The geochemical response of sedementary archives to rapid recent glacier retreat at WAP: from source to sink

沉积档案对 WAP 最近冰川快速退缩的地球化学响应：从源头到汇

• 批准号: 131194650
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Hans-Jürgen Brumsack
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Infrastructure Priority Programmes
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2008-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/131194650?language=en
• 关键词: geochemical; response; sedementary; archives; rapid

The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) belongs to those regions, which are characterized by rapid regional warming and concomitant glacier retreat, affecting the coastal ecosystem by turbid meltwaters and contributing to global sealevel rise. We intend to characterize the particulate (SPM) and dissolved load of glacial meltwaters draining into Potter Cove and Maxwell Bay on King George Island by inorganic geochemical methods (major and minor elements). The extent of meltwater drainage and SPM input will be investigated by analyzing surface sediments from Potter Cove and adjacent areas. Sediment cores from different locations will be used to assess whether the increase in SPM may be quantified by determining sediment accumulation rates with 210Pb. Sediment cores from Potter Cove and Maxwell Bay serve as archives for the climatic and paleoenvironmental development of this area during the Holocene - the last century in particular - and will be analyzed at high temporal resolution. The overarching goal of the proposed study is to assess, based on geochemical proxies, whether the effects of regional warming at WAP are reflected in the sediment geochemistry and if such episodes did occur during other intervals within the Holocene.

南极西部半岛（WAP）是一个以快速区域变暖和冰川退缩为特征的地区，它通过浑浊的融水影响沿海生态系统，并导致全球海平面上升。我们打算用无机地球化学方法（主元素和次元素）来描述冰川融水排入乔治王岛波特湾和麦克斯韦湾的颗粒（SPM）和溶解负荷。将通过分析Potter Cove和邻近地区的表层沉积物来调查融水排放和SPM输入的程度。来自不同地点的沉积物芯将被用来评估是否可以通过用210 Pb确定沉积物累积率来量化SPM的增加。波特湾和麦克斯韦湾的沉积物岩心是该地区全新世--特别是上世纪--气候和古环境发展的档案，将以高时间分辨率进行分析。拟议的研究的总体目标是评估，地球化学代理的基础上，区域变暖的影响，在WAP是否反映在沉积物地球化学，如果这样的情节确实发生在全新世的其他间隔。