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。     

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.     

基于 137Cs和 210Pbex方法的高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀示踪

高寒草甸是青藏高原主要的草地类型之一。为了解高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀特征,以兴海盆地高寒草甸坡面为研究区,分析了高寒草甸坡面上 137Cs和 210Pbex的分布特征;利用 137Cs和 210Pbex示踪方法,通过转换模型估算了高寒草甸坡面土壤侵蚀速率,并对两种方法估算的结果进行了对比。结果表明:(1)选取的高寒草甸背景土壤剖面上 137Cs质量活度最大值分布在 2～4 cm层位, 210Pbex质量活度最大值出现在最表层。(2)研究区坡面 137Cs和 210Pbex质量活度和通量在不同的坡位有明显的差异。(3)根据 210Pbex估算的土壤侵蚀速率高于基于 137Cs估算的土壤侵蚀速率,表明研究区近几十年土壤侵蚀可能呈增加趋势。(4)根据 137Cs和 210Pbex估算的土壤侵蚀速率具有极显著的正相关关系( r = 0.94,P <     

人类干扰对土壤侵蚀及土壤质量的影响——以苏南宜兴低山丘陵区为例

以苏南低山丘陵区茶园土壤侵蚀与土壤质量改变为研究对象，并取自然状态的杂木林为参照，用^137Cs法估算土壤侵蚀速率；以土壤粗化度、土壤有机质含量及土壤含水量描述土壤质量；在绝对数值的基础上，用变化量探讨研究对象的变化方向与幅度。对比耕作土与非耕作土的土壤侵蚀与土壤质量改变及将它们结合起来研究表明，人类活动有可能加剧土壤侵蚀，加快土壤质地粗化；合理的农业措施虽可减缓土壤质量下降，但防治侵蚀方可治本。     

~(137)Cs示踪法土壤侵蚀量估算的本底值问题

137Cs示踪法因能快速、相对简便地估算土壤侵蚀量而在土壤侵蚀定量研究中得到广泛应用。本底值获取是137Cs示踪法的关键和基础。在具有空间异质性多因素综合作用下,本底值呈现高度的空间异质性。针对本底值空间变异性,从气候气象要素、地形、土壤属性、土地利用/覆被四个方面阐明各因素与本底值空间变异的作用机理。分析了当前137Cs示踪法应用中在本底值获取时参考点存在性及选点的准确性、单个或几个本底值对研究区本底值的代表性和参考点采样设计。提出划分侵蚀测定单元、建立多本底值体系和进行地形校正解决当前137Cs示踪法中本底值存在问题的对策。侵蚀测定计算单元的划分原则和方法、根据已有参考点的137Cs本底值推算各单元137Cs本底值的技术方法、定量化研究各因素对137Cs的作用是今后需要深入的工作。     

