Michaela Ecker, Nemat Hariri, Saman Heydari-Guran, Elham Ghasidian, Noreen Tuross, Melinda Zeder, Cheryl A. Makarewicz
{"title":"Herbivore enamel carbon and oxygen isotopes demonstrate both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals exploited similar habitats in the Zagros Mountains","authors":"Michaela Ecker, Nemat Hariri, Saman Heydari-Guran, Elham Ghasidian, Noreen Tuross, Melinda Zeder, Cheryl A. Makarewicz","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3561","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3561","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The extinction of Neanderthal populations has been attributed to the onset of cold and dry climatic conditions during Marine Isotope Stage 3 or their competition with anatomically modern humans for large game resources. However, decoupling climate from competition has long proved difficult. Loess sequences and pollen cores provide regional-scale environmental information but are less well-suited to providing local-scale habitat information contemporaneous with hominin habitation of occupation sites. The relationship between climate and resource availability is particularly unknown in the Zagros mountain range where archaeological evidence for both Neanderthals and <i>Homo sapiens</i> occupation is documented. Here, we analyse carbon (δ<sup>13</sup>C) and oxygen (δ<sup>18</sup>O) stable isotopes measured from herbivore tooth enamel carbonates recovered from the Neanderthal and modern human occupation sites of Bawa Yawan Rockshelter and Shanidar Cave to trace local-scale floral biome dynamics and climate conditions that influence the distribution and availability of large prey targeted by both hominin species. Shared isotopic composition of herbivorous fauna, largely represented by wild goats, from both sites spanning Neanderthal and <i>Homo sapiens</i> occupation indicate both hominin species exploited similar habitats during climatically similar phases.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1279-1288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49084117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FERNANDO H. DE S. Barbosa, Laís Alves-Silva, Alexandre Liparini, Kleberson De Oliveira Porpino
{"title":"Reviewing the body size of some extinct Brazilian Quaternary Xenarthrans","authors":"FERNANDO H. DE S. Barbosa, Laís Alves-Silva, Alexandre Liparini, Kleberson De Oliveira Porpino","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3560","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3560","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Here we estimate the body mass of 10 iconic species of extinct xenarthrans (cingulates and sloths) from the Quaternary of Brazil using two sets of predictive equations based on postcranial variables. Our results revealed that one of these methods is more reliable in estimating the body mass of the evaluated taxa, even though both methods provide accurate results. The body mass estimates for cingulates indicate that they would have been heavier than previously proposed. Among extinct sloths, the results appear to be within the range of previous estimates. Compared to previously proposed body mass estimates for the same species, we suggest that the results presented in this study are more robust due to using predictive equations with high predictive power and developed using a broader phylogenetic dataset, including extant relatives.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 8","pages":"1160-1167"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45223391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
João Paulo da Costa, Hermínio Ismael de Araújo-Júnior, Fernando Henrique de Souza Barbosa, Mário André Trindade Dantas
{"title":"Record of a juvenile of Ahytherium aureum from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Intertropical Region: radiocarbon dating, isotopic palaeoecology and evidence of predation by a Felidae","authors":"João Paulo da Costa, Hermínio Ismael de Araújo-Júnior, Fernando Henrique de Souza Barbosa, Mário André Trindade Dantas","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3556","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3556","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Teeth and bone remains belonging to the juvenile Megalonychidae family were found in Engrunado cave (Nova Redenção, Bahia, Brazil). We propose an index between the mesiodistal/vestibulo-lingual measurements of caniniforms and molariforms (<i>I</i><sub>md</sub>/<sub>vl</sub>) to differentiate isolated teeth of <i>Ahytherium aureum</i> and <i>Australonyx aquae</i>, and based on this index, we suggest that the fossil material belonged to <i>A. aureum</i>. The diaphysis of the right humerus of <i>A. aureum</i> presents biogenic marks assigned to the ichnospecies <i>Nihilichnus nihilicus</i>, suggesting dietary interactions and potential predation by a large felid. Radiocarbon dating and carbon and oxygen isotopic analyses suggest that this individual lived in the region between 36 181 and 41 094 Cal yr \u0000<span>bp</span>, feeding on C<sub>3</sub> plant resources (fruit and leaves) in a low-density forest. The revision of radiocarbon dating and carbon and oxygen isotopes for some species found in the Engrunado cave and in the nearby Marota cave enables a climate reconstruction and indicates the maintenance of a forested environment in the region between 15 and 40 kyr.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 8","pages":"1175-1185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42892004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luana Cardoso De Andrade, Édison Vicente Oliveira, Hermínio Ismael De Araújo Júnior, Fernando Henrique De Souza Barbosa
