Determination on ^87Sr/^86Sr ratio and stratigraphic dating of single-grain foraminifera

Information on palaeoocean and palaeoclimate can be recorded in foraminifera, and formation ages of the fo- raminifera are nevertheless essential for such study of pa- laeoenvironment. The growth rate of seamount ferroman- ganese crusts is normally very l…     

Benthic foraminiferal δ~(13)C minimum events in the southeastern Okhotsk Sea over the last 180 ka

A total of six d13C minimum events,i.e.,VI,V,IV,III,II,and I,were observed via a stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of infaunal benthic foraminifera Uvigerina spp.in gravity core OS03-1 in the southeastern Okhotsk Sea over the last 180 ka.These events occurred at112–109,102–90,85–76,57–54,44–40,and 17–10 ka BP.The largest negative excursions reached 2.5%in event V and were greater than 1%in the other events.We proposed that all d13C minimum events were caused by the increase in sea surface water productivity,the weakened formation of Okhotsk Sea intermediate water,and the enhancement of the oxygen minimum zone.The negative excursions were unaffected by methane hydrate destabilization and subsequent methane release based on the results obtained by using archaeal lipid markers.     

有孔虫壳体δ44Ca的古海洋学意义

钙同位素是近些年被人们注意的海洋中阳离子同位素,为研究古海洋中钙同位素与海洋环境的变化状况,以东北印度洋MD81349岩芯为研究对象,由多接受杯电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(ISOPROBE)获得了浮游有孔虫 Globigerinoides sacculifer 壳体92个样品的钙同位素组成δ44Ca值.研究表明:海水中δ44Ca变化记录在有孔虫的钙质壳体中,海洋生物的发育状况,冰期的高生产力和间冰期的低生产力极有可能是控制海水及有孔虫壳体δ44Ca值波动的主要原因.高生产力阶段Ca同位素分馏作用强,较多的轻质40Ca优先进入生物体内而使海水中44Ca升高,记录在有孔虫壳体中的δ44Ca值呈高值;相反,低生产力阶段Ca同位素分馏作用弱,海水中44Ca相对降低,记录在有孔虫壳体中的δ44Ca值呈低值.     

有孔虫之美学——大自然中的艺术

有孔虫是有壳的海洋单细胞动物,平均约1毫米大小,隶属于原生动物界粒网虫门有孔虫纲,壳上有一个或多个开孔,以便伸出伪足,因此得名有孔虫,自寒武纪至今已有5亿多年的历史,已知化石种类有4万余种,分布于五大洋不同海洋环境的现代种类有6千余种。研究现今海洋中的有孔虫种类及数量、分布,总结其与所处环境因子的关系,可以推测古海洋环境和古气候等,因此有孔虫成为古今海洋环境的优越指示生物,广泛应用于诸多科研领域,被誉为"大海里的小巨人"。     

辽东湾表层沉积中有孔虫介形虫研究

对辽东湾的８８个表层沉积样品中的有孔虫介形虫进行了定性和定量分析，共得有孔虫４４属８７种，介形虫２４属３４种，按其分布范围的差异分为３个有孔虫介形虫组合；并探讨了组合与沉积环境的关系。     

Carbon isotopic record of foraminifers in surface sediments from the South China Sea and its significance

Since the 1990s, the papers and data involved withthe South China Sea (SCS) have been emerging in largenumbers in the world as people pay more attention to thepaleoceanography of the SCS. There have been more than100 cores mentioned in papers containing p…     

西北太平洋浮游有孔虫的SSU rDNA序列及其古海洋学意义

研究对采集于西北太平洋冲绳海槽表层水体中的活浮游有孔虫进行DNA分析尝试，获得了西北太平洋浮游有孔虫Pulleniatina obliquiloculata 和Globigerina sp.等的SSU rDNA序列特征，并与南太平洋地区属种的DNA序列进行对比. 结果显示两不同海区P.obliquiloculata个体的SSU rDNA差异与同一个体内不同拷贝序列间差异类似，仅为0.7%—1.2%. 详细比较研究认为，传统微体古生物形态学定义种对西北太平洋与南太平洋的P.obliquiloculata来说具有可靠的分子生物学证据.     

Benthic foraminiferal fauna turnover at 2.1 Ma in the northern South China Sea

Quantitative analysis of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea (SCS) shows that abundance of Bulimina alazanensis, sometimes up to about 90%, decreased gradually since 3.2 Ma, especially at 2.1 Ma. Abundance of other benthic foraminiferal species, Globobulimina sub-globosa and Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, increased after 2.1 Ma. Comparison with changes in oxygen and carbon isotopes of planktonic and benthic foraminifera shows that high abundance values of B. alazanensis corresponded with lower values of oxygen isotope, but for carbon isotope, high values of the species were consistent with heavier carbon isotope of benthic foraminifera and lighter carbon isotope of planktonic foraminifera, respectively, and vice versa. Considering factors such as uplift of Bashi Strait, expansion of the North Hemisphere Glaciation, strengthening of East Asian winter mon-soon and variations in oxygen and carbon isotope of foraminifera, changes of B. alazanensis in ODP Site 1146 suggest that the source of deep water masses of the northern South China Sea changed from the warm Pacific deep water with high oxygen content to Pacific Intermediate water with low oxygen content at 2.1 Ma. In addition, the strengthened East Asian winter monsoon resulted in increased pri-mary productivity, high nutrient and suboxic bottom water. Variations in species of B. alazanensis seemed to be unable to tolerate environmental stress induced by deep water masses and productivity changes.