Geochemical record of the Holocene Jomon transgression and human activity in coastal lagoon sediments of the San'in district, SW Japan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

H. Ishiga  T. Nakamura  Y. Sampei  T. Tokuoka  K. Takayasu   《Global and Planetary Change》2000,25(3-4)

Coastal lagoon muds were analyzed to evaluate changes in sedimentary environments by the Jomon transgression from the lower to middle Holocene age and human activities. Core samples from Lake Shinji, Southwest Japan were utilized, which cover the entire Holocene Nakaumi Formation (ca. 23-m thick), and comprise the Lower, Middle, Upper and Uppermost members. Total sulfur (TS) contents and Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ ratios increase from the boundary of Middle and Upper members, which is 1 m below the Kikai-Akahoya (K-Ah) volcanic ash of 6300 years BP. This change coincides to the pollen flora zone boundary of the Pinus–Abies and the Cyclobalanopsis–Castanopsis, suggesting transition to a warming climate. Chemical index of alteration (CIA) values [(ratio of Al to Al+Ca+Na+K)×100] and Rb/K ratios also show gradual increase from the middle part of the Upper member, due to its derivation from highly weathered source material probably formed under warming and rainy condition. Al₂O₃/TiO₂ and SiO₂/TiO₂ show little variation from the Lower to the Upper members, probably related to consistent feldspar composition in the source rocks, and homogeneously mixed clays. In the Uppermost member (from 1500 years), sharp increases in Ti/Zr and decreases in both Nb/Y and Zr/Y occurred, suggesting heavy mineral fractionation. This change was caused by iron sand processing called Kannanagashi and charcoal-making in the most mountainous regions. Soil erosion by these processes brought changes in mud composition, shown by the enrichment in Al₂O₃, and depletion in Zr and Cr. Human activities thus had severe impacts on sedimentary environments compared with the natural changes since the Jomon transgression.  相似文献   

Macrofaunal spatial distribution and community structure in a lagoon without a river discharge (the Oualidia lagoon,NW Morocco)     

Abdellatif Chaouti  Asmae Azirar  Abdellatif Bayed 《Marine Ecology》2019,40(4)

The assemblage structure and spatial distribution patterns of macrobenthic communities according to environmental conditions were analysed through five samplings carried out at 14 intertidal soft sediment stations in the Oualidia lagoon (NW Morocco). A total of 89 macrobenthic taxa were collected, amounting to 55.188 specimens. Molluscs, polychaetes and arthropods were the most species‐rich groups. The snail Peringia ulvae was the most dominant species, especially abundant in the mid‐ and upper lagoon sections (nearly 64% of the total specimens gathered), followed by the mollusc Scrobicularia plana (10%). Diversity values were generally low (<3 bit) pointing out the high dominance by few species. Multivariate analyses clearly distinguished three distinct macrobenthic assemblages, successively distributed from lagoon inlets towards inner parts. Nevertheless, each assemblage was found in particular habitat types and had a specific species composition in response to different environmental characteristics. (a) The Scolelepis fuliginosa community occupied sandy substrates at the lower section of the lagoon with stronger marine influence and, (b) the P. ulvae community lived in sandy‐muddy substrates, including two sub‐communities dominated, respectively, by Cerastoderma edule, S. plana and Tritia pfeffeiri inhabiting the middle section and S. plana the upper section. The combination of salinity, temperature, pH and silt content was identified as the major environmental variable subset with the highest correlation with the observed macrofaunal patterns and silt fraction as the single best correlated variable. The results demonstrated significant spatial differences in macrobenthic assemblage structure and composition along environmental gradients in spite of the absence of direct freshwater river inflow.  相似文献   

Carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Zhubi coral reef lagoon of the South China Sea as revealed by Po and Pb     

W.F. Yang  Y.P. Huang  M. Chen  Y.S. Qiu  H.B. Li 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(5):905-4617

