青藏高原现代湖泊沉积物碳酸盐矿物氧同位素组成特征及影响因素

选择青藏高原14个代表性现代湖泊的表层沉积物为研究对象,它们是冷湖、大苏干湖、小苏干湖、大柴旦湖、小柴旦湖、托素湖、尕海、茶卡湖、唐古拉-1、错鄂、乃日平错、纳木错、空姆错和普莫雍错,探讨这些湖泊碳酸盐矿物组成及相应氧稳定同位素组成的影响因素。XRD结果显示这些湖泊的碳酸盐矿物多以方解石为主,并含白云石。其中冷湖以白云石为主,尕海还含有一定量的文石。碳酸盐氧同位素分析结果显示总碳酸盐δ¹⁸O在-15.9‰到2.6‰范围变化,方解石δ¹⁸O变化范围为-16.2‰～3.9‰,白云石δ¹⁸O变化在-15.3‰～-5.4‰范围内。通过氧同位素与湖区环境因素的相关性分析,认为总碳酸盐δ¹⁸O受湖水δ¹⁸O组成、温度、降水量/蒸发量、盐度、海拔和纬度多种因素影响;方解石δ¹⁸O主要受湖水δ¹⁸O、温度、盐度、海拔和纬度的影响;白云石δ¹⁸O受降水量/蒸发量和盐度的影响。总碳酸盐δ¹⁸O对湖水δ¹⁸O、温度、海拔和纬度的响应是以方解石为载体而体现的;总碳酸盐δ¹⁸O对降水量/蒸发量的响应则归因于白云石δ¹⁸O对其的响应结果;另外总碳酸盐δ¹⁸O通过方解石和白云石δ¹⁸O的叠加作用响应于盐度。该研究初步建立了总碳酸盐、方解石和白云石氧同位素与环境各个指标之间的响应关系,对于揭示过去青藏高原地区环境变化有重要意义。     

近1500年来新疆艾比湖同位素记录的气候环境演化特征

利用介形虫壳体^δ18O,^δ13C及其沉积物有机质^δ13C同位素组成等环境代用指标,重建了西北干旱区艾比湖地区近1500年来气候环境演化特征。结果表明,气候不稳定性不但出现在时段约660～760A.D.及约1380～1500A.D.由暖干变冷湿的气候转换时期,也出现在时段约1050～1150A.D.及约1850～1940A.D.由冷湿变暖干的转换时期。尤其是由冷湿到暖干的气候转换时期,频繁而大幅度的气候变化影响湖泊水环境的稳定连续性,限制了介形虫等湖泊生物的生存,造成湖泊生态环境系统的破坏。而在百年尺度上艾比湖地区气候表现为暖干、冷湿的组合特征。约1850年开始,气候出现明显的干旱化趋势。     

稳定碳同位素在第四纪古环境研究中的应用

文章对陆相沉积物、湖沼相沉积物以及脊椎动物牙齿中的δ¹³C研究作了系统的综述,特别对存在的问题提出了一些看法,认为黄土-古土壤序列中有机质δ¹³C与碳酸盐δ¹³C变化趋势相反的原因是CO₂与碳酸盐交换平衡时的分馏系数在古土壤堆积时和黄土发育时不一致造成的;陆相沉积物的有机质δ¹³C较碳酸盐δ¹³C能更加直接地反映沉积时地表植被状况,陆相沉积物的碳酸盐δ¹³C在古生态中的应用还有待于对它的形成机制和形成过程进行进一步的研究;我国黄土高原末次冰期的气候不利于C4的生长.文章强调古环境、古生态研究应该从现代过程入手,了解现代植物δ13C与气候参数的关系以及现代C4植物的分布规律.同时还认为分子化石的稳定同位素研究这一新研究手段将会给第四纪研究带来更新的活力.     

