Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years

YEERBOLATI; DELEQIATI⋅Jantay; William M. Last; FANG Qiao; DENG Hong

doi:10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.009

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YEERBOLATI, DELEQIATI⋅Jantay, William M. Last, FANG Qiao, DENG Hong. Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2015, 33(1): 91-96. doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.009

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YEERBOLATI, DELEQIATI⋅Jantay, William M. Last, FANG Qiao, DENG Hong. Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2015, 33(1): 91-96. doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.009

Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years

doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.009

1.
Institute of Geological and Mining Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830047;
2.
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, R3T 2N2

Received Date: 2013-11-27
Rev Recd Date: 2014-04-15
Publish Date: 2015-02-10

Abstract

Over the past five decades, the Aral Sea, as the world's fourth largest lake, has a rapid decline of area, a serious decline in quality of the environment and has a devastating impact on most of the Central Asian region. Although the water level of the Aral Sea descent lasted relatively short but had significant changes, in order to understand the detailed process of this change, we collected AS17 shallow drilling core holes from the northern Aral Sea in 1997. Through the comprehensive analysis of mineralogy, ostracods, pollen and other deposits environmental indicators, it shows that the core had a series of significant changes in mineralogical characteristics and biological characteristics, reveals three distinct phases that the Aral Sea depositional environment has experienced during the past nearly 500 years: increase decrease and again increase in salinity, and provides new evidence to the 15th century drought in the Aral Sea.
- Aral Sea,
- salinity,
- sediments,
- mineralogy,
- ostracods,
- pollen

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[3]	Glazovsky N F.The salt balance of the Aral Sea[J]. GeoJournal, 1995, 35(1): 35-41.
[4]	Micklin P. The Aral sea disaster[J]. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2007, 35: 47-72.
[5]	Boomer I, Aladin N, Plotnikov I, et al. The palaeolimnology of theAral Sea:a review[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2000, 19(13): 1259-1278.
[6]	Boomer I. Sub–fossil Ostracoda and the death of the Aral Sea[J]. Geology Today, 1993, 9(1): 18-22.
[7]	Boomer I. Palaeoenvironmental indicators from Late Holocene and contemporary ostracoda of the Aral Sea[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1993, 103(3/4): 141-153.
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[9]	Oberhänsli H, Novotná K, Píşková A, et al. Variability in precipitation, temperature and river runoff in W Central Asia during the past 2000 yrs[J]. Global and Planetary Change, 2011, 76(1/2): 95-104.
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[12]	Cretauxa J F, Letolleb R, Bergé-Nguyena M, et al. History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates[J]. Global and Planetary Change, 2013, 110: 99-113.
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[15]	金章东. 湖泊沉积物的矿物组成、成因、环境指示及研究进展[J]. 地球科学与环境学报,2011,33(1):34-44.[Jin Zhangdong. Composition, origin and environmental interpretation of minerals in lake sediments and recent progress[J]. Journal of Earth Science and Environment, 2011, 33(1): 34-44.]
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[20]	许哲平,陈建强,肖景义. 云南昆明盆地中更新世晚期以来的孢粉记录及古气候演化[J]. 地质学报,2009,83(1):65-77.[Xu Zheping, Chen Jianqiang, Xiao Jingyi. Pollen records since late middle-pleistocene in the Kunming Basin, Yunnan province and paleoclimate evolution[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica, 2009, 83(1): 65-77.]
[21]	Boroffka N G O, Oberhänsli H, Sorrel P, et al. Archaeology and climate: settlement and lake level changes at the Aral Sea[J]. Geoarchaeology, 2003, 21(7): 721-734.

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Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years

1. Institute of Geological and Mining Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830047;

2. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, R3T 2N2

Received Date: 2013-11-27

Rev Recd Date: 2014-04-15

Publish Date: 2015-02-10

Key words:

Aral Sea /
salinity /
sediments /
mineralogy /
ostracods /
pollen

Abstract: Over the past five decades, the Aral Sea, as the world's fourth largest lake, has a rapid decline of area, a serious decline in quality of the environment and has a devastating impact on most of the Central Asian region. Although the water level of the Aral Sea descent lasted relatively short but had significant changes, in order to understand the detailed process of this change, we collected AS17 shallow drilling core holes from the northern Aral Sea in 1997. Through the comprehensive analysis of mineralogy, ostracods, pollen and other deposits environmental indicators, it shows that the core had a series of significant changes in mineralogical characteristics and biological characteristics, reveals three distinct phases that the Aral Sea depositional environment has experienced during the past nearly 500 years: increase decrease and again increase in salinity, and provides new evidence to the 15th century drought in the Aral Sea.

