Sediment accumulation of Dianchi Lake determined by 137Cs dating |
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| Authors: | Yan Zhang Xiang Gao Zhenyu Zhong Jie Chen Buzhuo Peng |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Soil Sustainable Agriculture, Nanjing Institute of Soil Sciences, CAS, Nanjing, 210008, China |
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| Abstract: | The water quality of Dianchi Lake declines quickly and the eutrophication is getting serious. To identify the internal pollution
load of Dianchi Lake it is necessary to evaluate its sediment accumulation. Sedimentation rates of Dianchi Lake are determined
by 137Cs dating. However, 137Cs vertical distribution in sediment cores of Dianchi Lake has special characteristics because Dianchi Lake is located on
the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Kunming quasi-stationary front is over the borders of Yunnan and Guizhou where
the specific precipitation is distributed. Besides 1954, 1963 and 1986 137Cs marks can be determined in sediment cores, a 137Cs mark of 1976 representing the major period of 137Cs released from China unclear test can be determined and used for an auxiliary dating mark. Meanwhile Dianchi Lake is divided
into seven sections based on the water depth, basin topography, hydrological features and supplies of silt and the lakebed
area of each section is calculated. The mean annual sedimentation rates for seven sections are 0.0810, 0.1352, 0.1457, 0.1333,
0.0904, 0.1267 and 0.1023 g/cm2a in 1963–2003, respectively. The gross sediment accumulation of the lake is 26.18×104 t/a in recent 17 years and 39.86×104 t/a in recent 50 years.
Foundation: National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40771186; The Key Project of the State Key Laboratory of Soil Sustainable
Agriculture, Nanjing Institute of Soil Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.5022505
Author: Zhang Yan (1962–), Ph.D and Associate Professor, specialized in environmental change. |
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| Keywords: | 137Cs dating sediment accumulation rate sedimentation section Dianchi Lake |
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