Paleohydrology of Lake Victoria, East Africa, inferred from18O/16O ratios in sediment cellulose

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1083-1086

  Beuning, Kristina R M ^a,c   Kelts, Kerry ^a   Ito, Emi ^a   Johnson, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ABRUPT DROPS; EAST AFRICA; LAKE VICTORIA; NILE RIVERS; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; RAPID TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER BALANCE; PRESENT VALUE;

LAKES;

CELLULOSE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOHYDROLOGY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; AFRICA;

EID: 0031417328     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1083:POLVEA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. 18O changes in organic matter from an equatorial peatbog, in Swart, P. K., et al., eds., Climate change in continental isotopic records: American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 78, p. 343-351.
2. Beuning, K. R. M., 1997, Late glacial and Holocene vegetation, climate, and hydrology of Lakes Albert and Victoria. East Africa [Ph.D. thesis]: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, 183 p.
3. Bishop, W. W., 1958, A review of the Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Uganda Protectorate: Joint Meeting of East-Central, West Central, and Southern Regional Committees for Geology, Leopoldville. Zaire. p. 91-105.
4. Brown, T. A., Nelson, D. E., Matthews, R. W., Vogel, J. S., and Southon. J. R., 1989. Radiocarbon dating of pollen by AMS: Quaternary Research, v. 32, p. 205-212.
5. Cohen. A. S., 1987, Fossil ostracodes from Lake Mobutu (Lake Albert): Paleoecologic and taphonomic implications: Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands, v. 18, p. 271-281.
6. DeNiro, M. J., and Epstein, S., 1981, Isotopic composition of cellulose from aquatic organisms: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 45, p.1885-1894.
7. 18O-temperature relations in Canada during the Holocene: Quaternary Research, v. 46. p. 211-218.
8. Gasse, F., Tailing, J. F., and Kilham, P., 1983. Diatom assemblages in East Africa: Classification, distribution, and ecology: Revue d'hydrobiologie tropicale, v. 16, no. 1, p. 3-34.
9. Green, J. W., 1963., Wood cellulose, in Whistler, R. L., ed., Methods in carbohydrate chemistry. Volume III: New York. Academic Press, p. 9-20.
10. Haberyan, K. A., and Hecky, R. E., 1987, The late Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphy and paleolimnology of lakes Kivu and Tanganyika: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.61, p. 169-197.
11. Hurst, H. E., 1957, The Nile: A general account of the river and the utilization of its waters (second edition): London, Constable, 256 p.
12. Johnson, T. C., 1996, Sedimentary processes and signals of past climatic change in the large lakes of the East African rift valley, in Johnson. T., and Odada, E., eds., Limnology, climatology, and paleoclimatology of East African lakes: Newark, Gordon Breach Publishers, p. 367-412.
13. Johnson, T. C., Scholz, C. A., Talbot, M. R., Kelts, K., Ricketts, R. D., N'gobi, G., Beuning, K. R. M., Ssemmanda, I., and McGill. J. W., l996, Late Pleistocene desiccation of Lake Victoria and rapid evolution of cichlid fishes: Science, v. 273, p.1091-1093.
14. Kendall, R. L., 1969. An ecological history of the Lake Victoria basin: Ecological Monographs, v. 39, no. 2, p. 121-176.
15. Kutzbach, J. E., and Street-Perron, F. A., 1985. Milankovitch forcing of fluctuations in the level of tropical lakes from 18 to 0 kyr B.P.: Nature, v. 317. p. 130-134.
16. Lacrdal, T., 1997. A reconstruction of the sedimentology and paleolimnology of Lake Victoria during the last 15.000 years, using stahle isotopes (carbon and nitrogen) and Rock-Eval Pyrolysis [M.S. thesis]: Bergen. University of Bergen. 99 p.
17. N'gobi, G., Kelts, K., Johnson, T. C., and Solheid, P., 1998. Environmental magnetism for understanding East African landscape evolution, in Lehman. J., ed., Environmental change and response in East African lakes: Dordrecht, Kluwer(in press).
18. Nicholson, S. E., 1996, A review of climate dynamics and climate variability in Eastern Africa, in Johnson, T., and Odada, E., eds., Limnology, climatology, and paleoclimatology of East African lakes: Newark, Gordon Breach Publ p. 22-56.
19. Overpeck, J., Anderson, D., Trumbore, S., and Prell, W., 1996, The southwest Indian monsoon over the last 18.000 years: Climate Dynamics, v. 12. p. 213-225.
20. Ricketts, R. D., 1996. Puleoclimate interpretation of stable isotope records from inorganic carbonates, Lakes Malawi and Turkana [Ph.D. thesis]: Durham. Duke University, 164 p.
21. Rozanski, K., Araguas-Araguas, L., and Gonfiantini. R., 1996. Isotope patterns of precipitation in the East African region, in Johnson, T., and Odada. E., eds., Limnology, climatology, and paleoclimatology of East African lakes: Newark: Gordon Breach PubL, p. 79-93.
22. Sene, K. J., and Plinston, D. T., 1994, A review and update of the hydrology of Lake Victoria in East Africa: Hydrological Sciences Journal, v. 39, no. 1, p. 47-63.
23. Stager, J. C., 1984, The diatom record of Lake Victoria (East Africa): The last 17,000 years, in Proceedings of the 7th International Diatom Symposium, Philadelphia, 1982, p. 455-176.
24. Stager, J. C., Gumming, B., and Meeker, L., 1997, A high resolution 11.400-yr diatom record from Lake Victoria, East Africa: Quaternary Research, v. 47, p. 81-89.
25. Sternberg, L. O., DeNiro, M. J., and Johnson. H. B., 1984. Isotope ratios of cellulose from plants having different photosynthetic pathways: Plant Physiology, v. 74, p. 557-561.
26. Talbot, M. R., and Johannessen. T., 1992. A high resolution paleoclimatic record for the last 27,500 years in tropical West Africa from the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of lacustrine organic matter: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 110, p. 23-37.
27. Talbot, M. R., and Livingstone, D. A., 1989. Hydrogen index and carbon isotopes of lacustrine organic matter as lake level indicators: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology. Palaeoecology, v. 70, p. 121-137.
28. Temple, P. H., 1964, Raised features along the southern shoreline of Lake Victoria: Proceedings of the East African Academy, v. 1. p. 13-22.