DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.019
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84883684051
论文题名: Reconstructing mid-late Holocene cyclone variability in the Central Pacific using sedimentary records from Tahaa, French Polynesia
作者: Toomey M.R. ; Donnelly J.P. ; Woodruff J.D.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2013
卷: 77 起始页码: 181
结束页码: 189
语种: 英语
英文关键词: ENSO
; Precession
; South Pacific
; Tropical cyclones
Scopus关键词: Coordinated patterns
; ENSO
; Precession
; Sedimentary records
; South Pacific
; Temporal controls
; Tropical cyclone
; Tropical cyclone activity
; Atmospheric pressure
; Climatology
; Deposits
; Lakes
; Reefs
; Sedimentology
; Storms
; Hurricanes
; atmosphere-ocean system
; climate variation
; coastal lagoon
; coral reef
; core analysis
; cyclone
; El Nino-Southern Oscillation
; Holocene
; reconstruction
; saltmarsh
; timescale
; Atlantic Ocean
; Atlantic Ocean (North)
; Leeward Islands [Society Islands]
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (Central)
; Pacific Ocean (North)
; Pacific Ocean (South)
; Society Islands
; Tahaa
英文摘要: We lack an understanding of the geographic and temporal controls on South Pacific cyclone activity. Overwash records from backbarrier salt marshes and coastal ponds have been used to reconstruct tropical cyclone strikes in the North Atlantic basin. However, these specific backbarrier environments are scarce in the South Pacific, with cyclone records limited primarily to the period of modern observation. This instrumental record suggests a correlation with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), but longer records are necessary to test this relationship over geologic timescales and explore other potential climate drivers of tropical cyclone variability. Deep lagoons behind coral reefs are widespread in the Pacific and provide an alternative setting for developing long-term sedimentary reconstructions of tropical cyclone occurrence. Coarse-grained event deposits within the sediments of a back-reef lagoon surrounding Tahaa reveal a 5000-year record of cyclone occurrences. Timing of recent high-energy deposits matches well with observed tropical cyclone strikes and indicates coarse deposits are storm derived. Longer records show tropical cyclone activity was higher from 5000 to 3800 and 2900 to 500yrs BP. Comparison to records from the North Pacific (out-of-phase) and North Atlantic (in phase) suggests a coordinated pattern of storm activity across tropical cyclone basins over the mid-late Holocene. The changes in tropical cyclone activity we observe in the South Pacific and across other basins may be related to ENSO as well as precession driven changes in ocean-atmosphere thermal gradients. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60523
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作者单位: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 360 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States; Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States; Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
Recommended Citation:
Toomey M.R.,Donnelly J.P.,Woodruff J.D.. Reconstructing mid-late Holocene cyclone variability in the Central Pacific using sedimentary records from Tahaa, French Polynesia[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2013-01-01,77