桂林地区近150年来的气候变化——基于 210Pb计年的洞穴碳酸盐沉积物记录

采用 ²¹⁰Pb定年和碳、氧稳定同位素分析方法对盘龙洞内的洞穴次生碳酸盐沉积物进行了系统研究,重建桂林地区近150年来的气候变化。本文采用的次生碳酸盐沉积物是采自桂林盘龙洞中的P001石笋和P007流石,分别获得9个和12个 ²¹⁰Pb测年数据; 以及41个和46个碳、氧同位素数据。P001石笋碳、氧同位素记录年代跨度为公元 1869～2002年,  δ¹⁸O  平均值为－6.28‰, δ¹³O  平均值为－7.59‰; P007流石碳、氧同位素记录跨度为公元 1854～2004年,  δ¹⁸O  平均值为－5.27‰, δ¹³O  平均值为－6.68‰。P001石笋和P007流石碳、氧同位素记录的低频信号显示出一致的变化趋势,而且二者的 δ13C 曲线相对  δ¹⁸O  曲线一致性更强,说明它们受同样环境条件所制约,同时也说明了其 ²¹⁰Pb年代系列的建立是可靠的。盘龙洞石笋和流石的  δ¹⁸O 和  δ¹³O 记录在公元 1930～1965年都出现一个低谷,表明该时段植被生产力相对减弱,亦即降水相对减少。通过P001石笋和P007流石的碳、氧同位素记录与现代降雨记录的比较可知,在年际至10年际尺度上,氧同位素反映的为降水或者季风的强弱。由此,公元1854年到2005年的151年内,盘龙洞碳酸盐沉积物氧同位素所反映的气候变化信息为3个阶段： 1)1854年至1900年的相对较强季风期,降水量较丰, δ18O 平均值为－6.3‰; 2)1900年至1960年的较弱季风期,降水量较少, δ¹⁸O 平均值为－5.1‰; 3)1960年至2005年的较强季风期,降水量较丰富,δ¹⁸O 平均值为－6.1‰。     

美国西部Owens湖地球化学记录及其古气候意义

美国加州中部Owens湖的稳定同位素、稀酸可溶相锂元素浓度及其它地球化学指标揭示本区0.155MaB.P.～62500aB.P.间的气候变化。在0.155～0.140MaB.P.,0.122～0.114MaB.P.,91000～83000aB.P.和72000～62500aB.P.期间,气候冷湿,对应于深海氧同位素(MIS)6,5d,5b和4阶段。这些期间内湖泊开放,^δ18 O和^δ13 C无协变性,Li和有机碳浓度很低。在0.140～0.122MaB.P.,0.114MaB.P.～91000aB.P.和83000～72000aB.P.期间,气候干热,对应于MIS5e,5c和5a阶段。湖泊在这些期间内封闭,^δ18 O和^δ13 C有很好的协变性,封闭湖^δ18 O的变化代表了湖水体积的变化。来自湖中自生镁硅酸盐的锂元素浓度的变化反映了盐度和温度的变化。Owens湖的记录与DevilsHole洞穴流石记录和格陵兰冰芯记录有很好的对比,进一步证实了终结期Ⅱ在海相记录中的年龄滞后。本文讨论了冰期与间冰期之间,美国西部和中国黄土地区气候模式的差异及其互动机制。     

柴达木盆地察尔汗古湖贝壳堤剖面碳酸盐和 瓣鳃化石碳氧稳定同位素*

通过对柴达木盆地察尔汗古湖贝壳堤剖面沉积物、生物壳体碳酸盐同位素及沉积物碳酸盐含量等多项指标的分析,探讨了贝壳堤剖面记录39.6~17.1kaB.P.(未校正¹⁴ C测年,下同)期间碳酸盐和贝壳化石碳氧稳定同位素的特征和相关关系,指出壳体化石及沉积物碳酸盐的碳氧同位素是湖泊水体温度和盐度的反映,其中δ¹⁸ O对温度的指示意义更敏感,是湖泊和古气候演化很好的代用指标。根据这些指标重建的古气候与环境变化显示,在39.6~35.5kaB.P.期间,柴达木盆地处于温暖湿润期,周围山地降水增加,盆地内湖泊发育;自35.5kaB.P.开始,气候较前期更加湿润,是湖泊发育的最佳期;22.1kaB.P.以后,气候逐步转入较温暖的干燥期,湖泊开始萎缩、退化;末期17.1kaB.P.气候环境急剧恶化,形成石盐结晶,湖泊高湖面演化史结束。     

