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ALTERNATIVE RADIOCARBON AGE-DEPTH MODEL FROM LAKE BAIKAL SEDIMENT: IMPLICATION FOR PAST HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES FOR LAST GLACIAL TO THE HOLOCENE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Fumiko Watanabe Nara Open the ORCID record for Fumiko Watanabe Nara [Opens in a new window] ,
Takahiro Watanabe ,
Bryan C Lougheed Open the ORCID record for Bryan C Lougheed [Opens in a new window]  and
Stephen Obrochta
Fumiko Watanabe Nara*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, O 24, Wake, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1224, Japan Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Chukyo University, 101-2 Yagoto Honmachi, Showa, Nagoya, 466-8666, Japan
Takahiro Watanabe
Affiliation:
Tono Geoscience Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Joringi, Izumi-cho, Toki, 509-5102, Japan
Bryan C Lougheed
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Stephen Obrochta
Affiliation:
Graduate School of International Resource Science, Akita University, Akita, Japan
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*Corresponding author. Email: narafumi@nagoya-u.jp
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Abstract

We present an alternative radiocarbon (14C) age-depth model using IntCal20 to calibrate new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) data applied to a Lake Baikal sediment core (VER99G12) in southern Siberia. 14C dating showed that the core extends to 31 ka. To take into account uncertainties in 14C age and sedimentation depth in the core, a new age-depth modeling routine, undatable, was used in this study. Undatable revealed that significant changes in sedimentation rate correspond to global climate events, either warm or cold, which periods are likely close to the timing of the occurrence of the Meltwater pulses (MWP) at 19 and 14 ka, and the Last glacial Maximum (LGM) at 21–20 ka. Since the Selenga River accounts for 50% of the total river inflow to Lake Baikal, we interpret that these changes in sedimentation rate could be signals of significant changes in Selenga River discharge to the lake, which is expected to be affected by global climate change. Based on pollen analysis, it is highly probable that the sudden influx of the Selenga River to Lake Baikal, particularly at 19 ka, was due to the thawing of permafrost water through the Selenga River, which had developed in the region. Total organic carbon content and mean grain size increases concurrent with sedimentation rate, suggesting river inflow increased available nutrients for biological activity. Our results indicate that hydrological changes corresponding to MWP events can be observed in continental areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

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melt water pulsesedimentation ratesSelenga RiverUndatable age modeling
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Radiocarbon , Volume 66 , Issue 6: 24th Radiocarbon and 10th 14C & Archaeology, Zurich, Sept. 11–16, 2022 Proceedings Part 2 of 2 , December 2024 , pp. 1940 - 1957
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Selected Papers from the 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conferences, Zurich, Switzerland, 11–16 Sept. 2022.

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