C, N STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN BOSTEN LAKE DURING THE PAST 200 YEARS

ZHENG Boying; CAO Yanmin; ZHANG Enlou; GAO Guang

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2012.06165

2012 Vol. 32, No. 6

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ZHENG Boying, CAO Yanmin, ZHANG Enlou, GAO Guang. C, N STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN BOSTEN LAKE DURING THE PAST 200 YEARS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2012, 32(6): 165-171. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2012.06165

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ZHENG Boying, CAO Yanmin, ZHANG Enlou, GAO Guang. C, N STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN BOSTEN LAKE DURING THE PAST 200 YEARS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2012, 32(6): 165-171. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2012.06165

C, N STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN BOSTEN LAKE DURING THE PAST 200 YEARS

1 State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China;
2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Corresponding author: ZHANG Enlou, elzhang@niglas.ac.cn

Received Date: 26 May 2012

Revised Date: 17 August 2012

Abstract

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Two sediment cores were recovered from the Bosten Lake in order to investigate the changes in both the lake system and source of organic materials during the last 200 years.Based on 210Pb/137Cs chronology, stable isotopes of organic carbon and nitrogen as well as Loss on Ignition (LOI), grain size and magnetic susceptibility (MS) were analyzed.The results indicate that the agricultural activities in the catchment of the Bosten Lake have much earlier influence in the lake center rather than in the river mouth.Due to the general increase in regional humidity during 1810-1883 AD, δ13Corg declined rapidly in the core BST16, while abrupt increases in δ15N were found as more terrestrial material could reach the lake center.After the establishment of Xinjiang Province in 1884 AD, intensified agricultural activities have led to marked decrease in the medium grain size, and relatively higher δ13Corg and lower δ15N in the core BST16.Since 1950 AD, large scale agricultural activities have led to the rapid decrease in δ13Corg and increase in δ15N, indicating a general increase in the trophic level.Further decrease in δ15N together with the increasing δ13Corg after the 1990's indicates that nitrogen fixation by algae began to dominate the lake primary productivities.
- stable isotopes of organic carbon and nitrogen /
- primary productivity /
- nutrient change /
- Bosten Lake

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