苦海沉积物有机质反映的过去840年来青藏高原东部环境变化

青藏高原对全球气候变暖响应敏感,研究青藏高原近千年来环境演化过程、规律与驱动机制对预测其未来气候变化有重要意义。本文通过位于青藏高原东部的苦海沉积物总有机质相关指标(总有机碳(TOC)、总氮(TN)、总有机碳与总氮比值(TOC/TN)和总有机碳同位素(δ¹³Corg)的研究重建了该区域过去840年来环境演化过程。结果表明,苦海沉积物中的有机质主要来自于内源水生植物。由于暖期(冷期)时黄河上游径流量较高(低),苦海水位随之升高(降低),湖泊水动力增强(减弱),浅水区沉水植物对研究岩芯中的有机质贡献率提高(降低),导致沉积物TOC、TN、TOC/TN升高,δ¹³Corg值正(负)偏。人类活动导致的青藏高原近50年气候异常变暖可能是~1950 AD之后δ¹³Corg反映的黄河上游径流量变化与重建的中国温度记录之间的关系发生转变的原因。苦海沉积物δ¹³Corg记录与万象洞石笋δ¹⁸O记录和太阳总辐射强度记录变化特征的相似性说明青藏高原东部地区气候变化的控制因素为太阳辐射驱动下的季风降雨量变化。     

全球变暖对青藏高原不同补给类型湖泊生产力的影响

研究以青藏高原阿翁错和托素湖湖泊沉积物为研究对象,通过多指标(总有机碳含量、有机碳同位素和有机碳埋藏速率等)综合分析,重建不同补给类型湖泊的生产力变化及碳循环过程。结果显示：全球变暖对不同类型湖泊的生产力的影响存在显著差异。在以降水和冰川融水为主要补给源的阿翁错,全球变暖造成冰川融水补给增加。当指示冰川融水补给量变化的δ¹⁸O_carb值逐渐偏负时,湖泊沉积物TOC含量逐渐升高;指示冰川融水输入造成湖泊面积持续扩张,营养物质增加,湖泊生产力提高;当湖泊面积扩张较快,即冰川融水在短时间内快速输入时,TOC含量下降,可能是由于当冰川融水输入过多,造成湖水温度下降过快时,底栖藻类生产力下降,进而湖泊固碳能力下降。对于受人类活动影响的托素湖,全球变暖对湖泊水文过程及生产力的影响较小,δ¹⁸O_carb值变化主要受控于农业灌溉活动引起的湖泊补给水量的变化。当δ¹⁸O_carb值升高时,TOC含量增加;推测是由于农业灌溉耗水量增加导致湖泊补给水量减少,湖泊水位下降,湖泊底部...     

全新世湖泊沉积物TOC、C/N和δ^13Corg对千年尺度气候变化的响应

湖泊沉积物有机地化指标在古气候解释中具有复杂性和多解性。TOC、C/N和δ^13Corg作为3种常用的有机地化指标,现已广泛运用于东、中亚全新世气候变化研究中。以这3种指标为例综述了东、中亚全新世湖泊沉积有机地化指标的变化机制及影响因素。根据数据的综合分析与对比,大部分湖泊全新世沉积物TOC百分含量较高时,C／N比值也较高。这与沉积物有机质的来源有关,因两者TOC和C／N作用机制不同,也存在少数湖泊,其两者对应关系不明显;同一湖泊δ^13Corg与TOC及δ^13Corg与C／N对应关系相似;由于不同区域影响有机地化指标的因素不同,TOC、C／N和δ1^3Corg间的关系存在区域差异,据此可将研究区分为中纬度地区、青藏高原区和低纬度季风区。上述区域规律存在于研究中所选的大部分湖泊,由于有机地化指标作用机理的复杂性,也存在不符合这种规律的湖泊,因而上述结论有待于进一步讨论。     

高海拔干旱区湖泊沉积物多指标记录的环境变化研究——以阿克赛钦湖为例

青藏高原西北部湖泊沉积物记录了丰富的区域气候环境变化信息,对于揭示青藏高原西风-季风环流系统变化及其相互作用过程具有重要意义.通过对青藏高原西北部高海拔干旱区典型湖泊阿克赛钦湖沉积岩芯粒度、总无机碳(Total inorganic carbon,TIC)、总有机碳(Total organic carbon,TOC)、总...     

