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Responses of primary productivity to current and climate changes in the mud area to the southwest of Cheju Island during the past 800 years |
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| Authors: | Yi Liu Xin Zhou Wen Huang Yuhong Wang Nan Jia Haoyuan Ji Yiya Huang Liguang Sun |
| Institution: | 1. Institute of Polar Environment, Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China 2. National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, P. R. China 3. Advanced Management Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China 4. State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China |
| Abstract: | The biogenic silica (BSi), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and grain size were analyzed with a gravity core (3250-6) collected from the mud area in the north East China Sea. The average deposition rate of the upper core was about 0.078 cm yr?1 based on the results of 210Pbex. The mean grain size increased with depth in general. The frequency distribution of grain size showed that two marked changes of deposition environment occurred at 30 cm and 50 cm depths (about 1550 AD and 1300 AD, respectively). The variations of BSi and TOC indicated two distinct major periods of primary productivity over the past 800 years: a stage of low primary productivity corresponding to weak upwelling and low nutrient input below 30 cm depth (about 1200–1550 AD), and a stage of high primary productivity with strong currents and upwelling above 30 cm depth (about 1550–1950 AD). The stage with high primary productive appeared to be due to the northward-expanded muddy area caused by strong Asian Winter Monsoon and enhanced Yellow Sea Warm Current in winter. In conclusion, the BSi and TOC in the muddy sediments, the symbols of marine primary productivity, can be then used to investigate the evolution history of currents and relative climate change in the offshore areas. |
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