新疆137Cs定年时标解析北大核心CSCD

^(137)Cs在年代测定和土壤流失等领域得到了广泛的应用。在认定^(137)Cs时标前,需要消除粘土和有机质(TOC)对^(137)Cs的富集作用。通过对比新疆多个湖芯钻孔^(137)Cs序列,发现它们异于北半球^(137)Cs沉降模式,即出现了1954、1963、1975和1986这四种时标且1986年的^(137)Cs比活度可能异常的高。通过分析艾里克湖钻孔的^(137)Cs序列,并结合新疆其他地区多个钻孔的^(137)Cs序列,与北半球^(137)Cs沉降特征以及靠近北疆的Belukha冰芯^(240)Pu/^(239)Pu沉降记录进行对比,分析了新疆^(137)Cs时标的可靠性以及1986年^(137)Cs比活度异常高的原因。在新疆^(137)Cs多个时标中,仅1963年的时标是高信度的(即北半球^(137)Cs最大沉积年)。1954年^(137)Cs蓄积峰代表其全球初始显著沉降,距今已有2个^(137)Cs半衰期,当年沉积通量低且可能发生^(137)Cs垂直迁移,仅能作为次要时标。1975年的时标反映了1960s-1970s的中国核试验,但距离罗布泊~300 km的博斯腾湖对中国核试验有截然相反的记录,表明中国核试验不是稳定信号,其核沉降范围以及对湖芯的影响作用还需进一步评估,不能作为可信的时标。1986年蓄积峰对应切尔诺贝利核事故,因核尘埃未大量进入平流层且距离新疆较远(~4 000 km),但同时考虑到新疆位于核事故的西风环流下风区,所以该事故对新疆有影响但影响不大。1986年的^(137)Cs时标可作为次要时标。新疆湖芯1986年的异常高蓄积峰可能是由新疆最近几十年的人类活动(如过牧、耕种等)加上1987/1988年的高降水导致的地表侵蚀增强引起的。增强的地表侵蚀导致含有高^(137)Cs含量的表层土壤颗粒被冲刷进入湖泊,叠加在切尔诺贝利核事故^(137)Cs沉降之上,进而导致了湖芯沉积物记录到显著的1986年^(137)Cs蓄积峰。     

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。     

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)。     

江苏王港盐沼的现代沉积速率

江苏海岸湿地总面积超过5000km^2，但围垦活动的加剧使盐沼湿地面积迅速减少；为了达到海岸防护、保滩促淤的目的，先后引种了大米草和互花米草。通过采集江苏王港潮滩盐沼湿地9处柱状样和挖取探槽剖面，以及对沉积剖面样品进行^210Pb和^137Cs测年分析，探讨了^210Pb的本底及影响^210Pb富集的因素，估算了王港盐沼湿地的现代沉积速率。王港潮滩盐沼沉积物对^210Pb的吸附作用较弱；受风暴潮、生物扰动、物源变化及实验误差等因素的影响，在^210Pbex剖面上出现了数据异常点，将这些数据点剔除后计算得到的沉积速率为33cm yr^-1，^137Cs测年显示，该地区1963年以来的平均沉积速率3．1cm yr^-1，与^210Pb法及前人研究结果相一致。根据一个典型剖面的^137Cs测年数据分析，王港潮滩盐沼的沉积过程根据地貌特征的不同可分3个阶段，大米草覆盖阶段滩面高程迅速增加，互花米草的生长提高了滩面淤积速率。     

岩溶坡地土壤侵蚀强度的137 Cs法研究

在重庆南部南川市境内,按不同侵蚀强度取137Cs样品,用于研究岩溶坡地不同侵蚀程度的土壤侵蚀强度与特征。结果表明,林草地侵蚀速率变化范围49.3 t/(km2.a)~230.5 t/(km2.a),平均侵蚀速率112.5 t/(km2.a);缓坡耕地侵蚀速率变化范围190.3~1 138.4 t/(km2.a),平均565.5 t/(km2.a);陡坡耕地的侵蚀速率变化范围为452.0~3 759.4 t/(km2.a),平均2 264.8 t/(km2.a)。与黄土高原和紫色土区相比,岩溶区侵蚀速率较小。     

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Assessment of GIAHS in Shizuoka: The Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System

<正>1 Introduction In 2013,Chagusaba,which is traditional tea-grass integrated system in Shizuoka,were accepted as new world heritage site of agriculture.Shizuoka prefecture occupies a variety of elevations,from 0 to 3000m or more above sea level.Because of the diversity of land features and climates,this area produces 167 agricultural commodities.In addition,a lot of traditional agriculture and over200 local native varieties of crops have been conserved in Shizuoka     

ERAHS: A New Platform for the Exchange of Regional Information and Experience on Agricultural Heritage Systems

<正>There are more than 10000 years of agricultural development history in the world that has provided very fruitful and ingenious traditional knowledge and experiences reflecting the evolution of humanity and the nature.In2002,the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)initiated an international partnership initiative of"Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems     

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PRODUCTIVITY OF AMERICAN PH.D.-GRANTING DEPARTMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY

Reviews of geographic software in this article:

DEMO-GRAPHICS: WORLD POPULATIONS AND PROJECTIONS.

