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Non-residual Sr of the sediments in Daihai Lake as a good indicator of chemical weathering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Yan Zeng ,
Jingan Chen ,
Jule Xiao  and
Liang Qi
Yan Zeng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Jingan Chen*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
Jule Xiao
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Liang Qi
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: + 86 851 5895095. E-mail address:chenjingan@vip.skleg.cn (J. Chen).
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Abstract

The Rb/Sr ratio of lake sediments has been demonstrated to be a potential indicator of chemical weathering by increasing work. However, Rb and Sr in lake sediments are derived from both chemical weathering and physical erosion. Rb and Sr of different forms in lake sediments may record different environmental processes and information. In this study, the variation patterns of Rb and Sr of different forms in sediments of Daihai Lake were investigated. The results show that Rb and Sr of different forms display noticeably different variation patterns due to their different sources and associated environmental processes. Using the Rb/Sr ratios of bulk lake sediments to reflect chemical weathering is not accurate. The non-residual Sr of the sediments without detrital carbonates, representing the Sr leached from the catchment, can be used as an index of chemical weathering because the weathering of Sr minerals is very sensitive to climate change, and the non-residual Sr content of the sediment is determined more by Sr2 + influx than by the physicochemical conditions of lake water. The correspondence between the non-residual Sr and TIC/TOC in Daihai Lake also indicates that the non-residual Sr of the sediments is a good indicator of chemical weathering in the catchment.

Keywords

Non-residual SrRb/Sr ratioChemical weatheringDaihai LakeSediment
Type
Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , March 2013 , pp. 284 - 291
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University of Washington

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