Comparing modern and Pleistocene ENSO-like influences in NW Argentina using nonlinear time series analysis methods

Details Comparing modern and Pleistocene ENSO-like influences in NW Argentina using nonlinear time series analysis methods Comparing modern and Pleistocene ENSO-like influences in NW Argentina using nonlinear time series analysis methods

2003-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0303056v1

Climate Dynamics, 21(3-4), 2003, 317-326

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

11 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00382-003-0335-3

Higher variability in rainfall and river discharge could be of major importance in landslide generation in the north-western Argentine Andes. Annual layered (varved) deposits of a landslide dammed lake in the Santa Maria Basin (26 deg S, 66 deg W) with an age of 30,000 14C years provide an archive of precipitation variability during this time. The comparison of these data with present-day rainfall observations tests the hypothesis that increased rainfall variability played a major role in landslide generation. A potential cause of such variability is the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The causal link between ENSO and local rainfall is quantified by using a new method of nonlinear data analysis, the quantitative analysis of cross recurrence plots (CRP). This method seeks similarities in the dynamics of two different processes, such as an ocean-atmosphere oscillation and local rainfall. Our analysis reveals significant similarities in the statistics of both modern and palaeo-precipitation data. The similarities in the data suggest that an ENSO-like influence on local rainfall was present at around 30,000 14C years ago. Increased rainfall, which was inferred from a lake balance modeling in a previous study, together with ENSO-like cyclicities could help to explain the clustering of landslides at around 30,000 14C years ago.

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