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Barbara Wohlfarth Pavel Tarasov Ole Bennike Terri Lacourse Dmitry Subetto Peter Torssander Fedor Romanenko 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(3):543-569
Three lake sediment sequences (lakes Nero, Chashnitsy, Zaozer’e) from the Rostov-Jaroslavl’ region north of Moscow were studied
to provide information on palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes during the past 15,000 cal yr. The multi-proxy study
(i.e., pollen, macrofossils, mineral magnetic measurements, total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur) is chronologically constrained
by AMS 14C measurements. Lake Nero provided the longest sedimentary record back to ca. 15,000 cal yr BP, while sediment accumulation
began around ca. 11,000 cal yr BP in the two other lakes, possibly due to melting of permafrost. Limnic plant macrofossil
remains suggest increased lake productivity and higher mean summer temperatures after 14,500 cal yr BP. While the late glacial
vegetation was dominated by Betula and Salix shrubs and various herbs, it appears that Betula sect. Albae became established as early as 14,000 cal yr BP. Major hydrological changes in the region led to distinctly lower lake levels,
starting 13,000 cal yr BP in Lake Nero and ca. 9000 cal yr BP in lakes Chashnitsy and Zaozer’e, which are situated at higher
elevations. These changes resulted in sedimentary hiatuses in all three lakes that lasted 3500–4500 cal yr. Mixed broad-leaved
– coniferous forests were widespread in the area between 8200 and 6100 cal yr BP and developed into dense, species-rich forests
between 6100 and 2500 cal yr BP, during what was likely the warmest interval of the studied sequences. Agricultural activity
is documented since 500 cal yr BP, but probably began earlier, since Rostov was a major capital by 862 A.D. This apparent
gap may be caused by additional sedimentary hiatuses around 2500 and 500 cal yr BP. 相似文献
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Juan Pablo Corella Adel El Amrani Javier Sigró Mario Morellón Eugenio Rico Blas Lorenzo Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):469-485
We present a high-resolution, multiproxy reconstruction of the depositional history of Lake Arreo, northern Spain, for the
last 60 years. We conducted sedimentological, geochemical and diatom analyses in short cores and made a detailed comparison
with regional instrumental climate data (1952–2007), limnological monitoring of the lake (1992–2008) and recent land use changes
that affect the lake catchment. Chronology is based on “floating” discontinuous varve counts and 137Cs and 14C dates. Four periods were identified in the Lake Arreo recent history: (1) prior to 1963, varved facies intercalated with
fine turbidite deposits, and diatom assemblages dominated by Cyclotella taxa indicate predominantly meromictic conditions, (2) from 1964 to 1978, permanent anoxia persisted in bottom waters, as shown
by similar facies and diatom assemblages as before, though detrital layers were coarser, (3) from 1979 to 1994, sediment delivery
to the lake increased and laminated, clastic facies were deposited, and (4) from 1995 to 2008, dominance of massive facies
and an increase in Fragilaria tenera and Achnanthes minutissima reflect relatively lower lake levels, less frequent bottom anoxia with more frequent water column mixing, similar to modern
conditions. The period 1952–1979 was a time of meromixis and varved facies deposition, and was characterized by higher rainfall
and less intense agricultural pressure in the watershed. There were two short humid periods (1992–1993 and 1996–1998) when
monitoring data show more anoxic weeks per year and relatively higher lake levels. Increased cultivation of small landholdings
in 1963, and particularly after 1979, caused a large increase in sediment delivery to the lake. The inferred lake evolution
is in agreement with monitoring data that suggest a transition from dominantly meromictic conditions prior to 1993–1994 to
a predominantly monomictic pattern of circulation since then, particularly after 2000. The synergistic effects of intensive
water extraction for irrigation and lower rainfall since 1979, and particularly since 1994, brought the long period of meromictic
conditions in Lake Arreo to an end. Water balance and sediment delivery to the lake are dominant factors that control the
limnological and mixing conditions in Lake Arreo and they must be considered in management and restoration plans. 相似文献
3.
