Radiocarbon deficiencies of US Gulf Coast lakes compromise paleo-hurricane records

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-270

  Aharon, Paul ^a   Lambert, W Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lakes; Corrected dates; Global warming; Gulf of Mexico; Landfall probability; Limnic sapropel; Paleo hurricanes; Radiocarbon deficiencies; Return period; US Gulf Coast

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAPROPEL;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; RANGIA CUNEATA;

EID: 63549151817     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Abbott M.B., and Stafford T.W. Radiocarbon geochemistry of modern and ancient Arctic lake systems, Baffin Island, Canada. Quaternary Research 45 (1996) 300-311
2. Andrus C.F.T., and Rich K.W. A preliminary assessment of oxygen isotope fractionation and growth increment periodicity in the estuarine clam Rangia cuneata. Geo-Marine Letters 28 (2008) 301-308
3. Aten L.E. Indians of the Upper Texas Coast (1983), Academic Press, New York 370
4. Broecker W. Radiocarbon dating: a case against the proposed link between river mollusks and soil humus. Science 143 (1964) 596-597
5. Culleton B.J. Implications of a freshwater radiocarbon reservoir correction for the timing of late Holocene settlement of the Elk Hills, Kern County, California. Journal of Archeological Science 33 (2006) 1331-1339
6. Deevey E.S., and Stuiver M. Distribution of natural isotopes of carbon in Linsley Pond and other New England lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 9 (1964) 1-11
7. Elsner J.B. Tempests in time. Nature 447 (2007) 647-649
8. Elsner J.B., Liu K.-b., and Kocher B. Spatial variations in major hurricane activity: statistics and physical mechanism. Journal of Climate 13 (2000) 2293-2305
9. Elsner J.B., Jagger T.H., and Liu K.-b. Comparison of hurricane return levels using historical and geological records. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 47 (2008) 368-374
10. DIC and phytoplankton. Organic Geochemistry 37 (2006) 1371-1382
11. Hopkins S.H., and Andrews J.D. Rangia cuneata on the East Coast: thousand mile extension or resurgence?. Science 167 (1970) 868-869
12. Hutchinson I., James T.S., Reimer P.J., Bornhold B.D., and Clague J.J. Marine and limnic radiocarbon reservoir corrections for studies of late and postglacial environments in Georgia Basin and Puget Lowland, Brtish Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA. Quaternary Research 61 (2004) 193-203
13. Keith M.L., and Anderson G.M. Radiocarbon dating: fictitious results with mollusk shells. Science 141 (1963) 634-637
14. Kerr R.A. Hurricanes won't go wild, according to climate models. Science 320 (2008) 999
15. Lambert W.J., Aharon P., and Rodriguez A.B. Catastrophic hurricane history revealed by organic geochemical proxies in coastal lake sediments: a case study of Lake Shelby, Alabama (USA). Journal of Paleolimnology 39 (2008) 117-131
16. LaSalle M.W., and de la Cruz A.A. Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Gulf of Mexico) common Rangia. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 82 (11.31). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TREL-82-4 (1985) 16
17. Liu K.-b., and Fearn M.L. Lake-sediment record of late Holocene hurricane activities from coastal Alabama. Geology 21 (1993) 793-796
18. Liu K.-b., and Fearn M.L. Reconstruction of prehistoric landfall frequencies of catastrophic hurricanes in Northwestern Florida from lake sediment records. Quaternary Research 54 (2000) 238-245
19. Liu K.-b., and Fearn M.L. Holocene history of catastrophic hurricane landfalls along the Gulf of Mexico coast reconstructed from coastal lake and marsh sediments. In: Ning Z.H., and Abdollahi K.K. (Eds). Current Stresses and Potential Vulnerabilities: Implications of Global Change for the Gulf Coast Region of the United States (2000), Franklin Press, Baton Rouge, La 38-47
20. Liu K.-b., Lu H., and Shen C. A 12,000-year proxy record of hurricanes and fire from the Gulf of Mexico coast: testing the hypothesis of hurricane-fire interactions. Quaternary Research 69 (2008) 29-41
21. McConnaughey T.A., and Gillikin D.P. Carbon isotopes in mollusk shell carbonates. Geo-Marine Letters 28 (2008) 287-299
22. 14C bomb fallout history. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (2004) 2509-2516
23. NOAA Hurricane Research Division, http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data2.html, Accessed on June 26, 2008.
24. Newnham R.M., Lowe D.J., and Matthews B.W. A later Holocene and prehistoric record of environmental change from Lake Waikaremoana, New Zealand. The Holocene 8 4 (1998) 443-454
25. Otvos E.G. Quaternary coastal history, basin geometry and assumed evidence for hurricane activity, northeastern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. Journal of Coastal Research 15 (1999) 438-443
26. Otvos E.G. Discussion of "Prehistorical landfall frequencies of catastrophic hurricanes..." (Liu and Fearn, 2000). Quaternary Research 57 (2002) 425-428
27. 14C variations. In: Olsson I.U. (Ed). Radiocarbon Variations and Absolute Chronology. Nobel Symposium, 12th Proceedings (1970), John Wiley & Sons, New York 197-213
28. Stuiver M., Reimer P.J., and Reimer R.W. CALIB 5.0 (2005). http://www.calib.org
29. Witze A. Bad weather ahead. Nature 441 (2006) 564-566