The radionuclides ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb were examined to trace the cycling of particulate organic carbon (POC) and particulate organic nitrogen (PON) in the Zhubi coral reef lagoon. The net export flux of POC to the open sea is 14 mgC m⁻² d⁻¹. However, the net exchange of PON has not yet been observed. On average, the vertical export fluxes in the lagoon of POC and PON, as derived from ²¹⁰Po/²¹⁰Pb disequilibria, are 43 mgC m⁻² d⁻¹ and 13.8 mgN m⁻² d⁻¹, respectively. The deficit of ²¹⁰Po relative to ²¹⁰Pb in particulate matter provides evidence for the degradation of particulate organic matter. According to the mass balance budgets, 310 mgC m⁻² d⁻¹ and 121 mgN m⁻² d⁻¹ were recycled into dissolved fractions. Based on a first-order kinetics model, the degradation rate constants of POC and PON are 0.28 and 0.30 m⁻¹, respectively. Thus, ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb can quantify the cycling of carbon and nitrogen in this coral lagoon.  相似文献   

Seasonal nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics during benthic clam and suspended mussel cultivation   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nizzoli D  Welsh DT  Viaroli P 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(6):1276-1287

Effects of suspended mussel and infaunal clam cultivation on sediment characteristics, and benthic organic and inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes were compared in a shallow coastal lagoon. The two species had different impacts on sediment features, but both created “hotspots” of nutrient fluxes with annual N and P regeneration rates being 4.9 and 13.5 (mussel) and 4.5 and 14.9 (clams) fold greater than those of unfarmed control sediments. Mussel farming also caused considerable nutrient regeneration within the water column with the mussel ropes contributing ∼25% of total inorganic N and P production and at times dominating the sediments (e.g. 95% of SRP production in summer and 45% of DIN production in winter). Such nutrient regeneration rates seriously question the proposal that suspension-feeding bivalves act as a eutrophication buffer, especially during summer when nutrient regeneration rates are maximal, but other nutrient sources (freshwater run-off and unfarmed sediments) are at their lowest.  相似文献   

黔南独山县羊凤乡祥摆组海相动物群及其环境分析     

罗威  熊发挥  石和 《西安地质学院学报》2011,(4):354-357,396

黔南祥摆组的化石资料稀少且以植物化石为主,在独山县羊风乡祥摆组中发现了一个海相动物群,主要化石有腕足类、珊瑚类、苔藓虫类、头足类和遗迹化石,其中以腕足类最为丰富。在鉴定分析所发现化石的基础上,结合该动物群所在层位的岩性特征、矿物特征和区域上该时期的沉积特征,采用古生态学分析方法,认为该动物群生存环境为一个淡化渴湖。区域上,该渴湖主要位于平塘县与独山县之间,而构成渴湖与外海的障壁则主要位于摆者至麻尾一线东北,呈北西向延伸;在北部兔场附近祥摆组已演变为以泛滥平原沉积为主。溻湖范围内现今构造形态完整,同时这种局限低能的沉积环境可以形成良好的烃源岩,因此它们在区域上的分布对岩相古地理和油气生储盖组合研究具有重要意义。  相似文献   

山东乳山市白沙滩沙坝泻湖沉积体系     

王玲  庄振业  刘冬雁  胡广元  王华 《海洋湖沼通报》2011,(1):154-158

根据实际观测和勘测资料,介绍和总结了白沙滩沙坝、泻湖、潮流通道和外潮流三角洲等地貌单元的沉积特征和演化机理,分析了它们之间的依存演化关系.白沙滩沙坝是由全新世不同时期3条沙嘴拼贴而成的,沙坝发育导致泻湖出现.当沙坝扩展时泻湖水面缩小,当泻湖扩展时沙坝变窄,在沙坝泻湖交接地带二者呈犬牙交错关系.潮流通道增强直接影响潮流三...  相似文献   

