Moreira L.S., Moreira Turcq Patricia, Turcq Bruno, Cordeiro R.C., Kim J.H., Caquineau Sandrine, Mandeng Yogo Magloire, Macario K.D., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. (2013). Palaeohydrological controls on sedimentary organic matter in an Amazon floodplain lake, Lake Maraca (Brazil) during the late Holocene. Holocene, 23 (12), p. 1903-1914. ISSN 0959-6836.
Titre du document
Palaeohydrological controls on sedimentary organic matter in an Amazon floodplain lake, Lake Maraca (Brazil) during the late Holocene
Année de publication
2013
Auteurs
Moreira L.S., Moreira Turcq Patricia, Turcq Bruno, Cordeiro R.C., Kim J.H., Caquineau Sandrine, Mandeng Yogo Magloire, Macario K.D., Sinninghe Damsté J.S.
Source
Holocene, 2013,
23 (12), p. 1903-1914 ISSN 0959-6836
In order to understand the impact of hydrological changes of the Amazon River on sedimentary organic matter (OM) composition in Amazonian floodplain lakes, three sediment cores were collected from Lake Maraca (eastern Amazonia) along a transect from the Amazon River main channel to inland. The cores were dated with C-14 accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and studied by x-ray, mineralogical composition, total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) contents, stable isotopic composition of TOC and TN (C-13(OC) and N-15) and glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) distributions. Two distinctive sedimentary depositional phases were identified based on the mineralogical composition and the geochemical characteristics of sedimentary OM. During the early-mid Holocene (similar to 13,000-3200 cal. yr BP), low values of TOC followed by a break in sedimentation suggest a complete drying of the lake caused by drier climatic conditions. Between 3600 and 3200 cal. yr BP, this lake received a reduced influence of the Amazon River main stem. This induced a predominant deposition of C-3-plant-derived OM supplied by surface erosion and runoff of acidic soil. A distinct connection of Lake Maraca to the Amazon River began after 3200 cal. yr BP and became permanently established, with its modern characteristics, at 1880 cal. yr BP. This change provoked an increased contribution of phytoplankton and semi-aquatic C-4 macrophytes as well as C-3 plant derived more alkaline soil OM to the sedimentary OM pool. Consequently, our study demonstrates that the source of sedimentary OM in the Amazon floodplain lakes was strongly linked to the Amazon River hydrodynamics during the late Holocene. (Abstract author)
Plan de classement
Milieux physico-chimique [032MILPHY]
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Sédimentologie [064SEDIM]
Descripteurs
LAC ; PLAINE INONDABLE ; MATIERE ORGANIQUE ; SEDIMENT ; DATATION ; SPECTROMETRIE ; COMPOSITION MINERALOGIQUE ; CARBONE ORGANIQUE ; AZOTE ; ISOTOPE ; GEOCHIMIE ; EROSION ; RUISSELLEMENT ; ROCHE SEDIMENTAIRE ; HYDRODYNAMIQUE ; COURS D'EAU ; HOLOCENE ; PALEOHYDROLOGIE ; CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ; SOL ACIDE
Description Géographique
BRESIL ; AMAZONIE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010065214]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010065214
