柴达木盆地东北部中新世沉积物色度记录的气候变化

中新世是新生代古气候变化的关键时期。本文以柴达木盆地东北部瑙格剖面18.4～6.9Ma沉积物为研究对象,通过对沉积物颜色指标的测定与分析,获得该时段沉积物高分辨率颜色指标变化序列。发现色度值变化与氧化—还原作用有关,红度值与赤铁矿相对含量呈正相关。结合其它资料分析表明,柴达木盆地东北部地区中新世气候变化为18.4～14.2Ma相对暖湿阶段、14.2～7.7Ma相对冷湿阶段、7.7～6.9Ma相对干冷阶段,其变化可能受到全球温度变化的影响,气候转型主要导致了该区沉积相和沉积物色度的变化。     

临夏盆地晚新生代沉积物元素特征与古气候变迁

青藏高原东北临夏盆地发育较完整的晚新生代地层,特别13～4.34 Ma段以稳定低能细粒湖相沉积为主、发育的不同尺度和各种形式沉积韵律旋回记录着古气候变化信息。本文通过对临夏盆地稳定细粒湖相沉积物元素地球化学特征及其变化序列研究,结合其它气候指标,揭示13～4.4 Ma时段气候演化经历了四个阶段:13～12 Ma期间气候湿润、12~7.8Ma期间气候以湿润为主夹短暂干旱事件、7.8～6.2 Ma期间气候以干旱为主、6.2～4.4 Ma期间气候进一步干旱加剧,并认为7. 8 Ma左右的气候转型可能与冬季风加强有关,而6.2 Ma以来的有规律的高频气候波动可能与现代季风形成有关。     

稳定湖相沉积物和风成黄土粒度判别函数的建立及其意义

沉积物粒度变化主要受搬运介质、搬运方式、沉积环境和气候等多种因素的控制,通过粒度分析可判别沉积物的成因类型,推断其形成的沉积环境,解释环境演变。利用统计学方法对典型稳定湖相沉积物（罗布泊湖相样品２８２块,岱海湖相样品１２３块）和典型风成黄土（甘肃兰州榆中样品２６３块）粒度参数进行定量化分析,并经稳定湖相和风成沉积物验证,获得稳定湖相与风成沉积物的判别公式:Ｆ（湖相、风成沉积物） ＝２０．３６３Ｍｚ－５６．３７１Ｓｄ－６７．９２２Ｓｋ＋２３．５１６Ｋｇ－５５．６２６,若Ｆ＞０,为稳定湖相沉积物,反之,Ｆ＜０,则为风成沉积物。这为研究地史中稳定湖泊与风成环境 沉积物的鉴别提供粒度分析定量化判别方法,它对陆相古环境、干旱化事件和尘暴事件等研究具有十分重要的借鉴价值。     

柴达木盆地北缘古-新近纪河湖相沉积物颜色的气候意义

柴达木盆地厚达万米的新生代沉积物记录了青藏高原东北部隆升和古气候变化信息.本文基于盆地北缘大红沟剖面高分辨率的磁极性年代标尺,对该剖面古—新近纪河湖相沉积物进行了颜色测量,首次获得了柴达木盆地长时间尺度（52~7 Ma）的色度参数变化序列.在此基础上,综合沉积相与区域构造和古气候记录,探讨了影响河湖相沉积物颜色参数的因素及柴达木盆地古—新近纪的气候演变.结果表明,大红沟剖面沉积物颜色的变化与全球温度变化趋势基本一致,说明温度是影响颜色参数,特别是红度（a*）的主要因素;沉积相变化,尤其是水面上、下的氧化—还原环境变化对颜色参数也有重要影响.根据色度参数在时间标尺上的变化,将柴达木盆地的气候变化划分为8个阶段:（a）52.0~44.2 Ma湿热,（b）44.2~33.7 Ma在干湿波动中逐渐变干,（c）33.7~27.1 Ma进一步变干,（d）27.1~19.7 Ma逐渐变湿,（e）19.7~17.0 Ma较干旱,（f）17.0~13.3 Ma气候湿润,（g）13.3~9.5 Ma快速变干,（h）9.5~7.0 Ma进一步变干旱.影响柴达木盆地古—新近纪气候变化的主要因素包括全球温度、副特提斯海、青藏高原构造隆升和东亚夏季风.      

