黄土-古土壤序列的典型微结构与1万年来的环境演化——以关中地区的全新世黄土剖面为例

通过对土壤微结构系统的研究,发现黄土高原南部全新世黄土-古土壤序列的微结构可分为基底式胶结结构、胶斑状结构、斑状-胶斑结构、粒状结构、似粒状结构和粒状-斑状结构.其中前3种总是出现在古土壤中,其形成在温暖湿润、植被茂盛的环境下;后3种总是出现在黄土或风化黄土中,形成在以干旱为特征的环境下.微结构沿黄土剖面垂直方向上的变化,实质上揭示了1万年来的环境变化.     

陕北神府地区晚更新世黄土微结构特征分析

以陕北神府地区二郎山和清凉山晚更新世以来黄土剖面为例,应用粒度分析和扫描电子显微镜对陕北地区晚更新世黄土的微结构进行分析研究,探讨黄土微结构特征与其形成环境的关系。分析结果表明粒度小于0.005 mm的粘粒级含量在黄土与古土壤中差异最大,S1古土壤达30.4%,而L1黄土为24.7%;S1古土壤中大量出现铁质粘粒胶膜并呈流胶状,结构密实;L1黄土粘粒胶结物含量较少,土质疏松;陕北地区晚更新世S1古土壤形成于湿热的森林环境,L1黄土形成于凉偏湿的草原环境,S0黑垆土形成于暖湿的气候环境。     

马兰黄土和离石黄土的磁学性质

中国黄土-古土壤系列的磁学性质,如磁化率等被广泛用于古气候和古环境研究,这必须建立在对黄土-古土壤的剩磁的性质和获得剩磁的机制以及古土壤磁性增强的原因有深入了解的基础之上。作者通过对洛川和吉县剖面马兰黄土和离石黄土的磁学性质的深入研究,对黄土与古土壤磁学性质差异的各种表现,对它们剩磁的性质,对古土壤磁性增强的原因以及磁性变化对古气候、古环境研究的意义进行了讨论,并对利用某些磁学性质建立的黄土-古土壤形成的时间模式提出了质疑。     

黄土微结构区域变化规律及与湿陷性相关性研究

黄土中的微结构是影响黄土湿陷的重要因素。本文运用扫描电子显微镜对黄土微结构进行观察并对统计数据进行了分析，结果表明黄土微结构在区域上存在一定的变化规律。即，由西北的粒状、支架接触式结构，逐渐过渡到东南的凝块、镶嵌胶结式结构。通过对黄土矿物颗粒接触关系和孔隙与湿陷性的关系的分析，并根据非饱和土粒间吸力理论分析，认为支架结构孔隙为黄土湿陷变形提供了空间条件，而黄土微结构吸力空间分布的不均匀性是引起黄土湿陷的根本原因。     

世界最厚的黄土地层——兰州西津村黄土剖面研究

兰州西津村黄土钻孔剖面,是目前世界上最厚的黄土地层。黄土总厚度409.93m,含40层古土壤,地层连续、完整。经采样进行黄土物质成分、结构、古地磁及孢子花粉的测试与鉴定,确定了兰州黄土的形成时代Q_1-O_4,其古气候自第四纪以来出现过多次冷暖变化,有逐渐干旱的趋势,植被环境以草原环境为主。     

灵台红粘土—黄土—古土壤序列频率磁化率的古气候意义

通过对甘肃灵台晚新生代红粘土－黄土－古土壤序列的磁化率测量和频率磁化率分析，发现红粘土及黄土－古土壤的磁化率和频率磁化率化率存有良好的正相关关系，表明两套沉积在成壤过程中由生物作用或化学作用而形成的超顺磁性矿物含量，对磁化率和频率磁化率增大有重要的贡献。相比化率而言，受影响因素较少的频率磁化率变化，反映了不同气候条件下形成的超顺磁粒级铁磁矿物的相对含量，能更真实、敏感地记录不同时间尺度的古气候波动。灵台红粘土－黄土－古土壤序列的频率磁化等在2．6MaBP前后不同的变率特征，揭示了大冰期来临前后黄土高原的冷暖、干湿反差产生了显著变化，而与此相关的冬、夏季风变迁则表现出不同的组合特征。     

