低纬西太平洋末次冰期以来海洋孢粉记录对海平面变化的不同响应

通过对菲律宾南部MD06-3075和婆罗洲东北部MD98-2178两个深海钻孔的孢粉分析,结合氧同位素记录以及西太平洋地区已有的孢粉记录,得到末次冰期研究区域海洋孢粉中的红树林花粉和蕨类孢子含量比间冰期时要低,特别是在末次冰盛期。这可能体现了冰期时海平面较低,湿度较低等环境和气候条件。同时,西太平洋一系列海洋孢粉记录的对比发现,南海南部陆坡地区冰期时的红树林含量仍然较高,巽他陆架等地区冰期时的蕨类孢子含量则表现为明显高值。这些记录的差异可能说明了由于不同地区的地形分布特征不同,在冰期海平面下降时,导致陆架出露的幅度存在明显的差异。如果陆架较宽,则海平面波动会显著改变植被分布范围和孢粉传播距离等,从而对孢粉数据的气候、环境指示意义产生影响。因此,海洋孢粉数据解释时需要结合多种沉积记录指标以及地球物理调查等,提高海平面变化以及相应的沉积环境演化对孢粉搬运沉积的了解程度,增强海洋孢粉中古气候、古环境信息的有效提取。     

Was There Savanna Corridor on the Exposed Sunda Shelf During the Last Glacial Period?

To date, it is still heatedly debated that whether the exposed Sunda Shelf was covered by savanna or rainforest in the Last Glacial Period (LGP). A lot of palynological evidences revealed that large increase of non-arboreal pollen did not occurred on the southern South China Sea (SCS), and lowland and montane rainforest pollen were still predominant. Most of the herb-predominated pollen records occurred on the northern Australia, possibly indicating dispersions of herbs from current distribution centers. As a result, we advocated that inland and connected exposed Sunda Shelf around the southern SCS were covered by tropical forests rather than savanna during the LGP, although climate was drier then. This conclusion is not only supported by palaeoclimate-vegetation modeling, but also corresponds with most of the palynological evidences from South America. Current palynological records also showed the lack of palaeoenviromental reconstruction in Southeast Asia, including less pollen records and ambiguous correlations between marine pollen assemblage and its catchment vegetation.     

North Atlantic control on precipitation pattern in the eastern Mediterranean/Black Sea region during the last glacial

Based on proxy records from western Black Sea cores, we provide a comprehensive study of climate change during the last glacial maximum and late-glacial period in the Black Sea region. For the first time we present a record of relative changes in precipitation for NW Anatolia based on variations in the terrigenous supply expressed as detrital carbonate concentration. The good correspondence between reconstructed rainfall intensity in NW Anatolia and past western Mediterranean sea surface temperatures (SSTs) implies that during the glacial period the precipitation variability was controlled, like today, by Mediterranean cyclonic disturbances. Periods of reduced precipitation correlate well with low SSTs in the Mediterranean related to Heinrich events H1 and H2. Stable oxygen isotopes and lithological and mineralogical data point to a significant modification in the dominant freshwater/sediment source concomitant to the meltwater inflow after 16.4 cal ka BP. This change implies intensification of the northern sediment source and, with other records from the Mediterranean region, consistently suggests a reorganization of the atmospheric circulation pattern affecting the hydrology of the European continent. The early deglacial northward retreat of both atmospheric and oceanic polar fronts was responsible for the warming in the Mediterranean region, leading simultaneously to more humid conditions in central and northern Europe.     

新疆阿勒泰地区地表水体氢氧同位素组成及空间分布特征

氢氧同位素可以识别水体来源,示踪水循环,自20世纪50年代以来已被广泛应用于水文地球化学领域。已有学者开展了新疆大气降水及部分河流湖泊的稳定同位素研究,而关于阿勒泰地区大气降水之外的地表水体稳定同位素研究尚需加强。本文采用液体水激光同位素分析法开展了新疆阿勒泰地区地表河水、湖泊、山泉水、雪水、锂矿坑裂隙水五类水体的氢氧同位素组成研究。结果表明：阿勒泰地区各种类型水体氢氧同位素组成差异明显,地表河流的δ18O及δD值变化范围分别为-15.4‰~-11.5‰及-114‰~-100‰,氘过量参数（d值）变化范围为-12.4‰~12.4‰;乌伦古湖湖水的δ18O及δD值均远高于地表河流,平均值分别为-5.95‰及-78.5‰,氘过量参数远低于地表河流,均值为-30.9‰。地表河流与全球及乌鲁木齐大气降水线相比差异很大,河水除了大气降水外还受到冰川融水的补给,且在水循环过程中经历了蒸发分馏作用,地表河流之间的氢氧同位素组成差异主要受水体补给来源及蒸发程度强弱的控制。由于氢氧同位素温度效应、纬度效应等的存在,阿勒泰地区水体δD及δ18O与水温（T）、总溶解性固体（TDS）及主要离子Na+、K+、Ca2+、Cl-、SO42-摩尔浓度呈显著正相关关系,而与采样点纬度及溶解氧含量（DO）呈显著负相关关系（P < 0.05,n=32）。本研究获得的氢氧同位素组成特征为阿勒泰地区各类型水体稳定同位素研究提供了基础数据。     

