青海湖沉积物有机碳含量与同位素和粒度特征及其古气候意义

对青海湖沉积物中粒度参数、总有机碳（TOC）含量及其δ^13C值的形成条件与环境气候的关系进行了研究。结果表明：在暖湿时期，沉积物中有机碳含量（TOC）较高，有机质的δ^13C值较高，沉积物的平均粒径较细；反之，在冷干时期，沉积物中有机碳含量（TOC）较低，有机质的δ^13C值较低，沉积物的平均粒径较粗。反映出沉积物中TOC含量、有机质δ^13C值及粒度特征与气温具有良好的相关性。结合^14C测年，分析了湖区古气候演化序列，表明自8500aBP以来湖区气候经历了4个演化阶段：即暖湿－凉干－温湿－冷干的变化过程。     

内蒙古黄旗海湖泊沉积物δ13Corg记录的环境演变信息

处于高纬度和高海拔地区的内蒙古黄旗海湖泊沉积物δ^13Corg变化反映了气候环境的变化.特殊的自然环境条件造成黄旗海湖泊沉积物δ^13Corg负段对应暖湿环境,偏正段对应冷干环境.自8.2 kaBP开始,δ^13Corg显著降低,表明本区气候转暖;8.2～4.0 kaBP是全新世大暖期,这一时期黄旗海为高湖面,在7.8 kaBP左右本区气候最为暖湿.4.0～2.2 kaBP,δ^13Corg明显偏正,指示气候变为冷干,全新世大暖期结束.在研究时段内δ^13Corg相对于-23.5‰均值的正负偏移主要反映了湖泊有机质生产率和保存条件的变化.这种变化与当时的气候,尤其是湖泊水位的波动有直接关系.     

珠江口外近海沉积有机质化学及稳定同位素组成的早期成岩改变

理解早期成岩过程中有机质的化学和同位素分馏对于研究海洋和湖泊环境中的生物地球化学过程是很重要的。将珠江口外近海生物成因有机质分为可水解氨基酸、碳水化合物、脂类和酸不溶四个部分,分析了有机质的化学和同位素组成(δ13C,δ15N),借以讨论沉积有机质在埋藏的早期成岩过程中所发生的化学和同位素改变,结果表明,从浮游生物→悬浮颗粒物→表层沉积物→沉积柱内部,易降解组分可水解氨基酸、碳水化合物、脂类占样品总有机碳的份额依次降低。沉积物及四个有机部分的稳定碳同位素组成在纵向上随深度保持相对恒定,而在不同有机部分之间差异明显。不同类型有机物的分解速率差异在改变有机质化学成分的同时,导致其δ13C发生小幅度负向漂移;细菌有机质的形成和分解对有机质化学成分和同位素组成演化也有重要贡献,并且在一定程度上抵消了上述δ13C的负向漂移,其结果导致沉积有机质的δ13C略低于浮游生物;另一方面,由于异养菌生长过程中的氮同位素分馏系数与可利用氮源的特征和培养基的性质等多种因素有关,导致沉积物的δ15N变化范围增大。在这里δ13C可以可靠地指示该海域沉积有机质的来源,而δ15N变化范围较大且规律不明显,难以用作沉积有机质来源的指示。     

环渤海地区河流河口及海洋表层沉积物有机质特征和来源

2013年8月采集了环渤海地区35条主要河流河口表层沉积物样品,12月采集了渤海与北黄海24个表层沉积物样品,分析了其生物地球化学指标:总有机碳(TOC)、总氮(TN)、有机碳同位素(δ13C)和氮同位素(δ15N),探讨该区域表层沉积物有机质特征及组成。研究表明:河流河口表层沉积物有机碳同位素(δ13C)值在–26.4‰—–21.8‰,平均值为–24.5‰;渤海表层沉积物有机碳同位素(δ13C)值在–23.8‰—–21.7‰,平均值为–22.3‰。河口表层沉积物TOC含量在0.06%—3.87%,平均值为1.31%;渤海表层沉积物TOC含量在0.52%—2.09%,平均值为1.08%。河流δ13C富集较轻,偏向陆源;海洋δ13C富集较重,偏向水生有机质来源。河流河口表层沉积物的δ13C值差异较明显,最大值与最小值相差4.6‰,但是流域地理位置距离近的河流δ13C值差异不大。河流河口表层沉积物δ15N在1.5‰—10.2‰,平均值为5.5‰;渤海表层沉积物δ15N在4.4‰—5.6‰,平均值为5.0‰。河流表层沉积物δ15N范围比渤海表层沉积物δ15N范围广,原因是河流受陆源有机物影响,且陆源有机物来源差异大。海洋表层沉积物δ15N相对均一,说明海洋表层沉积物δ15N受物源影响较小,体现了水体中有机质的转化和微生物活动对氮同位素的影响。本研究中表层沉积物的δ13C与δ15N没有明显的相关性,也体现了陆源有机质输入的影响。根据经典的二元模式计算,35条河流陆源有机质的贡献比例范围为10%—90%,平均值为60%;渤海陆源贡献比例范围为10%—50%,平均值为20%。河流有机质的来源以陆源有机质为主,水生有机质为辅。渤海有机质的来源以水生有机质为主,环渤海河流的陆源输入也有重要贡献。需要指出的是,有机碳同位素(δ13C)、氮同位素(δ15N)和Corg/Ntotal对有机质来源判别有一定局限性,虽然稳定同位素有示踪性,然而其成分仍然不可避免地受到生物地球化学等过程的改造,在使用稳定同位素技术示踪物源时,须小心谨慎。     

