Holocene intramontane lake development: A new model in the Jáchal River Valley, Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina
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- 作者：Ferran Colombo ; Pere Busquets ; Nuria Sole de Porta ; Carlos Oscar Limarino ; Nemesio Heredia ; Luis Roberto Rodriguez-Fern ; ez ; Joaquina Alvarez-Marron
- 关键词：Lacustrine system ; Dating ; Palinology ; Holocene ; Argentina
- 刊名：Journal of South American Earth Sciences
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：October 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：28
- 期：3
- 页码：229-238
- 全文大小：1712 K
文摘
The Jáchal River Valley displays a number of significant Holocene sedimentary accumulations made up of fine-grained materials. These deposits are interpreted as the sedimentary infill of shallow temporary lakes that were generated by slow growing episodes of alluvial fans that obstructed the Jáchal River Valley. The association of fossil remains through the Holocene sedimentary sequence suggests that the accumulation of lacustrine sediments was affected by climate variations. The predominant aridity was punctuated by very few humid episodes characterised by fresh-water gastropoda and the intercalations of muddy sediments. The high proportion of charcoal particles in some samples indicates periodic forest fires. Abundant non-pollen forest remains suggest that an open zone dominated by several types of grasses underwent a dry season during part of the year. The palynomorph associations found in the Jáchal River Valley Holocene lacustrine sediments suggest that the humid conditions were less intense than those in the San Juan River Valley located more than one hundred kilometres southwards. Our study suggests that lake formation could have been controlled by climate oscillation probably related to the ENSO variation at 30° south latitude.