亚热带季风区湖沼流域表生地球化学元素研究——以江西定南大湖为例

湖沼沉积物地球化学元素对地球气候环境变化敏感性强。本文以江西定南大湖湖沼沉积物地球化学元素为研究对象,使用主成分分析法,并结合总有机碳(TOC)、有机碳同位素(δ¹³Corg)、中值粒径(Md)、化学蚀变指数(CIA)等相关气候代用指标,以元素组对的形式阐释不同地化元素响应不同气候环境下的地球化学行为和迁移规律。研究结果显示：第一主成分(PC1)包括Al₂O₃、TiO₂、SiO₂、Nb、Rb、Ga、Ba、S等元素,曲线变化与CIA相似,指示湖泊流域的化学风化强度,气候暧湿,PC1含量高;第二主成分(PC2)包括Co、Zr、Hf元素,曲线变化与中值粒径较为一致,指示湖泊流域的水动力条件,气候冷干,PC2含量高;第三主成分(PC3)包括Sc、Cu、U、V元素,曲线变化与TOC、δ¹³Corg含量变化一致。大湖沉积物的物质来源为：在气候暧湿、流域化学风化作用强的条件下,地表径流冲刷流域周边花岗岩风化壳物质并搬运至湖盆沉积,但不排除在冷干时期,风力携带粉尘物质堆积的影响,粉尘物质可能主要源于周边的风化碎屑物。     

滇池流域宝象河水库沉积物中有机碳的来源

通过对滇池流域宝象河水库沉积物TOC、TN、C/N、δ13C及粒度等指标的测定,分析了沉积物中有机碳的主要来源及其变化趋势。结果表明:水体中不同位置沉积物有机碳来源并不相同,距三岔河入库河口相对较近的沉积柱芯A中C/N比值介于2.93~11.73,δ13C值介于-23.66‰~-21.78‰,有机碳主要来源于水生生物,陆源输入贡献较小,有机碳含量受粒径大小影响显著;距三岔河入库河口相对较远的沉积柱芯B中,其TOC和TN含量较高,分别介于14.62~24.93 g?kg-1和2.11~3.3 g?kg-1,δ13C值变化范围为-28.36‰~-26.36‰,粒度以黏土和细粉砂为主,有机碳主要来源于水库周边陆源输入,受人类活动影响强烈。     

河蚬壳体与水体的无机碳同位素关系

河流溶解无机碳对于评价区域水环境的碳循环具有重要意义,若能获得古水体DIC的地球化学特征,则可以为重建过去环境变化提供大量基础数据,因此寻找δ¹³C_DIC替代指标十分迫切。对花溪河淡水双壳类河蚬进行了室内养殖研究,结果表明：河蚬壳体碳同位素与生长期间水体δ¹³C_DIC存在显著正相关关系,δ¹³C_DIC是影响δ¹³C_shell的重要因素,壳体记录了其形成时期水体的信息,δ¹³C_shell可以用作δ¹³C_DIC定性的替代指标来区分具有不同δ¹³C_DIC值的水环境。由于新陈代谢作用的影响,利用δ¹³C_shell重建的δ¹³C_DIC值与真实的δ¹³C_DIC值相比,平均偏负约2.00‰,且这种差异随着河蚬年龄的增大而增大,因此δ¹³C_shell不能够直接用来定量提取水体δ¹³C_DIC。     

江陵地区全新世早期人类活动的孢粉记录

江陵剖面沉积物孢粉提供全新世早期人类活动的证据。早期人类活动始于6 200 a B.P.,人类大规模活动始于3 400 a B.P.。随着定居点扩大和人类活动加强,地表土壤侵蚀严重,入湖的陆源粗颗粒物质和营养物质增多。湖泊沉积物表现为粗颗粒含量迅速增加,各粒径波动频繁,TOC、TN和C/N的高值以及有机质δ¹³C的低值。2 500 a B.P.以后,沉积环境发生了显著变化,由湖泊及湖沼堆积转化为洪水漫滩堆积,气候变干,人类逐渐撤离该地区。     