藏南沉错沉积物有机质δ13C对湖区环境冷暖变化的响应

湖泊沉积物有机质碳同位素δ13C是一种重要的环境代用指标,其对环境变化的响应较为复杂。通过研究藏南沉错CC1孔216cm柱状沉积物中有机质δ13C的变化,认为其波动是对湖区环境冷暖变化的良好响应,且在暖期偏低,而在冷期偏高。以δ13C的变化为基础并结合其他地球化学指标包括总有机碳(TOC)、氢指数(HI)、碳氮比(C/N)等,讨论了研究区近1400a来的冷暖变化,进一步划分出了4个暖期和4个冷期以及若干冷暖过渡期。其中4个暖期依次和“隋唐温暖期”、中世纪温暖期(包含中间2个暖期)和20世纪变暖相对应;而4个冷期中的后3个分别对应于小冰期的3个冷期,其时间范围分别约为1460—1510AD、1660—1770AD、1850—1900AD。CC1孔δ13C值波动所指示的冷暖时期与青藏高原其他地区和我国东部地区利用冰心、树轮、物候资料、史料及观测等资料的研究结果较为相似,反映了湖泊沉积物有机质δ13C作为环境代用指标的有效性以及藏南沉错地区气候变化与其他地区的相似性。     

渤海及北黄海河流悬浮颗粒碳氮同位素时空分布及源解析

选择流入渤海和北黄海的36条主要河流为研究对象,对比了平水期、丰水期和枯水期水体中悬浮颗粒物和河流表层沉积物的碳和氮稳定同位素的地球化学特征,并对颗粒物有机质碳和氮来源进行分析。结果表明,水体悬浮有机质碳同位素总体上表现为δ13C平水期δ13C丰水期δ13C枯水期的特点,δ15N值呈δ15N丰水期δ15N平水期δ15N枯水期的特点。渤海和北黄海的主要入海河流悬浮颗粒物有机质的来源具有明显的季节性差异,悬浮颗粒有机质碳平水期(春秋季)来源以C3植物、土壤有机质和水生藻类为主,丰水期(夏季)碳的各来源中浮游植物的贡献率明显增大,枯水期(冬季)则表现为陆源C3植物分解和水源性有机质的混合来源;悬浮颗粒态氮的来源与季节性降水量、生活污水、合成化肥及河流内源性水生植物密切相关。     

南沙渚碧礁生态系营养关系的稳定碳同位素研究

利用稳定碳同位素分析技术研究了南沙渚碧礁生态系食物网主要生物类群之间的营养关系。结果表明，生物的稳定碳同位素组成与其营养来源有密切关系。浮游植物的δ^13C为-18.3‰，与其所处海域的环境条件一致，浮游动物的δ^13C值变化较大，范围为-20.4‰～-10.9‰,表明可能存在浮游植物和碎屑两种营养来源。珊瑚和砗磲的碳同位素组成（-17‰～-15‰）与浮游动物相差较大，暗示共生虫黄藻可能在这些珊瑚的营养来源中起重要作用。底栖海参（-9.6‰)和蜘蛛螺（-12.5‰)的碳同位不比组成与它们沉积物食性的营养特征吻合。鱼类的δ^13C值变化范围较大（-17.7‰～-10.9‰），未表现出随营养级升高而增大的趋势，说明影响鱼类碳同位素组成的因素比较复杂。     