山西长治盆地中更新世气候转型期环境变化特征

中更新世气候转型(MPT)是第四纪环境变化的一个重要时期,该时期气候模式、气候周期等均发生了明显变化,然而不同区域对中更新世气候转型的响应特征存在明显差异.本研究选取了长治盆地XZK4钻孔中更新世转型前后(1.8～0.1 Ma)共207个样品,通过古地磁定年,运用粒度端元分析和孢粉分析,阐述了长治盆地中更新世转型期的环境变化与湖泊演化特征.结果显示,1.8 Ma以来,孢粉组合中乔木花粉含量多高于60％,但个别时段草本植物花粉占优,显示区域植被多数阶段为森林,但存在明显冷期,并且1.1 Ma和0.55 Ma是研究区环境转变的重要转折点.中更新世转型期前(～1.1 Ma):沉积物粒度总体较细,黏土含量多高于25％,EM1组分(湖相沉积)多高于60％,EM3(河流相组分)在个别时段出现,总体显示该阶段沉积物组成以湖相沉积为主,个别阶段受到河流影响大;中更新世转型时期(1.1～0.55 Ma):沉积物粒度较上一阶段更细,黏土含量(平均为30％)、EM1占比和孢粉浓度均达到研究段最高,沉积物颜色以棕灰色为主,EM3组分占比降至最低,其中1.1～0.95 Ma喜冷的云杉属花粉出现,显示该时期研究区气候总体偏冷湿,湖泊面积较1.1 Ma之前扩大;中更新世转型后(～0.55 Ma):沉积物粒度明显变粗,达到钻孔最高值,沉积物颜色变黄,EM2(风成组分)和EM3占主导,草本植物含量增加,尤其是喜干的蒿属花粉增加明显,表明气候较之前变干,沉积物类型以风力沉积为主,湖泊消亡.综合对比显示,构造运动是影响长治古湖消长的主要驱动力,气候变干加剧了湖泊消亡.     

武汉东西湖区第四系钻孔的沉积环境及古气候变化

以武汉市东西湖区第四系沉积物ZK25钻孔为例,通过AMS14C年代测定及其粒度与正构烷烃等环境代用指标分析,初步揭示了该孔第四纪沉积环境及晚更新世以来的古气候变化特征.结果显示,该区早更新世为河流沉积,至晚更新世出现河湖相交替沉积,较为干旱;进入全新世由于降雨增多而沉积了较厚的冲积层,随后变得冷干;全新世中期则变成稳定...     

苏北盆地兴化1#钻孔沉积物磁化率特征及其古气候环境意义

对苏北盆地兴化1#钻孔岩芯沉积物进行了质量磁化率的测试与分析,并对质量磁化率的变化特征和古气候环境意义进行了初步研究.研究结果表明,质量磁化率的大小变化与沉积物一定粒级组分之间有着很好的关联性;东部典型季风区域中,质量磁化率的大小波动能很好地指示气候的波动,是恢复古气候环境演化过程的一个重要指标;以磁化率变化为主导指标的多环境代用指标指示出苏北盆地近3.20 Ma来的气候环境演化过程,且在沉积速率较高的上部的质量磁化率气候环境记录与深海DSDP607孔氧同位素之间吻合较好,指示苏北盆地的气候环境演化过程与全球气候环境的变化具有一致性.     

临夏盆地新生代沉积物高分辨率岩石磁学记录与亚洲内陆干旱化过程及原因

亚洲内陆干旱化是全球新生代大陆环境变化中最引人瞩目的重大事件,与新生代全球变冷和青藏高原隆升密切相关.文章通过对甘肃临夏盆地几乎连续的新生代沉积物系统岩石磁学性质研究,获取了高分辨率磁化率和非磁滞剩磁记录,揭示在29.0～8.6 Ma的漫长的以湖相粉砂岩和泥岩为主的渐新世晚期和中新世早、中期没有明显的长期变化,从8.6Ma开始持续增加,尤其从6.4Ma和5.3Ma开始表现出两次快速持续增加.同时,以8.6Ma为界磁性矿物相对含量发生明显变化,此前以赤铁矿为主,磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿次之,此后以磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿为主,赤铁矿次之,磁性矿物类型和性质类似于风成红粘土和黄土.因此,我们将这种沉积物中磁性矿物组合、性质和含量的长期变化解释为流域外风成物质的加入,指示我国西北内陆现代干旱气候可能从8.6Ma开始,7.4～6.4 Ma后急剧加速变干,5.3Ma后再次加速变干,并最终形成今天的干旱区的过程.9～8 Ma开始的青藏高原阶段性快速隆升和随后的全球变冷可能是驱动亚洲内陆干旱化进程的动力.     

