第四纪盐湖沉积与古气候

笔者通过国内第四纪盐湖沉积的长期实地考察以及盐湖长期科学观察站的实验研究,并结合国内外大量盐湖沉积实验研究资料,以比较盐湖沉积学的理论和方法,将盐湖沉积划分为冷相、暖相和广温相,揭示现代全球盐湖水化学类型分带与气候分区的一致性;指出我国第四纪存在6次干旱(成盐)扩张期;识别出中国第四纪干旱中心19个明显的强冷偏湿-冷干事件及8个明显的暖偏湿-暖干事件,并推算其古气温变化范围。     

沉积物颜色和粘土矿物对库车坳陷第三纪气候变化的指示

库车坳陷第三纪连续的碎屑沉积,记录了丰富的古环境与古气候变化的信息。在详细的磁性地层年代学基础上,对库车坳陷北部第三系沉积剖面进行了系统的沉积物颜色测定和粘土矿物分析。结果表明,库车坳陷第三纪沉积物颜色变化与全球第三纪温度的变化有一致的趋势,随着全球气温的降低,沉积物的颜色的红色指数降低。粘土矿物的组合和含量变化在13 M a出现了一个转折,在此之前,库车坳陷泥岩样品中的粘土矿物组合为伊利石和绿泥石,指示干旱的气候环境。在13 M a之后,库车坳陷的粘土矿物组合变为蒙脱石、高岭石、绿泥石和伊利石,指示干冷与温湿交替的气候环境,与亚洲内陆季风气候加强相对应。由此,可以认为库车坳陷第三纪13M a的气候变化与青藏高原的隆升密切相关。     

古土壤干湿特征指示晚古生代气候演化

古土壤是地质历史时期气候变化的重要记录者,通过古土壤记录的信息,可以定性和定量重建深时古环境和古气候,为认识地质历史时期的各种地质事件提供依据。前人大多对特定区域展开古土壤研究,对全球性古土壤数据的整理和古气候、古环境研究相对较少。基于古土壤的干湿情况对古气候环境的指示作用,我们按照植物根迹、根系结构与根化石、黏土矿物以及古土壤的结构构造等依据,将前人报道的古生代（410~255 Ma）古土壤分为干旱古土壤和湿润古土壤两种类型。将古土壤干湿特征与其他气候敏感性沉积物进行对照,显示为干旱古土壤分布与钙质结核以及蒸发岩等指示干旱气候带的敏感性沉积物分布一致,湿润古土壤分布与高岭石、煤以及铝土矿等指示湿润气候带的敏感性沉积物分布一致。干旱古土壤大都分布在晚古生代中低纬度干旱地区;湿润古土壤大都分布在晚古生代赤道附近及中纬度湿润地区。通过以上分析认为,古土壤干湿特征可以作为一个新的气候敏感指标指示古气候环境,进而作为划分气候带的有力依据。     

古土壤干湿特征指示晚古生代气候演化

古土壤是地质历史时期气候变化的重要记录者,通过古土壤记录的信息,可以定性和定量重建深时古环境和古气候,为认识地质历史时期的各种地质事件提供依据。前人大多对特定区域展开古土壤研究,对全球性古土壤数据的整理和古气候、古环境研究相对较少。基于古土壤的干湿情况对古气候环境的指示作用,我们按照植物根迹、根系结构与根化石、黏土矿物以及古土壤的结构构造等依据,将前人报道的古生代(410～255 Ma)古土壤分为干旱古土壤和湿润古土壤两种类型。将古土壤干湿特征与其他气候敏感性沉积物进行对照,显示为干旱古土壤分布与钙质结核以及蒸发岩等指示干旱气候带的敏感性沉积物分布一致,湿润古土壤分布与高岭石、煤以及铝土矿等指示湿润气候带的敏感性沉积物分布一致。干旱古土壤大都分布在晚古生代中低纬度干旱地区;湿润古土壤大都分布在晚古生代赤道附近及中纬度湿润地区。通过以上分析认为,古土壤干湿特征可以作为一个新的气候敏感指标指示古气候环境,进而作为划分气候带的有力依据。     

