白云岩喀斯特侵蚀坡地的~(137)Cs法研究

在黔南峰丛洼地区林间白云岩坡地应用137Cs法研究土壤侵蚀。4个坡面采样样方的137Cs面积浓度都低于137Cs本底值浓度;表土样137Cs浓度随着坡长增加而增大,全样137Cs面积浓度的顺坡变化呈逐步下降趋势;应用137Cs农耕地侵蚀模型计算获得样点土壤侵蚀量后,加以坡长加权平均计算获得的坡长权重土壤位移量为2.045 t/(km2·a)。同时在坡脚的土壤分层剖面中的137Cs浓度峰值在土壤次表层出现,随着深度增加呈指数递减变化,属于未受耕作扰动的无侵蚀非农耕地,但表层含有相对低浓度137Cs是坡面侵蚀泥沙的搬运堆积结果,估算距1963年以来侵蚀泥沙年平均堆积厚度为0.0682~0.1364 cm/a。坡地土壤侵蚀速率远小于以往贵州喀斯特地区典型喀斯特小流域和坡地的观测结果,但坡脚泥沙堆积速率远大于坡地土壤侵蚀速率。表明季节性暴雨、坡面降雨汇流和耕作侵蚀等侵蚀作用使喀斯特坡地土壤颗粒出现微距离位移,长期则在坡脚出现显著的侵蚀泥沙堆积。     

地球化学示踪在现代土壤侵蚀研究中的应用

土壤侵蚀导致土地退化、农产品产量和品质下降、水环境污染等诸多问题 ,引起各方面的广泛关注 ,而且这个问题随着持续增长的人口压力和农业生产方式深刻变革的影响而日益严重。由于目前广泛使用的高差法、遥感研究法、RUSLE、野外调查法、水土流失监测点法等土壤侵蚀研究方法存在着一些不足 ,因此 ,核素地球化学示踪法、稀土元素示踪法、土壤地球化学指标法等地球化学示踪方法应运而生 ,在土壤侵蚀研究中发挥其独特作用。在比较了各种传统的土壤侵蚀研究方法的优势和不足的基础上 ,作者认为 :1 137Cs、 2 10 Pb可用于研究 30、 40年左右平均土壤侵蚀速率 ,7Be可用于示踪季节性土壤侵蚀和一次降雨事件的土粒运移 ,并说明这些核素的示踪原理和侵蚀速率的定量依据 ;2人为施放稀土元素 ( REE)示踪法适合定量一次或多次降雨事件的侵蚀速率 ,可用于土壤侵蚀理论的研究 ,尤其适合于室内模拟实验的研究 ;3土壤磁化率法和土壤理化性质指标法研究土壤侵蚀是一种处于起步阶段的侵蚀研究方法 ,适用于土壤质量退化研究 ,但要用于土壤侵蚀研究特别是侵蚀速率的定量研究还很不成熟。     

基于~(137)Cs示踪法的丹江口小流域农用地土壤侵蚀研究

运用137Cs示踪技术,采用相关土壤侵蚀定量估算模型,探讨丹江口市小流域不同土地利用方式和土壤类型的土壤侵蚀状况.结果表明:研究区137Cs本底值为2 153.46 Bq/m2;耕作土剖面中137Cs呈均一分布,非耕作土剖面中137Cs呈指数递减分布;不同土地利用方式下农用地土壤侵蚀速率从大到小依次为沟谷旱地坡耕地菜田水田草地;不同土壤类型结合不同地貌形态呈现不同的侵蚀速率,依次为低山丘陵区的石灰土粘质的黄棕壤土紫色土和砂质潮土;坡耕地的土壤侵蚀呈现垂直分异特征.     

放射性核素137Cs在示踪土壤侵蚀研究中的应用

近几十年来,土壤侵蚀日益加剧,伴随着土地质量的退化,已成为影响区域可持续发展的主要环境问题。利用放射性核素137Cs进行土壤侵蚀研究能够简便、快速、准确地获取土壤流失、沉积和空间重新分布等详细信息。从元素来源、空间分布、背景值、示踪原理、活度测定、转换模型等方面对该方法进行了详细描述,在总结其优缺点的基础上,对其未来的发展方向做出了展望。     

