海洋酸化对颗石藻的影响

工业革命以来人类活动产生了大量二氧化碳气体（CO2）并释放到大气中。CO2溶于海水,造成海水pH值降低,改变海洋碳酸系统的平衡。海洋酸化对海洋生态系统特别是钙化生物构成威胁。颗石藻作为主要的钙化浮游生物,在海洋碳循环过程中起着重要的作用。大多数培养实验表明CO2浓度上升会促进颗石藻光合作用。而海洋酸化对不同种或不同品系颗石藻钙化作用产生不同的影响。     

南塔斯曼海隆2Ma以来碳酸钙沉积记录及其对环流系统和轨道周期的响应

南大洋CaCO3沉积在记录生物泵调节大气CO2的同时,也记录了南大洋表层锋面系统和深部环流格局的重要转变.通过南塔斯曼海ODP 1170站位2 Ma以来CaCO3％和MAR-CaCO3的研究发现,CaCO3％以冰期低和间冰期高的“大西洋”型溶解作用旋回为主,并以MIS 34/35期(约1.15 Ma BP)和MIS 14/15期(约0.55 Ma BP)为界线,表现出3种沉积模式.而MAR-CaCO3以MIS 57/58,21/22,13/14和11/12为界表现出“两高三低”5个阶段.CaCO3％与轨道参数ETP和底栖有孔虫δ18O的交叉频谱和小波分析显示,其主导周期明显具有从40 ka向100 ka转变的中更新世气候转型(MPT)特征,转型起始与终止时间为1.15～0.55 MaBP.CaCO3沉积模式的转变与南大洋太平洋区西风带和环南极表层锋面系统的迁移密切相关,在时间上与MPT同步.MPT时期,西风带和环南极表层锋面系统的快速南北迁移,导致CaCO3沉积受到硅质和陆源物质稀释作用的影响.而MAR-CaCO3的阶段性变化主要与南大洋深层环流的变化格局和水团化学性质的变化有关.在1.5～0.85 MaBP期间,南大洋太平洋区深层水通风增强,利于CaCO3的保存和埋藏,MAR-CaCO3增加;在0.85 ～0.55 Ma BP期间,CO32-处于不饱和状态的CDW增强,导致南大洋深部CaCO3溶解作用增强,溶跃面上升,MAR-CaCO3降低.     

Review on researchesof nitrous oxide inthe Southern Oceanand relative new technologies

Nitrous oxide is an important greenhouse gas,which has a long lifetime of about 120 years and has a 310 times greenhouse effect than CO₂. Since the industrial revolution, the atmospheric N₂O concentration has increased significantly by 20%. Ocean is a net source, about 1/3 of total oceanic souce. Southern Ocean is an important part of the global ocean system, has a unique hydrological characteristics. So far it is regarded as a significant natural source to the global N₂O flux according to the model studies. However,the field work is very limit, due to the fierce in situ conditions. The importance of N₂O reseaches of Southern Ocean, progresses of nitrous oxide researches, especially new technologies applied to underway N₂O measurements in the Southern Ocean are reviewed. The advance of field, model studies and their problems or uncertainties that need to be resolved are also discussed. The using of stable isotope methods will provide powerful tools for marine N₂O mechanism. Development of high precision monitoring technology is generally the driving force of future research. Developing techniques of laser spectroscopy in marine N₂O studies and measurment of N₂O in sea ice will provide powerful tools to differeciate the N₂O source sink characteristic, constrain their budget and formation mechanism in region such as Southern Ocean.     

