Luminescence dating of sand–loess sequences and response of Mu Us and Otindag sand fields (north China) to climatic changes

The sand–loess transition zone in north China is sensitive to climate change, and is an ideal place to investigate past environmental changes. However, past climate change at millennial–centennial timescales in this region has not been well reconstructed because of limited numerical dating. Alternations of sandy loam soils with aeolian sand layers in the Mu Us and Otindag sand fields, which lie along the sand–loess transition zone, indicate multiple intervals of dune activity and stability. This change is probably a response to variations of the East Asian monsoon climate during the late Quaternary. The single aliquot regeneration (SAR) optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating protocol, which has been successfully applied to aeolian deposits worldwide, is applied to these two sand fields in this study. The OSL ages provide reliable constraints for reconstruction of past climate changes at suborbital timescale. Sections in both sand fields contain aeolian sand beds recording millennial‐scale episodes of dry climate and widespread dune activation, including episodes at about the same time as Heinrich Event 5 and the Younger Dryas in the North Atlantic region. These results demonstrate the potential of aeolian sediments in semi‐arid north China to record millennial‐scale climatic events, and also suggest that dry–wet climate variation at the desert margin in China may be linked to climatic change elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, through atmospheric circulation. This article was published online on 27 November 2008. An error was subsequently identified. This notice is included in the online and print versions to indicate that both have been corrected (16 December 2008). Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

山区短波反射辐射的计算模式

本文提出计算山区测点可接受到的来自周围山地的短波反射辐射日平均通量密度的通用计算机模式,并以大别山南段赵公岭山区为例进行了试验,结果表明,该式通用性强、精度较高。     

Loess deposition in Asia： its initiation and development before and during the Quaternary

Dust is important in the Earth environment system. However; the role of dust in climate change remains largely unknown. A better understanding of the temporal and spatial variability of the dust accumulation in Asia forms an important step towards establishing the link between dust deposition and climate change. Here, a summary is given for the timing of the onset and expansion of loess deposition in Asia beginning in the early, Miocene. Recent progress on some aspects of loess chronology and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction is also reviewed.     

Photoinduced toxicity single and binary mixtures of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum

Diatom Skeletonema costatum Cleve is one of the main predominant phytoplankton species in the Changjiang Estuary in China. In order to provide some basic information for future assessment of the potential risk on phytoplankton communities in this estuary caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs), this alga was selected as a representative to investigate the photoinduced toxicity of PAHs, in single and mixture. Four PAHs including three-ring phenanthrene and anthracene, four-ring fluoranthene and pyrene were tested in the laboratory. The single toxicity of each PAH on this microalga was compared with and without the simulated solar UV radiation. The results showed that this microalga was sensitive to PAH's photoinduced toxicity. Ratios of the 72 h median effect concentration obtained for fluorescent and UV light tests were about 8.4 for phenanthrene, 13.0 for anthracene, 6.5 for fluoranthene, and 5.7 for pyrene, indicating that UV light enhanced the PAH toxicity to this alga significantly. Under the fluorescent radiation (lacking UV), the dose-response curves based on chemical concentrations revealed that the order of toxic strength was fluoranthene greater than pyrene greater than anthracene greater than phenanthrene; while under the UV radiation (476 μW/cm2 for UVA, 6.5 μW/cm2 for UVB) it became fluoranthene approximately equaling anthracene greater than pyrene greater than phenanthrene, indicating that the UV light also changed its relative toxicity to this alga. The photoinduced toxicity of PAHs to the marine diatom S. costatum might be a synergistic effect of photosensitization reactions (e.g., generation of single-state oxygen) and photomodification (photooxidation and/or photolysis).The combined effects of six binary mixtures on the marine diatom S. costatum were investigated using the additive-index method. Four binary-mixtures (phenanthrene plus anthracene; phenanthrene plus pyrene; anthracene plus fluoranthene; anthracene plus pyrene) were found to be synergistic joint action mode, while two binary-mixtures (phenanthrene plus fluoranthene; fluoranthene plus pyrene) displayed antagonist, revealing a complex pattern of possible interactions. The combined action mode of PAHs might be related to various factors such as the mixture compounds, mixture ratios and test conditions, etc.     

Long-Period Distribution of Wave Heights and Its Application

This paper reveals that the long-period statistic distribution of the characteristic heights of deep-water waves assumes the lognormal distribution. Thereafter, the largest wave-height which may occur in the service life of coastal structures is derived in this paper.     