新疆伊犁黄土元素地球化学特征及古环境意义

通过对新疆伊犁波马剖面黄土-古土壤序列常量、微量元素及相关参数分析研究,讨论末次冰期以来伊犁黄土常量元素分异规律及古环境意义.结果表明,伊犁波马剖面S1以来黄土-古土壤序列各层常量元素含量均呈现出SiO2>Al2O3>CaO>Fe2O3>MgO>K2O>Na2O变化特征,剖面序列中常量元素含量及相关参数变化,与黄土、古土壤层相互交替叠置不具对应性,明显有别于黄土高原.末次冰期以来黄土和古土壤形成时干冷程度强于黄土高原黄土,更高于古土壤,淋溶差异程度不及黄土高原.S1以来伊犁黄土物质来源基本相同,古土壤形成时环境条件不相同,以干冷或湿冷为特征,即使同一古土壤地层单元不同层位其水热组合条件也存在差异,波马剖面黄土-古土壤元素地球化学记录末次冰期以来沉积气候环境总体相对干旱.     

陕西黄土微结构的扫描电镜分析

人们对微观世界的探索已有漫长的历史。有关土的结构研究, 前人已经完成了许多有价值的工作。近些年, 我国黄土微结构研究, 由于应用电子显微镜等实验技术, 取得了长足的进展。物质的结构总是与其形成相联系的。黄土的结构特征亦必根源于它的堆积环境和形成过程。故本文拟从简略阐述陕西黄土的堆积环境出发, 根据扫描电镜和X射线能色散仪, 对几个实侧的典型黄土剖面的不同层位、不同状态的样品观察试验结果, 结合陕西黄土区域工程地质研究成果, 来讨论陕西黄土的微结构问题。     

陕西洛川黄土的粒度分维值及其意义

对陕西洛川剖面１５８０个黄土样品的粒度数据分析表明,黄土的基本粒级,即在２－５０μｍ的标度范围内,粒度分布具有分形特征。黄土的粒度分维值在２．１６－２．５１之间,平均值为２．３２;而古土壤的粒度分维值在２．２３－２．５１之间,平均值为２．４１;粒芳分维值对黄土与古土壤的形成环境的演变,有良好的指示意义。粒度分雏值显示,250万年以来,东亚季风不断增强,变化周期和变化幅度逐渐变大。在早更新世,季风较弱,变化周期短．变化幅度小,表现为2～4万年的周期;而在晚更新世,季风较强,冬季风和夏季风相互消长,变化周期长且明显,变化幅度大,表现出10万年的变化周期。     

黄土压缩变形的微结构效应

通过微结构要素定量分析,研究了黄土在压力作用下的微结构要素变化规律,结构状态变化的阶段性和结构要素调整的差异性等问题,初步揭示了黄土宏观变形的微结构控制机理。     

Morphoscopy and morphometry of quartz grains from loess and buried soil layers

A complex method is suggested for the study of surfaces of sand grains. With this method, middle- and late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences of the Russian Plain, Dnieper Basin, were studied. Surface texture of grains pointed to a dry and cold climate for their formation. During deposition of loess layers predominantly aeolian and cryogenic processes formed the grain surfaces. During interglacial and interstadial periods chemical weathering dominated.     

关中泾阳塬全新世黄土剖面磁化率的古气候阶段划分

通过对陕西关中地区泾阳南塬寨头村和泾阳县新庄村典型剖面全新世黄土-古土壤地层的岩性描述、地层划分和对比,结合泾阳县新庄村AMS¹⁴C的年代测定和其他学者的测年数据,建立了该地区全新世以来黄土沉积年代序列。根据磁化率气候替代指标显示的曲线特征,这一替代指标在剖面上的变化规律以及该黄土剖面所反映的东亚冬、夏季风强弱变化特点,表明了关中地区的气候波动与中国西北地区及全球气候变化的总趋势具有一致性,全新世以来在全球变化背景下关中地区气候变化表现为气候演化的周期性、不稳定性和趋势性。进而对该剖面磁化率曲线特征与其他学者的孢粉谱建立的温度曲线对比,对关中地区全新世以来古气候的阶段性进行了详细分析和论证。将关中地区1 万a以来的气候演变划分为7个气候阶段：第1阶段为10.0～9.0 kaB.P.冷温转换的阶段;第2阶段为9.0～7.0 kaB.P.暖冷波动阶段;第3阶段为7.0～6.0 kaB.P.温暖阶段;第4阶段为6.0～5.0 kaB.P.较温暖阶段;第5阶段为5.0～3.4 kaB.P.暖冷波动阶段;第6阶段为3.4～2.0 kaB.P.气温先降后升阶段;第7阶段为2.0 kaB.P.至现在温暖半湿润、半干旱阶段。     