{"title":"Mammal taphonomy from a singular Late Pleistocene debris-flow tank deposit in northeastern Brazil","authors":"Luana Cardoso De Andrade, Édison Vicente Oliveira, Hermínio Ismael De Araújo Júnior, Fernando Henrique De Souza Barbosa","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3558","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3558","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An integrated taphonomic analysis was applied to a tank deposit from the Zabelê Palaeontological Site (ZPS) in northeast Brazil. The unique sedimentological evidence documents the origin of the mammal assemblage via debris flow. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates put the ZPS in the later Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3, which was a time when it was colder and there were fewer trees. The study revealed that the Zabelê's periphery accumulation was the result of the short transport of specimens and their entrainment by debris flow. This hydraulic transport caused the preferential orientation of the bioclasts (north–southwest). Comparisons were made with other Pleistocene tank deposits, suggesting the occurrence of common megamammal taxa. Temporal mixing was evidenced by the long time interval recorded by OSL ages and the co-occurrence of distinct degrees of fragmentation, weathering, and fossil diagenesis. Permineralization and staining of Fe<sup>3+</sup> and Mn colour patterns were identified as fossilization processes with preservation of the original bone hydroxyapatite without substitution. The comparison with other tank deposits revealed common signatures (disarticulated and fragmented with moderate abrasion) and signs of reworking. Finally, the savanna-adapted herbivore megamammals from ZPS, such as <i>Eremotherium</i>, <i>Notiomastodon, Toxodon</i>, and <i>Glyptotherium</i>, are congruent with the forest decline from MIS 3 to the Last Glacial Maximum.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 8","pages":"1243-1263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48733475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lacustrine evidence reveals spatially and temporally distinct Holocene ruptures on the Sawtooth Fault, Central Idaho, USA","authors":"M. Shapley, G. D. Thackray, E. Johnson, B. Finney","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3554","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3554","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Sawtooth Fault in central Idaho, USA, is a range-bounding normal fault with a Late Pleistocene–Holocene scarp near the up-valley ends of several range-front lakes. Cores from Redfish Lake, which spans the fault, exhibit evidence of catastrophic sediment re-mobilization in two sequences consisting variably of intraclastic mud-clast conglomerate, massive homogenite, and graded silt and clay. Event strata of the younger sequence are in unconformable contact with Pleistocene sediments in two cores on the northern lake-basin slope, suggesting transport from the down-valley portion of the lake toward the basin center. A silt cap associated with the event strata is preserved at all coring sites. The event sequence, distributed lake-wide, dates to ca. 4300 cal a <span>bp</span>, while additional event strata in two Redfish Lake cores pre-date the 7627 cal a \u0000<span>bp</span> Mazama ash. We propose seismic triggering of the sediment disruptions. Asynchronous event stratigraphy in Pettit Lake, 15 km south of Redfish Lake, suggests distinct ruptures along two portions of the Sawtooth Fault. The sedimentology and geochemistry of remobilized sediments in both lakes indicates that sources included Late Pleistocene and early Holocene lake-floor sediments and suggests failures that cut deeply into the sedimentary sequence. Cores collected from Stanley Lake (17 km northwest of Redfish Lake) following the nearby 2020 M6.5 Stanley earthquake exhibit a thin, sandy event horizon associated with documented delta collapse. Subaerial slope failures associated with the 2020 event left no widespread disturbance stratigraphy in Redfish Lake. We conclude that the large-magnitude lake-floor sediment remobilization events probably required rupture of fault sections proximal to Redfish and Pettit lakes.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1251-1266"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47545657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reza Safaierad, Roger Matthews, Lydie Dupont, Bernd Zolitschka, Elena Marinova, Morteza Djamali, Christoph Vogt, Ghasem Azizi, Hamid A.K. Lahijani, Wendy Matthews
{"title":"Vegetation and climate dynamics at the dawn of human settlement: multiproxy palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Hashilan Wetland, western Iran","authors":"Reza Safaierad, Roger Matthews, Lydie Dupont, Bernd Zolitschka, Elena Marinova, Morteza Djamali, Christoph Vogt, Ghasem Azizi, Hamid A.K. Lahijani, Wendy Matthews","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3557","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3557","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The scarcity of high-resolution palaeoclimate records from the interior of West Asia has limited our understanding of the mechanisms of past climate change and their potential impacts on early human societies of the Eastern Fertile Crescent. Here, we present a multiproxy sedimentological, geochemical and palynological record from the Hashilan Wetland in the central Zagros Mountains, spanning the time interval from 22 to 2.2 kcal <span>bp.