Holocene Sea Levels and Coastal Change,South-west Viti Levu Island,Fiji     

Kirti K. Lal 《The Australian geographer》2011,42(1):41-51

For the first time, a sediment core spanning the entire Holocene has been analysed from Fiji. The 6 m core was obtained from the floor of an ancient coastal lagoon (palaeolagoon) adjacent to Bourewa, the site of the earliest known human settlement in this island group. The basal sediments, just above bedrock, date from 11 470 cal bp. A major transition occurs around 8000 cal bp where marine influences on palaeolagoon sedimentation increase sharply. Full shallow-water marine conditions are attained around 4630 cal bp and last until 3480 cal bp after which there is a regressive phase. The results agree with the area-specific predictions of sea level in the ICE-4G model, particularly in the timing of the highstand. In addition, the results support the ideas (a) that early human colonisation of Fiji occurred during the late Holocene regression, (b) that the first inhabitants of Bourewa utilised both nearshore marine (reefal) and brackish lagoon food sources, and (c) that the abrupt human abandonment of the area around 2500 cal bp could have been prompted by a reduction in these resources driven largely by sea-level fall.  相似文献   

环礁潟湖沉积物重建南沙群岛小冰期以来的热带气旋活动     

杨红强  谭飞  徐辉龙  张喜洋  施祺  陶士臣 《热带海洋学报》2022,41(6):171-182

热带气旋活动以及由此产生的风暴潮和强降雨对南海及周边沿海地区社会经济构成巨大威胁。对器测记录之前全新世热带气旋的研究有助于准确预测全球变暖背景下热带气旋活动的变化趋势。本文利用南沙群岛安乐礁潟湖沉积物重建了小冰期以来准年分辨率的热带气旋活动, 共识别28个风暴事件层。研究表明, 小冰期以来, 南沙群岛安乐礁热带气旋活动在年代际到百年尺度上频繁变化, 发育两个主要的风暴活跃期。在小冰期早期(AD 1471—1620)经历了最为强烈的风暴活跃期, 另一个风暴活跃期位于现代暖期的AD 1930—1960, 风暴活动虽有所加强, 但明显低于小冰期早期。与同期永暑礁重建结果的对比表明, 热带气旋活动存在明显的时空差异性, 更多来自相近区域的高分辨率风暴记录可有效降低古风暴活动重建的不确定性, 提高重建记录的准确度。  相似文献   

Hydrological and water quality assessment of the Aghien Lagoon hydrosystem (Abidjan,Côte d’Ivoire)     

《水文科学杂志》2012,57(15):1893-1908

ABSTRACT

To face the difficulties involved in supplying freshwater to Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), the Aghien Lagoon connected by a channel to the Potou-Ébrié lagoon is a potential resource for production of drinking water. A hydro-meteorological network was installed with the objective of assessing the sustainability of the lagoon in terms of both quantity and quality, and 10 sampling campaigns were conducted between June 2015 and December 2016 to evaluate the water quality. Even if the annual flow of the two peri-urban tributaries is just equivalent to the volume of the lagoon, the large daily inflow by the channel can secure the future quantitative demand. Unfortunately, the main tributaries in the peri-urban zones have lacked sanitation services and present numerous markers of pollution. Even if the water quality status of the lagoon remains quite good with respect to total nitrogen and total phosphorus, it nevertheless presents a high potential risk of eutrophication.  相似文献   

Genotoxicity in two bivalve species from a coastal lagoon in the south of Portugal     

《Marine environmental research》2013

DNA damage was evaluated by comet assay in the haemolymph of two bivalve species Ruditapes decussatus and Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Ria Formosa lagoon (south Coast of Portugal). Clams and mussels were sampled from sites close to each other to determine interspecific responses to similar environmental conditions, considering also seasonal and gender differences. Coupled with genotoxic effect, another damage biomarker (lipid peroxidation) was analysed to verify if the conditions that instigate DNA damage can be related with injury to cell membranes. For both species, DNA damage was low, reflecting the low levels of genotoxic contaminants in the lagoon, and no interspecific differences were found. However, seasonal differences were established for both bivalve species, reflecting higher environmental stress in summer. Regarding gender susceptibility, only clams showed differences in percentage of Tail DNA, with females more sensitive to DNA damage than males. Additionally, results for clams point out that factors responsible for LPO may not be the same as those causing genotoxicity. This study demonstrated that DNA damage is a sensitive biomarker to discriminate spatial, temporal and gender differences, being an appropriate biomarker for genotoxicity evaluation even in places of low contamination, such as the Ria Formosa lagoon.  相似文献