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DOI10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.019
A molecular isotope record of climate variability and vegetation response in southwestern North America during mid-Pleistocene glacial/interglacial cycles
Contreras, Sergio1,2,3; Werne, Josef P.1; Brown, Erik T.2,3; Anderson, R. Scott4; Fawcett, Peter J.5
通讯作者Contreras, Sergio
来源期刊PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN0031-0182
EISSN1872-616X
出版年2016
卷号459页码:338-347
英文摘要

Climate variability during Pleistocene glacial/interglacial transitions is well documented in marine and ice-sheet isotopic records, but terrestrial records showing the continental response to these transitions are scarce, especially for earlier in the Pleistocene. Cyclic intervals of warm interglacial and cold glacial conditions preserved in terrestrial records such as lake sediments provide opportunities to probe the biosphere’s response to climate change. In this study, we track climate and plant type changes, specifically the presence of C3 and C4 plants, using the abundance and delta C-13 signatures of leaf waxes in paleolacustrine sediments from Valles Caldera in New Mexico. Through these changes, we assess the response of vegetation to climate variability in southwestern North America through two mid -Pleistocene glacial/interglacial transitions (Marine Isotope Stage [MIS] 14/13 and 12/11). Leaf wax data show that the 0 forest taxa were dominant through the entire record whereas C4 plants, better adapted to warm conditions and competitive under water stress, are favored during warming and extended arid periods during interglacials. The delta C-13 signature in leaf wax n-alkanes suggests that C4 plants persisted in the watershed throughout the interglacials and that some summer rainfall (which is required to support C4 grasses) was maintained even during prolonged dry periods. The abundance and carbon isotope composition of leaf waxes together with new MBT/CBT (methylation index of branched tetraethers/cyclization index of branched tetraethers) temperature data confirm warmer and more arid conditions during MIS 13 than during MIS 11, in spite of relatively low greenhouse gas concentrations during MIS 13. This suggests that variations in incoming solar radiation have played a major role in regulating the surface temperature, regional hydrological systems and vegetation in southwestern North America, likely through changes in the North American Monsoon coupled with variations in the location of the mid-latitude westerlies. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Interglacial Leaf waxes Carbon stable isotopes C3 vs. C4 vegetation Climate change
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000382591600023
WOS关键词DIALKYL GLYCEROL TETRAETHERS ; WAX N-ALKANES ; DELTA-C-13 ANALYSES ; AQUATIC ORGANISMS ; RECENT SEDIMENTS ; LAKE-SEDIMENTS ; CARBON ; LIPIDS ; DISTRIBUTIONS ; PLANTS
WOS类目Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS研究方向Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/195347
作者单位1.Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Geol & Environm Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA;
2.Univ Minnesota, Large Lakes Observ, Duluth, MN 55812 USA;
3.Univ Minnesota, Dept Geol Sci, Duluth, MN 55812 USA;
4.No Arizona Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Environm Sustainabil, Environm Programs, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA;
5.Univ New Mexico, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
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Contreras, Sergio,Werne, Josef P.,Brown, Erik T.,et al. A molecular isotope record of climate variability and vegetation response in southwestern North America during mid-Pleistocene glacial/interglacial cycles[J],2016,459:338-347.
APA Contreras, Sergio,Werne, Josef P.,Brown, Erik T.,Anderson, R. Scott,&Fawcett, Peter J..(2016).A molecular isotope record of climate variability and vegetation response in southwestern North America during mid-Pleistocene glacial/interglacial cycles.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,459,338-347.
MLA Contreras, Sergio,et al."A molecular isotope record of climate variability and vegetation response in southwestern North America during mid-Pleistocene glacial/interglacial cycles".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 459(2016):338-347.
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