Late Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in Northeast Brazil recorded by organic matter in lacustrine sediments of Lake Boqueirão

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Zocatelli, Renata, Turcq, Bruno, Boussafir, Mohammed, Cordeiro, Renato Campello, Disnar, Jean-Robert, Costa, Renata Lima, Merlivat, Liliane, Luiza Spadano Albuquerque, Ana, Bernardes, Marcelo, Jacob, Jérémy
• Other Authors: Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327 (ISTO), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LMI "PALEOTRACES", IRD-UFF- Univ. of Antofagasta Chile, Paléoclimats, proxies, processus (PALEOPROXUS), Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departamento de Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense Rio de Janeiro (UFF), Departamento de Geoquimica (DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOQUIMICA), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brasil = Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil = Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro Brésil (UFRJ), ANR ELPASO (2008 blanc 60801), ANR-06-VULN-0010,ESCARSEL,Evolution Séculaire du Climat dans les régions circum-Atlantiques et Réponse de Systèmes Eco-Lacustres(2006), ANR-10-BLAN-0608,ELPASO,El-Niño : leçons du passé à partir de simulations et d'observations(2010)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: Rock-Eval; organic petrography; macrophytes; intertropical convergence; algal; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-00730933; https://insu.hal.science/insu-00730933/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-00730933/file/zocatelli.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.021

International audience Northeast Brazil represents a key area in terms of Holocene environmental changes in South America due to its distinct semi-arid climate at near equatorial latitudes as well as to a wetter Early and Middle Holocene paleoclimate in comparison with other South America regions, which also experienced a reduced monsoon at that time. We studied the lacustrine sediments of Lake Boqueirão, which is located at 5°S latitude on the Brazilian Atlantic coast; it is directly influenced by displacement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). A short (1 m) core "Boqc0701" was collected at a 7.5 m water depth during a seismic survey. Organic matter (OM) geochemical [Rock Eval Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Hydrogen Index (HI), Oxygen Index (OI)] and petrographical studies allowed us to distinguish five sedimentary intervals during the last 3 kyrs. Phase E (3000 to 2050 cal yr BP) presents the largest TOC, HI and OI fluctuations in the entire core. The most probable cause of these variations is a great instability in the lake level during this period. Phase D (2050 to 1830 cal yr BP) is marked by an increase in sedimentation rate and a higher contribution from a well-preserved OM with an algal origin; this was interpreted as a higher and more stable lake level. During phase C (1830 to 1550 cal yrs BP), low HI and high OI indicate the input of more oxidized, degraded and detrital OM, reflecting a lower lake level. In phase B (1550 to 1470 cal yr BP), the OM quality and quantity (HI and TOC) indicate an algal contribution. During phase A (1470 to 570 cal yr BP), the high stability of the proxies may be due to a deep environment where OM fluctuations are strongly buffered. These changes in lake level can be compared with other tropical South America high resolution records. A correspondence seems to exist between phases of low ENSO, cool North Atlantic Ocean and Boqueirão wet phases. We did not encounter this same pattern during the last 1050 years, during which the 1050-570 cal yrs BP interval was ...