南海西沙海槽S14站位的地球化学异常特征及其意义

西沙海槽具备良好的天然气水合物的形成条件,并已发现与其有关的地球物理标志--模拟海底反射层（BSR）。通过对西沙海槽S14大型活塞站位的孔隙水和沉积物样品进行化学组分、酸解烃和热释光等方面的分析测试,结果发现在海底之下4～5 m区间存在着较明显的高盐高烃异常,其中酸解烃中的甲烷、乙烷、丙烷含量及其热释光值均有所增高,孔隙水中的绝大部分离子及其盐度也存在着明显的升高,这一高盐高烃异常可能是下部与天然气水合物有关的孔隙流体沿着断层向上迁移所致。这些地球化学异常以及模拟海底反射层等地球物理标志显示该站位之下可能存在天然气水合物。     

西沙海槽研究区天然气水合物地球化学勘探及成藏模式研究

依据ODP204航次1250C站位钻井样品酸解烃数据结果,以及作者在南海西沙海槽研究区天然气水合物地球化学现场勘查中得到的多种烃类指标数据、异常点上微量甲烷碳同位素数值等资料,对海洋水合物地球化学勘探的依据和研究区气态烃异常特征、气体成因、天然气水合物成藏模式等相关问题进行了研究探讨。结果表明:气态烃指标地球化学异常主要分布在工区北部斜坡地带,并与BSR等地震标志及深部断裂关系密切;西沙海槽研究区海底沉积物气态烃甲烷以热解成因为主,但也有混合成因;推测该区天然气水合物为断层渗滤综合成藏模式。研究成果比较合理地解释了BSR分布和海底沉积物甲烷局部异常并非完全一致的原因;评价预测了该区天然气水合物有利勘探目标。成果为该区天然气水合物勘探、天然气水合物成因机制研究和天然气水合物远景预测,提供了地球化学方面的证据。     

南海北部东沙群岛HD196站位地球化学特征及其对水合物的指示

南海北部是中国海上油气的重要基地,也是中国天然气水合物调查的首选地区。对南海北部东沙群岛附近具有BSR特征的HD196站位沉积物样品的地球化学特征进行综合分析,得到以下结果:柱状样沉积物的常量元素的分布具有分段性,且与沉积物孔隙水中的离子浓度和甲烷含量的变化趋势相一致,可能对其下面是否存在天然气水合物有指示意义;同时柱状样沉积物孔隙水中离子浓度的变化与世界上发现天然气水合物地点的孔隙水离子浓度的变化一致。HD196站位的地质条件表明本站位具有天然气水合物形成的温压条件、气源条件和构造条件,因此在本站位的下面赋存天然气水合物的可能性比较大,在此进一步工作有可能取得天然气水合物勘查的突破。     

南海琼东南盆地气态烃地球化学特征及天然气水合物资源远景预测

天然气水合物研究覆盖了地球物理学、地球化学和地质学等多门学科,其中勘查地球化学方法可以从海底介质中直接获得与天然气水合物有关的地球化学信息,圈定水合物异常区域。近些年来大量的研究工作和陆续发现的地球物理和地球化学证据显示,南海北部海域是我国勘查天然气水合物最有潜力的区域之一。依据广州海洋地质调查局2005年第4航次获得的南海琼东南盆地沉积物酸解烃测试结果和高异常段位同位素分析数据,探讨了琼东南盆地气态烃地球化学分布特征和异常成因。结合西沙海槽已有的勘探资料和水合物成藏地质条件,分析南海北部西沙海槽—琼东南地区与天然气水合物有关的地球化学异常特征,并对水合物成藏远景进行了预测。研究成果为南海北部天然气水合物勘探提供地球化学证据。     

海上气态烃快速测试与西沙海槽天然气水合物资源勘查

西沙海槽具有适合天然气水合物形成和赋存的地形地貌及地质条件 ,是中国海洋天然气水合物资源勘查的远景区。为配合中国首次天然气水合物资源的调查研究 ,在该区进行了海底表层沉积物甲烷、乙烷等气态烃快速现场测试。研究发现 ,海底沉积物随着埋深的增加气态烃含量具有增高的趋势 ;最佳取样深度应在埋深 1～ 4m处 ;海底沉积物甲烷高含量异常区域主要分布在B33周围、A0 9—A11周围、B17—A0 2周围和B0 1—B0 3周围等区域。西沙海槽北部陆坡比槽底及南部斜坡具有更好的甲烷异常显示。该研究成果为以后该区天然气水合物资源的重点勘查提供了科学依据     

