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Relationship between biomarkers and iron speciation and their environmental significance in plateau subsidence lacus: an example of Luguhu Lake, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

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Zixiang WANG Open the ORCID record for Zixiang WANG [Opens in a new window]  and
Lina SUN
Zixiang WANG
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College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan430100, China Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Resources and Exploration Technology, Yangtze University, Wuhan430100, China
Lina SUN*
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Hubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas (Yangtze University), Wuhan, Hubei430100, China
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Abstract

Herein, we present a synthetic study combining iron (Fe) speciation and biomarkers in sediment samples from Luguhu Lake to investigate their relationship and the environmental significance thereof. Mössbauer spectroscopy and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry were used for these measurements. The results suggest that (a) there is a strong negative correlation between Fe2+/Fe3+ and the ratio of pristane to phytane (Pr/Ph), indicating that both Fe2+/Fe3+ and Pr/Ph effectively present the inorganic and organic aspects, respectively, of the oxidation–deoxidation environment in Luguhu Lake; (b) palaeotemperature may be a factor, in addition to the redox conditions, that affects the Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio, and it might play a favourable role in studies of palaeotemperature; and (c) the relative abundance of Fe in Luguhu Lake is affected by the palaeoclimate and the environment in which the palaeosediment was deposited. The mechanism of change in the total area (the total absorption area of Mössbauer spectrum) with the palaeoenvironment seems to be explained by the loss of Fe, which occurs as the water drains out of the lake, and the increase in Fe loss from the sediment as rainfall levels increase.

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Mössbauer spectroscopypaleo-climateoxidation–deoxidation environmentpaleotemperature
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 259 - 266
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