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El Nino-Southern Oscillation signal associated with middle Holocene climate change in intercorrelated terrestrial and marine sediment cores, North Island, New Zealand

El Nino-Southern Oscillation signal associated with middle Holocene climate change in intercorrelated terrestrial and marine sediment cores, North Island, New Zealand
El Nino-Southern Oscillation signal associated with middle Holocene climate change in intercorrelated terrestrial and marine sediment cores, North Island, New Zealand
A synchronous textural variation in intercorrelated, high-resolution sediment records from floodplain, continental-shelf, and continental-slope settings of the eastern North Island, New Zealand, provides evidence of increased storminess after ca. 4 ka. An upcore change in sediment texture reflects the transition to landsliding, which supplanted fluvial incision as the dominant mode of sediment production in the middle Holocene. This signal, which appears in all three records, indicates a regional response to external forcing and records the impact of an intensified atmospheric circulation marking the establishment of the contemporary climate that is strongly influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. The change in climate was a hemispheric event, and in the Southern Hemisphere its timing is confirmed by independent proxy records from elsewhere in New Zealand and the circum–South Pacific region.
climate change, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, landsliding, New Zealand
0091-7613
653-656
Gomez, Basil
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Carter, Lionel
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Trustrum, Noel A.
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Palmer, Alan S.
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Roberts, Andrew P.
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Gomez, Basil
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Carter, Lionel
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Trustrum, Noel A.
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Palmer, Alan S.
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Roberts, Andrew P.
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Gomez, Basil, Carter, Lionel, Trustrum, Noel A., Palmer, Alan S. and Roberts, Andrew P. (2004) El Nino-Southern Oscillation signal associated with middle Holocene climate change in intercorrelated terrestrial and marine sediment cores, North Island, New Zealand. Geology, 32 (8), 653-656. (doi:10.1130/G20720.1).

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Abstract

A synchronous textural variation in intercorrelated, high-resolution sediment records from floodplain, continental-shelf, and continental-slope settings of the eastern North Island, New Zealand, provides evidence of increased storminess after ca. 4 ka. An upcore change in sediment texture reflects the transition to landsliding, which supplanted fluvial incision as the dominant mode of sediment production in the middle Holocene. This signal, which appears in all three records, indicates a regional response to external forcing and records the impact of an intensified atmospheric circulation marking the establishment of the contemporary climate that is strongly influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. The change in climate was a hemispheric event, and in the Southern Hemisphere its timing is confirmed by independent proxy records from elsewhere in New Zealand and the circum–South Pacific region.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: climate change, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, landsliding, New Zealand

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Local EPrints ID: 11043
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11043
ISSN: 0091-7613
PURE UUID: b9b1a64f-c0de-4785-a3e5-7814074585f1

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Date deposited: 18 Oct 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:01

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Author: Basil Gomez
Author: Lionel Carter
Author: Noel A. Trustrum
Author: Alan S. Palmer
Author: Andrew P. Roberts

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