珠江三角洲晚更新世以来的沉积－古地理

本文将珠江三角洲晚更新世以来的演化分为前三角洲(约４００００—３２５００ａＢ．Ｐ．)、老三角洲(３２５００—７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．)和新三角洲(７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．—现在)三个阶段,并在此基础上探讨珠江三角洲沉积－古地理的变迁。研究结果表明,在前三角洲阶段,珠江三角洲为内陆环境,五条大河在中山三角一带汇合,然后向南东入海。磨刀门西江水道形成于第二阶段的３００００—２００００。Ｂ．Ｐ．;狮子洋、珠江和银洲湖等水道则是全新世才发展起来的。三角洲发生过两次海侵。第一次大约开始于３２５００ａＢ．Ｐ．,第二次大约开始于７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．。两次海侵形成了新、老两套三角洲沉积。     

珠江三角洲晚更新世以来的沉积－古地理

本文将珠江三角洲晚更新世以来的演化分为前三角洲（约４００００—３２５００ａＢ．Ｐ．）、老三角洲（３２５００—７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．）和新三角洲（７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．—现在）三个阶段，并在此基础上探讨珠江三角洲沉积－古地理的变迁。研究结果表明，在前三角洲阶段，珠江三角洲为内陆环境，五条大河在中山三角一带汇合，然后向南东入海。磨刀门西江水道形成于第二阶段的３００００—２００００。Ｂ．Ｐ．；狮子洋、珠江和银洲湖等水道则是全新世才发展起来的。三角洲发生过两次海侵。第一次大约开始于３２５００ａＢ．Ｐ．，第二次大约开始于７５００ａＢ．Ｐ．。两次海侵形成了新、老两套三角洲沉积。     

东海西部晚更新世晚期以来地层特征的初步研究

本文对长江三角洲沉积区、浙东近岸沉积区及陆架改造沉积区的钻孔剖面的地层进行了初步研究。根据钻孔柱状岩心的粒度、矿物、化学及生物组分的特征,本区晚更新世晚期以来的地层可划分为上更新统与全新统。     

闽北近岸海域晚更新世以来沉积地层特征及其演化

根据2015年青岛海洋地质研究所地质调查船在闽北近岸海域采集的3 500 km高分辨率的浅层地震剖面资料,结合所处海域水深35~40 m、长度90.2 m、穿过测线Z3和测线L9地震剖面的交叉处的一口地质岩芯ECS1601的分析,对闽北近岸海域晚更新世以来的沉积地层进行了精细的划分。研究结果表明:闽北近岸海域浅层地震剖面,可以识别出5个地震层序,自上而下分别为SU1(QT0-QT1)、SU2(QT1-QT2)、SU3(QT2-QT3)、SU4(QT3-QT4)、SU5(QT4-QT5);根据沉积特征和测年数据,地质岩芯ECS1601可以划为4个沉积地层单元,从上往下依次命名为DU1、DU3、DU4、DU5(DU5a、DU5b、DU5c)。将两者进行对比发现,SU1对应于DU1,SU3对应于DU3,SU4对应于DU4,SU5对应于DU5。综合分析地震剖面和地质浅钻,建立了闽北近岸海域的年代地层框架和沉积地层演化模式,探讨了研究区的沉积演化过程。     

晚更新世晚期以来的长江上游古洪水记录

长江上游三峡河段主要的古洪水记录有:1)三峡深槽的蚀积变化;2)长江阶地粗粒沉积;3)长江的泛滥沉积;4)长江的古洪水平流沉积。不同时间跨度不同类型古洪水记录的精度有较大的差别。古洪水记录显示,晚更新世晚期的40～30kaB.P.,长江上游大洪水比30kaB.P.以来的长江上游大洪水大得多;全新世以来,以3983aB.P.前后的大洪水为相对最大;公元1870年大洪水为3000aB.P.以来最大洪水;近百年来的实测洪水以公元1981年洪水为最大。     

