Jinhua Liu, Yingkui Li, Chaolu Yi, Haiping Hu, Baihui Ma, Li Wan
{"title":"Glacier changes since the Last Glacial Maximum on two slopes of Mt Noijin Kang-Sang, Southern Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Jinhua Liu, Yingkui Li, Chaolu Yi, Haiping Hu, Baihui Ma, Li Wan","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3569","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3569","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In recent decades, most glaciers have been melting, thinning and retreating globally in response to continuously increasing temperatures. We simulated ice thicknesses and volumes on the east and west slopes of Mt Noijin Kang-Sang, Southern Tibetan Plateau (TP), since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), using a glacial flowline model. The simulated average ice thicknesses during the LGM and Lateglacial (LG), Early Holocene, Neoglacial and the Little Ice Age (LIA) periods were 1.4, 1.3, 1.1 and 1.2 times greater than those of modern glaciers in the Gangbu (eastern slope) and western valleys, respectively. In the Gangbu Valley, areas from the LGM-LG to LIA periods were 1.7, 1.5, 1.4 and 1.2 times greater than the modern glacier area, and the volume expansion indexes were 2.2, 1.9, 1.5 and 1.4. In the western valleys, the area expansion indexes were 2.2, 1.9, 1.5 and 1.4 times greater than the modern glacier, and volumes were 5.4, 4.4, 3.4 and 2.9 times greater, respectively. Glaciers in the western valleys retreated more extensively than those on the eastern slopes of Gangbu Valley after the LGM-LG, probably due to the smaller glaciers on the leeward western slopes with lower elevations. Equilibrium-line altitudes dropped ~425 m in Gangbu Valley and ~385 m in the western valleys during the LGM-LG, corresponding to a 3.8–4.1 °C temperature decrease in this region, which was consistent with cooling on the central Tibetan Plateau, but lower than cooling at the south-eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"70-81"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135816171","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}
Katharina Hess, Max Engel, Tasnim Patel, Polina Vakhrameeva, Andreas Koutsodendris, Eckehard Klemt, Thor H. Hansteen, Philipp Kempf, Sue Dawson, Isa Schön, Vanessa M. A. Heyvaert
{"title":"A 1500-year record of North Atlantic storm flooding from lacustrine sediments, Shetland Islands (UK)","authors":"Katharina Hess, Max Engel, Tasnim Patel, Polina Vakhrameeva, Andreas Koutsodendris, Eckehard Klemt, Thor H. Hansteen, Philipp Kempf, Sue Dawson, Isa Schön, Vanessa M. A. Heyvaert","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3568","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3568","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Severe storm flooding poses a major hazard to the coasts of north-western Europe. However, the long-term recurrence patterns of extreme coastal flooding and their governing factors are poorly understood. Therefore, high-resolution sedimentary records of past North Atlantic storm flooding are required. This multi-proxy study reconstructs storm-induced overwash processes from coastal lake sediments on the Shetland Islands using grain-size and geochemical data, and the re-analysis of historical data. The chronostratigraphy is based on Bayesian age–depth modelling using accelerator mass spectrometry <sup>14</sup>C and <sup>137</sup>Cs data. A high XRF-based Si/Ti ratio and the unimodal grain-size distribution link the sand layers to the beach and thus storm-induced overwash events. Periods with more frequent storm flooding occurred 980–1050, 1150–1300, 1450–1550, 1820–1900 and 1950–2000 <span>ce,</span> which is largely consistent with a positive North Atlantic Oscillation mode. The Little Ice Age (1400–1850 <span>ce</span>) shows a gap of major sand layers suggesting a southward shift of storm tracks and a seasonal variance with more storm floods in spring and autumn. Warmer phases shifted winter storm tracks towards the north-east Atlantic, indicating a possible trend for future storm-track changes and increased storm flooding in the northern North Sea region.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"37-53"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3568","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136101167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rayees Ahmad Shah, Abdur Rahman, M. G. Yadava, Sanjeev Kumar
