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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
卷 68, 期 -, 页码 142-153出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.014
关键词
Paleotempestology; Paleoenviroment; Stable carbon isotope; Stable nitrogen isotope; Radiocarbon dating
资金
- U.S. Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program [SERDP SI-1700]
Late Holocene paleoclimate records from coastal regions are important for understanding long-term variability of hurricane activity. Here we present a nearly 4000-year record of severe storm landfalls and environmental changes based on organic geochemical proxies (OGPs) preserved in sediment cores from two coastal lakes in northwest Florida. Our analysis shows that there are significant variations in delta C-13, delta N-15, C%, N% and C/N with depth, reflecting changes in lake environment, which in turn affected the processes delivering water and sediment to the lake as well as biological productivity within the lake. Isotopic signatures of modern organic materials in the lakes and their surrounding areas show that the major sources of sedimentary organic matters in the lakes are aquatic and terrestrial C-3 vegetation. C-4 grasses do not contribute significantly to the sedimentary organic matters in the lake, although they can be found in the mostly forested watershed. Thus, the positive C and N isotopic shifts, concurrent with negative shifts in C/N ratios, most likely indicate shifts to a marine-like environment in coastal lakes following the influx of marine water and nutrients and marine biota associated with major storm events. Some of these isotopic shifts observed in the sediment cores correspond to visible sand layers presumably representing overwash deposits associated with severe storm events. Radiocarbon dating of bulk sediment organic matters, wood fragments and shells indicates that the sediment in these cores was deposited over the last 3000-4000 years. Based on our age model and OGP interpretation, Eastern Lake data suggest that the recurrence interval of severe storms (i.e., large enough to cause seawater flooding of the lakes) is approximately 84 years over the last 2900 years, whereas Western lake data suggest an average recurrence interval of 86 years in the past 3900 years. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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