An ~15,000-Year Record of El Niño-Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador

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ID23369072
AutoresDonald T Rodbell (0000-0002-9269-5967, D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,..., autor de correspondencia), Geoffrey O Seltzer (D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...), David M Anderson (0000-0002-0328-1640, D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...), Mark B Abbott (0000-0002-0299-928X, D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...), David B Enfield (0000-0001-8107-5079, D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...), Jeremy H Newman (D. T. Rodbell and J. H. Newman, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308–2311, USA. G. O. Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244–1070, USA. D. M. Anderson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. M. B. Abbott, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–5820, USA. D. B. Enfield, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...)
Año1999
Volumen283
Número5401
Páginas516-520
Fecha de publicación1999-01-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScience (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511
EditorialAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1126/science.283.5401.516
PMID9915694
OpenAlexW2067541303
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas134
Referencias citadas29

Debris flows have deposited inorganic laminae in an alpine lake that is 75 kilometers east of the Pacific Ocean, in Ecuador. These storm-induced events were dated by radiocarbon, and the age of laminae that are less than 200 years old matches the historic record of El Niño events. From about 15,000 to about 7000 calendar years before the present, the periodicity of clastic deposition is greater than or equal to 15 years; thereafter, there is a progressive increase in frequency to periodicities of 2 to 8.5 years. This is the modern El Niño periodicity, which was established about 5000 calendar years before the present. This may reflect the onset of a steeper zonal sea surface temperature gradient, which was driven by enhanced trade winds.

Clastic rock · Climatology · Debris · Deposition (geology) · Geography · Physical geography · Quaternary · Radiocarbon dating · Sediment · Sedimentary rock · Storm · Aeolian processes and effects · Geological formations and processes · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Paleontology