Western Ross Sea sedimentary environment reconstruction since the Last Glacial Maximum based on organic carbon and biomarker analyses

Song Lehui; Han Xibin; Li Jiabiao; Gao Shu; Liu Geng; Long Panpan

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.09.005

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Song Lehui，Han Xibin，Li Jiabiao, et al. Western Ross Sea sedimentary environment reconstruction since the Last Glacial Maximum based on organic carbon and biomarker analyses[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2019, 41(9)：52–64，doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253−4193.2019.09.005

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Western Ross Sea sedimentary environment reconstruction since the Last Glacial Maximum based on organic carbon and biomarker analyses

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.09.005

Song Lehui^1
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Han Xibin^{2, 3
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Li Jiabiao^{2, 3},
Gao Shu¹,
Liu Geng^{2, 3},
Long Panpan^{2, 3}

1.
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Coast and Island Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China
3.
Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 2018-11-12
Rev Recd Date: 2019-03-30

Available Online: 2021-04-21

Publish Date: 2019-09-25

Abstract

Abstract

Analyses of grain size, organic carbon and biomarker have been carried out for the core ANT32-RB16C, in order to identify the source of organic matter and reconstruct the sedimentary environment since the Last Glacial Maximum in the western Ross Sea. From the bottom to the top within the core, sub-ice-shelf, pre-ice-shelf and open-marine sedimentary environments can be differentiated. The combined parameters of biomarker indicate that organic matter is mainly a mixed input of terrigenous and marine origin. During the Last Glacial Maximum (24.8–20 ka BP), under the influence of ice sheet and the current condition, the organic matter content was low and its source was associated mainly with a marine origin, with a relatively low plankton productivity. During the Last Deglaciation (20–11.7 ka BP), the organic matter released by the dissolution of the glaciers in the retreat process of the Ross Ice Shelf, caused the increase of terrestrial organic matter. During the Holocene, the content of organic matter increased significantly, together with the proportion of marine origin input. The number of prokaryotes such as bacteria increased, resulting in a greater degree of degradation of short-chain n-alkanes. The redox condition in the study area is mainly affected by the ice shelf and sea ice limitation, and has little relationship with the organic matter content and the high-oxygen Antarctic Bottom Water. In general, from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Last Deglaciation, the study area sedimentary environment was affected by the Ross Ice Shelf, and by the climate since the Holocene.
- organic matter,
- biomarker,
- sedimentary environment,
- Last Glacial Maximum,
- Ross Sea

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