noaa-lakelevel-39182 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology Data Center Contact 828-271-4800 303-497-6513 325 Broadway, E/NE31 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA paleo@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-04-08 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Surprise, California Pleistocene Lake Level Radiocarbon Data 2024-03-21 publication doi:10.25921/738a-kh30 noaa-lakelevel-39182 NCEI DSI 1200_02 NCEI DSI 1200_01 Ibarra, D.E. originator Ibarra, D.E. author Tripati, A.K. originator Tripati, A.K. author Egger, A.E. originator Egger, A.E. author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher tableDigital 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 Level Reconstruction. The data include parameters of lake levels with a geographic location of California, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 25247 to 8651 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data. Records of past lake levels, mostly related to changes in moisture balance (evaporation-precipitation). Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. 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Rise and fall of late Pleistocene pluvial lakes in response to reduced evaporation and precipitation: Evidence from Lake Surprise, California 2014 publication Ibarra, D.E., Egger, A.E., Weaver, K.L., Harris, C.R., and Maher, K. author Geological Society of America Bulletin publisher https://doi.org/10.1130/B31014.1 HTTPS Web Browser Associated Reference published 2014 Ibarra, D.E., Egger, A.E., Weaver, K.L., Harris, C.R., and Maher, K., 2014: Rise and fall of late Pleistocene pluvial lakes in response to reduced evaporation and precipitation: Evidence from Lake Surprise, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 126, 1387-1415, 10.1130/B31014.1 information crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA geoscientificInformation Date Range: 20970 14C yr BP to 7810 14C yr BP; Date Range: 25247 cal yr BP to 8651 cal yr BP; -120.07695 -119.8747 40.9764 41.8624 -23297 -6701 STUDY NOTES: Compilation of radiocarbon ages from latest Pleistocene shoreline tufa from Lake Surprise, California previously published across numerous publications. ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: Widespread late Pleistocene lake systems of the Basin and Range Province indicate substantially greater moisture availability during glacial periods relative to modern times, but the climatic factors that drive changes in lake levels are poorly constrained. To better constrain these climatic factors, we present a new lacustrine paleoclimate record and precipitation estimates for Lake Surprise, a closed basin lake in northeastern California. We combine a detailed analysis of lake hydrography and constitutive relationships describing the water balance to determine the influence of precipitation, evaporation, temperature, and seasonal insolation on past lake levels. At its maximum extent, during the last deglaciation, Lake Surprise covered 1366 km2(36%) of the terminally draining Surprise Valley watershed. Using paired radiocarbon and 230Th-U analyses, we dated shoreline tufa deposits from wave-cut lake terraces in Surprise Valley, California, to determine the hydrography of the most recent lake cycle. This new lake hydrograph places the highest lake level 176 m above the present-day playa at 15.19 ± 0.18 calibrated ka (14C age). This significantly postdates the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), when Lake Surprise stood at only moderate levels, 65–99 m above modern playa, similar to nearby Lake Lahontan. To evaluate the climatic factors associated with lake-level changes, we use an oxygen isotope mass balance model combined with an analysis of predictions from the Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project 3 (PMIP3) climate model ensemble. Our isotope mass balance model predicts minimal precipitation increases of only 2%–18% during the LGM relative to modern, compared to an ~75% increase in precipitation during the 15.19 ka highstand. LGM PMIP3 climate model simulations corroborate these findings, simulating an average precipitation increase of only 6.5% relative to modern, accompanied by a 28% decrease in total evaporation driven by a 7 °C decrease in mean annual temperature. LGM PMIP3 climate model simulations also suggest a seasonal decoupling of runoff and precipitation, with peak runoff shifting to the late spring–early summer from the late winter–early spring. Our coupled analyses suggest that moderate lake levels during the LGM were a result of reduced evaporation driven by reduced summer insolation and temperatures, not by increased precipitation. Reduced evaporation primed Basin and Range lake systems, particularly smaller, isolated basins such as Surprise Valley, to respond rapidly to increased precipitation during late-Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1). Post-LGM highstands were potentially driven by increased rainfall during HS1 brought by latitudinally extensive and strengthened midlatitude westerly storm tracks, the effects of which are recorded in the region’s lacustrine and glacial records. These results suggest that seasonal insolation and reduced temperatures have been underinvestigated as long-term drivers of moisture availability in the western United States. 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