| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.11.004
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| 论文题名: | Biocoenosis response to hydrological variability in Southern Africa during the last 84kaBP: A study of lipid biomarkers and compound-specific stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from the hypersaline Lake Tswaing |
| 作者: | Schmidt F.; Oberhänsli H.; Wilkes H.
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| ISSN: | 0921-8493
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 卷: | 112 | | 起始页码: | 92
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| 结束页码: | 104
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | δ13C
; δD
; Lipid biomarker
; Paleohydrology
; Paleovegetation
; South Africa
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| Scopus关键词: | Hydrological variability
; Lipid biomarkers
; Marine isotope stages
; Paleo-hydrology
; Paleovegetation
; Sea surface temperature (SST)
; South Africa
; Terrestrial organic matter
; Biogeochemistry
; Biomarkers
; Carbon
; Deuterium
; Environmental impact
; Glacial geology
; Hydrogen
; Lakes
; Oceanography
; Paraffins
; Vegetation
; biocoenosis
; biomarker
; carbon isotope
; grass
; hydrogen isotope
; hypersaline environment
; lacustrine deposit
; lipid
; paleohydrology
; sea surface temperature
; Atlantic Ocean
; Gauteng
; Indian Ocean
; South Africa
; Tswaing Crater
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| 英文摘要: | Sea surface temperature (SST) changes in the SW Indian and SE South Atlantic Ocean are proposed to have controlled environmental changes at the southern tip of the African continent during the past. For a better understanding of the hydrological variations and their environmental impact during the past 84kabeforepresent (BP), we analyzed lipid biomarkers and their stable carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen (δD) isotopic compositions in sediments from Lake Tswaing (25°24'30″ S, 28°04'59″ E). δD values of long-chain n-alkanes from higher plants varied between -155 and -82‰ and matched well with SST gradient changes between the tropical and subtropical SW Indian Ocean. Increased SSTs correlate with deuterium-depleted δD values of n-alkanes and indicate a higher convection transporting more moisture across South Africa in the time from 84 to 80kaBP, during the marine isotope stage (MIS) 4 and from 50 to 39kaBP. During these humid periods high amounts of organic matter (up to 9.8% total organic carbon (TOC)) were deposited in Lake Tswaing. Periods with deuterium-enriched δD values of n-alkanes (76kaBP, 73 to 69kaBP, 55 to 51kaBP, and 31.4 to 12.6kaBP), indicating dry climate and increased lake water salinity, were associated with lower TOC contents and a higher degradation state of the terrestrial organic matter. We occasionally detected algae-derived C37- and C38-alkenones in the core, particularly in times when lake salinity and alkalinity were elevated. The disappearance of alkenones around 25kaBP was accompanied by highly depleted δD values of n-alkanes from aquatic organisms (-180‰ for n-C23) indicating a substantial freshening of the lake water. The vegetation surrounding Lake Tswaing during the last 84kaBP consisted mainly of savanna-type plants, such as trees and shrubs with varying contributions from C4 grasses. The latter predominated particularly at the end of MIS 5 and during arid climatic conditions in MIS 3. We show that the changing vegetation controls the n-alcohol to n-alkane ratio of the leaf waxes; this is reflected by the higher plant alkane (HPA) index which has potential as a new climate-controlled vegetation proxy; in semi-arid periods HPA index values were elevated reflecting savanna vegetation which is adapted to drier climate, whereas HPA index values were lower during more humid conditions. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/11399
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| Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Schmidt F.,Oberhänsli H.,Wilkes H.. Biocoenosis response to hydrological variability in Southern Africa during the last 84kaBP: A study of lipid biomarkers and compound-specific stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from the hypersaline Lake Tswaing[J],2014-01-01,112.
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