Oxygen isotope signatures of quartz from major Asian dust sources: IMPLICATIONS for changes in the provenance of Chinese loess

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 399-410

  Yan, Yan ^a,b   Sun, Youbin ^a,c   Chen, Hongyun ^d   Ma, Long ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOESS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84901825472     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.043     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. Aléon J., Chaussidon M., Marty B., Schutz L., Jaenicke R. Oxygen isotopes in single micrometer-sized quartz grains: tracing the source of Saharan dust over long-distance atmospheric transport. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2002, 66:3351-3365.
2. An Z.S. The history and variability of the East Asian paleomonsoon climate. Quat. Sci. Rev. 2000, 19:171-187.
3. An Z.S., Kukla G.J., Porter S.C., Xiao J.L. Magnetic susceptibility evidence of monsoon variation on the Loess Plateau of central China during the last 130,000years. Quat. Res. 1991, 36:29-36.
4. An Z.S., Kutzbach J.E., Prell W.L., Porter S.C. Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau since Late Miocene time. Nature 2001, 411:62-66.
5. Badarch G. Tectonic overview of Mongolia. Mongolian Geoscientist 2005, 27:1-7.
6. Blatt H. Perspectives: oxygen isotopes and the origin of quartz. J. Sediment. Petrol. 1987, 57:373-377.
7. Bowler J.M., Chen K.Z., Yuan B.Y. Systematic variations in loess source areas: evidence from Qaidam and Qinghai basins, western China. Aspects of Loess Research 1987, 39-51. China Ocean Press. T.S. Liu (Ed.).
8. Bullard J.E., Harrison S.P., Baddock M.C., Drake N., Gill T.E., McTainsh G., Sun Y. Preferential dust sources: a geomorphological classification designed for use in global dust-cycle models. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf. (2003-2012) 2011, 116(F4).
9. Chacko T., Cole D.R., Horita J. Equilibrium oxygen, hydrogen and carbon isotope fractionation factors applicable to geologic systems. Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 2001, 43:1-81.
10. Che X.D., Li G.J. Binary sources of loess on the Chinese Loess Plateau revealed by U-Pb ages of zircon. Quat. Res. 2013, 80:545-551.
11. Chen J., Li G.J. Geochemical studies on the source region of Asian dust. Sci. China Earth Sci. 2011, 54:1279-1301.
12. Chen Z., Li G.J. Evolving sources of eolian detritus on the Chinese Loess Plateau since early Miocene: tectonic and climatic controls. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2013, 371-372:220-225.
13. Chen J., Li G.J., Yang J.D., Rao W.B., Lu H.Y., Balsam W., Sun Y.B., Ji J.F. Nd and Sr isotopic characteristics of Chinese deserts: implications for the provenances of Asian dust. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2007, 71:3904-3914.
14. Clayton R.N., Rex R.W., Syers J.K., Jackson M.L. Oxygen isotopic abundance of quartz in Pacific pelagic sediments. J. Geophys. Res. 1972, 77:3907-3915.
15. Clayton R.N., Jackson M.L., Sridhar K. Resistance of quartz silt to isotopic exchange under burial and intense weathering conditions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1978, 42:1517-1522.
16. Davaa G., Oyunbaatar D. and Sugita M. (2007) Surface Water of Mongolia. Environmental Book of Mongolia 2006, 55-82.
17. Derbyshire E., Meng X.M., Kemp R.A. Provenance, transport and characteristics of modern aeolian dust in western Gansu province, China, and interpretation of the quaternary loess record. J. Arid Environ. 1998, 39:497-516.
18. Ding Z.L., Liu T.S., Rutter R.W., Yu Z.W., Guo Z.T., Zhu R.X. Ice-volume forcing of east Asian winter monsoon variations in the past 800,000years. Quat. Res. 1995, 44:149-159.
19. Ding Z.L., Sun J.M., Rutter N.W., Rokosh D., Liu T.S. Changes in sand content of loess deposits along a north-south transect of the Chinese Loess Plateau and the implications for desert variations. Quat. Res. 1999, 52:56-62.