楚科奇海表层海水颗粒物组成与来源

对研究区内第五次北极科学考察所取的表层海水颗粒物的浓度、显微组成、有机碳、氮含量及其同位素组成进行了分析。结果表明,楚科奇海域表层海水颗粒物浓度介于0.56—4.01 mg·L-1,具有冰区边缘高于开阔水域的特点。陆架区颗粒有机质相对含量高(TOC:9.78%—20.24%;TN:0.91%—2.31%),有机碳、氮同位素值相对重(δ13C:-23.29‰—-26.33‰PDB;δ15N:6.14‰—7.78‰),有机质主要来源于海洋生物,含有部分陆源有机质;陆坡及北冰洋核心区的颗粒有机质含量,除SR15站外,相对低(TOC:8.06%—8.96%;TN:0.46%—0.72%),有机碳、氮同位素值轻(δ13C:-26.93‰—-27.78‰PDB;δ15N:4.13‰—4.84‰),颗粒物有机质以陆源为主。陆坡区SR15站表层海水颗粒物中异常高的陆源有机质(TOC:27.94%,TN:1.16%;δ13C:-27.43;δ15N:3.81)可能来自源于东西伯利亚的穿极洋流。海冰携带的颗粒物(包括冰藻)是冰区边缘表层海水颗粒物的重要来源,在陆架区海冰融化,向水体中释放了大量生物体;而陆坡区和北冰洋核心区,海冰对颗粒物的贡献以碎屑矿物和黏土矿物为主。     

长江口外海域沉积物中有机物的来源及分布

通过分析长江口外海域不同区域有机碳和氮的分布特征及其影响因素,了解了底部沉 积物中有机碳和氮同位素的生物地球化学特征,探讨二者对长江口外海域底部沉积物中有机 物来源的指示意义。运用质量混合模型,计算了长江输入的陆源有机物的贡献及其空间变化。结果表明,长江口外海域沉积物中TOC 和TN 的分布和东海陆架的环流体系有着密切关系, 与环流的分布相对应,如果大致沿31^oN 和123^oE 作为分界线, 整个研究区的TOC 和TN 的分布可划分为4 个具有不同分布特征的区域。TOC、TN、δ¹³C 和δ¹⁵N 分别与沉积物的平均粒 径呈线性相关关系,因此,粒度效应是控制长江口外海域沉积物中有机物分布和稳定同位素 碳、氮的一个重要因素。研究区内的C/N 比值能够在一定程度上体现有机物的来源信息,但δ¹⁵N 表现出了与C/N 和δ¹³C 不同的区域分布和变化特征。陆源有机物来源比重较高的区域与 长江口外海域赤潮突发频率最高的地区相对应。长江口附近沉积物中的陆源有机物来源最高, 超过了50%,且等值线呈舌状向东北方向凸出,表明了长江冲淡水的影响。陆源颗粒态有机物沉海底后,要不断经历早期成岩作用和生物作用,因此在在相同地点,陆源有机物对沉积物中有机物的贡献,要明显小于对悬浮颗粒态有机物的贡献。     

Assessment of nutrient sources and paleoproductivity during the past century in Longgan Lake,middle reaches of the Yangtze River,China

Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) were determined in combination with stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen (δ¹³C_Org, δ¹⁵N) in a 63 cm sediment core from Longgan Lake, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China. These geochemical and isotopic records provide a continuous history of lake productivity and trophic state of Longgan Lake since 1890. Variations of δ¹³C_Org, TOC, TN and TP indicate that primary productivity of Longgan Lake increased continuously during the last century and that the trophic state of the lake shifted from oligotrophic to mestrotrophic conditions accordingly. Anthropogenic sources of organic carbon (OC), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were distinguished from their natural background in the sediments using mass accumulation rates. Element mass accumulation rates suggested increased human activities in the lake’s catchment since 1950s, were especially the utilization of artificial fertilizers amplified the anthropogenic input of N and P into the lake. In the course of the improved availability of dissolved nutrients also primary productivity of Longgan Lake increased, resulting in an increase of the Suess-effect corrected organic carbon isotope ratios. δ¹⁵N of bulk sediments show a marked shift towards lower values around 1950 that has been attributed to the input of nitrogen from chemical fertilizers characterized by relatively depleted isotopic signatures into the lake.     