南海北部地区海洋沉积物中孔隙水的氢、氧同位素组成特征

海洋沉积物中孔隙水的H、O同位素地球化学研究可以有效示踪天然气水合物的存在，中国南海地区由于地处三大板块交会处，地质构造特殊，沉积地层厚，沉积速率高，有机质丰富，并有指示天然气水合物存在的地球物理证据BSR存在，符合天然气水合物的赋存条件。本文对南海北部地区部分海域浅层沉积物中孔隙水样品进行了H、O同位素分析，试图探讨与天然气水合物赋存有关的地球化学异常。通过研究认为，①南海处于三大板块的交界处，具有特殊的地球物理场和构造沉积特征以及较适合天然气水合物赋存的温压条件，特别是南海北部地区有利于天然气水合物的生成；②南海北部地区部分海域的浅表层沉积物的H、O同位素测试中可以看出，总体上与海水的正常值一致，可能来自海水，但是在其中A14站位8个样品表现出了与天然气水合物有关的重同位素随深度增加的趋势。也许指示该区有天然气水合物存在的可能性。     

论河北丰宁牛圈银（金）矿床的成矿时限问题

南沙海槽的构造和沉积受控于南海的构造运动和加里曼丹西北大陆边缘的演化,具有适于天然气水合物形成的物源基础、温压条件、输导系统和储藏场所。似海底反射层(BSR)出现在水深650~2 800 m、海底下65~350 m深的晚中新世沉积物中,与褶皱、逆冲推覆构造及穹窿构造有关;沉积物中的甲烷含量和孔隙水的SO24-含量表现出异常变化特征,硫酸盐-甲烷界面(SMI)深度仅为8~11 m;表层沉积的自生石膏和黄铁矿的成岩环境与甲烷流体排溢引起的厌氧甲烷氧化(AOM)有关,这些地球物理和地球化学指标均指示南沙海槽发育天然气水合物。研究表明,南沙海槽沉积物的甲烷以二氧化碳还原型微生物成因为主,少量为混合气,海槽东南部可能是最有潜力的天然气水合物远景区。     

东沙海域SMI与甲烷通量的关系及对水合物的指示

硫酸根甲烷界面(SMI)是识别海洋沉积物中天然气水合物赋存(甲烷通量)的一个重要生物地球化学标志.通过对南海北部陆坡东沙海域37个站位浅表层沉积物中孔隙水的SO42-和H2S含量变化和沉积物顶空气甲烷含量的变化等地球化学特性进行分析,研究南海北部东沙海域硫酸根甲烷界面(SMI)的分布情况,通过硫酸根变化梯度估算甲烷通量.研究结果显示,东沙海域存在南部深水区"海洋四号"沉积体和北部浅水区九龙甲烷礁两个水合物有利区域,SMI埋深普遍较浅,指示较高的甲烷通量(3.8×10-3~5.9×10-3 mmol/(cm2·a)),与国际上已发现天然气水合物区的地球化学特征相类似.这种高甲烷通量很可能是由下伏的天然气水合物所引起的,暗示着该区海底之下可能有天然气水合物层赋存.     

南海北部海区海底沉积物中孔隙水的Cl~-和SO_4~(2-)浓度异常特征及其对天然气水合物的指示意义

报道了中国南海北部海区海底沉积物中孔隙水的Cl-和SO42-质量浓度的变化特征, 圈定了孔隙水中Cl-质量浓度的高值异常区。由于水合物形成过程中的排盐效应, 会使其上覆浅表层沉积物中孔隙水的盐度增高, 因此这些氯离子的高值异常区值得进一步的勘查。对孔隙水中SO42-的质量浓度分析表明, 研究区的一些站位表现出随深度增加SO42-的质量浓度梯度发生明显的变化, 计算的硫酸盐甲烷交接带SMI界面深度均在 10m左右, 与ODP164航次和ODP204航次有天然气水合物的钻孔的SMI界面深度基本吻合, 说明这些站位深部有天然气水合物存在的可能性。     

利用卫星热红外遥感探测南海天然气水合物

天然气水合物被誉为21世纪“化石燃料”的清洁替代能源,其意义十分重大。本文首次将卫星热红外遥感应于南海天然气水合物的勘查中,实践证明效果较好。作者分析了卫星热红外增温异常的机制,探讨了卫星热红外增温异常与海底天然气水合物的关系,指出了南海西沙海槽区、东沙群岛岛坡区、笔架南盆地、北吕宋海槽区、南沙海槽一带等是天气气水合物可能的赋存地带。     

