Terrestrial mollusk fossil assemblages of the Luochuan loess section have been investigated so as to improve the reconstruction of environmental changes in the last 110ka. A total of 118 samples, taken at an interval ...Terrestrial mollusk fossil assemblages of the Luochuan loess section have been investigated so as to improve the reconstruction of environmental changes in the last 110ka. A total of 118 samples, taken at an interval of 10cm in the S0-S1 portion, have been analyzed. Results show that mollusk fossil assemblages have recorded detailed paleoclimatic and paleoecological changes. The Luochuan area bas experienced cold-dry and warm-humid alternations in the last 110 ka. However, even under the prevailing cold-dry condition, short-term or seasonal warm-humid climates frequently occurred in this area, reflecting the impact of summer monsoons temporarily. Comparison of mollusk records from the Luochuan loess sequence with those of grain-size and aridity index from RC 27-61 core in the Indian Ocean reveals obvious similarities in several time intervals, suggesting that climate variations in the Loess Plateau may have been also subjected to the influences of the Indian monsoon to a certain extent in the geological past. The presence of some specific cold-humid and cold-dry species represents deteriorated climate conditions, which might be the cooling events similar to the Heinrich events recorded in the Northern Atlantic. Six principal factors obtained by correspondence analysis and their related environmental significance have been discussed.展开更多
This note presents a new result of terrestrial mollusk study from the Luochuan loesssection since the last 250 ka. A total of 213 samples, taken at intervals of 10 cm in the S0-L3 portion, were analyzed for fossil mol...This note presents a new result of terrestrial mollusk study from the Luochuan loesssection since the last 250 ka. A total of 213 samples, taken at intervals of 10 cm in the S0-L3 portion, were analyzed for fossil mollusks. Generally, 150-600 individuals were counted in each sample. According to the distribution of mollusk fossil assemblages in the loess section, 11 mollusk fossil zones have been recognized, representing different climatic and ecological conditions. Three main ecological groups were identified according to the temperature and moisture requirements of each taxon. The cold-aridiphilous group shows maxima at about 240-220, 190-182, 150-140 and 74 -66 ka BP. The thermo-humidiphilous set has high abundances for at least 6 times in the section at about 246-240, 220-216, 170-158, 92-86, 60-44 and 10 kaBP. Our results show that variations in mollusk ecological groups are related with changes in the Earth orbital parameters at the 41 and 20 ka frequencies. Maxima in thermo-humidiphilous taxa展开更多
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文摘Terrestrial mollusk fossil assemblages of the Luochuan loess section have been investigated so as to improve the reconstruction of environmental changes in the last 110ka. A total of 118 samples, taken at an interval of 10cm in the S0-S1 portion, have been analyzed. Results show that mollusk fossil assemblages have recorded detailed paleoclimatic and paleoecological changes. The Luochuan area bas experienced cold-dry and warm-humid alternations in the last 110 ka. However, even under the prevailing cold-dry condition, short-term or seasonal warm-humid climates frequently occurred in this area, reflecting the impact of summer monsoons temporarily. Comparison of mollusk records from the Luochuan loess sequence with those of grain-size and aridity index from RC 27-61 core in the Indian Ocean reveals obvious similarities in several time intervals, suggesting that climate variations in the Loess Plateau may have been also subjected to the influences of the Indian monsoon to a certain extent in the geological past. The presence of some specific cold-humid and cold-dry species represents deteriorated climate conditions, which might be the cooling events similar to the Heinrich events recorded in the Northern Atlantic. Six principal factors obtained by correspondence analysis and their related environmental significance have been discussed.
文摘This note presents a new result of terrestrial mollusk study from the Luochuan loesssection since the last 250 ka. A total of 213 samples, taken at intervals of 10 cm in the S0-L3 portion, were analyzed for fossil mollusks. Generally, 150-600 individuals were counted in each sample. According to the distribution of mollusk fossil assemblages in the loess section, 11 mollusk fossil zones have been recognized, representing different climatic and ecological conditions. Three main ecological groups were identified according to the temperature and moisture requirements of each taxon. The cold-aridiphilous group shows maxima at about 240-220, 190-182, 150-140 and 74 -66 ka BP. The thermo-humidiphilous set has high abundances for at least 6 times in the section at about 246-240, 220-216, 170-158, 92-86, 60-44 and 10 kaBP. Our results show that variations in mollusk ecological groups are related with changes in the Earth orbital parameters at the 41 and 20 ka frequencies. Maxima in thermo-humidiphilous taxa