We retrieved a lake sediment record from an oligosaline, meromictic lake in southwest Greenland. The record spans the last
8,200 cal. years and was radiocarbon dated and analysed for macroscopic remains of plants and animals. The record extends
the known history of several invertebrate species back in time, and provides minimum ages for their immigration to Greenland
after the last deglaciation. Shells of the ostracod Ilyocypris bradyi were found in sediments dated to the time interval c. 7,000–6,500 cal. years BP. Shells of this species were found previously in a nearby oligosaline lake, where its occurrence
was dated to about the same short time interval. The species is a thermophilous, non-arctic taxon that is absent from the
present day Greenland fauna, and we suggest that its former occurrence in west Greenland marks the peak of the Holocene thermal
maximum. This is in agreement with other records from Greenland. 相似文献
4.
Medicine Lake is a highly saline meromictic lake in eastern South Dakota. A lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic study of the late-glacial and early post-glacial sediments shows that it was a relatively deep dilute freshwater lake during the period of the Picea pollen zone. When spruce forest changed to a Betula and then to a Quercus/Ulmus woodland in the early post-glacial period, the lake water became more concentrated but remained fresh. However, during the subsequent rapid transition to prairie in the early Holocene, when Gramineae, Ambrosia, and Artemisia dominated dry-land vegetation, the freshwater diatom flora was progressively replaced by a saline assemblage characterized by Cyclotella quillensis, Chaetoceros, and eventually Cyclotella caspia. The lake became permanently saline at about 9000 yr BP. A comparison of the fossil diatom assemblages with surface-sediment samples from a range of lakes in the Dakotas indicates that the change involved an increase in conductivity from about 500 S cm–1 in the late-glacial period to > 10 000 S cm–1 in the early Holocene. This rapid change is also marked by an abrupt increase in sulphate concentration in the sediment, the first appearance of bands of gypsum crystals, and the beginning of a well-laminated core sequence that continues through the remaining sediment record. Conditions of high salinity have prevailed to the present day.Contribution 299, Limnological Research Center. 相似文献
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Records of environmental and climatic changes during the late Holocene from Svalbard: palaeolimnology of Kongressvatnet 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Piero Guilizzoni Aldo Marchetto Andrea Lami Achim Brauer Luigi Vigliotti Simona Musazzi Leonardo Langone Marina Manca Federico Lucchini Natale Calanchi Enrico Dinelli Alceo Mordenti 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,36(4):325-351
A multi-core, multidisciplinary palaeolimnological study of the partially varved sediment of a deep, meromictic, arctic lake, Kongressvatnet (Svalbard, Western Spitsbergen), provides a record of environmental and climatic changes during last ca. 1800 years. The chronology of sedimentation was established using several dating techniques (137Cs, 210Pb, varve counts, palaeomagnetic correlation). A multiproxy record of palaeolimnological variability was compiled based on sedimentation rates, magnetic properties, varve thickness, organic matter, geochemistry, pigments from algal and photosynthetic bacteria, mineralogy and biological assemblages (diatoms, Cladocera). The major features recognised in our master core K99-3 include a shift in sediment source and supply (magnetic measurements, geochemistry) probably caused by glaciological changes in the catchment around 38–32 cm core depth (AD 700–820). Additional environmental changes are inferred at 20–18, 8–4.5 and 3–2 cm (AD ca. 1160–1255; 1715–1880; 1940–1963, respectively). During the past ca. 120 years a prominent sedimentological change from brownish-grey, partly laminated silt-clay (varves) to black organic-rich deposits was observed. From AD 1350 to AD1880 the sediment is comprised of a continuous sequence of varves, whereas the earlier sediments are mostly homogeneous with only a few short intercalated laminated sections between AD 860 and 1350. Sedimentation and accumulation rates increased during the last 30 years (modern warming). Pigment concentrations are very low in the lower ca. 32 cm of the core (AD 820) probably because of the high turbidity high energy environment. The high sulphur content in the uppermost 32 cm of sediment has given rise to two horizontally stratified populations of sulphur anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria, as inferred from their specific carotenoids. These bacteria populations are much more abundant during the Little Ice Age (LIA) than during warmer periods (e.g., during the Medieval Warm Period and 20th century). Diatoms are lacking from the core base up to 18 cm (ca. AD 1255); at this level, species indicative of mesotrophic water are present, whereas from 17 cm to the top of the core, oligotrophic taxa such as Staurosira construens/S. pinnata complex dominate, indicating extended ice coverage and more oligotrophic waters during the LIA. The concentration of Cladocera subfossil remains (dominated by Chydorus) are relatively high in the deepest sections (54–32 cm), whereas the upper 32 cm are characterized by a very low concentration of remains, possibly because of the strongly anoxic conditions, and in this upper sediment section rotifer resting eggs become prevalent. We interpret these changes as responses to climate forcing through its impact on glacial melt water, lake ice cover duration and mainly redox conditions in deep water. The observed changes suggest that at least some of our recorded changes may parallel the Greenland Ice core, although our study added more details about the inferred climatic changes. Further aspects are discussed, such as catchment processes, glacial activity, duration of the Medieval Warm Period, the Little Ice Age, local human activity, and limnology. 相似文献
6.