Geochemical characteristics of sediment pore water from Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough of South China Sea and their significance for gas hydrate occurrence

Gas hydrate is a recently-found new source of energy that mostly exists in marine sediments. In recent years, we have conducted gas hydrate exploration in the South China Sea. The Xisha trough, one of the promising target areas for gas hydrate, is located in the northern margin of the South China Sea, adjacent to several large oil and gas fields. The Xisha trough extends 420 km long with the water depth of 1 500 m in the west part and 3 400 m in the east part and deposits thick sediments with organic matter content of 0.41%–1.02%. Previous studies on topographical features, geological P-T conditions, structural geology, sedimentary geology and geophysical bottom simulating reflectors (BSR) in the Xisha trough suggest that this area is favorable for the formation and accumulation of gas hydrate. In this paper, we present geochemical analyses for the sediment and pore water from a piston core at Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough. Seven pore water samples were analyzed for their anion (Cl⁻, SO₄ ²⁻, Br⁻, I⁻) contents, cation (Na, K, Ca, Mg) contents and trace element (Li, B, Sr, Ba, Rb, Mn) contents. Eight sediment samples were analyzed for stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions. A number of geochemical anomalies such as anions (e.g. Cl⁻, SO₄ ²⁻), cations (e.g. Ca, Mg) and trace elements (e.g. Sr, Ba, B) were found in this study. For example, the concentrations of Cl⁻ and SO₄ ²⁻ in pore water show a decreasing trend with depth. The estimated sulfate/methane interface (SMI) is only 18 m, which is quite similar to the SMI value of 23 m in the ODP164 Leg 997 at Blake Ridge. The Ca, Mg and Sr concentrations of pore water also decrease with depth, but concentrations of Ba, and Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios increase with depth. These geochemical anomalies are quite similar to those found in gas hydrate locations in the world such as the Blake Ridge and may be related to the formation and dissociation of gas hydrates. The salt exclusion effect during the gas hydrate formation will cause an increase in major ion concentrations in the pore waters that diffused upward such as Cl. The anaerobic methane oxidation (AMO) may lead to the change of SO₄ ²⁻ and other cations such as Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba in pore water. Low δ ¹³C value of authigenic carbonates is a good indicator for gas hydrate occurrence. However, the bulk sediment samples we analyzed all show normal δ ¹³C values similar to biogenic marine carbonates, and this may also suggest that no gas hydrate-related authigenic carbonates exist or their amount is so small that they are not detectable by using this bulk analytical method. In conclusion, we suggest that the Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough of the northern margin of the South China Sea is a potential target for further gas hydrate exploration. Translated from Quaternary Sciences, 2006, 26(3): 442–448 [译自: 第四纪研究]     

南海北部琼东南海域HQ-48PC站位地球化学特征及对天然气水合物的指示意义

南海北部陆坡琼东南海域是中国天然气水合物勘探最具潜力的区域之一。对该海域的HQ-48PC站位沉积物样品的顶空气甲烷含量、孔隙水阴、阳离子及微量元素含量等地球化学特征进行综合分析,结果显示:在硫酸盐-甲烷界面(SMI,Sulfate-Methane Interface)(推算深度约为6.05 mbsf)发生了强烈的甲烷厌氧氧化反应(AMO,Anaerobic Meth-ane Oxidation),主要表现为SO24-含量线性降低接近于0、CH4含量发生骤增、有机碳和黄铁矿含量达到最大值及形成一个"钡锋"等特征。在SMI之上,HCO3-浓度随深度的增加呈明显上升的趋势,Ca2+、Mg2+、Sr2+等离子浓度随深度的增加呈降低的趋势,Mg2+/Ca2+比值随深度的增加呈明显增加的趋势,自生碳酸盐矿物以方解石为主;在SMI之下,HCO3-浓度随深度的增加呈缓慢下降的趋势,Ca2+浓度变化不大,Mg2+、Sr2+浓度和Mg2+/Ca2+比值随深度的增加呈降低的趋势,自生碳酸盐矿物以白云石为主。沉积物孔隙水的PO34-和NH4+含量较高,它们随深度的增加呈明显升高的趋势,且这种变化趋势与SO42-含量的下降趋势大致呈镜像关系。这些地球化学异常特征与国际上已发现有天然气水合物地区的地球化学特征相类似,暗示该采样站位深部沉积物中可能赋存有天然气水合物藏。     

