Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.Vast areas of the terrestrial Subarctic and Arctic are underlain by permafrost. Landscape evolution is therefore largely controlled by climate-driven periglacial processes. The response of the frozen ground to late Quaternary warm and cold stages is preserved in permafrost sequen...
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ftneicon:oai:rour.neicon.ru:rour/151027 2023-05-15T15:14:41+02:00 Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska Palagushkina O. Wetterich S. Biskaborn B. Nazarova L. Schirrmeister L. Lenz J. Schwamborn G. Grosse G. 2017 https://openrepository.ru/article?id=151027 unknown Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 1 479 0031-0182 https://openrepository.ru/article?id=151027 SCOPUS00310182-2017-479-SID85018428640 Late Quaternary Microalgae assemblages Palaeoenvironments Permafrost Thermokarst Article 2017 ftneicon 2020-07-21T11:53:05Z © 2017 Elsevier B.V.Vast areas of the terrestrial Subarctic and Arctic are underlain by permafrost. Landscape evolution is therefore largely controlled by climate-driven periglacial processes. The response of the frozen ground to late Quaternary warm and cold stages is preserved in permafrost sequences, and deducible by multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental approaches. Here, we analyse radiocarbon-dated mid-Wisconsin Interstadial and Holocene lacustrine deposits preserved in the Kit-1 pingo permafrost sequence combined with water and surface sediment samples from nine modern water bodies on Seward Peninsula (NW Alaska) to reconstruct thermokarst dynamics and determine major abiotic factors that controlled the aquatic ecosystem variability. Our methods comprise taxonomical diatom analyses as well as Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Redundancy Analysis (RDA). Our results show, that the fossil diatom record reflects thermokarst lake succession since about 42 14C kyr BP. Different thermokarst lake stages during the mid-Wisconsin Interstadial, the late Wisconsin and the early Holocene are mirrored by changes in diatom abundance, diversity, and ecology. We interpret the taxonomical changes in the fossil diatom assemblages in combination with both modern diatom data from surrounding ponds and existing micropalaeontological, sedimentological and mineralogical data from the pingo sequence. A diatom-based quantitative reconstruction of lake water рН indicates changing lake environments during mid-Wisconsin to early Holocene stages. Mineralogical analyses indicate presence of tephra fallout and its impact on fossil diatom communities. Our comparison of modern and fossil diatom communities shows the highest floristic similarity of modern polygon ponds to the corresponding initial (shallow water) development stages of thermokarst lakes. We conclude, that mid-Wisconsin thermokarst processes in the study area could establish during relatively warm interstadial climate conditions accompanied by increased precipitation due to approaching coasts, while still high continentality and hence high seasonal temperature gradients led to warm summers in the central part of Beringia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Subarctic Thermokarst Alaska Beringia NORA (National aggregator of open repositories of Russian universities) Arctic Changing Lake ENVELOPE(-45.619,-45.619,-60.708,-60.708) |
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© 2017 Elsevier B.V.Vast areas of the terrestrial Subarctic and Arctic are underlain by permafrost. Landscape evolution is therefore largely controlled by climate-driven periglacial processes. The response of the frozen ground to late Quaternary warm and cold stages is preserved in permafrost sequences, and deducible by multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental approaches. Here, we analyse radiocarbon-dated mid-Wisconsin Interstadial and Holocene lacustrine deposits preserved in the Kit-1 pingo permafrost sequence combined with water and surface sediment samples from nine modern water bodies on Seward Peninsula (NW Alaska) to reconstruct thermokarst dynamics and determine major abiotic factors that controlled the aquatic ecosystem variability. Our methods comprise taxonomical diatom analyses as well as Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Redundancy Analysis (RDA). Our results show, that the fossil diatom record reflects thermokarst lake succession since about 42 14C kyr BP. Different thermokarst lake stages during the mid-Wisconsin Interstadial, the late Wisconsin and the early Holocene are mirrored by changes in diatom abundance, diversity, and ecology. We interpret the taxonomical changes in the fossil diatom assemblages in combination with both modern diatom data from surrounding ponds and existing micropalaeontological, sedimentological and mineralogical data from the pingo sequence. A diatom-based quantitative reconstruction of lake water рН indicates changing lake environments during mid-Wisconsin to early Holocene stages. Mineralogical analyses indicate presence of tephra fallout and its impact on fossil diatom communities. Our comparison of modern and fossil diatom communities shows the highest floristic similarity of modern polygon ponds to the corresponding initial (shallow water) development stages of thermokarst lakes. We conclude, that mid-Wisconsin thermokarst processes in the study area could establish during relatively warm interstadial climate conditions accompanied by increased precipitation due to approaching coasts, while still high continentality and hence high seasonal temperature gradients led to warm summers in the central part of Beringia. |
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Palagushkina O. Wetterich S. Biskaborn B. Nazarova L. Schirrmeister L. Lenz J. Schwamborn G. Grosse G. |
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Palagushkina O. Wetterich S. Biskaborn B. Nazarova L. Schirrmeister L. Lenz J. Schwamborn G. Grosse G. |
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Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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diatom records and tephra mineralogy in pingo deposits of seward peninsula, alaska |
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Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Subarctic Thermokarst Alaska Beringia |
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Arctic permafrost Seward Peninsula Subarctic Thermokarst Alaska Beringia |
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