{"title":"Mid–late Holocene palaeoclimate and biogeochemical evolution of Wular Lake, Kashmir Valley, India","authors":"Rayees Ahmad Shah, Abdur Rahman, M. G. Yadava, Sanjeev Kumar","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3565","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3565","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Continuous multiproxy data were generated to understand the mid–late Holocene palaeoenvironmental history of the Kashmir Valley and the biogeochemistry of Wular Lake, India. For this purpose, geochemical and stable isotopic analyses were carried out on sediment samples retrieved from a 160 cm long trench excavated on the eastern bank of Wular Lake located in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The chronology of the sediment strata developed using <sup>14</sup>C dating by accelerator mass spectrometry covered the last ~5600 yr \u0000<span>bp.</span> Our results indicated the occurrence of an extended dry climate phase from 4600 to 3800 yr \u0000<span>bp</span>, which coincided with the widely recognised Meghalayan Stage, when major civilisations like the Harappa and the Akkadian were known to collapse. The lake biogeochemistry revealed dominance of the emergent macrophytes during this stage. Another dry phase was observed between 3100 and 2200 yr \u0000<span>bp.</span> This dry phase peaked at around 2900 yr \u0000<span>bp,</span> coinciding with Bond Event 2. Wular Lake faced nutrient limitation due to low runoff around 2500 yr \u0000<span>bp</span> caused by the persistent dry and cold climate. Geochemical signatures revealed that anthropogenic activities during the last two millennia might have significantly influenced erosion in the catchment area.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"119-129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136101345","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":"Long-and short-term vegetation change and inferred climate dynamics and anthropogenic activity in the central Cerrado during the Holocene","authors":"Katerine Escobar-Torrez, Marie-Pierre Ledru, Raquel Franco Cassino, Paula Ribeiro Bianchini, Elder Yokoyama","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3567","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3567","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A paleoecologic analysis of pollen, macrocharcoal and trace elements from a lacustrine sediment core located at Lake Feia, central Cerrado (Goiás State, Brazil), was used to evaluate the relationship between vegetation, fire and climate during the Holocene. The development of cerrado vegetation appears to have begun 6000 years ago, initially with the establishment of an open cerrado, followed from 4800 cal a <span>bp</span> by a change to a woody cerrado driven by an increase in summer insolation. The increases in precipitation levels in the central Cerrado during the last 5000 years are related to the increased influence of the Amazon in central Brazil, which has facilitated biomass burning and anthropogenic activities in the region of Lake Feia. Multi-centennial-scale changes in water level-related and gallery forest pollen assemblages indicate three main dry episodes, at 3440–2760, 2700–1690 and 1330–1150 cal a <span>bp</span>, linked to regional shifts between northern and southern South American summer monsoon boundaries. The presence of low continuous fire activity does not appear to have affected vegetation recovery, whereas two intervals with increased fire activity, at ~3300 and ~1300 cal a <span>bp</span>, indicated a slower recovery.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"130-144"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135981496","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}
Francisco Tello, Mario Pino, Fernando Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando A. B. Silva
{"title":"A new extinct species of Scybalophagus dung beetle supports the collateral extinction hypothesis at the Chilean South American Pleistocene–Holocene boundary","authors":"Francisco Tello, Mario Pino, Fernando Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando A. B. Silva","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3564","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The extinction of megaherbivores (weighing over 1000 kg) at the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary caused drastic changes at multiple trophic levels. However, few examples of Pleistocene insect extinction have been reported in the literature. Here we describe a new extinct dung beetle species, <i>Scybalophagus brellenthinae</i> sp. nov., based on fossil remains recorded from an Upper Pleistocene sequence from Chilean Northern Patagonia (Osorno city: 40°34′S, 73°07′W) dated between ~16 400 and ~12 800 cal a <span>bp.</span> <i>S. brellenthinae</i> is shown to be a species of the genus <i>Scybalophagus</i> based on the following morphological characters: a bidentate clypeus, teeth separated by U-shaped emargination; protibiae with three major denticles on the external margin, separated by minor denticles, present at the base of the protibiae; and mesotibiae with prominent transverse carinae. Additionally, this new species can be clearly distinguished from extant species of the genus by its shiny green color. Extant <i>Scybalophagus</i> are true dung beetle species that depend on fresh mammal dung for their nest development. Therefore, we suggest that the mass extinction of the megaherbivores during a period of drastic environmental change at the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary in southern South America induced the collateral extinction of <i>S. brellenthinae</i>. Thus, this study provides new insights into dung beetle diversity of the past.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 8","pages":"1313-1320"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71954583","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}