ESP

GAUSS.

CEMODEL S. Damus

LIMDEP. William H. Greene

MICROSTAT 4.1

OTIS

PCIPS. (Personal Computer Image Processing System). H.J. Meyers and R. Bernstein.

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES (RATS)

SPSS/PC+

URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (UDMS)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Rabat: Urban Apartheid in Morocco . Janet Abu -Lughod . Marketplaces in a Developing Country: The Case of Western Nigeria . Isaac Ayinde Adalemo . Farming Development and Space: A World Agricultural Geography . Bernd Andreae . Section and Party: A Political Geography of American Presidential Elections, from Andrew Jackson to Ronald Reagan . J. Clark Archer and Peter J. Taylor . Women and Space: Ground Rules and Social Maps . Shirley Ardener , ed. European Progress in Spatial Analysis . R. J. Bennett , ed. The Origins of Academic Geography in the United States . Brian W. Blouet Geographic Perspectives on Global Problems . Ronald Reed Boyce . Seasonal Dimensions to Rural Poverty . Robert Chambers , Richard Longhurst and Arnold Pacey eds. The New Nationalism and the Use of Common Spaces: Issues in Marine Pollution and the Exploitation of Antarctica . Jonathan I. Charney , ed. Communications Tomorrow: The Coming of the Information Society . Edward Cornish , ed. The Design of Suburbia . Arthur Edwards . Explorer on the Northern Plains: Lieutenant Gouverneur K. Warren's Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota in the Years 1855–56–57. With an Introduction by Frank N. Schubert . The Changing Climate: Responses of the Natural Flora and Fauna . Michael J. Ford . Essentials of Physical Geography . Robert E. Gabler , Robert J. Sager , Sheila Brazier , and Daniel L. Wise. The Road to Jaramillo . William Glen . Valued Environments . John R. Gold and Jacquelin Burgess , eds. Proximity and Preference: Problems in the Multidimensional Analysis of Large Data Sets . Reginald G. Golledge and John N. Rayner , eds. A Search for Common Ground . Peter Gould and Gunnar Olsson , eds. Geography: Its History and Concepts . Arild Holt -Jensen . A Population Geography . Huw R. Jones . The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural Geography, 3rd ed. Terry G. Jordan and Lester Rowntree . Urban Social Geography: An Introduction . Paul Knox . The Anatomy of Job Loss: The How, Why and Where of Employment Decline . Doreen Massey and Richard Meegan . The Information Society as Post-Industial Society . Yoneji Masuda . Map Librarianship, 2nd ed. Harold Nichols . India: Cultural Patterns and Processes . Allen G. Noble and Ashok K. Dutt , eds. The God that Limps: Science and Technology in the Eighties . Colin Norman . Geography: An Introductory Perspective . Robert E. Norris , Keith D. Harries and John D. Vitek . The Politics of Technology Assessment . David M. O'Brien and Donald A. Marchand . Ethnic Segregation in Cities . Ceri Peach , Vaughan Robinson and Susan Smith , eds. Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980 . Bernard Quinn , Herman Anderson , Martin Bradley , Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver . Energy in Australia: Politics and Economics . Hugh Saddler . Development from Above or Below? The Dialectics of Regional Planning in Developing Countries . Walter B. Stóuhr and D. R. Fraser Taylor , eds. Human Impact on the Ecosystem . Joy Tivy and Greg O'Hare . Plants and People: Vegetation Change in North America . Thomas R. Vale . The Mapmakers: The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography from Antiquity to the Space Age . John Noble Wilford .     

