Abstract Twenty-four water samples were collected from the Yellow River at Lanzhou station from September in 2011 to June in 2012. Based on the pollen analysis, the temporal change characteristics and accumulated pollen features of the waterborne pollen were discussed. The result shows that pollen assemblages and pollen concentration have obvious changes over time:Ulmus,Populus,Salix and Betula are the major components of the pollen assemblages in the spring and summer;and Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae are main species in the autumn and winter. Pollen concentration has a positive correlation with waterborne sediment concentration. There are obvious differences between pollen assemblages of individual samples and the accumulated pollen assemblage,and pollen assemblages of individual samples cannot reflect regional plant communities. Accumulated pollen assemblage can basically represent the vegetation status of loess area from Liujiaxia reservoir to Lanzhou where it is suggested to be the main pollen and sediment source area in this study site.
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Huang Xiaozhong,born in 1977,is an associate professor in Lanzhou University. He is engaged in Quaternary,pollen analysis and palaeoenvironment. E-mail: xzhuang@lzu.edu.cn.
About author: Peng Wei,born in 1988,is a doctoral candidate of Lanzhou University. He is engaged in Quaternary and pollen analysis. E-mail: pengw13@lzu.edu.cn.
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Peng Wei,Lin Xueru, Huang Xiaozhong et al. Preliminary study on assemblages characteristics of waterborne pollen and accumulated pollen from the Yellow River at Lanzhou station[J]. JOPC, 2016, 18(4): 691-704.
Peng Wei,Lin Xueru, Huang Xiaozhong et al. Preliminary study on assemblages characteristics of waterborne pollen and accumulated pollen from the Yellow River at Lanzhou station[J]. JOPC, 2016, 18(4): 691-704.
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