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Environmental controls on leaf wax δD ratios in surface peats across the monsoonal region of China.
- Source :
- Biogeosciences Discussions; 2015, Vol. 12 Issue 17, p15157-15184, 28p, 5 Charts, 5 Graphs, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Leaf wax molecular and isotopic ratios are generally considered robust isotopic pale-ohydrologic proxies. Here we evaluate the proxy value of the molecular distributions and hydrogen isotopic compositions of long chain n-alkanes (δD<subscript>alk</subscript> ) in surface peats collected from peatlands across a range of annual air temperatures from 1 to 15°C and a range of annual mean precipitation from 720 to 2070 mm in the monsoonal region of China. The alkane ratios (ACL and CPI) and δD<subscript>alk</subscript> values show relatively large variations in multiple samples from a single site, highlighting the complexity of these ratios at a small spatial scale. In the montane Zoigê peatland, the apparent fractiona-tion between precipitation and δD<subscript>alk</subscript> is more positive than in the other six sites, which is possibly an effect of the higher conductivity of the water in this high elevation site (3500 m a.s.l.). At a larger spatial scale, the site-averaged CPI ratios and the δD<subscript>alk</subscript> values of n-C<subscript>29</subscript> and n-C<subscript>31</subscript> alkanes show significant correlation with the air temperature and precipitation. These results support the application of the CPI ratio and the δD<subscript>alk</subscript> ratios of n-C<subscript>29</subscript> and n-C<subscript>31</subscript> alkanes as sensitive paleohydrologic proxies on millennial and larger timescales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TEMPERATURE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycles
CHEMICALS
CLIMATE change
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18106277
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Biogeosciences Discussions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 110597099
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-15157-2015