天然气水合物成因探讨

天然气水合物是未来的能源资源。其分布于极地地区、深海地区及深水湖泊中。在海洋里,天然气水合物主要分布于外大陆边缘和洋岛的周围,其分布与近代火山的分布范围具有一致性。同位素组成表明天然气水合物甲烷主要是由自养产甲烷菌还原CO₂形成的。典型的大陆边缘沉积物有机碳含量低（＜0．5％～1．0％）,不足以产生天然气水合物带高含量的甲烷。赋存天然气水合物的沉积物时代主要为晚中新世-晚上新世,具有一定的时限性,并且天然气水合物与火山灰或火山砂共存,表明其形成与火山-热液体系有一定联系。火山与天然气水合物空间上的一致性表明,天然气水合物甲烷的底物可能主要是由洋底火山喷发带来的CO2。由前人研究结果推断 HCO^－₃在脱去两个O原子的同时,可能发生了亲核重排,羟基 H原子迁移到 C原子上,形成了甲酰基（HCO^－）,使甲烷的第一个 H原子来源于水。探讨了甲烷及其水合物的形成机制,提出了天然气水合物成因模型。     

安徽马鞍山市当涂地区地下水水化学特征及演化机制

【研究目的】 了解长江中下游平原地区地下水流系统并深入分析其地下水水化学特征及其演化机制。【研究方法】 综合马鞍山市当涂地区的水文地质条件、水动力场等,基于研究区水化学基本特征,运用多元统计分析、水化学图件、离子比值和反向水文地球化学模拟等方法对该地区浅层地下水水化学演化进行分析。【研究结果】 结果表明：（1）研究区地下水主要为低矿化度偏碱性水,地下水组分中阳离子以Ca²⁺和Mg²⁺为主,阴离子以HCO₃^-和SO₄^2-为主。（2）研究区地下水水化学类型主要可分为7类,其中松散岩类孔隙含水岩组和碎屑岩类孔隙裂隙含水岩组的水化学类型主要为HCO₃^-Ca型、HCO₃^-Ca·Na型、HCO₃·Cl-Ca·Na型以及HCO₃^-Ca·Mg型;基岩类裂隙含水岩组的化学类型主要为HCO₃·SO₄-Ca·Mg型和SO₄·HCO₃^-Ca·Mg型。（3）研究区浅层地下水水样超标率为46%,总体水质较差,超标率较高的组分依次为Mn、高锰酸盐指数（COD_Mn）、硝酸盐（以N计）、Fe、As、氨氮（以N计）等。（4）研究区地下水的化学组分主要受到岩石风化作用的控制;此外,还存在Na-Ca的正向阳离子交替吸附作用。反向水文地球化学模拟结果进一步定量论证了水岩相互作用对本区浅层地下水组分的形成和演化起着主导作用。【结论】 研究区地下水主要为低矿化度偏碱性,主要可分为松散岩类孔隙水、碎屑岩类孔隙裂隙水和基岩类裂隙水。主要离子比例和反向水文地球化学模拟揭示了本区浅层地下水化学组分主要是地下水溶滤方解石、白云石等碳酸盐矿物、石英、长石等硅酸盐矿物,高岭土等黏土矿物以及岩盐、石膏等达到过饱和之后形成的。     

Halogen concentrations in pore waters and sediments of the Nankai Trough,Japan: Implications for the origin of gas hydrates

Presented here are halogen concentrations (Cl, Br and I) in pore waters and sediments from three deep cores in gas hydrate fields of the Nankai Trough area. The three cores were drilled between 1999 and 2004 in different geologic regions of the northeastern Nankai Trough hydrate zone. Iodine concentrations in all three cores increase rapidly with depth from seawater concentrations (0.00043 mmol/L) to values of up to 0.45 mmol/L. The chemical form of I was identified as I⁻, in accordance with the anaerobic conditions in marine sediments below the SO₄ reduction depth. The increase in I is accompanied by a parallel, although lesser increase in Br concentrations, while Cl concentrations are close to seawater values throughout most of the profiles. Large concentration fluctuations of the three halogens in pore waters were found close to the lower boundary of the hydrate stability zone, related to processes of formation and dissociation of hydrates in this zone. Generally low concentrations of I and Br in sediments and the lack of correlation between sediment and pore water profiles speak against derivation of I and Br from local sediments and suggest transport of halogen rich fluids into the gas hydrate fields. Differences in the concentration profiles between the three cores indicate that modes of transportation shifted from an essentially vertical pattern in a sedimentary basin location to more horizontal patterns in accretionary ridge settings. Because of the close association between organic material and I and the similarity of transport behavior for I⁻ and CH₄, the results suggest that the CH₄ in the gas hydrates also was transported by aqueous fluids from older sediments into the present layers.     