Advances in Studying the Sea-Air Dimethysulphide Exchange Process in the Southern Ocean

Dimethylsulphide (DMS) is an important marine biogenic gas and can be released into atmosphere through sea air gas exchange. The oxidants of DMS in atmosphere are the main compounds of pristine marine sulphate aerosols and would affect the global climate change finally. Almost all the atmospheric DMS, about 90%, comes from the ocean. The southern ocean, which consists about 20% of the whole ocean area, is one of the largest atmospheric DMS sources. In contrast with the other oceans, the Southern Ocean appears great spatial and temporal variability of surface seawater DMS. In addition, there are the complex hydrography system, variable sea ice condition and various biologic activities in the Southern Ocean as to make survey and understand DMS as well as its controlling factors most difficult. Moreover, it is significant to integrate the DMS sea ice exchange processes and its controlling factors studies. In order to develop survey and research on the sea air DMS exchange and biogeochemistry processes, estimate methods of the sea air DMS fluxes will be reviewed, characteristics of the spatial and temporal distribution of surface seawater DMS will be discussed and the sea air DMS flux in the Southern Ocean will be assessed. Finally, major controlling factors of DMS sea air DMS processes will also be analyzed.     

Anthropogenic CO2 in Southern Ocean surface waters: evidence from stable organic carbon isotopes

We present an approach for tracing the fate of anthropogenic CO₂, compiling a large data set of stable organic carbon isotope ratios from surface sediments, plankton, and sinking matter in the Atlantic Ocean. The δ¹³C values of sinking matter are generally lower by 0.5–4.6‰ compared to the surface sediments. This difference increases with increasing latitude, which is explained by a stronger modern increase in surface water [CO₂ (aq)] in the Southern Ocean relative to the Tropical/Subtropical Ocean. Preindustrial dissolved CO₂ concentrations in Atlantic surface waters, estimated from the δ¹³C_org of surface sediments, are compared to recently measured surface water [CO₂ (aq)] values taken from literature. We obtain only a slight increase in [CO₂ (aq)] at lower latitudes but a significant change of about 7 ± 2 μ m in high latitudinal surface waters which we attribute to anthropogenic perturbation. Our results suggest that CO₂ released by human activities has been stored in Southern Ocean surface waters.     

Research Progress of Long-term Ocean Temperature Changes in the Southern Ocean

In the recent decades， a large amount of anthropogenic heat has been absorbed and stored in the Southern Ocean. Results from observations and climate models' simulations both show that the Southern Ocean displays large warming in the upper and subsurface ocean that maximizes at 45°~40°S. However， the underlying mechanisms and evolution processes of the Southern Ocean temperature changes remain unclear， leaving the Southern Ocean to be a hotspot of climate change studies in the recent years. The present study summarized the current progress in the observations and numerical modeling of long-term temperature changes in the Southern Ocean. The effects of changes in wind， surface heat flux， sea-ice and other factors on the ocean temperature changes were presented， along with the introduction to the role of oceanic mean circulation and eddies. The present study further proposed that a deepening of the understanding in the Southern Ocean temperature change may be achieved by investigating the fast and slow responses of the Southern Ocean to external radiative forcing， which are respectively associated with the fast adjustments of the ocean mixed-layer and the slow evolution of the deep ocean. Specifically， the striking and fast mixed-layer ocean warming north of 50°S is tightly related to the surface heat absorption over upwelling regions and wind-driven meridional heat transport， resulting in enhanced warming around 45°S. While in the slow response of the Southern Ocean temperature， the enhanced ocean warming shifts southward and downward， mainly associating with the heat transfer from oceanic eddies. The Southern Ocean temperature has pronounced climatic effects on many aspects， such as global energy balance， sea-level rise， ocean stratification changes， regional surface warming and atmospheric circulation changes. However， large model biases/deficiencies in simulating the present-day climatology and essential ocean dynamic processes last in generations of climate models， which are the main challenge in advancing our understanding in the mechanisms for the Southern Ocean climate changes. Therefore， to achieve reliable future projections of the Southern Ocean climate， substantial efforts will be needed to improve the model performances and physical understanding in the relative role of various processes in ocean temperature changes at different time scales.     

The Southern Ocean silica cycle

The Southern Ocean is a major opal sink and plays a key role in the silica cycle of the world ocean. So far however, a complete cycle of silicon in the Southern Ocean has not been published. On one hand, Southern Ocean surface waters receive considerable amounts of silicic acid (dissolved silica, DSi) from the rest of the world ocean through the upwelling of the Circumpolar Deep Water, fed by contributions of deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. On the other hand, the Southern Ocean exports a considerable flux of the silicic acid that is not used by diatoms in surface waters through the northward pathways of the Sub-Antarctic Mode Water, of the Antarctic Intermediate Water, and of the Antarctic Bottom Water. Thus the Southern Ocean is a source of DSi for the rest of the world ocean. Here we show that the Southern Ocean is a net importer of DSi: because there is no significant external input of DSi, the flux of DSi imported through the Circumpolar Deep Water pathway compensates the sink flux of biogenic silica in sediments.     

