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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (05): 1323-1331.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.161

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Magnetic Susceptibility of Hani Peat Sediments in Northeast China and Its Paleoclimate Significance

WANG Xianglian1,2(), HUANG Ting1(), XIAO He3(), WU Daishe1, ZHANG Xiaolong1, CHENG Shenggao4, MAO Xumei4   

  1. 1. School of Resources Environment and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China,
    2. School of Civil and Architecture Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330099, China
    3. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 532100, China
    4. School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • Received:2020-09-29 Revised:2021-12-31 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-11-04
  • Contact: HUANG Ting,XIAO He

Abstract:

The Hani peat bog is located in the western Changbaishan of Jilin province, Northeast China. The peat records paleoclimate and paleoenvironment change. The record is benefited from the continuous deposition, high deposition rate, and low anthropological influence. In this study, AMS 14C dating was used to determine the age of peat samples, and the magnetic susceptibility was measured to determine its paleoclimatic significance and reconstruct the paleoclimatic evolution since 14 ka B.P.. The results show that magnetic susceptibility of Hani peat is low overall, which indicates that the concentration of magnetic mineral particles in Hani peat is low during most of the Holocene.The magnetic susceptibility of Hani peat records the change of ambient temperature and humidity. Higher magnetic susceptibility indicates warm and humid climate, whereas lower magnetic susceptibility indicates dry and cold climate. The magnetic susceptibility responds strongly to many dry-cold climatic events during the Holocene, including the 0.4-0.6 ka B.P.event ( Little Ice Age), and the events at 2.8 ka B.P., 4.3 ka B.P. and 8.2 ka B.P. Thus, magnetic susceptibility of the Hani peat not only records the climate change since the Holocene, but also responds well to the global climate change.

Key words: Hani peat, magnetic susceptibility, AMS 14C dating, Holocene, paleoclimate change

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