Characterization of transport pathways and depositional changes in Mercury(Hg)and their connection to climatic and environmental changes on various time scales are crucial for better understanding the anthropogenic impacts on the global Hg cycle in the Anthropocene epoch.In this study,we examined Hg variations recorded in a stalagmite from central China,covering the period from 25.5 to 10.9 thousand years ago.Our data show a marked increase in Hg concentrations during the late Last Glacial Maximum,which coincided with the period of highest dust deposition on the Chinese Loess Plateau.Hg concentrations were lower during Heinrich events 1 and 2 and the Younger Dryas but higher during the BùllingAllerùd and the early Holocene.We suggest that regional dust load,which enhances atmospheric dry deposition of Hg,is the primary factor influencing Hg deposition in central China on glacialinterglacial timescales.On millennial-to-centennial timescales,climate also plays a significant role.Warmer and wetter conditions increase vegetation,litterfall,and soil/rock weathering,which in turn boost mineral dissolution and soil erosion in the vadose zone.These processes collectively result in higher Hg concentrations in the stalagmite.
海洋氧同位素阶段10(Marine Isotope Stages10,MIS10)气候不稳定,重建这一时段气候变化历史,对于理解末次冰期的千年尺度气候突变和预测未来气候变化具有重要意义。因此,本文利用中国金佛洞石笋J33230 Th测年和氧碳同位素数据,重建了380~330 ka B.P.(thousand years before present,ka B.P.)时段的古气候序列,旨在探究西南地区东亚夏季风(East Asian Summer Monsoon,EASM)以及水文气候环境变化。研究结果显示,在轨道尺度上,MIS10时期的EASM和区域水文环境变化跟随北半球太阳辐射变化,整体上呈现出一峰两谷的形态。MIS10时期气候变化共分为3个阶段:MIS10c冰阶期间EASM相对偏弱,气候冷干;MIS10b间冰阶期间季风相对比较强盛,气候温暖湿润;MIS10a冰阶期间EASM急剧减弱,气候最为冷干。受太阳辐射缓慢变化引发的大西洋经向翻转环流(Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation,AMOC)大幅度振荡的影响,MIS10时期气候不稳定,EASM千年尺度气候突变事件频发,如MIS10b阶段发生了6次显著的季风增强事件。在冰期终止点Ⅳ(Termination-Ⅳ,T-Ⅳ)结束期间,随着北半球太阳辐射的上升和全球冰量的下降,石笋J33δ18 O记录显示在EASM恢复期间发生了一次与冰期终止点Ⅰ(Termination-Ⅰ,T-Ⅰ)新仙女木事件(Younger Dryas,YD)极其相似的季风减弱事件。类YD事件是最近4个冰消期的普遍特征,而太阳辐射和北大西洋冷事件可能是造成冰消期气候变化错综复杂的主要原因。