晚更新世晚期以来的长江上游古洪水记录

长江上游三峡河段主要的古洪水记录有:1)三峡深槽的蚀积变化;2)长江阶地粗粒沉积;3)长江的泛滥沉积;4)长江的古洪水平流沉积。不同时间跨度不同类型古洪水记录的精度有较大的差别。古洪水记录显示,晚更新世晚期的40～30kaB.P.,长江上游大洪水比30kaB.P.以来的长江上游大洪水大得多;全新世以来,以3983aB.P.前后的大洪水为相对最大;公元1870年大洪水为3000aB.P.以来最大洪水;近百年来的实测洪水以公元1981年洪水为最大。     

南黄海西北部晚更新世以来的沉积环境演化

利用在南黄海西北部陆架获得的3500 km高分辨率浅地层剖面资料,结合3口地质钻孔的岩芯资料,建立了研究区晚更新世以来的沉积地层格架,厘定了地层地质年代。研究表明,过孔的浅地层剖面与钻孔岩芯的沉积地层有很好的对应关系。浅地层剖面可划分出5个主要不整合面(T5～T1)和6个主要地震单元(SU6-SU1),相应的钻孔岩芯可划分出6个主要的沉积单元(DU6-DU1),反映了大约128 ka以来的地层结构和沉积环境演化。钻孔沉积物岩性相特征、测年数据和地层反射特征表明研究区氧同位素5期(MIS5)发育了滨浅海相和三角洲相沉积,MIS 4发育了河流湖泊相沉积,MIS 3发育了三角洲相沉积,MIS 2发育了河流和河口相沉积,MIS 1发育了近岸水下楔形沉积。晚更新世以来,南黄海构造相对稳定,影响沉积环境演化的主要因素是海平面变化和沉积物物源。本文的研究对于深入了解南黄海西北部陆海相互作用过程、地质环境演化以及揭示全球变化的区域响应具有重要的科学意义。     

关于福建和台湾晚更新世存在陆桥之说质疑

据近年来福建沿海大陆架和相邻的浙江宁波发现的晚更新世海相、海－陆过渡相地层和新构造期活动断裂的研究成果,对前人提出的福建台湾晚更新世存在陆桥之说进行探讨。     

南黄海辐射沙脊群西洋潮道晚更新世晚期以来沉积环境

利用首次在江苏大丰港岸外西洋潮流通道内获取的钻孔沉积物,通过沉积相分析和浅地层剖面解 译,结合同位素测年,对西洋长周期演变和成因机制进行了综合分析。共识别出７种沉积相,即：潮道底部滞 留相、潮间-潮下相、贝壳层、湖相、泛滥平原相、滨海湖沼相及滨海沙坝相。西洋潮流通道长周期演化显 示,晚更新世晚期以来研究区经历了滨海沙坝→滨海湖沼→泛滥平原→滨岸 湖→潮流沙脊→潮道充填→潮道 侵蚀一系列复杂的沉积环境演变。进入全新世,随着海侵的加剧,潮流作用逐渐增强并改造下伏沉积物形成潮 流沙脊。晚全新世期间,中全新世形成的潮流沙脊沉积体系面临调整,西洋潮流通道在此期间通过沙脊蚀低形 成。公元1128-1855年黄河夺淮,带来大量泥沙,充填了西洋潮流通道。随着黄河北归、沙源被切断,潮道底 部遭受强烈冲刷和侵蚀,遂成为强潮水道。     

Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental changes in the coastal zone of northwestern Portugal