中国黄土磁学与古气候(英文)

近二十年来中国黄土环境磁学的研究基本上是沿着两条主线进行的 ,即磁性地层学和古气候研究两个方面。对早先确定的典型黄土剖面的磁性地层研究表明风成黄土的堆积开始于Matuyama的下界 ,约 2 .6Ma。而近年来对黄土古土壤序列之下的红粘土的进一步研究显示风成堆积的开始比原先认为的要早的多 ,至少可追溯到约 7Ma。尽管目前在古土壤磁化率的增强机制和磁化率如何记录古气候变化等问题上还没有达成广泛的一致 ,而黄土古土壤系列磁化率与深海氧同位素的良好对比可证实中国黄土确是记录全球气候变化非常理想的信息载体。近年来许多学者尝试性提出的其它古气候替代性指标 ,如全岩粒度、稳定同位素组成、FeD/FeT指标、Rb/Sr比值和CaCO3 含量等必将为重建古季风变化和古气候提供重要信息。     

广西百色盆地更新世沉积物中粘土矿物特征及其古气候指示意义

为研究百色盆地红土剖面中粘土矿物的特征并恢复盆地中更新世以来的古气候演化序列,利用X射线衍射分析对百色盆地大旺红土剖面中粘土矿物进行了深入、系统的研究。结果表明,沉积物的粘土矿物组成主要为伊利石、高岭石及蛭石(或羟基铝蛭石),但在约0.26Ma处其相对含量出现明显变化,表明百色盆地中更新世中期至晚更新世早期表生风化作用逐渐加强,其气候条件经历了从"相对干凉→暖湿"的演化。这一结果与河湖相沉积物磁化率所记录的MIS 7.5(0.26Ma)"冰期→间冰期"转折时期相一致。沉积物中伊利石结晶度结果显示,其(001)衍射峰半高宽值从早期的相对平稳转变为晚期的波动性变化,说明百色地区气候经历了相对冷干到相对暖湿的转型,与粘土矿物相对含量变化、河湖相沉积物磁化率变化、邻区钙华沉积及南海各古气候指标所揭示的记录相一致。     

Hydrological indications of aeolian salts in mid-latitude deserts of northwestern China

Large sandy deserts in middle latitude of northwestern China were studied on salt variations in modern and ancient aeolian sediments, aiming to explore their hydrological indications at the present and past. Globally, sulphate is rich in arid to semi-arid deserts, including the aeolian loess sediments in China and soils in low-latitude deserts, but is less common in the aeolian sediments from the mid-latitude deserts in this study. The compositional differences between aeolian salts and local natural waters is evident, indicating the chemistry of aeolian salts and the associated parent brines may be significantly different than that predicted for hydrologically closed systems. The formation of aeolian salts in the studied deserts is strongly controlled by earth surface processes in a large scale but not in a local scale. Vertical changes in facies and salinities are abrupt in the studied palaeo-aeolian sediment samples, which were interbedded by lacustrine/fluvial sediments with OSL and ¹⁴C ages ranging between 40 and 2 ka BP, reflecting rapid high-amplitude changes in hydrological settings during late Pleistocene to later Holocene in these ancient playa systems. A great difference in salt composition between aeolian and lacustrine sediments suggests that the inorganic salt is a latent geoproxy in revealing local hydrological variations and climate change in the desert areas. But the environmental indications could be amphibolous for the sedimentary sequences with dual/multiple depositional end-members; under this situation an increase in sequence salinity does not always represent an enhanced environmental aridity. Ancient playas are arid or humid at the same time based on several sporadic records is not a valid approach to correlation of salt deposits in adjacent saline playa basin in the studied areas. Effects of earth surface processes including erosion, deposition and other processes on sediment properties will bias the hydrological implications of sediment salinity.     

