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@ARTICLE{Fey:6422,
author = {Fey, M. and Korr, C. and Maidana, N. I. and Carrevedo, M.L.
and Dietrich, S. and Corbella, H. and Haberzettl, T. and
Kuhn, G. and Lücke, A. and Mayr, C. and Ohlendorf, C. and
Schäbitz, F. and Zolitschka, B.},
title = {{P}alaeoenvironmental changes during the last 1600 years
inferred from the sediment record of a cirque lake in
southern {P}atagonia ({L}aguna {L}as {V}izcachas,
{A}rgentina)},
journal = {Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology},
volume = {281},
issn = {0031-0182},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {PreJuSER-6422},
year = {2009},
note = {The authors would like to express their thanks to the owner
of Estancia Las Vizcachas for permitting access to the lake.
The staff of INTA, Rio Gallegos are acknowledged for their
assistance in organizing the logistics of the field work. We
thank Sabine Stahl for assistance with sampling and
geochemical analyses. We are much obliged to Thomas
Frederichs and Christian Hilgenfeldt (Department of Marine
Geophysics, University of Bremen) for access to their
magnetic susceptibility measuring bench. Stephanie Janssen
and Michael Wille are acknowledged for inspiring discussions
and excellent collaboration in the SALSA-team. We thank
Daniel Ariztegui and an anonymous reviewer for valuable
comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. An
anonymous language editor is acknowledged for improvements
in language and style of the English text. This is a
contribution to the project "South Argentinean Lake Sediment
Archives and modeling" (SALSA) within the framework of the
German Climate Research Program DEKLIM (grants 01 LD 0034
and 0035) of the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF). Additional financial support was provided
by the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the framework of
the Priority Program 'ICDP' (grant ZO 102/5-1, 2, 3).},
abstract = {Laguna Las Vizcachas is a cirque lake located at the margin
of an extra-Andean volcanic plateau in southern Patagonia,
Argentina, within the area of steppe and semi-desert east of
the Andes. The number of paleoenvironmental records is still
limited in this region. Sediments of this lake were studied
in order to obtain multi-proxy information about the
paleoenvironmental history of this site for the 'Medieval
Climate Anomaly' and the 'Little Ice Age' chronozones. In
combination with results from other sites across southern
Patagonia, our data enhance the understanding of spatial
patterns of past hydrological changes and contribute to
distinguishing between the signals of temperature and
precipitation. As Laguna Las Vizcachas is situated at 1100 m
a.s.l. in a cool 'mountain climate', the lake system is more
sensitive to changes of temperature and winter ice cover
than other sites from lower elevations in this region. Our
interpretation of the multi-proxy dataset is based on
signals of clastic sediment input, lake productivity,
organic matter sources and preservation, dilution effects
and early diagenetic overprint. The record reveals a period
of enhanced fluvial runoff resulting from higher
precipitation from the 12th until the end of the 14th
century as inferred from high concentrations of Ti, Ca, and
from magnetic susceptibility. This may coincide with higher
wind intensities as suggested by higher proportions of
epiphytic diatoms which point to an enhanced lateral
transport from their littoral habitat towards the coring
position at the center of the lake. in comparison with other
records from southern Patagonia, the results from Laguna Las
Vizcachas suggest opposite precipitation regimes between the
western and eastern parts of Patagonia during that time
which corresponds partly to the 'Medieval Climate Anomaly'
chronozone. However, this proposal is compromised by the
chronological uncertainties of the different records under
consideration. The diatom record of Laguna Las Vizcachas
indicates temperature changes: highest proportions of
benthic diatoms point to coldest conditions from the
mid-15th until the mid-17th century, followed by relatively
warm conditions until the mid-18th century as suggested by a
decrease of benthic taxa and a conspicuous rise of the
planktonic/non-planktonic diatom ratio that can be used as
an indicator for the length or presence/absence of winter
ice cover. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-4},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Geography, Physical / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary /
Paleontology},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000271364500015},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.01.012},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/6422},
}