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干旱区地理 ›› 2020, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 661-670.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2020.03.12

• 地表过程研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

以孢粉学方法为例浅论黄土沉积物中微体炭屑的统计问题

王梓莎1,2,赵永涛1,苗运法1,2,邹亚国1,2,唐国乾3   

  1. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,甘肃 兰州 730000

    中国科学院大学,北京 100049 3 兰州大学资源环境学院,甘肃 兰州 730000

  • 收稿日期:2019-11-10 修回日期:2020-04-05 出版日期:2020-05-25 发布日期:2020-05-25
  • 通讯作者: 苗运法,男,博士,研究员
  • 作者简介:王梓莎(1996-),女,硕士研究生,研究方向为自然地理学与孢粉学.E-mail:wzsbgyx@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(4177218141807440);黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室开放基金(SKLLQG1515);甘肃省自然科学基金(18JR3RA395);国家“万人计划”青年拔尖人才;中科院‘西部之光’和中科院青年创新促进会优秀会员(2014383)资助

Statistical problem of microcharcoal in Loess sediments based on the pollen methodology

WANG Zi-sha1,2,ZHAO Yong-tao1,MIAO Yun-fa1,2,ZOU Ya-guo1,TANG Guo-qian3   

  1. Northwest Institute of Ecology and Environmental ResourcesChinese Academy of SciencesLanzhou 730000Gansu,China

    University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049ChinaSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences,Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou 730000Gansu,China

  • Received:2019-11-10 Revised:2020-04-05 Online:2020-05-25 Published:2020-05-25

摘要:

作为火的代用指标—炭屑在过去生态环境变化及人类活动研究中具有重要意义,基于孢粉学方法开展的微体炭屑—火的研究得到了研究者的广泛关注,但关于炭屑统计的标准目前尚未统一。通过选取黄土高原灵台剖面顶部13 m16个样品,采用孢粉流程法提取炭屑(外加石松孢子以计算炭屑浓度),对样品进行随机分组统计。具体方法如下:统计时以50粒外加石松孢子为单组,每个样品累计统计20组,且每组中按形态(长宽比)分为长条形炭屑与近圆形炭屑,按大小划分为10~30 μm30~50 μm50~100 μm>100 μm4种粒级。结果表明20个单组中炭屑含量相近但有一定波动性(标准偏差0.06%~8.70%);当石松孢子累计统计500粒(10组)以上时,炭屑浓度、各粒径炭屑所占百分比均趋于稳定(相关系数r=0.99);当石松孢子累计统计300粒(6组)以上时,炭屑的长/圆比值趋于稳定(标准偏差0.01~0.24r=0.87)。基于以上结果,建议在黄土高原微体炭屑研究中统计500±50粒的石松孢子,以确保数据稳定。以此为基础,初步发现灵台地区自165 ka以来,火事件较为频繁,草本较木本植被更占优势,此结果与该地区黄土—古土壤中元素碳含量等数据有较好对应关系,表明该地区的古火发生与环境变化具有较强联系。

关键词: 黄土高原, 炭屑统计, 古火, 环境变化

Abstract:

Fire plays an important role in studies of paleoclimate change and human activities.Microcharcoal in sediments can indicate the extent,frequency and variation of wildfires throughout geological history.Studies of microcharcoal fires based on pollen methodologies have received extensive attention from researchers,however,statistical approaches to lycopodium spores related to the needs of sporopollen statistics are uncertain,and this may result in the instability of results of microcharcoal.The Lingtai (LT) profile (33°04 N,107°39) chosen for this study is located in Lingtai County,Gansu Province,China.16 samples from different layers were selected throughout the 13 m profile (S0~L2),nine of which were in the loess layers and seven in the paleosol layers.All samples were extracted by a standard pollen methodology (adding a known number of lycopodium spores to each sample in order to calculate microcharcoal concentrations).To obtain the number of lycopodium spores that should be counted in microcharcoal research,20 groups were counted for each sample and 50 lycopodium  spores for each group,giving a total of 1 000 lycopodium spores.Two distinct shapes of microcharcoal were identified: sub-round (length/width<2.5,R) and sublong (length/width2.5,L),which respectively represent woody and herb sources.The data were then divided into four groups of grainsize groups: ~10-30 μm,~30-50 μm,~50-100 μm,and 100 μm.Results showed that the percentages and concentrations of microcharcoal in the 20 groups studied were similar but exhibited some fluctuation (standard deviation: 0.06% ~ 8.7%).We compared the data from the first accumulating group (i.e., one group) to the twentieth accumulating group (i.e.,a total of twenty groups),finding that when the total number of lycopodium spores is greater than 500,the accumulated microcharcoal concentration in each sample no longer shows significant change,and the percentages of each grainsize group tend to be stable.When the total number of lycopodium spores is 300 or greater,L/R ratios tend to be stable (standard deviation: ~0.01-0.24; r = 0.87).The results of Spearman correlation analysis of the data are consistent with the above results.Therefore,we suggest that the number of lycopodium  spores to be counted in microcharcoal research should be 500±50.Additionally,the microcharcoal concentration range between 2.33 × 103 -5.30 × 104 grains·g-1 has an average of 18 424.34 grains·g-1.The L/R ratios range between 0.26 and 2.96,averaging 1.53.Our data show that,since 165 ka,fire events have been more frequent in the Lingtai area,and herbaceous vegetation has been more dominant than woody vegetation.These findings correspond well with the elemental carbon content of the loess-paleosol,indicating that the occurrence of paleo-fires in the area is closely related to environmental change.This study explores the reasonable number of lycopodium  spores that should be counted to ensure the quality of data in work based on the standard pollen methodology.The results provide references for statisticians and statistical standards for subsequent studies of microcharcoal in loess-paleosols.

Key words: Loess Plateau, microcharcoal statistics, paleo-fire; environmental change