In closed (endorheic) lakes, lake water dD is driven by the ratio of precipitation to evaporation and the isotopic value of the precipitation which, in the tropics, is strongly negatively correlated with the amount of precipitation on monthly and longer timescales. The combination of these processes amplifies the response of lake water dD to changes in rainfall with lower (higher) dD values occurring during periods of wetter (drier) conditions. Changes in rainfall patterns can therefore be reconstructed from dD values of sedimentary algal lipids, due to the near perfect correlation between water dD and algal lipid dD values.

"In closed (endorheic) lakes, lake water dD is driven by the ratio of precipitation to evaporation and the isotopic value of the precipitation which, in the tropics, is strongly negatively correlated with the amount of precipitation on monthly and longer timescales. The combination of these processes amplifies the response of lake water dD to changes in rainfall with lower (higher) dD values occurring during periods of wetter (drier) conditions. Changes in rainfall patterns can therefore be reconstructed from dD values of sedimentary algal lipids, due to the near perfect correlation between water dD and algal lipid dD values."

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