川西峨眉地区古近纪早期气候特征:来自名山组下段地球化学及磁化率的证据*

古近纪早期是显生宙典型的“温室气候”期,也是气候向“冰室气候”转型前的最后温暖期。川西峨眉地区发育有完整的古近系名山组湖相地层,对该地层的古气候研究可以为了解和探索新生代重大地质事件和气候的演化过程提供参考依据。在前人研究的基础上,以常量元素与微量元素比值和磁化率为依据,结合宏观沉积特征和岩石薄片镜下特征,对峨眉地区古近纪早期气候演化与磁化率形成机理进行讨论。研究结果表明: 川西峨眉地区古近纪早期总体为热带—亚热带炎热干旱气候,该气候为晚白垩世炎热干旱气候的延续,但较晚白垩世干热程度明显降低,期间出现多次炎热干旱—温暖湿润变化,并存在气候波动较为剧烈的时段。气候的干湿变化是造成研究区磁化率变化的主要原因,磁化率高值反映气候趋于湿润,低值则反映干旱程度增加,剖面中磁化率出现明显波动的位置可能对应东亚季风开始对峨眉地区产生影响的时期。     

Long-term Reconstructions and Simulations of the Hydrological Cycle in the Inland Rivers,Arid China: A Case Study of the Shiyang River Drainage Basin

Hydrological cycles of inland rivers are highlighted in paleoclimate studies of arid regions. A great number of studies have been published in this regard, but most of the studies have mainly used climate proxies to reconstruct the evolution of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment, and there have been little long-term simulation and reconstruction experiments. Concerning this issue, we systematically carried out the long-term reconstruction and simulation experiments of hydrological cycle based on paleoenvironment records of the Shiyang River drainage basin with a lot of methods such as paleoclimate simulations, the Holocene monsoon simulations, lake water and energy balance model and quantitative reconstruction of paleo-precipitation and paleo-runoff. The results showed that the simulation results had a good consistency with the reconstruction results, indicating that mid-Holocene was “climatic optimum” in the Holocene. This research provided a new perspective for reconstruction and simulation studies of climate change in arid areas.     

三大自然区过渡地带近50年来气候类型变化及其对气候变化的响应

The transition area of three natural zones (Eastern Monsoon Region, Arid Region of Northwest China, Qinghai Tibet Plateau Region) is influenced by the Asian monsoon and middle latitude westerly circulation because of its special geographical position. And it is more sensitive to global climate change. The Koppen climate classification, which is widely used in the world, and the accumulated temperature-dryness classification, which is usually used in China, were used to study the climate zones and changes in the region of longitude 97.5°~108°E, latitude 33°~41.5°N, from 1961 to 2010. The changing areas of each climate zone were compared to the East Asian Summer Monsoon index, the South Asian Summer Monsoon index, the Summer Westerly index, the East Asian Winter Monsoon index, the Plateau Summer Monsoon index, the North Atlantic Oscillation index, the Southern Oscillation index, NINO3.4 index, to explore the response of the transition area of three natural zones to each climate system. According to the results, this region will become wetter when the Summer Westerly or the East Asian Winter Monsoon is relatively strong. When the East Asian Summer Monsoon or the South Asian Summer Monsoon becomes strong, the climate in low altitude region of the study area will easily become drier, and the climate in high altitude region of the study area is easily to become wetter. When the Plateau Summer Monsoon is relatively strong, the climate in the study area will easily become drier. When the North Atlantic Oscillation is relatively strong, the study area will easily become wetter. And when the El Niño is relatively strong, or the Southern Oscillation is relatively weak, the study area will easily become drier. In general, the moisture status of this region is mainly controlled by the middle latitude westerly circulation. The enhancement of the Asian summer monsoon could increase the precipitation in the southeast part of this regional, but, according to the degrees of dryness and the types of climate change in this paper, warming effects could offset precipitation increasing and make the area drier. The transition area of three natural zones is influenced by multiple interactions of climate systems from East Asia. A single climatic index, such as air temperature or precipitation, can not completely represent the regional features of climate change. As a result, areas of climate zones can be used as an important index in the regional climate change assessment.     

