Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations
Mineral dust concentrations are coupled to climate over glacial-interglacial cycles with increased dust deposition occurring during major cold phases over the last ~100 ka. Holocene records suggest considerable spatial and temporal variability in the magnitude, frequency and timing of dust peaks tha...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/09596836221131697 2024-04-07T07:52:38+00:00 Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations Stewart, Helena Bradwell, Tom Bullard, Joanna McCulloch, Robert D Millar, Ian Agencia National de Investigación y Desarrollo Natural Environment Research Council Natural Environment Research Council 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131697 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09596836221131697 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/09596836221131697 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Holocene volume 33, issue 2, page 231-237 ISSN 0959-6836 1477-0911 Paleontology Earth-Surface Processes Ecology Archeology Global and Planetary Change journal-article 2022 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131697 2024-03-08T03:21:28Z Mineral dust concentrations are coupled to climate over glacial-interglacial cycles with increased dust deposition occurring during major cold phases over the last ~100 ka. Holocene records suggest considerable spatial and temporal variability in the magnitude, frequency and timing of dust peaks that reflects regional or local drivers of dust emissions and transport. Here, we present stratigraphical, geochemical and isotopic evidence for dust deposition from two high-resolution peat sequences 200 km apart in northern Scotland spanning the last c. 8200 years. εNd isotope data suggest the dominant minerogenic dust source switches between a low latitude (likely Saharan) and a high latitude, Icelandic source. Marked peaks in increased minerogenic dust deposition at: c. 5.4–5.1, 4.0–3.9, 2.8–2.6, 1.0 and 0.3 ka BP occur against a backdrop of low dust deposition during the mid-Holocene (c. 5.0–4.0 ka BP) and increased background levels of dust during the neoglacial period (<4.0 ka BP). These dust peaks coincide with periods of glacial advance in Iceland and heightened storminess in the North Atlantic. Isotope data for additional dust peaks at c. 1.0 and 0.7 ka BP and the last ~50 years suggest these reflect increased dust from the Sahara associated with aridity and land-use change in North Africa during the Late-Holocene, and modern anthropogenic sources. This work highlights the complexity of Holocene records of dust deposition in the North Atlantic and emphasises the role of dynamic sub-Polar glaciers and their meltwater systems as a significant dust source. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Iceland North Atlantic SAGE Publications The Holocene 33 2 231 237 |
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Mineral dust concentrations are coupled to climate over glacial-interglacial cycles with increased dust deposition occurring during major cold phases over the last ~100 ka. Holocene records suggest considerable spatial and temporal variability in the magnitude, frequency and timing of dust peaks that reflects regional or local drivers of dust emissions and transport. Here, we present stratigraphical, geochemical and isotopic evidence for dust deposition from two high-resolution peat sequences 200 km apart in northern Scotland spanning the last c. 8200 years. εNd isotope data suggest the dominant minerogenic dust source switches between a low latitude (likely Saharan) and a high latitude, Icelandic source. Marked peaks in increased minerogenic dust deposition at: c. 5.4–5.1, 4.0–3.9, 2.8–2.6, 1.0 and 0.3 ka BP occur against a backdrop of low dust deposition during the mid-Holocene (c. 5.0–4.0 ka BP) and increased background levels of dust during the neoglacial period (<4.0 ka BP). These dust peaks coincide with periods of glacial advance in Iceland and heightened storminess in the North Atlantic. Isotope data for additional dust peaks at c. 1.0 and 0.7 ka BP and the last ~50 years suggest these reflect increased dust from the Sahara associated with aridity and land-use change in North Africa during the Late-Holocene, and modern anthropogenic sources. This work highlights the complexity of Holocene records of dust deposition in the North Atlantic and emphasises the role of dynamic sub-Polar glaciers and their meltwater systems as a significant dust source. |
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Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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increased north atlantic dust deposition linked to holocene icelandic glacier fluctuations |
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