Sedimentology of a Late Quaternary lacustrine record from the south-eastern Carpathian Basin

The Upper Pleistocene geoarchives in the south-eastern Carpathian Basin are represented predominantly by loess–palaeosol records. In 2015, a 10 m sediment core composed of clay-rich lacustrine sediments was recovered by vibracoring a dry lake basin located between the Vršac Mountains (Serbia) and the Banat Sands in the south-eastern Carpathian Basin; a location relevant for placing regional archaeological results in a palaeoenvironmental context. Here, we present results from geoelectrical prospection and a lithostratigraphic interpretation of this sequence supported by a detailed granulometric study supplemented by ostracod analysis. An age model based on luminescence dating is discussed against sedimentological proxy data and its implication for palaeoenvironmental change. The cores show a stratigraphy of lighter ochre-coloured and darker greyish sediment, related to the deposition of clay and silt trapped in an aquatic environment. Geophysical measurements show ~20 m thick lacustrine sediments. The grain-size distributions including the variability in fine clay are indicative of a lacustrine environment. Fine particles were brought into the depositional environments by aquatic input and settled from suspension; also, direct dust input is constrained by grain-size results. Riverine input and aeolian dust input interplayed at the locality.     

南昌市厚田乡风沙地貌形态特征与美学价值

南昌市南部新建县广泛分布由古风沙和现代流沙组成的沙化土地。在野外地质调查的基础上,选择新建县南部厚田沙地作为研究对象,应用观察法、描述法和系统调查分析法等定性评价方法对上伏风沙地貌的类型和特征进行分析,并结合下覆古风沙的OSL年代、粒度组成及色度参数等定量分析方法,探讨亚热带湿润区风沙地貌遗产的美学特征。结果表明:厚田风沙地貌包括现代风沙沉积和晚第四纪古风沙沉积。现代风沙沉积大致始于14 ka B.P.,以纵向沙垄、穹形沙堆、辫状沙堆、平沙地等微地貌形态为主;晚第四纪古风沙沉积时间约为77.0~14.9 ka B.P.,以板状交错层理为主,地层序列丰富,是蕴含古环境演变信息的特殊地质遗迹,具有重要的科学研究价值。风沙地貌具有色彩美、旷远美、形式美和生命美等美学特征,具有良好的地学旅游开发价值。定性评价与定量分析相结合,可丰富风沙地貌美学研究的内容,也可为中国南方亚热带湿润区风沙地貌的地质遗迹保护和地学旅游开发提供参考。     

Wave-Enhanced Sediment-Gravity Flows in Bohai Bay Lacustrine Basin, Eastern China

Sequences of wave-enhanced sediment-gravity flows (WESGFs) have been widely recognized in the marine shelf environment. In this study, we show observations of WESGF deposits in lacustrine settings using well core and thin section data from the Paleogene in the Jiyang sub-basin, Bohai Bay basin, eastern China. The findings of this study include the following: 1) the sequence of WESGFs in the lacustrine basin is similar to that of marine; it consists of three units, MF1 unit: siltstone with basal erosion surface, MF2 unit: silt-streaked claystone, and MF3 unit: silty-mudstone; and 2) prodelta sand sheets are found in the lacustrine WESGF sequence and are classified as the MFd unit: clay-streaked siltstone. However, because the system size and variability in hydrodynamic conditions are different between the lacustrine and marine basins, lacustrine WESGFs do appear to have three distinguishable features: 1) the sediment grain size and sand content are slightly higher than those of the marine WESGFs; 2) lacustrine WESGFs may contain prodelta sediments or sedimentary sequences of other types of gravity flows, such as hyperpycnal flows; and 3) the scale of the sedimentary structures for lacustrine WESGFs is smaller. The WESGFs found in the continental lacustrine basin provide a new model for sediment dispersal processes in lake environments and may be helpful to explain and predict the distribution of sandy reservoirs for oil and gas exploration.     

泥河湾盆地基于粒度气候指标的轨道调谐时间标尺

泥河湾盆地东部出露一套厚近百米的以湖相为主的地层.我们测量了洞沟剖面的粒度和磁化率.通过磁化率记录的对比, 我们可以将前人确定的古地磁界线转移到我们的深度坐标上来, 并建立了初步的时间标尺.样品中粒径在20~50μm之间的颗粒含量时间序列可以与ETP曲线对比, 即低含量对应高ETP值.这样的对比意味着在北半球夏季太阳辐射量相对增加的时期, 进入泥河湾盆地沉积物中的风尘物质减少了.这与已知的北方风尘的演化历史是吻合的, 所以我们认为粒度(20~50μm) 含量是泥河湾盆地沉积物中比较可靠的古气候变化的替代性指标.对于沉积速率相对高的时段, 即 > 780ka的地层, 我们尝试用轨道调谐的方法建立了高分辨率的时间标尺.新的粒度(20~50μm) 含量时间序列滤波获得的20ka和41ka的周期成分与岁差及地轴倾斜度的理论值可以重合.这显示洞沟剖面的粒度(20~50μm) 含量记录可以作为轨道调谐的气候曲线.      

