山东全新世史前文化繁荣的环境基础

根据孢粉、湖泊、考古、历史文献等方面资料 ,本文分析了山东全新世以来史前文化繁荣的环境特点 ,认为全新世大暖期 ( 8 0～ 3 0kaBP) ,气候温暖湿润 ,是史前文化繁荣时期 ,其中大暖期鼎盛阶段 ( 8 0～ 6 0kaBP) ,气温高于现今 2 5～ 3 0℃ ,降水量高于现今 40 0mm ,属于亚热带落叶阔叶和常绿阔叶混交林景观。新石器时期 ,人类对自然环境的依赖性仍较大 ,对环境破坏微弱 ,以渔猎生活方式为主。     

福建屏南天湖山泥炭腐殖化度记录的早全新世以来气候变化

以14C测年为基础,构建了天湖山泥炭剖面的年代序列,通过对研究区泥炭腐殖化度与有机质的分析研究,发现两者呈现出很好的相关性,共同记录了研究区约9．5kaBP以来的气候变化,可划分出3个主要阶段：1）早期（9．5 ka BP-6．3 ka BP）泥炭腐殖化度最低,指示气候湿热,其中7．9ka BP-6．3kaBP为整个剖面腐殖化度最低值阶段,可能为研究区全新世气候最适宜期（全新世大暖期）阶段;2）中期（6．3 ka BP～2．8 ka BP）泥炭腐殖化度较低,指示气候温凉湿润;3）晚期（2．8 ka BP以来）,泥炭腐殖化度偏高,波动较大,指示气候温凉偏于．利用redfit红色噪声谱分析发现,有机质含量变化时间序列中存在948a、268a、342a的准周期,反映了中低纬度亚热带季风区气候变化对太阳活动的响应．     

塔里木盆地东部台特玛湖近25.0ka BP以来气候与环境变化

由南疆罗布泊地区台特玛湖沉积物多种地质记录的综合分析表明,近25．0kaBP以来此地区气候与环境演化的过程和特征与新疆其它地区基本一致。多手段的综合研究,揭示了近25．0kaBP以来台特玛湖气候与环境的变化经历了7次相对暖干、5次相对冷湿和1次相对暖湿变化,而且全新世期间历次的气候变化与具有高分辨率的敦德冰芯记录以及北半球气候变化的过程上基本一致,所记录的气候与环境演化过程呈现出明显的西风型环境演变特征。唯一在7．0～6．0kaBP期间出现的相对暖湿的环境特征应该是真正意义上的全新世大暖期最盛期的体现,可能与此时增强的西南夏季风势力影响到本地区有关。     

华南北热带11.5―2.5 ka B.P. 温度集成重建与特征分析

基于“综合-比例法”（Composite Plus Scale,CPS）,利用近年来已发表的数据集成重建我国华南北热带地区11.5―2.5 ka B.P.温度变化序列。结果表明,该地区冷暖变化可以分为三大阶段：11 500―9 500 a B.P.为全新世早期阶段;9 500―4 000 a B.P.为全新世大暖期阶段;4 000―2 500 a B.P.开始出现降温过程。功率谱和小波分析表明：华南北热带气候变化具有多时段、多尺度冷暖周期变化特征,在千年尺度上,1.3 ka和3.3~3.9 ka是其冷暖变化的主要周期。序列中可以识别出一系列气候波动事件,如8.2 ka、7.9 ka、7.1 ka、4.1 ka气候事件。交叉小波谱分析表明：ENSO对华南北热带地区温度变化有着显著影响,特别是7 ka B.P.以来其影响进一步加强。通过与其他序列的对比发现：华南北热带地区的气候变化是对全球变化的响应,但也同样存在区域差异。     

珠江三角洲晚第四纪气候波动的新认识

珠江三角洲中部番禺东涌剖面密取样、高分辨率的磁化率、δ13C、C/N3条曲线相互基本谋合,为判断MIS2以来的气候波动提供了新依据,从中得出了一些新认识：末次冰盛期很不明显,降温不超3℃;有新仙女木冷回返事件的反映;冷回返事件后直至2 500aBP,持续波动升温,难以识别8 500～3 000 a BP的大暖期;晚全新世降温始于2 500aBp,而不是3 000 aBP;最暖期不是在中全新世,而是在晚全新世.     

