期刊
HOLOCENE
卷 32, 期 10, 页码 1065-1080出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/09596836221106965
关键词
13(th) February 2001 earthquake; aquatic biota; Central America; geochemistry; Lake Apastepeque; palaeolimnology
资金
- Institute of Geological Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences
- National Science Center, Poland [2014/13/B/ST10/02534]
- National Science Centre, Poland [2014/13/B/ST10/02534, 2015/19/P/ST10/04048]
- European Union [665778]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [235297191]
This study used sediment records from Lake Apastepeque in El Salvador to investigate climatic and environmental changes during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and the recent history of the lake. The results show that the mid-elevations of El Salvador experienced relatively humid conditions during most of the LIA, while the first part of the LIA was characterized by drier climates. The study also highlights the significant environmental disturbance caused by a strong earthquake in 2001 and the ongoing recovery of the lake ecosystem.
Using a 530-year sediment record from the maar Lake Apastepeque, El Salvador, and based on diverse geochemical and biological (cladocerans, chironomids, diatoms, ostracods, testate amoebae) indicators, we estimated climatic and environmental alterations during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and reconstructed the recent history of the lake. Results demonstrate relatively humid conditions in the mid-elevations (500 m a.s.l.) of El Salvador during most parts of the LIA, resulting in high lake levels. Contrarily, the first part of the LIA was characterized by drier climates comparable to studies from Mexico and Belize, which correlated this phase with the Sporer minimum. Regional comparison with palaeorecords from the northern Neotropics reveals a high heterogeneity in local expressions of the LIA in Central America, likely connected to the high topographic heterogeneity of the region. Since the beginning of the 20(th) century, Lake Apastepeque has experienced enhanced human impact expressed as increased nutrient supply. The most recent period was characterized by significant environmental disturbance, which we relate to an upper-crustal earthquake, one of the strongest over the last 500 years, that affected the region on 13(th) February 2001 (Mw = 6.6, epicentre at 10 km depth, 30 km from the lake). The release of toxic bottom components such as hydrogen sulphide and high turbidity and turbulence of water caused major species turnover in the lake ecosystem, resulting in a massive fish kill and colonization by large cladocerans. Modern sediments still show slightly altered biota communities compared to pre-earthquake assemblages, indicating that the ecosystem has still not fully recovered.
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