中国西南地区降水氢氧同位素研究进展与展望

中国西南地区属典型的季风气候, 降水的水汽来源及其影响因素非常复杂. 通过检索西南地区有关降水氢氧同位素的文献, 对西南三省一市降水氢氧同位素研究进行了综述. 从已开展研究的区域和站点、 主要采用的样品采集与分析方法、 主要的研究内容(同位素组成、 大气降水线、 氘盈余)和水汽来源、 影响因素以及区内的空间差异等几方面进行总结, 并对今后西南地区降水氢氧同位素的研究进行展望, 为研究区域降水氢氧同位素的进一步研究提供科学指导.     

The Sunda Shelf—A Submerged Amazon Basin?

A crucial and debatable issue in paleoclimatology is the change of terrestrial vegetation and the role of its carbon storage in glacial cycles. In the modern world, the Amazon Basin hosts the largest tropical rainforest and plays a major role of carbon sink, but during the glacial times another large tropical rainforest must have formed in the then emerged Sunda Shelf, SE Asia, and significantly changed the global carbon cycling. Accordingly, ocean drilling expeditions to the Sunda Shelf are being proposed in order to investigate the sea level changes, evolution of river network, vegetation and carbon storage, as well as biogeography of the tropical region over the last millions of years.     

桂林地区水南洞14～25万年石笋的碳氧同位素记录和古气候重建

通过对桂林水南洞石笋进行高精度的热电离质谱(TIMS－U)测年和碳氧同位素分析,建立了桂林地区245.20 ka BP至147.90 ka BP间的古气候变化时间序列,确定了石笋记录的时段B与时段C分界的年龄为242.5±6.4 ka BP(相当于深海岩芯氧同位素标准曲线时段7与时段8分界的年龄)、时段A与时段B分界的年龄为 192.6±3.9 ka BP(相当于深海岩芯氧同位素标准曲线时段6与时段7分界的年龄)。桂林地区245.20～147.90 ka BP石笋记录的冷暖事件所反映出的古气候变化,大致可分为3个气候变化阶段:(1) 245.2～242.6 ka BP, 相当于深海岩芯氧同位素标准曲线阶段8的末期;(2) 242.5～192.6 ka BP,相当于深海岩芯氧同位素标准曲线时段7;(3)192.6～147.9 ka BP间的倒数第2次冰期, 相当于深海岩芯氧同位素标准曲线时段6的早中期。石笋的TIMS－U测年和碳氧同位素记录揭示,桂林地区245.2～147.9 ka BP的古气候演变历史与深海岩芯时段8末期、时段7和时段6的氧同位素,深海岩芯中记录的孢子花粉组合、CaCO3含量、海平面的升降变化以及与中国北方黄土、古土壤中记录的孢子花粉组合、成壤程度、全铁富集程度、磁化率变化、原生碎屑CaCO3含量和淋溶强度等所揭示的古气候和古季风变化具有极好的对应关系,表明桂林地区中更新世晚期以来的古气候演变既有全球性特征,又有着强烈的区域性特征。     

中国南方石笋氧同位素记录的重要意义

中国南部石笋氧同位素记录记载了重要的气候变化信息。应用石笋氧同位素记录时首先需要考虑检验石笋的平衡结晶生长,特别是重复性检验,以排除可能的偶然性或地方因素。中国南部重复性很好的南京葫芦洞和贵州董歌洞石笋氧同位素记录主要代表了当时的降水氧同位素信息。两洞的记录都显示,在冰期或冰段时期降水的氧同位素比间冰期或间冰段时期明显偏重。受夏季风强弱变化的控制,与目前亚洲季风降水氧同位素的季节变化相对应,在间冰期或间冰段时,ITCZ偏北,降水以夏季风的大规模大气环流下的对流降水为主,其氧同位素较轻;相反地,在冰期或冰段时,ITCZ偏南,降水以夏季风爆发前的锋面降水为主,其氧同位素较重。虽然尚有其他许多影响因素,亚洲季风的变化应是影响中国南部石笋氧同位素在冰期/间冰期或冰段/间冰段的尺度上变化的主导因素。但在更小的尺度上(例如小冰期),石笋氧同位素记录的解释则需要谨慎。虽然下最终结论为时尚早,但作为亚洲季风的两个组成部分的东亚季风和印度季风很可能是同步的,至少在冰期/间冰期或冰段/间冰段的尺度上是如此。     