Quaternary paleoenvironments and potential for human exploitation of the Jordan plateau desert interior

The physical, chemical, numerical, and radiometric analyses of a 31‐m sediment core from the Qa'el‐Jafr basin provide an important record of Quaternary paleoenvironments for the Jordan Plateau and evidence for several significant changes in climate regime. Cluster and PCA analyses of the geochemical data support the designation of major sedimentation regimes identified by stratigraphic and sediment analyses. Multiple cycles of alluvial deposition, lacustrine units, and erosional unconformities characterize the deepest sediments, followed by a period(s) of intense evaporation. Radiocarbon ages of charcoal in the uppermost 7 m place the aeolian/alluvial phase between 16,030 ± 140 yr B.P. and 24,470 ± 240 yr B.P. Deflation processes may explain the lack of a Holocene sequence. Despite lacking radiometric ages for the lower sediments, the thickness and degree of calcium‐carbonate cementation suggest considerable age for the basal sediments, which suggests that a very long terrestrial record of Quaternary climate changes has been preserved in the Jafr basin. This new record of paleoenvironments provides important context to the archaeological record of the Jordan Plateau during the Quaternary. Several archaeological surveys demonstrate extensive human exploitation of lakes and springs of the major wadis along the western margin of the Rift Valley. However, little is known of human exploitation of the desert interiors. Qa'el‐Jafr sediments demonstrate significant lacustrine and high moisture phases sufficient for human exploitation of the eastern desert during the Pleistocene. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

末次冰期毛乌素沙地湖泊消涨过程:沉积证据

毛乌素沙地位于东亚季风边缘区,对于气候变化响应敏感.基于沙地的侵蚀-堆积关系,在侵蚀作用为主的沙地西北部和中部很难找到沉积相对连续且分辨率较高的地层剖面,因此已有的末次冰期古气候环境研究多集中于堆积作用为主的沙地东南缘的萨拉乌苏河河谷地区.本文选取位于沙地腹地,厚度为3.5 m的风成砂-河湖相沉积序列——神水台(SSTG)剖面为研究对象,基于AMS 14C和OSL年代数据,推测得出剖面中湖相层的上界和下界分别为约24.2 ka B.P .和42.7ka B.P.,依据沉积地层和环境代用指标分析结果,针对末次冰期毛乌素沙地湖泊消涨的一般过程进行了探讨.结果表明,自约5万年以来,由神水台(SSTG)剖面指示了两次明显的湖泊主要发育期,时间分别约为42.7~34.3 ka B.P.和31.1~24.2 ka B.P.,期间粘土含量、有机质、红度均表现为低值,为含淡水螺壳化石的典型湖泊相沉积,且与毛乌素沙地已有湖泊发育的年代结果基本一致.在两期湖相层之间的砂层,平均粒径、砂含量表现为峰值,指示了一次明显的湖泊消退的过程,其时间约为34.3~31.1 ka B.P.;在湖相层上下可能均为风力作用为主导的风沙沉积.通过区域对比并初步探讨其可能的驱动机制,结果表明SSTG剖面记录的湖泊消涨过程主要受控于东亚季风强度的变化.     

The late Quaternary tephrostratigraphical record of the San Gregorio Magno basin (southern Italy)

Twenty‐one primary pyroclastic layers were found embedded in the lacustrine sediments of the San Gregorio Magno basin (Southern Apennines). These sand‐sized layers were characterised by a noticeable juvenile fragments content and by a sharp basal contact with the underlying clay and silt sediments. The tephra layers have been correlated with terrestrial counterparts from well‐known eruptive events of the Campanian volcanic area, or with reference layers from deep sea sediment cores and from the Monticchio maar sequence. The investigation of the San Gregorio Magno tephra layers made it possible to deduce that lacustrine sedimentation at San Gregorio Magno basin began before 170k yr BP and lasted at least until the emplacement of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff, which occurred about 15k yr BP. The tephrochronology allowed determination of the varying sedimentation rate that occurred in the basin. Correlation of the lacustrine record with marine sequences has allowed development of a late Quaternary tephrostratotype for southern Italy. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.