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  • 标题:Contrasting lipid biomarkers in mountain rivers in the Nepal Himalayas: Organic matter characteristics and contribution to the fluvial carbon pool
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  • 作者:Rajendra Bhandari ; Joyanto Routh ; Subodh Sharma
  • 期刊名称:Geoscience Frontiers
  • 印刷版ISSN:1674-9871
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:12
  • 期号:6
  • 页码:1-15
  • DOI:10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101231
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Elsevier
  • 摘要:Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Lipids analyzed in fluvial sediments from Nepal Himalayas to infer sources and fate.•Rivers from contrasting terrains and size differ based on organic matter loading.•Smaller rivers show weak terrigenous input compared to large mountain rivers.•Small rivers indicate higher preservation of organic matter than large rivers.AbstractThe Nepal Himalayas is the source of many glacial and spring-fed river systems crisscrossing the mountainous terrain. There is an increasing recognition of small mountain rivers (SMRs) to have a significant combined export of dissolved and particulate organic carbon to the global carbon flux. We analyzed fluvial sediments from two SMRs and compared the results with two large mountain rivers (LMRs) in Nepal. We investigated the organic matter (OM), its compositional variability, and seasonal export using a suite of lipid biomarkers, namelyn-alkanes,n-alkanoic acids,n-alkanols, and sterols. The SMRs indicated a similarity in lipid distribution and were affected by a strong seasonal variability. The LMRs showed a distinct contrast in the distribution of lipids in suspended sediments. Bedload sediments in SMRs were derived from diverse sources with weak terrigenous dominance all-year-round compared to the suspended load. Functional lipids (n-alkanoic acids andn-alkanols) were the major constituents in SMR sediments, indicating better preservation. In contrast, n-alkane concentration dominated over other fractions in suspended sediments retrieved from LMRs. The biomarker trends differentiate SMRs from LMRs with lower transformed/degraded OM in SMRs. A common observation was the strong presence of even carbon compounds in short-chainn-alkanes in SMR bedload sediments and their predominance in suspended sediments in LMRs. Such an unusual trend is attributed to specific biomarker sources from the catchment and ongoing processes in fluvial systems. Topsoil colonized by fungal species under moist acidic conditions and autochthonous bacteria contributes to the organic matter pool in shallow SMRs. In LMRs, the contribution from thermally mature sedimentary hydrocarbons and the diagenetic reduction ofn-alkanoic acids ton-alkanes are additional contributors to the allochthonous carbon pool. The differences in lipid concentrations, their distribution, seasonality, and the size of rivers suggest differential preservation/degradation of the organic matter pool and their importance in contributing to the carbon budget.
  • 关键词:KeywordsFluvial sedimentsBedloadSuspended loadMonsoonBiomarkersBiogeochemistry
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