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Hasberg, Ascelina K. M., Bijaksana, Satria, Held, Peter, Just, Janna ORCID: 0000-0002-5257-604X, Melles, Martin, Morlock, Marina A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6495-8267, Opitz, Stephan, Russell, James M., Vogel, Hendrik ORCID: 0000-0002-9902-8120 and Wennrich, Volker ORCID: 0000-0003-3617-1963 (2019). Modern sedimentation processes in Lake Towuti, Indonesia, revealed by the composition of surface sediments. Sedimentology, 66 (2). S. 675 - 699. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1365-3091

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Abstract

Lake Towuti on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, is located within the heart of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool. This tropical lake is surrounded by ultramafic (ophiolitic) rocks and lateritic soils that create a unique ferruginous depositional setting. In order to understand modern sediment deposition in Lake Towuti, a set of 84 lake surface sediment samples was collected from across the entirety of the lake and samples were analyzed for their physical, chemical, mineralogical and biological constituents. End-member analyses were carried out to elucidate modern sediment origin, transport and depositional processes. This study found that allochthonous sediment, characterized by the concentrations of the elements Mg, Fe, Si and Al, as well as the clay and serpentine minerals, is dominated by fluvial supply from five distinct source areas. Granulometric data and the occurrence of organic matter of a terrestrial origin suggest that, in the southern and north-eastern parts of the lake the near-shore sediments may additionally be influenced by mass wasting. This is due at least partly to the particularly steep slopes in these areas. Furthermore, sediment composition suggests that sediment transport into deeper parts of the lake, particularly in the northern basin, is partly controlled by gravitational and density-driven processes such as turbidity currents. Directional sediment transport by persistent lake currents, in contrast, appears to be less important. Organic matter deposition in the ultra-oligotrophic lake, albeit limited, is dominated by autochthonous production, but with some contribution of fluvial and gravitational supply. Biogenic silica deposition, primarily from diatom frustules and sponge spicules, is very limited and is concentrated in only a few areas close to the shoreline that are characterized by shallow waters, but away from the areas of high suspension loads at the mouths of the major inlets. The results of this study build upon current and published work on short piston cores from Lake Towuti. Conversely, the results will support the interpretation of the depositional history and past climatic and environmental conditions derived from the composition of much longer records, which were obtained by the Towuti Drilling Project in May 2015 and are currently under investigation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hasberg, Ascelina K. M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bijaksana, Satria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Held, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Just, Janna UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-604X UNSPECIFIED Melles, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Morlock, Marina A. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-8267 UNSPECIFIED Opitz, Stephan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Russell, James M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogel, Hendrik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-8120 UNSPECIFIED Wennrich, Volker UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3617-1963 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-157277
DOI:	10.1111/sed.12503
Journal or Publication Title:	Sedimentology
Volume:	66
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 675 - 699
Date:	2019
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1365-3091
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DRILLING PROJECT PALEOENVIRONMENTS; EAST SULAWESI OPHIOLITE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; TROPICAL LAKE; VARIABILITY; ELGYGYTGYN; ANCIENT; MATANO; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION Multiple languages Geology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15727