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Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes

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  • G. Burch Fisher

    (University of Texas at Austin
    University of California)

  • Lisa V. Luna

    (University of Potsdam)

  • William H. Amidon

    (Middlebury College)

  • Douglas W. Burbank

    (University of California)

  • Bas Boer

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Lennert B. Stap

    (Utrecht University)

  • Bodo Bookhagen

    (University of Potsdam)

  • Vincent Godard

    (CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE
    Institut Universitaire de France)

  • Michael E. Oskin

    (University of California)

  • Ricardo N. Alonso

    (Universidad Nacional de Salta)

  • Erik Tuenter

    (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

  • Lucas J. Lourens

    (Utrecht University)

Abstract

It has long been hypothesized that climate can modify both the pattern and magnitude of erosion in mountainous landscapes, thereby controlling morphology, rates of deformation, and potentially modulating global carbon and nutrient cycles through weathering feedbacks. Although conceptually appealing, geologic evidence for a direct climatic control on erosion has remained ambiguous owing to a lack of high-resolution, long-term terrestrial records and suitable field sites. Here we provide direct terrestrial field evidence for long-term synchrony between erosion rates and Milankovitch-driven, 400-kyr eccentricity cycles using a Plio-Pleistocene cosmogenic radionuclide paleo-erosion rate record from the southern Central Andes. The observed climate-erosion coupling across multiple orbital cycles, when combined with results from the intermediate complexity climate model CLIMBER-2, are consistent with the hypothesis that relatively modest fluctuations in precipitation can cause synchronous and nonlinear responses in erosion rates as landscapes adjust to ever-evolving hydrologic boundary conditions imposed by oscillating climate regimes.

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  • G. Burch Fisher & Lisa V. Luna & William H. Amidon & Douglas W. Burbank & Bas Boer & Lennert B. Stap & Bodo Bookhagen & Vincent Godard & Michael E. Oskin & Ricardo N. Alonso & Erik Tuenter & Lucas J. , 2023. "Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36022-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36022-0
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