Calculating surface water PCO2 from foraminiferal organic δC

The δ¹³C of organic matter bound within the crystal lattice of foraminiferal calcite tests may provide a potential tracer of the isotopic composition of the surface water primary photosynthate. Using δ¹³C of the organic matter extracted from the crystal lattice and the calcite test, it is theoretically possible to estimate the paleo-surface water pCO₂. We have tailored this technique initially for the subpolar planktonic foraminifera species Globigerina bulloides. Initial surface water pCO₂ estimates from deep-sea core BOFS 5K (50°41.3′N, 21°51.9′W, water depth 3547 m) indicate that the northeast Atlantic Ocean may have been a greater sink for CO₂ during the last glacial than during the Holocene. Greatly reduced benthic foraminifera abundances, especially phytodetritus feeders, in BOFS 5K during the last glacial indicates low surface productivity. This rules out a productivity-driven CO₂ sink. The enhanced glacial CO₂ sink must, therefore, have results from a southwards shift of the centre of deep water formation.     

The Paleoceanography during the Time with High δ13C of Phanerozoic marine carbonates

Carbon isotopic composition of marine carbonates is a record for various important geological events in the process of earth development and evolution. The carbonates of Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic, as the transition from Paleozoic to Mesozoic-Cenozoic have very high ¹³C value. Taking this as the main point, and combined with the oxygen, strontium isotopic composition in carbonates, distribution of carbonate basin area through geologic time, the correlation of carbon isotopic composition of marine carbonates to sea level change, organic carbon burial flux, exchange of CO₂ content in atmosphere and ocean, and long cycle evolution of the earth ecosystems were approached. The results are shown as follows: ①The interval of ¹³C >3‰ during Phanerozoic was concentrated in Carboniferous, Permian and the beginning of Triassic, but the beginning of Triassic was characterized by higher frequency and larger fluctuations in ¹³C value during a short time, whereas the Carboniferous-Permian presented a continuously stable high ¹³C value, indicating a larger amount of organic carbon accumulation in this time interval. Relatively high ¹⁸O values during this time was also observed, showing a long time of glaciations and cold climate, which suggest a connection among rapid organic carbon burial, cold climate, as well as pCO₂ and pO₂ states of atmosphere. ②The over consumption of atmosphere CO₂ by green plants during the time with high ¹³C of seawater forced CO₂ being transferred from ocean to atmosphere for the balance, but the decrease in the seawater amount and water column pressure caused by the global cooling could weaken dissolution capacity of CO₂ in seawater and carbon storage of marine carbonates, and also reduce the carbonate sedimentary rate and decrease the carbonate basin area globally from Devonian to Carboniferous and Permian. During the middle-late Permian carbonate was widely replaced by siliceous sediments even though in shallow carbonate platform, which resulted in the decrease of marine invertebrates, suggesting the Permian chert event should be global. ③The Phanerozoic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr trend of seawater showed a sharp fall in Permian and drop to a minimum at the end of the Permian, indicting input of strontium from the submarine hydrothermal systems (mantle flux). Such process should accompany with a supplement of CO₂ from deep earth to atmosphere and ocean system, but the process associated with widespread volcanism and rises of earth’s surface temperature pricked up the mass extinction during the time of end Permian. ④Cold climate and increase of continental icecap volume, the amalgamation of northern Africa and Laurentia continentals were the main reasons responsible for the sea level drop, but the water consumption result from the significantly increased accumulation of organic carbon should also be one of the reasons for the sea level drop on the order of tens of meters. ⑤The mass extinction at the end Permian was an inevitable event in the process of earth system adjustment. It was difficult for marine invertebrates to survive because of the continuously rapid burial of organic carbon, and of the decrease of sea water amount and its dissolution ability to CO₂. At last, at the end of Paleozoic, the supplement of CO₂ to atmosphere and ocean by widely magma activities resulted in a high temperature of earth surface and intensified mass extinction.     