20. Ferrat M., Weiss D.J., Strekopytov S., Dong S., Chen H., Najorka J., Sun Y., Gupta S., Tada R., Sinha R. Improved provenance tracing of Asian dust sources using rare earth elements and selected trace elements for palaeomonsoon studies on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2011, 75:6374-6399.
21. 18O of northern deserts in China. Quat. Sci. 2004, 24:243. (In Chinese).
22. Gallet S., Jahn B., Torii M. Geochemical characterization of the Luochuan loess paleosol sequence, China, and paleoclimatic implications. Chem. Geol. 1996, 133:67-88.
23. Gu Z.Y., Liu T.S., Zheng S.H. A preliminary study on quartz oxygen isotope in Chinese loess and soils. Aspects of Loess Research 1987, 291-301. China Ocean Press. T.S. Liu (Ed.).
24. Gu Z.Y., Ding Z.L., Xiong S.F., Liu T.S. A seven million geochemical record from Chinese red-clay and loess-paleosol sequence: weathering and erosion in northwestern China. Quat. Sci. 1999, 4:357-365. (In Chinese).
25. Guo Z.T., Ruddiman W.F., Hao Q.Z., Wu H.B., Qiao Y.S., Zhu R.X., Peng S.Z., Wei J.J., Yuan B.Y., Liu T.S. Onset of Asian desertification by 22Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China. Nature 2002, 416:159-163.
26. Hao Q.Z., Guo Z.T., Qiao Y.S., Xu B., Oldfield F. Geochemical evidence for the provenance of middle Pleistocene loess deposits in southern China. Quat. Sci. Rev. 2010, 29:3317-3326.
27. Hou S.S., Yang S.L., Sun J.M., Ding Z.L. Oxygen isotope compositions of quartz grains (4-16mm) from Chinese eolian deposits and their implications for provenance. Sci. China (Ser. D) 2003, 46:1003-1011.
28. Geological Map of Western China and Adjacent Areas 2006, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Geological Publishing House, (In Chinese).
29. Ishii T., Isobe I., Mizuno K., Kanai Y., Matsuhisa Y., Mizota C., Qian Y.B., Terashima S., Okumura K. Study of the formation processes and sedimentary environment of surface geological features in desertic areas of China, with special reference to the characteristics and origin of eolian sediments. Bull. Geol. Surv. Jpn. 1995, 46:651-685.
30. Jahn B.M., Gallet S., Han J.M. Geochemistry of the Xining, Xifeng and Jixian sections, Loess Plateau of China: eolian dust provenance and paleosol evolution during the last 140ka. Chem. Geol. 2001, 178:71-94.
31. Knauth L.P., Epstein S. Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in nodular and bedded cherts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1976, 40:1095-1108.
32. Lerman A., Lal D., Dacey M.F. Stokes' settling and chemical reactivity of suspended particles in natural waters. Suspended Solids in Water 1974, 17-47. Plenum Press, New York. R.J. Gibbs (Ed.).
33. Li G.J., Chen J., Chen Y., Yang J.D., Ji J.F., Liu L. Dolomite as a tracer for the source regions of Asian dust. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:D17201. 10.1029/ 2007jd008676.
34. Li G.J., Chen J., Ji J.F., Yang J.D., Conway T.M. Natural and anthropogenic sources of East Asian dust. Geology 2009, 37:727-730. 10.1130/G30031A.1.
35. Li G.J., Pettke T., Chen J. Increasing Nd isotopic ratio of Asian dust indicates progressive uplift of the north Tibetan Plateau since the middle Miocene. Geology 2011, 39:199-202.
36. Li G.J., Chen J., Chen Y. Primary and secondary carbonate in Chinese loess discriminated by trace element composition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2013, 103:26-35.
37. Liu T.S. Loess and the Environment 1985, China Ocean Press, pp. 189. (In Chinese).
38. Liu T.S., Ding Z.L. Chinese loess and the paleomonsoon. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 1998, 26:111-145.
