Use of high-resolution seismic reflection data for paleogeographical reconstruction of shallow Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan)
| Autor: | Laura Lamair, M. De Batist, Yusuke Yokoyama, Osamu Fujiwara, Stephen P Obrochta, Koen De Rycker, Vanessa M.A. Heyvaert, Yosuke Miyairi, Jan Walstra, Atsunori Nakamura, Helmut Brückner, Ed Garrett, Eisuke Ono, Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, Evelien Boes, Svenja Riedesel, Shinya Yamamoto, Yoshiki Sato, Masanobu Shishikura |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Floodplain Paleontology Wetland Structural basin 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Oceanography 01 natural sciences Water level Sedimentary depositional environment Volcano Sedimentary rock Physical geography Scoria Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 2019, Vol.514, pp.233-250 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| ISSN: | 0031-0182 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.09.028 |
| Popis: | High-resolution seismic profiles, combined with the integration of published drilling data, provide a detailed paleoenvironmental history of Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan). This study presents a detailed analysis of the different depositional stages of the area currently occupied by Lake Yamanaka (floodplain wetland, river and lake). From ca. 5500 cal yr BP to ca. 5050 cal yr BP, the Yamanaka basin was occupied by floodplain wetlands. During that period, the landscape was very stable and erosion on northeastern flank of Mt. Fuji was relatively limited. From ca. 5050 cal yr BP to ca. 3050 cal yr BP, the water level increased and the floodplain wetlands became a lake. From ca. 3050 cal yr BP to ca. 2050 cal yr BP, the water level progressively decreased, leading to a reduction in lake extent. During this lowering of the lake's water level, a 1 km2 mass-transport deposit modified the physiography of the lake floor. From ca. 2050 cal yr BP to ca. 1050 cal yr BP, the lake disappeared and a river flowing towards the northwest occupied the depression. Ponds occupied morphological lows formed by mass-transport deposits. From ca. 1050 cal yr BP to the present day, the lake water level rose again, connecting the ponds with the main lake. Since then, the lake water level has continued to rise to the current level. Lake water level fluctuations are the results of several factors that could be interconnected: (i) changes in precipitation rates; (ii) margin destabilization (the Yamanaka mass-transport deposit), (iii) changes in river inlets and therefore variation in water supplies, (iv) volcanic eruptions (scoria fall-out and lava flows) and (v) changes in vegetation cover. This study highlights the importance of coupling sediment cores and high-resolution seismic reflection profiling to identify lateral variation and modification of sedimentary inputs through time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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