现代沉积物石英E’心的ESR测量

第四纪碎屑沉积物测年，尤其是对老于距今二十万年以上的样品，是目前第四纪年代学中的难点。ESR是可望能够直接测定这类样品的测年方法之一。本文详细测量了从不同地区采集的现代沉积样品石英E’心的古剂量值，其结果都小于4 000Gy。这与实验室光晒结果推测的并不一致。可能E’心存在目前还没有被了解的适合测年的内在原因，对于E’心能否真的用于沉积物测年有待于进一步的研究。     

碎屑沉积物中石英低温Al心的ESR测年初探

老于20万年的碎屑沉积物的绝对测年方法急待建立。本文利用我国典型的碎屑沉积物——洛川黄土石英中的Al心，在115K温度下进行ESR测年研究，初步给出了4层黄土剖面的古剂量值。结果表明，古剂量值随地层深度的增加而呈增长趋势，说明利用ESR方法测定低温Al心可获得老于20万年的碎屑沉积物的地质年龄。     

断层电子自旋共振定年中石英信号强度的影响因素分析

电子自旋共振(ESR)是一种利用矿物在地质环境中的累计辐射能进行测年的技术方法,它采用的测年矿物石英广泛分布,并具有记录断层作用良好的计时零点,是同位素测年的重要补充。ESR信号强度是决定ESR年龄精确度的关键因素,但是各种参数条件对测量结果的影响方式及其程度缺乏系统研究。本文以取自断层带石英的一种顺磁中心——E’心为研究对象,运用单因素重复性实验方法,分析石英ESR定年中5种影响因素与ESR信号强度的相关关系。结果表明,微波功率、调制幅度、扫描宽度是影响ESR信号强度的主控因素,样品管方位及直径对测量结果影响不大。微波功率0.02~0.1 m W、调制幅度0.25~0.4 Gs可作为精确测量断层泥石英E’心普适性的参数区间,过大或过小的扫描宽度均不利于ESR测量,可利用在大扫描宽度条件下先预扫描再精细扫描的方法确定合适的扫描宽度,重复测量后求取平均值可有效降低测量误差。利用本文提出的参数区间及其确定的方法测量断层泥石英的E’心信号强度,能显著提高ESR测量精度。     

石英ESR测年信号衰退特征研究进展

电子自旋共振(ESR)测年法是第四纪地质年代学的重要测试方法之一,其测年范围广,特别是对于20万年至百万年尺度的第四纪样品有着重要意义.准确测量古剂量是影响ESR测年法精度和可信度的重要因素之一,而掌握ESR信号衰退特征及机制是获得准确、可信古剂量的重要前提.ESR测年法适用的地质样品种类较多,如热液石英脉、地质断层泥、水系沉积物等,不同样品的ESR信号衰退特征和机制有较大差异.近年来,国内外学者针对不同地质样品中石英ESR信号的衰退特征和机制深入开展了一系列的实验室模拟和野外观测研究,取得了诸多新认识.回顾了近年来在石英ESR信号衰退特征领域取得的进展,特别是水系沉积物石英ESR信号的衰退特征,并展望了这一领域的未来工作重点.     

石英ESR法物源示踪:认识与进展

石英ESR法物源示踪是一种新发展的沉积物源示踪方法。目前,用于沉积物源示踪研究的石英ESR信号心主要有热处理E'心,自然E'心、Al心和Ti心。从研究实例来看,热处理E'心、是物源示踪研究运用最广泛和最成熟的;自然E'心具有很好的应用前景;Al心和Ti心的物源示踪指示意义还处于实验观察和理论探索阶段。从研究对象来看,该方法已成功应用于东亚粉尘主要源区、黄土高原物源时空变化特征、日本群岛风成沉积物源时空变化特征及日本海沉积物源示踪的研究当中。此外,石英ESR法物源示踪在定量或半定量分析河流沉积物源示踪中也表现出了较好的应用前景。随着石英ESR测年技术的不断提高,该方法将在恢复区域性构造运动、地貌演化以及重建区域性的气候演化历史等方面具有独特的优势。     

石英电子自旋共振（ESR）的地学研究现状与展望

电子自旋共振（ESR）是一种对断层物质、燧石、火山灰和沉积物（水系、风成、冰川）定年的重要方法,它广为接受的测年范围为第四纪。对断层泥和沉积物样品,石英ESR信号的不完全归零往往使ESR年龄偏老,多重ESR中心法和颗粒大小“平顶判据”是判断信号归零特征的两种有效方法。为将ESR测年范围拓展至前第四纪,通常采用石英氧空位在加热转化后极大增强的E’心作为测年信号,但由于石英氧空位形成转化机理不明确,加热后增强的ESR信号与地质年龄的相关性有待进一步验证。近期研究表明石英ESR的封闭温度为49 ℃～82 ℃,可在比磷灰石（U-Th）/He更低的温度区间内研究地球近地表的构造演化过程。释光技术热年代学研究发展迅速,与之测年原理接近的ESR在低温热年代学领域展现了良好的应用前景,它与释光及磷灰石（U-Th）/He可相互比对、共同提高地球近地表构造和地形演化问题的分析精度。     

