Wagner, Bernd ORCID: 0000-0002-1369-7893, Tauber, Paul, Francke, Alexander ORCID: 0000-0002-0370-5802, Leicher, Niklas ORCID: 0000-0002-3367-5982, Binnie, Steven A., Cvetkoska, Aleksandra, Jovanovska, Elena, Just, Janna, Lacey, Jack H. ORCID: 0000-0002-6329-2149, Levkov, Zlatko, Lindhorst, Katja, Kouli, Katerina ORCID: 0000-0003-1656-1091, Krastel, Sebastian, Pana-giotopoulos, Konstantinos, Ulfers, Arne, Zaova, Dusica, Donders, Timme H., Grazhdani, Andon, Koutsodendris, Andreas ORCID: 0000-0003-4236-7508, Leng, Melanie J., Sadori, Laura, Scheinert, Mirko, Vogel, Hendrik, Wonik, Thomas, Zanchetta, Giovanni and Wilke, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-8263-7758 (2023). The geodynamic and limnological evolution of Balkan Lake Ohrid, possibly the oldest extant lake in Europe. Boreas, 52 (1). S. 1 - 27. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1502-3885

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Abstract

Studies of the upper 447 m of the DEEP site sediment succession from central Lake Ohrid, Balkan Peninsula, North Macedonia and Albania provided important insights into the regional climate history and evolutionary dynamics since permanent lacustrine conditions established at 1.36 million years ago (Ma). This paper focuses on the entire 584-m-long DEEP sediment succession and a comparison to a 197-m-long sediment succession from the Pestani site similar to 5 km to the east in the lake, where drilling ended close to the bedrock, to unravel the earliest history of Lake Ohrid and its basin development. Al-26/Be-10 dating of clasts from the base of the DEEP sediment succession implies that the sedimentation in the modern basin started at c. 2 Ma. Geophysical, sedimentological and micropalaeontological data allow for chronological information to be transposed from the DEEP to the Pestani succession. Fluvial conditions, slack water conditions, peat formation and/or complete desiccation prevailed at the DEEP and Pestani sites until 1.36 and 1.21 Ma, respectively, before a larger lake extended over both sites. Activation of karst aquifers to the east probably by tectonic activity and a potential existence of neighbouring Lake Prespa supported filling of Lake Ohrid. The lake deepened gradually, with a relatively constant vertical displacement rate similar to 0.2 mm a(-1) between the central and the eastern lateral basin and with greater water depth presumably during interglacial periods. Although the dynamic environment characterized by local processes and the fragmentary chronology of the basal sediment successions from both sites hamper palaeoclimatic significance prior to the existence of a larger lake, the new data provide an unprecedented and detailed picture of the geodynamic evolution of the basin and lake that is Europe's presumed oldest extant freshwater lake.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Wagner, BerndUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-1369-7893UNSPECIFIED
Tauber, PaulUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Francke, AlexanderUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0370-5802UNSPECIFIED
Leicher, NiklasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-3367-5982UNSPECIFIED
Binnie, Steven A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Cvetkoska, AleksandraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jovanovska, ElenaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Just, JannaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lacey, Jack H.UNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-6329-2149UNSPECIFIED
Levkov, ZlatkoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lindhorst, KatjaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kouli, KaterinaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-1656-1091UNSPECIFIED
Krastel, SebastianUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pana-giotopoulos, KonstantinosUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ulfers, ArneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Zaova, DusicaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Donders, Timme H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Grazhdani, AndonUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Koutsodendris, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-4236-7508UNSPECIFIED
Leng, Melanie J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sadori, LauraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Scheinert, MirkoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vogel, HendrikUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wonik, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Zanchetta, GiovanniUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wilke, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8263-7758UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-696398
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12601
Journal or Publication Title: Boreas
Volume: 52
Number: 1
Page Range: S. 1 - 27
Date: 2023
Publisher: WILEY
Place of Publication: HOBOKEN
ISSN: 1502-3885
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
CENOZOIC TECTONICS; TENAGHI-PHILIPPON; CLIMATE EVOLUTION; DIATOM RECORD; 637 KA; MACEDONIA; PRESPA; PLEISTOCENE; VARIABILITY; IMPACTMultiple languages
Geography, Physical; Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69639

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