The environmental history of the Kootenay Valley in the southern Canadian Rockies was reconstructed using lake sediment from
Dog Lake, British Columbia, and compared to other paleoenvironmental studies in the region to understand how vegetation dynamics
and fire regimes responded to climate change during the Holocene. A pollen-based vegetation reconstruction indicates five
periods of vegetation change. At 10,300 cal yr B.P. Pinus-Juniperus parkland colonized the valley and by 7600 cal yr B.P. was replaced by mixed stands of Pinus, Picea and Pseudotsuga/Larix. Fire frequencies increased to their Holocene maximums during the 8200–4000 cal yr B.P. period. From 5500–4500 cal yr B.P.
Pseudotsuga/Larix reached its maximum extent in the Kootenay Valley under a more frequent fire regime. At 5000 cal yr B.P. Picea and Abies began to expand in the area and by 4500 cal yr B.P. the forest shifted to a closed montane spruce forest type with dramatically
reduced fire frequency. The shift to less frequent forest fires after 4500 cal yr B.P., along with a moisterPicea – dominated closed forest, corresponds to Neoglacial advances in the Canadian Rockies and Coast Mountains. Fire intervals
after 4000 cal yr B.P. are significantly longer than the shorter fire intervals of the early to mid Holocene. A return to
drier, more open forest condition occurs between 2400–1200 cal yr B.P. with a slight increase in fire activity and summer
drought events. Lower lake levels inferred by charophyte accumulation rates during the 2400–1200 cal yr B.P. interval support
this moisture regime shift. An abrupt shift toPicea dominated forest occurred from 1200–1000 cal yr B.P. and a final period of wet-closed forest cover reaches its maximum extent
from 700–150 cal yr B.P. that appears to be a response to Little Ice Age cooling. Present forests are within their natural
range of variability but are predicted to shift again to a drier more open structure with increased Pseudotsuga/Larix cover. More frequent stand replacing fires and increased area burned likely will accompany this change due to continued global
warming. 相似文献
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Pollen records from 21 sites were used to reconstruct Holocene hydrological changes in northern Fennoscandia. The inferred dominance of maritime-type Betula-forests from c. 9600 BP onwards indicate an oceanic climate in the region during the early Holocene, with high amounts of precipitation and low seasonal contrasts. This interpretation is supported by oxygen isotope records obtained on lacustrine carbonates from Abisko, northern Sweden. Enrichment of 18O during the early Holocene suggests enhanced zonal circulation and a pronounced influence of Atlantic air-masses in northern Sweden. The pattern of Pinus expansion in the area was time-transgressive, ranging from 9200-8000 BP in the extreme north-east to 7900-5500 BP in the western and south-western parts of the region. The replacement of Betula-forests by Pinus-forests indicates a climatic change towards drier summers and increased seasonality. At Abisko, a close correlation between regional Pinus expansion and depletion of 18O in lacustrine carbonates suggests that the expansion of Pinus was triggered by a gradual attenuation of the influence of westerlies. Thus, in large-scale palaeohydrological terms, the early expansion of Pinus in the north-easternmost parts of Fennoscandia as compared to the successively later expansion in the west and south-west may reflect a gradually decreasing influence of Atlantic air-masses in northern Fennoscandia during the early and mid Holocene. 相似文献
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Juan Pablo Corella Ana Moreno Mario Morellón Valentí Rull Santiago Giralt María Teresa Rico Ana Pérez-Sanz Blas Lorenzo Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):351-367
Sedimentological, mineralogical and compositional analyses performed on short gravity cores and long Kullenberg cores from
meromictic Montcortès Lake (Pre-Pyrenean Range, NE Spain) reveal large depositional changes during the last 6,000 cal years.
