Lake Zigetang is located on the central Tibetan Plateau(TP) and represents a rare but typical meromictic lake in China.The lake's stable meromixis sustains microflora communities, and changes in these communities ...Lake Zigetang is located on the central Tibetan Plateau(TP) and represents a rare but typical meromictic lake in China.The lake's stable meromixis sustains microflora communities, and changes in these communities are relatively independent of climate. Therefore, these communities can be used as paleoclimate proxies. In this paper, the stratification properties and their relationships with the microflora of Lake Zigetang were analyzed. We found that water depth and climate conditions were two important factors for maintaining meromixis in Lake Zigetang. Generally, stratification was enhanced during warm periods, while temperature differences between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion were decreased during cold periods. The presence of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria(APB) was demonstrated by the discovery of bacteriopheophytin-a(Bph-a) in the sediments.This bacterial community is mainly concentrated at the bottom of the chemocline and the top of the monimolimnion, where it forms a thin APB layer. Moreover, total APB productivity is mainly affected by the light intensity penetrating to the APB layer,which exponentially increases as the thermocline becomes shallow. Therefore, high Bph-a values in the lake corresponded to a shallow thermocline and warm periods, low Bph-a values corresponded to cold periods, and zero changes indicated that the water was completely mixed and reflected an extreme cold climate or low lake level period. Thus, Bph-a can be used as a climate proxy to reconstruct the history of lake stratification and climate changes.展开更多
为探究青藏高原全新世夏季风最强、气候最湿润阶段这一争论议题,本文应用气相色谱仪（GC-FID）和气相色谱-高温热转变-同位素比值质谱仪（GC-TC-IRMS）,分析了兹格塘错沉积岩心正构烷烃及其氢同位素特征。结果表明,兹格塘错岩心中主要以...为探究青藏高原全新世夏季风最强、气候最湿润阶段这一争论议题,本文应用气相色谱仪（GC-FID）和气相色谱-高温热转变-同位素比值质谱仪（GC-TC-IRMS）,分析了兹格塘错沉积岩心正构烷烃及其氢同位素特征。结果表明,兹格塘错岩心中主要以n-C15/16/17为主峰碳的短链正构烷烃占据主导地位,指示了湖泊自生浮游藻类与菌类等低等生物对湖泊沉积岩心中的有机质贡献高于大型水生植物和陆生高等植物表皮蜡质所产生的有机质。基于正构烷烃参数（如：碳优势指数CPI值和平均碳链长度ACL值）及单体氢同位素比值在时间序列上的变化特征,指出兹格塘错流域的气候湿润期处于中全新世（5.8~2.7 cal ka BP）,明显滞后于早全新世的太阳辐射最强期,这主要归结于该流域冰川融水补给的匮乏及局地环流的影响。展开更多
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program(Grant No.XDA05080402)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41361008)+1 种基金Yunnan Provincial Government Leading Scientist Program(Grant No.2015HA024)Yunnan Provincial Government Senior Talent Program(Grant No.2010CI111)
文摘Lake Zigetang is located on the central Tibetan Plateau(TP) and represents a rare but typical meromictic lake in China.The lake's stable meromixis sustains microflora communities, and changes in these communities are relatively independent of climate. Therefore, these communities can be used as paleoclimate proxies. In this paper, the stratification properties and their relationships with the microflora of Lake Zigetang were analyzed. We found that water depth and climate conditions were two important factors for maintaining meromixis in Lake Zigetang. Generally, stratification was enhanced during warm periods, while temperature differences between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion were decreased during cold periods. The presence of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria(APB) was demonstrated by the discovery of bacteriopheophytin-a(Bph-a) in the sediments.This bacterial community is mainly concentrated at the bottom of the chemocline and the top of the monimolimnion, where it forms a thin APB layer. Moreover, total APB productivity is mainly affected by the light intensity penetrating to the APB layer,which exponentially increases as the thermocline becomes shallow. Therefore, high Bph-a values in the lake corresponded to a shallow thermocline and warm periods, low Bph-a values corresponded to cold periods, and zero changes indicated that the water was completely mixed and reflected an extreme cold climate or low lake level period. Thus, Bph-a can be used as a climate proxy to reconstruct the history of lake stratification and climate changes.
文摘为探究青藏高原全新世夏季风最强、气候最湿润阶段这一争论议题,本文应用气相色谱仪（GC-FID）和气相色谱-高温热转变-同位素比值质谱仪（GC-TC-IRMS）,分析了兹格塘错沉积岩心正构烷烃及其氢同位素特征。结果表明,兹格塘错岩心中主要以n-C15/16/17为主峰碳的短链正构烷烃占据主导地位,指示了湖泊自生浮游藻类与菌类等低等生物对湖泊沉积岩心中的有机质贡献高于大型水生植物和陆生高等植物表皮蜡质所产生的有机质。基于正构烷烃参数（如：碳优势指数CPI值和平均碳链长度ACL值）及单体氢同位素比值在时间序列上的变化特征,指出兹格塘错流域的气候湿润期处于中全新世（5.8~2.7 cal ka BP）,明显滞后于早全新世的太阳辐射最强期,这主要归结于该流域冰川融水补给的匮乏及局地环流的影响。
