末次冰消期以来东海内陆架古环境演化

通过对位于浙—闽沿岸泥质带的EC2005孔岩性、粒度以及AMS14C年代分析,探讨了研究区自末次冰消期以来的古沉积环境演化,认为是湖水或海水深度、气候变化等综合影响的结果。岩芯底部60.20～41.00 m（17.3～13.1 ka BP）为湖泊三角洲沉积序列,可划分为前三角洲—三角洲前缘—三角洲平原三个沉积亚相,物质来源主要是湖盆流域物质的输入。随着海平面的逐渐上升,海水自13.1 ka BP开始侵入研究区,形成了41.00 m的海相沉积地层,可划分为前滨—近滨—浅海三个沉积亚相,与海平面变化曲线具有良好的对应。自12.3 ka BP开始,研究区受到沿岸流影响,长江物质开始影响研究区,7.3 ka BP以来主要是来自长江的悬浮体在沿岸流作用下输送沉积而形成,稳定的泥质沉积物开始形成。全球性重要气候事件如新仙女木事件、8.2 ka冷事件在东海内陆架沉积物中也得到了良好揭示。     

东海陆架泥质区沉积地球化学比较研究

利用东海陆架泥质沉积区和周围砂质沉积区的表层沉积物元素含量和海水悬浮沉积物总量分析资料,对泥质区的沉积地球化学进行了比较研究。结果表明东海不同泥质区的沉积地球化学过程很不相同。浙江近岸泥质区沉积物元素以Fe、Mn、Zn的含量高,Na、Sr、Al、Ca的含量低为特征,其地球化学特征与长江沉积物非常一致。近岸泥质区的沉积物基本来源于长江输入海的沉积物,在台湾暖流的作用下沉积在浙江沿岸。远岸济州岛西南泥质区沉积物以Na、Sr的高含量,较高的Al、Ca含量和低的Fe、Mn、Zn含量为特征,其地球化学特征与黄河源沉积物有好的相关性,但有一定的混合源性质,该泥质区的沉积物主要来源于黄河源的细颗粒沉积物,由黄海沿岸流搬运到该区并沉积下来。沉积物在搬运沉积过程中,元素粒度分异作用明显。东海陆架泥质区沉积地球化学过程的控制性影响因子是东海环流系统和物源,其中台湾暖流对东海陆架远岸和近岸泥质区的沉积地球化学分区具有关键作用。     

南海北部陆架海域表层沉积物地球化学特征及地质意义

依据南海北部陆架海域225个站位表层沉积物粒度和常量元素的地球化学分析,探讨了常量元素的空间分布规律及地质意义。该区域沉积物主要为粉砂、细砂等细粒沉积,平均粒径5.38。沉积物常量元素组合以SiO2、Al2O3、Fe2O3、MgO、CaO、Na2O、K2O为主,约占沉积物总量的87.96%,其空间分布特征与沉积物类型密切相关。Al2O3、Fe2O3、MgO、K2O、Org.C等分布趋势相似,具有较好的相关性,倾向于富集在细粒沉积物中;SiO2、CaO、CaCO3与大多数元素呈负相关,倾向于富集在粗颗粒沉积物中,反映了“元素的粒度控制律”。元素总体分布规律显示沉积物的常量元素含量受细粒黏土矿物吸附作用、石英矿物和碳酸钙稀释作用的共同影响。元素统计结果表明,表层沉积物的常量元素大体可分为2类：第1类包括Al2O3、Fe2O3、MgO、TiO2、P2O5、MnO等,代表陆源较细粒碎屑沉积,是控制研究区沉积物化学成分的最主要因素;第2类主要包括CaO、CaCO3,代表海洋生物沉积。同时可将研究区分为3个沉积区域：I沉积区为粤西近岸及北部湾北部区域,具有明显陆源碎屑沉积特征;Ⅱ沉积区位于粤西陆架水深＞60 m海域,受海源生物作用明显;Ⅲ沉积区位于珠江口西南部水深40～60 m海域,为斑块状砾质粗粒沉积。     

东海陆架SFK 1孔微量元素地球化学特征与物源意义

为研究东海陆架微量元素地球化学信息对于地层划分与物源分析的指示意义,对东海陆架西湖凹陷区SFK 1孔沉积物作了微量元素地球化学分析和物源判别。根据微量元素含量及比值的变化,可将SFK 1孔(孔深82.90 m)岩心划分为8层,它们分别反映了末次间冰期(暖期)晚期以来东海海面波动以及沉积物物源的变化。运用因子分析、U /Th与( Zr + Hf) /(Al2O3 + TiO2 )和Th/Co与TiO2/Zr的散点图等方法分析了SFK 1孔沉积物的物质来源,结果显示该孔沉积物主要来源于长江,黄河物质对该孔中部沉积物有较明显影响。不同指标散点图研究表明,在沉积物物质来源不变的情况下,气候和沉积环境的变化对该区域沉积物化学元素组成进行的改造和再分配影响不大。     

