediment sourcing to the lagoon, determined using a multi-proxy approach (i.e. granulometry, elemental analysis, clay mineralogy), broadly corresponds with temperature fluctuations, indicating relative increases in fluvial sediment discharge during colder intervals and decreased river discharge/increased coastal erosion during warmer periods. The Simpson Lagoon record presented in this study is the first temperature reconstruction, to our knowledge, developed from coastal marine sediments in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
Arctic · Climate change · Context (archaeology · Delta · Fluvial · Geography · Holocene · Ice core · Paleoclimatology · Physical geography · Sediment · Climate change and permafrost · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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