39. Lu H.Y., Wang X.Y., Li L.P. Aeolian dust records indicate the linkage of global cooling and Asian drying in late cenozoic. Quat. Sci. 2008, 28:949-956. (In Chinese).
40. Middleton N.J., Goudie A.S., Wells G.L. The frequency and source areas of dust storms. Aeolian Geomorphology 1986, 237-259. Allen & Unwin, Boston. W.G. Nickling (Ed.).
41. Prins M.A., Vriend M., Nugteren G., Vandenberghe J., Lu H., Zheng H., Jan Weltje.G. Late quaternary aeolian dust input variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau: inferences from unmixing of loess grain-size records. Quat. Sci. Rev. 2007, 26:230-242.
42. Prospero J.M. Long-range transport of mineral dust in the global atmosphere: impact of African dust on the environment of the southeastern United States. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1999, 96:3396-3403.
43. Prospero J.M., Ginoux P., Torres O., Nicholson S.E., Gill T.E. Environmental characterization of global sources of atmospheric soil dust identified with the Nimbus 7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) absorbing aerosol product. Rev. Geophys. 2002, 40(1002). 10.1029/2000 RG000095.
44. Pullen A., Kapp P., McCallister A.T., Chang H., Gehrels G.E., Garzione C.N., Heermance R.V., Ding L. Qaidam Basin and northern Tibetan Plateau as dust sources for the Chinese Loess Plateau and paleoclimatic implications. Geology 2011, 39:1031-1034.
45. Pye K. Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits 1987, Academic Press, London, 68.
46. Qiang X., An Z., Song Y., Chang H., Sun Y., Liu W., Ao H., Dong J., Fu C., Wu F., Lu F., Cai Y., Zhou W., Cao J., Xu X., Ai L. New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25Ma ago. Sci. China Earth Sci. 2011, 54:136-144.
47. Rea D.K. The Paleoclimatic record provided by eolian deposition in the deep-sea: the geologic history of wind. Rev. Geophys. 1994, 32:159-195.
48. Shi P.J. Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk of China 2011, Science Press, pp. 244.
49. Sridhar K., Jackson M.L., Clayton R.N. Quartz oxygen isotopic stability in relation to isolation from sediments and diversity of source. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 1975, 39:1209-1213.
50. Stevens T., Palk C., Carter A., Lu H., Clift P. Assessing the provenance of loess and desert sediments in northern China using U-Pb dating and morphology of detrital zircons. GSA Bull. 2010, 122:1331-1344.
51. Stevens T., Carter A., Watson T.P., Vermeesch P., Andò S., Bird A.F., Lu H., Garzanti E., Cottam M.A., Sevastjanova I. Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quat. Sci. Rev. 2013, 78:355-368.
52. Sun J.M. Provenance of loess material and formation of loess deposits on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2002, 203:845-859.
53. Sun J.M. Nd and Sr isotopic variations in Chinese eolian deposits during the past 8Ma: implications for provenance change. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 2005, 240:454-466.
54. Sun Y.B., An Z.S. History and variability of the Asian interior aridity recorded by eolian flux in the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 7 million years. Sci. China (Ser. D) 2002, 45:420-429.
55. Sun Y.B., Lu H.Y., An Z.S. Grain size distribution of quartz isolated from Chinese loess/paleosol. Chin. Sci. Bull. 2000, 45:2296-2298.
56. Sun J.M., Zhang M.Y., Liu T.S. Spatial and temporal characteristics of dust storms in China and its surrounding regions, 1960-1999: relations to source area and climate. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106:18325-18333.
57. Sun D., An Z., Su R., Lu H., Sun Y. Eolian sedimentary records for the evolution of monsoon and westerly circulations of northern China in the last 2.6Ma. Sci. China Ser. D Earth Sci. 2003, 46:1049-1059.
58. Sun Y.B., Tada R., Chen J., Chen H.Z., Toyoda S., Tani A., Isozaki Y., Nagashima K., Hasegawa H., Ji J.F. Distinguishing the sources of Asian dust based on electron spin resonance signal intensity and crystallinity of quartz. Atmos. Environ. 2007, 41:8537-8548.
