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Quaternary paleolake nutrient evolution and climatic change in the western Qaidam Basin deduced from phosphorus geochemistry record of deep drilling core SG-1.
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Quaternary International . Nov2013, Vol. 313-314, p156-167. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Abstract: Phosphorus (P) provides an important biologically limiting nutrient in lake ecosystems, and its concentrations furnish significant information on lake nutrient status, climatic change, and landscape development within a drainage area. This study explores the potential of calcium-bound P and iron-bound P in calcareous lacustrine sediments to reveal variations of the paleolake nutrient status and its related climatic changes. Data come from the nearly 1000-m long core (SG-1) from the western Qaidam Basin (NE Tibetan Plateau), which has been well-dated by paleomagnetism to between 2.77 and 0.1 Ma. Calcium-bound P and iron-bound P make up the two most frequent phases of inorganic phosphorus pools in the calcareous sediment. This study compares the variations of calcium-bound P and iron-bound P with the independent proxy for biologic production proxy Total Organic Carbon (TOC) as well as a climatic proxy for lake level fluctuation from the borehole. Those results indicate that calcium-bound P responds sensitively to paleolake nutrients and climatic changes, while the iron-bound P responds to more complex factors, more specific, to the content of iron oxides. Variations of the calcium-bound P in the core SG-1 show a long-term, stepwise decrease, with shifts at ∼2.5 Ma, 1.8 Ma, 1.2 Ma, and 0.6 Ma, indicating a long-term stepwise decrease of the paleolake nutrient supply in the drainage. This suggests that the ecologic systems experienced a long-term deterioration, and the climate in central Asia became increasingly arid since after the late Pliocene. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10406182
- Volume :
- 313-314
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Quaternary International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 91740067
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.004