南沙海区晚第四纪的碳酸盐旋回

根据水深200～2 800m范围内的17个沉积柱状样分析结果,讨论南沙海区晚第四纪沉积中碳酸钙相对含量的垂向和横向变化。南沙海区的碳酸盐旋回普遍属于"大西洋型",冰期时含量低、间冰期含量高,反映出陆源物输入量的控制作用。在平面上,南沙海区的碳酸钙含量与纬度几乎呈线性关系,由北向南递减,冰期时趋势不变而梯度加大。南海南部陆坡由于集水盆地处于热带湿热条件而且有大河注入海区,使碳酸钙含量相对北部陆坡为低。     

Controls on the East Asian monsoon during the last glacial cycle,based on comparison between Hulu Cave and polar ice-core records

Previous studies have suggested a sound chronological correlation between the Hulu Cave record (East Asian monsoon) and Greenland ice-core records, which implies a dominant control of northern hemisphere climate processes on monsoon intensity. We present an objective, straightforward statistical evaluation that challenges this generally accepted paradigm for sub-orbital variability. We propose a more flexible, global interpretation, which takes into account a broad range of variability in the signal structures in the Hulu Cave and polar ice-core records, rather than a limited number of major transitions. Our analysis employs the layer-counted Greenland Ice-Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05), which was developed for Greenland records and has since been applied – via methane synchronisation – to the high-resolution δ¹⁸O_ice series from EPICA Dronning Maud Land (EDML). The GICC05 chronology allows these ice-core records to be compared to the U–Th dated Hulu Cave record within relatively narrow (～3%) bounds of age uncertainty. Following previous suggestions, our proposed interpretation suggests that the East Asian monsoon is influenced by a combination of northern hemisphere ‘pull’ (which is more intense during boreal warm periods), and southern hemisphere ‘push’ (which is more intense monsoon during austral cold periods). Our analysis strongly suggests a dominant control on millennial-scale monsoon variability by southern hemisphere climate changes during glacial times when the monsoon is weak overall, and control by northern hemisphere climate changes during deglacial and interglacial times when the monsoon is strong. The deduced temporally variable relationship with southern hemisphere climate records offers a statistically more plausible reason for the apparent coincidence of major East Asian monsoon transitions with northern hemisphere (Dansgaard–Oeschger, DO) climate events during glacial times, than the traditional a priori interpretation of strict northern hemisphere control.     

南海北部MD12-3432站MIS 11期以来底栖有孔虫反映的古环境变化

南海具有典型边缘海特征,其北部陆坡由于具有高沉积速率的地层剖面,可以用于研究亚轨道尺度气候变化。本研究以南海北部陆坡下部MD12 3432柱状样(19°16.88′N,116°14.52′E,水深2 125 m)为主要研究材料,分析其粗组分百分含量、底栖有孔虫丰度和特定环境指示属种的百分含量与丰度,并结合相关研究结果,运用多指标综合分析,重建了南海北部陆坡MIS 11期(距今约40万年)以来的表层初级生产力和底层水溶解氧含量的演化情况。与之前研究不同,本研究发现MIS11期以来南海北部的古生产力在温暖的间冰期高、在寒冷的冰期低,且主要受控于东亚夏季风影响下低纬地区降水强度的变化。在MIS 7期和MIS 9期可能有较高溶解氧含量的底层水进入南海北部,导致在高生产力的暖期中,喜氧的低生产力指示种Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi丰度增加。     

Oxygen isotope records of goethite from ferricrete deposits indicate regionally varying Holocene climate change in the Rocky Mountain region, U.S.A.