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[1]	吴敬禄,马龙,吉力力·阿不都外力. 中亚干旱区咸海的湖面变化及其环境效应[J]. 干旱区地理,2009,2(3):418-422.[Wu Jinglu, Ma Long, Jilili Abuduwaili. Lake surface change of the Aral Sea and its environmental effects in the arid region of the Central Asia[J]. Arid Land Geography, 2009, 2(3): 418-422.]
[2]	Aladin N V, Plotnikov I S, Micklin P, et al. Aral Sea: water level, salinity and long-term changes in biological communities of an endangered ecosystem—past, present and future[J]. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, 2009, 15(36): 177-183.
[3]	Glazovsky N F.The salt balance of the Aral Sea[J]. GeoJournal, 1995, 35(1): 35-41.
[4]	Micklin P. The Aral sea disaster[J]. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2007, 35: 47-72.
[5]	Boomer I, Aladin N, Plotnikov I, et al. The palaeolimnology of theAral Sea:a review[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2000, 19(13): 1259-1278.
[6]	Boomer I. Sub–fossil Ostracoda and the death of the Aral Sea[J]. Geology Today, 1993, 9(1): 18-22.
[7]	Boomer I. Palaeoenvironmental indicators from Late Holocene and contemporary ostracoda of the Aral Sea[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1993, 103(3/4): 141-153.
[8]	Boomer I, Wünnermann B, Mackay A W,et al. Advances in understanding the Late Holocene history of the Aral Sea region[J]. Quaternary International, 2009, 194(1/2): 79-90.
[9]	Oberhänsli H, Novotná K, Píşková A, et al. Variability in precipitation, temperature and river runoff in W Central Asia during the past 2000 yrs[J]. Global and Planetary Change, 2011, 76(1/2): 95-104.
[10]	Krigonov S K. Extent of the Aral Sea drop in the Middle Age[J]. Doklady Earth Sciences, 2009, 428(1): 1146-1150.
[11]	Austin P, Mackay A, Palagushkina O, et al. A high resolution diatom-inferred palaeoconductivity and lake level record of the Aral Sea for the last 1600 yr[J]. Quaternary Research, 2007, 67(3): 383-393.
[12]	Cretauxa J F, Letolleb R, Bergé-Nguyena M, et al. History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates[J]. Global and Planetary Change, 2013, 110: 99-113.
[13]	Last W M, Deleqat Jantay, Juggins, et al. Late Holocene history of the Aral Sea[C]// GSA 1998 Annual Meeting& Exposition. 1998, P-16, A-162.
[14]	宋友桂. 沉积矿物学在古环境恢复中的应用进展[J]. 东华理工大学学报:自然科学版,2009,32(4):313-323.[Song Yougui. Sedinentary mineralogy and its application for paleoenvironmental reconstruction[J]. Journal of East China Institute of Technology: Natural Science, 2009, 32(4): 313-323.]
[15]	金章东. 湖泊沉积物的矿物组成、成因、环境指示及研究进展[J]. 地球科学与环境学报,2011,33(1):34-44.[Jin Zhangdong. Composition, origin and environmental interpretation of minerals in lake sediments and recent progress[J]. Journal of Earth Science and Environment, 2011, 33(1): 34-44.]
[16]	张家武,何晶,陈硕,等. 第四纪湖相介形类壳体化石在古环境中的应用——种属组合研究进展与问题[J]. 地球科学进展,2009,24(11):1229-1237.[Zhang Jiawu, He Jing, Chen Shuo, et al. Applications of non-marine ostracods in Quaternary paleoenvironment——advances and problems in fossil assemblages[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2009, 24(11): 1229-1237.]
[17]	李军,余俊清. 湖相介形虫古生态学在环境变化研究中的应用[J]. 盐湖研究,2002,10(1):66-71.[Li Jun, Yu Junqing. Application of lacustrine ostracodes to the study of environmental changes[J]. Journal of Salt Lake Research, 2002, 10(1): 66-71.]
[18]	于革. 高分辨湖泊沉积和孢粉记录对气候、水文变化的响应[J]. 沉积学报,2011,29(1):118-124.[Yu Ge. High-resolution records of lacustrine sedimentology and palynology responding to changes in climate and hydrology[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2011, 29(1): 118-124.]
[19]	黄小忠,赵艳,程波,等. 新疆博斯腾湖表层沉积物的孢粉分析[J]. 冰川冻土,2004,26(5):602-609.[Huang Xiaozhong, Zhao Yan, Cheng Bo, et al. Modern pollen analysis of the surface sediments from the Bosten Lake, Xinjiang, China[J]. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2004, 26(5): 602-609.]
[20]	许哲平,陈建强,肖景义. 云南昆明盆地中更新世晚期以来的孢粉记录及古气候演化[J]. 地质学报,2009,83(1):65-77.[Xu Zheping, Chen Jianqiang, Xiao Jingyi. Pollen records since late middle-pleistocene in the Kunming Basin, Yunnan province and paleoclimate evolution[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica, 2009, 83(1): 65-77.]
[21]	Boroffka N G O, Oberhänsli H, Sorrel P, et al. Archaeology and climate: settlement and lake level changes at the Aral Sea[J]. Geoarchaeology, 2003, 21(7): 721-734.

Environmental Changes Recorded by Lake Sediments from Aral Sea During Recent 500 Years

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