This paper examines the Quaternary changes in the coastal zone of northwestern Portugal through the relationship between sediments and landforms. By interpolating the available data from geomorphology, lithostratigraphy, sedimentology and geochronology, it was possible to reconstruct existing palaeoenvironments, the oldest of which date back to the last interglacial. The main landforms are a high and a low platform bounded by scarps. River sands and silty sediments formed in a lacustrine environment (Antas Formation, MIS 5) are associated with the high platform. Two deposits are associated with the low platform: the Cepães Formation (MIS 3) consisting of a lower set of river sand beds and an upper gravel beach bed, and the Aguçadoura Formation (MIS 1) consisting of Holocene lagoonal beds. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Late Pleistocene and Holocene cool‐water carbonates of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Post‐glacial, neritic cool‐water carbonates of the Western Mediterranean Sea were examined by means of hydroacoustic data, sediment surface sampling and vibrocoring to unravel geometries and to reconstruct sedimentary evolution in response to the last sea‐level rise. The analysed areas, located on the Alboran Ridge, in the Bay of Oran, and at the southern shelf of the island of Mallorca, are microtidal and bathed by oligotrophic to weakly mesotrophic waters. Seasonal water temperature varies between 13 °C and 27 °C. Echosounder profiles show that the Bay of Oran and the southern shelf of Mallorca are distally steepened ramps, while the Alboran Ridge forms a steep‐flanked rugged plateau around the Alboran Island. In the three areas, an up to 10 m thick post‐glacial sediment cover overlies an unconformity. In Oran and Mallorca, stacked lowstand wedges occur in water depths of 120 to 130 m. On the Alboran Ridge and in the Bay of Oran, highstand wedges occur at 35 to 40 m. Up to 5 m long cores of upper Pleistocene to Holocene successions were recovered in water depths between 40 and 81 m. Deposits contain more than 80% carbonate, with mixed carbonate‐volcaniclastics in the lower part of some cores in Alboran. The carbonates consist of up to 53% of aragonite and up to 83% of high magnesium calcite. Radiocarbon dating of bivalve shells, coralline algae and serpulid tubes indicates that deposits are as old as 12 400 cal yr bp . The carbonate factories in the three areas are dominated mostly by red algae, but some intervals in the cores are richer in bivalves. A facies rich in the gastropod Turritella, reflecting elevated surface productivity, is restricted to the Mallorca Shelf. Rhodoliths occur at the sediment surface in most areas at water depths shallower than 70 m; they form a 10 to 20 cm thick veneer overlying rhodolith‐poor bioclastic sediments which, nonetheless, contain abundant red algal debris. This rhodolith layer has been developing for the past 800 to 1000 years. Similar layers at different positions in the cores are interpreted as reflecting in situ growth of rhodoliths at times of reduced net sedimentation. Sedimentary successions in the cores record the post‐glacial sea‐level rise and the degree of sediment exposure to bottom currents. Deepening‐upward trends in the successions are either reflected by shallow to deep facies transitions or by a corresponding change of depth‐indicative red algae. There are only weak downcore variations of carbonate mineralogy, which indicate that no dissolution or high magnesium to low magnesium calcite neomorphism occurs in the shallow subsurface. These new data support the approach of using the Recent facies distribution for interpretation of past cool‐water, low‐energy, microtidal carbonate depositional systems. Hydroacoustic data show that previous Pleistocene transgressive and highstand inner ramp deposits and wedges were removed during sea‐level lowstands and accumulated downslope as stacked lowstand wedges; this suggests that, under conditions of high‐amplitude sea‐level fluctuations, the stratigraphic record of similar cool‐water carbonates may be biased.     

小凌河下游晚全新世地层与环境

作为从出山口至入海河口直线距离仅约20 km的短途河流,小凌河下游地区及相邻潮间带表层发育了砾石质冲洪积扇、曲流河道滞留相-点状砂坝-泛滥平原与洼地、贝壳砾石海滩、盐沼、开放潮坪下部与中上部等一系列沉积环境。通过沉积地层学、年代地层学及新构造等方面的综合研究,1)将中、晚全新世地层划分为7个年代地层单元,2)发现了夏-西周、元末-明初两道年龄分别约为2 050～650 BC和1 350 AD的古海岸线,3)确立了春秋、中唐-北宋初、"小冰期"结束以来3次小凌河沉积期,最有可能发育的时间进一步限定在约650～400 BC(第1期)、约700～1 000 A(D第2期)和1 850 AD以来(第3期),4)提出了NW向与NE向构造加剧小凌河下游曲流发育的假说。     