Oxygen isotopes of goethite from ferricrete deposits were measured from both northern and southern Rocky Mountain localities to assess geographic variability in regional Holocene paleoclimate change. A ∼3.7‰ increase in oxygen isotope values of ¹⁴C-dated goethites in the northern Rocky Mountains suggests a regional-scale relative increase in amounts of isotopically heavy summer precipitation since the early Holocene. In contrast, oxygen isotope values from the southern Rocky Mountains increase abruptly ∼2.1‰ at ∼6200 ¹⁴C yr B.P., then decrease ∼2.4‰ between ∼2000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. and the present. We interpret this period of relatively high δ¹⁸O values as evidence for a middle Holocene warm period combined with a relatively strong summer monsoon. These variable climate records suggest that the Rocky Mountains of the western United States have had a spatially heterogeneous Holocene climate history.     

中更新世气候转型期南海北部和南部的气候变化差异

选取大洋钻探ODP184航次在南海北部采集的1144站为研究材料,通过分析中更新世0.4～1.4Ma期间506个样品中浮游有孔虫氧、碳稳定同位素的变化特征,并与南海南部ODP 1143站和西太平洋暖池ODP 807站的同位素资料进行比较,发现南海北部的氧、碳稳定同位素及其差值的变化响应中更新世气候转型事件,在中更新世距今约0.9Ma之后100ka的偏心率周期明显增强。在中更新世气候转型之前,南海北部、南海南部和赤道西太平洋都呈现出典型的热带气候特征,具有岁差和半岁差的气候周期;转型之后,随着北半球冰盖的进一步扩张,南海北部受东亚冬季风增强的影响而导致温度下降、温跃层变深,但南海南部与赤道西太平洋的温度变化较小且温跃层变浅,说明同属季风区的南海北部和南部对气候变化的响应有所不同。     

Asian monsoon climate during the Last Glacial Maximum: palaeo‐data–model comparisons

The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (23–19 ka BP) in the Asian monsoon region is generally described as cool and dry, due to a strong winter monsoon. More recently, however, palaeo‐data and climate model simulations have argued for a more variable LGM Asian monsoon climate with distinct regional differences. We compiled, evaluated, and partly re‐assessed proxy records for the Asian monsoon region in terms of wet/dry climatic conditions based on precipitation and effective moisture, and of sea surface temperatures. The comparison of the palaeo‐data set to LGM simulations by the Climate Community System Model version 3 (CCSM3) shows fairly good agreement: a dry LGM climate in the western and northern part due to a strengthened winter monsoon and/or strengthened westerly winds and wetter conditions in equatorial areas, due to a stronger summer monsoon. Data–model discrepancies are seen in some areas and are ascribed to the fairly coarse resolution of CCSM3 and/or to uncertainties in the reconstructions. Differences are also observed between the reconstructed and simulated northern boundaries of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The reconstructions estimate a more southern position over southern India and the Bay of Bengal, whereas CCSM3 simulates a more northern position. In Indochina, the opposite is the case. The palaeo‐data indicate that climatic conditions changed around 20–19 ka BP, with some regions receiving higher precipitation and some experiencing drier conditions, which would imply a distinct shift in summer monsoon intensity. This shift was probably triggered by the late LGM sea‐level rise, which led to changes in atmosphere–ocean interactions in the Indian Ocean. The overall good correspondence between reconstructions and CCSM3 suggests that CCSM3 simulates LGM climate conditions over subtropical and tropical areas fairly well. The few high‐resolution qualitative and quantitative palaeo‐records available for the large Asian monsoon region make reconstructions however still uncertain.     

米兰科维奇冰期旋回理论中的“4万年周期问题”：回顾与展望

米兰科维奇理论认为地球轨道的天文周期调控北半球高纬地区夏季接收太阳辐射的强度,进而驱动第四纪地表的冰期-间冰期旋回。20世纪60年代以来,米兰科维奇理论预测的天文周期在第四纪海洋沉积物中得到了印证,看似证明了该理论的正确性。但大量新记录的出现给经典米兰科维奇理论带来了挑战,早更新世的“4万年周期问题”——即为何早更新世的冰期旋回中没有岁差周期——就是其中之一。目前对于该问题的两种回答包括：1)南、北半球冰盖分别受当地夏季太阳辐射强度的驱动;2)早更新世冰期受北半球夏季累积太阳辐射量驱动。不难发现,这两种假说均默认了米兰科维奇理论中“高纬地区是驱动地球气候演变关键区域”的假设,争议的点仅在于岁差是否影响了高纬度冰盖的变化,这或许是“4万年周期问题”至今悬而未决的原因。未来要解决早更新世乃至整个第四纪冰期旋回的问题,或许目光要跳出高纬地区,考虑低纬过程以及高-低纬之间的相互作用。

     

