Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling

During the last deglaciation, the Bolivian Altiplano (15–23°S, 66–70°W) was occupied by paleolake Tauca covering, at least, ?51,000 km2 at its maximum highstand between 16.5 and 15 ka. Twenty-five hundred years later, after a massive regression, a new transgressive phase, produced paleolake Coipasa,...

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Autores Principales: Quesada, Benjamin, Sylvestre, Florence, Vimeux, Françoise, Black, Jessica, Paillès, Christine, Sonzogni, Corinne, Alexandre, Anne, Blardd, Pierre-Henri, Tonetto, Alain, Mazura, Jean-Charles, Bruneton, Hélène
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27849
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.022
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spelling ir-10336-278492020-08-19T14:44:14Z Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling Impacto de la evaporación del paleolaco boliviano en el ?18O de los glaciares andinos durante la última desglaciación (18,5-11,7 ka): valores de ?18O inferidos por diatomeas y modelado hidroisotópico Quesada, Benjamin Sylvestre, Florence Vimeux, Françoise Black, Jessica Paillès, Christine Sonzogni, Corinne Alexandre, Anne Blardd, Pierre-Henri Tonetto, Alain Mazura, Jean-Charles Bruneton, Hélène Bolivian Altiplano Deglaciation Paleolakes Andean ice cores Diatoms Ostracods Oxygen isotopes During the last deglaciation, the Bolivian Altiplano (15–23°S, 66–70°W) was occupied by paleolake Tauca covering, at least, ?51,000 km2 at its maximum highstand between 16.5 and 15 ka. Twenty-five hundred years later, after a massive regression, a new transgressive phase, produced paleolake Coipasa, smaller than Tauca and restricted to the southern part of the basin. These paleolakes were overlooked at the west by the Sajama ice cap. The latter provides a continuous record of the oxygen isotopic composition of paleo-precipitation for the last 25 ka. Contemporaneously to the end of paleolake Tauca, around 14.3 ka, the Sajama ice cap recorded a significant increase in ice oxygen isotopic composition (?18Oice). This paper examines to what extent the disappearance of Lake Tauca contributed to precipitation on the Sajama summit and this specific isotopic variation. The water ?18O values of paleolakes Tauca and Coipasa (?18Olake) were quantitatively reconstructed from 18.5 to 11.7 ka based on diatom isotopic composition (?18Odiatoms) and ostracod isotopic composition (?18Ocarbonates) retrieved in lacustrine sediments. At a centennial time scale, a strong trend appears: abrupt decreases of ?18Olake during lake fillings are immediately followed by abrupt increases of ?18Olake during lake level stable phases. The highest variation occurred at ?15.8 ka with a ?18Olake decrease of about ?10‰, concomitant with the Lake Tauca highstand, followed ?400 years later by a 7‰ increase in ?18Olake. A simple hydro-isotopic modeling approach reproduces consistently this rapid “decrease–increase” feature. Moreover, it suggests that this unexpected re-increase in ?18Olake after filling phases can be partly explained by an equilibration of isotopic fluxes during the lake steady-state. Based on isotopic calculations during lake evaporation and a simple water stable isotopes balance between potential moisture sources at Sajama (advection versus lake evaporation), we show that total or partial evaporation (from 5 to 60%) of paleolake Tauca during its major regression phase at 14.3 ka could explain the pronounced isotopic excursion at Sajama ice cap. These results suggest that perturbations of the local hydrological cycle in lacustrine areas may substantially affect the paleoclimatic interpretation of the near-by isotopic signals (e.g. ice core or speleothems). 2015-07-12 2020-08-19T14:44:14Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ISSN: 0277-3791 EISSN: 1873-457X https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27849 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.022 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Quaternary Science Reviews
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language Inglés (English)
topic Bolivian
Altiplano
Deglaciation
Paleolakes
Andean ice cores
Diatoms
Ostracods
Oxygen isotopes
spellingShingle Bolivian
Altiplano
Deglaciation
Paleolakes
Andean ice cores
Diatoms
Ostracods
Oxygen isotopes
Quesada, Benjamin
Sylvestre, Florence
Vimeux, Françoise
Black, Jessica
Paillès, Christine
Sonzogni, Corinne
Alexandre, Anne
Blardd, Pierre-Henri
Tonetto, Alain
Mazura, Jean-Charles
Bruneton, Hélène
Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
description During the last deglaciation, the Bolivian Altiplano (15–23°S, 66–70°W) was occupied by paleolake Tauca covering, at least, ?51,000 km2 at its maximum highstand between 16.5 and 15 ka. Twenty-five hundred years later, after a massive regression, a new transgressive phase, produced paleolake Coipasa, smaller than Tauca and restricted to the southern part of the basin. These paleolakes were overlooked at the west by the Sajama ice cap. The latter provides a continuous record of the oxygen isotopic composition of paleo-precipitation for the last 25 ka. Contemporaneously to the end of paleolake Tauca, around 14.3 ka, the Sajama ice cap recorded a significant increase in ice oxygen isotopic composition (?18Oice). This paper examines to what extent the disappearance of Lake Tauca contributed to precipitation on the Sajama summit and this specific isotopic variation. The water ?18O values of paleolakes Tauca and Coipasa (?18Olake) were quantitatively reconstructed from 18.5 to 11.7 ka based on diatom isotopic composition (?18Odiatoms) and ostracod isotopic composition (?18Ocarbonates) retrieved in lacustrine sediments. At a centennial time scale, a strong trend appears: abrupt decreases of ?18Olake during lake fillings are immediately followed by abrupt increases of ?18Olake during lake level stable phases. The highest variation occurred at ?15.8 ka with a ?18Olake decrease of about ?10‰, concomitant with the Lake Tauca highstand, followed ?400 years later by a 7‰ increase in ?18Olake. A simple hydro-isotopic modeling approach reproduces consistently this rapid “decrease–increase” feature. Moreover, it suggests that this unexpected re-increase in ?18Olake after filling phases can be partly explained by an equilibration of isotopic fluxes during the lake steady-state. Based on isotopic calculations during lake evaporation and a simple water stable isotopes balance between potential moisture sources at Sajama (advection versus lake evaporation), we show that total or partial evaporation (from 5 to 60%) of paleolake Tauca during its major regression phase at 14.3 ka could explain the pronounced isotopic excursion at Sajama ice cap. These results suggest that perturbations of the local hydrological cycle in lacustrine areas may substantially affect the paleoclimatic interpretation of the near-by isotopic signals (e.g. ice core or speleothems).
format Artículo (Article)
author Quesada, Benjamin
Sylvestre, Florence
Vimeux, Françoise
Black, Jessica
Paillès, Christine
Sonzogni, Corinne
Alexandre, Anne
Blardd, Pierre-Henri
Tonetto, Alain
Mazura, Jean-Charles
Bruneton, Hélène
author_facet Quesada, Benjamin
Sylvestre, Florence
Vimeux, Françoise
Black, Jessica
Paillès, Christine
Sonzogni, Corinne
Alexandre, Anne
Blardd, Pierre-Henri
Tonetto, Alain
Mazura, Jean-Charles
Bruneton, Hélène
author_sort Quesada, Benjamin
title Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
title_short Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
title_full Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
title_fullStr Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18O of the Andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): Diatom-inferred ?18O values and hydro-isotopic modeling
title_sort impact of bolivian paleolake evaporation on the ?18o of the andean glaciers during the last deglaciation (18.5-11.7 ka): diatom-inferred ?18o values and hydro-isotopic modeling
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27849
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.022
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