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Millennial hydrological variability in the continental northern Neotropics during Marine Isotope Stages (MISs) 3–2 (59–15 cal ka BP) inferred from sediments of Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala
Rodrigo Martínez-Abarca
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Michelle Abstein
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Frederik Schenk
Department of Geological Sciences, Bolin Centre for Climate
Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki,
00014 Helsinki, Finland
David Hodell
Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth
Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
Philipp Hoelzmann
Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften, Physische Geographie, Freie Universität Berlin, 12249 Berlin, Germany
Mark Brenner
Department of Geological Sciences, Land Use and Environmental
Change Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Steffen Kutterolf
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Sergio Cohuo
Tecnológico Nacional de México, I. T. de Chetumal, Chetumal,
77013, Mexico
Laura Macario-González
Tecnológico Nacional de México, I. T. de la Zona Maya, Quintana Roo, 77013, Mexico
Mona Stockhecke
Large Lakes Observatory (LLO), University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
Jason Curtis
Department of Geological Sciences, Land Use and Environmental
Change Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Institute of Geological Sciences, Oeschger Centre for Climate
Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Daniel Ariztegui
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Guilderson
Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
Ocean Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
Alexander Correa-Metrio
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Juriquilla, 76230, Mexico
Thorsten Bauersachs
Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Liseth Pérez
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Antje Schwalb
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Short summary
Lake Petén Itzá, northern Guatemala, is one of the oldest lakes in the northern Neotropics. In this study, we analyzed geochemical and mineralogical data to decipher the hydrological response of the lake to climate and environmental changes between 59 and 15 cal ka BP. We also compare the response of Petén Itzá with other regional records to discern the possible climate forcings that influenced them. Short-term climate oscillations such as Greenland interstadials and stadials are also detected.
Lake Petén Itzá, northern Guatemala, is one of the oldest lakes in the northern Neotropics. In...