210Pb、137Cs 计年法在现代海岸带沉积速率 研究中的应用述评

²¹⁰Pb、¹³⁷Cs 计年法已被国内外广泛用于湖泊、河流和海洋现代沉积速率的研究中。本文在 回顾了210Pb、137Cs 计年法应用于海岸带沉积速率研究的现状以及存在问题的基础上, 根据海岸带 沉积环境特征分析了²¹⁰Pb、¹³⁷Cs 计年法在应用中应当注意的问题, 包括采样精准性, 样品分离的 分辨率, 数据校正方法的选择及两种方法的相互印证等。从几个方面探讨了提高沉积速率测定精 度的可能性, 同时指出, ²¹⁰Pb、¹³⁷Cs 的扩散混合模型的建立, ¹³⁷Cs 沉积滞后的问题, 以及¹³⁷Cs、²¹⁰Pb 计年法的应用范围等仍有待深入探讨。     

青海共和盆地土壤风蚀的^137Cs法研究（I）——^137Cs分布特征

土壤风蚀作为土地沙漠化的首要环节,对其准确测定和评估是十分迫切和必要的。放射性核素137Cs作为人类核试验的产物,以其独特的理化性质而成为研究土壤侵蚀和泥沙沉积一种良好的示踪源。137Cs法在水蚀研究领域已取得了显著的进展,而在风蚀研究中的应用却相对不足,目前尚处于探索阶段。作者选择青海共和盆地作为研究区,探讨137Cs法在土壤风蚀研究中应用的可行性。通过对共和盆地不同类型土壤剖面的137Cs取样分析,基本查清了区域137Cs分布的若干特性,测定出不同类型土地137Cs活度的排序为:林地>干湖盆>高寒草原>旱作农田≈干草原>固定沙丘>荒漠草原>流动沙丘>风蚀地,137Cs总量的排序为:干湖盆>林地>流动沙丘>高寒草原>旱作农田≈干草原>固定沙丘>荒漠草原>风蚀地。并分析了一些典型剖面的137Cs深度分布及其机制,将137Cs深度剖面划分为正常剖面、沉积剖面、侵蚀剖面和人为扰动剖面4种型式。沙丘砂由于遭受反复吹失和沉积,其137Cs含量逐渐减小,趋于微量的均匀化;而高寒草原的137Cs含量在区域上也较为均匀,在深度分布上,接近负指数分布曲线保存了相对完好的137Cs初始沉积剖面,是理想的137Cs背景值样点。     

内蒙古中东部地区~(137)Cs背景值的确定

在137Cs环境示踪研究中,区域137Cs背景值(CRI)的获取存在许多困难和不确定性。在总结传统137Cs区域背景值获取方法基础上,本文提出了适用于大尺度区域和长距离路线考察的区域137Cs背景值获取技术路线,即在参考有关地理背景信息和长时间序列遥感信息、科学划分子区基础上,根据理论模型计算得到区域137Cs背景值潜在值域,并开展基于137Cs土壤剖面分布形态特征的蚀积过程分析,最终确定137Cs区域背景样地和区域背景值。以上述技术流程为指导,本文作者在内蒙古高平原中东部地区开展案例研究,结果表明:兴安盟东部、南部暗栗钙土研究区的CRI为2447 Bq·m-2,通辽市中部、南部和赤峰市东部风沙土研究区的CRI为2430 Bq·m-2,赤峰市西北部黑钙土研究区的CRI为2384 Bq·m-2,锡林郭勒盟南部栗钙土研究区的CRI为2368 Bq·m-2。     

137Cs示踪法研究青藏高原草甸土的土壤侵蚀

运用137Cs示踪法对青藏高原高寒草甸典型的两个小流域的土壤侵蚀进行了研究,结果表明:高寒草甸植被区的土壤137Cs在土壤剖面中呈指数型分布,分布深度一般在20cm左右;坡顶部由于风蚀、冻融侵蚀和水蚀较强,致使侵蚀强于下部,除坡顶部外其他坡位侵蚀强度都符合坡上部<坡中部<坡下部的规律;高寒草甸植被覆盖度与土壤侵蚀强度呈显著的负相关关系(p<0.01),土壤平均侵蚀模数随植被覆盖度的增加呈线性降低的趋势,相关系数R2达到0.997以上。高寒草甸退化程度越高,土壤侵蚀越强。退化较强的草甸区的平均侵蚀模数是退化较弱区的2.23倍,最大侵蚀模数可达2960.22t/(km2.a)。     

海南岛滨海沙地风沙活动的137Cs示踪初步研究

 采用¹³⁷Cs示踪法研究了海南岛滨海地区风沙活动特征，初步查明：由于¹³⁷Cs沉积量有限，海南岛¹³⁷Cs背景值含量较低，距海越近沙地中¹³⁷Cs含量越低，在植被覆盖较好的草地与林地土壤中¹³⁷Cs含量稍高；根据灌丛沙丘及丘间地剖面的137Cs分布态势，丘间地剖面¹³⁷Cs含量趋于微量的均匀化，表现出长期稳定沉积特征，而灌丛沙丘具有人为扰动剖面的特征；海南岛西部沙地风沙沉积速率约为1.25 cm·a^-1。     