Reading the Past,Informing the Future: Progress and Prospective of the Recent Ocean Drilling Researches on Climate and Ocean Change

Aiming at the current climate status, i.e., drastic rise of atmospheric greenhouse gases and the apparent trend of global warming, the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), launched in 2013, proposed four scientific challenges, including the response of global climate to CO₂ rise, the feedback of ice-sheet and sea-level to global warming, the dynamics of the mid- and low-latitude hydro-cycle, and the mechanism of the marine carbon-chemical buffering system. By August 2017, eight IODP expeditions of climate-related themes were implemented, focusing on the Neogene evolution of the monsoon system over Asia-Pacific-Indian and the West Pacific Warm Pool, with specific interests in the variabilities and mechanisms of the Asian Monsoon system on orbital-to millennial-scales, as well as the connections between Asian Monsoon and the uplift/weathering of the Tibetan Plateau on tectonic time scale. The planned IODP expeditions in the forthcoming two years will explore the Southern high-latitude climate histories of West Antarctic ice in the Cenozoic, and Southern Ocean currents and carbon cycle in the Cretaceous-Paleogene. In sum, during the current phase of IODP (2013-2023), our knowledge about the marine climate system would be greatly advanced via deciphering the past changes in tropical processes of Asian Monsoon and West Pacific Warm Pool, as well as in high-latitude factors of the West Antarctic ice. A better scientific background of natural variability would be provided, accordingly, for predicting the future tendency in climate change. In this context, China’s strategic directions include the global monsoon concept, the tropical forcing hypothesis, and in particular the climate effect of the Sunda Shelf.     

Boron isotope systematics in large rivers: implications for the marine boron budget and paleo-pH reconstruction over the Cenozoic

The chemical composition of the oceans and long-term climate changes are believed to be linked. Reconstruction of seawater pH evolution is desirable as pH may be related to atmospheric pCO₂, and hence to climate evolution. Boron isotopes in oceanic carbonates have been suggested to be a proxy for oceanic paleo-pH reconstruction. Nevertheless, the calculation of paleo-pH values over geological periods requires a precise knowledge of the boron isotopic composition of the oceans when calcite precipitated. We present the systematics of boron isotopic composition of the world's main rivers. We deduce a continental boron flux to the oceans of 38×10¹⁰ gB/year with a mean isotopic composition of +10‰. These results lead to a balanced boron budget in the oceans and allow the development of a model for the marine boron secular evolution over the past 100 Myr. It is shown that the oceanic boron cycle is mainly controlled by the boron continental discharge and the boron uptake from the oceans during low temperature alteration of oceanic crust. However, the recent important increase of the clastic sediment supply, linked to the Himalayan erosion, impacts the oceanic boron budget by enhancing significantly the boron uptake by adsorption on sediments. We predict a boron isotopic composition in the oceans lower during the Cenozoic and slightly higher during the Cretaceous than today. The modelled values for the marine boron isotopes follow the variations of boron isotopes in carbonates over the Cenozoic era provided by previous studies, suggesting that the variations of the seawater pH may not have been important on this time scale. If this is the case, it involves that buffering mechanisms occur in the oceans to maintain seawater pH at a roughly constant value against past atmospheric pCO₂ variations.     

