Composition and flux of Holocene sediments on the eastern Laptev Sea shelf, Arctic Siberia

被引:47
作者
Bauch, HA [1 ]
Kassens, H
Naidina, OD
Kunz-Pirrung, M
Thiede, J
机构
[1] GEOMAR, Res Ctr Marine Geosci, D-24149 Kiel, Germany
[2] Alfred Wegener Inst Polar & Marine Res, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Lithosphere, Moscow 109180, Russia
关键词
Arctic Sea; continental shelf; sediments; Holocene; Siberia;
D O I
10.1006/qres.2000.2223
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
A 467-cm-long core from the inner shelf of the eastern Laptev Sea provides a depositional history since 9400 cal yr. B.P. The history involves temporal changes in the fluvial runoff as well as postglacial sea-level rise and southward retreat of the coastline. Although the core contains marine fossils back to 8900 cal yr B.P., abundant pf ant debris in a sandy facies low in the core shows that a river influenced the study site until similar to 8100 cal yr B.P. As sea level rose and the distance to the coast increased, this riverine influence diminished gradually and the sediment type changed, by 7400 cal yr B.P., from sandy silt to clayey silt, Although total sediment input decreased in a step-like fashion from 7600 to 4000 cal yr B.P., this interval had the highest average sedimentation rates and the greatest fluxes in most sedimentary components, While this maximum probably resulted from middle Holocene climate warming, the low input of sand to the site after 7400 cal yr B.P. probably resulted from further southward retreat of the coastline and river mouth. Since about 4000 cat yr B.P., total sediment flux has remained rather constant in this part of the Laptev Sea shelf due to a gradual stabilization of the depositional regime after completion of the Holocene sea-level rise. (C) 2001 University of Washington.
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页码:344 / 351
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