Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of the Lacustrine Carbonate in Lop Nur Since the Mid-Pleistocene and Their Paleoenvironment Significance
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Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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    Lop Nur is a typical inland dry salt lake in the eastern end of the Tarim Basin within the interior of Eurasian continent. Thick evaporite was developed in the northern depression since the middle Pleistocene, and this was active response to global cooling and uplift of the Qinghai- Tibet plateau. In this study, carbonate content, carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions were analyzed for 203 samples of evaporite series from the first deep core (LDK01) in the Luobei depression to reveal evolution features of paleoenviroment in Lop Nur since the middle Pleistocene. The research indicates that: (1) δ18O and δ3C values show an obvious synchronous increasing trend, and the evaporation and precipitation ratio has the most significant influence over δ18O of water in the lakes, especially in the arid region; (2) Periodic fluctuation of δ18O and δ13C indicates an environment of alternating wet and dry paleoenvironment and the variations of the runoff into Luobei depression; (3) Rapid aridification of Lop Nur should not be driven solely by global climate change, and be the joint result of cooling of global climate and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau.

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LV Fenglin, LIU Chenglin, JIAO Pengcheng, ZHANG Hua, SUN Xiaohong, ZHANG Yongming.2018. Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of the Lacustrine Carbonate in Lop Nur Since the Mid-Pleistocene and Their Paleoenvironment Significance[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,92(8):1589-1604

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  • Received:February 07,2018
  • Revised:April 18,2018
  • Adopted:April 18,2018
  • Online: August 24,2018
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