赤道东北太平洋沉积物中生物钡的分布特征

BIOGENETIC BARIUM DISTRIBUTION IN EQUATORIAL NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC SEDIMENTS

  • 摘要: 分析了赤道东北太平洋海域沉积物中Ba、Ti、Al和有机碳(Corg)的含量。研究表明,研究区沉积物中钡为0.198%~0.792%;采用标准陆源物质扣除法获得的生物钡(Babio)的含量为0.162%~0.764%,占沉积物中总钡含量的81.6%~96.5%,平均为88.7%,其在沉积物中的分布表现为上部一致,下部变化较大;有机碳(Corg)的含量为0.18%~0.58%,并表现为随沉积物深度的增加而降低。沉积物中Babio/Ti的比值表现为东区高于西区,且向高纬度降低的特点,而沉积物中Corg/Ti和Babio/Ti则表现为负相关关系,表明研究区沉积物中钡可能和上层海洋生产力的相关性不明显。

     

    Abstract: Ba, Ti, Al and organic carbon contents of sediments from the abyssal Equatorial Northeastern Pacific were analyzed by ICP-AES and Elements Analyzer respectively. The Ba content varied between 0.198% and 0.792%. Biogenic barium(Babio) calculated using normative calculation varied between 0.162% and 0.764%, which was up to 81.6% and 96.5% of total barium in the sediments. The Babio distributions in sediment profile show little variation in the upper sections,but large variations in lower sections. This suggests that the sediment setting perhaps changed since Tertiary in the region. The organic carbon(Corg) contents varied between 0.18% and 0.58%, and decreased with sediment depth increasing. The Babio/Ti ratio in eastern zone sediments is higher than that of western zone. The Babio/Ti ratio also decreased with latitude increasing in the area. The Corg/Ti ratio and Babio/Ti ratio display negative correlation,suggesting that there is little obvious correlation between surface oceanic nutrition level and Babio contents of sediments in the region. So we should pay more attention to the application of biogenetic barium to paleoproductivity research.

     

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