沉积物中石英E′心的热力学特性及其地质应用意义

对8个取自南海珠江口盆地XJ33-2-1井的样品进行了热力学实验,使用电子自旋共振(ESR)技术获取了样品中石英E′心天然状况下的ESR信号强度I1对经热活化技术处理后石英E′心的ESR信号强度I2的比值.实验结果表明:每个样品的活化温度不完全相同,这与母岩的特性有关;I1/I2值与古地温呈正相关关系;I1/I2值与地层年龄有很强的相关性,相关系数高达0.99.说明I1/I2值具有古地温指示和地质计时的实际意义.     

沉积物中石英E'心的热力学特性及其地质应用意义

对 8个取自南海珠江口盆地XJ33-2 -1井的样品进行了热力学实验 ,使用电子自旋共振 (ESR)技术获取了样品中石英E′心天然状况下的ESR信号强度I1对经热活化技术处理后石英E′心的ESR信号强度I2 的比值。实验结果表明 :每个样品的活化温度不完全相同 ,这与母岩的特性有关 ;I1/I2 值与古地温呈正相关关系 ;I1/I2 值与地层年龄有很强的相关性 ,相关系数高达0 .99。说明I1/I2 值具有古地温指示和地质计时的实际意义。     

ESR测年技术在第四纪冰川年代学中的研究综述

近些年,宇宙成因核素暴露年代、光释光和放射性碳埋藏年代等方法在第四纪冰碛物的年代测定中已经取得显著进展.但对于第四纪冰川沉积物10万年甚至百万年以上的冰碛物样品的埋藏年代和暴露年代,由于方法自身问题或沉积物后期地质地貌过程的改造,使上述方法存在定年方面的挑战.而电子自旋共振（ESR）广泛的测年范围,使其在第四纪样品的测年中发挥着不可替代的作用.目前,石英ESR信号的衰退特征已有许多研究进展,但是对于冰碛物中的ESR信号的研究还很少.ESR测年方法由于缺乏测年机理的研究,西方学者和国内一些测年学者对这种方法的定年存有疑虑.因此,我们在典型冰川区开展对冰碛物中石英砂ESR信号变化的机理研究,得到人工研磨可以使ESR信号强度下降到原来值的53%~69%,但并不能使ESR信号完全归零.如果在以后的研究中能够找出这些残留信号值大小,并予以扣除,将会大大提高ESR冰碛物测年精度.在今后的研究中应探求其测年机理,提高测试样品的石英纯度,增强ESR测年信号的精度,使这种方法成为冰碛物交叉测年中独立可信的测年方法之一,为第四纪冰川研究中的老冰碛物的定年提供准确的年代依据.     

长白山地区近代火山岩的ESR测年研究

在对火山灾害和潜在危险性评价中火山活动的时代起着极其重要的作用,但是,目前还没有成熟的测年方法能够对年轻火山岩直接定年。本文采用电子自旋共振（ESR）测年方法对年轻火山岩直接测年进行了尝试。所测年轻火山岩石英矿物中没有E信号,有较弱的Ge中心信号,根据Ge中心信号获得了长白山三期近代火山岩的年龄,其中,气象站碱性流纹岩的ESR年龄约3930 a BP,而气象站碱性流纹岩之下粗面岩的ESR年龄约为17500～20900 a BP。     

冰川沉积类型识别与ESR测年样品采样规范

电子自旋共振(ESR)技术是一种确定物质成分和结构的顺磁性质的分析方法,也能够用于沉积物定年。该方法的测量技术和测年的物理机制等还处于发展阶段。冰川作用过程十分复杂,形成各种类型的冰川沉积物,其顺磁信号的归零机制有显著差异,ESR测年的实验方案也有所差异。因此,识别冰碛物类型,采集合适的样品对于ESR测年的准确性十分重要。冰下融出碛和滞碛经过了冰下磨蚀过程,结构致密,细颗粒基质含量高,石英砂中的一些杂质芯的ESR信号能够衰退。许多冰上融出碛,结构疏松,但细颗粒基质含量高,不但经过了搬运过程中的冰下磨蚀过程使ESR信号衰退,又经历了沉积时的冰上阳光直射过程使信号衰退,一些样品的ESR信号能够完全晒退。冰水湖泊和冰水河流沉积的细砂和粉砂来源于冰下研磨的产物,信号会衰退;在搬运沉积过程中又可能被阳光直射,信号进一步衰退。其它类型的冰碛物的ESR信号衰退机制不明,或粒径不适合用ESR方法测年。采集冰碛物ESR年代样品时,最好同时采集信号衰退机制相同的现代冰碛物样品,以便对照,并用于扣除可能的残留信号。     