Climate change since 11.5 ka on the Diancang Massif on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

The Diancang Massif is located in a region linking the Tibetan and Yungui Plateaus. Climatically, it is in a transition belt between the south and middle subtropical zones, controlled by Indian monsoon and westerlies. Thus, this study provides more evidences on the evolution of Indian monsoon since the Holocene. We reconstruct the history of climate on the Diancang Massif since 11.5 ka, using integrated correlation of glacial activities, early human settlement sites, and climate proxies abstracted from variations in grain size, magnetic susceptibility, geochemical composition, and pollen in lacustrine sediments. Six climatic stages have been identified. Stage I, from 11.5 ka to 9.0 ka, is a relatively wet period, corresponding to the onset of the Holocene; from 9.5 ka to 6.0 ka, the climate is arid; a cold period follows from 6.0 ka to 5.3 ka, and this is succeeded by a temperate stage from 5.3 ka to 4.0 ka; from 4.0 ka to 0.73 ka the climate is again arid. Compared with other regions dominated by the Indian monsoon, there is a delay in response of the climate on the Diancang Massif to the onset of the Holocene.     

全球气候变化对红树林生态系统的影响与研究对策

红树林生态系统出现于热带和亚热带的潮间带，是一个脆弱或敏感的生态系统，受到陆相和海相的双重影响，可能是全球气候变化影响的早期指示者。气候变化引起海平面升高的速率在９－１２ｃｍ／１００ａ时或超过红树林底质的沉积速率时，红树林就受到胁迫甚至消亡。平均气温上升可能造成红树林种类组成的变化。一定限度的升温有利红树植物的生长发育，但太高温度不利其叶的形成和光合作用，温度的累积作用会有相当大的影响，并通过土壤     

基于Cobb-Douglas生产函数的新疆各地区典型作物生产水足迹驱动因素研究

水资源紧缺是限制我国西北干旱区农业发展的主要瓶颈,正确评估地区农业用水效率及其影响机制,可为提高农业用水效率提供理论依据。以新疆为研究区,基于1988-2015年的长系列数据,分别计算出历年北疆、南疆、东疆典型作物（小麦、棉花）生产水足迹,并采用Cobb-Douglas生产函数定量分析气象因素（年降雨量、年日照时数、年均温度、年均风速、年均湿度）和技术因素（农机总动力、有效灌溉率、化肥施用折纯量）对作物生产水足迹的影响贡献率。结果表明： 1988年至2015年,东疆小麦、棉花生产水足迹显著高于北疆和南疆,在气候变化和技术进步的综合影响下,各地区典型作物生产水足迹逐年降低,其中技术进步对新疆典型作物单产水足迹影响显著高于气候因素,是驱动新疆各地区典型作物生产水足迹变化的主要控制因素。地区尺度上,北疆、南疆、东疆气候变化和农业技术发展均呈现显著的地区差异,总体来看,北疆气候条件最适宜作物生长,东疆气候最为恶劣,北疆、南疆农业技术发展速率整体上高于东疆。     

我国历史时期降尘记录南界的变动及其对北方干旱气候的推断

本文根据我国历史文献中的沙尘记载,讨论历年记录地点的南部边界的变动,指出南界地带的大致分布及其随北方地区的干湿气候条件而南北变动的特点.通过历史气候记录和现代气象观测资料的分析认为,南界地带的沙尘天气记录对北方尘源地区干湿气候状况有指示意义.文中根据南界地带的历史降尘记录对北方地区相应年份气候干湿状况试作推断,从而为北方干旱区气候历史的研究提供参考.     