台湾海峡西部上升流的生成和长消原因分析

台湾海峡西部海域是上升流多发区,近年来已引起众多海洋学家的重视。我国海洋学家通过对台湾海峡区水团、海流和营养盐等的分析研究,不仅得出了台湾海峡西部海域上升流的分布范围和特征,并对其成因也作了探讨,取得了一些有价值的研究结果。由于这些研究都是采用间接方法,因此对上升流的主要成因尚存在不同的看法。本文通过对引起台湾海峡西部海域上升流的各驱动力因子量级的分析,进而判断出上升流的主要成因。     

北方劳德藻配子和复大孢子的产生

于１９８６年１０月在厦门近岸采集北方劳德藻，从培养中观察其有性生殖和光对生殖的影响。结果表明，该藻只有宽度为２６－４０μｍ的细胞能形成配子和复大孢子；在光照条件下每昼夜只发生１次性化；雌雄配子以不同发育方式形成，配子发生呈现一定的时间程序；强光照和１６ｈ光周期最适于性化。由此得知，引起性化既依赖适当的细胞大小，又依赖光诱导的外部因素；产生两种精子数目是与精原孢囊的体积大小紧密相关；性化与光强度之间     

渤海湾海河口区浮游植物动态及其与有机污染的关系

近二十年来，随着海洋环境科学的发展，河口污染和生态问题日益受到重视。关于污水排放对河口内湾浮游植物生态的影响，近年Ketchum, B. H. (1967); McCormick, J.M. 等(1975); Rice, T. R. (1975); Jenkins, S. H. (1978); Thompson, G. B. 等(1981 ); Meyers, V. B. 等(1983)和Joint, I. R.(1984)都做过调查研究和评论。但迄今国内有关这方面的研究报道甚少。 海河口是一个有污染源的生态环境特殊的感潮河口，受自然因素和人类活动的影响很大。由于其地理位置得天独厚，水质肥沃，饵料丰富，历来是许多经济鱼虾类优良的天然产卵、索饵和肥育的场所，在渤海渔业上占有重要位置。但近十多年，由于入海径流量锐减和城市污水排海总量的增加1)，其水质逐渐恶化，环境正由半咸水向海洋化方向演变，对河口渔业构成严重威胁。对此，我所曾于1978-1981年对渤海湾的污染状况及影响进行过多学科的综合调查，在渤海湾污染的浮游植物生态效应、海湾富营养化及其与赤潮的关系等方面，也做过初步研究(邹景忠等，1983; 1984; 1985 )。当时由于受调查范围和项目的限制，对河口有机污染及生态效应的研究还很不够，所获得的一些资料尚不足以作出定量的科学论断。 本文着重探讨海河口区浮游植物的生态变化及其与有机污染的关系，旨在为综合分析和评价海河口区目前的生态质量及演变趋势，为河口环境的综合整治提供科学依据。     

Studies on Genus Cryptomonas from China seas

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台湾暖流水(团)夏季T-S特征和来源的初步分析

在濒临我国闽、浙两省的东海陆架西部海域。终年存在着一股自南北上、具有高盐特性的外海水(图1),它是该海域的主要水团。它的消长和运移,对陆架西部海域的水文状况有着十分显著的影响,我国东南沿海渔场位置的变动以及气候的变化等也与之密切相关。因此,对这股高盐水的研究具有很重要的现实意义,很早就受到了国内、外海洋学者的重视。 较长期来,这股高盐水的名称及涵义一直较为混乱,有称“中间暖水”,或称“黑潮北上分支水”,也称“台湾暖水”和“台湾暖流水”等等。本文根据这股高盐水的来源和特性,采用了“台湾暖流水”这一名称。 关于台湾暖流水,国内、外海洋学者已相继作过一些研究。早在1894年,C.O.MaKapo?曾根据1886-1889年“勇士”号的调查结果指出:“在东海西部有一支黑潮分支出来的中间暖水”。1932年,安井善一在其研究上海一长崎间水温、盐度年变化的著作中曾提到:“在中国大陆沿岸有一黑潮水的分支北上,其温、盐度的性质与日本近岸的黑潮水系相近”。其后,许多日本海洋学者,诸如宇田道隆、辻田時美、井上尚文,深濑茂、松官义晴、中尾徹、以及西田英男等人在研究东海水文状况和水团结构的著作中,都先后在不同程度上对台湾暖流水作过一些概要的分析。 自本世纪五十年代末期以来,我国海洋科学工作者在研究中国近海水文基本特征的同时,也对台湾暖流水作了一些研究,但因受资料限制,这些研究仅局限于分析台湾暖流水在28°N以北、124°E以西海域内的分布和变化特性,而未能探讨其全貌。 近年来,在东海陆架西部海域的海洋水文调査逐渐増多,已经积累了一些观测资料，本文试图根据目前所能收集到的1958-1977年间的资料,对台湾暖流水夏季的温、盐特性及来源作一初步探讨。