Terrestrial biome distribution in the Late Neogene inferred from a black carbon record in the northeastern equatorial Pacific
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Title
- Terrestrial biome distribution in the Late Neogene inferred from a black carbon record in the northeastern equatorial Pacific
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Author(s)
- Kim, Donghyun; Lee, Yong Il; Hyeong, Kiseong; Yoo, Chan Min
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- Hyeong, Ki Seong(형기성); Yoo, Chan Min(유찬민)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 형기성; 유찬민
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Publication Year
- 2016-09-08
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Abstract
- The appearance and expansion of C-4 plants in the Late Cenozoic was a dramatic example of terrestrial ecological change. The fire hypothesis, which suggests fire as a major cause of C-4 grassland is gaining support, yet a more detailed relationship between fire and vegetation-type change remains unresolved. We report the content and stable carbon isotope record of black carbon (BC) in a sediment core retrieved from the northeastern equatorial Pacific that covers the past 14.3 million years. The content record of BC suggests the development process of a flammable ecosystem. The stable carbon isotope record of BC reveals the existence of the Late Miocene C-4 expansion, the 'C-4 maximum period of burned biomass' during the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, and the collapse of the C-4 in the Late Pleistocene. Records showing the initial expansion of C-4 plants after large fire support the role of fire as a destructive agent of C-3-dominated forest, yet the weak relationships between fire and vegetation after initial expansion suggest that environmental advantages for C-4 plants were necessary to maintain the development of C-4 plants during the late Neogene. Among the various environmental factors, aridity is likely most influential in C-4 expansion.
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ISSN
- 2045-2322
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/1433
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DOI
- 10.1038/srep32847
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Bibliographic Citation
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v.6, 2016
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Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
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Subject
- EAST-ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE; PEDOGENIC CARBONATE; MIOCENE EXPANSION; ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE; C-4 GRASSLANDS; NORTH PACIFIC; EOLIAN DUST; VEGETATION; FIRE
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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- Article
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