11.5kaBP以来尕海沉积物氧化物地球化学特征及其环境意义

通过对柴达木盆地尕海DG03孔沉积序列的年代学测定和沉积物分析,选取对气候环境较为敏感的SiO2,Al2O3,TiO2,Fe2O3,MgO,ＣaO,K2O,Na2O等作为环境代用指标,分析了尕海地区11.5 kaBP以来的气候环境变化。研究表明尕海地区在11.5 kaBP以来存在4个明显的气候变化期:晚冰期晚期（11.5～10.16 kaBP）的气候波动较大,其中11.5～11.16 kaBP是暖干气候;11.16～10.16 kaBP,气候冷干,可能是新仙女木事件的反映;全新世早期（10.16～7.83 kaBP）气候转暖,有短期极干冷事件的发生;中全新世适宜期（7.83～4.73 kaBP）,气候温暖湿润;4.73 kaBP以来的全新世晚期,气候环境明显恶化,期间出现气候暖湿与干冷的多次波动变化。     

末次冰消期以来东海内陆架沉积速率及其气候环境响应

对位于东海内陆架浙-闽沿岸泥质带的EC2005孔岩性、粒度以及AMS14C年代进行了分析,着重探讨了研究区自末次冰消期以来的沉积速率变化,划分出4个大的沉积阶段和4次快速沉积事件.千年时间尺度上大的沉积阶段主要受控于物源供应、海平面变化以及可容空间的大小.百年时间尺度上揭示的4次快速沉积事件主要受控于东亚冬季风的增强或...     

中国东部近海沉积物地球化学:分布特征、控制因素与古气候记录

本文系统总结了中国东部近海沉积物中常、微量元素分布特征、控制因素及全新世以来的古气候沉积记录。指出表层沉积物中Si O2和Al2O3含量最高,两者可占沉积物总量的75%以上,而其他元素含量较低,且空间分布变化明显,主要受控于陆源物质输入、生物沉积作用、海洋化学沉积和成岩作用等因素。长江和黄河贡献了主要的陆源物质,非线性规划数学模型结果显示两者大致以123°E和32°N为南北向和东西向分界线,黄河物质控制了渤海和黄海大范围的区域,而长江物质则主要影响东海内陆架区域。东海内陆架泥质区南部的MZ01孔沉积物中CIA、Ba/Sr和Ca O/Mg O值指示了中全新世以来中国东部气候演化历史:8400~4200 a BP期间为暖湿期;4200~2300 a BP期间为波动变冷期;2300 a BP以来为持续的变暖期。功率谱分析表明太阳活动对中国东部古气候的周期性演化过程具有控制作用。     

中国东部海域表层沉积物粒度组成及影响因素

基于海洋区域地质调查获取的1 438个粒度数据,利用Folk分类方法将中国东部海域表层沉积物划分为砂质粉砂、粉砂质砂、粉砂、砂、砂质泥、泥质砂、泥7种沉积物类型,阐述了不同沉积物类型的粒度组成和参数特征.其中,砂质粉砂、粉砂质砂和粉砂是3种最主要的沉积物类型,分别占样品总数的34.70%、24.20%和15.51%.粉砂质砂呈条带状分布在研究区的南部且向北延伸.粉砂主要分布在长江口-浙闽沿岸、渤海西部和南黄海中北部.砂主要分布在东海外陆架、扬子浅滩和苏北浅滩、朝鲜湾等海区,其中在东海外陆架海区分布最广.影响沉积物分布的主要因素有物源、水动力环境以及水深、地形、地貌等.晚第四纪冰期旋回中海平面变化和海洋环流控制陆源沉积物的入海通量和陆架沉积体系的发育过程.综合沉积物物源供给、海洋环流、冰后期海平面变化过程,基于Folk分类的动力学属性和表层沉积物类型分布,将中国东部海域表层沉积物分布划分为河口沉积、陆架泥质沉积、潮流沉积以及残留沉积等分区.不同沉积分区的形成机制和影响因素差异显著,反映出在中国东部陆架的特殊地形影响下,不同海平面时期陆源碎屑物质的运移过程.      

