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Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction from Mexico's Pacific Coast-A Paleotempestological Investigation Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2014 Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction From Mexico's Pacific oC ast-A Paleotempestological Investigation Thomas Bianchette Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons Recommended Citation Bianchette, Thomas, "Holocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction From Mexico's Pacific oC ast-A Paleotempestological Investigation" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1903. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1903 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. HOLOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST – A PALEOTEMPESTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences by Thomas Bianchette B.S., Western Michigan University, 2005 M.S., Louisiana State University, 2007 May 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For the completion of this work I owe many people a great deal of thanks. I want to thank Dr. Kam-biu Liu, my major advisor. I have been a part of his laboratory since my arrival as a spry, young, and naïve student in 2005. He spent a countless number of hours grooming me into a coastal scientist, while always keeping his office door open in case I had questions or problems. Throughout the years his passion and enthusiasm for earth science and solving complex problems has been highly contagious, and I greatly respect the fact that during all of my struggles and pitfalls, he never, ever gave up on me. I think I will remember him most for that reason. I also give many thanks to my committee members: Drs. Samuel Bentley, Jaye Cable, Nina Lam, Robert Rohli, as well as the Dean’s Representative, Dr. Andy Nyman. Other LSU faculty members mentored me through collaboration inside and outside of the classroom, most notably Drs. Michael Leitner and Lei Wang. For his aid in fieldwork, I want to express my appreciation to Dr. Terrence McCloskey. His fieldwork expertise was invaluable, and this project would have never gotten off of the ground without him. Mr. Ulises Cruz Valera met me in Acapulco, and was quite the trooper in reference to his hard work and efforts with sediment coring and communicating with locals, as well as driving in some heavy urban traffic! A special thank you goes to Drs. Blanca Figueroa Rangel and Miguel Olvera Vargas for meeting me in Jalisco and helping me with the overall travel logistics. Drs. Jose Luis Antinao, Luis Farfan, Graciela Raga, and Jorge Sanchez-Sesma were also integral in their logistical support for the research trips. This project could never take place without gracious funding from a few agencies. I received generous grants from the National Science Foundation (Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement grant), Geological Society of America (Graduate Student Research grant), and ii Association of American Geographers (Dissertation Research grant). I would also like to thank the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) for additional funding. I would like to thank my parents, John and Susanne, and my lil’ sister Emily for their unwavering support throughout this process, and for constantly telling me “it will all be worth it in the long run.” Indeed, they were right. A special thanks goes out to my brother Giovanni, as his time spent with me watching sports and discussing topics not pertaining to scientific research or anything academic served as a major stress reliever. Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Erin. She was often home alone and bored while I spent many nights in the lab or office working. She tolerated my grumpiness on many occasions, while always picking me up when I ‘had enough.’ She was certainly my inspiration in completing this seemingly never-ending task. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ ii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 The problem .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Paleotempestology ................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 Setting the stage .................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.5 Expected significance ........................................................................................................... 6 1.6 References ............................................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER 2. GENERAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW ............................ 11 2.1 Paleotempestology .............................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Tsunamis ............................................................................................................................. 16 2.3 Physical environment of Mexico ........................................................................................ 19 2.3.1 Climate ......................................................................................................................... 26 2.3.2 Vegetation .................................................................................................................... 28 2.4 ENP hurricane climatology ................................................................................................. 30 2.5 Geophysical and ecological damage from ENP hurricanes ................................................ 34 2.6 Paleoclimate and paleoenvironment ................................................................................... 35 2.6.1 Guerrero, regional focus .............................................................................................. 39 2.6.2 Jalisco, regional focus .................................................................................................. 40 2.6.3 Mangroves.................................................................................................................... 40 2.7 References ........................................................................................................................... 41 CHAPTER 3. PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM LAGOONS BOQUITA AND AGUA DULCE, JALISCO, MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST .......................... 54 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 54 3.2 Physical environment and study sites ................................................................................. 56 3.3 Historical extreme events and geophysical effects ............................................................. 59 3.4 Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 61 3.5 Results ................................................................................................................................. 62 3.5.1 Laguna Boquita ............................................................................................................ 62 iv 3.5.2 Laguna Agua Dulce ..................................................................................................... 69 3.6 Discussion ........................................................................................................................... 72 3.6.1 Stratigraphic comparison of Laguna Boquita cores ..................................................... 72 3.6.2 Environmental reconstruction of Laguna Boquita ....................................................... 73 3.6.3 Paleoenvironmental history of Laguna Boquita .......................................................... 74 3.6.4 Sedimentary evidence of tropical cyclones at Agua Dulce and Boquita ..................... 77 3.6.5 Barred inner shelf versus differential erosion lagoons ................................................ 83 3.7 Summary and conclusion .................................................................................................... 85 3.8 References ........................................................................................................................... 86 CHAPTER 4. A 4000 YEAR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM LAGUNA NUXCO ON MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST ............................................................. 91 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................
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