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Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslide on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range

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作者Li, Laifeng1,7,8; Robinson, Laura F.6; Li, Gen K.5; Hedding, David William4; Xian, Feng3; Xu, Zhewen1,7; Li, Le1,7; Ouyang, Shenghui1,7; Li, Tao2; Li, Gaojun1,7
刊名EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
出版日期2024-01-15
卷号626页码:13
ISSN号0012-821X
DOI10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118527
英文摘要

In active mountains, landslides are the primary agent of erosion that readily generates materials with high weatherability. Understanding the linkage between landslide activity, erosion, and chemical weathering is critical for assessing how tectonic uplift affects the carbon cycle and Earth's climate. However, quantifying the contribution to chemical weathering and erosion fluxes from landslides remains challenging because of the lack of effective tracers related to landslide activities. Recent studies suggest that a suite of isotopic tracers, including the U, Sr and Be isotopes, have the potential to trace solutes and materials associated with landslide activities. Here we use three isotope ratios (U-234/U-238, Be-10/Be-9, Sr-87/Sr-86) to quantify the contribution to solid and solute fluxes from landslides in the tectonic-active eastern Tibetan mountains. We focus on 22 small catchments (drainage area < 50 km(2)) draining the epicentral region of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake using samples collected in 2018 and 2019. Landslide seepage water and landslide sediment samples are used to constrain the landslide-weathering end-member. Tree branch and regolith topsoil samples are used to characterize the weathering end-member of regolith. We show that the U-Be-Sr isotopes can trace the solutes and solids sourced from landslide debris and quantify that landslides contribute 33.1 +/- 16.2% (1SE) to the riverine solutes and 43.4 +/- 20.8% (1SE) to the riverbed silt-sized sediment. These proportions are lower than the landslide-derived proportions in high-order catchments immediately (1 to 4 years) after the Wenchuan earthquake, which may relate to changes in landslide-material inputs across drainage networks and/or weathering processes over time. We also found that across 87 catchments with variable basin areas (from <1 km(2) to similar to 20,000 km(2)) draining the broad eastern Tibetan mountains, the U-234/U-238 activity ratio of river water silt-sized riverbed sediment shows distinct characteristics for the catchments grouped by mean slope angles (mean slope angles shallower versus steeper than a common threshold angle of 32 degrees). These findings suggest that U isotopes are a promising tracer of landslide-sourced solutes and materials. Overall, our work provides a case study showing that a multi-isotope approach can be used to quantify the impacts of landslides on erosion and weathering, providing new insights into how tectonic activities could affect the carbon cycle.

WOS关键词EARTHQUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES ; 2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE ; CARBON EXPORT ; THRESHOLD HILLSLOPES ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ; SILICATE ; RATES ; EVOLUTION ; DISEQUILIBRIUM ; DISSOLUTION
资助项目Natural Science Foundation of China[41991322] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[42203059] ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research program[2019QZKK0707] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[42325302] ; Fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents[BX20220149] ; National Research Foundation-South Africa[110777] ; UCSB Regent's Junior Faculty Fellowship
WOS研究方向Geochemistry & Geophysics
语种英语
出版者ELSEVIER
WOS记录号WOS:001138830400001
资助机构Natural Science Foundation of China ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research program ; Natural Science Foundation of China ; Fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents ; National Research Foundation-South Africa ; UCSB Regent's Junior Faculty Fellowship
源URL[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/42867]  
专题中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者Li, Gaojun
作者单位1.Nanjing Univ, Frontiers Sci Ctr Crit Earth Mat Cycling, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, SKLLQG, Xian 710061, Peoples R China
4.Univ South Africa, Dept Sociol, ZA-1710 Florida, South Africa
5.Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Earth Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
6.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Bristol BS8 1RJ, England
7.Nanjing Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, MOE Key Lab Surficial Geochem, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
8.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Ocean Sci, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
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Li, Laifeng,Robinson, Laura F.,Li, Gen K.,et al. Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslide on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range[J]. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,2024,626:13.
APA Li, Laifeng.,Robinson, Laura F..,Li, Gen K..,Hedding, David William.,Xian, Feng.,...&Li, Gaojun.(2024).Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslide on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range.EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS,626,13.
MLA Li, Laifeng,et al."Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslide on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range".EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 626(2024):13.

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