东海内陆架泥区沉积物的环境敏感粒度组分

对东海内陆架泥质沉积区的DD2孔和悬浮体进行了陆源物质提取,应用激光粒度仪做了粒度分析,并分析了DD2孔粒度参数的垂向分布序列。通过计算粒级-标准偏差的变化获得了DD2孔沉积物中对沉积环境变化较为敏感的粒度组分,约 19和 130μm是DD2孔所属区域对沉积环境敏感的粒级,分别对应于东海沿岸流和风暴流沉积动力过程。敏感粒度组分含量随深度变化的分析表明,该孔上段的沉积作用主要受控于沿岸流,沉积环境相对稳定;而下段沉积环境变化大,是风暴流和沿岸流的混合作用沉积的结果。     

东海内陆架有机碳的源—汇过程及其沉积记录

大陆边缘海是不同来源、不同性质有机碳沉积和埋藏的主要场所,在全球碳的生物地球化学循环过程中具有重要地位。东海内陆架接收大量陆源有机碳,并且具有较高的海洋生产力,是研究沉积有机碳来源、输运和埋藏的理想场所,已取得大量研究成果。在对相关文献进行系统整理的基础上,以沉积学的视角对前人研究成果进行了梳理,旨在为后续相关研究提供参考。全样分析（如TOC/TN、δ13C等）和生物标志化合物（如正构烷烃、甾醇类、木质素等）方法揭示东海内陆架有机碳的来源受沉积环境影响,由海向陆方向陆源组分整体显著增加,并具有季节性特征。东海内陆架沉积物在沿岸方向具有“夏储冬输”的宏观输运格局,该动力过程影响着陆源有机碳沿岸的输运路径和最终归宿;在东海29° N附近存在一个“舌形”的跨陆架输运通道,可能会存在陆源有机碳的跨陆架输运,影响深海有机碳的源—汇过程;另外,人类活动和极端气候事件也显著影响东海内陆架沉积物和有机碳的沉积过程和沉积记录,需要进一步研究。东海内陆架泥质区是陆源有机碳的重要埋藏区域,其埋藏效率受区域沉积有机碳含量和沉积速率控制,并与早期成岩过程中有机质矿化路径有关。沉积物中埋藏有机碳的地球化学特征可以用来重建长时间尺度的海平面变化、初级生产力、古海洋和古气候演化等,相关研究为理清东海内陆架地质历史时期的环境演化提供了依据。     

东海内陆架陆源物质矿物组成对粒度和地球化学成分的制约

通过对东海内陆架EC2005孔柱状沉积物陆源矿物、粒度及地球化学成分分析, 尝试探讨三者之间的制约关系.该孔柱状沉积物主要矿物成分为粘土矿物、石英以及长石.石英和长石含量控制着平均粒径的大小.矿物含量与化学成分含量表现出较好的相关性, 体现了矿物对地球化学成分的控制.沉积物中各种矿物颗粒的大小差别造成了沉积物粒度的差异, 矿物间化学组分的不同是影响沉积物化学成分含量的主要因素, 其往往通过粒度组成间接地表现出来, 这就造成了“元素的粒度控制”表面现象, 实质上是矿物的种类和含量对粒度和地球化学成分起控制作用.      

Relationship between aerosol transport routes and red tide occurrences in the East China Sea

Based on the in-depth investigation of the temporal and spatial relationship between aerosols and red tide events in the East China Sea (ECS), a model of the potential correlation between the paths of aerosol input and red tides in the ECS has been suggested. This study shows that red tides are closely related to aerosol events which come from northwest of the sea (winter monsoon direction) and descend to the ECS surface. Two principal paths of aerosol input are established that are relevant to the red tide events in the ECS. The first path contains aerosols from the northwest that are usually related to the red tide events covering an area of more than 1,000 km². A second path is characterized by aerosols that first move from the northwest to east and then to south, finally settling in the red tide areas in the ECS. These aerosol paths are usually related to the red tide events that cover a smaller area, except in cases where stopover and follow-up re-supply of these aerosols may result in larger red tide events. The aerosols from southeast and southwest are not related with red tide events in the ECS. Downward vertical air currents play a key role in the relationship between ECS red tides and aerosol events. Without downdraughts, aerosols will have nothing to do with the red tide events. The study provides new information for discovering the occurrence mechanism of red tides in the ECS and essential parameters for red tide prediction and early warning.     