Thermodynamic and pore water halogen constraints on gas hydrate distribution at ODP Site 997 (Blake Ridge)

Marine sediment sequences with CH₄ hydrate are characterized by an atypical depth profile in dissolved Cl⁻ squeezed from pore space: a shallow subsurface Cl⁻ maximum overlies a lengthy and pronounced Cl⁻ minimum. This pore water Cl⁻ profile represents a combination of multiple processes including glacial–interglacial variations in ocean salinity, advection and diffusion of ions that are excluded during gas hydrate formation at depth, and release of fresh water from dissociation of hydrate during core recovery. In situ quantities of gas hydrate can be determined from a measured pore water Cl⁻ profile provided the in situ pore water signature prior to core recovery can be separated. Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 997 was drilled into a large CH₄ hydrate reservoir on the Blake Ridge in the western Atlantic Ocean. Previously we have constructed a high-resolution pore water Cl⁻ profile at this location; here we present a `coupled chloride-hydrate' numerical model to explain basic trends in the Cl⁻ profile and to isolate in situ Cl⁻ concentrations. The model is based on thermodynamic and ecological considerations, and uses established equations for describing chemical behavior in marine sediment–pore water systems. The model incorporates four key concepts: (1) most gas hydrate is formed immediately below the SO₄²⁻ reduction zone; (2) fluid, dissolved ions and gas advect upward through the sediment column; (3) CH₄ hydrate dissociates at the base of hydrate stability conditions; and (4) seawater salinity fluctuates during glacial–interglacial cycles of the late Pliocene and Quaternary. Rates of upward advection in the model are sufficient to account for measured Br⁻ and I⁻ concentrations as well as CH₄ oxidation at the base of the SO₄²⁻ reduction zone. In situ pore water Cl⁻ inferred from the model is similar to that determined by limited direct sampling; in situ CH₄ hydrate amounts inferred from the model (an average of about 4% of porosity) are broadly consistent with those determined by direct gas sampling and indirect geophysical techniques. The model also predicts production of substantial quantities of free CH₄ gas bubbles (>2.5% of porosity) at a depth immediately below the lowest accumulation of CH₄ hydrate in the sediment column. Our explanation for the pore water Cl⁻ profile at Site 997 is important because it provides a theoretical mechanism for understanding the distribution of interstitial water Cl⁻, gas hydrate, and free gas in a marine sediment column.     

甲烷水合物生成过程中海水常量离子浓度的变化规律

本文自行研制了一套甲烷水合物合成装置,模拟海洋环境甲烷水合物的生成过程,对该过程水合物生成位置、形态、反应时间、环境温压条件进行观测,同时连续测试体系海水中常量离子K+、Na+、Ca2+、Mg2+、C1-、SO42-的浓度及海水盐度,探讨水合物生成过程的温压变化及离子浓度变化之间的关系和离子浓度的变化规律.结果表明,海水中甲烷水合物生成具有很大的随机性,在相同的初始条件下可能有不同的水合物成核、聚集过程;甲烷水合物在生成过程中,耗气量不断增加,孔隙水的盐度和海水中常量阴阳离子的浓度也在不断增加,这种变化具有较高的线性相关性(相关系数为0.9848～0.9950),且不受甲烷水合物生成位置及状态的影响;在水合物生成过程的微环境下耗气量相同时,离子浓度存在细微的差异.这些特征为通过测定海底水合物周围孔隙水中常量离子的浓度初步推算水合物的甲烷耗气量提供了依据.     