晚第四纪印度洋-太平洋交汇区降水时空演化

印度洋-太平洋交汇区(印太交汇区)作为全球的水汽和热量中心,在多种时间尺度的气候变化中都扮演着重要的角色。然而,迄今该区域晚第四纪古降水时空演化仍不清楚,主要体现在不同区域或不同指标的降水重建结果出现明显不一致、甚至相反的现象。本研究基于印太交汇区已有重建记录,总结了该区域轨道和千年时间尺度上古降水演化特征及机制。在轨道时间尺度上,尽管该区域大多数降水记录都主要受到岁差主控的日射量变化影响,但其响应的相位关系却截然不同,推测是多种气候因子共同作用的结果。在千年时间尺度上,降水变化主要受控于北大西洋千年时间尺度气候突变事件导致的热带辐合带(ITCZ)迁移;其次,厄尔尼诺与南方涛动(ENSO)以及印度洋偶极子(IOD)的活动也对该地区局部降水有所贡献。另外,苏拉威西等印太交汇区中部区域的降水受到海平面变化的显著影响。总体来看,印太交汇区古降水记录仍存在重建指标单一、部分区域缺乏高分辨率记录等问题,降水空间分布及其变化机制也尚不明朗,需更多的高分辨率古降水重建以及模拟工作的开展去全方面阐明印太交汇区降水的时空演化特征及机制。

     

Orbital scale vegetation change in Africa

Palynological records of Middle and Late Pleistocene marine sediments off African shores is reviewed in order to reveal long-term patterns of vegetation change during climate cycles. Whether the transport of pollen and spores from the source areas on the continent to the ocean floor is mainly by wind or predominantly by rivers depends on the region. Despite the differences in transportation, accumulation rates in the marine sediments decline exponentially with distance to the shore. The marine sediments provide well-dated records presenting the vegetation history of the main biomes of western and southern Africa. The extent of different biomes varied with the climate changes of the glacial interglacial cycle. The Mediterranean forest area expanded during interglacials, the northern Saharan desert during glacials, and the semi-desert area in between during the transitions. In the sub-Saharan mountains ericaceous scrubland spread mainly during glacials and the mountainous forest area often increased during intermediate periods. Savannahs extended or shifted to lower latitudes during glacials. While the representation of the tropical rain forest fluctuated with summer insolation and precession, that of the subtropical biomes showed more obliquity variability or followed the pattern of glacial and interglacials.     

中国北方平原盆地地下水氢氧同位素组成特征

在系统收集整理中国北方河北平原、太原盆地、鄂尔多斯盆地以及银川平原的地下水氢氧同位素资料基础上,依据同位素形成演化相似性原理,对比分析同位素组成得出:深层地下水是在过去更寒冷的气候条件下形成;研究区的大气降水不但在现代气候条件下存在大陆效应和高程效应,而且在 25 kaB.P.以来的古气候条件下也存在大陆效应和高程效应;古气候条件下各盆地平原之间的蒸发强度的差异可能比现代气候条件下各盆地平原之间的蒸发强度的差异大.     

鄂霍次克海南部OS03-1岩心MIS6期以来的沉积记录及其古环境意义

通过对取自鄂霍次克海南部的柱状岩心OS03-1的古海洋学研究,包括浮游有孔虫壳体AMS14C测年、底栖有孔虫壳体δ18O分析、蛋白石含量测定、有机碳含量测定、浮游有孔虫组合、冰筏碎屑含量变化、沉积物粒度分析等内容,建立鄂霍次克海OS03-1岩心年代地层学框架,分析该海区古表层海水温度、古生产力变化,并研究其古环境意义。结果表明,Neogloboquadrina pachyderma(sin.)百分含量变化曲线与Globigerina bulloides百分含量变化曲线呈很好的负相关性,与氧同位素曲线对比显示,两者均可作为该海区古温度替代性指标;浮游有孔虫绝对丰度、蛋白石含量、有机碳含量变化显示,研究区古生产力水平整体表现为间冰期较高、冰期较低;冰筏碎屑和沉积物粒度特征指示,鄂霍次克海南部间冰期陆源粗颗粒百分含量较冰期高。     

陆生蜗牛化石与中国黄土古环境研究

陆生软体动物蜗牛是黄土地层中重要的环境指标,在黄土地层成因和古环境与古气候研究方面具有独到的优势。文章总结了近10多年来中国黄土陆生蜗牛化石研究的成果,包括黄土蜗牛化石的研究方法、蜗牛典型种属及组合的地理分布与生态环境等,侧重介绍了黄土高原不同时间尺度的蜗牛记录及陆生蜗牛化石在黄土古环境和古气候研究中的新进展。