小秦岭大湖金钼矿床地质特征及成矿流体

小秦岭地区位于华北克拉通南缘,赋存许多大型-超大型的金矿床,大湖金钼矿床位于小秦岭北矿带。大湖金钼矿床成矿具有多期多阶段特点,包括热液期和表生期,根据矿脉穿切关系、矿石的矿物组成以及结构、构造研究,热液期分为4个成矿阶段,即石英-钾长石-辉钼矿阶段(Ⅰ)、石英-黄铁矿-自然金阶段(Ⅱ)、石英-多金属硫化物-自然金阶段(Ⅲ)和石英-碳酸盐阶段(Ⅳ)。流体包裹体岩相学、激光拉曼成分分析和冷热台测温结果表明,大湖金钼矿的初始成矿流体属H₂O-CO₂-NaCl体系,包裹体分为三种类型,即CO₂-H₂O型包裹体(C型)、水溶液型包裹体(W型)和纯CO₂型包裹体(PC型)。成矿Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ和Ⅳ阶段包裹体均一温度范围分别为275.3~350.0 ℃、260.0~312.7 ℃、245.3~287.6 ℃和237~251 ℃,流体盐度范围为5.2%~16.7%,密度为0.777~1.108 g/cm³,为中-高温、中-低盐度、低密度流体,与变质流体特征一致。均一温度从Ⅰ阶段→Ⅳ阶段呈逐渐下降趋势,盐度从Ⅰ阶段→Ⅲ阶段逐渐降低,Ⅳ阶段沸腾作用使流体中的气体组分逸出,导致剩余流体的浓缩盐度增高。流体成矿压力范围为58.0~196.3 MPa,对应成矿深度范围为3.0~7.1 km。矿区普遍存在的围岩蚀变表明水岩反应强烈,氢同位素δD为-90‰~-44‰,成矿流体氧同位素δ¹⁸O_水范围为2.1‰~5.9‰,属于变质热液范围;在δ¹⁸O_水-δD组成图解投图中落在变质水范围左下侧,Ⅱ、Ⅲ阶段样品的δ¹⁸O_水较Ⅰ阶段整体左移,表明高温变质流体与围岩(斜长角闪岩等变质岩)发生水岩反应,导致同位素互换平衡。大湖金钼矿床受区域近东西向断裂构造控制,属典型的断控脉状矿床,成矿流体以变质水为主,矿床主要特征与典型的造山型金矿特征相符。     

甘肃省鹿儿坝金矿流体包裹体研究:对流体演化和成矿机制的探讨

西秦岭地区矿产丰富,金资源储量巨大。国内学者对于该区域的众多金矿床开展了大量成矿流体性质及来源的研究工作,但是并没有形成统一的认识;此外,西秦岭礼(县)—岷(县)成矿带,合作—鹿儿坝—崖湾金、汞、锑多金属成矿亚带的成矿流体研究工作比较薄弱。鹿儿坝金矿床为该成矿带的一个代表性金矿床,其赋存于三叠统浊积岩建造中,属于微细粒浸染型金矿。主成矿阶段热液石英脉及方解石脉中流体包裹体主要为H₂O气液两相包裹体,少见纯气相包裹体、纯液相包裹体、CO₂-H₂O三相包裹体。包裹体均一温度范围为81~247 ℃,盐度范围为1.23%~10.98%。流体包裹体气相成分以水为主,还有少量的CH₄、CO₂、H₂等。氢、氧同位素实验数据表明,流体中δD_V-SMOW值变化范围为-84.4‰~-96.0‰、δ¹⁸O值的变化范围为-4.20‰~6.45‰,表明成矿流体来源并非单一,可能为岩浆水与大气降水混合来源。此外,构造体制的转换造成流体沸腾,导致了大规模金等物质沉淀、聚集、成矿。     

Advances on Studies of Methane in the Arctic Ocean

Methane(CH₄) is an important greenhouse gas, CH₄ concentrations in atmosphere hve increased by 2-3 times since the Industrial Revolution. Considering the huge CH₄ storage in the Arctic Ocean, the fast increasing flux and their consequences are attracting more and more attention. This paper summarized the advances in the study of CH₄ in the Arctic Ocean, especially the distribution pattern and air-sea flux and its biogeochemical cycle in the Arctic Ocean. It also presented the research prospect for the future.     

