noaa-lake-5472
Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada
Benson, L.V.; Kashgarian, M.; Rye, R.O.; Lund, S.P.; Paillet, F.; Smoot, J.P.; Kester, C.; Mensing, S.; Meko, D.M.; Lindstrom, S.
Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada
2002-08-15
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Investigator
L.V.
Benson
Investigator
M.
Kashgarian
Investigator
R.O.
Rye
Investigator
S.P.
Lund
Investigator
F.
Paillet
Investigator
J.P.
Smoot
Investigator
C.
Kester
Investigator
S.
Mensing
Investigator
D.M.
Meko
Investigator
S.
Lindstrom
earth science
paleoclimate
paleolimnology
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age,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,based on GISP correlation (Voelker age)
earth science
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depth at sample start,null,null,centimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null
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depth,null,null,meter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,adjusted
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carbon,sediment,null,percent,null,paleolimnology,null,carbon coulometry,N,null
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age,null,null,radiocarbon kiloyear before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null
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age,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,based on paleomagnetic secular variations
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depth,null,null,meter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null
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mass magnetic susceptibility,sediment,null,null,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null
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depth at sample end,null,null,centimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null
earth science
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delta 13C,carbonate,null,per mil PDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null
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paleolimnology
inorganic carbon,sediment,null,percent,null,paleolimnology,null,carbon coulometry,N,null
earth science
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paleolimnology
delta 18O,carbonate,null,per mil VSMOW,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
paleolimnology
age,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,reservoir correction of 600 years applied
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oxygen isotopes
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physical properties
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geochemistry
geoscientificInformation
Palmer Drought Index Reconstruction
224000 cal yr BP
111 cal yr BP
Complete
36.5
40.1
-119.6
-119
1156
1156
Continent
North America
United States Of America
Nevada
Pyramid Lake Nevada>LATITUDE 40.1>LONGITUDE -119.6
Continent
North America
United States Of America
California
Owens Lake>LATITUDE 36.5>LONGITUDE -119
None
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Benson, L.V., M. Kashgarian, R. Rye, S.P. Lund, F. Paillet, J.P. Smoot, C. Kester, S. Mensing, D. Meko, S. Lindstrom. 2002. Holocene multidecadal and multicentennial droughts affecting Northern California and Nevada. Quaternary Science Reviews Vol. 21, (4-6), pp. 659-682, February 2002
Continuous, high-resolution d18O records from cored sediments of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, indicate that oscillations in the hydrologic balance occurred, on average, about every 150 years (yr) during the past 7630 calendar years (calyr). The records are not stationary; during the past 2740yr, drought durations ranged from 20 to 100yr and intervals between droughts ranged from 80 to 230yr. Comparison of tree-ring-based reconstructions of climate change for the past 1200yr from the Sierra Nevada and the El Malpais region of northwest New Mexico indicates that severe droughts associated with Anasazi withdrawal from Chaco Canyon at 820calyrBP (calendar years before present) and final abandonment of Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Kayenta area at 650calyrBP may have impacted much of the western United States. During the middle Holocene (informally defined in this paper as extending from 8000 to 3000calyrBP), magnetic susceptibility values of sediments deposited in Pyramid Lake's deep basin were much larger than late-Holocene (3000-0calyrBP) values, indicating the presence of a shallow lake. In addition, the mean d18O value of CaCO3 precipitated between 6500 and 3430calyrBP was 1.6 less than the mean value of CaCO3 precipitated after 2740calyrBP. Numerical calculations indicate that the shift in the d18O baseline probably resulted from a transition to a wetter (>30%) and cooler (3-5°C) climate. The existence of a relatively dry and warm middle-Holocene climate in the Truckee River-Pyramid Lake system is generally consistent with archeological, sedimentological, chemical, physical, and biological records from various sites within the Great Basin of the western United States. Two high-resolution Holocene-climate records are now available from the Pyramid and Owens lake basins which suggest that the Holocene was characterized by five climatic intervals. TIC and d18O records from Owens Lake indicate that the first interval in the early Holocene (11,600-10,000calyrBP) was characterized by a drying trend that was interrupted by a brief (200yr) wet oscillation centered at 10,300calyrBP. This was followed by a second early-Holocene interval (10,000-8000calyrBP) during which relatively wet conditions prevailed. During the early part of the middle Holocene (8000-6500calyrBP), high-amplitude oscillations in TIC in Owens Lake and d18O in Pyramid Lake indicate the presence of shallow lakes in both basins. During the latter part of the middle Holocene (6500-3800calyrBP), drought conditions dominated, Owens Lake desiccated, and Lake Tahoe ceased spilling to the Truckee River, causing Pyramid Lake to decline. At the beginning of the late Holocene (~3000calyrBP), Lake Tahoe rose to its sill level and Pyramid Lake increased in volume.
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