Sediment geochemical records of environmental change in Lake Wuliangsu, Yellow River Basin, north China

We present a paleolimnological record from shallow Lake Wuliangsu in the Yellow River Basin, north China, using a short (56 cm) sediment core. Our objective was to investigate environmental changes in this semi-arid region over the past ~150 years. The sediment core was dated using ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb. We examined stratigraphic trends in core lithology, nutrients, stable isotopes (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) and trace element concentrations in the Lake Wuliangsu core to discern between natural sediments and those affected by human agency. A lithologic transition from yellow, coarse-grained sediment to grey, fined-grained sediment marked the lake’s formation about 1860. Until ~1950, sediments displayed relatively low and constant heavy metal concentrations, indicating little human influence. In the 1950s, enrichment factors (EFs) increased, reflecting greater impact of human activities. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in organic matter (OM), along with heavy metal concentrations, were used to infer past shifts in trophic state and identify pollutants that came from agriculture, industry and urbanization. In the late 1950s, the first evidence for environmental change is recorded by increases in total organic carbon (TOC), total organic nitrogen (TN), TOC/TN, EFs, δ¹³C and a decrease in δ¹⁵N. After about year 2000, a more rapid increase in trophic status occurred, as indicated by greater total phosphorus (TP), EFs, δ¹⁵N and lower δ¹³C values. Changes in isotope and TOC/TN values in the lake sediments may reflect a shift in lake ecology during this period. The first increase in trophic status during the late 1950s was mainly a result of agricultural development in the catchment. In contrast, the change after ca. AD 2000 was driven largely by urban and industrial development. Agreement between paleolimnologic data from Lake Wuliangsu, and both instrumental and written records, indicates that the lake sediments provide a reliable archive for investigating the formation and environmental history of the lake.     

长江中游网湖沉积物营养元素变化特征及其影响因素

在放射性核素¹³⁷Cs和²¹⁰Pb精确计年的基础上,建立了长江中游网湖近代沉积物年代序列。通过对沉积物中TOC、TN、TP、孢粉、重金属元素、粒度等指标的测定,结合相关文献资料,分析了百年来网湖沉积物中营养元素的分布特征,物源变化以及主控因子。结果表明:百年来网湖沉积物中TN和TOC含量显著相关,呈不断上升趋势,存在2个明显的演化阶段,主控因子为流域人类活动强度,气候波动对其有影响,但影响不大。TP的变化与TN和TOC明显不同,波动较大,规律不明显,主要受人类活动强度以及径流侵蚀输移入湖物质变化两大因子控制。     

长江中游网湖近代沉积环境演变及其对人类活动的响应

采用放射性核素²¹⁰Pb和¹³⁷Cs计年方法,建立了长江中游网湖近代沉积物的年代序列,并对网湖沉积物的粒度组成、磁性参数、重金属元素、花粉组合以及营养盐含量等指标进行了分析。根据沉积指标垂直分布的综合特征,结合湖区史料,重建了网湖100年来沉积环境的演变过程。通过对沉积指标与湖区人口变化、工农业产值等数据的比对,发现中华人民共和国成立以后沉积物中TOC和TN浓度与人口变化存在较高的相关性,相关系数分别达到0.8892和0.8928(P<0.001);沉积物中重金属元素富集序列、营养盐富集序列与孢粉含量的变化序列与湖区人类活动具有较好的耦合性。表明网湖沉积指标可以敏感地反映湖区的人类活动。     

A geochemical record of recent anthropogenic nutrient loading and enhanced productivity in Lake Nansihu, China

Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N), total phosphorus (TP) and organic phosphorus (OP) were measured in surface sediments and two short cores (DU-3 and WS-4) from Lake Nansihu, China to infer historical changes in anthropogenic nutrient inputs and corresponding shifts in lake primary productivity. Results indicate that organic matter preserved in the sediments is mainly autochthonous and that analyzed sediment variables were affected little by post-burial diagenesis. Increasing TOC, TN, OP and TP concentrations since the 1940s reflect increased P loading and elevated lake productivity. The δ¹³C values varied from ?21.5 to ?26.6‰ in the two sediment cores. Values were relatively more negative before the 1940s, but thereafter increased until the mid-1980s, reflecting elevated lake productivity. Since the mid-1980s, δ¹³C values remained relatively constant in core WS-4 and decreased in core DU-3, perhaps reflecting a change in the phytoplankton community. The δ¹⁵N values ranged from ?0.5 to 1.3‰ in core DU-3 and from 1.2 to 2.5‰ in core WS-4 before the mid-1980s, and increased to between 2.1 and 8.0‰ and 5.2 and 7.8‰, respectively, thereafter. Topmost sediments in the two cores display δ¹⁵N values similar to those recorded in the surface sediments (5.5–7.5‰). Higher δ¹⁵N values in recent deposits correspond to greater nitrogen concentration in water, and likely indicate anthropogenic nitrogen input, mainly from human and animal wastes.     