The limnological characteristics of this karstic lake, including its meromictic nature, relatively high surface area/depth
ratio (surface area ~0.1 km2; z
max = 30 m), and steep margins, facilitated deposition and preservation of finely laminated facies, punctuated by clastic layers
corresponding to turbidite events. The robust age model is based on 17 AMS 14C dates. Slope instability caused large gravitational deposits during the middle Holocene, prior to 6 ka BP, and in the late
Holocene, prior to 1,600 and 1,000 cal yr BP). Relatively shallower lake conditions prevailed during the middle Holocene (6,000–3,500 cal years
BP). Afterwards, deeper environments dominated, with deposition of varves containing preserved calcite laminae. Increased
carbonate production and lower clastic input occurred during the Iberian-Roman Period, the Little Ice Age, and the twentieth
century. Although modulated by climate variability, changes in sediment delivery to the lake reflect modifications of agricultural
practices and population pressure in the watershed. Two episodes of higher clastic input to the lake have been identified:
1) 690–1460 AD, coinciding with an increase in farming activity in the area and the Medieval Climate Anomaly, and 2) 1770–1950 AD,
including the last phase of the Little Ice Age and the maximum human occupation in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 相似文献
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Yan Zhao Carl D. Sayer Hilary H. Birks Michael Hughes Sylvia M. Peglar 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,35(2):335-350
We have explored the contemporary spatial relationship between aquatic vegetation and surficial macrofossil and pollen remains
in a small, shallow, English lake. A detailed point-based (n = 87) underwater vegetation survey was undertaken in the middle of the plant-growing season in July 2000. Then following
plant die-back in November 2000, surface sediment samples (upper 1.5 cm) were collected from 30 of these plant survey points
and analysed for plant macro-remains (all 30 samples), and pollen (4 evenly spaced samples). All data were stored as separate
layers in a geographical information system and spatial relationships between the aquatic vegetation and plant remains were
explored. In contrast to pollen types, plant macrofossils were not evenly dispersed across all parts of the lake and, with
the exception of Chara oospores, higher concentrations of remains (particularly for Potamogeton) were found close to areas of source-plant dominance. The spatial pattern of macrophyte–macrofossil relationships revealed
that vegetative remains (particularly leaf fragments) were probably deposited at source, whereas seeds were recovered close
to the shore suggesting slightly wider dispersal. Overall, however, macro-remains best represented local ‘patch-scale’ vegetation
within 20–30 m of the core site. The macro-remains effectively recorded the dominant plants in the lake with 63% of samples
containing a combination of remains of Chara, Elodea, and Potamogeton. However, relationships between macrophytes and fossils were complex. Some species were significantly over-represented by
macrofossils (e.g., Chara spp., Nitella flexilis agg., and Zannichellia palustris), while others were either under-represented (e.g., Potamogeton spp.), or not represented at all (e.g., Lemna trisulca). Pollen represented macrophyte diversity poorly, but some taxa were found (e.g., Myriophyllum spicatum, Ceratophyllum demersum) that were not recorded by macro-remains. We conclude that macrofossil analysis may be very usefully employed to determine
the dominant taxa in past aquatic plant communities of shallow, productive lakes and that the addition of pollen analysis
provides further information on former species richness. 相似文献
10.
