BIOMARKERS IN SEDIMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AREAS AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE

ZHANG Hai-sheng; PAN Jian-ming; CHEN Jian-fang; CHEN Rong-hua; LU Bing; XUE Bin

2007 Vol. 27, No. 2

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ZHANG Hai-sheng, PAN Jian-ming, CHEN Jian-fang, CHEN Rong-hua, LU Bing, XUE Bin. BIOMARKERS IN SEDIMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AREAS AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2007, 27(2): 41-49.

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ZHANG Hai-sheng, PAN Jian-ming, CHEN Jian-fang, CHEN Rong-hua, LU Bing, XUE Bin. BIOMARKERS IN SEDIMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AREAS AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2007, 27(2): 41-49.

BIOMARKERS IN SEDIMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AREAS AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE

Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, SOA, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 21 July 2006

Revised Date: 20 November 2006

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Core samples C8 and B2-9 from the seafloor of the Arctic were dated with 210Pb to obtain a consecutive sequence of oceanic sedimentary environments at the interval of a decade during 1880-1999 and 1889-1999. A variety of biomarkers were detected, including n-alkane, isoprenoid, fatty acid, sterol, etc.According to the characteristics of their molecular indices (∑nC22+/nC21-、TABHC,CPI,CPIA,∑C20:0-/nC20:0+, C18:2/C18:0) and in consideration of the variation of sterols content (C27, C28, and C29 sterols),the 100-year variation history of subarctic sea paleoenvironment was reestablished. Composition of organic matter indicates that substance is mainly contributed by the terrigenous origin and marine silicate organisms. The results also suggest that the record of biomarkers from the surface sediments (3~0 cm)in the Bering Sea represents a period from 1980s to the late 1990s. The strong signal of the Arctic warming is preserved in the sediments. The fact that Arctic greenhouse effect was multiplied has further proved the response of marine biological process in the polar region to the climate change.
- n-alkanes /
- fatty acid /
- sterol /
- environmental effect /
- biomarkers /
- Arctic

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