Re-evaluating the impacts of human activity and environmental change on desertification in the Minqin Oasis, China

The Minqin Oasis and its adjacent regions in northern China experienced significant desertification beginning 2,000 years ago and continuing to the present, and numerous studies have claimed that human activities, especially the flourishing of agriculture, have played a major role in environmental change in this region. Our analysis suggests that the observed desertification was mainly controlled by changes in the water component of the ecosystem and the arid climate. The impacts of cultivation on desertification from 2,000 years ago to the mid-1900s appear to have been relatively minor compared to the impacts of the area’s arid climate and its native geomorphological processes. Although human activity has increased from the late-1940s to the present, and the areas of the oasis reclaimed for agriculture have reached a maximum, desertification over the past 50 years appears to be a continuing process that began thousands of years ago, and is mainly controlled by decreasing water levels caused by the arid climate, local geomorphological processes and overuse of water in the upstream. Although both human activities and climate variation are important drivers of the desertification process, and it is not possible to completely separate the human influence from the climate impact, key factors on controlling desertification should be investigated before we place the blame solely on the flourishing of agriculture in this region.     

中国西部干旱区生态环境演变与调控研究进展与展望

国家重点基础研究发展规划项目"中国西部干旱区生态环境演变与调控研究"实施 2年来,在古气候重建和环境变化,绿洲的演变规律与驱动力,绿洲水盐平衡与主要水文过程,绿洲生态系统的结构、生态过程与稳定性,山地、绿洲、荒漠三大生态系统耦合机理,生态景观演变规律及其对气候变化的响应,重大工程行为的生态环境效应,荒漠化成因及时空分布等研究方向和内容上取得了重要进展。在此基础上,项目后 2年的研究重点将继续以绿洲安全机制研究为核心,在时间序列上,重点研究近 2 000年来绿洲的形成演变规律,特别是近百年及近50年来西部干旱区气候变化与绿洲形成演变的关系,定量辨识绿洲发展演化的驱动力;在空间结构上,阐明绿洲格局的动态过程,深入探明山地、绿洲及荒漠生态系统耦合关系、绿洲生态系统稳定性机理与安全、高效、持续发展模式等;结合西部大开发工程建设和产业发展的进程,研究开发重大工程的生态环境效应,建立不同类型的生态建设示范区;配合国家重大工程时段,对西部干旱区生态环境演变趋势进行预测,提出生态系统的调控体系和管理模式,为西部开发和可持续发展服务。     

新疆巴里坤湖全新世环境记录及区域对比研究

选择位于西风环流显著影响区的巴里坤湖作为研究对象,采用¹⁴C测年建立了巴里坤湖沉积剖面约9400cal.aB.P.以来的时间序列。对该湖泊剖面沉积物的矿物X射线衍射、自生碳酸盐稳定同位素、碳酸盐含量和粒度指标的综合分析表明,9400cal.aB.P.以来,巴里坤湖地区的气候环境变化大致经历了冷干（9400～7400cal.aB.P.）-暖湿（7400～5900cal.aB.P.）-暖干（5900～3100cal.aB.P.）-凉湿（3100～1100cal.aB.P.）-冷干（1100～500cal.aB.P.）-暖干（500cal.aB.P.以来）的气候变化过程,该过程基本上同周边区域的气候环境变化记录相一致。在3800cal.aB.P.左右,北疆地区的几个典型湖泊沉积记录序列都指示该时期气候环境发生了较为明显的转折,可能暗示了这一时期亚洲中部干旱区（至少在北疆地区）大气环流状况发生了重大调整。     

历史时期关中地区气候变化的初步研究

关中地区地理位置特殊,是中华民族的一个重要发祥地,历史时期气候曾发生多次明显的变化。通过对这一地区考古发掘、抱粉分析研究成果以及丰富的史籍文献、地方志等资料的收集、整理、分析,划分出全新世早期寒冷、全新世中期暖湿、西周冷干、春秋至西汉前期暖润、西汉后期至北朝凉干、隋和唐前中期暖润、唐后期至北宋凉干、金前期温干、金后期和元凉干、明清冷干等10个气候变化阶段,从而建立起该地区历史时期完整的气候变化序列。     

西北干旱区石羊河流域末次冰期晚期气候不稳定性记录

通过对我国西北干旱区石羊河流域三角城末次冰期最盛期晚期-晚冰期地层剖面沉积物中有机质碳同位素分析,表明在季风边缘带的沉积地层中较详细地记录了这一时期气候快速颤动,发生千年至百年尺度的冷干-温湿变化,高分辨的有机质碳同位素组成与GRIP氧同位素组成有较好的可比性,表明与全球古气候变化有明显的联系,也反映在末次冰期最盛期与晚冰期过渡期气候温湿,陆地植被比较发育,可能与东亚季风有关。有机质碳同位素这一指标对气候记录较敏感,是重建干旱区高分辨古气候演化模式十分有效的手段,在季风交汇带能灵敏地记录到气候快速变化。     

