δ18O
季节性
草原
古气候学
δ13C
生态学
自然地理学
东亚季风
季风
冰期
氧同位素
环境科学
碳同位素
稳定同位素比值
地质学
地理
气候变化
总有机碳
生物
海洋学
古生物学
物理
量子力学
地球化学
作者
Xu Wang,Jing Sun,Frederick J. Longstaffe,Xuehong Gu,Shiqiang Du,Linlin Cui,Xiaozhong Huang,Zhongli Ding
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107222
摘要
Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3, at 60–25 ka B.P.) was a short interstadial within the Last Glacial period. A generally warm and wet climatic condition during the MIS 3 period has been suggested by many previous studies. Quantitative climatic reconstruction and studies of seasonality, however, have been seldom attempted given the scarcity of useful proxy indicators. A full understanding the climatic characteristics during this period is hampered by their absence. This is especially the case in the East Asian monsoon region in North China, which is very sensitive to climatic change. To help fill this knowledge gap, we have determined the stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen isotope (δ18O) compositions of tooth enamel from fossil mammals (Bubalus sp [buffalo] and Cervus elaphus [red deer], dated at ∼33–31 ka B.P.) recovered from Longquan Cave in North China. We use these data to constrain ecology, local air temperature and precipitation amounts during the late MIS 3. The average δ13C (VPDB) of tooth enamel (−14.4‰ and −8.8‰, respectively for buffalo and red deer) indicate that C3 plants comprised the main diet of animals living in this area. Pollen assemblages demonstrated that vegetation mainly consisted of grasses and herbs (∼64%) with trees only accounting for about 26%. These results indicate a landscape of open steppe with sparsely distributed trees. The reconstructed climate derived from tooth enamel δ18O was relatively colder and drier than present-day condition, with mean annual air temperature ranging from 4 to 13 °C and mean annual precipitation ranging from 360 to 670 mm. Moreover, the inferred summer and winter half-year temperatures were respectively 8–24 °C and −2 to 5 °C, which represents either similar or weaker seasonality than at the present time. The inferred cold and dry climate suggested by our study contrasts with the warm and wet conditions previously reconstructed using proxy indicators from bulk soil samples in North China. In comparison to the long-term, time-averaged climatic condition reflected by those soil proxies, the stable isotope compositions of fossil more likely recorded climatic conditions at annual or seasonal time-scale. The inferred annual cold/dry climate at Luanchuan Cave suggested by our data may indicate a short climatic cooling event from Greenland Interstadial (GIS) 5 to its following stadial. Mean annual temperature fluctuated by ∼8 °C during this interstadial-stadial cycle.
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