Deserts and Aeolian Desertification in China: Book review and some thoughts

Desertification is a global phenomenon that affects about two billion people. It occurs in arid zones where the annual precipitation is below 400 mm, partic- ularly in the marginal areas of the world＇s largest deserts. It is a result of water and wind erosion, over- grazing, global warm-ing, improper soil cultivation, and increased pressure ot population growth, and it causes degradation of soil and natural and agricultural vegetation. The direct result is less food for people and livestock, which influences pop- ulation and animal husbandry fluctuations. Despite ef- forts to combat and reduce desertification, the affected areas are annually increasing.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: The Rice Economy of Asia . Randolph Barker and Robert W. Herdt with Beth Rose. Using Microcomputers: A Guidebook for Writers, Teachers, and Researchers in the Social Sciences . Blaine A. Erie—the Lake that Survived . Noel M. Burns. Geology and Society . Donald R. Coates. Caves and Karst of Kentucky . Percy H. Dougherty, ed. Altered Harvest: Agriculture, Genetics, and the Fate of the World's Food Supply . Jack Doyle. The Middle East and North Africa, A Political Geography . Alasdair Drysdale and Gerald H. Blake. Clamor at the Gates. The New American Immigration . Nathan Glazer, ed. Development and the Landowner: An analysis of the British experience . Robin Goodchild and Richard Munton. Discovering Landscape in England and Wales . Andrew Goudie and Rita Gardner. The Modern Plantation in the Third World . Edgar Graham and Ingrid Floering. Social Relations and Spatial Structures . Derek Gregory and John Urry, eds. The World Food Problem 1950–1980 . David Grigg. Costa Rica: A Geographical Interpretation in Historical Perspective . Carolyn Hall. The Urbanization of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization . David Harvey. Reviving Main Street . Deryck Holdsworth, ed. Rural Roads and Poverty Alleviation . John Howe and Peter Richards, eds. Uneven Development in Southern Europe: Studies of Accumulation, Class, Migration and the State . Ray Hudson and Jim Lewis, eds. Karst Geomorphology . J. N. Jennings. The Geomorphology of North-west England . R. H. Johnson, ed. Climate Impact Assessment: Studies of the Interaction of Climate and Society . Robert Kates, Jesse Ausubel, Mimi Berberian, eds. Public Service Provision and Urban Development . Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox, and Steven Pinch, ed. State and Market: The Politics of the Public and the Private . Jan-Erik Lane, ed. Living Cities . Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Urban Preservation Policies. World Climatic Systems . John G. Lockwood. Urban Ethnicity in the United States. New Immigrants and Old Minorities . Lionel Maldonaldo and Joan Moore, eds. Culture and Conservation: The Human Dimension in Environmental Planning . Jeffrey A. McNeely and David Pitt, eds. The Andean Past. Land, Societies, and Conflicts . Magnus Mörner. Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management . Norman Myers, ed. Progress in Industrial Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Progress in Political Geography . Michael Pacione, ed. Rivers and Landscape . Geoff Petts and Ian Foster. Urbanization and Planning in the 3rd World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation . Robert B. Potter. One Island, Two Nations? A Political Geographical Analysis of the National Conflict in Ireland . D. G. Pringle. Circulation in Third World Countries . R. Mansell Prothero and Murray Chapman. The Ozarks Outdoors: A Guide for Fishermen, Hunters, and Tourists . Milton D. Rafferty. Suburban Burglary: A Time and a Place for Everything . George Rengert and John Wasilchick. Geomorphology and Soils . K.S. Richards, R.R. Arnett, and S. Ellis, eds. The Homes and Homeless of Post-War Britain . Frederick Shaw. Indochinese Refugees in America . Paul J. Strand and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Wild Horses and Sacred Cows . Richard Symanski. Forever Wild: Environmental Aesthetics and the Adirondack Forest Preserve . Philip G. Terrie. The Regional Economic Impact of Technological Change . A.T. Thwaites and R.P. Oakey, eds. The Good Life . Yi-Fu Tuan.