A compound-specific isotopic approach to quantifying the source of terrestrial organic matter transported by a large river

一种化合物特异性同位素方法,用于量化大河输送的陆地有机物的来源

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    1227192
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2012
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2012-10-01 至 2015-09-30
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

The erosion of organic matter from the land surface and its transport by rivers reflects a central link between Earth's biological and geological systems. Pinpointing the sources of organic material within large river systems has been difficult but is crucial for understanding and quantifying the carbon cycle, which is an important aspect of the climate system. The goal of this project is to contribute valuable new information about the sources of organic matter in rivers by identifying the isotopic composition of specific organic molecules, namely the waxy molecules from plant leaves, and by tracing these molecules through their transport downstream. These same molecules are also used for past climate reconstruction, and this work will gather information about their sourcing, integration and preservation that will be important for understanding climate signals. The research will be based in the Kosñipata-Madre de Dios river system, in the Andean headwaters of the Amazon River in Peru. The Amazon is one of the planet's largest rivers and most important biogeochemical systems, and yet the source and fate of organic material eroded from the Andes remains unclear. Isotopic analysis of carbon in particulate organic matter (POM) transported by rivers has already found wide application and contributed to our understanding of the carbon cycle. Previous efforts have particularly focused on analyses of bulk carbon (e.g., stable carbon isotopic and radiocarbon composition of bulk POM), representing the average composition of a complex mixture. This new project will look at the isotopic composition of specific organic molecules within river POM, particularly the plant leaf waxes, as well as the plants from which they are derived, and soils in which they are stored. Leaf wax compounds are useful as they are derived only from terrestrial biomass, with no complicating input from aquatic organisms. The main focus will be on the stable hydrogen isotope composition (delta D) of leaf wax, which reflects the isotopic composition of the source water used by plants. This will be complemented by radiocarbon analyses through collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Sampling will occur across a gradient in elevations within the Kosñipata-Madre de Dios. Because there is an elevation gradient in the delta D of precipitation in the Kosnipata-Madre de Dios, as in many other mountainous environments, investigators hypothesize that the leaf wax composition can act as a source fingerprint, to identify where POM is derived, and to assess how this varies spatially, from high to low elevation, and across the foreland floodplain, as well as temporally, during storm events. This information will be vital to constraining the use of biomarker isotopic composition for paleo-climate reconstruction, and for quantifying and tracing Andean organic carbon in the Amazon system. The research program will facilitate a wide-ranging international and inter-disciplinary collaboration, with research and education activities in three countries (US, Peru, and UK). The Peruvian fieldwork is supported by collaborations with colleagues at the field stations and university in Peru, and in turn the PIs will work with colleagues in Peru to provide research-based educational materials at the field stations for a range of undergraduate and public visitors as well as lecture material for undergraduate and graduate degree courses in the US and in Peru. Student teaching and learning will be a vital component of the project, with research opportunities for 1 PhD and 4 undergraduate students at the University of Southern California to be involved in field and laboratory research on important questions about the carbon cycle and the climate system.
陆地表面有机物的侵蚀及其由河流输送反映了地球生物系统和地质系统之间的中心联系。确定大型河流系统中有机物质的来源一直很困难,但对于理解和量化碳循环至关重要,而碳循环是气候系统的一个重要方面。该项目的目标是通过确定特定有机分子(即植物叶片中的蜡质分子)的同位素组成,并通过追踪这些分子在下游的运输,为河流中有机质来源提供有价值的新信息。这些相同的分子也被用于过去的气候重建,这项工作将收集有关它们的来源、整合和保存的信息,这对理解气候信号非常重要。这项研究将以Kosñipata-Madre de Dios河系统为基础,该系统位于秘鲁亚马逊河的安第斯山脉源头。亚马逊河是地球上最大的河流之一,也是最重要的生物地球化学系统,然而从安第斯山脉侵蚀的有机物质的来源和命运仍不清楚。河流输送颗粒物有机物(POM)中碳的同位素分析已经得到了广泛的应用,有助于我们对碳循环的认识。以前的工作特别侧重于散装碳的分析(例如,散装POM的稳定碳同位素和放射性碳组成),代表复杂混合物的平均组成。这个新项目将研究河流POM中特定有机分子的同位素组成,特别是植物叶蜡,以及提取它们的植物和储存它们的土壤。叶蜡化合物是有用的,因为它们只来源于陆地生物量,不需要水生生物的复杂输入。研究的重点是叶蜡的稳定氢同位素组成(δ D),它反映了植物利用的水源水的同位素组成。这将通过与伍兹霍尔海洋研究所合作进行放射性碳分析加以补充。采样将在Kosñipata-Madre de Dios内的海拔梯度上进行。由于科斯尼帕塔-马德雷·德·狄奥斯的降水三角洲D与许多其他山地环境一样存在海拔梯度,研究人员假设叶蜡成分可以作为来源指纹,以确定POM的来源,并评估其在空间上的变化,从高到低海拔,穿越前陆泛滥平原,以及在风暴事件期间的时间变化。这些信息对于限制生物标志物同位素组成在古气候重建中的使用,以及对亚马逊系统中安第斯山脉有机碳的量化和追踪至关重要。该研究项目将在三个国家(美国、秘鲁和英国)开展研究和教育活动,促进广泛的国际和跨学科合作。秘鲁的实地考察工作得到了与实地考察站和秘鲁大学同事的合作的支持,反过来,pi将与秘鲁的同事合作,在实地考察站为一系列本科生和公众访问者提供基于研究的教育材料,以及为美国和秘鲁的本科生和研究生学位课程提供讲座材料。学生的教学和学习将是该项目的重要组成部分,南加州大学的1名博士和4名本科生将有机会参与有关碳循环和气候系统的重要问题的实地和实验室研究。

