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JIANG Ying, WEI Wei, FENG Xiaoyi, ZHANG Han, ZHU He, DONG Jinguo. Variation of stalagmite growth rate and its paleoclimatic significance in Sanbao cave, Hubei Province over the past 640,000 years[J]. CARSOLOGICA SINICA, 2023, 42(3): 582-589. doi: 10.11932/karst2021y31
Citation: JIANG Ying, WEI Wei, FENG Xiaoyi, ZHANG Han, ZHU He, DONG Jinguo. Variation of stalagmite growth rate and its paleoclimatic significance in Sanbao cave, Hubei Province over the past 640,000 years[J]. CARSOLOGICA SINICA, 2023, 42(3): 582-589. doi: 10.11932/karst2021y31
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Variation of stalagmite growth rate and its paleoclimatic significance in Sanbao cave, Hubei Province over the past 640,000 years

doi: 10.11932/karst2021y31
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    College of Geography Science, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226006, China

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    College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China

  • Received Date: 2021-03-20
    Abstract
  • In the past few decades, great progress has been made in the study of stalagmite paleoclimate. Compared with the geochemical indicators such as stalagmite δ18O, the average growth rate of stalagmite is a physical indicator, which can directly reflect the wet and dry changes of the external climate, and is one of the important means to reconstruct the past regional hydrological changes.Sanbao cave (31°40′N, 110°27′E), the study area, is located in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, on the north bank of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and adjacent to the southern edge of the Loess Plateau. Mainly affected by the East Asian summer monsoon, the average annual temperature in this area is 8-9℃ with the annual precipitation of 2,000 mm. In summer, warm and humid air from the equatorial ocean enters the hinterland of the mainland, bringing about 60% of the annual precipitation. In winter, the dry and cold air from Siberia controls the climate in Shennongjia area, so it is particularly sensitive to the seasonal advance and retreat of East Asian summer monsoon. Sanbao cave, 1,900 m above sea level, is located on the northern slope of Shennongjia Mountain in Hubei Province, covered with limestone layer about 300 m thick. The thickness of the surface layer is about 2-3 m, mainly distributed with trees, shrubs and weeds. The research objects are five stalagmites (numbered SB12, SB14, SB32, SB58 and SB61) from Sanbao Cave, with a cumulative height of about 2.991 m, of which SB61 was deposited in 229.4-384 ka B.P., corresponding to MIS8-MIS10; SB14 grew and developed from 299.6-622.8 ka B.P., spanning from MIS9 to MIS15; SB12 and SB58 were respectively deposited at 425.1-462.7 ka B.P. and 426.7-464.7 ka B.P., corresponding to MIS12; SB32 grew from 514.3-638.2 ka B.P., and spanned from MIS13 to MIS15. 167 230Th age data of these five stalagmites was obtained by the analytical instruments of Thermo-Finnigan Element and Thermo-Finnigan Neptune in Minnesota Isotope Laboratory, the USA. The age analysis error was ±2σ measurement statistical error with the error accuracy of 0.5-2.0 ka. For the calculation of average growth rates of stalagmites, firstly, the data of stalagmite age reversal in stratigraphy has been excluded. Then, the curve of the measured age point of stalagmite and its corresponding growth depth has been established. The new results are basically consistent with the growth rate curve in the original literature. Finally, the average growth rates of stalagmites have been obtained by dividing the depth difference between two adjacent points by the measured age difference.Based on 167 230Th age data from 5 stalagmites spanning 220,000 to 640,000 years in Sanbao cave, and combined with the past work, this paper has reconstructed the precipitation change process of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River over the past 640,000 years in the late Pleistocene. The results show that the growth rates of stalagmites in Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1, 5.3, 5.5, 7.3, 7.5, 9, 15.1, 15.5 increased significantly, indicating that the intensity of EASM increased significantly with more precipitation in the interglacial stage. On the contrary, the slow or undeveloped growth rates in the glacial stage indicate the weakening of the summer monsoon intensity with less precipitation. Based on statistical analysis of the growth rates of 22 stalagmites, we hold that the average growth rate index cannot quantitatively indicate the change of the monsoon intensity. Moreover, when the stalagmite growth rate is less than 10 µm·a−1, it also cannot effectively indicate the glacial-interglacial change. On the orbital scale, the glacial-interglacial fluctuation revealed by the average growth rate may be attributed to the joint action of global ice and solar radiation. Finally, it should be noted that in different time scales, the controlling factors of stalagmite growth rate are complicated, and the noise generated by the environment difference inside the cave may cover up or weaken the transmission of the climate signal from the outside to the inside. Therefore, the possible influencing factors must be carefully considered when we reconstruct the paleoenvironment by using the average growth rates of stalagmites.

     

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