The effects of sorting by aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of surface materials: a wind tunnel experiment

doi:10.1007/s11707-017-0619-2

	The effects of sorting by aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of surface materials: a wind tunnel experiment
	Wang, Xunming 1,2; Lang, Lili 1; Hua, Ting 2; Zhang, Caixia 2; Li, Hui 2
刊名	FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE
	2018-03-01
卷号	12 期号:1 页码:86-94
关键词	aeolian process transported material geochemistry
ISSN号	2095-0195
DOI	10.1007/s11707-017-0619-2
通讯作者	Wang, Xunming(xunming@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The geochemical characteristics of aeolian and surface materials in potential source areas of dust are frequently employed in environmental reconstructions as proxies of past climate and as source tracers of aeolian sediments deposited in downwind areas. However, variations in the geochemical characteristics of these aeolian deposits that result from near-surface winds are currently poorly understood. In this study, we collected surface samples from the Ala Shan Plateau (a major potential dust source area in Central Asia) to determine the influence of aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of aeolian transported materials. Correlation analyses show that compared with surface materials, the elements in transported materials (e.g., Cu, As, Pb, Mn, Zn, Al, Ca, Fe, Ga, K, Mg, P, Rb, Co, Cr, Na, Nb, Si, and Zr) were subjected to significant sorting by aeolian processes, and the sorting also varied among different particle size fractions and elements. Variations in wind velocity were significantly correlated with the contents of Cr, Ga, Sr, Ca, Y, Nd, Zr, Nb, Ba, and Al, and with the Zr/Al, Zr/Rb, K/Ca, Sr/Ca, Rb/Sr, and Ca/Al ratios. Given the great variation in the geochemical characteristics of materials transported under different aeolian processes relative to those of the source materials, these results indicate that considerable uncertainty may be introduced to analyses by using surface materials to trace the potential source areas of aeolian deposits that accumulate in downwind areas.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFA0601900] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41225001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41401005] ; Foundation of the Director of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS关键词	CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; ASIAN DUST ; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS ; EOLIAN DEPOSITS ; TRACE-ELEMENTS ; MONSOON ; DESERT ; PROVENANCE ; VARIABILITY
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000425157200008
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Foundation of the Director of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/56998]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Xunming
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Water Cycle & Related Land Surface Proc, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm Engn Res Inst, Key Lab Desert & Desertificat, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Xunming,Lang, Lili,Hua, Ting,et al. The effects of sorting by aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of surface materials: a wind tunnel experiment[J]. FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE,2018,12(1):86-94.
APA	Wang, Xunming,Lang, Lili,Hua, Ting,Zhang, Caixia,&Li, Hui.(2018).The effects of sorting by aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of surface materials: a wind tunnel experiment.FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE,12(1),86-94.
MLA	Wang, Xunming,et al."The effects of sorting by aeolian processes on the geochemical characteristics of surface materials: a wind tunnel experiment".FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE 12.1(2018):86-94.