Water chemistry in small lakes along a transect from boreal to arid ecoregions in European Russia: Effects of air pollution and climate change

Water chemistry in 280 small lakes in European Russia along a climatic transect from the Kola Peninsula (in the tundra and taiga zones) to the Caspian Lowland (in the arid zone) was investigated from 2000 to 2005. Here the chemical compositions of lake waters in different climatic ecoregions are characterised. Variability in water chemistry within and between ecozones is documented and discussed. The results show that within the humid zone, there was little variability in water chemistry and anthropogenic, geological and morphometric characteristics of lakes and their catchments had a strong effect on the chemical composition of waters compared to lakes in the arid and semi-arid zones. An estimation of the potential effect of climate warming on water chemistry showed that a temperature rise of 0.5–1 °C is likely to have no effect on major ion concentrations, whereas a temperature increase of 2 °C may lead to an increase of approximately 25% in total ion concentrations in the southern regions. Total P may increase approximately 50% in lakes throughout the study area if the average daily temperature were to increase by 0.5 °C. This would have an important effect on the nutrient status of these lakes. In particular, these processes are expected to be most pronounced in the arid zones.     

Speleothems in gypsum caves and their paleoclimatological significance

This article highlights the relationship between speleothems growing inside gypsum caves and the particular climate that existed during their development. Speleothems in gypsum caves normally consist of calcium carbonate (calcite) or calcium sulphate (gypsum) and the abundance of such deposits greatly differs from zone to zone. Observations carried out over the last 20 years in gypsum caves subjected to very different climates (Italy, Spain, New Mexico, northern Russia, Cuba, Argentina) highlight wide variation in their cave deposits. In arid or semi-arid climates, the speleothems are mainly composed of gypsum, whilst in temperate, humid or tropical regions, carbonate formations are largely predominant. In polar zones no speleothems develop. These mineralogical details could be useful paleoclimatic indicators of climate change. The interpretation proposed is based on the fact that in gypsum karst the kind of speleothems deposited is determined by competition between the two principal mechanisms that cause precipitation of calcite and gypsum. These mechanisms are completely different: calcite speleothem evolution is mainly controlled by CO₂ diffusion, while gypsum deposits develop mostly due to evaporation. Therefore, the prevalence of one kind of speleothem over the other, and the relationship between the solution–precipitation processes of calcite and gypsum, may provide evidence of a specific paleoclimate. Additionally, other non-common deposits in gypsum caves like moonmilk, cave rafts and dolomite speleothems can be used as markers for the prevalence of long, dry periods in humid areas, seasonal changes in climate, or rainfall trends in some gypsum areas. Moreover, the dating of gypsum speleothems could contribute paleoclimatic data relating to dry periods when calcite speleothems are not deposited. In contrast, the dating of calcite speleothems in gypsum caves could identify former wet periods in arid zones.     

干旱区土壤种子库的研究进展

土壤种子库在连接过去、现在和将来的植物种群和群落的结构和动态中起着重要的生态和进化作用,对保护和恢复干旱区植被起着重要的作用。从土壤种子库的研究方法、数量特征、分布格局、时空动态、与地上植被关系、年龄结构及影响因素等方面论述了干旱区土壤种子库研究的若干进展,展望了干旱区土壤种子库的研究趋势。     

Cyclicity of shallow-water carbonate sediments in different climatic zones

Based on the study of several different-age shallow-water carbonate sediments from different regions, it is established that cyclothems formed in basins of arid and humid climatic zones differ in their composition and structure. It is shown that the influence of climate was indirect. The climate governed salinity (particularly, in extremely shallow-water settings of initial and terminal stages of the formation of cyclothems) and, thus, stimulated changes in the biota. The biota, in turn, controlled the composition of carbonate material and mechanisms of its sedimentation.