Wenshan Yang , Huan Fu , Yongdong Zhang , Tingping Ouyang
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Abstract
Variations of sediment magnetism characteristics in lake systems are generally attributed to human activities in the respective catchments; however, the relationships between sediment magnetism proxies and the types or intensities of human activities are generally poorly established, which restricts the use of magnetism proxies in paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Here, magnetic parameters were measured in a dated sediment core from Lake Chaohu, Anhui Province, China, to explore whether and to what extent environmental magnetism proxies indicate the complex human activities in the lake basin over the past 166 years. Results demonstrate that detrital magnetite minerals were the major magnetite fraction in the sediments. The lowest values of magnetic concentration proxies (χlf, χARM, and SIRM) in sediments prior to approximately 1950 indicate minimal input of detrital magnetic minerals, implying limited disturbance of the catchment, which coincided with weak human activities in the lake basin in this period—mainly primitive agriculture. In sediments deposited during ca. 1950–1985, increased χlf and reduced grain size-dependent proxies (χfd%, SIRM/χlf, and χARM/χlf) indicate increased input of detrital magnetic minerals and coarsening of the magnetic grains. This shift might have resulted from the rapid development of agricultural and industrial activities in the lake catchment since the 1950s and decreased hydrodynamic force within the lake due to dam construction in the 1960s. After ca. 1985, χlf, χARM, and SIRM gradually decrease to the pre-1950 levels, indicating further decrease of the magnetic mineral input. This is likely due to decreased agricultural activities as a consequence of urbanization expansion and a shift from high pollution factories to high-tech industry. Overall, the trajectories of magnetic proxies in the sediment core reflect historical variations of the types and intensities of human activities in the lake basin. This study constitutes an important basis for the use of environmental magnetic proxies in paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
AnthropoceneEarth and Planetary Sciences-Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
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6.30
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27
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102 days
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Anthropocene is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed works addressing the nature, scale, and extent of interactions that people have with Earth processes and systems. The scope of the journal includes the significance of human activities in altering Earth’s landscapes, oceans, the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems over a range of time and space scales - from global phenomena over geologic eras to single isolated events - including the linkages, couplings, and feedbacks among physical, chemical, and biological components of Earth systems. The journal also addresses how such alterations can have profound effects on, and implications for, human society. As the scale and pace of human interactions with Earth systems have intensified in recent decades, understanding human-induced alterations in the past and present is critical to our ability to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to changes in the future. The journal aims to provide a venue to focus research findings, discussions, and debates toward advancing predictive understanding of human interactions with Earth systems - one of the grand challenges of our time.