Lidia Romero-Viana Brendan J. Keely Antonio Camacho Eduardo Vicente M. Rosa Miracle 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,43(4):771-786
We analysed photosynthetic pigments in annually laminated sediment of meromictic Lake La Cruz, Spain, to cope with the timing
and characterisation of primary productivity changes over the last four centuries. The photosynthetic pigments identified
included chlorophyll a and b (and its derivatives) and specific carotenoids of different algal groups, such as zeaxanthin, lutein, alloxanthin, diadinoxanthin
and diatoxanthin among others. Marker pigments of phototrophic sulfur bacteria were also observed, including bacteriochlorophyll
a derivatives, homologue series of bacteriophaeophytins d and bacterial carotenoids okenone and chlorobactene. We investigated the diagenetic processes of pigment alteration in anoxic
sediments and the possible implications for paleoproductivity reconstruction and interpretation. The lack of systematic down-core
changes in diagenetic indicators suggests that variability of sedimentary pigment concentrations is the result of changes
in lake productivity. The lower concentration of algal photosynthetic pigments in the bottom of sediment sequence corresponds
to the onset of meromictic conditions. Before that, sediment was not continuously anoxic and the preservation of pigments
was reduced. Regarding photosynthetic bacteria, green sulfur bacteria derivatives indicate that population growth was limited
until the settled organic matter was sufficient to provide enough sulphide. Moreover, the presence of bacterioviridine, an
oxidised derivative of bacteriochlorophyll a, suggest the competitive relation among photosynthetic bacteria. The high relative abundance of zeaxanthin indicates the
dominance of picocyanobacteria in the primary productivity over the last centuries. Fluctuations of the pigment signal observed
in the sediment sequence during the meromictic period were well correlated with fluctuations of solar activity. 相似文献
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《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2012,66(4):194-195
A palaeoecological investigation in the Bodø area (Salten, Nordland) records a shift from Betula-dominated forest to mostly treeless vegetation during the last 4000 years. Corylus avellana, now at its northern limits in this region, was previously more abundant within the area. Deforestation started c. 3500–3000 BP, most likely connected to human activity during the early Bronze Age. After the onset of anthropogenic disturbance, heathland was established, initially with a dominance of Calluna vulgaris and Empetrum. Later on, c. 900 BP, Calluna was dominant. The heathland was probably subject to management, including burning. It should be viewed as a part of a northern extension of the western European heathland vegetation of the coast of SW Norway. 相似文献
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A record of vegetation dynamics and lake level changes from Lake Emakat,northern Tanzania,during the last c. 1200 years 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Analyses of down-core variations in pollen and charcoal in two short cores of lake sediment and wood samples taken from the
in situ remains of Nuxia congesta from Lake Emakat, a hydrologically-closed volcanic crater lake occupying the Empakaai Crater in northern Tanzania, have generated
evidence of past vegetation change and lake level fluctuations. Eight AMS radiocarbon (14C) dates on bulk samples of lake sediment provide a chronological framework for the two cores and indicate that the sediment
record analysed incorporates the last c. 1200 years. The in situ remains of a Nuxia congesta tree, now standing in deep water, were dated with three additional AMS 14C dates, suggesting tree growth within the interval ∼1500–1670 AD. Down-core variations in pollen from terrestrial taxa, particularly
the montane forest trees Hagenia abyssinica and Nuxia congesta, indicate a broad period of generally more arid conditions in the catchment to c. 1200 AD and at a prolonged period between
c. 1420 and 1680 AD. Variations in pollen from plants in lake margin vegetation indicate low lake levels, presumably as a
result of reduced effective precipitation, contemporary with indications of relatively dry conditions mentioned above, but
also during the late 18th and the late 19th centuries. The presence of charcoal throughout both cores indicates the frequent
occurrence of vegetation fires. An increase in burning, evident in the charcoal data and dated to the early to mid second
millennium AD, could relate to an expansion of human population levels and agricultural activity in the region. 相似文献
13.
Valentí Rull José A. López-Sáez Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(1):399-411
This paper evaluates the potential usefulness of non-pollen palynomorphs or NPPs (microfossils other than pollen and spores
present in palynological preparations) contained in lake sediments in the paleolimnological reconstruction of high altitude
environments (>4,000 m) from the Venezuelan Andes. A synthetic, quantitative approach is employed, instead of the classical
analytical and mostly qualitative approach commonly used so far for NPPs. The main sources of variation are the Pediastrum–Botryococcus alternation and the relationship between these two algae and animal remains such as Acari legs, postabdomina of Cladocera,
mandibles of other invertebrates, and an unknown type called LVA-1. Other significant microfossils are remains of Rivularia-type and turbellarian oocytes, including Gyratrix. The sequence initiates around 15,000 calibrated years before present (cal BP) with the deglaciation of the lake catchment,
high water levels and still cold climates. A phase of lower lake levels was recorded between about 12,000 and 6,000 cal BP.
