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DOI | 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.11.001 |
Lakes or wetlands? A comment on The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts of the southwest Indian and African monsoons’ by Enzel et al. | |
Engel, Max1; Matter, Albert2; Parker, Adrian G.3; Parton, Ash3,4; Petraglia, Michael D.5; Preston, Gareth W.3; Preusser, Frank6 | |
通讯作者 | Engel, Max |
来源期刊 | GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
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ISSN | 0921-8181 |
EISSN | 1872-6364 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 148页码:258-267 |
英文摘要 | Enzel et al. (2015) reassess sedimentary records of Early to Mid-Holocene lake sites in Arabia based on a reinterpretation of published multiproxy data and a qualitative analysis of satellite imagery. The authors conclude that these sites represent palaeo-wetland environments rather than palaeolakes and that the majority of the Arabian Peninsula experienced no or, if at all, only a very minor increase of rainfall at that time mainly due to eastward expansion of the East African Summer Monsoon. We disagree with their reassessment and identify several cases where unequivocal evidence for early Late Pleistocene and Early to Mid-Holocene perennial lake environments in Arabia, lasting for centuries to millennia, was neglected by Enzel et al. (2015). Here we summarize findings which indicate the presence of lakes from the sites of Jubbah, Tayma, Mundafan (all Saudi Arabia), Wahalah, Awafi (both UAE), and the Wahiba Sands (Oman), supported by evidence including occurrence of barnacle colonies in living position, remnant bioclastic shoreline deposits, undisturbed varve formation, shallowing-up lacustrine sequences, various aquatic freshwater, brackish and saline micro- and macrofossils, such as ichnofaunal remains, which are the result of prolonged field-based research. While the precise depth, hydrology and ecology of these water bodies is still not entirely resolved, their perennial nature is indicative of a markedly increased precipitation regime, which, in combination with more abundant groundwater and increased spring outflow in terminal basins fed by charged aquifers, was sufficient to overcome evaporative losses. The palaeolakes’ influence on sustaining prehistoric populations is corroborated by the presence of rich archaeological evidence. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Arabian Peninsula Late Quatemary palaeoclimate Early Holocene Humid Period Lake deposits Palaeoenvironmental change |
类型 | Editorial Material |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany ; Switzerland ; England |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000393528200021 |
WOS关键词 | SULTANATE-OF-OMAN ; NW SAUDI-ARABIA ; WAHIBA SAND SEA ; SOUTHEASTERN ARABIA ; NORTHWESTERN INDIA ; HUMAN OCCUPATION ; STABLE-ISOTOPES ; PERSIAN-GULF ; KHALI DESERT ; HUMID PERIOD |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
来源机构 | University of Oxford |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/199341 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Cologne, Inst Geog, Albertus Magnus Pl, D-50923 Cologne, Germany; 2.Univ Bern, Inst Geol Sci, Baltzerstr 1 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; 3.Oxford Brookes Univ, Human Origins & Palaeoenvironm Res Grp, Dept Social Sci, Oxford OX3 0BP, England; 4.Univ Oxford, Mansfield Coll, Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TF, England; 5.Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, Kahlaische Str 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany; 6.Univ Freiburg, Inst Earth & Environm Sci, Albertstr 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Engel, Max,Matter, Albert,Parker, Adrian G.,等. Lakes or wetlands? A comment on The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts of the southwest Indian and African monsoons’ by Enzel et al.[J]. University of Oxford,2017,148:258-267. |
APA | Engel, Max.,Matter, Albert.,Parker, Adrian G..,Parton, Ash.,Petraglia, Michael D..,...&Preusser, Frank.(2017).Lakes or wetlands? A comment on The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts of the southwest Indian and African monsoons’ by Enzel et al..GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE,148,258-267. |
MLA | Engel, Max,et al."Lakes or wetlands? A comment on The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts of the southwest Indian and African monsoons’ by Enzel et al.".GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE 148(2017):258-267. |
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