Philip Menzel, Birgit Gaye, Praveen Kumar Mishra, Ambili Anoop, Nathani Basavaiah, Norbert Marwan, Birgit Plessen, Sushma Prasad, Nils Riedel, Martina Stebich, Martin G. Wiesner
- We present the results of biogeochemical and mineralogical analyses on a sediment core that covers the Holocene sedimentation history of the climatically sensitive, closed, saline, and alkaline Lonar Lake in the core monsoon zone in central India. We compare our results of C/N ratios, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, grain-size, as well as amino acid derived degradation proxies with climatically sensitive proxies of other records from South Asia and the North Atlantic region. The comparison reveals some more or less contemporaneous climate shifts. At Lonar Lake, a general long term climate transition from wet conditions during the early Holocene to drier conditions during the late Holocene, delineating the insolation curve, can be reconstructed. In addition to the previously identified periods of prolonged drought during 4.6-3.9 and 2.0-0.6 cal ka that have been attributed to temperature changes in the Indo Pacific Warm Pool, several additional phases of shorter term climate alteration superimposed upon the general climate trendWe present the results of biogeochemical and mineralogical analyses on a sediment core that covers the Holocene sedimentation history of the climatically sensitive, closed, saline, and alkaline Lonar Lake in the core monsoon zone in central India. We compare our results of C/N ratios, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, grain-size, as well as amino acid derived degradation proxies with climatically sensitive proxies of other records from South Asia and the North Atlantic region. The comparison reveals some more or less contemporaneous climate shifts. At Lonar Lake, a general long term climate transition from wet conditions during the early Holocene to drier conditions during the late Holocene, delineating the insolation curve, can be reconstructed. In addition to the previously identified periods of prolonged drought during 4.6-3.9 and 2.0-0.6 cal ka that have been attributed to temperature changes in the Indo Pacific Warm Pool, several additional phases of shorter term climate alteration superimposed upon the general climate trend can be identified. These correlate with cold phases in the North Atlantic region. The most pronounced climate deteriorations indicated by our data occurred during 62-5.2,4.6-3.9, and 2.0-0.6 cal ka BP. The strong dry phase between 4.6 and 3.9 cal ka BP at Lonar Lake corroborates the hypothesis that severe climate deterioration contributed to the decline of the Indus Civilisation about 3.9 ka BP. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Philip Menzel, Birgit Gaye, Praveen Kumar MishraORCiD, Ambili Anoop, Nathani Basavaiah, Norbert MarwanORCiDGND, Birgit PlessenORCiDGND, Sushma PrasadORCiD, Nils Riedel, Martina Stebich, Martin G. Wiesner |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.044 |
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ISSN: | 0031-0182 |
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ISSN: | 1872-616X |
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Title of parent work (English): | Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology : an international journal for the geo-sciences |
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Publisher: | Elsevier |
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Place of publishing: | Amsterdam |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first publication: | 2014 |
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Publication year: | 2014 |
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Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
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Tag: | Amino acid; Climate reconstruction; Holocene; Indian monsoon; Lake sediment; Stable carbon isotope |
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Volume: | 410 |
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Number of pages: | 15 |
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First page: | 164 |
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Last Page: | 178 |
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Funding institution: | German Research Foundation within the framework of the project
"Himalaya: Modem and Past Climates" (HIMPAC) [GA 755/7-1, PR 755/7-2,
FOR 1380] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften |
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