Miocene soil respiration history in Longzhong Basin and its response to East Asian summer monsoon

JI Shunchuan; WEN Jingya; MA Long; DONG Ming; SU Huai

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022061001

2022 Vol. 42, No. 6

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JI Shunchuan, WEN Jingya, MA Long, DONG Ming, SU Huai. Miocene soil respiration history in Longzhong Basin and its response to East Asian summer monsoon[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2022, 42(6): 185-192. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022061001

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JI Shunchuan, WEN Jingya, MA Long, DONG Ming, SU Huai. Miocene soil respiration history in Longzhong Basin and its response to East Asian summer monsoon[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2022, 42(6): 185-192. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022061001

Miocene soil respiration history in Longzhong Basin and its response to East Asian summer monsoon

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Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
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State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

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Corresponding author: DONG Ming, dongm2020@163.com

Received Date: 10 June 2022

Revised Date: 23 August 2022

Accepted Date: 29 August 2022

Publish Date: 28 December 2022

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Soil respiration is an important link in the study of soil carbon cycle, for which understanding the soil respired carbon dioxide concentration, soil respiration rate, and the influencing factors is important. Most present studies focus on modern soil respiration and few concerned that in geological history. Taking the Miocene Lianhua Section, Longzhong Basin in Tianshui, Gansu, NW China as a case of an ancient analogue and as a reference point for predicting future climate change under high carbon dioxide concentration, we studied and compared the δ¹³C values of the organic matter in carbonate nodules (δ¹³C_om) and that of the inorganic matter in pedogenic carbonate nodules (δ¹³C_pc) from the section, from which the soil respiration rate and soil respired carbon dioxide concentration during the Miocene were reconstructed. Results show that the soil respiration rate ranged 150～400 gC·m⁻²·a⁻¹ and the carbon dioxide released from soil respiration ranged (700～2400)×10⁻⁶. Both soil respired CO₂ and soil respiration rate were shown increased during the Middle Miocene warm period, and the soil respired CO₂ and soil respiration rate decreased before and after the Middle Miocene. This change is consistent with the East Asian summer precipitation, indicating that warm-wet climate enhanced soil respiration.
- Miocene /
- soil respiration /
- paleosol carbonate CO₂ biometer /
- Loess plateau

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