珠江口不同沉积有机质的来源及相对含量

通过分析珠江口表层沉积物的C、N元素及C、N稳定同位素,发现其总有机碳(TOC,干重％)含量为0．06％-1．02％,其中深圳湾-内伶仃岛-澳门和珠海附近海域及香港、大亚湾附近海域表层沉积物中的TOC含量较高。总氮(TN,干重％)含量为0．03％-O．19％,TOC和TN的比值范围为1．36-7．84,反映了沉积有机质的混合来源。沉积物的^15N值为3．86‰-6．39‰,δ^13Corg值为-24．76‰--21．98‰,表明珠江口的沉积有机质主要来源于海洋有机质和陆源有机物。从河口向西,δ^13Corg值偏轻,表明由河流带入的陆源有机质受科氏力作用主要在珠江西岸沉积。     

珠江口及其邻近海域沉积物甲烷-硫酸根界面分布深度及影响因素

利用化学和稳定同位素化学等方法分析研究区沉积物间隙水甲烷和硫酸根、pH和∑CO2以及δ^13C—CH4和δ^13C—ECO2的垂直剖面分布。结果显示,间隙水硫酸根浓度呈线性梯度减小,至沉积物甲烷-硫酸盐界面（sulfate-methane interface,SMI）附近,硫酸盐几乎全部消耗而甲烷浓度急剧增大;与此同时,间隙水pH和∑CO2在该深度位置明显升高。间隙水地球化学特征揭示了沉积物发生了AOM作用。在AOM过程中,由于^12CH4氧化速率较^13CH4快,故引起沉积物间隙水剩余甲烷的碳同位素偏重,而δ^13C—ZCO2值变为极负,珠江口QA11—2、QA12-9、QA12—14和GS-1四个站位SMI对应深度分别为12cm、38cm、50cm和204cm,而南海BD-7站位由间隙水硫酸根剖面变化推算约为600cm。从珠江河口到南海沉积物,由于受陆源输入的减少,表层沉积物有机质含量呈降低趋势。有机质输入量及其活性的高低是制约了沉积物SMI分布深浅的关键因素,这是由于高含量的活性有机质一方面可加速间隙水硫酸根通过有机质再矿化分解作用途径消耗;另一方面可引起向上扩散进入AOM反应带的甲烷通量增大,使得通过AOM作用的硫酸根消耗通量相应增大,其结果造成沉积物SMI的上移。根据沉积物C／N比值以及^13C剖面变化,推断AOM作用的可能发生机制是由于在沉积物表层再矿化作用过程中,因一部分活性有机质被大量消耗,导致进入沉积物硫酸根还原带底部的活性有机质数量相应减少,从而引起部分硫酸根转为与甲烷发生反应,并在微生物的作用下完成AOM过程。     

62kaBP以来湖光岩玛珥湖沉积物有机碳同位素记录及古气候环境意义

湖光岩玛珥湖HUG-B孔岩心记录了62kaBP以来的古气候、古环境变化信息。全岩有机碳同位素组成(δ^13CTOC)分析表明，62kaBP以来δ^3CTOC值变化比较明显，其变化范围为-28．5‰～-15．5％0。结合孢粉和有机地球化学指标进行综合分析，湖光岩玛珥湖δ^13CTOC变化曲线可划分为6个演化阶段：62～58和48～40．5kaBP两个时段的δ^13CTOC值偏负，沉积物中有机质主要来源于热带-亚热带地区的陆生C13森林植被，反映了温暖潮湿的气候环境；58～48和40．5～17．2kaBP期间δ^13CTOC值明显偏正，沉积物中有机质主要源自C4草本植物，反映了湖光岩地区有效降水量减少、干旱程度增加导致湖光岩玛珥湖湖面下降，大量C4草本植物生长在暴露的湖滨岸；17．2～4kaBP时段内δ^13CTOC值尽管存在更加频繁的波动，但总体呈现逐渐偏负的趋势，反映了暖湿和冷干气候多次交替但总体上逐渐变暖、变湿的气候环境；4kaBP以来δ^13CTOC值存在逐渐偏正的趋势，虽然不排除人类活动的影响，但很可能反映了干旱程度的再次增加。综合分析表明，有效降水量(降水量-蒸发量)是控制湖光岩玛珥湖地区C3／C4植物相对生物量变化的主导因素。湖光岩玛珥湖有机碳同位素的研究结果支持区域气候环境而不是大气CO2浓度变化是末期冰期以来热带低纬度地区C3／C4植被相对生物量变化的主要原因。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