生物化石钙质结构的分类与演化(连载)

绝大部份无脊椎动物和藻类化石由碳酸钙组成。研究生物化石钙质结构是为了对化石进行正确鉴定和合理分类,探索古生物间相互的演化关系。沉积岩,特别是碳酸岩中含有大量的生物组份,研究其结构是确定岩石薄片内生物化石及其碎片类型的必要手段,在研究岩石、岩相和古生态时必需广泛采用。     

压制琥珀的新认识

随着琥珀市场需求的增加及琥珀优化处理技术的改进与创新,压制琥珀呈现外观逼真、结构复杂、方法多样的新态势。利用宝石显微镜、偏光显微镜、红外光谱仪对压制金珀、压制血珀、＂爆花＂压制琥珀、烤色压制琥珀、压固蓝珀、压固胶结蓝珀、压制蜜蜡等样品的宝石学参数、显微结构、红外吸收光谱进行了研究与分析,结果显示,碎粒-碎粉结构、红色斑点结构、不含＂血丝＂状构造的粒状＂镶嵌＂结构、碎块胶结结构等是压制琥珀的结构鉴定特征;颗粒间分布的＂太阳光芒＂、紊乱流纹、叶脉状流纹、丝瓜瓤状流纹等是压制琥珀的内含物鉴定特征;若蓝珀中的红外光谱I=2 932cm-1/I=1 723cm-1处的吸收强度比值接近1∶1,暗示着该蓝珀可能经过了优化处理。     

Geology of the dry creek site; a stratified early man site in Interior Alaska

The Dry Creek archeologic site contains a stratified record of late Pleistocene human occupation in central Alaska. Four archeologic components occur within a sequence of multiple loess and sand layers which together form a 2-m cap above weathered glacial outwash. The two oldest components appear to be of late Pleistocene age and occur with the bones of extinct game animals. Geologic mapping, stratigraphic correlations, radiocarbon dating, and sediment analyses indicate that the basal loess units formed part of a widespread blanket that was associated with an arctic steppe environment and with stream aggradation during waning phases of the last major glaciation of the Alaska Range. These basal loess beds contain artifacts for which radiocarbon dates and typologic correlations suggest a time range of perhaps 12,000–9000 yr ago. A long subsequent episode of cultural sterility was associated with waning loess deposition and development of a cryoturbated tundra soil above shallow permafrost. Sand deposition from local source areas predominated during the middle and late Holocene, and buried Subarctic Brown Soils indicate that a forest fringe developed on bluff-edge sand sheets along Dry Creek. The youngest archeologic component, which is associated with the deepest forest soil, indicates intermittent human occupation of the site between about 4700 and 3400 ¹⁴C yr BP.     

Formation and composition of cemented layers in low-sulphide mine tailings, Laver, northern Sweden

Cemented layers (hardpans) are common in carbonate or sulphide-rich mine tailings and where pyrrhotite is the predominating Fe-sulphide. Laver, northern Sweden, is an abandoned Cu-mine where the tailings have low pyrrhotite content, almost no pyrite and no carbonates. Two cemented layers at different locations in the Laver tailings impoundment were investigated, with the aim to determine their effects on metal mobility. The cementing agents were mainly jarosite and Fe-oxyhydroxides in the layer formed where the tailings have a barren surface, whereas only Fe-oxyhydroxides were identified below grass-covered tailings surface. Arsenic was enriched in both layers which also exhibit high concentrations of Mo, V, Hg and Pb compared to unoxidised tailings. Sequential extraction indicates that these metals and As were mainly retained with crystalline Fe-oxides, and therefore potentially will be remobilised if the oxic conditions become more reducing, for instance as a result of remediation of the tailings impoundment.An erratum to this article can be found at     