内蒙古浑善达克沙地南缘 137Cs、 210Pbex复合示踪研究

土壤风蚀是导致土地退化、荒漠化以及大气扬尘、风沙天气的重要原因。内蒙古浑善达克沙地南缘是国家主体功能区规划确定的“两屏三带”的重要部分,科学估算本地区土壤风蚀强度及其变化,是地区生态安全和生态建设成效评估的重要内容。选择浑善达克沙地南缘的正蓝旗为研究区,运用 ¹³⁷Cs、 ²¹⁰Pb_ex复合示踪技术,对研究区土壤侵蚀速率及其变化进行了分析。结果表明：① 研究区内 ¹³⁷Cs本底值为2123.5±163.94 Bq·m ^-2, ²¹⁰Pb_ex本底值为8112±1787.62 Bq·m ^-2。② 基于 ¹³⁷Cs同位素示踪分析,研究区侵蚀模数为-483.99~740.31 t·km ^-2·a ^-1;基于 ²¹⁰Pb_ex同位素示踪分析,研究区侵蚀模数为-441.53~797.98 t·km ^-2·a ^-1。③ 与20世纪20-70年代相比,20世纪70年代以来土壤侵蚀与堆积速率明显降低,研究区风沙活动明显减弱,区域生态环境质量得到改善。综合 ¹³⁷Cs和 ²¹⁰Pb_ex的多同位素复合示踪技术在干旱、半干旱地区土壤侵蚀研究中具有较大的潜力。     

Quantifying sediment transport across an undisturbed prairie landscape using cesium-137 and high resolution topography

Soil erosion is a global environmental problem, and anthropogenic fallout radionuclides offer a promising tool for describing and quantifying soil redistribution on decadal time scales. To date, applications of radioactive fallout to trace upland sediment transport have been developed primarily on lands disturbed by agriculture, grazing, and logging. Here we use ¹³⁷Cs to characterize and quantify soil erosion at the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site, an undisturbed grassland in northeastern Kansas. We report on the small scale (< 10 m) and landscape scale (10 to 1000 m) distribution of fallout ¹³⁷Cs, and show significant variability in the concentrations and amounts of ¹³⁷Cs in soils at our site. ¹³⁷Cs soil concentrations and amounts typically vary by 10% to 30% on small scales, which most likely represents the spatial heterogeneity of the depositional processes. Landscape scale variability of soil ¹³⁷Cs was significantly higher than small scale variability. Most notably, soils collected on convex (divergent) landforms had ¹³⁷Cs inventories of 2500 to 3000 Bq m^− 2, which is consistent with the expected atmospheric inputs to the study area during the 1950s and 1960s. Concave landforms, however, had statistically lower inventories of 1800 to 2300 Bq m^− 2. The distribution of ¹³⁷Cs on this undisturbed landscape contrasts significantly with distributions observed across disturbed sites, which generally have accumulations of radioactive fallout in valley bottoms. Because the upslope contributing area at each sampling point had a significant negative correlation with the soil inventory of ¹³⁷Cs, we suggest that overland flow in convergent areas dominates soil erosion at Konza on time scales of decades. Very few points on our landscape had ¹³⁷Cs inventories significantly above that which would be predicted from direct deposition of ¹³⁷Cs on the soil surface; we conclude therefore that there is little net sediment storage on this undisturbed landscape.     

Using unsupported lead-210 measurements to investigate soil erosion and sediment delivery in a small Zambian catchment

Traditional techniques used to assemble information on rates of erosion and soil redistribution possess many important limitations. As a result, the use of environmental radionuclides, and more particularly ¹³⁷Cs measurements, has attracted increasing attention in recent years as a means of obtaining spatially distributed information on rates of erosion and deposition. The application of the ¹³⁷Cs approach is, however, hampered in some areas of the world where ¹³⁷Cs inventories are low and the low concentrations of ¹³⁷Cs found in soils and sediments cause problems for laboratory analysis. These problems will increase as time progresses due to the radioactive decay of the existing inventory, most of which was deposited as fallout ca. 40 years ago. This contribution explores the potential for using another fallout radionuclide, namely unsupported ²¹⁰Pb, as an alternative to ¹³⁷Cs, in the small (63 km²) Upper Kaleya catchment in southern Zambia where ¹³⁷Cs inventories are already very low. The approach employed with unsupported ²¹⁰Pb is similar to that used for ¹³⁷Cs, although the essentially constant fallout of unsupported ²¹⁰Pb through time means that the resulting estimates of erosion and soil redistribution rates reflect a longer period of time (ca. 100 years rather than ca. 40 years). The estimates of erosion and deposition rates derived from the unsupported ²¹⁰Pb measurements are used to construct typical sediment budgets for the three main land-use types in the Upper Kaleya catchment, namely, commercial cultivation, communal cultivation and bush grazing. The results obtained from the unsupported ²¹⁰Pb are compared with equivalent results based on ¹³⁷Cs measurements provided by a previous investigation undertaken in the study catchment. The two sets of results are highly consistent. The study reported confirms the viability of using unsupported ²¹⁰Pb as an alternative to ¹³⁷Cs in this environment and demonstrates that conjunctive use of both radionuclides can provide additional information on the erosional history of a study area.     

