Variability in the composition and export of silica in the Huanghe River Basin

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• 作者：XiangBin Ran ; Hong Che ; JiaYe Zang ; YongGui Yu ; Sen Liu…
• 关键词：phytolith ; biogenic silica ; dissolved silicate ; suspended particle material ; Huanghe River (Yellow River)
• 刊名：Science China Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：58
• 期：11
• 页码：2078-2089
• 全文大小：1,299 KB
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• 作者单位：XiangBin Ran (1)
  Hong Che (1) (2)
  JiaYe Zang (1)
  YongGui Yu (3)
  Sen Liu (1)
  LiLi Zheng (1) (4)
  
  1. Research Center for Marine Ecology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266061, China
  2. Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
  3. Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266061, China
  4. College of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China
  
• 刊物主题：Earth Sciences, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1869-1897

文摘

Concentrations of suspended particle material (SPM), dissolved silicate (DSi), biogenic silica (BSi), phytoliths (plant produced siliceous microscopic structures), and other parameters were analyzed to examine the influence of both natural processes and human activities on silica delivery to the estuary of the Huanghe River (Yellow River). Our results indicate that the concentrations of DSi in the river decreased significantly since 1986. Approximately 34% of dissolved silica was trapped in the basin between 1986 and 2010 due to a reduction of soil erosion. Phytoliths comprised 67.2%–96.3% of BSi, with the smoothing bar type being the dominant form. Concentrations of BSi are significantly higher in the Huanghe River compared to other major rivers throughout the world due to its high sediment yield. We also found that the ratios of BSi/(BSi+DSi) and BSi/SPM were approximately 0.5 and 0.003 at Lijing near the river mouth, indicating that BSi carried in suspension by the Huanghe River was an important component of the rivers silica load. Significant amounts of BSi were also composed of phytoliths in Bohai Sea sediments near the Huanghe River estuary with the smoothing bar form again being the most abundant. The relatively high specific fluxes of BSi in the Huanghe River reflect its high turbidity and high erosion rates in the basin. The high sediment load originating on the Loess Plateau is likely responsible for the higher BSi flux, in agreement with a general trend of increasing BSi flux with increasing sediment flux in global river systems. This study demonstrates that BSi transported by rivers can be composed largely of phytoliths originating from the erosion of topsoils. The flux of phytoliths in river’s suspended sediment load may therefore represent a significant contribution to the biogeochemical cycle of silica in coastal waters.