Jennifer Taylor, David Selby, Jeremy M. Lloyd, Luca Podrecca, Andrew L. Masterson, Bradley B. Sageman, Sönke Szidat
{"title":"Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Loch Duart (NW Scotland, UK) since the Last Glacial Maximum: implications from a multiproxy approach","authors":"Jennifer Taylor, David Selby, Jeremy M. Lloyd, Luca Podrecca, Andrew L. Masterson, Bradley B. Sageman, Sönke Szidat","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3566","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3566","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A sediment core from the salt marsh fringing Loch Duart, NW Scotland, UK, containing Lateglacial to Holocene sediments, was analysed using a multi-element geochemical approach to elucidate the relative sea level (RSL) and palaeoenvironmental changes associated with the deglaciation of the British and Irish Ice Sheet. Elemental and isotopic measurements of rhenium, osmium, carbon and nitrogen, X-ray fluorescence scanning, radiocarbon dating, and foraminiferal analysis produced a suite of data that complements the existing biostratigraphic framework. This suite of bio-, litho- and chemostratigraphic analyses permits discussion of RSL changes that reflect the interplay between post-glacial eustatic rise and glacio-isostatic adjustment. The osmium-isotope (<sup>187</sup>Os/<sup>188</sup>Os) data, coupled with a new age–depth model, depict an RSL fall between 16.8 and 14.1 ka cal \u0000<span>bp</span> at an average rate of 2 mm a<sup>−1</sup>. Falling RSL culminates in basin isolation and is followed by subsequent marine inundation from 11.6 ka cal \u0000<span>bp</span>. This RSL record preserves the local interaction between glacial isostatic adjustment and glacio-eustatic sea-level change, a relationship that is reflected in the sediment's <sup>187</sup>Os/<sup>188</sup>Os signature. This is the first known application of the osmium isotope system in an isolation basin that is shown to be a viable proxy for RSL change, a technique that could be applied to glacially influenced isolation basins globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"6-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3566","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135981927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher T. Halsted, Paul R. Bierman, Jeremy D. Shakun, P. Thompson Davis, Lee B. Corbett, Jason S. Drebber, John C. Ridge
{"title":"A critical re-analysis of constraints on the timing and rate of Laurentide Ice Sheet recession in the northeastern United States","authors":"Christopher T. Halsted, Paul R. Bierman, Jeremy D. Shakun, P. Thompson Davis, Lee B. Corbett, Jason S. Drebber, John C. Ridge","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3563","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3563","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We review geochronological data relating to the timing and rate of Laurentide Ice Sheet recession in the northeastern United States and model ice margin movements in a Bayesian framework using compilations of previously published organic <sup>14</sup>C (<i>n</i> = 133) and <i>in situ</i> cosmogenic <sup>10</sup>Be (<i>n</i> = 95) ages. We compare the resulting method-specific chronologies with glacial varve records that serve as independent constraints on the pace of ice recession to: (1) construct a synthesis of deglacial chronology throughout the region; and (2) assess the accuracy of each chronometer for constraining the timing of deglaciation. Near the Last Glacial Maximum terminal moraine zone, <sup>10</sup>Be and organic <sup>14</sup>C ages disagree by thousands of years and limit determination of the initial recession to a date range of 24–20 ka. We infer that <sup>10</sup>Be inherited from pre-glacial exposure adds 2–6 kyr to many exposure ages near the terminal moraines, whereas macrofossil <sup>14</sup>C ages are typically 4–8 kyr too young due to a substantial lag between ice recession and sufficient organic material accumulation for dating in some basins. Age discrepancies between these chronometers decrease with distance from the terminal moraine, due to less <sup>10</sup>Be inherited from prior exposure and a reduced lag between ice recession and organic material deposition. <sup>14</sup>C and <sup>10</sup>Be ages generally agree at locations more than 200 km distal from the terminal moraines and suggest a mostly continuous history of ice recession throughout the region from 18 to 13 ka with a variable pace best documented by varves.