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Evidence for insolation and Pacific forcing of late glacial through Holocene climate in the Central Mojave Desert (Silver Lake, CA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Matthew E. Kirby ,
Edward J. Knell ,
William T. Anderson ,
Matthew S. Lachniet ,
Jennifer Palermo ,
Holly Eeg ,
Ricardo Lucero ,
Rosa Murrieta ,
Andrea Arevalo  and
Emily Silveira
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Matthew E. Kirby
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Edward J. Knell
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Anthropology, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
William T. Anderson
Affiliation:
Florida International University, Department of Earth and Environment, Miami, FL 33181, USA
Matthew S. Lachniet
Affiliation:
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Geoscience, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
Jennifer Palermo
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Holly Eeg
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Ricardo Lucero
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Rosa Murrieta
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Andrea Arevalo
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Emily Silveira
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Christine A. Hiner
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
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Abstract

Silver Lake is the modern terminal playa of the Mojave River in southern California (USA). As a result, it is well located to record both influences from the winter precipitation dominated San Bernardino Mountains – the source of the Mojave River – and from the late summer to early fall North American monsoon at Silver Lake. Here, we present various physical, chemical and biological data from a new radiocarbon-dated, 8.2 m sediment core taken from Silver Lake that spans modern through 14.8 cal ka BP. Texturally, the core varies between sandy clay, clayey sand, and sand-silt-clay, often with abrupt sedimentological transitions. These grain-size changes are used to divide the core into six lake status intervals over the past 14.8 cal ka BP. Notable intervals include a dry Younger Dryas chronozone, a wet early Holocene terminating 7.8 – 7.4 cal ka BP, a distinct mid-Holocene arid interval, and a late Holocene return to ephemeral lake conditions. A comparison to potential climatic forcings implicates a combination of changing summer – winter insolation and tropical and N Pacific sea-surface temperature dynamics as the primary drivers of Holocene climate in the central Mojave Desert.

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Mojave Desert Silver LakeHoloceneLate GlacialSedimentsInsolationSea-surface temperaturesMonsoonPluvialDroughtPacific
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Quaternary Research , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , September 2015 , pp. 174 - 186
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