Multiple drivers of Holocene lake level changes at a lowland lake in northeastern Germany

Elisabeth Dietze; Michał Słowiński; Izabela Zawiska; Georg Veh; Achim Brauer

doi:10.1111/bor.12190

journal article Jun 24, 2016

Multiple drivers of Holocene lake level changes at a lowland lake in northeastern Germany

Elisabeth Dietze

Michał Słowiński

Izabela Zawiska Georg Veh Achim Brauer

Boreas Vol. 45 No. 4 pp. 828-845 · Wiley

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Abstract

Many German lakes experienced significant water level declines in recent decades that are not fully understood due to the short observation period. At a typical northeastern German groundwater‐fed lake with a complex basin morphology, an acoustic sub‐bottom profile was analysed together with a transect of five sediment cores, which were correlated using multiple proxies (sediment facies, μ‐XRF, macrofossils, subfossil Cladocera). Shifts in the boundary between sand and mud deposition were controlled by lake level changes, and hence, allowed the quantification of an absolute lake level amplitude of ~8 m for the Holocene. This clearly exceeded observed modern fluctuations of 1.3 m (AD 1973–2010). Past lake level changes were traced continuously using the calcium‐record. During high lake levels, massive organic muds were deposited in the deepest lake basin, whereas lower lake levels isolated the sub‐basins and allowed carbonate deposition. During the beginning of the Holocene (>9700 cal. a BP), lake levels were high, probably due to final melting of permafrost and dead‐ice remains. The establishment of water‐use intensive Pinus forests caused generally low (3–4 m below modern) but fluctuating lake levels (9700–6400 cal. a BP). Afterwards, the lake showed an increasing trend and reached a short‐term highstand at c. 5000 cal. a BP (4 m above modern). At the transition towards a cooler and wetter late Holocene, forests dominated by Quercus and Fagus and initial human impact probably contributed more positively to groundwater recharge. Lake levels remained high between 3800 and 800 cal. a BP, but the lake system was not sensitive enough to record short‐term fluctuations during this period. Lake level changes were recorded again when humans profoundly affected the drainage system, land cover and lake trophy. Hence, local Holocene water level changes reflect feedbacks between catchment and vegetation characteristics and human impact superimposed by climate change at multiple temporal scales.

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Published: Jun 24, 2016
Vol/Issue: 45(4)
Pages: 828-845
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Authors

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Elisabeth Dietze

Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam 14473 Germany

M

Michał Słowiński

Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam 14473 Germany; Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences Kopernika 19 Toruń PL‐87‐100 Poland

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Izabela Zawiska

Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam 14473 Germany; Department of Geoecology and Climatology Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences Twarda 51/55 Warsaw PL‐00‐818 Poland

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Georg Veh

Institute of Physical Geography Catholic University of Eichstaett‐Ingolstadt Ostenstraße 14 Eichstaett 85072 Germany; Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Potsdam Karl‐Liebknecht‐Straße 24‐25 Potsdam 14476 Germany

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Achim Brauer

Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam 14473 Germany

Funding

Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

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Elisabeth Dietze, Michał Słowiński, Izabela Zawiska, et al. (2016). Multiple drivers of Holocene lake level changes at a lowland lake in northeastern Germany. Boreas, 45(4), 828-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12190

Multiple drivers of Holocene lake level changes at a lowland lake in northeastern Germany

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