Research Advances in ESR Provenance Tracing Methods of Quartz in Sediments

The ESR (Electron Spin Resonance) signals of quartz is a newly developed sediment provenance tracing method. In this paper, the various ESR signals in quartz, historical development of quartz ESR signals in sediment provenance tracing, thermal stability characteristics of heat treated E’ center, the potential use of quartz nature E’ center and the irradiated Al/Ti center, as well as successful applications in aeolian sediments, river sediments and marine sediments provenance tracing, were briefly reviewed. The most useful ESR centers of quartz include the heat treated E’ center, the nature E’ center, the Al center and the Ti center. According to recent application researches, the heat-treated E’ center is the most commonly practiced among them while the significance of provenance tracing by Al and Ti centers are still in experimental and theoretical stage. Moreover, nature signal intensities of quartz E’ center not only show a significant dependence on lithology both in bedrocks and deposits, but also can reflect the mixture ratio of deposits with different types of sourced bedrocks. As for the study objects, this method has been successfully used in the studies of provenance area of East Asian dust, the temporal and spatial changes of Loess Plateau provenance, the provenance change of aeolian sediment over time and space on Japanese Islands, as well as sediment provenance tracing of Japan Sea sediments. In addition, the ESR provenance tracing of quartz has promising application prospect in quantitative and semi-quantitative analysis of fluvial sediment provenance tracing. Along with the development of ESR dating, this method can significantly reflect and reconstruct the relationship among regional tectonic movements, geomorphic evolution, and climate evolution. In future work, the combination of trace elements provenance tracing and ESR signals provenance tracing in quartz will help improve and promote the development of sediments provenance tracing methods.     

ESR dating and the human evolution: contribution to the chronology of the earliest humans in Europe

In the last 20 years, the electron spin resonance (ESR) dating method has allowed the establishment of a chronological time frame over most of the history of human evolution. Despite many difficulties found for ESR dating of bones and carbonates, tooth enamel dated by ESR has been proven as a reliable method in its application to fossil teeth and quartz. Both of the latter materials have allowed dating of Early and Middle Pleistocene sites which are not datable using other methods such as the Argon–Argon method. In particular, recent discoveries of human remains in western Europe have been proposed to be sites of the earliest arrival of humans there, and have been dated to the Early Pleistocene by ESR using quartz and tooth enamel.Combined ESR and U-series dating of fossil herbivore teeth are the only means of dating layers from which such ancient remains have been recovered in western Europe. Good examples are the sites of Atapuerca Gran Dolina, Spain and Visogliano, Italy which have been dated using tooth enamel.When no bones and teeth can be found in prehistoric sites, ESR dating on quartz extracted from sediments has been used to date sites whose ages range over the entire Quaternary period. We present here two examples that occur in fluvial terraces of the river Creuse, France and at Monte Poggiolo site, Italy, where several artefacts of an archaic pebble industry have been recovered.     

Towards single grain ESR dating of sedimentary quartz: first results

In optically stimulated luminescence dating, apparent ages of individual grains are thought to reflect a wide distribution of initial bleaching levels in hard to bleach sediments. Although having a larger age range (up to 1 Ma and beyond), this approach has not been used yet in electron spin resonance (ESR) dating. Here we report on the first results of ESR measurements on single sedimentary quartz grains. Initial bleaching levels are evaluated for two different River Meuse deposits in Limburg, NE Belgium. Measurements were done with a Q-band ESR spectrometer on transparent quartz grains of sufficiently large diameter (0.5–0.7 mm). Single crystal ESR properties were used to identify different ESR active centres. In about 50% of the selected grains an Al and/or Ti–Li signal was detected and the latter has been selected for further measurements. Artificial bleaching experiments show a strong signal decrease with UV light exposure. After gamma-ray irradiation, a number of different signal intensity vs. artificial dose curves could be observed: exponential growth, exponential saturation, linear, with inflexion points, and unclear ones. Many grains show increasing ESR signals with doses up to 1000 Gy, suggesting that the age range could be extended over 1 Ma, covering the Middle Pleistocene and part of the Early Pleistocene. Accumulated doses of individual grains were calculated using the additive dose method. The results show a large dose distribution of individual grains for both deposits. It is concluded that insufficiently bleached grains can be detected using single grain ESR measurements of sedimentary quartz in a fluvial environment.     

ESR定年：一种确定脆性断层活动年龄的方法原理与应用

在浅层低温环境中，脆性断层活动难以生成新的变质矿物，断层的准确活动年龄就难以确定。但在浅层断层活动中，往往伴生有同期生成的石英脉，对石英脉采用热活化电子自旋共振(ESR)测年，能够确定石英脉的生成年龄，从而能提供断层活动的年龄。如果断层带中发育有多期石英脉，通过测定还能提供断层多次活动的年龄。以雪峰山2条断裂带为例，使用ESR定年方法获得了202.3~60.6 Ma的地质年龄，并探讨了2条断裂带的演化与区域构造活动的关系，最后对ESR测年的可信性与使用条件进行了讨论。