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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Wimmera Lakes, Australia Holocene Ostracod Salinity Reconstruction

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Lake. The data include parameters of climate reconstructions|paleolimnology with a geographic location of Victoria, Australia. The time period coverage is from 11394 to -50 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Kemp, J.; Radke, L.C.; Olley, J.; Juggins, S.; De Deckker, P. (2017-07-16): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Wimmera Lakes, Australia Holocene Ostracod Salinity Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/7nx2-pr81. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact Data Center Contact
NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
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Coverage Description Date Range: 11394 cal yr BP to -50 cal yr BP;
Time Period -9444 to 2000
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 141.8
East: 141.8
South: -36.8
North: -36.8
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Holocene lake salinity changes in the Wimmera, southeastern Australia, provide evidence for millennial-scale climate
    • Associated Reference published 2012
      Justine Kemp, Lynda C. Radke, Jon Olley, Steve Juggins, Patrick De Deckker, 2012: Holocene lake salinity changes in the Wimmera, southeastern Australia, provide evidence for millennial-scale climate. Quaternary Research, 77, 65-76, 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.09.013
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2017-07-16
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Wimmera Lakes, Victoria, Australia Ostracod Holocene physical properties and d18O data and salinity reconstruction.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: Palaeosalinity records for groundwater-influenced lakes in the southwest Murray Basin were constructed from an ostracod-based, weighted-averaging transfer function, supplemented with evidence from Campylodiscus clypeus (diatom), charophyte oogonia, Coxiella striata (gastropod), Elphidium sp. (foraminifera), Daphniopsis sp. ephippia (Cladocera), and brine shrimp (Parartemia zietziana) faecal pellets, the d18O of ostracods, and > 130 um quartz sand counts. The chronology is based on optically stimulated luminescence and calibrated radiocarbon ages. Relatively wet conditions are marked by lower salinities between 9600 yr and 5700 yr ago, but mutually exclusive high- and low-salinity ostracod communities suggest substantial variability in effective precipitation in the early Holocene. A drier climate was firmly in place by 4500 yr and is marked at the groundwater-dominated NW Jacka Lake by an increase in aeolian quartz and at Jacka Lake, by a switch from surface-water to groundwater dominance. Short-lived, low-salinity events at 8800, 7200, 5900, 4800, 2400, 1300 and 400 yr are similar in timing and number to those recorded on Australia's southern continental shelf, and globally, and provide evidence for the existence of the ~ 1500-yr cycle in mainland southern Australia. We surmise that these are cool events associated with periodic equatorward shifts in the westerly wind circulation.
Purpose Records of past climate and environment derived from lake sediment records. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Kemp, J.; Radke, L.C.; Olley, J.; Juggins, S.; De Deckker, P. (2017-07-16): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Wimmera Lakes, Australia Holocene Ostracod Salinity Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/7nx2-pr81. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Kemp, J.
  • Radke, L.C.
  • Olley, J.
  • Juggins, S.
  • De Deckker, P.
Originators
  • Kemp, J.
  • Radke, L.C.
  • Olley, J.
  • Juggins, S.
  • De Deckker, P.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Ocean/Lake Records
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology > physical properties
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology > reconstruction
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology > oxygen isotopes
  • hydrology
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: depth; Material: null
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: delta 18O; Material: ostracod
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: sand; Material: dry sediment
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: salinity; Material: lake water|ostracod assemblage
  • What: delta 18O; Material: foraminifer
  • What: depth; Material: null
  • What: delta 18O; Material: ostracod
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > Australia/New Zealand > Australia > Victoria > Jacka Lake > LATITUDE -36.8 > LONGITUDE 141.8
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Kemp, J.; Radke, L.C.; Olley, J.; Juggins, S.; De Deckker, P. (2017-07-16): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Wimmera Lakes, Australia Holocene Ostracod Salinity Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/7nx2-pr81. Accessed [date].
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