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DOI	10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110607
	Vegetation dynamics of Kisima Ngeda freshwater spring reflect hydrological changes in northern Tanzania over the past 1200 years: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions at paleoanthropological sites
	Bourel, Benjamin; Barboni, Doris; Shilling, Andrea M.; Ashley, Gail M.
通讯作者	Bourel, B (corresponding author), Aix Marseille Univ, CEREGE, CNRS, IRD,INRAE,Coll France, Technopole Arbois, F-13545 Aix En Provence 4, France.
来源期刊	PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN	0031-0182
EISSN	1872-616X
出版年	2021
卷号	580
英文摘要	Kisima Ngeda (KN), a spring on the northern margin of saline Lake Eyasi, Tanzania, sustains an Acacia-Hyphaene palm woodland and Typha swamps, while the surrounding vegetation is semi-desert. To study the vegetation changes associated with this spring, which represents a plausible modern analog for the fossil springs documented in the nearby paleoanthropological and archaeological sites of Olduvai Gorge, we analyzed the pollen content of a 43 cm-long sediment core that documents vegetation changes since the last similar to 1200 years (from cal yrs. C.E. 841 to 2011). Our results show that (1) Hyphaene palms, which require meso-halophytic soil conditions were most abundant in the area of the coring site until cal yrs. C.E. similar to 1150 when the groundwater supplying the KN spring was likely lower than at present, allowing intrusions of saline lake waters. (2) From cal yrs. C.E. similar to 1200, a peat began to develop, the palm woodland was replaced by a Mimosaceae woodland, and the increased presence of Typha pollen indicates the presence of more wetlands. (3) From cal yrs. C.E. 1600, the groundwater level of the KN spring increased and reached its highest level in the last 1200 years. (4) Peaks of wetland expansion, which reflect increased groundwater flow and level in response to amplified rainfall in the recharge area (Mt Oldeani, Ngorongoro Highlands), occurred at cal yrs. C.E. similar to 1200-1400 and similar to 1650-2011. These outflows of groundwater at Kisima Ngeda were linked to the intensity and frequency of positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events, which trigger heavy rains in eastern Africa. We conclude that the Kisima Ngeda hydrological system, which has been active for more than 1200 years, responds rapidly to regional climate change driven by changes in the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the Indian Ocean. Yet, it is also capable of remaining active during dry intervals as inferred from the Kisima Ngeda record prior to cal yrs. C.E. 1200. Our results support the hypothesis that this type of system helped to maintain Plio-Pleistocene hominin populations and activities in the arid lowlands of the rift on a multi-decennial scale.
英文关键词	Climate Paleovegetation Hydrosystem Hominin Olduvai Ngorongoro
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000701367500003
WOS关键词	EARLY HUMAN HABITATS ; UPPER BED-I ; OLDUVAI GORGE ; EAST-AFRICA ; ICE-AGE ; CLIMATE VARIABILITY ; INDIAN-OCEAN ; FLK NORTH ; LAKE ; RECORD
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
来源机构	French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/364284
作者单位	[Bourel, Benjamin; Barboni, Doris] Aix Marseille Univ, CEREGE, CNRS, IRD,INRAE,Coll France, Technopole Arbois, F-13545 Aix En Provence 4, France; [Bourel, Benjamin] Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte, Biogeosci UMR 6282 CNRS, 6 Blvd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France; [Shilling, Andrea M.; Ashley, Gail M.] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bourel, Benjamin,Barboni, Doris,Shilling, Andrea M.,et al. Vegetation dynamics of Kisima Ngeda freshwater spring reflect hydrological changes in northern Tanzania over the past 1200 years: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions at paleoanthropological sites[J]. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development,2021,580.
APA	Bourel, Benjamin,Barboni, Doris,Shilling, Andrea M.,&Ashley, Gail M..(2021).Vegetation dynamics of Kisima Ngeda freshwater spring reflect hydrological changes in northern Tanzania over the past 1200 years: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions at paleoanthropological sites.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,580.
MLA	Bourel, Benjamin,et al."Vegetation dynamics of Kisima Ngeda freshwater spring reflect hydrological changes in northern Tanzania over the past 1200 years: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions at paleoanthropological sites".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 580(2021).