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Proposed changes in seasonality of climate during the Lateglacial and Holocene at Lake Zeribar, Iran

Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, Nebraska, USA; Istevens{at}unlserve.unl.edu

H. E. Wright, Jr

E. Ito

Limnological Research Center, School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Minnesota, USA

Calcareous sediments spanning the last 13 ka from Lake Zeribar, western Iran, were sampled for stable-isotope analysis as a means of augmenting earlier climatic interpretations based on pollen and macrofossils. The Lateglacial period was cold and dry, supporting semi-desert vegetation and highly concentrated lake water. Low evaporation rates due to the cold resulted in long residence times and high lake stands. Durinig the early Holocene, the upland vegetation changed to a pistachio-oak savanna as low temperatures and aridity ameliorated. Lake level dropped in response to increased evapotranspiration. The low oxygen-isotope values of lacustrine calcite during this period are interpreted as a relative increase in the contributioni of winiter moisture rather than overall changes in effective moisture. A gradual increase in oak pollen at 7 ka BP signalled the increase in effective moisture to levels similar to those of today. At the same time the ¹⁸O values increased. reflecting a greater percentage of ¹⁸O-enriched spring rains. Modern values and seasonal distribution of precipitation were established by 6 ka BP. A short-lived return to winter-only precipitation occuiTed at 4.5 ka BP and resulted in a temporary increase in aridity. The covariance among ¹³C, carbonate deposition and ¹⁸O values suggests that lake productivity is linked to these seasonal climatic changes.

Key Words: Oxygen isotopes • carbon isotopes • pollen • climate • Holocene • Lateglacial • Iran • Near East

The Holocene, Vol. 11, No. 6, 747-755 (2001)
DOI: 10.1191/09596830195762


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