Paleoclimatic Reconstruction in Northern Oman Based on Carbonates from Hyperalkaline Groundwaters
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| ID | 24088334 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Ian D Clark (0000-0001-9612-2093, Université Paris-Sud), Jean-Charles Fontes, Jean‐Charles Fontes (Université Paris-Sud) |
| Año | 1990 |
| Volumen | 33 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 320-336 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1990-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0033-5894(90)90059-t |
| OpenAlex | W2058068703 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 13 |
| Referencias citadas | 15 |
A paleoclimatic reconstruction for the past 35,000 years for northern Oman is based on an unusual approach using travertines and fracture calcites associated with hyperalkaline springs. High-pH groundwaters (pH up to 11.9) discharge from the mantle sequence of the Oman Ophiolite as the product of modern, low-temperature serpentinization. Under arid climatic conditions, hyperalkaline discharge occurs at the surface. Uptake of atmospheric CO 2 precipitates characteristic laminated travertines, accompanied by strong kinetic depletion of 13 C and 18 O. Pluvial climates supporting a shallow bicarbonate-groundwater flow system and vegetation are recorded by fracture calcites with equilibrium stable isotope contents and calcite-replaced roots and stems. All such carbonates have modern initial 14 C contents, allowing radiocarbon dating and paleoclimatic reconstruction for the late Pleistocene and Holocene. Our reconstruction shows a dominantly wet late Pleistocene up to 19,000 yr B.P., when a phase of climatic deterioration began, leading to a period of hyperaridity which dominated from ca. 16,300 to 13,000 yr B.P. The early Holocene pluvial occurred from 12,500 to ca. 6500 yr B.P. and was followed by renewed climatic deterioration and the current phase of hyperaridity. Comparison of this paleoclimatic reconstruction with that for lacustrine deposits from the A'Rub al Khali of central Saudi Arabia and the summer insolation-driven monsoon record of east Africa and the Arabian Sea is remarkably good.
Calcite · Carbonate · Climate change · Geochemistry · Holocene · Paleoclimatology · Pleistocene · Pluvial · Radiocarbon dating · Tufa · Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Karst Systems and Hydrogeology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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