Wall, Alexander Forster: Hydrological interpretations from tropical Australian environmental archives [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989983 (dataset in review), In: Wall, AF: Chronology and hydrological interpretations of tropical Australian environmental archives (0–130 ka) [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989939 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
A harmonised table of interpreted hydrological periods and climate signals for each archive. This includes earliest/latest age anchors, their calibrated equivalents, resolution metrics, and qualitative hydrological classifications.
Source:
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Denniston, Rhawn F; Villarini, Gabriele; Gonzales, Angelique N; Wyrwoll, Karl-Heinz; Polyak, Victor J; Ummenhofer, Caroline C; Lachniet, Matthew S; Wanamaker, Alan D Jr; Humphreys, William F; Woods, David; Cugley, John (2015): Extreme rainfall activity in the Australian tropics reflects changes in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation over the last two millennia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(15), 4576-4581, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422270112
Denniston, Rhawn F; Wyrwoll, Karl-Heinz; Asmerom, Yemane; Polyak, Victor J; Humphreys, William F; Cugley, John; Woods, David; LaPointe, Zachary; Peota, Julian; Greaves, Elizabeth (2013): North Atlantic forcing of millennial-scale Indo-Australian monsoon dynamics during the Last Glacial period. Quaternary Science Reviews, 72, 159-168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.012
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Lees, Brian G; Yanehou, Lu; Price, David M (1992): Thermoluminescence dating of dunes at Cape St. Lambert, East Kimberleys, northwestern Australia. Marine Geology, 106(1-2), 131-139, https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(92)90058-P
Mackenzie, Lydia; Heijnis, Henk; Gadd, Patricia S; Moss, Patrick T; Shulmeister, James (2017): Geochemical investigation of the South Wellesley Island wetlands: Insight into wetland development during the Holocene in tropical northern Australia. The Holocene, 27(4), 566-578, https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616670219
Marx, Samuel K; Reynolds, William; May, Jan-Hendrik; Forbes, Matthew S; Stromsoe, Nicola; Fletcher, Michael-Shawn; Cohen, Timothy J; Moss, Patrick T; Mazumder, Debashish; Gadd, Patricia S (2021): Monsoon driven ecosystem and landscape change in the 'Top End' of Australia during the past 35 kyr. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 583, 110659, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110659
McGowan, Hamish A; Marx, Samuel K; Moss, Patrick T; Hammond, Andrew P (2012): Evidence of ENSO mega-drought triggered collapse of prehistory Aboriginal society in northwest Australia. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(22), 2012GL053916, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053916
Miller, Gifford H; Magee, John W; Fogel, Marilyn L; Wooller, Matthew J; Hesse, Paul P; Spooner, Nigel A; Johnson, Beverly J; Wallis, Lynley (2018): Wolfe Creek Crater: A continuous sediment fill in the Australian Arid Zone records changes in monsoon strength through the Late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 199, 108-125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.019
Moss, Patrick T; Mackenzie, Lydia; Ulm, Sean; Sloss, Craig; Rosendahl, Daniel; Petherick, Lynda M; Steinberger, Lincoln; Wallis, Lynley; Heijnis, Henk; Petchey, Fiona; Jacobsen, Geraldine (2015): Environmental context for late Holocene human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. Quaternary International, 385, 136-144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.051
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Prebble, Matiu; Sim, Robin; Finn, Janet; Fink, David (2005): A Holocene Pollen and Diatom Record from Vanderlin Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lowland Tropical Australia. Quaternary Research, 64(3), 357-371, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.005
Proske, Ulrike (2016): Holocene freshwater wetland and mangrove dynamics in the eastern Kimberley, Australia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(1), 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2827
Proske, Ulrike; Heslop, David; Haberle, Simon G (2014): A Holocene record of coastal landscape dynamics in the eastern Kimberley region, Australia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(2), 163-174, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2691
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Funding:
Australian Research Council (ARC), grant/award no. CE170100015: ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
Australian Research Council (ARC), grant/award no. CE230100009: ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures
Australian Research Council (ARC), grant/award no. DE240100340: Identifying key fire drivers in Australia; biomass, climate or people
Australian Research Council (ARC), grant/award no. FT180100524: Climate extremes and landscape responses across continental Australia
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -14.860040 * Median Longitude: 131.935567 * South-bound Latitude: -22.920000 * West-bound Longitude: 113.500000 * North-bound Latitude: -8.790000 * East-bound Longitude: 145.240000
Date/Time Start: 2001-05-03T21:05:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-10-01T04:42:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -1875 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 330 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
Comment:
• Ages are left unmodelled here; age-modelled timelines must be generated via the public R scripts.
• Hydrological interpretations follow the criteria described in the associated manuscript.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identification | ID | Wall, Alexander Forster | unique row label | ||
| 2 | Event label | Event | Wall, Alexander Forster | sample; archive/site identifier | ||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Wall, Alexander Forster | Geocode | ||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Wall, Alexander Forster | Geocode | ||
| 5 | ELEVATION | Elevation | m a.s.l. | Wall, Alexander Forster | Geocode | |
| 6 | Location | Location | Wall, Alexander Forster | site name or locality string | ||
| 7 | Area/locality | Area | Wall, Alexander Forster | geographic region | ||
| 8 | Country | Country | Wall, Alexander Forster | |||
| 9 | Archive | Archive | Wall, Alexander Forster | archive type (lake, speleothem, marine core, etc.) | ||
| 10 | Age, minimum/young | Age min | ka | Wall, Alexander Forster | lower bound of interpreted interval (uncalibrated, if applicable) | |
| 11 | Age, minimum/young, error | Age min e | ± | Wall, Alexander Forster | reported uncertainty | |
| 12 | Age, maximum/old | Age max | ka | Wall, Alexander Forster | upper bound of interpreted interval | |
| 13 | Age, maximum/old, error | Age max e | ± | Wall, Alexander Forster | reported uncertainty | |
| 14 | Calendar age, minimum/young | Cal age min | ka BP | Wall, Alexander Forster | calibrated/translated earliest age | |
| 15 | Calendar age, maximum/old | Cal age max | ka BP | Wall, Alexander Forster | calibrated/translated latest age | |
| 16 | Time resolution | Time res | ka | Wall, Alexander Forster | archive temporal resolution (ka/sample) | |
| 17 | Number of proxies | Proxies | # | Wall, Alexander Forster | number of proxies analysed | |
| 18 | Interpretation | Interpretation | Wall, Alexander Forster | water availability categorical interpretation (-2 = very arid, -1 = arid, 1 = hydric, and 2 = very hydric) | ||
| 19 | Evidence | Evidence | Wall, Alexander Forster | supporting proxy evidence | ||
| 20 | Reference/source | Reference | Wall, Alexander Forster |
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