Silica oxygen isotope record of core PC10 diatoms from the Bransfield Strait,Antarctica and its application in sedimentology

51 diatom samples taken from the piston core PC10 in the Bransfield Strait of West Antarctica were determined by using silica oxygen isotope analysis.The diatom based results reveal that the 753 cm long core PC10 was deposited in the area in the last 112 5 ka B.P., representing 1 5 oxygen isotopic stages and including one incomplete glacial/interglacial cycle and a postglacial period. The sedimentation rate in interglacial period seems to be a little higher than that in glacial, owing to the more terrigenous supply by ice rafting during the interglacial stages.

西南极布兰斯菲尔德海峡PC10孔硅藻氧同位素记录及其沉积学意义

对采自西南极布兰斯菲尔德海峡ＰＣ１０孔的５１个硅藻样品进行了氧同位素分析，结果揭示，柱状样氧同位素曲线可划分为５期，记录了区内近１１２．５ｋａ来的沉积，包括了一个冰期／间冰期旋回和一个冰后期。间冰期的沉积速率高于冰期，推测这与间冰期（暖期）筏冰物质及生物硅质源的供应较冰期（冷期）更丰富所致。