Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts
Abstract Sediment cores collected along a transect in Crooked Pond, southeastern Massachusetts, provide evidence of water-level changes between 15,000 cal yr B.P. and present. The extent of fine-grained, detrital, organic accumulation in the basin, inferred from sediment and pollen stratigraphies, v...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1006/qres.2001.2273 2024-10-13T14:08:07+00:00 Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts Shuman, Bryan Bravo, Jennifer Kaye, Jonathan Lynch, Jason A. Newby, Paige Webb, Thompson 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2001.2273 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589401922732?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589401922732?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400010425 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 56, issue 3, page 401-410 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2001 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.2001.2273 2024-09-25T04:02:35Z Abstract Sediment cores collected along a transect in Crooked Pond, southeastern Massachusetts, provide evidence of water-level changes between 15,000 cal yr B.P. and present. The extent of fine-grained, detrital, organic accumulation in the basin, inferred from sediment and pollen stratigraphies, varied over time and indicates low water levels between 11,200 and 8000 cal yr B.P. and from ca. 5300 to 3200 cal yr B.P. This history is consistent with the paleohydrology records from nearby Makepeace Cedar Swamp and other sites from New England and eastern Canada and with temporal patterns of regional changes in effective soil moisture inferred from pollen data. The similarities among these records indicate that (1) regional conditions were drier than today when white pine ( Pinus strobus ) grew abundantly in southern New England (11,200 to 9500 cal yr B.P.); (2) higher moisture levels existed between 8000 and 5500 cal yr B.P., possibly caused by increased meridonal circulation as the influence of the Laurentide ice sheet waned; and (3) drier conditions possibly contributed to the regional decline in hemlock ( Tsuga ) abundances at 5300 cal yr B.P. Although sea-level rise may have been an influence, moist climatic conditions during the late Holocene were the primary reason for a dramatic rise in water-table elevations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Canada Crooked Pond ENVELOPE(-56.915,-56.915,49.517,49.517) Quaternary Research 56 3 401 410 |
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Abstract Sediment cores collected along a transect in Crooked Pond, southeastern Massachusetts, provide evidence of water-level changes between 15,000 cal yr B.P. and present. The extent of fine-grained, detrital, organic accumulation in the basin, inferred from sediment and pollen stratigraphies, varied over time and indicates low water levels between 11,200 and 8000 cal yr B.P. and from ca. 5300 to 3200 cal yr B.P. This history is consistent with the paleohydrology records from nearby Makepeace Cedar Swamp and other sites from New England and eastern Canada and with temporal patterns of regional changes in effective soil moisture inferred from pollen data. The similarities among these records indicate that (1) regional conditions were drier than today when white pine ( Pinus strobus ) grew abundantly in southern New England (11,200 to 9500 cal yr B.P.); (2) higher moisture levels existed between 8000 and 5500 cal yr B.P., possibly caused by increased meridonal circulation as the influence of the Laurentide ice sheet waned; and (3) drier conditions possibly contributed to the regional decline in hemlock ( Tsuga ) abundances at 5300 cal yr B.P. Although sea-level rise may have been an influence, moist climatic conditions during the late Holocene were the primary reason for a dramatic rise in water-table elevations. |
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Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts |
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Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts |
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Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts |
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Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts |
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Late Quaternary Water-Level Variations and Vegetation History at Crooked Pond, Southeastern Massachusetts |
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late quaternary water-level variations and vegetation history at crooked pond, southeastern massachusetts |
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