Climate influences on water and sediment properties of Genovesa Crater Lake, Galapagos

被引:9
作者
Conroy, Jessica L. [1 ,2 ]
Thompson, Diane M. [3 ,4 ]
Collins, Aaron [5 ]
Overpeck, Jonathan T. [3 ,6 ,7 ]
Bush, Mark B. [5 ]
Cole, Julia E. [3 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Geol, Dept Plant Biol, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Geol, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[3] Univ Arizona, Dept Geosci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[4] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
[5] Florida Inst Technol, Dept Biol, Melbourne, FL 32901 USA
[6] Univ Arizona, Dept Atmospher Sci, Tucson, AZ USA
[7] Univ Arizona, Inst Environm, Tucson, AZ USA
关键词
ENSO; Hypersaline lake; Galapagos; Tropical Pacific; NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL PACIFIC; TELECONNECTIONS; ENSO; AGE; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURES; VARIABILITY; ARAGONITE; RAINFALL;
D O I
10.1007/s10933-014-9797-z
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Genovesa Crater Lake is a remote, hypersaline lake in the northern Galapagos archipelago that contains a finely laminated sediment record. This sediment record has the potential to provide a high-resolution history of past climate variability in the eastern tropical Pacific. Here we present modern climate, lake, and sediment observations from 2009 to 2012 to explore how local climate variability influences Genovesa Crater Lake and its sediments. Surface lake temperature is strongly linked to air temperature and is highly seasonal. Temperature stratification is strongest during the warm season, whereas temperature becomes more uniform through the water column in the cool season. Deeper and earlier mixing occurred during the 2010 La Nia, which subsequently delayed 2011 cool season mixing and maximum warm season surface temperatures in 2011 and 2012. Lake salinity changes are influenced by precipitation, evaporation and persistent seawater influx. The largest declines in subsurface salinity follow months after the rainy season, when temperatures cool and fresher surface water from the previous warm/wet season mixes into the subsurface. Between 2009 and 2012, more calcium carbonate precipitated during a period of higher salinity. The period of highest calcium carbonate abundance measured in sediment records that span the late nineteenth to twentieth century coincides with the failure of two consecutive rainy seasons in 1988 and 1989 as well as the coldest monthly sea surface temperature measured at Puerto Ayora in 1989. More calcium carbonate-rich laminae from AD 1550 +/- A 70 to 1675 +/- A 90 may indicate a greater frequency of prolonged droughts or cooler temperatures, although enhanced productivity may also modulate carbonate precipitation. More Ca-rich laminae in Genovesa coincide with dry conditions inferred from other Galapagos sediment proxies, as well as prolonged dry and cool conditions inferred from reconstructions of the Southern Oscillation Index and NINO3 sea surface temperatures.
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页数:17
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