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Younger Dryas to early Holocene (12.9 to 8.1 ka) limnological and hydrological change at Barley Lake, California (northern California Coast Range)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2021

Jenifer A. Leidelmeijer
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA92834, USA
Matthew E.C. Kirby*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA92834, USA
Glen MacDonald
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524 Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
Joseph A. Carlin
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA92834, USA
Judith Avila
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, 414 Social Sciences Building, Minneapolis, MN55455, USA
Jiwoo Han
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524 Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
Benjamin Nauman
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of California, 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524 Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
Sean Loyd
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA92834, USA
Kevin Nichols
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, California State University, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA92834, USA
Reza Ramezan
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, CanadaN2L 3G1
*
*Corresponding author email address:[email protected] (M.E.C. Kirby).

Abstract

Paleoperspectives of climate provide important information for understanding future climate, particularly in arid regions such as California, where water availability is uncertain from year to year. Here, we present a record from Barley Lake, California, focusing on the interval spanning the Younger Dryas (YD) to the early Holocene (EH), a period of acute and rapid global climate change. Twelve radiocarbon dates constrain the timing between 12.9 and 8.1 ka. We combine a variety of sediment analyses to infer changes in lake productivity, relative lake level, and runoff dynamics. In general, the lake is characterized by two states separated by a <200-year transition: (1) a variably deep, lower-productivity YD lake; and (2) a two-part variably shallow, higher-productivity EH lake. Inferred EH winter-precipitation runoff reveals dynamic multidecadal-to-centennial-scale variability, in agreement with the EH lake-level data. The Barley Lake archive captures both hemispheric and regional signals of climate change across the transition, suggesting a role for both ocean-atmosphere and insolation forcing. Our paleoperspective emphasizes California's sensitivity to climate change and how that change can generate abrupt shifts in limnological regimes.

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