</span> Our results indicate a cold, dry climate for the last deglaciation (22 to 10 kcal \u0000<span>bp</span>) with amplified aridity during the Last Glacial Maximum, Heinrich Stadial 1, the Younger Dryas and the 8.2 and 3.2 ka events. The Early Holocene (11.6 to 7.8 kcal \u0000<span>bp</span>) is characterised by prolonged dry summers, frequent spring/summer dust storms and restricted oak woodlands that gradually expanded as summers shortened toward the second half of the Holocene (<6 kcal \u0000<span>bp</span>). We show an out-of-phase Holocene moisture variation between the interior of West Asia and the Indian Summer Monsoon domain and conclude that summer insolation-driven latitudinal shifts of the Hadley cell played a key role in seasonality changes in the interior of West Asia by modulating the strength and pathway of the subtropical high-pressure cells. Finally, we explore possible impacts of these changes on regional prehistoric human communities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1289-1304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42265936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiocarbon dating and isotopic palaeoecology of Glossotherium phoenesis from the Late Pleistocene of the Santa Elina rock shelter, Central Brazil","authors":"Thais Rabito Pansani, Mário André Trindade Dantas, Lidiane Asevedo, Alexander Cherkinsky, Denis Vialou, Águeda Vilhena Vialou, Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3553","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3553","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Santa Elina rock shelter (Central Brazil) stands out with two human occupation layers with ground sloth fossil remains from the Late Pleistocene. Here, we explore the palaeontological aspect of this site. We update the taxonomic assignment of the ground sloth found in the shelter to <i>Glossotherium phoenesis</i>. Radiocarbon dating performed on bioapatite (<sup>14</sup>C<sub>bioapatite</sub>) from two tooth specimens reveal the minimum ages of 14 944–15 239 cal a \u0000<span>bp</span> (unit II2) and 22 339–22 534 cal a \u0000<span>bp</span> (unit III4), which were converted to collagen using a novel approach and presented the calibrated ages of 17 450–17 906 cal a \u0000<span>bp</span> (<sup>14</sup>C<sub>collagen</sub> = 14 547 ± 40) and 25 994–26 396 cal a \u0000<span>bp</span> (<sup>14</sup>C<sub>collagen</sub> = 22 042 ± 40). We reinforce the chronology of the oldest unit of Santa Elina with material culture in association with megafauna bones to the Last Glacial Maximum. Carbon isotopic signatures suggest a mixed feeding diet for both specimens. The most recent ground sloth presents a higher isotopic value (<i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C = −1.8‰) and narrower niche breadth (<i>B</i><sub><i>A</i></sub> = 0.50) than the oldest one (<i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C = −3.3‰; <i>B</i><sub><i>A</i></sub> = 0.74). We conclude that <i>G. phoenesis</i> lived in an arboreal savanna habitat during the phases studied. Slightly different oxygen isotopic values (<i>δ</i><sup>18</sup>O = 26.2‰ and 27.9‰) might suggest a decrease in humidity over time. Our results provide insights into the palaeoecology of the tropical Pleistocene <i>G. phoenesis</i> and the palaeoenvironmental setting of Santa Elina when occupied by early humans and megafauna during the Late Pleistocene.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 8","pages":"1186-1199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46166479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick Roberts, Sean Hixon, Rebecca Hamilton, Mary Lucas, Jana Ilgner, Sara Marzo, Stuart Hawkins, Sindy Luu, Chris Gosden, Matthew Spriggs, Glenn Summerhayes
{"title":"Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna","authors":"Patrick Roberts, Sean Hixon, Rebecca Hamilton, Mary Lucas, Jana Ilgner, Sara Marzo, Stuart Hawkins, Sindy Luu, Chris Gosden, Matthew Spriggs, Glenn Summerhayes","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3555","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3555","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In comparison to temperate and arid regions, environmental responses to the Last Glacial Maximum and the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene boundary remain poorly known for many parts of the tropics, making it challenging to unravel human–landscape interactions across this timeframe. This is particularly the case in insular Near Oceania, where sea-level fluctuations and potential changes in forest cover may have had major impacts on hunter–gatherer populations. Here, we apply stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses to small-mammal teeth from four Pleistocene–Holocene (spanning from 29 000 years ago to the late Holocene) sequences in the Bismarck Archipelago to reconstruct changes in environments directly exploited by human populations in this part of the world. Our results show a subtle response of tropical habitats in Near Oceania to relatively arid conditions during the late-glacial period, something that has also been observed at sites in South and Southeast Asia, followed by a Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene expansion of tropical forest cover. Nevertheless, site-based variability in environmental responses across this period highlight the need for more multidisciplinary studies of human occupation sequences in a region that is becoming increasingly central to exploring human adaptations, environmental modifications and social network development over the past 20 000 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1267-1278"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44426778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lilian Reiss, Christoph Mayr, Kerstin Pasda, Thomas Einwögerer, Marc Händel, Andreas Lücke, Andreas Maier, Holger Wissel
