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Bulk geochemistry of ~ 1.8 Ma lacustrine claystone at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, is controlled principally by the geochemistry of ultrafine (< 0.1 μm), authigenic clay minerals. Authigenic clays have an average structural formula of (Si3.83Al0.17)(Al0.43Fe0.49Mg0.84)(Na0.99K0.22Ca0.16)O10(OH)2; octahedral composition varies, with Mg/(Al + Fe) ranging from 0.7 to 2.3. These clay minerals have a complex history of interaction with saline, alkaline water, followed by secondary diagenetic reactions that leached Mg in freshwater paleoenvironments. Lateral variations in whole-rock and clay geochemistry show westward enrichment in Mg, from Mgoct = 0.6–1.6. This is consistent with persistence of saline, alkaline Paleolake Olduvai to the west, and the presence of groundwater wetlands and other freshwater paleoenvironments to the east. Stone artifact mass density also varies systematically across the basal Bed II deposits, ranging from 100.0 to 104.3 g of artifacts per cubic meter of excavated sediment. Significant correlation is found between clay geochemistry and the density of artifacts excavated from associated archeological trenches (r2 = 0.59, p < 0.01). This relationship supports models of hominin land use in which artifact use and discard is concentrated near freshwater paleoenvironments such as wetlands associated with surface and groundwater discharge. Independent paleoenvironmental proxies such as clay geochemistry allow quantitative hypothesis testing to improve our understanding of early hominin behavior and paleoecology. 相似文献
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This paper introduces a flexible sediment classification scheme for modern and ancient lake sediments employed at the Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota. Our classification scheme emphasizes the macroscopic structure and microscopic components of the sedimentary matrix (clastic, chemical and biological) and can be applied to a wide range of lacustrine settings. Such a classification scheme is necessary to i) facilitate communication and collaboration between the highly interdisciplinary community of scientists that study lacustrine archives, ii) create a structure for comparative lacustrine sedimentological studies, and iii) take greater advantage of the great potential information recorded by changing depositional environments. Such a development is needed in light of current and planned Global Lake Drilling efforts and to expedite the creation of on-line, searchable databases of global lacustrine archives. A more comprehensive treatment of the topics discussed in this paper is available at: http://lrc.geo.umn.edu/services/handbook/sedclass.html. 相似文献
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Alex Blass Martin Grosjean David M. Livingstone Michael Sturm 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,39(1):35-42
The analysis of 125 years of well-dated varved sediments in Lake Silvaplana, located at 1,791 m a.s.l. in the Upper Engadine
region of south-eastern Switzerland, reveals that 7 out of the 8 climatically relevant explosive volcanic eruptions between
A.D. 1880 and 2004 were followed by distinct peaks in median grain-size. Although the underlying mechanisms are yet unclear,
an analysis of local meteorological data suggests that this phenomenon is unlikely to be related to any change in air temperature
associated with the eruptions, but instead may be related to an increase in autumn precipitation subsequent to the eruptions
that led to the erosion and fluvial transport of particles larger than normal. 相似文献
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Jens Mingram Jörg F. W. Negendank Achim Brauer Dieter Berger Andreas Hendrich Michael Köhler Hartmut Usinger 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2007,37(4):517-528
We present a unique, versatile piston corer for recovering continuous lake and bog sediment sequences with superior accuracy
and quality. The main components of the system and their function are described, with special focus on measures for obtaining
long, continuous lake sediment sections up to a current maximum length of 95 m. Examples of lake sediment profiles obtained
with this system from different climatic zones are presented. 相似文献
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