中国黄土高原西缘甘肃万象洞MIS 5石笋δ18 O记录与南方地区石笋记录的对比研究*

位于青藏高原与黄土高原过渡带的甘肃武都万象洞石笋WXSM51和WXSM52提供了MIS 5(118~79kaB.P.)高分辨率的δ¹⁸ O记录。研究表明, 万象洞石笋δ¹⁸ O值与夏季风强度呈负相关关系, 与我国西南部的贵州董歌洞石笋δ¹⁸ O记录有良好的对应关系, 并与高纬度的格陵兰NGRIP冰芯δ¹⁸ O记录和65°N太阳辐射强度有很好的一致性, 说明万象洞石笋δ¹⁸ O记录了118~79kaB.P.期间亚洲季风强度的变化, 同时也说明东亚季风强度的变化和全球气候变化同步, 而且主要受控于北半球太阳辐射强度的变化。同时它与地中海碳酸盐记录有很好的相似性, 和巴西石笋δ¹⁸ O记录在千年尺度上表现出相反的变化趋势, 说明东亚季风区、地中海地区以及巴西季风区之间存在密切的联系, 指示了南北半球气候在千年尺度上存在"跷跷板"(seesaw)现象。万象洞石笋δ¹⁸ O记录的MIS 5b与MIS 5a突发性转换, 与NGRIP冰芯δ¹⁸ O记录相似, 而与神农架记录存在差异, 说明万象洞地区对亚洲季风强度的响应更为敏感。     

新疆玛纳斯湖沉积物氧同位素记录的古气候信息探讨──与青海湖和色林错比较

内陆封闭湖泊自生碳酸盐氧同位素组成与大气降水同位素组成、空气相对湿度和地面气温这三个参数相关。我国季风带的青海湖与色林错的δ¹⁸O曲线非常相似,说明古气候变化受相同因素驱动。在10500～9500aB．P．的末次冰期向全新世的过渡期,这两个湖泊的δ¹⁸O值大幅度下降,这是夏季风雨水的低δ¹⁸O值的缘故。属于西风带的玛纳斯湖和季风带的青海湖的δ¹⁸O曲线基本上是对称的。大约9500～4000aB．P,图形由对称转变为相似,据此推论当时夏季风的影响范围可能达到新疆北部。     

三水盆地古近系湖相沉积岩的氧、碳同位素地球化学记录及其环境意义

三水盆地古近系莘庄组顶部至土布心组红岗段的全岩碳酸盐稳定同位素分析结果表明其形成期间经历了多次环境变迁。根据碳酸盐氧、碳同位素比值及其相互关系的变化,可识别三次海水入侵期。其时δ18O值大幅度向正值漂移。而由于受有机质降解的影响,相应时期的δ13 C均表现为低值。在不直接受海洋影响的湖相沉积阶段,δ18O与δ13 C的相关程度虽然未达到典型的封闭型湖泊水平,但仍呈现一定的正相关变化 (r =0.6 5 ),表明其湖水滞留时间较长。而频繁出现的石膏薄层沉积也指示湖盆的封闭性较好。这些均表明这一时期的三水盆地可能是一周期性封闭型湖泊。其稳定同位素组成主要受制于蒸发量/降雨量平衡的变化。而δ13 C比值往往还受有机质活动的控制,更多的是反映有机质生产力、埋藏与降解率。     

贵州山区土壤微生物生物量的碳同位素组成与有机碳同位素效应

选择贵州岩溶区3个不同海拔高度上的旱地作为实验点,进行了绿肥(紫花光叶苕,C3豆科植物)的输入实验,目的是了解通过输入绿肥之后土壤微生物生物量碳(SMBC)的响应,以及微生物生物量中碳同位素比值的变化,来判断植物分解作用期间有机碳的同位素效应,即微生物分解对13C的分馏作用和微生物对有机质的选择性利用.实验结果表明,在实验地里加入绿肥之后,年平均气温较高的实验地的SMBC响应较快,并且其值高于其余两个年平均气温较低的实验地,说明SMBC主要来源于植物残留物,其值的大小受控于气温.在加入绿肥之后,并未在各自的实验地和对照地之间出现δ¹³C值的差异,而是在植物残留物的分解达到一定程度后实验地的δ¹³C值才高于对照地,但在年平均气温较低的实验点上始终未出现这种差异,说明植物残留物的分解程度和质量将影响SMBC的δ¹³C值,这种现象也进一步说明土壤有机碳的同位素效应是微生物对13C的分馏和对有机质的选择性利用并存的过程.3个实验点上的土壤有机碳的δ¹³C值大小的顺序与SMBC的δ¹³C值大小的顺序相一致,表明SMBC的δ¹³C值能够反映相应样品中的土壤有机质δ¹³C值的总的变化趋势,并可能是控制土壤有机质的δ¹³C值大小的主要的影响因素.     