Dating of Dissolved Iodine in Pore Waters from the Gas Hydrate Occurrence Offshore Shimokita Peninsula,Japan: 129I Results from the D/V Chikyu Shakedown Cruise

Iodine concentration and radioisotopic composition (¹²⁹I/I) were measured in the pore waters from the gas hydrate occurrence in the forearc basin offshore Shimokita Peninsula, north-eastern Japan, to determine the source formation of I and accompanying hydrocarbons. Iodine concentrations correlate well with the alkalinity and SO₄ patterns, reflecting degradation stages of I-rich buried organic matter, rapidly increasing in the sulfate reduction interval, and becoming constant below 250 meters below the seafloor with an upwelling flux of 1.5 × 10⁻¹¹ µmol cm⁻² year⁻¹. The ¹²⁹I/I ratios of 300 × 10⁻¹⁵–400 × 10⁻¹⁵ in deep pore waters suggest ages for iodine and hydrocarbon sources as old as 40 Ma. These ages correlate well with the coaly source formations of the Eocene age thought to be responsible for the conventional natural gas deposits underlying the gas hydrate stability zone. Similar profiles are observed in ¹²⁹I/I ratios of pore waters in the gas hydrate stability zone from the forearc basin in the eastern Nankai Trough, offshore central Japan, where pore waters are enriched in I and reach ages as old as ∼50 Ma through the sediment column. At the outer ridge site along the trough, on the other hand, relatively younger I are more frequently delivered probably through thrusts/faults associated with subduction. The nature of source formations of I and hydrocarbons in the offshore Shimokita Peninsula has a more terrestrial contribution compared with those in the Nankai Trough, but these formations are also considerably older than the host sediments, suggesting long-term transport of I and hydrocarbons for the accumulation of gas hydrates in both locations.     

The last interglacial as represented in the glaciochemical record from Mount Moulton Blue Ice Area,West Antarctica

Understanding climate during the last interglacial is critical for understanding how modern climate change differs from purely naturally forced climate change. Here we present the first high-resolution ice core record of the last interglacial and transition to the subsequent glacial period from Antarctica and the first glaciochemical record for this period from West Antarctica. Samples were collected from a horizontal ice trench in the Mt. Moulton Blue Ice Area (BIA) in West Antarctica and analyzed for their soluble major anions (Cl^?, NO₃^?, SO₄^2-), major and trace elements (Na, Mg, Ca, Sr, Cd, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Pb, Bi, U, As, Al, S, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn) and water hydrogen isotopes (δD). The last interglacial is characterized by warmer temperatures (δD), weakened atmospheric circulation (dust elements, seasalts aerosols), decreased sea ice extent (Na, nssSO₄^2-) and decreased oceanic productivity (nssSO₄^2-). A combined examination of Mt. Moulton seasalts, dust, nssSO₄^2- and δD records indicates that the last interglacial was extremely stable compared to glacial age climate events and it ended through a long period of gradual cooling unlike that projected for future Holocene climate.     

西藏纳木错沉积物单水方解石出现前后的环境变化

2005年在西藏纳木错水下60m处钻取一支332cm的湖芯,沉积物皆为灰黑-黑色碳酸盐粘土。对湖芯1cm间隔取样并进行X射线、扫描电镜、Sr/Ca和碳酸盐含量的分析。研究发现,纳木错湖底0～258cm沉积物中出现了单水方解石,扫描电镜下该矿物晶形完好,这是个亚稳定矿物,具有重要环境意义。利用碳酸盐含量（24.12%～54.52%）、Sr/Ca比值（<0.006）、方解石中Mg含量（MgCO₃mol%<3.325%）、石膏、粘土矿物（伊利石和镁绿泥石）、单水方解石成因和沉积速率讨论了单水方解石形成前后湖泊环境的变化。2.1cal.kaB.P.单水方解石开始出现,此时纳木错湖水性质推断为pH>8.6,mol Mg/Ca>6.5,Ca²⁺和SO^2-₄离子浓度足以沉淀少量石膏,演化至现代,表层湖水性质为pH=9.4,mol Mg/Ca=10.03～15.03,SO^2-₄浓度较高,Ca²⁺含量低,不足以沉淀石膏。单水方解石出现之前的3.0～2.1cal.kaB.P.时期,沉积速率低（0.134mm/a）,蒸发作用强度不稳定,湖水温度低,矿化度呈上升趋势。该矿物出现后的2.1～1.7cal.kaB.P.时期,沉积速率快（1.639mm/a）,矿化度稳定,气温低,1.8cal.kaB.P.温度达到最低值,为气候冷事件的表现。较快的沉积速率（>1.168mm/a）是纳木错单水方解石形成的重要原因之一,碳酸盐沉积加快和入湖碎屑物质增加是沉积速率加快的主要原因。