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Abstract:
A conceptual model of subaquaeous mass movements and ostracod distribution in lacustrine sediment event
layerswas tested. Integrated methods (geophysical, sedimentological andmicrofossil analyses)were performed
on a short sediment core retrieved from220mwater depth in the large brackish lake Tangra Yumco on the southern
Tibetan Plateau, central Asia. The event layers of the core and their underlying and overlying sedimentswere
investigated. Four major event layers composed of sandy silt with graded bedding are interpreted as turbidites.
The fifth layer consisting of fine sand and silt and without graded bedding is characterized as a debrite.
The ostracods, small bivalved aquatic crustaceans, identified are Leucocytherella sinensis Huang, 1982,
Leucocythere? dorsotuberosa Huang, 1982, Limnocythere inopinata (Baird, 1843) and Fabaeformiscandona
gyirongensis (Huang, 1982).
Ostracod evidence is a good proxy for the evaluation of massive sediment event layers formed by subaqueous
mass movements. Four assumptions of a conceptual model were confirmed: (i) fine grained sediments of
event layers (turbidite deposits) contain very lownumbers of ostracods compared to the underlying and overlying
sediments; (ii) ostracods are sorted according to size and display high abundance and high proportion of
adult valves of Leucocytherella sinensis at the base of event layers; (iii) a relatively low number of carapaces is
presentwithin the event layers; and (iv) the recolonization of newly event-generated habitats by pioneer assemblages
transforming into pre-event association gradually