Temperatures increased by around 9,000 and 7,000 cal BP, and then decreased until 6,000 cal BP. Since that time, both lake
levels and temperature increased again and stabilized at about 4,000 cal BP, when they reach modern-like values. These results
show a good agreement with previous studies based on pollen, diatom and oxygen isotope analyses, and provide additional paleoecological
information, as for example the possibility of a previously unrecorded Younger Dryas signal. The inclusion of quantitative
NPP analysis in routine paleolimnological studies using synthetic methods is thus recommended. Possible future improvements
are suggested, mainly those related with the development and use of NPP modern analogs. 相似文献
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We explored the potential for using Pediastrum (Meyen), a genus of green alga commonly found in palaeoecological studies, as a proxy for lake-level change in tropical South
America. The study site, Laguna La Gaiba (LLG) (17°45′S, 57°40′W), is a broad, shallow lake located along the course of the
Paraguay River in the Pantanal, a 135,000-km2 tropical wetland located mostly in western Brazil, but extending into eastern Bolivia. Fourteen surface sediment samples
were taken from LLG across a range of lake depths (2–5.2 m) and analyzed for Pediastrum. We found seven species, of which P. musteri (Tell et Mataloni), P. argentiniense (Bourr. et Tell), and P. cf. angulosum (Ehrenb.) ex Menegh. were identified as potential indicators of lake level. Results of the modern dataset were applied to
31 fossil Pediastrum assemblages spanning the early Holocene (12.0 kyr BP) to present to infer past lake level changes qualitatively. Early Holocene
(12.0–9.8 kyr BP) assemblages do not show a clear signal, though abundance of P. simplex (Meyen) suggests relatively high lake levels. Absence of P. musteri, characteristic of deep, open water, and abundance of macrophyte-associated taxa indicate lake levels were lowest from 9.8
to 3.0 kyr BP. A shift to wetter conditions began at 4.4 kyr BP, indicated by the appearance of P. musteri, though inferred lake levels did not reach modern values until 1.4 kyr BP. The Pediastrum-inferred mid-Holocene lowstand is consistent with lower precipitation, previously inferred using pollen from this site, and
is also in agreement with evidence for widespread drought in the South American tropics during the middle Holocene. An inference
for steadily increasing lake level from 4.4 kyr BP to present is consistent with diatom-inferred water level rise at Lake
Titicaca, and demonstrates coherence with the broad pattern of increasing monsoon strength from the late Holocene until present
in tropical South America. 相似文献
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53 pollen traps and surface samples were collected in order to detect the characteristics of pollen assemblages and their
relationships with vegetation and climate in 16 forest communities located in 10 mountains in northern China. The results
show that 72% of the pollen taxa (80 taxa) are the same between the traps and the surface samples. The dominant taxa in the
plant communities are consistent with the main pollen taxa in the pollen assemblages at the same sites. In Pinus plant communities, both Pinus pollen influx and concentration are higher, indicating the high pollen productivity and good pollen preservation ability
of Pinus. In Picea and Abies plant communities, Picea and Abies have lower pollen influxes but higher concentrations, suggesting their low pollen productivities but better pollen preservation
abilities. In Betula and Quercus plant communities, Betula and Quercus have higher pollen influxes but lower concentrations, revealing their high pollen productivities but poor pollen preservation
abilities. The study of relationships between pollen and vegetation with discriminant analysis shows that pollen assemblages
from both trap and surface samples can reflect the characteristics of different communities and distinguish different ecological
areas, but surface samples can reflect the dominant components of communities much better than the traps. The study on correlations
between pollen assemblages and climate with DCCA reveals that significant correlations exist between pollen assemblages and
mean temperature of the coldest month (r = 0.84 for trap samples, r = 0.72 for surface samples), and then annual mean precipitation
(r = 0.73 for trap samples, r = 0.71 for surface samples). 相似文献
