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Late Pliocene–Quaternary evolution of redox conditions in the western Qaidam paleolake (NE Tibetan Plateau) deduced from Mn geochemistry in the drilling core SG-1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Yibo Yang ,
Xiaomin Fang ,
Erwin Appel ,
Albert Galy ,
Minghui Li  and
Weilin Zhang
Yibo Yang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Xiaomin Fang*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education of China and College of Resources and Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Erwin Appel
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen, Hölderlinstr. 12, 72074 Töbingen, Germany
Albert Galy
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK
Minghui Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Weilin Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
*
*Corresponding author at: Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. Fax: + 86 10 8409 7079. E-mail address:fangxm@itpcas.ac.cn (X. Fang).
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Abstract

Manganese (Mn) in lake sediments reacts strongly to changes of redox conditions. This study analyzed Mn concentrations in oxides, carbonates, and bulk phases of the calcareous lacustrine sediments of a 938.5-m-long core (SG-1) taken from the western Qaidam Basin, well dated from 2.77 Ma to 0.1 Ma. Comparisons of extractions from diluted hydrochloric acid, acetic acid and citrate"bicarbonate"dithionite demonstrate that variations of Mn concentrations from acetic acid leaching (MnHOAc) are mostly responsible for Mn (II) fluctuations in the carbonate phase. Taking into account the relevant processes during weathering, transportation, deposition and post-deposition of Mn-bearing rocks, we conclude that Mn input from catchment weathering and paleolake redox condition provide the primary controls on variations in the Mn records of carbonate and oxide phases. We propose MnHOAc as a new sensitive indicator of paleolake redox evolution and catchment-scale climate change. The MnHOAc variations show a long-term upward decreasing trend, indicating a long-term decrease of Mn input from catchment weathering associated with increasing oxygen content in the paleolake bottom water. The great similarities of the MnHOAc record with other regional and global records suggest that paleolake redox changes and climatic drying in the Qaidam Basin may be largely related to global cooling.

Keywords

Late Pliocene–QuaternaryQaidam BasinManganese geochemistryLake redox conditionsAsian inland drying
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Quaternary Research , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , November 2013 , pp. 586 - 595
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University of Washington

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