Quaternary seismic stratigraphy and paleoenvironments on the continental shelf of the East China Sea

Paleoenvironments and stratigraphy have been interpreted from 4380 km of seismic profiling collected during a geological and geophysical cruise on the continental shelf of the East China Sea (ECS) undertaken in 1996. The geophysical data are correlated with a borehole situated on the outer shelf obtained by Shanghai Marine Geology Bureau, indicating that six seismic units have been preserved since oxygen-isotope stage 6, including four regressive–transgressive cycles. Seismic units U2, U3+U4+U5, U6, and U7 are interpreted to correspond respectively to oxygen-isotope stages 1, 3, 5, and 6, implying that sediment partitioning and sequence architecture in the ECS have been controlled by glacio-eustasy and global climate changes. Alternating continental and marine strata corresponding to glaciation and interglaciation are well preserved on the outer shelf of the ECS. Most of the cold environment strata, which formed on the outer shelf during oxygen-isotope stages 2 and 4, are too thin to be recognized on SIG 600J because of resolution, but corresponding erosion surfaces exist. Seismic unit U7 is widespread over the shelf, extending to the continental edge and showing little variation in thickness, as the regression was pronounced and lasted a long time. Thus, U7 can be used as a marker layer for correlation of Quaternary strata on the shelf of the ECS. Post-glacial transgression is obvious in the ECS. Marine strata with varied thickness were developed in the shallow sea of the inner shelf, thinning toward the outer shelf. The continental shelf of the ECS has been influenced by Pacific tide-wave systems for a long time, forming tidal sand-ridge sequences, developed during transgressions, corresponding to oxygen-isotope stages 7 (or 9), 5, 3 and 1.     

黑潮化学物质输入东海的途径与通量

在对黑潮水文特征分析的基础上,探讨了黑潮对中国近海化学物质输入途径,归纳总结了黑潮对东海生源要素、痕量元素、同位素及其他化学物质的输入特征,提出了黑潮对中国近海化学物质输入研究应着重关注的问题。主要的结论包括:吕宋海峡、中国台湾东北部及日本九州西南海域是黑潮向中国近海输送化学物质的3个关键区域;黑潮表层水向东海陆架的扩展、次表层水和中层水的涌升以及黑潮季节性流轴摆动是黑潮向东海输送化学物质的基本途径。黑潮主体生源要素的浓度随深度的增加而增大。黑潮对东海生源要素的影响夏季最弱、春季次之、秋冬季最强,其对东海生源要素的输入通量要远高于河流、大气等其他输入源,并且各水层中以中层水的生源要素输入通量为最大。痕量元素在黑潮主体的分布、对东海的输入通量等方面均表现出了与生源要素的差异,各痕量元素的分布及输入通量随痕量元素的不同而不尽相同,其中次表层水的涌升在对邻近海域痕量元素分布的影响中起到了重要作用。同位素可指示黑潮对东海陆架的入侵程度及变化规律,并与营养盐等有一定的相关性。黑潮是东海微量温室气体N2O,CH4等其他化学物质的重要输入源,进而对东海生态环境产生影响。进一步研究应着重从系统性外海观测、痕量元素及同位素等化学物质调查、黑潮对中国近海输入化学物质的控制过程等方面深入开展。     

Coccolithophore responses to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in the East China Sea region of the Northwest Pacific from ad 1901 to 2013

A high‐resolution study of coccolithophores in a sediment core from the East China Sea (ECS) region of the Northwest Pacific revealed that fluctuations in coccolithophore assemblages responded well to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) during 1901–2013. Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica were the most dominant species, accounting for more than 97% of all the ten detected species. The variation of the two dominant species showed a significant positive correlation, and they both increased during peak values of the PDO. Decreased stratification and increased nutrient supplementation from the bottom water induced by lower sea surface temperatures in the ECS, which were associated with high PDO values, were responsible for the dominant coccolithophore increase. Similarly, the increase of Calcidiscus leptoporus also corresponded to low‐temperature and high‐nutrient conditions associated with the cold phase in the ECS (positive phase of the PDO). The responses of decadal C. leptoporus variations to changes in cold and warm phases of the PDO in the Northwest and Northeast Pacific indicate that C. leptoporus preserved in sediment cores represents a potential indicator for reconstructing phase changes of the PDO during ancient times.     

Effects of instability of the Earth and celestial coordinate systems on Earth orientation parameters

Unknown secular and long-term changes in the Earth orientation parameters attributed to instability (possible rotation) of both the Earth and celestial coordinate systems (ECS and CCS) are studied. Rotation of the CCS due to changes in the coordinates of extragalactic sources resulting from gravitational lensing can lead to errors of the order of several microarcseconds in the orientation parameters. The rotation of the ECS due to the crust pressing on the mantle diminishes the tidal retardation of the Earth's rotation and produces long-term variations in the duration of the day (with a period of about 1500 years) and in the motion of the pole relative to the Earth's surface.     