Environmental evolution recorded by multi-proxy evidence in Lake Chenghai sediments, Yunnan Province during recent 100 years

Lacustrine sediments can provide potential information about environmental changes in the past. On the basis of high-resolution multi-proxy analysis including carbon and nitrogen contents of organic matter, C/N ratios, inorganic carbon contents, and carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of carbonate, together with precise 137Cs dating, the environmental evolution of Lake Chenghai, Yunnan Province, during the past 100 years has been investigated. It is shown that the carbonate in Lake Chenghai is authigenic, and the organic matter is mainly derived from aquatic plants and algae, instead of terrestrial-source materials. The environmental evolution of Lake Chenghai can be diverged into three periods with the contrasting characteristics during the past 100 years. Before 1940, the stable carbon and oxygen isotope values, the poor correlation between them and the lower carbon and nitrogen contents of organic matter suggested that Lake Chenghai was open, and the lake water was oligotrophic during that period. During 1940-1993, the negative δ13C values and the gradual increase of carbon and nitrogen contents of organic matter and C/N ratios indicated that the eutrophication was aggravated. The closeness of Lake Chenghai and human activities may be responsible for this eutrophication. After 1993, notable increases in carbon and oxygen isotopic values of carbonate, carbon and nitrogen contents of organic matter, C/N ratios and inorganic carbon contents demonstrated that the increase of lacustrine productivity and the serious eutrophication were resulted from strong human activities. Therefore, the multi-proxy in Lake Chenghai sediments has reliably recorded the natural environmental evolution and the impacts from human activities.     

Isotopic Tracing of Trophication Processes over the Last Millennia on Lake Chenghai

Multi-parameter studies (stable isotopes in carbonate and organic matter, pigment,organic carbon and nitrogen contents) from a 660-yr continuous sediment core from Lake Cheng-hai, a closed, eutropic lake in southern China, provide information on lake historical eutrophi-cation. During the last 660 years, great changes have taken place in productivity and eutrophi-cation of Lake Chenghai in response to human activities. In 1690, the productivity of the lakebegan to increase as Lake Chenghai became closed from agriculture in the lake‘‘ s watershed. In 1942, Lake Chenghai evolved to eutrophic state, marked by an increase in organic carbon, ni-trogen, CaC03, pigment contents and obvious negative values of stable isotopes, which is more or less simultaneous with the large-scale population immigration during the period. In 1984, in-tensive human activities induced modern lacustrine productivity and eutrophic level. Human-in-duced trophic changes during the past few decades have affected the Lake Chenghai ecosystem tosuch an extent that it has never experienced before in the last 660 years.     

Research on the carbon isotopic composition of organic matter from Lake Chenghai and Caohai Lake sediments

The carbon isotopic composition of organic matter from lake sediments has been extensively used to infer variations in productivity. In this paper, based on the study of the contents and δ13C values of organic matter in different types of lakes, it has been found that δ13C values of organic matter have different responses to lake productivity in different lakes. As to the lakes dominated by aqutic macrophytes such as Lake Caohai, organic matter becomes enriched in 13C with increasing productivity. As to the lakes dominated by aquatic algae such as Lake Chenghai, δ13C values of organic matter decrease with increasing productivity, and the degradation of aquatic algae is the main factor leading to the decrease of δ13C values of organic matter with increasing productivity. Therefore, we should be cautious to use the carbon isotopic composition of organic matter to deduce lake productivity.     

δ13C-δ18O Covariance: An Effective Indicator of Hydrological Closure for Lakes?