Possible correlation between a mantle plume and the evolution of Paleo-Tethys Jinshajiang Ocean: Evidence from a volcanic rifted margin in the Xiaru-Tuoding area, Yunnan, SW China

Several Paleozoic sutures in Southwestern China provide a record of the history of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean, whose birth and final closure are associated with the breakup and assembly of Gondwanaland. Recent studies indicate that there are widespread OIB-type mafic volcanic rocks within these suture zones and intervening terranes. This paper examines the geology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the Xiaruo-Tuoding area, a remnant passive margin succession of the Jinshajiang Paleo-Tethyan Ocean. The sedimentary and volcanic stratigraphy of this area is interpreted as a seaward dipping margin with a few continentward dipping normal faults. The available geochemistry of these volcanic rocks suggest that they are OIB-like basalts, characterised by SiO₂ = 42.78–50.46 wt.%, high TiO₂ contents (TiO₂ = 2.2–3.55 wt.%), moderate MgO = 4.15–6.49 wt.%, Mg# = 0.37–0.50, high Ti/Y ratios (mostly > 450), large ion lithosphere elements enrichment, high strength field elements and rare earth elements, with La/Nb = 1.04–1.39, Ce/Yb = 18.38–30, Sm/Yb = 2.16–3.52, (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)i = 0.705350–0.707867, and Nd(t) = − 1.43–1.90. These geochemical and isotopic signatures are generally similar to those of the Emeishan flood basalts, which together with stratigraphic constraints, demonstrate that these volcanics were formed in a volcanic rifted margin, probably associated with a mantle plume. A new model is proposed to interpret the evolution of the Jinshajiang Paleo-Tethyan Ocean and its possible relationship to the Emeishan mantle plume. In this model, we argue that the opening of the Jinshajiang Paleo-Tethyan Ocean in the Carboniferous was caused by a mantle plume. The mantle plume was active to the east along the western margin of the Yangtze Craton between 300 and 260 Ma, from which the voluminous Emeishan flood basalts were erupted at 260 Ma. The closure of the Jinshajiang Ocean occurred since the Middle Permian. Continuous westward subduction generated the Jiangda-Weixi magmatic arc to the west of the Jinshajiang suture. This subduction also partly destroyed and/or tectonically sliced the volcanic rifted margin. Some seaward dipping volcanic-sedimentary sequences on the east flank of the Jinshajiang Ocean were preserved, but are strongly deformed.     

I/(Ca+Mg)作为指示碳酸盐沉积氧化还原条件的重要指标: 研究进展与问题评述*

海水氧化还原条件显著影响真核生物的起源与早期演化,但以往有关早期海水氧化还原条件研究的对象,主要依赖相对深水的细粒碎屑岩沉积(如黑色页岩),而对真核生物集中分布的浅水环境中的碳酸盐岩关注不够且手段缺乏。这显著制约了对真核生物起源与早期演化机理的认识。近年来,有学者提出碳酸盐岩的I/(Ca+Mg)值可作为反映海洋氧化还原条件的重要指标,并将其广泛应用于海相碳酸盐岩的古氧相研究中。该指标的提出主要基于对现代海洋碘组分的观测以及室内方解石合成实验结果: 观测结果表明,海水中的碘主要以氧化态(IO₃^-)和还原态(I^-)2种形式存在,随着氧含量的下降(如在氧极小带),氧化态的碘被逐步转换为还原态的碘,且海水中的IO₃^-浓度与海水氧含量大体呈正相关。实验研究证明,IO₃^-可按一定的分配系数进入到碳酸盐矿物晶格中,但I^-则不能。由于IO₃^-/I^-的还原势能与O₂/H₂O的还原势能接近,因此I/(Ca+Mg)值是最早响应海洋氧含量下降的指标之一,可用于表征深时(如前寒武纪)次氧化环境中表层海水的氧含量波动。此外,学者们也尝试建立I/(Ca+Mg)值与氧含量之间的半定量关系,如I/(Ca+Mg)值大于0和2.5μmol/mol这两个临界值所对应的海水氧含量。结合大量现代缺氧水体和氧极小带中碘组分与溶解氧浓度相关关系的研究,作者提出I/(Ca+Mg)=1.5μmol/mol为重要的临界值之一,可用于限定初级生产力在表层海水中所能产生的最大氧浓度值(~10 μM),并能进一步区分海水和大气的氧化。此外,对I/(Ca+Mg)值的应用进展及潜在问题进行评述,并对可能的发展方向进行展望。     