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"54-69"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3563","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49262274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Anthropocene's stratigraphic reality and the humanities: a response to Finney and Gibbard (2023) and to Chvostek (2023)","authors":"Julia Adeney Thomas","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3562","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Anthropocene Epoch is a crucial conceptual breakthrough not only for stratigraphy but also for the humanities. The question, raised by Chvostek (2023), is how best to create engagement between the sciences of the Anthropocene and the study of values, hopes and power in the world's many cultures past and present. In response, this piece makes three points. First, it discusses some of the collaborations that have already taken place between humanists of various kinds and the scientists providing the stratigraphic evidence for the Anthropocene Epoch. Second, it notes that the ‘Anthropocene’ remains, at core, a stratigraphic concept and that the new epoch is now well supported by physical evidence. Third, it shows that the recent idea of an Anthropocene ‘event’ (Gibbard, 2022) does not invite engagement with the humanities. The overall argument is that the integrity of expertise must be maintained even while we encourage the cross-disciplinary understanding crucial to addressing our global environmental challenge.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48521177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erin L. McClymont, Helen Mackay, Mark A. Stevenson, Thale Damm-Johnsen, Eleanor Maedhbh Honan, Claire E. Penny, Yasmin A. Cole
{"title":"Biomarker proxies for reconstructing Quaternary climate and environmental change","authors":"Erin L. McClymont, Helen Mackay, Mark A. Stevenson, Thale Damm-Johnsen, Eleanor Maedhbh Honan, Claire E. Penny, Yasmin A. Cole","doi":"10.1002/jqs.3559","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jqs.3559","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that have been provided by the analysis of chemical fossils (biomarkers). Biomarkers have a biological source that can be highly specific (e.g. produced by a small group of organisms) or more general. We show that biomarkers are able to quantify key climate variables (particularly water and air temperature) and can provide qualitative evidence for changes in hydrology, vegetation, human–environment interactions and biogeochemical cycling. In many settings, biomarker proxies provide the opportunity to simultaneously reconstruct multiple climate or environmental variables, alongside complementary and long-established approaches to palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Multi-proxy studies have provided rich sets of data to explore both the drivers and impacts of palaeoenvironmental change. As new biomarker proxies continue to be developed and refined, there is further potential to answer emerging questions for Quaternary science and environmental change.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"38 7","pages":"991-1024"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3559","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46198457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of <i>Paracedicus</i> Fet, 1993 (Araneae, Desidae) from Turkey.","authors":"Gökhan Gündüz","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.11.e109714","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.11.e109714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The desid spider genus <i>Paracedicus</i> Fet, 1993 comprises seven species distributed in the western Palaearctic. From Turkey, only <i>Paracedicusbaram</i> Levy, 2007 has been recorded so far.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>A new species, <i>Paracedicusturcicus</i> sp. nov., is described, based on specimens of both sexes collected in Eastern Anatolia. Detailed morphological description and photographs are provided. Additionally, a key to all species of the genus and a distribution map are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":16929,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Quaternary Science","volume":"21 1","pages":"e109714"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10840513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72967300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}