Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia
Abstract El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, NE Siberia was investigated for sedimentological proxies for regional climate change with a focus on the past 65 ka. Sedimentological parameters assessed relative to magnetic susceptibility include stratigraphy, grain size, clay mineralogy and crystallinity. Earlier...
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ftunivmassamh:oai:works.bepress.com:julie_brigham_grette-1009 2023-05-15T15:54:54+02:00 Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia Asikainen, Celeste A Francus, P Brigham_Grette, Julie 2006-12-12T08:00:00Z https://works.bepress.com/julie_brigham_grette/5 unknown SelectedWorks https://works.bepress.com/julie_brigham_grette/5 Julie Brigham-Grette Paleoclimate Grain-size Clay mineralogy Lake sediment Sediment structure Earth Sciences text 2006 ftunivmassamh 2022-01-10T06:54:05Z Abstract El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, NE Siberia was investigated for sedimentological proxies for regional climate change with a focus on the past 65 ka. Sedimentological parameters assessed relative to magnetic susceptibility include stratigraphy, grain size, clay mineralogy and crystallinity. Earlier work suggests that intervals of high susceptibility in these sediments are coincident with warmer (interglacial- like) conditions and well-mixed oxygenated bottom waters. In contrast, low susceptibility intervals correlate with cold (glacial-like) conditions when perennial ice-cover resulted in anoxia and the dissolution of magnetic carrier minerals. The core stratigraphy contains both well-laminated to non-laminated sequences. Reduced oxygen and lack of water column mixing preserved laminated sequences in the core. A bioturbation index based upon these laminated and nonlaminated sequences co-varies with total organic carbon (TOC) and magnetic susceptibility. Clay mineral assemblages include illite, highly inter-stratified illite/smectite, and chlorite. Under warm or hydrolyzing conditions on the landscape around the lake, chlorite weathers easily and illite/ smectite abundance increase, which produces an inverse relationship in the relative abundance of these clays. Trends in relative abundance show distinct down-core changes that correlate with shifts in susceptibility. The mean grain-size (6.92 lm) is in the silt-size fraction, with few grains larger than 65 lm. Terrigenous input to the lake comes from over 50 streams that are filtered through storm berms, which limits clastic deposition into the lake system. The sedimentation rate and terrigenous input grain-size is reduced during glacial intervals. Measurements of particle-size distribution indicate that the magnetic susceptibility fluctuations are not related to grain size. Lake El’gygytgyn’s magnetic susceptibility and clay mineralogy preserves regional shifts in climate including many globally recognized events like the Younger Dryas and Bolling/Allerod. The sedimentary deposits reflect the climatic transitions starting with MIS4 through the Holocene transition. This work represents the first extensive sedimentological study of limnic sediment proxies of this age from Chukotka (Fig. 1). Text Chukotka Siberia University of Massachusetts: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Crater Lake ENVELOPE(-60.667,-60.667,-62.983,-62.983) |
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Abstract El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, NE Siberia was investigated for sedimentological proxies for regional climate change with a focus on the past 65 ka. Sedimentological parameters assessed relative to magnetic susceptibility include stratigraphy, grain size, clay mineralogy and crystallinity. Earlier work suggests that intervals of high susceptibility in these sediments are coincident with warmer (interglacial- like) conditions and well-mixed oxygenated bottom waters. In contrast, low susceptibility intervals correlate with cold (glacial-like) conditions when perennial ice-cover resulted in anoxia and the dissolution of magnetic carrier minerals. The core stratigraphy contains both well-laminated to non-laminated sequences. Reduced oxygen and lack of water column mixing preserved laminated sequences in the core. A bioturbation index based upon these laminated and nonlaminated sequences co-varies with total organic carbon (TOC) and magnetic susceptibility. Clay mineral assemblages include illite, highly inter-stratified illite/smectite, and chlorite. Under warm or hydrolyzing conditions on the landscape around the lake, chlorite weathers easily and illite/ smectite abundance increase, which produces an inverse relationship in the relative abundance of these clays. Trends in relative abundance show distinct down-core changes that correlate with shifts in susceptibility. The mean grain-size (6.92 lm) is in the silt-size fraction, with few grains larger than 65 lm. Terrigenous input to the lake comes from over 50 streams that are filtered through storm berms, which limits clastic deposition into the lake system. The sedimentation rate and terrigenous input grain-size is reduced during glacial intervals. Measurements of particle-size distribution indicate that the magnetic susceptibility fluctuations are not related to grain size. Lake El’gygytgyn’s magnetic susceptibility and clay mineralogy preserves regional shifts in climate including many globally recognized events like the Younger Dryas and Bolling/Allerod. The sedimentary deposits reflect the climatic transitions starting with MIS4 through the Holocene transition. This work represents the first extensive sedimentological study of limnic sediment proxies of this age from Chukotka (Fig. 1). |
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Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia |
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Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia |
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Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia |
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Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia |
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Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia |
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sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at el’gygytgyn crater lake, northeast siberia |
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