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Growth rates for freshwater ferromanganese concretions indicate regional climate change in eastern Canada at the Northgrippian-Meghalayan boundary
- Source :
- The Holocene
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- The existence of freshwater ferromanganese concretions has been known for decades, but we are not aware of a generally accepted explanation for their formation, and there has been little research into their potential use as records of Holocene climate and paleohydrology. A conceptual model is presented to describe the environmental and geochemical processes which result in the formation and growth of freshwater ferromanganese concretions. In order to evaluate their potential as historical geochemical records, a concretion from Magaguadavic Lake, New Brunswick, Canada is the focus of a detailed geochronological and geochemical investigation. The radiocarbon data provide a coherent growth curve and a maximum age for the concretion of 8448 ± 43 years, consistent with the establishment of Magaguadavic Lake as a stable post-glacial lacustrine system. The data suggest accretion rates of 1.5 and 3.4 mm per 1000 years during the Northgrippian and Meghalayan stages of the Holocene, respectively. The abrupt change in growth rate observed at the stage boundary may be an indicator of Holocene climate change. These features are consistent with inferences from previous research that warmer climate in the Northgrippian led to eutrophication in some lakes in eastern North America. The results confirm that freshwater Fe–Mn concretions may yield important information about past climatic and environmental conditions.
- Subjects :
- Archeology
ferromanganese concretions
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Earth science
Climate change
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Ferromanganese
Boundary (real estate)
law.invention
law
Radiocarbon dating
climate
Holocene
geochemistry
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Paleontology
15. Life on land
Research Papers
6. Clean water
13. Climate action
radiocarbon
Geology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14770911 and 09596836
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Holocene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7bd6631cbfa69a71971043b02b44f87c