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A proposal of new isotope geothermometer from lake sediments

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23651013
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Environmental dynamic analysis
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

KITAGAWA Hiroyuki  名古屋大学, 環境学研究科, 教授 (00234245)

Project Period (FY) 2011
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Keywords気候変動 / 安定同位体 / アジア / 湖沼堆積物 / 酸素同位体 / セルロース / 珪藻 / 気候プロキシ
Research Abstract

The past climate change is recorded on lake sediments. However, the records obtained from the lake sediments are subject to the influence of two or more environmental factors. The data interpretation is not easy task. In this research, a new approach was proposed and examined for quantitative reconstruction of lake water temperature. The isotope thermometer are based on the premise that aquatic celluloseδ^<18> O serves as a direct proxy for lake waterδ^<18> O, thereby allowing resolution of temperature signals inδ^<18> O records from co-existing diatom silica frustules which are influenced by lake water temperature and lake waterδ^<18> O The diatom. cellulose isotope-thermometer was applied to the sediments from Lake Biwa(central Japan) and a marr lake in Inner Mongolia on a trial basis. Although our current data set cannot support more accurate scaling of developed isotope-thermometers, the difference in the presumed temperature was in agreement with the growth season temperature difference of two areas. It was confirmed that this novel multi-isotope approach clearly has much to offer the information of climate changes in continental environments.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2011 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2011

All Book (1 results)

  • [Book] 地球からのおくりもの2011

    • Author(s)
      北川浩之
    • Publisher
      風媒社
    • Related Report
      2011 Final Research Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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