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Testing lake-level reconstructions based on rock magnetic proxies for the sediment record of Laguna Cháltel (Patagonia, Argentina)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2020

María A. Irurzun Open the ORCID record for María A. Irurzun [Opens in a new window] ,
Pedro Palermo ,
Claudia S. G. Gogorza ,
Ana M. Sinito ,
Milagrosa Aldana ,
Vincenzo Costanzo-Álvarez ,
Christian Ohlendorf  and
Bernd Zolitschka
María A. Irurzun*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIFICEN)–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)–Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA)–Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC)), Tandil, Argentina
Pedro Palermo
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIFICEN)–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)–Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA)–Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC)), Tandil, Argentina
Claudia S. G. Gogorza
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIFICEN)–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)–Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA)–Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC)), Tandil, Argentina
Ana M. Sinito
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIFICEN)–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)–Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA)–Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC)), Tandil, Argentina
Milagrosa Aldana
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela
Vincenzo Costanzo-Álvarez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Christian Ohlendorf
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Geomorphologie und Polarforschung (GEOPOLAR), Germany
Bernd Zolitschka
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Geomorphologie und Polarforschung (GEOPOLAR), Germany
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*Corresponding author e-mail: airurzun@exa.unicen.edu.ar (M.A. Irurzun).
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Abstract

This study was carried out on sediment cores collected with a gravity corer from Laguna Cháltel, an almost circular crater lake located in Patagonia, Argentina (49.9°S, 71°W). The main magnetic carrier was Ti-magnetite in the pseudo–single domain range. A model using magnetic grain size and concentration, previously applied to Laguna Potrok Aike to infer lake-level changes, was used for Laguna Cháltel. The main requirement to apply the model is uniform magnetic mineralogy, which is the case for Laguna Cháltel. After magnetic data were compared with previously studied lake levels, it was found that the magnetic proxies that best follow hydrologic changes are ARM/SIRM (anhysteretic remanent magnetisation/saturation of isothermal remanent magnetisation) and ARM. The concentration proxy (ARM measured with a 100 mT alternating field and 0.05 mT direct field) was also used as wind indicator. High wind strength was found at around 3650 cal yr BP, and low wind strength for the last century. ARM/SIRM and ARM were used to infer the strength of fluvial runoff into the lake for a core collected close to the shore and near a tributary. The results show that the magnetic model is promising for inferring lake-level variations, particularly in Patagonian lakes.

Keywords

Rock magnetismPalaeoclimateLake sedimentsLake levelWind intensityLate Holocene
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 95 , May 2020 , pp. 113 - 128
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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