华北平原晚更新世以来岩石地层、生物地层及气候地层

前人对华北平原晚更新世以来的地层虽有较多的研究,但由于历史的原因,其所采的样品均过稀(一般为1个样品/2 m),所以,其地层界线的划分不够精细,争论也很大。对华北平原的HG1孔和HN1孔进行了加密采样(HG1孔1个样品/0.20 m,HN1孔1个样品/0.07 m),对HN1孔还加大了其微量14C年龄的测定数量(共测试17个样品),并对HG1孔的有孔虫进行了详细鉴定,对HN1孔的有孔虫进行了高分辨率鉴别。在此基础上,对华北平原晚更新世以来的岩石地层、生物地层及气候地层进行了进一步的研究,厘定了华北平原全新世与晚更新世地层的年龄界线。与此同时,结合前人的研究成果,建立了华北平原第四纪地层的标准模式地层层系。     

Late Pleistocene and Holocene small- and large-mammal faunas from the Northern Urals

Data from the mammal fauna of the North Urals during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene are synthesised. Analysis of differentiation the degree of small- and large-mammal faunas during this time has been undertaken. Only differences of mammal species composition were significant between the Late Pleistocene and Holocene complexes, and within these complexes, the distinction between faunas was insignificant. The transition from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene complex small-mammal faunas occurred in the Middle Late Valdai due to expansion of the forest species. In large-mammal faunas, the process was recorded later (in Dryas 3-Early Holocene) because of the extinction of some species and others that changed their areas of occupation.     

鄂西清江下游中更新世晚期以来的河流演化

随着水利水电和旅游经济的发展,清江流域已成为众多学科研究关注的热点,清江的形成与演化也得到了学术界重视。探讨清江的河流演化有助于研究地质灾害的发生机理,为当地减灾防灾工作提供理论支撑。在清江下游多处河段存在以双底谷中谷为代表的古宽谷,它们呈线状连续分布,与现今河道大致平行,是清江下游河道变迁的重要证据。通过古宽谷内的代表性河流阶地年龄数据,可以较为准确地梳理出河流演化过程的时间序列。从清江下游的双底谷中谷和其中的河流阶地的系统调查研究入手,通过自然历史分析法和类比法,结合阶地物质光释光年代测试方法,重建了中更新世晚期以来清江下游大致的河流演化过程,同时提出山地河流演化存在去直取弯、袭夺归并和变换的特点,指出地壳差异隆升是导致河道变迁的主要因素,提出通过河流演化过程的研究探讨岸坡稳定性的思路。     

Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation history of the Bale Mountains,Ethiopia

A sediment core recovered from Garba Guracha, a glacial lake at 3950 m altitude in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, at the boundary of the Ericaceous and Afroalpine vegetation belts, provides a 16,700-year pollen record of vegetation response to climatic change. The earliest vegetation recorded was sparse and composed mainly of grasses, Amaranthaceae–Chenopodiaceae and Artemisia, indicating an arid climate. At 13,400 cal BP, Amaranthaceae–Chenopodiaceae pollen declined sharply and Cyperaceae increased, suggesting a change to moister conditions. The Younger Dryas interval is represented by a small increase in Artemisia and reduced Cyperaceae, indicating aridity. Just after the start of the Holocene (11,200 cal BP), the upper altitudinal limit of the Ericaceous belt rose, and woody Ericaceous vegetation extended across the Sanetti plateau, in response to increased moisture and temperature. The marked change from clastic to organic lake sedimentation at this time reflects the increase in woody vegetation cover in the lake catchment, accompanied by soil stabilisation, and increased leaf litter and soil humus content. From about 6000 cal BP, and especially after 4500 cal BP, mid-altitude dry Afromontane Juniper–Podocarpus forests developed on the northern slopes of the mountains in response to reduced rainfall in a shortened wet season. Erica shrub and forest decreased in area and altitude, and the Afroalpine ecosystem expanded on the plateau. Podocarpus declined from about 2000 cal BP, as Juniperus increased to its present dominance at 2500–3300 m altitude. Human impact on the high-altitude Afroalpine and Ericaceous vegetation has been relatively minor, confirming that the endemic biodiversity of the Ethiopian mountains is a legacy of natural Holocene vegetation change, following repeated expansion and contraction of the upland ecosystems during the Quaternary.