Middle Holocene Organic Carbon and Biomarker Records from the South Yellow Sea: Relationship to the East Asian Monsoon

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摘要 TheEastAsianmonsoonsysteminfluencesthesedimentationandtransportoforganicmatterinEastAsianmarginalseasthatisderivedfrombothterrestrialandmarinesources.Inthisstudy,wedeterminedorganiccarbon(OC)isotopevalues,concentrationsofmarinebiomarkers,andlevelsofOCandtotalnitrogen(TN)incoreYSC-1fromthecentralSouthYellowSea(SYS).OurobjectivesweretotracethesourcesofOCandvariationsinpalaeoproductivitysincethemiddleHolocene,andtheirrelationshipswiththeEastAsianmonsoonsystem.Therelativecontributionsofterrestrialversusmarineorganicmatterincoresedimentswereestimatedusingatwo-end-membermixingmodelofOCisotopes.ResultsshowthatmarineorganicmatterhasbeenthemainsedimentconstituentsincethemiddleHolocene.Thevariationofterrestrialorganiccarbonconcentration(OCter)issimilartotheEASMhistory.However,thevariationofmarineorganiccarbonconcentration(OCmar)isoppositetothatoftheEASMcurve,suggestingOCmarisdistinctlyinfluencedbyterrestrialmaterialinput.InputsofterrestrialnutrientsintotheSYSoccurintheformoffluvialandaeoliandust,whileconcentrationsofnutrientsinsurfacewaterarederivedmainlyfrombottomwaterviatheYellowSeacirculationsystem,whichiscontrolledbytheEastAsianwintermonsoon(EAWM).Variationsinpalaeoproductivityrepresentedbymarineorganicmatterandbiomarkerrecordsare,ingeneral,consistentwiththerecentEAWMintensitystudies,thus,comparedwithEASM,EAWMmayplaythemainroletocontrolthemarineproductivityvariationsintheSYS.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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