地学前缘 ›› 2025, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 497-509.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2024.11.77

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东北地区早白垩世古野火事件及其对深时生态系统影响

王帅1,2(), 董涛1, 李雅楠1,2, 徐小涛3, 高莲凤1,2, 张振国1,2   

  1. 1.辽宁工程技术大学 矿业学院, 辽宁 阜新 123000
    2.辽宁省矿产资源绿色开发重点实验室, 辽宁 阜新 123000
    3.中国煤炭地质总局勘查研究总院, 北京 100039
  • 收稿日期:2024-08-04 修回日期:2024-11-29 出版日期:2025-07-25 发布日期:2025-08-04
  • 作者简介:王 帅(1989—),男,副教授,硕士生导师,主要从事沉积学、煤地质学和中生代-新生代古气候研究。E-mail: shuaiwang2018@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(42002128);国家自然科学基金项目(42302205);煤炭资源与安全开采国家重点实验室开放基金项目(SKLCRSM20KFA02);煤炭资源与安全开采国家重点实验室开放基金项目(SKLCRSM22KFA07)

Early Cretaceous wildfire events in NE China and implications on deep-time ecosystems

WANG Shuai1,2(), DONG Tao1, LI Yanan1,2, XU Xiaotao3, GAO Lianfeng1,2, ZHANG Zhenguo1,2   

  1. 1. College of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
    2. Liaoning Key Laboratory of Green Development of Mineral Resources, Fuxin 123000, China
    3. General Prospecting Institute of China National Administration of Coal Geology, Beijing 100039, China
  • Received:2024-08-04 Revised:2024-11-29 Online:2025-07-25 Published:2025-08-04

摘要:

早白垩世是全球野火盛行的时期。野火是全球生态系统的重要组成部分,对深时生态系统的影响作用越来越受到重视。基于中国东北地区早白垩世古野火记录与全球CO2、O2含量和植被演化记录,总结早白垩世古野火特征和影响因素,分析古野火对深时生态系统的影响作用。研究结果表明东北地区早白垩世阿尔必阶惰质组含量(体积分数)为24.17%,阿普特阶惰质组含量为18.68%。基于惰质组含量与氧气含量的关系模型,计算出阿尔必期时大气氧气含量为24.92%,阿普特期时大气氧气含量为24.21%。惰质组反射率与燃烧温度关系模型反映出,东北地区早白垩世阿尔必阶和阿普特阶野火类型为地下火和地表火。阿普特阶和阿尔必阶的野火类型均以地下火为主。早白垩世早期被子植物以低矮、更短的生命周期、高叶脉密度和高光合作用速率为特征,更好地适应了早白垩世低强度的野火。早白垩世野火的频繁发生反过来促进被子植物广泛传播,导致裸子植物和蕨类植物种类减少。野火导致地表侵蚀和径流作用增强,有助于大量陆源有机质和氮磷等营养物质进入湖泊或海洋,引发湖泊或海洋的富营养化,有利于浮游生物大量繁殖。当大量陆源有机质和浮游生物在水中下沉时,消耗水中氧气,有利于早白垩世缺氧环境和富有机质泥岩形成。

关键词: 东北地区, 早白垩世, 惰质组, 古野火, 生态系统

Abstract:

The Early Cretaceous was marked by extensive wildfires across the globe. Wildfires, as an critical component of the global ecosystem, are increasingly recognized for their profound impact on deep-time ecosystems. Based on the wildfire records from the Early Cretaceous in NE China, as well as the global records on CO2, O2 concentrations and the evolution of vegetation, this study synthesizes the characteristics and influencing factors of wildfires and analyzes their implications on deep-time ecosystems during this period. The Early Cretaceous Albian in NE China exhibits an inertinite content of 24.17% (volume fraction), compared to a lower content of 18.68% (volume fraction) in the Aptian. Based on the relationship model between inertinite content and oxygen content, the estimated Albian oxygen concentration is 24.92% and Aptian oxygen concentration is 24.21%. Utilizing a relationship model that correlates inertinite reflectance with combustion temperature, the types of wildfires in the Early Cretaceous Albian and Aptian stages in NE China are classified as ground fires and surface fires. From the Aptian to the Albian stages, the types of wildfires are predominantly ground fires. During the early phase of the Early Cretaceous, angiosperms were characterized by their low stature, shorter life cycles, high vein density, and high photosynthetic rates, which better adapted them to the low-intensity wildfires during this period. Meanwhile, the frequent occurrence of wildfires in the Early Cretaceous promoted the wide spread of angiosperms, which in turn led to a reduction in the diversity of gymnosperms and ferns. Wildfires led to enhanced surface erosion and runoff, which facilitated the influx of large amounts of terrestrial organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, into lakes or oceans. This influx caused eutrophication in lakes or oceans and promoted the proliferation of planktonic organisms. As substantial amounts of terrestrial organic matter and plankton sink in the water, they consumed dissolved oxygen, fostering the development of oxygen-deficient environments. This process contributed to the accumulation of organic-rich mudstones during the Early Cretaceous.

Key words: Northeast China, Early Cretaceous, inertinite, wildfire, ecosystem

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