项目成果

期刊论文数量(6)
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Dual isotope evidence for sedimentary integration of plant wax biomarkers across an Andes-Amazon elevation transect
  • DOI:
    10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.007
  • 发表时间:
    2018-12
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    5
  • 作者:
    S. Feakins;Mong Sin Wu;C. Ponton;V. Galy;A. West
  • 通讯作者:
    S. Feakins;Mong Sin Wu;C. Ponton;V. Galy;A. West
Mixing as a driver of temporal variations in river hydrochemistry: 1. Insights from conservative tracers in the Andes-Amazon transition: ANDES-AMAZON TRIBUTARY MIXING
混合作为河流水化学时间变化的驱动因素:1.安第斯山脉-亚马逊过渡期保守示踪剂的见解:安第斯山脉-亚马逊支流混合
  • DOI:
    10.1002/2016wr019733
  • 发表时间:
    2017
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    5.4
  • 作者:
    Torres, Mark A.;Baronas, J. Jotautas;Clark, Kathryn E.;Feakins, Sarah J.;West, A. Joshua
  • 通讯作者:
    West, A. Joshua
Altitude effect on leaf wax carbon isotopic composition in humid tropical forests
  • DOI:
    10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.022
  • 发表时间:
    2017-06
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    5
  • 作者:
    Mong Sin Wu;S. Feakins;R. Martin;A. Shenkin;L. Bentley;B. Blonder;N. Salinas;G. Asner;Y. Malhi
  • 通讯作者:
    Mong Sin Wu;S. Feakins;R. Martin;A. Shenkin;L. Bentley;B. Blonder;N. Salinas;G. Asner;Y. Malhi
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{{ truncateString('A Joshua West', 18)}}的其他基金

Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Developing capacity for planning and adapting to riverbank erosion and its consequences in the Yukon River Basin
合作研究:NNA 研究:发展规划和适应育空河流域河岸侵蚀及其后果的能力
  • 批准号:
    2127444
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
NSFGEO-NERC Collaborative Research: Coupling Erosion, Weathering, and Hydrologic Function in an Active Orogenic System
NSFGEO-NERC 合作研究:活跃造山系统中侵蚀、风化和水文功能的耦合
  • 批准号:
    2021619
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Tracking Amazon Forest Fires from Source to Sink
RAPID:合作研究:追踪亚马逊森林火灾从源头到汇点
  • 批准号:
    2000127
  • 财政年份:
    2019
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
MRI: Acquisition of a Shared Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Ocean, Earth, Environmental, and Geobiological Sciences in Southern California
MRI:购买一台共享多收集器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪,用于南加州的海洋、地球、环境和地球生物科学
  • 批准号:
    1920355
  • 财政年份:
    2019
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Collaborative Research: Landslides related to the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, from ground motion and hazard to geomorphic response
合作研究:与 2015 年 7.8 级廓尔喀地震相关的山体滑坡,从地面运动和灾害到地貌响应
  • 批准号:
    1640894
  • 财政年份:
    2016
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
RAPID Collaborative Research: Landslides caused by the April 2015 Nepal earthquakes, from immediate hazard to tectonic driver
RAPID 合作研究:2015 年 4 月尼泊尔地震引起的山体滑坡,从直接危害到构造驱动因素
  • 批准号:
    1546630
  • 财政年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
CAREER: Taking the hydrochemical pulse of the critical zone in small catchments of the Andes-Amazon
职业:掌握安第斯山脉-亚马逊小流域关键区域的水化学脉搏
  • 批准号:
    1455352
  • 财政年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Using novel genetic and isotopic techniques to understanding how microbial activity affects rates of dissolution of the mineral olivine.
使用新颖的遗传和同位素技术来了解微生物活动如何影响矿物橄榄石的溶解速率。
  • 批准号:
    1324929
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant
Transitions in the Banda Arc-Australia Continental Collision as a Bridge to Understanding Mantle and Lithospheric Controls on Surface Tectonics
班达弧-澳大利亚大陆碰撞的转变是理解地幔和岩石圈对地表构造控制的桥梁
  • 批准号:
    1250214
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant
Quantifying the effects of an extreme earthquake on a large river system
量化极端地震对大型河流系统的影响
  • 批准号:
    1053504
  • 财政年份:
    2011
  • 资助金额:
    $ 27.31万
  • 项目类别:
    Continuing Grant

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