中国风成黄土及其形成下限研究

“中国岩漠·砾漠·沙漠·黄土分布与主风向关系图”显示西北地区的第四纪黄土堆积是以风力为主的综合因素所形成，即就地起沙，近沙成土，一定地域的黄土在物源上隶属于一定地区的沙漠。黄土高原及新疆天山、昆仑山北麓的黄土地层结构的综合对比研究表明，典型风成黄土在不同地域和不同地貌单元上最早开始堆积的层位基本上是一致的，即均始于所有黄土剖面中的下粉砂层（Ｌ＿（１５））。该层以下的第四纪沉积类型因地而异，为非黄土沉积（湖相、冲洪积相及火山岩相等）。由黄土高原各代表性剖面的磁性地层学研究及新疆于田黄土下伏的安山玄武岩的同位素年龄测定获得黄土层开始堆积的时代为早更新世晚期，约１．２ＭａＢ．Ｐ。风成黄土的开始堆积是与黄土南缘各造山带（昆仑山、天山、祁连山及秦岭等）强烈的新构造隆升并产生区域环境效应有成因联系。这一更新世早期的事件层位得到了古生物学、新构造学、地貌学及地外物体高速撞击地球表面所产生的玻璃陨石等事件的佐证。     

哈尔滨黄山黄土粒度特征及其对成因的指示

哈尔滨黄山黄土是东北地区黄土沉积的典型代表,其成因研究是恢复东北地区古气候和古环境的基础.为探讨松嫩平原地区中更新世晚期黄土成因问题,对具代表性的哈尔滨黄山黄土剖面进行系统、高分辨率的粒度和磁化率特征分析,并与哈尔滨现代沙尘沉降物、黄土高原典型黄土-古土壤、现代河流沉积物及大连市滨海黄土粒度特征进行对比.结果显示:黄山黄土粉砂级(10~50 μm)颗粒和黏土颗粒(＜5 μm)的平均含量分别是43.86%(主众数粒组)和23.40%(次众数粒组);各粒度参数的平均值为:分选系数标准偏差σ=1.83、平均粒径Mz=6.25φ、中值粒径Md=5.89φ、偏度SK=0.21、峰态KG=0.86、中值粒径Kd=2.01;粒度频率曲线以双峰态分布为主,且主峰突出;岩性三角投影图、粒度象(C-M图、L-M图、A-M图)投影图及粒度参数(Mz-σ、Mz-SK、Mz-KG)散点投影图与风成沉积物基本一致,但与河流沉积物差异明显;判别函数Y＜0.基于以上粒度特征分析表明哈尔滨黄山黄土为典型的风成成因.      

Distribution of Palygorskite in the Lingtai Profile of Chinese Loess Plateau: Its Paleoclimatic Implications

Palygorskite is a typical indicator mineral of the arid and strong evaporation environment. Distribution of palygorskite in loess-red clay sequences may act as an important indicator for reconstruction of the paleoenvironment and paleoclimate. In this paper, field emission scanning electron microscope and high-resolution transmission electron microscope observations on the red clay-loess-paleosol of the Renjiapo profile at Lingtai, Gansu Province indicate that palygorskite occurs widely in red clay sequences formed before 3.6 Ma, but no occurrence has been found in eolian sediments since 3.2 Ma. Micromorphological features and microstructure of palygorskite show that it is an autogenic mineral formed during pedogenesis, and transformed from iilite-montmorilionite under the pore water action. In the Lingtai profile, the disappearance horizon of palygorskite is consistent with those of increasing magnetic susceptibility, dust flux and depositional rate. The distribution of palygorskite in the profile indicates that the interval of around 3.6 Ma was an important transformation period of the East Asian paleomonsoon, when changes took place in the East Asia paleoclimate pattern, i.e. a high-frequency strong fluctuation alternative evolution of the environment. Therefore, palygorskite is a key indicator mineral of the East Asian paleomonsoon evolution of that time.     

Sulfide minerals in Coal Bed V,minnehaha mine,Sullivan County,Indiana

Polished and thin section examinations of samples from Indiana Coal Bed V (Springfield) have shown three sulfides to be present; namely pyrite, marcasite and sphalerite. Pyrite and marcasite are dominant forms whereas sphalerite is very minor. These sulfides appear to have formed in four distinct stages as judged on the basis of mineralogy and mineral texture. Pyrite occurs as framboids throughout the coal seam, as fibrous crystals in two horizons of the coal and in massive form as cleat fillings and cell fillings in fusinite and semi-fusinite. Marcasite occurs in spherical polycrystalline and twinned grains, as polycrystalline overgrowths on framboids, as cementing material for clusters of framboids, as blocky polycrystalline grains and with pyrite as cell fillings in fusinite and semi-fusinite. Sphalerite occurs exclusively as cell fillings in semi-fusinite. The paragenetic sequence indicates fluctuations in the overall coal bed chemistry. Individual sections display evidence of chemical variation on the micro scale.