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Paleohydrology of the Santiaguillo Basin (Mexico) since late last glacial and climate variation in southern part of western subtropical North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Priyadarsi D. Roy ,
Claudia M. Chávez-Lara ,
Laura E. Beramendi-Orosco ,
José L. Sánchez-Zavala ,
Gowrappan Muthu-Sankar ,
Rufino Lozano-Santacruz ,
Jesús D. Quiroz-Jimenez  and
Nayeli López-Balbiaux
Priyadarsi D. Roy*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
Claudia M. Chávez-Lara
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
Laura E. Beramendi-Orosco
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
José L. Sánchez-Zavala
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
Gowrappan Muthu-Sankar
Affiliation:
French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, St. Louis Street, Pondicherry 605001, India
Rufino Lozano-Santacruz
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
Jesús D. Quiroz-Jimenez
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
Nayeli López-Balbiaux
Affiliation:
USAI, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México DF, Mexico
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*Corresponding author.Email Address:priyadarsi1977@gmail.com, roy@geologia.unam.mx
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Abstract

Stratigraphy, geochemistry and radiocarbon dating of a succession of sediment in the Santiaguillo Basin (central-northern Mexico) help reconstruct the millennial-scale dynamics of hydrological variability that occurred in the southern part of western subtropical North America since the late last glacial. Runoff was generally above average during the late last glacial from ~ 27 to 18 ka. Following this interval, runoff decreased and deposition of authigenic carbonate and aeolian transported sediment increased until ~ 4 ka. Heinrich 1 and 2, and Younger Dryas were intervals of reduced runoff and increased aeolian activity. The wetter climate of central-northern Mexico and arid conditions in north–northwestern Mexico during the late last glacial were probably related to formation of tropical cyclones in the eastern North Pacific during the autumn with restricted rainfall swaths and an absent/weaker North American Monsoon. Enhanced North American Monsoon and tropical cyclones with expanded rainfall swaths brought more summer and autumn precipitation to a broader region extending from the central-northern Mexico to the continental interiors of southwestern US during the early Holocene.

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PaleoclimateGeochemistryLate last glacial–HoloceneSubtropical North AmericaTropical CycloneNorth American MonsoonMexico
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Quaternary Research , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , November 2015 , pp. 335 - 347
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University of Washington

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