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I. Kristen H. Wilkes A. Vieth K.-G. Zink B. Plessen J. Thorpe T. C. Partridge H. Oberhänsli 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(1):143-160
Comparing the organic matter (OM) composition of modern and past lake sediments contributes to the understanding of changes
in lacustrine environments over time. We investigate modern plant and lake-water samples as well as modern and ancient sediment
samples from the Tswaing Crater in South Africa using biomarker and stable carbon isotope analyses on bulk OM and specific
biomarker compounds. The characteristic molecular markers for higher land plants (predominantly C3-type deciduous angiosperms)
in Lake Tswaing are long-chain n-alkanes (n-C27−33), n-alkanols (n-C28+30), stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, β-amyrin, α-amyrin and lupeol. The C17
n-alkane, tetrahymanol, gammaceran-3-one and C29 sterols dominate the lipid fraction of autochthonously produced OM. By comparing stable carbon isotope analyses on bulk OM
and the characteristic biomarkers, we follow the modern carbon cycle in the crater environment and find indications for methanotrophic
activity in the lake from isotopically depleted moretene. A comparative study of core sediments reveals changes in the terrestrial
(C3 versus C4) and aquatic bioproductivity and allows insights into the variability of the carbon cycle under the influence
of changing climatic conditions for the time from the end of the last glacial (Termination I) to the late Holocene, ca. 14,000–2,000
calibrated years before present (years BP). The most pronounced changes occur in the aquatic realm after ca. 10,000 years
BP when our results imply climate swings from more humid to more arid and after 7,500 years BP to gradually more humid conditions
again, which can be related to a shift in the position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone or to changes in the tropical
atmosphere–ocean interaction. Long-chain alkenones (LCAs) have been identified in ancient lake sediments from Africa for the
first time. They occur in samples older than 7,500 years BP and their distribution (dominance of C38 and of tri- over tetra-unsaturated LCAs) is distinctly different from other published records suggesting a to date unknown
source organism. 相似文献
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Soil evolution and subalpine ecosystem changes in the French Alps inferred from geochemical analysis of lacustrine sediments 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Brice Mourier Jerome Poulenard Christopher Carcaillet David Williamson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(2):571-587
This study aimed to reconstruct the history of soil development, ecosystem changes and associated erosional processes in a
small mountain lacustrine basin at the decennial to millennial scale. Geochemical proxies of soil evolution were analysed
in the Holocene lacustrine sediments and peats from Thyl Lake, Maurienne Valley, French Alps. Podzolization and chemical weathering
processes were assessed using secondary Al- and Fe-bearing phases together with major and Rare Earth Elements (REE). The resulting
proxy records, spanning ca. 4,400 years between 8.6 and 4.2 cal ka BP, indicate that progressive pedogenesis occurred after deglaciation in a relatively
stable subalpine ecosystem. As shown by the associated increase in Al- and Fe-bearing phases and some REE fractions, the establishment
of a mixed cembra pine ecosystem from ca. 7.2–6.5 ka BP was associated with enhanced podzolisation processes in the catchment. The progressive soil development was
followed by a rapid transformation of the local environment and plant cover (the open waters of the lake were replaced by
a confined peat environment) together with changes in forest fire regimes from ca. 6.8 ka BP. Depleted REE patterns, associated with low contents of secondary Al and Fe, suggest a decrease in chemical weathering
and podzolization in the catchment at that time, possibly associated with local intensification of weathering and drainage
processes in a relatively acidic peat environment. The higher variability of cembra pine and the increased abundance of sedge
and other herbaceous plant remains in the lake sediment indicate semi-open vegetation environments from 5.7 cal ka BP onwards.
Whereas fire events and plant cover appear to be significantly related, the soil processes seem primarily linked to vegetation
composition, and secondarily to changes in fire regime. 相似文献
18.
