Stalagmite stable isotope record of recent tropical cyclone events

Frappier, Amy; Sahagian, Dork; Carpenter, Steven; González, Luis A.; Frappier, Brian

doi:10.1130/g23145a.1

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“…They cover a range of temporal scales across the Holocene, from millennial (Partin et al, 2007) through to monthly to weekly resolution (Frappier et al, 2007;Treble et al, 2003Treble et al, , 2005a. Recent work indicates that Australasian speleothems offer a high-quality source of palaeoclimate information over the Common Era.…”

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Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years

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Abstract. Non-annually resolved palaeoclimate records in the Australasian region were compiled to facilitate investigations of decadal to centennial climate variability over the past 2000 years. A total of 675 lake and wetland, geomorphic, marine, and speleothem records were identified. The majority of records are located near population centres in southeast Australia, in New Zealand, and across the maritime continent, and there are few records from the arid regions of central and western Australia. Each record was assessed against a set of a priori criteria based on temporal resolution, record length, dating methods, and confidence in the proxy-climate relationship over the Common Era. A subset of 22 records met the criteria and were endorsed for subsequent analyses. Chronological uncertainty was the primary reason why records did not meet the selection criteria. New chronologies based on Bayesian techniques were constructed for the high-quality subset to ensure a consistent approach to age modelling and quantification of age uncertainties. The primary reasons for differences between published and reconstructed age-depth models were the consideration of the non-singular distribution of ages in calibrated 14 C dates and the use of estimated autocorrelation between sampled depths as a constraint for changes in accumulation rate. Existing proxies and reconstruction techniques that successfully capture climate variability in the region show potential to address spatial gaps and expand the range of climate variables covering the last 2000 years in the Australasian region. Future palaeoclimate research and records in Australasia could be greatly improved through three main actions: (i) greater data availability through the public archiving of published records; (ii) thorough characterisation of proxy-climate relationships through site monitoring and climate sensitivity tests; and (iii) improvement of chronologies through coretop dating, inclusion of tephra layers where possible, and increased date density during the Common Era.

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Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years

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“…These proxies can be categorized into two main types: isotope-based proxies that rely on the detection of tropical cyclone rainfall signatures preserved in corals (Cohen 2001, Hetzinger et al 2008, tree rings (Miller et al 2006), and speleothems (Frappier et al 2007, Nott et al 2007, and sediment-based proxies such as cyclone surge-constructed beach ridges Hayne 2001, Nott et al 2009) and overwash deposits preserved in back barrier lagoons (Donnelly 2005, Donnelly and Woodruff 2007, Woodruff et al 2008a, Woodruff et al 2008b, Wallace and Anderson 2010, coastal lakes (Liu and Fearn 1993, Liu and Fearn 2000, Liu and Fearn 2002, Lambert et al 2003, Lambert et al 2008, and marshes (Donnelly et al 2001a, Donnelly et al 2001b, Donnelly et al 2004, Scileppi and Donnelly 2007, Boldt et al 2010. Isotope-based proxies have in some cases provided exceptional, sub-annual resolution; however, such records often span only a relatively short interval of time.…”

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A decadally-resolved paleohurricane record archived in the late Holocene sediments of a Florida sinkhole

Lane¹,

Donnelly²,

Woodruff³

et al. 2011

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A 4500-year record of hurricane-induced storm surges is developed from sediment cores collected from a coastal sinkhole near Apalachee Bay, Florida. Recent deposition of sand layers in the upper sediments of the pond was found to be contemporaneous with significant, historic storm surges at the site modeled using SLOSH and the Best Track, post-1851 A.D. dataset. Using the historic portion of the record for calibration, paleohurricane deposits were identified by sand content and dated using radiocarbon-based age models. Marine-indicative foraminifera, some originating at least 5 km offshore, were present in several modern and ancient storm deposits. The presence and long-term preservation of offshore foraminifera suggest that this site and others like it may yield promising microfossil-based paleohurricane reconstructions in the future. Due to the sub-decadal (~ 7 year) resolution of the record and the site's high susceptibility to hurricane-generated storm surges, the average, local frequency of recorded events, approximately 3.9 storms per century, is greater than that of previously published paleohurricane records from the region. The high incidence of recorded events permitted a time series of local hurricane frequency during the last five millennia to be constructed. Variability in the frequency of the largest storm layers was found to be greater than what would likely occur by chance alone, with intervals of both anomalously high and low storm frequency identified. However, the rate at which smaller layers were deposited was relatively constant over the last five millennia. This may suggest that significant variability in hurricane frequency has occurred only in the highest magnitude events. The frequency of high magnitude events peaked near 6 storms per century between 2800 and 2300 years ago. High magnitude events were relatively rare with about 0-3 storms per century occurring between 1900 to 1600 years ago and between 400 to 150 years ago. A marked decline in the number of large storm deposits, which began around 600 years ago, has persisted through present with below average frequency over the last 150 years when compared to the preceding five millennia.

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“…Over the USA, Liu et al (2010) showed that seasonally averaged patterns of SWI precipitation correspond to the spatial distribution of air masses, and that the boundaries between air masses are characterized by steep SWI gradients. In addition, interannual variations in SWIs in precipitation can be reconstructed from various types of climate proxy data, such as tree rings, stalagmites, ice cores, and laminated lake sediments (e.g., Frappier et al 2007;Treydte et al 2007). In particular, annual records of oxygen isotopic compositions of summer precipitation can be reconstructed from tree-ring oxygen isotope records using simple steady state model (Anderson et al 2002).…”

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Isotopic Variations Associated with North-South Displacement of the Baiu Front

Kurita

Fujiyoshi

Wada

et al. 2013

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This study explores how north-south displacements of the Baiu front influence isotopic variation in Baiu precipitation. Deuterated water vapor (HDO), which was measured continuously in central Japan during the rainy season in 2010, showed clear intraseasonal variations associated with north-south migration of the Baiu front. Because water vapor transport by lower tropospheric southwesterlies from the subtropical high is characterized by relatively high HDO/H 2 O isotopic ratios, the highest HDO/H 2 O isotopic peaks were observed when the Baiu front migrated to the north of the observation site. Although these data were collected over only a one-year period, the findings can be used to explain interannual isotopic variations in Baiu precipitation during the period 1961−1978 at the Tokyo station. The isotopic content of June precipitation showed a positive correlation with the ratio of warm rainfall formed by subtropical marine air to total rainfall in June. This suggests that the isotopic content of Baiu precipitation is higher than that of a normal year, for years when the Baiu front shows prolonged stationary patterns in regions towards the Sea of Japan. Thus, we conclude that water isotopic ratios are a powerful tool for reconstructing past shifts in the position of the Baiu front.

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Stalagmite stable isotope record of recent tropical cyclone events

Cited by 177 publications

References 27 publications

Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years

Low-resolution Australasian palaeoclimate records of the last 2000 years

A decadally-resolved paleohurricane record archived in the late Holocene sediments of a Florida sinkhole

Isotopic Variations Associated with North-South Displacement of the Baiu Front

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