在玛雅低地,太阳强迫干旱频率
D A Hodell1, M Brenner, J H Curtis
1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. dhodell@geology.ufl.edu
概括
湖泊沉积物的分析揭示了尤卡坦的208年干旱周期,与太阳活动有关. 这种太阳强迫影响了古玛雅文明,与文化变化相关.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 考古学的考古学
- 太阳物理 太阳物理
背景情况:
- 重建过去的气候对于理解长期的环境和社会动态至关重要.
- 尤卡坦半岛拥有丰富的古代文明历史,包括玛雅文明,其发展可能受到地区气候变化的影响.
研究的目的:
- 重建过去2600年的尤卡坦半岛气候历史.
- 确定区域干旱的周期性模式及其潜在驱动因素.
- 调查气候振荡与玛雅文化演变之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 来自尤卡坦半岛的湖泊沉积物核心的分析.
- 时间序列分析沉积物代理物,包括氧同位素和石膏沉,以追踪蒸发-沉比率.
- 确定干旱周期与宇宙原核化物 (碳-14和-10) 生产记录作为太阳活动指标的比较.
主要成果:
- 在尤卡坦的气候记录中发现了一种具有208年的主导周期的反复出现的干旱模式.
- 这一208年周期与宇宙原核生产中观察到的206年周期密切相匹配,这表明与太阳活动变化的联系.
- 在208年干旱周期中的特定峰值与已记录的玛雅文化发展中断相吻合.
结论:
- 太阳强迫是解释尤卡坦干旱百年变化的重要因素.
- 由太阳活动驱动的两百年降雨波动可能影响了古玛雅人.
- 气候变化在塑造玛雅文明发展轨迹方面发挥了作用.
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