Preliminary results of usingCs to study wind erosion in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The world fallout of caesium-137 (¹³⁷Cs) associated with nuclear weapons testing during the 1950s and 1960s has provided a valuable man-made tracer for studies of soil erosion and sediment delivery. But relatively few researchers have used it to estimate wind erosion. In this paper, the¹³⁷Cs technique is introduced into the study of wind erosion and its modern processes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Two¹³⁷Cs reference inventories of 982·11 and 2376·04 Bq m⁻²was established preliminarily, which distribute in the south and mid-north parts of the study area respectively. By analysing the patterns of¹³⁷Cs depth profiles from sampling sites, the aeolian processes of erosion and deposition along nearly 40 years has been revealed, i.e. the shrub coppice dunes(S1) and semi-fixed dunefields (S3) had experienced the alternation of erosion and deposition, while the grasslands (S4, S6 and S7) and dry farmlands (S5) suffered erosion only. By using the¹³⁷Cs model, the average wind erosion rates for shrub coppice dune (S1), semi-fixed dunefields (S3), dry farmlands (S5) and grasslands (S4, S6 and S7) were estimated to be 84·14, 69·43, 30·68 and 21·84 tha⁻¹a⁻¹respectively, and for the whole Plateau, averaging 47·59 ha⁻¹a⁻¹which can be regarded as the medium erosion standard. These results derived from¹³⁷Cs for the first time have significant implications for the further research of wind erosion and desertification control in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.     

Assessing Soil Remobilisation in Catchments using a 137Cs-sediment Hillslope Model

Soil redistribution studies are important, especially in water supply catchments, because the rate at which denudation is occurring has implications for offsite water quality. However, the extent to which soil is redistributed within the landscape can be difficult to determine. This challenge can be overcome using fallout caesium-137 (¹³⁷Cs). This paper describes the rates of soil loss and remobilisation in two sub-catchments within the Sydney Basin region, namely Kembla and Kentish Creeks, which drain to the Cordeaux reservoir. The total inventories of ¹³⁷Cs in catchment soils were determined, a ¹³⁷Cs-regression equation and a theoretical diffusion and migration model were used to established relationships between ¹³⁷Cs inventories and the rates of soil loss. These relationships revealed relatively low occurrence of soil loss in Kentish Creek, but two slopes in the Kembla Creek sub-catchment had losses that appear to be moderate. However, there was no clear evidence to suggest whether slopes in upper and lower reaches of catchments had specific patterns of soil remobilisation. Qualitative categorisation of the slope elements using a ¹³⁷Cs-sediment hillslope model can be a useful sentinel for land users and decision makers even if absolute rates of soil loss or gain are not certain. The findings suggest that sediments mobilised in the study sub-catchments are not likely to impact significantly on the water quality in the Cordeaux reservoir.     

A model of Cs activity profile for soil erosion studies in uncultivated soils of Mediterranean environments

A model to simulate ¹³⁷Cs profiles in soils during the time in which they are being eroded is proposed. The model uses one parameter to characterize the cesium transference in the soil and another to express the erosion rate. To test the model, ¹³⁷Cs profiles of stable and eroded soils were collected at sampling sites located on semi-arid and temperate slopes in the Central Ebro basin, Spain. The ¹³⁷Cs profiles, corresponding to uncultivated soils with natural vegetation cover, were simulated using this model. The ¹³⁷Cs inventories and profiles calculated with the model are very similar to those measured experimentally, and thus it is possible to calculate soil erosion rates in physiographically diverse Mediterranean environments.     

