Historical evidence of abrupt coastal climatic change in Southern California, 1790-1880

Historical evidence of abrupt coastal climatic change in Southern California, 1790-1880

Historical sources of the late-18th and 19th centuries were searched for information on coastal weather conditions in Southern California. Relatively calm winters until 1828 were followed by unusually stormy winters from about 1829 to 1839. Later periods were again predominantly calm, with notable exceptions related to the ENSO events of 1845 and 1878. Following decreases through the stormy 1830s, sizes of kelp forests appear to have rebounded in the 1840s. ENSO occurrences and eruption of the volcano Cosiguina in 1835 are likely causes for changing wind patterns. Our results link the unique AD 1840 Macoma leptonoidea pelecypod shell layer in laminated Santa Barbara Basin sediment ("Macoma event") to abruptly changing oceanographic and weather patterns.

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Main Authors: Schimmelmann, Arndt, Tegner, Mia J.
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, Oceanography, PACLIM,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31450
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spelling dig-aquadocs-1834-314502021-07-09T02:06:19Z Historical evidence of abrupt coastal climatic change in Southern California, 1790-1880 Schimmelmann, Arndt Tegner, Mia J. Atmospheric Sciences Earth Sciences Oceanography PACLIM Historical sources of the late-18th and 19th centuries were searched for information on coastal weather conditions in Southern California. Relatively calm winters until 1828 were followed by unusually stormy winters from about 1829 to 1839. Later periods were again predominantly calm, with notable exceptions related to the ENSO events of 1845 and 1878. Following decreases through the stormy 1830s, sizes of kelp forests appear to have rebounded in the 1840s. ENSO occurrences and eruption of the volcano Cosiguina in 1835 are likely causes for changing wind patterns. Our results link the unique AD 1840 Macoma leptonoidea pelecypod shell layer in laminated Santa Barbara Basin sediment ("Macoma event") to abruptly changing oceanographic and weather patterns. 2021-06-24T17:10:40Z 2021-06-24T17:10:40Z 1992 conference_item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31450 en application/pdf application/pdf 47-56 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/15630 8 2014-11-13 19:49:07 15630
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Historical evidence of abrupt coastal climatic change in Southern California, 1790-1880
description Historical sources of the late-18th and 19th centuries were searched for information on coastal weather conditions in Southern California. Relatively calm winters until 1828 were followed by unusually stormy winters from about 1829 to 1839. Later periods were again predominantly calm, with notable exceptions related to the ENSO events of 1845 and 1878. Following decreases through the stormy 1830s, sizes of kelp forests appear to have rebounded in the 1840s. ENSO occurrences and eruption of the volcano Cosiguina in 1835 are likely causes for changing wind patterns. Our results link the unique AD 1840 Macoma leptonoidea pelecypod shell layer in laminated Santa Barbara Basin sediment ("Macoma event") to abruptly changing oceanographic and weather patterns.
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