59. Sun Y., Tada R., Chen J., Liu Q., Toyoda S., Tani A., Ji J., Isozaki Y. Tracing the provenance of fine-grained dust deposited on the central Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2008, 35. 10.1029/2007GL031672L01804.
60. Sun Y., Clemens S.C., Morrill C., Lin X., Wang X., An Z. Influence of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on the East Asian winter monsoon. Nat. Geosci. 2012, 5:46-49.
61. Sun Y., Chen H., Tada R., Weiss D., Lin M., Toyoda S., Yan Y., Isozaki Y. ESR signal intensity and crystallinity of quartz from Gobi and sandy deserts in East Asia and implication for tracing Asian dust provenance. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2013, 14. 10.1002/ggge.20162.
62. Syers J.K., Jackson M.L., Berkheiser V.E., Clayton R.N., Rex R.W. Eolian sediment influence on pedogenesis during the Quternary. Soil Sci. 1969, 107:421-427.
63. Taylor H.P. The oxygen isotope geochemistry of igneous rocks. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 1968, 19:1-71.
64. 16 ratios of coexisting minerals in glaucophane-bearing metamorphic rocks. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1968, 79:1727-1756.
65. 16 ratios in coexisting minerals of igneous and metamorphic rocks, part I: principles and experimental results. Am. Geol. Soc. Bull. 1962, 73:461-480.
66. Wang X., Dong Z., Zhang J., Liu L. Modern dust storms in China: an overview. J. Arid Environ. 2004, 58:559-574.
67. Wang Y.X., Yang J.D., Chen J., Zhang K.J., Rao W.B. The Sr and Nd isotopic variations of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 7Ma: implications for the east Asian winter monsoon and source areas of loess. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 2007, 249:351-361.
68. Washington R., Todd M., Middleton N.J., Goudie A.S. Dust-storm source areas determined by the total ozone monitoring spectrometer and surface observations. Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 2003, 93:297-313. 10.1111/1467- 8306.9302003.
69. Xiao J.L., Porter S.C., An Z.S., Kumai H., Yoshikawa S. Grain size of quartz as an indicator of winter monsoon strength on the Loess Plateau of central China during the last 130,000yr. Quat. Res. 1995, 43:22-29.
70. Xiao G.Q., Zong K.Q., Li G.J., Hu Z.H., Dupont-Nivet G., Peng S.Z., Zhang K.X. Spatial and glacial-interglacial variations in provenance of the Chinese loess plateau. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2012, 39:L20715. 10.1029/2012GL053304.
71. Xiong S.F., Ding Z.L., Liu T.S. Climatic implications of loess deposits from the Beijing region. J. Quat. Sci. 2001, 16:575-582.
72. Yang X., Zhang F., Fu X., Wang X. Oxygen isotopic compositions of quartz in the sand seas and sandy lands of northern China and their implications for understanding the provenances of aeolian sands. Geomorphology 2008, 102:278-285.
73. Zhang S.G., Wu J.S. Chinese Metamorphic Map 2002, Geological Publishing House, Beijing, (In Chinese).
74. Zhang X.Y., Arimoto R., An Z.S., Zhi S. Dust emission from Chinese desert sources linked to variations in atmospheric circulation. J. Geophys. Res. 1997, 102:28041-28047.
75. Zhang X.Y., Arimoto R., An Z.S. Glacial and interglacial patterns for Asian dust transport. Quat. Sci. Rev. 1999, 18:811-819.
76. Zhang X.Y., Gong S.L., Zhao T.L., Arimoto R., Wang Y.Q., Zhou Z.J. Sources of Asian dust and role of climate change versus desertification in Asian dust emission. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2003, 30:2272. 10.1029/2003GL018206.
77. Zhou B.Y., Shi J.X. Topographic Map of the People's Republic of China 2003, Sinomaps Press, Beijing, (In Chinese).