Uranium-series dating of sediments from Searles Lake: Differences between continental and marine climate records
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Abstract
One of the major unresolved questions in Pleistocene paleoclimatology has been whether continental climatic transitions are consistent with the glacial δ18O marine record. Searles Lake in California, now a dry salt pan, is underlain by sediment layers deposited in a succession of lakes whose levels and salinities have fluctuated in response to changes in climate over the last 3 × 106 years. Uranium-series dates on the salt beds range from 35 × 103 to 231 × 103 years. This range of dates allows identification of lake-sediment horizons that are time correlatives of the boundaries of marine isotope stages from the recent 3/4 boundary back to the 8/9 boundary. The 5/6 boundary coincided with a deepening of the lake, but the analogous 1/2 boundary coincided with desiccation. The 3/4, 4/5, 6/7, 7/8, and 8/9 boundaries correspond in age to horizons that record little or no change in sedimentation or climate. These hydrologic results demonstrate that the continental paleoclimate record at this mid-latitude site does not mimic the marine record.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Uranium-series dating of sediments from Searles Lake: Differences between continental and marine climate records |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.227.4691.1222 |
| Volume | 227 |
| Issue | 4691 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 1222 |
| Last page | 1224 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Searles Lake |