Baldcypress树木环中的水气候关系和稳定同位素分析
Jared M Friedman1, Emily A Elliott2, Clay S Tucker3
1Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Alabama, Box 870322, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, United States of America.
The Science of the total environment
|September 20, 2025
概括
Baldcypress树的树环显示出重建过去的水气候极端的潜力. 它们的氧同位素 (δ18O) 可以追踪干旱和热带气旋 (TC) 降雨量,提供对气候变化的洞察力.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 登德罗年代学 登德罗年代学
- 同位素水文学 同位素水文学
背景情况:
- 水气极端的仪器记录是有限的.
- 考古重建对于评估沿海社区未来风险至关重要.
- 树环中的氧同位素 (δ18O) 是已知的水气候代理物,但以前没有在木中研究过.
研究的目的:
- 评价木中 δ18O 的使用,作为水气候极端的代理.
- 为了将 Baldcypress δ18O 与仪器气候数据和其他树种进行比较.
- 评估白 δ18O 在长期气候重建中的潜力.
主要方法:
- 从 (Taxodium distichum) 树的树环中收集和分析了 δ18 O .
- 与仪器气候数据 (降水量,流量,PDSI,温度) 的时间序列进行比较.
- 与热带气旋 (TC) 记录相关联的 δ18O 数据.
- 与长叶松 (Pinus palustris) 进行对干旱的敏感性比较.
主要成果:
- Baldcypress δ18O 与降水,溪流,干旱指数和温度存在相关性.
- Baldcypress δ18O 的显著下降表明区域的TC降水.
- Baldcypress δ18O比长叶松 δ18O更容易受到干旱的影响.
结论:
- Baldcypress 晚木中的 O 是重建水气候极端,特别是 TC 降水的可行代理.
- Baldcypress δ18O 为了解过去的干旱状况提供了一个有价值的工具.
- 这种代理有很大的潜力用于脆弱的沿海地区的多变量气候重建.
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