基于石笋记录的云贵高原古气候变化研究进展

重建古气候、古环境已成为当今全球变化研究的热点.石笋作为岩溶洞穴次生化学沉积物的典型代表,是古气候研究的重要载体.基于近年来已报道的贵州荔波、茂兰、都匀凯口及云南寻甸、宣威、宁蒗等地11个洞穴30余根石笋的氧同位素数据的综合分析,认识云贵高原163 kaBP以来的古气候变化情况.结果表明,163kaBP以来,青藏高原隆升对全球气候格局的改变及季风系统的形成起到重大影响,在此大背景下,云贵高原气候演变体现了全球一致性,也呈现出其自身规律：（1）倒数第2次冰期的冰盛期（163.3～ 129.28 kaBP）,气候严寒干冷,期间伴随温凉向冷干的转变;（2）末次间冰期（129.28～78.92 kaBP）,气候温暖湿润,但期间冷暖波动变化幅度很大;（3）末次冰期（78.92～11.2 kaBP）,气候极不稳定,冷暖波动很大,总体呈现降雨由多变少,气温由高变低的变化趋势;（4）全新世（11.2 kaBP至今）,气候温暖,雨量充沛,气候呈现变暖—高温—稍变冷—恢复的变化趋势.云贵高原作为一个特殊区域,即东亚季风与印度季风的过渡带,对研究中国甚至于全球季风系统的演变发展有着重要意义.通过多指标多手段,提高研究区研究精度,拟建古气候变化曲线,应对全球变暖的区域性实证研究及未来气候模拟预测将是今后努力的方向.     

汉江上游弥陀寺黄土-古土壤序列的化学风化特征及其环境意义

对汉江上游谷地弥陀寺黄土剖面的地层序列和常量元素进行了研究,用光释光测年法(OSL)对地层进行了断代。结果显示:剖面中Na2O、Mg O、Ca O表现淋失,Fe2O3、K2O和Al2O3则相对富集,其中在古土壤中这些元素表现淋失或富集程度更为强烈;剖面具有斜长石风化为主的初级化学风化程度,以Ca、Na流失严重为特征;从马兰黄土L1→古土壤S0→全新世黄土L0,风化由弱变强再变弱。这些信息揭示了汉江上游地区晚更新世以来的环境尤其是气候的变化规律:18 000~11 500 a BP气候以干冷为主,进入全新世后逐渐转暖,8 500~3 100 a BP为全新世大暖期,气候温湿,3 100 a BP后气候又转凉,呈现出由"冷干→转暖→暖湿→干凉"的演变过程,同时弥陀寺黄土对6 000~5 000 a BP期间发生的气候波动冷事件也有记录响应。     

全新世中国东部亚热带地区气候变迁的古生物学证据

中国东部亚热带地区全新世期间的气候波动频繁,引起哺乳动物群的多次迁徙。该时期哺乳动物群的常见种属多见于亚热带地区,仅少数种属如貘、犀、长臂猿和亚洲象等在自然状态下主要分布于热带―中亚热带南部地区,指示了具热带气候性质的中亚热带南部的森林环境。文章在确定中国东部全新世不同阶段此类动物群的种属构成与分布特征的基础上,主要根据热带种的迁徙和分布特征,初步推断各阶段亚热带地区的气候变迁状况如下：盛冰期之后的冰消期,温度逐渐回升,14 000―12 000 a BP时,热带种分布北界大致南移2°,指示1月平均气温较今低3~5℃;12 000―8 500 a BP为升温期,气候转暖,热带种分布北界达中亚热带南部,逐渐类似于现今气候;8 500―5 000 a BP为大暖期,热带种分布北界抵秦岭―淮河一线,北移约6°,指示1月气温较今高约7~9℃;5 000―3 000 a BP为降温期,热带种分布北界位于秦岭―淮河以南的长江流域,北移约4°,指示1月气温较今高约5~6℃;3 000 a BP以来,气候逐渐变冷。这些变化体现了中国东部亚热带地区在全新世时期发生了多次较大的气候和生物气候带变迁事件。     