Sedimentary evidence for recent eutrophication in the northern basin of Lake Taihu,China: human impacts on a large shallow lake

Environmental change in Lake Taihu and its catchment since the early to middle part of the twentieth century has left a clear geochemical record in the lake sediments. The human activities in the lake and its catchment responsible for the change include agriculture, fishery, urbanisation, sewage and industrial waster disposal. Sediment cores were collected from Meilian Bay of northern Lake Taihu to investigate the record of anthropogenic impacts on the lake’s ecosystem and to assess its natural, pre-eutrophication baseline state. Two marked stratigraphic sediment units were identified on the basis of total phosphorus concentration (TP), pigments, total organic carbon (TOC)/total nitrogen (TN), δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N corresponding to stages in the lake history dominated by phytoplankton, and by aquatic macrophytes. Results show that as TP loading increased from the early 1950s the lake produced sediments with increasing amounts of organic matter derived from phytoplankton. In the early 1950s, the first evidence for eutrophication at the Meilian Bay site is recorded by an increase in C/N values and in sediment accumulation rate, but there is little change in phosphorus concentrations, pigments, δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N at this time. After 1990 a more rapid increase in trophic status took place indicated by increased levels of phosphorus, pigments, δ¹⁵N and by decreased δ¹³C and TOC/TN values in the lake sediments. The first increase in trophic status of the early 1950s results mainly from agricultural development in the catchment. In contrast, the acceleration from ca. 1990 originates from the recent development of fisheries and the urbanisation and industrialisation of the catchment.     

安固里淖沉积物记录的气候环境变迁

根据对河北坝上地区安固里淖湖泊沉积物粒度、碳酸盐与TOC含量的分析,探讨了安固里淖近400年来的气候与环境变迁。研究结果表明,安固里淖地区近400年来的气候大致经历了凉干-冷湿-暖干三个气候变化阶段：1634～1801年间的气候凉干期、1801～1889年间的冷湿期以及1889年至今的暖干期,表现为暖干与冷湿相交替的气候演替类型,近百年来干暖化趋势明显。     

松嫩平原中西部湖泊底泥营养盐的空间变异特征

在GIS技术的支持下,利用地统计学方法分析了松嫩平原中西部湖泊底泥营养盐的空间变异特征,并利用Kriging插值方法绘制了研究区营养元素的空间分布图。研究结果表明,通过块金值与基台值的比值C0/(C0+C1)可以得出总有机碳TOC具有较弱的空间相关性,总磷TP和全氮TN具有中等的空间相关性;Kriging插值表明,松嫩平原中西部地区的湖泊底泥营养盐分布格局是西南地区低于北部地区,北部地区的各项指标均超过全区的平均水平。     

Sources of organic matter for bacteria in sediments of Lake Rotsee,Switzerland

Determination of carbon sources and microbial activity in lake sediment is important for understanding organic carbon preservation and methane production. This study aimed to determine the organic carbon sources and microbial activity over the last 140 years in sediments of methanotrophic Lake Rotsee (Switzerland). We investigated phospholipid-derived fatty acid biomarkers and their stable carbon isotope signatures in the sediments of this eutrophic lake. Strong bacterial activity in the sediment deposited during the 1920s–1960s could account for the relatively low ratio of long-chain to short-chain fatty acid ((C24 + C26 + C28)/(C14 + C16 + C18), TAR_FA) values, which is consistent with low TOC/TN ratios in the sediment deposited during that interval. The carbon stable isotope records, both bulk and compound-specific, showed greater values at such times, although the offset between the bulk and fatty acids decreased. This implies that the microbial community residing at sediment depths deposited in the 1960s preferentially utilised the compounds derived from the enhanced surface-water productivity at that time. This observation contrasts with data from the depth intervals before and after, when a major portion of the labile organic matter was derived from methane-sourced production. In sediments deposited before ca. 1964, the overall very low fatty acid δ¹³C values suggest that labile carbon was primarily derived from methanotrophs.