太平洋调查区多金属结核的地球化学特征和成因

东太结核主要为半埋藏和埋藏型,发育于以黏土和硅质组分为主的沉积环境。东太结核的锰相矿物主要有水羟锰矿和钡镁锰矿,具有较高的REY、Cu、Ni含量和Mn/Fe比值,显示遭受间隙水的影响,落入水成成因和成岩成因两个区间范围。西太结核主体暴露在海水中,周围沉积物主要由深海黏土组成。西太结核的锰相矿物几乎只有水羟锰矿,具有较高的REY、Co含量和低Mn/Fe比值,属于典型的水成成因型。两个区域的多金属结核的稀土北美页岩标准化模式均显示Ce正异常、Y负异常和无或弱Eu异常,与海水稀土特征构成良好的耦合关系,是多金属结核对海水稀土选择性富集的结果。西太结核相对东太结核具有更高的Ce含量和δCe,Co、Ti与Ce具有良好的正相关关系。研究认为海水中溶解氧并不一定是控制结核Ce正异常程度的关键因素,Co、Ti等元素及其相关组分能够引起Ce与其他稀土元素的强烈分馏,也可能是影响多金属结核Ce正异常程度的控制因素。研究区多金属结核和富钴结壳表层样的ε_Nd范围为-6.6~-2.5,是全球最富放射性成因Nd的海洋铁锰壳层。结合稀土模式以及Eu异常特征,本研究认为多金属结核的稀土主要来自ε_Nd相对较高的周围陆壳,可以通过河流或者大气沉降等方式输送到大洋,而研究区广泛分布的海山玄武岩释放的放射性成因Nd同位素对海水的影响微弱。     

Clues from Current High CO2 Environments on the Effects of Ocean Acidification on CaCO3 Preservation

Acidification of surface seawater owing to anthropogenic activities has raised serious concerns on its consequences for marine calcifying organisms and ecosystems. To acquire knowledge concerning the future consequences of ocean acidification (OA), researchers have relied on incubation experiments with organisms exposed to future seawater conditions, numerical models, evidence from the geological record, and recently, observations from aquatic environments exposed to naturally high CO₂ and low pH, e.g., owing to volcanic CO₂ vents, upwelling, and groundwater input. In the present study, we briefly evaluate the distribution of dissolved CO₂–carbonic acid parameters at (1) two locations in the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean as a function of depth, (2) a mangrove environment in Bermuda, (3) a seasonally stratified body of water in a semi-enclosed sound in Bermuda, and (4) in temporarily isolated tide pools in Southern California. We demonstrate that current in situ conditions of seawater pCO₂, pH, and CaCO₃ saturation state (Ω) in these environments are similar or even exceed the anticipated changes to these parameters in the open ocean over the next century as a result of OA. The observed differences between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with respect to seawater CO₂–carbonic acid chemistry, preservation of CaCO₃ minerals, and the occurrence and distribution of deep-sea marine calcifiers, support the hypothesized negative effects of OA on the production and preservation of CaCO₃ in surface seawater. Clues provided from shallow near-shore environments in Bermuda and Southern California support these predictions, but also highlight that many marine calcifiers already experience relatively high seawater pCO₂ and low pH conditions.     

