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Millennial-scale vegetation changes during the last 40,000 yr based on a pollen record from Lake Biwa, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ryoma Hayashi ,
Hikaru Takahara ,
Akira Hayashida  and
Keiji Takemura
Ryoma Hayashi*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
Hikaru Takahara
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
Akira Hayashida
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Doshisha University, 1-3 Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
Keiji Takemura
Affiliation:
Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Noguchibaru, Beppu, Oita 874-0903, Japan
*
⁎Corresponding author. Fax: +81 75 703 5683. E-mail address:hayashiryoma@gmail.com (R. Hayashi).
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Abstract

A high-resolution pollen record covering the last 40,000 yr (BIW95-4) from Lake Biwa, western Japan, shows regional vegetation responses to millennial-scale climate changes. From 40 to 30 ka, Cryptomeria japonica was dominant around the lake among pinaceous conifers and deciduous broad-leaved trees. During this period, fluctuations of C. japonica are correlated with Dansgaard–Oeschger (D–O) cycles recognized from the anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) record. Increases in the abundance of this taxon may have been caused by wetter summer conditions influenced by the East Asian monsoon or increased snowfall on the Sea of Japan side of the Japanese archipelago. Between 29 and 14 ka, pinaceous conifer forests mainly composed of Pinus subgenus Haploxylon, Tsuga, and Picea trees developed. At approximately 23 ka, Picea trees increased in abundance as ARM values decreased. This expansion of Picea trees has been correlated with Heinrich event (HE) 2 in the North Atlantic. At about 14 ka, the distribution of broad-leaved forest (mainly composed of deciduous oaks) began to expand after D–O 1. Evidence of significant vegetation change related to the abrupt Younger Dryas cooling event has not been found.

Keywords

D–O cyclesEast Asian monsoonLake BiwaMillennial-scale vegetation changePollen recordCharcoal record
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , July 2010 , pp. 91 - 99
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University of Washington

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