Assessing the Validity of Seismo-Acoustic Predictor Equations for Obtaining Seabed and Sub-Surface Sediment Physical Properties

The interdependence between the seismo-acoustic properties of a marine sediment and its geotechnical/physical parameters has been known for many years, and it has been postulated that this should allow the extraction of geotechnical information from seismic data. Though in the literature many correlations have been published for the surficial layer, there is a lack of information for greater sediment depths. In this article, a desktop study on a synthetic seafloor model illustrates how the application of published near-surface prediction equations to subsurface sediments (up to several tens of meters burial depth) can lead to spurious predictions. To test this further, acoustic and geotechnical properties were measured on a number of sediment core samples, some of which were subjected to loading in acoustically-equipped consolidation cells (oedometers) to simulate greater burial depth conditions. For low effective pressures (representing small burial depths extending to around 10 meters subsurface), the general applicability of established relationships was confirmed: the prediction of porosity, bulk density, and mean grain size from acoustic velocity and impedance appears generally possible for the investigated sedimentary environments. As effective pressure increases through, the observed relationships deviate more and more from the established ones for the near-surface area. For the samples tested in this study, in some instances increasing pressure even resulted in decreasing velocities. There are several possible explanations for this abnormal behavior, including the presence of gas, overconsolidation, or bimodal grain size distribution. The results indicate that an appropriate depth correction must be introduced into the published prediction equations in order to obtain reliable estimates of physical sediment properties for greater subsurface depths.     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Interannual Sea Level Variations and Annual Tides in the Northwestern Pacific

Specific properties of the interannual sea level variations and annual tides in the Northwestern Pacific were studied. Several tide stations were monitored. The monthly mean sea level for the year of 1995 was analyzed at each tide station. A seismic event in 1995, some tectonic activity around the subject area, and the Kuroshio (the oceanic western boundary current) may possibly contaminate results which would have occurred from the astronomical annual tide alone.     

Flow Cytometric Analysis of Coastal Lagoon Bacterioplankton and Picophytoplankton: Fixation and Storage Effects

The effect of different fixation and storage protocols on the flow cytometric (FCM) simultaneous analysis of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in coastal seawater samples (Mediterranean coastal lagoons) was investigated. FCM measurements (cell number, fluorescence and scatter characteristics) were obtained through DAPI staining. Three fixatives [glutaraldehyde (GA), formaldehyde (FA) and paraformaldehyde (PFA)] and two storage (3 months duration) methods (5 °C and −196 °C) were tested. Two dominant populations were detected in studied samples: bacteria and eukaryotic picophytoplankton. Adding fixatives (2% final concentration) appears necessary to obtain FCM exhaustive counts of all the bacteria and phytoplanktonic cells. This was related to the permeation effect of fixatives which allowed a better DAPI staining of the cells. Maximum fluorescence, i.e. optimal staining of the cells was obtained with FA or PFA, and significant lower fluorescences with GA. Fixed samples stored at 5 °C induced rapid cell loss. Only storage in liquid nitrogen of samples fixed with FA or PFA, allows mid-term (≥4 months) preservation of bacteria or picophytoplankton cell numbers, and limited evolution of DAPI-induced fluorescence and scatter characteristics.     

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Deep-Sea Sediment Compression Curves: Some Controlling Factors, Spurious Overconsolidation, Predictions, and Geophysical Reproduction

Oedometer tests have been carried out on 70 undisturbed surficial clays (at approximately 250 mm below the mudline), mostly collected by free-fall corers from sites widely scattered throughout the deep-sea North Atlantic. Acoustic measurements were also made, initially on contiguous samples and ultimately on the same sample using a geophysically instrumented oedometer which also collected electrical resistivity data. Apart from those quiescent areas below the carbonate compensation depth, such as north of the West Indies where very fine clays exist, most of the samples are silty clays whose geotechnical-geophysical properties are dependent on the type of clay minerals present (and their ability to take in moisture), the sand-size fraction, and the quantity of carbonate present. Thus the pure clays have high compressibilities which decrease on the addition of coarse particles, while the converse is true for the acoustic parameters, these increasing with the sand fraction. Using the notion of the intrinsic compression line for all samples, and comparison to it of the measured compression curves, it is clear that, contrary to some previously held ideas, most deep-sea clays are normally consolidated; the addition of carbonate has the effect of creating an open, stronger sediment skeleton. Interestingly, where information is available, the variation with depth of a sample's acoustic velocity follows the void ratio pressure relationship of the compression curve. This allows the construction of an in-situ sediment compression curve using the in-situ geophysical observations.