{"title":"Changing food webs before and during the Last Glacial Maximum based on stable isotopes of animal bone collagen from Lower Austria","authors":"Lilian Reiss, Christoph Mayr, Kerstin Pasda, Thomas Einwögerer, Marc Händel, Andreas Lücke, Andreas Maier, Holger Wissel","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3552","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3552","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We investigated palaeofood web structures using stable isotope analyses on animal bone collagen from four Upper Palaeolithic sites dated to the Early Gravettian (Krems-Hundssteig and Krems-Wachtberg: 33–31k cal a <span>bp</span>, Langenlois: 31–29k cal a <span>bp</span>) and to the Early Epigravettian (Kammern-Grubgraben: 24–20k cal a <span>bp</span>). In both periods, δ<sup>13</sup>C values show niche partitioning between hare, horse and mammoth on one side, and reindeer and ibex on the other, indicating different diets and habitats between both herbivore groups. The δ<sup>15</sup>N differences between carnivores and herbivores suggest a difference of one trophic level during the pre-Last Glacial Maximum (pre-LGM) period at the Early Gravettian sites and a tendency towards secondary carnivores during the LGM at Kammern-Grubgraben. δ<sup>15</sup>N values of pre-LGM mammoths are elevated in relation to other herbivores but shifted to the level of other herbivores in the LGM. A general δ<sup>15</sup>N value shift in herbivores of 3.3‰ from the pre-LGM to the LGM is related to climatic deterioration. This may have led to the disappearance of certain ecological niches and to a shift from broader to overlapping ecological herbivore niches shortly before the LGM, as demonstrated by SIBER analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1337-1356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46755757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmy A. Wrobleski, Ellie Broadman, Al Werner, Donald T. Rodbell, Darrell S. Kaufman
{"title":"Postglacial environmental change inferred from carbonate- and organic-rich sediments of groundwater-fed Kelly Lake, Kenai Peninsula, south-central Alaska","authors":"Emmy A. Wrobleski, Ellie Broadman, Al Werner, Donald T. Rodbell, Darrell S. Kaufman","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3550","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3550","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Major shifts in hydroclimate have been documented during the last deglacial period and the Holocene in south-central Alaska. Rare freshwater calcium carbonate (marl) deposits in lakes on the Kenai Peninsula can be used to reconstruct past changes in hydroclimate, including the influence of groundwater inflow to lakes. Here, the postglacial sediment sequence from groundwater-fed Kelly Lake (60.514°N, 150.374°W) was analyzed for multiple proxies including isotopes of carbon and oxygen in marl calcite (δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>marl</sub> and δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>marl</sub>), and isotopes of carbon (ẟ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>OM</sub>) and abundances of C and N in organic matter. Bulk sediment analyses include organic matter and calcium carbonate (CaCO<sub>3</sub>) contents, visual stratigraphy and sediment flux. These analyses extend those of a previous paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Kelly Lake, which focused on sedimentary diatom oxygen isotopes and mass balance modeling over the past 10 000 years. Here, we show that Kelly Lake was deglaciated prior to 14.6 ka, and that by 14.0 ka marl dominated the sediments, with CaCO<sub>3</sub> precipitation probably driven by groundwater input and mediated by shallow-water charophytes. Marl accumulation decreased as organic and clastic inputs increased between ~12.2 and 11.5 ka. This shift, together with an increase in both δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>marl</sub> and δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>marl</sub> values and a decrease in CaCO<sub>3</sub> content, indicates an increase in the influence of meteoric water on the hydrologic budget under wet conditions, possibly driven by a strengthened Aleutian Low atmospheric pressure cell. A shift to lower δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>marl</sub> and δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>marl</sub> values at ~11.5 ka is interpreted as an increase in the proportion of groundwater relative to meteoric water in the lake. Beginning around 9 ka, the proportion of meteoric water input continued to increase, the surrounding coniferous forest was established, and by 8 ka, CaCO<sub>3</sub> accumulation ended. Our results elucidate the environmental conditions under which marl was deposited during the Lateglacial and early Holocene in this part of Alaska, and demonstrate how a variety of synoptic- and local-scale climatic variables can converge to influence sedimentation in a groundwater-fed lake.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1233-1250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47226856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}