The correlation between the δ^13C and δ^13C-δ^18O in primary carbonates is affected by several factors such as hydrological balance, total CO2 concentrations, climatic condition and lake productivity. The influence of these factors on the δ^13C-δ^18O correlation may be different on different time scales. In this paper, two different-type lakes in southwestern China, Lake Erhai and Lake Chenghai, are selected to investigate the influence of climatic pattern on the δ^13C-δ^18O correlation and to evaluate the reliability of the δ^13C-δ^18O covariance as an indicator of hydrological closure. The results show that there exists good correlation between the δ^13C and δ^18O in Lake Erhai （overflowing open lake） and in Lake Chenghai （closed lake）. This suggests that the δ^13C-δ^18O covariance may be not an effective indicator of hydrological closure for lakes, especially on short time scales. On the one hand, a hydrologically open lake may display covariant δ^13C and δ^18O as a result of climatic influence. The particular alternate warm-dry and cold-wet climatic pattern in southwestern China may be the principal cause of the δ^13C-δ^18O covariance in Lake Erhai and Lake Chenghai. On the other hand, a hydrologically closed lake unnecessarily displays covariant trends between δ^13C and δ^18O because of the buffering effect of high CO2 concentration on the δ^13C shift in hyper-alkaline lakes. We should be prudent when we use the covariance between δ^13C and δ^18O to judge the hydrological closure of lake.     

云南程海现代沉积物环境记录研究

本文通过对程海沉积物Ｃ、Ｈ、Ｎ等元素含量及其比值的综合分析,辨识了程海沉积物有机质Ｈ／Ｃ及Ｃ／Ｎ值的环境指示意义,发现它们增可作为程海水位波动及区域气候干湿变迁的替代性指标。研究结果表明：程海的水位和区域气候干湿主为化明显以历了两个不同的阶段,但整体上程海水位一直呈下降趋势,反映区域气候整体上向干旱化方向发展。     

中国西北干旱区湖泊沉积物中有机质碳同位素组成的环境意义--以民勤盆地三角城古湖泊为例

通过对中国西北干旱区石羊河流域民勤盆地三角城古湖泊沉积物有机质碳同位素组成(^δ13Corg)分析,表明末次冰期与全新世时气候和植被有明显的差异,末次冰期^δ13Corg总体偏轻(-30‰～-25‰),而全新世碳同位素组成则有较大的变化,在早全新世碳同位素组成有多次短期快速变重(-10‰左右)的变化,中全新世碳同位素组成总体偏重(-20‰～-10‰),晚全新世碳同位素组成偏轻(-25‰左右)。分析表明湖泊沉积物有机质碳同位素组成反映了陆生C₃植物和湖泊内源水生植物变化的关系,末次冰期以来西北干旱区C₄植物不发育,偏重的有机质碳同位素值与C₄植物无关。从沉积物中有机质组分、元素等分析表明,末次冰期时主要以河流相沉积为主,湖泊中有机质主要来源于上游祁连山的陆生C₃植物,有机碳含量较低,表明当时的上游的陆生植被不繁盛,区域气候较干冷;从全新世开始,三角城古湖泊开始形成,沉积物中碳同位素组成偏重的有机质主要来源于湖泊中的沉水植物,此时湖泊水体较大,湖泊生产力较高。而沉积物中有机质碳同位素组成偏轻时期的有机质主要来源于挺水植物、陆生C₃植物,较低的有机碳含量说明该时期陆生植被不发育,气候较干冷,湖泊水体较小     

The Correlation of Inorganic C,O Isotopic Values for Lake Chenghai Sediments and Its Environmental Implications

As one of the lakes on the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, Lake Chenghai, which is a typical closed lake with the precipitation accounting for one-third or more of the annual water input, has a high total salinity (almost like a saline lake). The inorganic C, O isotopic composition of lake sediments bears much sensitive information about environmental change in the catchment, while their correlations revealed the hydrological conditions under which the lake was closed. Their compositional variations are controlled by temperature, precipitation, photosynthesis, dissolving equilibrium of the carbonate system and hydrological condition. According to our research on inorganic C, O isotopic composition of Lake Chenghai sediments, we investigated the environmental change of this catchment several decades ago. The results showed that Lake Chenghai has kept good hydrological closing conditions in the past several decades, as indicated by the good correlation of inorganic C, O isotopic composition of sediments; and that the environmental change in this catchment shows a tendency of periodical evolution on a 10⁻¹¹-years scale, although the signal noise is relatively high at the bottom of the sediment core. And we also can extend C, O isotopes, a sensitive environmental indicator, to nearly saline lake environments with a high degree of mineralization.