Ivanka Stefanova Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova Wolfgang Hofmann Brigitta Ammann 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2003,30(1):95-111
Diatoms, Cladocera, and chironomids preserved in the sediments of Lake Dalgoto were studied to reconstruct the history of the lake ecosystem in the context of the vegetation history as represented by the pollen stratigraphy. Younger Dryas silty sediments at the base of the core are characterized by low diversity of aquatic organisms. The transition to the Holocene is indicated by a sharp change from silt to clay-gyttja. The migration and expansion of trees at lower elevations between 10200 and 8500 14C-yr BP, along with higher diversities and concentrations of aquatic organisms and the decreased proportion of north-alpine diatoms, point to rapidly rising summer temperatures. After 6500 14C-yr BP the expansion of Pinus mugo in the catchment coincides with signs of natural eutrophication as recorded by an increase of planktonic diatoms. In the late Holocene (4000–0 14C-yr BP) Pinus peuce and Abies are reduced and Picea expands. Cereal grains and disturbance indicators suggest late-Holocene human modification of the vegetation. 相似文献
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Liping Zhu Xiaolin Zhen Junbo Wang Houyuan Lü Manping Xie Hiroyki Kitagawa Göran Possnert 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(3):343-358
Climatic and environmental changes since the last glacial period are important to our understanding of global environmental
change. There are few records from Southern Tibet, one of the most climatically sensitive areas on earth. Here we present
a study of the lake sediments (TC1 core) from Lake Chen Co, Southern Tibet. Two sediment cores were drilled using a hydraulic
borer in Terrace 1 of Lake Chen Co. AMS 14C dating of the sediments showed that the sequence spanned >30,000 years. Analyses of present lake hydrology indicated that
glacier melt water is very important to maintaining the lake level. Sediment variables such as grain size, TOC, TN, C/N, Fe/Mn,
CaCO3, and pollen were analyzed. Warm and moderately humid conditions dominated during the interval 30,000–26,500 cal year BP.
From 26,500 to 20,000 cal year BP, chemical variables and pollen assemblages indicate a cold/dry environment, and pollen amounts
and assemblages suggest a decline in vegetation. From 20,000 to 18,000 cal year BP, the environment shifted from cold/dry
to warm/humid and vegetation rebounded. The environment transitioned to cold/humid during 16,500–10,500 cal year BP, with
a cold/dry event around 14,500 cal year BP. After 10,500 cal year BP, the environment in this region tended to be warm/dry,
but exhibited three stages. From 10,500 to 9,000 cal year BP, there was a short warm/humid period, but a shift to cold/dry
conditions occurred around 9,000 cal year BP. Thereafter, from 9,000 to 6,000 cal year BP, there was a change from cold/dry
to warm/humid conditions, with the warmest period around 6,000 cal year BP. After 6,000 cal year BP, the environment cooled
rapidly, but then displayed a warming trend. Chemical variables indicate that a relatively warm/dry event occurred around
5,500–5,000 cal year BP, which is supported by time-lagged pollen assemblages around 4,800 cal year BP. Our lake sediment
sequence exhibits environmental changes since 30,000 cal year BP, and most features agree with records from the Greenland
GISP2 ice core and with other sequences from the Tibetan Plateau. This indicates that environmental changes inferred from
Lake Chen Co, Southern Tibet were globally significant. 相似文献
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Freddy J. Gathorne-Hardy Egill Erlendsson Peter G. Langdon Kevin J. Edwards 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(3):413-426
Ecosystem variability must be assessed over a range of timescales in order to fully understand natural ecosystem processes.
Long-term climate change, at millennial and centennial scales, is a major driver of natural ecosystem variability, but identifying
evidence of past climate change is frequently confounded by human-induced impacts on the ecosystem. Iceland is a location
where it is possible to separate natural from anthropogenic change in environmental archives, as the date of settlement is
accepted to be around AD 874, prior to which the island was free from proven human impacts. We used a lake sediment core from
Breieavatn, near Reykholt, a major farm of the Norse period in western Iceland, to examine landscape development. A change
in pollen concentration in the sediments, especially the decline in Betula, indicated initial landscape degradation immediately post-settlement, whereas the chironomid fauna and reconstructed temperatures
were relatively complacent during this period. The pollen evidence is corroborated by 14C analyses, which indicate an increase in older carbon entering the lake, inferred to have been caused by increased erosion
following settlement. Further decreases in Betula pollen occurred around AD 1300, pre-dating a drop in chironomid-inferred temperatures (CI-T) of ~1°C over 100–200 years.
The CI-T reconstruction also shows a significant cooling after ~AD 1800, likely indicative of the coldest phase of the Little
Ice Age. The evidence suggests that the chironomid record was relatively unaffected by the increased landscape degradation
and hence reveals a temperature reconstruction independent of human impact. 相似文献