- journal_title：Geology
- Contributor：Chad A. Wittkop ; Jane L. Teranes ; Walter E. Dean ; Thomas P. Guilderson
- Publisher：Geological Society of America
- Date：2009-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1130/G30056A.1
- journal_abbrev：Geology
- issn：0091-7613
- volume：37
- issue：8
- firstpage：695
- section：Articles
Annually laminated (varved) Holocene sediments from Derby Lake, Michigan, display variations in endogenic calcite abundance reflecting a long-term (millennial-scale) decrease in burial punctuated with frequent short-term (decadal-scale) oscillations due to carbonate dissolution. Since 6000 cal yr B.P., sediment carbonate abundance has followed a decreasing trend while organic-carbon abundance has increased. The correlation between organic-carbon abundance and the sum of March-April-October-November insolation has an r2 value of 0.58. We interpret these trends to represent a precession-driven lengthening of the Holocene growing season that has reduced calcite burial by enhancing net annual organic-matter production and associated calcite dissolution. Correlations with regional paleoclimate records suggest that changes in temperature and moisture balance have impacted the distribution of short-term oscillations in carbonate and organic-matter abundance superimposed on the precession-driven trends.