莱州湾南岸咸水入侵区晚更新世以来的古环境演变

莱州湾南岸是我国典型的咸水入侵区,古环境变化构成了现代咸水入侵发生的背景。本文通过对潍河下游地区A1、A5孔岩芯系统的孢粉、有孔虫、粒度、¹⁴C及热释光测年资料的分析,结合100余个钻孔的沉积特征,论述了莱州湾南岸地区晚更新世以来的古环境演化特征。本区经历了三次明显的冷暖气候波动,三次显著的暖湿期为85～76kaBP、50～24kaBP、10～4kaBP,为海陆过渡相沉积环境,这三个时期分别与晚更新以来的三次海侵相对应,与相邻区域相比,全新世海侵开始早、结束晚;两次冷干期为76～50kaBP、24～10kaBP,分别对应于早大理冰期、晚大理冰期,为陆相沉积环境。     

博斯腾湖全新世湖相沉积相碳酸盐稳定同位素与古气候的初步研究

由博斯腾湖全新世湖相沉积碳酸盐同位素所揭示的全新世气候变化特征表明,其气候演变具有显著的西风型环境演变特下,表现为冷与相对湿润,暖与相对干旱的水热配置关系。由δ＾１８Ｏ所反映的温度波动存在显著的阶梯式增温特征,该地区全新世期间出现了一系列冷暖变化,其中几次强烈的冷暖事件波动具有全球意义。     

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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.

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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)     

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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.     

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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.     

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Books reviewed in this article: USA, Eine Geographische Landeskunde , Vol. I, Der Grossraum in Strukturellem, Wandel, 3rd Ed. Helmut Blume . Introduction to Remote Sensing . James B. Campbell . The Sounds of People and Places: Readings in the Geography of American Folk and Popular Music . George O. Carney , ED. Development and Underdevelopment . John Cole . Mobility and Employment in Urban Southeast Asia: Example from Indonesia and the Philippines . Michael A. Costello , Thomas R. Leinbach , AND Richard Ulack . Soviet Asia: Economic Development and National Policy Choices . Leslie Dienes . The Third World City . David Drakakis -Smith . Scholars' Guide to Washington, DC for Cartography and Remote Sensing Imagery (maps, charts, aerial photographs, satellite images, cartographic literature and geographic information systems). Ralph E. Ehrenberg . Population and Development in the Third World . Allan AND Anne Findlay . The Early Mapping of Hawaii . Gary L. Fitzpatrick . Energetics of Physical Environment: Energetic Approaches to Physical Geography . K. J. Gregory , ED. Wildland Recreation: Ecology and Management . William E. Hammitt and David N. Cole . Agricultural Commercialization and Government Policy in Africa . J. Hinderink AND J. J. Sterkenburg . The Dynamics of American Housing . James W. Hughes AND George Sternlieb . Thailand: Buddhist Kingdom as Modern Nation State . Charles F. Keyes . Resolving Locational Conflict . Robert W. Lake , ED. Lands at Risk in the Third World: Local-level Perspectives . Peter D. Little and Michael M. Horowitz , EDS. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science . David N. Livingstone . Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory . Ann R. Markusen . Wetlands . William J. Mitsch and James G. Gosselink . Historical Geography: Progress and Prospect . Michael Pacione , ED. Loess and Periglacial Phenomena . Marton P$eacsi and Hugh M. French , EDS. Regional Management of Metropolitan Floodplains, Experience in the United States and Abroad . Rutherford H. Platt , ED. Human Cartography: Mapping the World of Man . Janos Szegö . Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History . Helen H. Tanner , ED. The Botany of Mangroves . P. B. Tomlinson . Urban Spatial Traffic Patterns . Rodney Vaughan . The Night After … Climatic and Biological Consequences of a Nuclear War . Yevgeni Velikhov , ED. Industrial Geography . H. D. Watts . Dictionary of Quotations in Geography . James O. Wheeler and Francis M. Sibley . Vermont Townscape . Norman Wiliams , Jr. , Edmund K. Kellogg and Peter M. Lavigne .     

THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF AN ALIEN ECOLOGY EVER CONSTRUCTED

Much science-fiction literature is based upon the creation and exploration of alternative environments. Stanley G. Weinbaum's short story, “Parasite Planet,”introduces an unusual environment that may be wrong in the light of recent evidence on Venus but still stimulates the geographical imagination.