极地研究 ›› 2001, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1-English): 31-38.

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Distribution features of stable oxygen isotopes in the typical monsoon temperate-glacier region, Mountain Yulong in China

 He Yuanqing1, Yao Tandong1, Kang Jiancheng2, Yang Meixue1, Shen Yongping1 and Sun Weizhen1   

  1. 1 Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
    2 Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200129, China
  • 出版日期:1951-03-30 发布日期:1951-03-30
  • 通讯作者: He Yuanqing

Distribution features of stable oxygen isotopes in the typical monsoon temperate-glacier region, Mountain Yulong in China

He Yuanqing1, Yao Tandong1, Kang Jiancheng2, Yang Meixue1, Shen Yongping1 and Sun Weizhen1   

  1. 1 Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
    2 Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200129, China
  • Online:1951-03-30 Published:1951-03-30
  • Contact: He Yuanqing

摘要:

During the summers of 1999 and 2000, sampling was carried out in Mt. Yulong, for the investigation of the spatial distribution of oxygen stable isotope in the atmospheric-glacial-hydro system and similar results obtained in the two years have confirmed our conclusion. There is an evident negative correlation between stable isotopic composition and air temperature precipitation amount, suggesting that there exits a strong "precipitation amount effect" in this typical monsoon temperate-glacier region. There are marked differences between the δ18O values in winter-accumulated snow, glacial meltwater, summer precipitation and glacier-feeding stream. Under the control of varied climatic conditions, spatial and temporal variations of above glacial hydro mediums are apparent. Isotopic depletion or fractionation and ionic changes had occurred during the phase-change and transformation processes of snow-ice, ice-meltwater, flowing of runoff and contact with bedrock. The variation of stable isotope in a runoff can reflect not only its own flowing process but also its different feeding sources.

关键词: stable isotopes, monsoon temperate-glacier, Mountain Yulong

Abstract:

During the summers of 1999 and 2000, sampling was carried out in Mt. Yulong, for the investigation of the spatial distribution of oxygen stable isotope in the atmospheric-glacial-hydro system and similar results obtained in the two years have confirmed our conclusion. There is an evident negative correlation between stable isotopic composition and air temperature precipitation amount, suggesting that there exits a strong "precipitation amount effect" in this typical monsoon temperate-glacier region. There are marked differences between the δ18O values in winter-accumulated snow, glacial meltwater, summer precipitation and glacier-feeding stream. Under the control of varied climatic conditions, spatial and temporal variations of above glacial hydro mediums are apparent. Isotopic depletion or fractionation and ionic changes had occurred during the phase-change and transformation processes of snow-ice, ice-meltwater, flowing of runoff and contact with bedrock. The variation of stable isotope in a runoff can reflect not only its own flowing process but also its different feeding sources.

Key words: stable isotopes, monsoon temperate-glacier, Mountain Yulong