准噶尔盆地东北缘石炭系火山岩形成机制:对准噶尔洋盆闭合时限的新启示

准噶尔古大洋作为古亚洲洋北部的重要分支及阶段性演化产物,其洋盆的俯冲、闭合时限以及盆地基底属性一直存在分歧。本文选取准噶尔盆地东北缘(乌伦古地区)石炭系火山岩来说明其岩浆来源及成因机制,通过主微量元素、Sr-Nd同位素分析结果,进一步阐明准噶尔洋盆在晚古生代的闭合时限。本次研究包括玄武岩、玄武质安山岩和安山岩三类火山岩,岩体显示低TiO₂(0.60%~0.84%)、较高的全碱K₂O+Na₂O含量(1.18%~8.59%),玄武岩为岛弧拉斑系列,安山岩类的钙碱元素含量高,具有火山弧火山岩特征。中-低⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_(i)(0.703 250~0.704 559)、相对亏损的Nd同位素(+4.8~+6.8)以及t_DM2(483~625 Ma)值表明玄武岩、玄武质安山岩和安山岩同为亏损地幔熔融岩浆分异结晶的产物,安山岩为地幔熔融岩浆后期分离结晶形成;微量元素与同位素地球化学示踪暗示玄武岩、玄武质安山岩和安山岩含有洋壳俯冲过程的脱水流体交代上覆地幔楔的消减组分,安山岩在深部岩浆房经历了壳-幔混合作用,受地壳成分的混染程度更大。大离子亲石元素(LILE)Ba、Sr和轻稀土元素、不相容元素(Th、U、K)相对富集,高场强元素(HFSE)Nb、Ta相对亏损,以及Pb、Zr、Hf的富集,说明该区属于与俯冲消减带相关的构造背景;结合本套火山岩高Ba/La(30.14~208.86)值、低TiO₂(0.60%~0.84%)值,以及Ce/Nb比(8.71~12.05)、Th/Nb比(0.93~1.74)等,表明准噶尔洋盆于石炭纪沿着大陆板块下部持续俯冲,洋壳板片的俯冲脱水流体交代地幔楔后增生岛弧。该套中-基性火山岩建造佐证了准噶尔洋盆闭合时限为晚石炭世(ca. 305.5±4.4 Ma),结合区域地质资料分析,提出与俯冲带有关的岩浆通过岛弧拼贴增生到大陆地壳上,进一步为准噶尔盆地基底的岛弧拼贴成因提供了新依据。     

人类巨量碳排放后果分析: 来自青藏高原综合调查的启示

人类巨量碳排放究竟导致什么后果,争议颇大,只有深入研究始新世以来大气CO₂浓度与环境变化,才有可能正确认识未来人类自身巨量碳排放之后果。大量研究揭示出: 从始新世到渐新世末期,大气CO₂浓度大幅下降,全球变冷,形成了大陆冰川; 中新世至今,大气CO₂浓度在低浓度背景之下长周期缓慢下降。当前尚不清楚何种机制主导了这一变化过程,也不清楚形成大陆冰川的水来自何方。为此,从青藏高原深部碳循环、表层水循环和环境变化的角度探讨这些问题,再分析未来人类巨量碳排放之后果。青藏高原在生长、隆升过程中,通过硅酸岩化学风化、植物光合作用、陆内俯冲(深埋)、水岩反应等方式,持续将巨量大气CO₂转化为富含碳元素的固、流体,封存在青藏高原新生的厚地壳之中,大幅降低了大气CO₂浓度,导致了全球变冷、大陆内陆(含青藏高原,下同)表层失水变干,形成了大陆冰川。渐新世—中新世之交,青藏高原生长到改变大气环流的规模,形成了亚洲季风,大陆内陆进一步荒漠化,捕获CO₂的量大幅下降,并与青藏高原内部所释放CO₂的量达到了准动态平衡,这是中新世以来大气CO₂浓度变化的主要机制。人类巨量碳排放彻底扭转了大气CO₂浓度长周期缓慢下降的趋势,大陆冰川因全球变暖所形成的液态水不会长期停留在海洋里,而以大气降水的方式重新回到干冷的大陆内陆,青藏高原将因此再次成为巨型水塔,缓解30多亿人的清洁饮用水问题。持续生长的高原和当前干冷荒漠化的大陆内陆通过前述多种方式固化人类排放的巨量CO₂,导致未来大气CO₂浓度在较高浓度背景下保持稳定,届时沙漠变绿洲,黄土高原变成有机质丰富的黑土高原,人居环境大幅改善; 但在盆地内部,PM2.5难以扩散,易形成雾霾。全球平均海平面因海水热膨胀而缓慢上升,上升速率约为1 mm/a。水主要在大陆冰川与内陆表层之间循环,与海平面升降之间没有因果关系。因此,人类巨量碳排放所导致的全球变暖对于人类自身的发展是利大于弊。