Variability in soil redistribution in the northern Chihuahuan Desert based on Cesium measurements

A hypothesis for understanding the stability of northern Chihuahuan Desert landscapes is that the distribution of soil resources changes from spatially homogeneous in arid grasslands to spatially heterogeneous in invading shrublands. Since radioactive fallout ¹³⁷Cesium (¹³⁷Cs) was deposited uniformly across the landscape during the 1950s and 1960s and was quickly adsorbed to soil particles, any redistribution of ¹³⁷Cs across the landscape would be due to soil redistribution or instability at either plant-interspaces or on a landscape scale. The concentration of ¹³⁷Cs in soils collected from different vegetation communities (black grama grass, tarbush, tobosa grass, and mesquite) at the USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico was determined. At the black grama grass and tobosa grass sites, ¹³⁷Cs was uniformly distributed at the plant interspace scale. At the mesquite sites, ¹³⁷Cs was concentrated in the dune area under mesquite shrubs with little to no ¹³⁷Cs in the interdune areas. ¹³⁷Cs data support the hypothesis that significant soil redistribution has occurred at dune sites created by invading mesquite. In the arid grassland-shrub sites with black grama grass, tobosa grass, and tarbush the ¹³⁷Cs data support the hypothesis of spatially homogeneous distribution of soil resources. High concentrations of ¹³⁷Cs in the biological soil crusts (0–5 mm) at the tarbush sites indicate that biological soil crusts can contribute to the stability of these sites.     

137Cs法在风沙过程研究中的应用前景

¹³⁷Cs法在土壤侵蚀与泥沙沉积研究中已得到普遍的应用,但在风沙过程研究中尚未引起足够的重视。针对风沙过程研究中存在的有关问题,对¹³⁷Cs法的应用前景作了展望,并提出了¹³⁷Cs应用的若干建议。     

Sediment focusing in six small lakes inferred from radionuclide profiles

Sediment focusing in six small lake basins is inferred from sedimentary radionuclide profiles. The activities of¹³⁷Cs and⁹⁺²⁴⁰Pu do not decrease to zero above the sub-surface maximum but tail off gradually. Similar behavior is observed in the sediments of three lakes for¹³⁴Cs and⁶⁰Co, which were added only to the lake. This upward tailing is not caused by bioturbation or erosion from the watershed. Sediment focusing is the likely cause, further substantiated by inventories in deep sediments of⁹⁺²⁴⁰Pu and²¹⁰Pb that are twice as high as expected from atmospheric fallout. Inventories in deep sediments of¹³⁷Cs are in several cases lower than expected from atmospheric fallout, and cannot be explained by hydraulic flushing from the lakes, as this would require unreasonable flushing rates. The low¹³⁷Cs inventories and the sedimentary profiles of the¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁺²⁴⁰Pu ratio are consistent with¹³⁷Cs removal from the water column by boundary scavenging to shallow sediments. The profiles and inventories of all three nuclides could be reproduced with a simple three box model, assuming focusing of shallow sediments (50–60% of total sediment area) to deep sediments with a rate constant of 5–10% yr^–1.This is the seventh of a series of papers to be published by this journal following the 20 ^th anniversary of the first application of²¹⁰Pb dating of lake sediment. Dr P. G. Appleby is guest editing this series.     

The role of soil erosion and fluvial processes in the post-fallout redistribution of Chernobyl-derived caesium-137: a case study of the Lapki catchment, Central Russia

The central area of the Russian Plain received substantial amounts Cs-137 fallout as a result of the Chernobyl accident in 1986, with inventories exceeding 40 kBq m⁻² in many of the areas close to Chernobyl. Concern over the longer-term fate of this contamination has focused attention on the need to predict the post-fallout redistribution of the radiocaesium and, thus, future changes in the spatial distribution of contamination in the landscape. Since radiocaesium reaching the land surface as fallout is rapidly and strongly adsorbed by soil and sediment particles, any attempt to predict its post-fallout redistribution must focus on erosion and sediment delivery processes and must rely heavily on a knowledge of the geomorphological processes involved. This paper reports a detailed investigation of post-fallout Cs-137 redistribution in the 2.18-km² Lapki catchment in the Middle-Russian Upland, which has required consideration of soil erosion processes, sediment delivery pathways, sediment delivery ratios and sediment sinks. The time elapsed since the Chernobyl accident is currently insufficient to result in significant reduction of Cs-137 inventories in eroding areas, but areas of deposition on both the lower slopes and on the balka sides and bottoms are already marked by significant increases in Cs-137 inventories. The results obtained emphasise that any attempt to develop meaningful predictions of the longer-term redistribution of Chernobyl-derived Cs-137 fallout within the Russian Plain must be based on a sound and detailed understanding of the linkage between the slopes and the balka systems and the fate of sediment entering the balka systems.