Environmental change inferred from multiple proxies from an 18 cal ka BP sediment record, Lake Barrine, NE Australia

Li，Ting1,2,3; Wurster，Christopher M.1,2,3; Haig，Jordahna1,3; Zhou，Youping4,5; Zwart，Costijn1,2,3; Ren，Junli6,7; Comley，Rainy1,2,3; Munksgaard，Niels C.1,2,3; Gadd，Patricia S.8; Bird，Michael I.1,2,3

2022-10-15

10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107751

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Lake Barrine (17.25°S, 145.64°E), on the Atherton Tablelands in tropical northeast Australia, was formed as a maar lake in the late Pleistocene. The 65 m-deep stratified lake provides a detailed sediment record of climate and environmental change on the Tablelands. We reconstruct hydroclimate and vegetation change over the last ∼18,000 years from a 7.2 m long sediment core at 20-year resolution using multiple paleoenvironmental proxies (μ-XRF elements, δC, TOC and C:N ratio). The data series are supported by a chronology based on 22 accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) radiocarbon dates. The results suggest a distinct period of intense but highly seasonal rainfall coincident with the Antarctic Cold Reversal (14.7–13.0 cal ka BP). This period was followed by a trend into the early Holocene toward wetter, less seasonal conditions that allowed the progressive establishment of tropical forest in the catchment. The catchment was completely covered by closed forest by 7.3 cal ka BP. The inferred precipitation changes at Lake Barrine are consistent with other records on the Tablelands and in phase with the changes in tropical SE Africa, NW Australia and anti-phase with the East Asian summer monsoon region in the Holocene but not before that. This result supports previous conclusions that precipitation variations correlate (in phase or anti-phased) in these regions. This correlation results from a dynamic balance among intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

Bulk organic geochemistry Carbon isotope Deglacial Maar lake sediment Northeastern Australia Paleoclimate change μ-XRF

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[41973072];Australian Research Council[CE170100015];

Physical Geography ; Geology

Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

WOS:000862280000003

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20223712727809

Atmospheric pressure ; Carbon ; Catchments ; Climate change ; Forestry ; Organic carbon ; Runoff ; Sediments ; Tropics

Flood Control:442.1 ; Meteorology:443 ; Atmospheric Properties:443.1 ; Surface Water:444.1 ; Soil Mechanics and Foundations:483 ; Chemical Products Generally:804 ; Organic Compounds:804.1 ; Agricultural Equipment and Methods; Vegetation and Pest Control:821

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2-s2.0-85137645907

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1.College of Science and Engineering,James Cook University,Cairns,4878,Australia
2.ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage,James Cook University,Cairns,4878,Australia
3.Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science,James Cook University,Cairns,4878,Australia
4.Department of Ocean Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
5.Isotopomics in Chemical Biology (ICB),School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,Shaanxi University of Science & Technology,Xi'an,710021,China
6.State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology,Institute of Earth Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xi'an,710061,China
7.College of Earth Science,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,10049,China
8.Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization,2232,Australia

Li，Ting,Wurster，Christopher M.,Haig，Jordahna,et al. Environmental change inferred from multiple proxies from an 18 cal ka BP sediment record, Lake Barrine, NE Australia[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2022,294.

Li，Ting.,Wurster，Christopher M..,Haig，Jordahna.,Zhou，Youping.,Zwart，Costijn.,...&Bird，Michael I..(2022).Environmental change inferred from multiple proxies from an 18 cal ka BP sediment record, Lake Barrine, NE Australia.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,294.

Li，Ting,et al."Environmental change inferred from multiple proxies from an 18 cal ka BP sediment record, Lake Barrine, NE Australia".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 294(2022).