华北地台晚石炭世野火记录与间冰期气候变化联系

Association of late Carboniferous wildfire records with interglacial climate change in North China Platform

  • 摘要: 当前,大量温室气体排放等人为因素造成的全球变暖,使表层地球气候正在逐步由第四纪的冰室期向间冰期或温室气候过渡,并伴随着不断增加的野火频率和强度。为了揭示古野火发育在冰室期气候变化中扮演的角色和作用,以晚石炭世冰室期气候的华北盆地柳江煤田的本溪组−太原组煤系为研究对象,利用泥岩干酪根组分中惰质组含量为古野火强度指标,进行了古野火发育与同时期大气CO2浓度、火山活动以及高纬度地区冰期−间冰期气候变化之间的对比研究。结果表明:研究区晚石炭世记录了3次野火增强时期(晚巴什基尔期/WF-1、晚莫斯科期—早卡西莫夫期/WF-2和晚格舍尔—早阿瑟尔期/WF-3),这3次野火增强时期都处于晚石炭世冰室气候的间冰期阶段,并伴随着升高的大气CO2浓度和增强的全球火山活动。认为间冰期增强的野火是全球变暖的产物,同时又与气候变化呈相互促进关系。全球变暖通过使全球气温升高、水循环加剧导致频繁的闪电增加野火的数量和强度;而野火通过燃烧植被、氧化有机质和融化冰川−冻土,释放大量CO2等温室气体进入到大气,进而促进气候变暖。认为野火是冰室期造成表层陆地生态系统恶化的直接工具。研究对深入认识晚古生代冰室期冰川旋回对低纬度地区环境变化的影响及其驱动机制具有重要意义,可以为未来第四纪冰室期环境−气候变化预测提供一定的科学依据。

     

    Abstract: Currently, global warming driven by anthropogenic factors such as the massive emission of greenhouse gases is gradually transitioning the Earth’s surface climate from a Quaternary glacial period to an interglacial or greenhouse climate, accompanied by increasing wildfire frequency and intensity. To reveal the role and impact of paleo-wildfires on climate change during ice house period, Benxi and Taiyuan Formations of coal measures in the Liujiang coalfield of the North China Plate are focused on in this study. dating back to the Late Carboniferous glacial climate. Using inertinite content in mudstone kerogen as an indicator of paleo-wildfire intensity, a comparative analysis was conducted between wildfire development and concurrent atmospheric CO2 concentrations, volcanic activity, and glacial-interglacial climate changes in high-latitude regions. The results reveal three periods of intensified wildfires in the Late Carboniferous (late Bashkirian/WF-1, late Moscovian - early Kasimovian/WF-2, and late Gzhelian - early Asselian/WF-3). These periods occurred during interglacial stages of the Late Carboniferous glacial climate, characterized by increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and heightened global volcanic activity. It is suggested by this study that intensified wildfires during interglacials were both a product of global warming and a factor reinforcing climate change. Global warming increased wildfire frequency and intensity by raising global temperatures and intensifying the water cycle, leading to more frequent lightning. In turn, wildfires exacerbated climate warming by burning vegetation, oxidizing organic matter, and melting glaciers and permafrost, releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases like CO2 into the atmosphere. Thus, wildfires were direct drivers of terrestrial ecosystem degradation during glacial periods. This research provides significant insights into the impact and mechanisms of glacial-interglacial cycles on low-latitude environmental changes during the Late Paleozoic glacial period. It also offers a scientific basis for predicting environmental and climate changes in future Quaternary glacial periods.

     

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