兴凯湖沉积物粒度特征揭示的27.7kaBP以来区域古气候演化

结合孢粉分析,对兴凯湖一根长269cm的沉积岩芯研究表明:沉积物粒度分布特征可以较好地反映区域气候变化,即粗粉砂和砂增多对应于降水减少的低湖面时期,细粉砂增多对应于降水增加的高湖面时期,而粘土增加则对应于气候干燥的静水沉积环境。约27740-25540cal aBP时期,沉积物颗粒较粗,湖区处于低湖面的冷干气候;而随后25540-23650 cal aBP时期,中粉砂增加,粘土较少,分选性较好,湖区处于冷湿气候环境23650-19940cal aBP阶段,湖面封冻期长,沉积物粘土较多,湖区气候冷干,对应于末次盛冰期。19940-14510cal aBP阶段,细粉砂增加,比前期降水增多,温度也有所升高。14510-10800cal aBP时期,本地区进入晚冰期,沉积物粒径波动频繁,依次出现较高含量的细粉砂-粗粉砂-粘土阶段,反映了暖湿到干燥的气候变化,对应于北欧的B(o|¨)lling/Older Dryas/Aller(o|¨)d/Younger Dryas气候波动期。10800-1050cal aBP,总体上沉积物粒径变化不大,中粗粉砂含量基本保持低值,细粉砂逐渐增加,粘土逐渐减少,显示深水稳定沉积环境,降水逐渐增多,处于全新世暖湿期;其中8330-7000cal aBP阶段,粗颗粒迅速增加较多,对应于8.2 cal kaBP冷事件。约1050cal aBP以来,沉积物中值粒径大幅度增加,湖面水位下降幅度较大,气候变凉干,也反映了人类活动增强造成水土流失加剧。

Paleoclimate evolution since 27. 7kaBP reflected by grain size variation of a sediment core from Lake Xingkai,northeastern Asia

Lake Xingkai,a boundary lake between China and Russia,is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast Asia.The paleoclimate variation since 27.7kaBP was reconstructed based on a 269cm-long sediment core in Lake Xingkai.The chronology was measured by ~(210)Pb and ~(137)Cs activities and AMS ~(14)C dating.Grain size distribution of the lake sediment was inferred to be a proxy for past precipitation,compared to pollen analysis.The high percentage of coarse silt and high Md values reflect a low lake level, and incr...