Sources and distributions of tetraether lipids in surface sediments across a large river-dominated continental margin

Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT)-based proxies are increasingly used in modern carbon cycling and palaeoenvironmental investigations. It is therefore crucial to examine the robustness (sources, transport and degradation) of all GDGT-based proxies in continental margins, where sedimentation rates and extent of carbon cycling are high. We have analyzed the distributions of GDGTs in surface sediments from the Lower Yangtze River and East China Sea (ECS) shelf. The results revealed multiple sources and complex shelf processes that govern the distributions. The isoprenoid GDGT-inferred sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are robust and reflect the satellite-derived annual mean SSTs on the shallow ECS shelf, confirming an origin from surface water column-dwelling crenarchaeota. The input from methanogen-sourced, isoprenoid GDGTs is significant in the river surface sediments but they are almost absent from the ECS shelf. Branched GDGTs are also abundant in the river sediments, but ca. 95% are degraded in the Yangtze estuary, a much greater extent than observed for other terrigenous organic matter (OM) proxies. There is also evidence for production of branched GDGTs in the oxic ECS shelf water column and the anoxic sediments/waters of the Lower Yangtze River. As a result, branched GDGT-based proxies in the lower river and ECS surface sediments do not reflect the catchment environmental conditions. The effective degradation in the estuary and widespread aquatic contributions of branched GDGTs improves our understanding of how to use branched GDGT-based proxies in marginal seas.     

东海海—气界面二氧化碳通量的季节变化与控制因素研究进展

通过对东海海—气界面二氧化碳(CO2)交换有关研究的总结,剖析了东海表层海水CO2分压(pCO2)的区域分布特征,探讨了海—气界面CO2通量(FCO2)的季节变化规律,诠释了影响海—气界面CO2转移的主要因素.结果表明,东海表层海水pCO2的区域分布具有明显的季节变化,可将其分为冬季、夏季、过渡季节(春季、秋季)3个时段.冬季西部近岸海域由于水体垂直交换强烈,造成表层水体pCO2较高,而中、东部陆架海域由于浮游生物的光合作用使得pCO2较低.夏季近岸河口海域由于陆源输入的影响导致pCO2较高,中、东部陆架海域受温跃层、长江冲淡水、浮游植物的综合作用pCO2较低.春季、秋季为过渡时段,表层海水pCO2分布变化剧烈,受控因素较为复杂.东海全年表现为大气CO2的净汇,其中冬、春、夏为碳汇,其海—气界面FCO2分别为(-6.68±6.93),(-4.94±0.80),(-3.67±1.09)mmol/(m2·d).秋季表现为碳源,通量约为(1.50±8.37)mmoL/(m2·d).东海全年平均通量约为-3.16 mmol/(m2·d),共可吸收CO2约为6.92×106 t C/a.不同季节海—气界面FCO2的年际变化凸显了人为因素的影响,近海富营养化加剧,三峡工程的运行都可能是造成东海冬季碳汇量减少、秋季碳源/汇格局转变的原因.     

近8ka东亚冬季风变化的东海内陆架泥质沉积记录

尝试从陆架上寻找全新世高分辨率的东亚季风替代性指标和记录.通过对位于东海内陆架闽浙沿岸泥中部的PC-6孔进行AMS14C年龄测试和粒度分析, 综合沉积构造、沉积层序与海平面变化讨论该孔的沉积环境, 其下、中、上段分别对应于前滨、近滨和与现今环境基本一致的浅海沉积环境.因上段的沉积作用主要受控于东海冬季沿岸流, 通过粒级-标准偏差分析, 提取了相对应的粒度组分或粒度子体, 该组分的平均粒径被用来作为研究东亚冬季风演化的替代性指标.分析表明, 由此方法建立的PC-6孔上段粒径时间序列, 较完整地反映了近8ka来东亚古季风的演化.东亚冬季风的变化呈现出3个各具特点的阶段7.6~5.1kaB.P.为中等强度的高频率波动; 5.1~1.7kaB.P.以多期、较频繁的强盛活动为特点; 1.7~0kaB.P.为稳定而较弱的时期.由PC-6孔指示的东亚冬季风活动的强盛期, 均在不同区域和材料的记录中找到了相对应降温的证据, 说明气候变化的区域性以至全球性联系.