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Control of wind strength and frequency in the Aral Sea basin during the late Holocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Philippe Sorrel ,
Hedi Oberhänsli ,
Nikolaus Boroffka ,
Danis Nourgaliev ,
Peter Dulski  and
Ursula Röhl
Philippe Sorrel*
Affiliation:
Sektion 3.3, GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegraphenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Hedi Oberhänsli
Affiliation:
Sektion 3.3, GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegraphenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Nikolaus Boroffka
Affiliation:
Sektion 3.3, GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegraphenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Danis Nourgaliev
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
Peter Dulski
Affiliation:
Sektion 3.3, GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegraphenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Ursula Röhl
Affiliation:
DFG Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: +33 231 565 757. E-mail address:philippe.sorrel@unicaen.fr (P. Sorrel).
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Abstract

Changing content of detrital input in laminated sediments traced by XRF scanning and microfacies analyses reflect prominent variations in sedimentation processes in the Aral Sea. A high-resolution record of titanium from a core retrieved in the northwestern Large Aral Sea allows a continuous reconstruction of wind strength and frequency in western Central Asia for the past 1500 yr. During AD 450–700, AD 1210–1265, AD 1350–1750 and AD 1800–1975, detrital inputs (bearing titanium) are high, documenting an enhanced early spring atmospheric circulation associated with an increase in intensity of the Siberian High pressure system over Central Asia. In contrast, lower titanium content during AD 1750–1800 and AD 1980–1985 reflects a diminished influence of the Siberian High during early spring with a reduced atmospheric circulation. A moderate circulation characterizes the time period AD 700–1150. Unprecedented weakened atmospheric circulation over western Central Asia are inferred during ca. AD 1180–1210 and AD 1265–1310 with a considerable decrease in dust storm frequency, sedimentation rates, lamination thickness and detrital inputs (screened at 40-μm resolution). Our results are concurrent with changes in the intensity of the Siberian High during the past 1400 yr as reported in the GISP2 Ice Core from Greenland.

Keywords

Chemical compositionLaminated sedimentsWind dynamicsSiberian HighAral SeaLate Holocene
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 371 - 382
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University of Washington

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1 Present address: Laboratoire Morphodynamique continentale et côtière (M2C), (UMR 6143 CNRS), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, 24 rue des Tilleuls, F-14000 Caen, France.

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