地磁场强度变化对暴露年代测定的影响及校正

在103-105a的尺度上,地磁场强度变化是影响陆地宇生核素生成速率的主要因素,其影响程度取决于样品的地理位置和暴露时间。根据已有的磁场古强度数据,模拟200 ka以来海拔2 km、25°N和40°N的地表10Be生成速率的变化,进而分析地表宇生核素生成速率变化对岩石暴露年代测定的影响及其模式年龄的校正。校正磁场强度变化后,海拔2 km、25°N上,50-200 ka的模式年龄可被压缩14%~19%,大于1σ的误差,相同海拔40°N上的模式年龄可减小约8%。对中低纬两组模式年龄的校正充分证明,磁场强度引起的陆地宇生核素生成速率变化是暴露年代测定中主要误差源之一,尤其在低纬高海拔地区这一影响更不容忽视。     

宇宙成因核素10^Be、26^Al：原理及其地学应用

摘要：随着加速器质谱的出现,宇宙成因核素展示了其在地球科学应用中的生命力。介绍了宇宙成因核素10^Be、26^Al的生成、示踪原理及近年来在地学中的应用。宇宙成因核素是宇宙射线粒子（包括原生和次生粒子）与大气及岩石发生核反应所生成的新核素,其生成量可用已知物理过程定量描述。大气生成宇宙成因核素在考古、古环境及地球各圈层的相互作用方面得到了广泛的应用,原地生成宇宙成因核素则在地貌学研究中扮演着重要的角色,成为一门新的实验技术。定量地描述地表的暴露历史和侵蚀速率,在解决许多地质问题中成为最重要的手段。     

辽东湾两侧砂质海岸侵蚀灾害与防治

自20世纪60年代至90年代，由于多种原因，辽东湾东西两侧的初始沙质海岸侵蚀范围逐年扩大，侵蚀不断加剧，给当人民的生产和生活带来严重危害。由多年监测资料发现，侵蚀严重的熊岳岸线以2～4m／a的速率而大幅度后退，特别严重的地区最大后退达10km；辽西绥中某些岸段平均每年后退1～2m。20世纪90年代后期，由于一些海域管理措施的出台和相应的海岸防护工程的建设，海岸侵蚀逐渐减弱。通过现场调查和多年监测，分析了辽东湾东西两侧砂质海岸侵蚀的特点，认为海岸组成物质松散与海岸动力作用强烈是本区现代海岸侵蚀的基本条件，人为活动是关键因素，并提出了海岸侵蚀灾害的防治对策。     

现代黄河三角洲北岸YRD-1101孔岩心磁性地层学

对渤海南岸黄河三角洲地区200.30m的YRD-1101钻孔进行了系统的岩石磁学和古地磁学研究。岩石磁学研究表明沉积物中主要载磁矿物是碎屑磁铁矿,部分样品含有少量铁硫化物和赤铁矿;古地磁学研究结果揭示了早、中更新世界线即布容(Brunhes)正极性时/松山(Matuyama)负极性时界限(B/M)位于该钻孔123.33m处,同时,发现在松山负极性时记录了不完整的奥尔杜威(Olduvai)正极性亚时(191.78~200.30m);根据沉积速率推测该孔底部200.30m的年代为1.885Ma。这一研究为该钻孔提供了可靠的年代标尺,为渤海湾南岸黄河三角洲第四系地层的划分和对比提供了新的依据。     

近50年来刁口废弃亚三角洲海岸线变迁速率分析

刁口亚三角洲自废弃以来海岸地貌发生了巨大变化,监测海岸线的变化对于保护和开发海岸带具有重要意义。本文以1976—2021年间典型年份的Landsat遥感影像和Google Earth高分辨率影像为数据源,通过RS、GIS技术对刁口废弃亚三角洲地区的岸线进行提取,最后用数字岸线分析系统对1976—2021年间的海岸线变迁进行定量分析。结果显示:1976—2021年间海岸线以均值–23.24m/a的速率向陆蚀退,侵蚀程度逐年减弱,且海岸线时空变化特征显著。就侵蚀程度而言,刁口河口及东侧烂泥湾地区侵蚀强度最大(–165.49 m/a),挑河口—刁口河口岸段次之(–127.61 m/a),东北侧防海大堤岸段最小(–80.66 m/a)。1976—1986年研究区岸段处于快速侵蚀状态,蚀退面积达102.7 km2; 1986—2006年处于持续侵蚀后退状态,蚀退面积约为88.79 km2;2006—2016年基本达到冲淤平衡状态,2016年面积和2006年相差不大;自2016年呈现缓慢蚀退状态,年均蚀退速率为仅2.51 km2。岸线长度总体上表现为减少趋势,但在1996年成为最低点后有所增加。刁...     

稻城冰帽库照日冰碛垄的宇生核素10Be年代测定

沙鲁里山南端的稻城冰帽在第四纪曾发生过大规模的冰川作用,然而,关于冰川作用的年代数据相对较少。选择稻城冰帽南缘库照日附近的3套冰碛垄进行宇生核素10Be的暴露年代测定,研究结果表明:(1)库照日最老冰碛垄(E)的暴露年代为(714±8.0)～(529±8.0)kaBP,D垄的暴露年代为(121±2.9)～(114±2.9)kaBP,DC垄的暴露年代为(47±1.3)～(43±1.3)kaBP。由于宇生核素暴露年代所反映的是冰川消退时的年代,因此,我们结合深海氧同位素的气候特征以及其他测年数据推断,E垄、D垄、DC垄可能是MIS16、MIS6以及MIS3b阶段冰川作用的产物;(2)冰川退却是一种逐步退却的模式。样品E的两次测验结果比较吻合,表明宇生核素10 Be暴露测年方法对冰碛垄形成年代的测定是可靠的,该方法在地貌学和第四纪年代学研究中有着巨大的潜力。     

北太平洋副热带模态水盐度的年代际变化

副热带模态水(Subtropical Mode Water;STMW)在气候变化中起着重要作用。本文利用全球高分辨率数值模拟结果,研究了北太平洋STMW核心层盐度(Core Layer Salinity;CLS)的年代际变化及其物理机制。结果表明,CLS存在显著的年代际变化,其空间分布则与背景流场分布特征有关。侵蚀区CLS滞后生成区CLS约1~2年,这主要是海流平流输运引起的。生成区内,STMW的季节循环一般可分为生成期(12-4月)、隔离期(5-6月)和侵蚀期(7-11月),生成期混合层盐度(Mixed Layer Salinity;MLS)决定着隔离期和侵蚀期的CLS,而MLS年代际变化则主要由同太平洋年代际涛动存在负相关性的海表面淡水通量的变化引起。     

陆地原位宇宙成因核素(TCN)在地表过程与构造活动关系研究中的应用

大地构造、气候变化和地表过程间的耦合作用被视为今后10年内六大地学新课题之一，而从事这一重大课题研究的有效途经便是陆地原位宇宙成因核素的研究和应用。从目前该领域的研究实践来看，经常使用的是^3He、^10Be、^14C、^21Ne、^26Al和^36Cl核素，其中石英的^26Al和^10Be的配合使用最为普遍。通过陆地原位宇宙成因核素（TCN）方法基本原理的阐释，并结合当今国际上该领域利用^10Be和^26Al在暴露年龄与侵蚀速率、沉积物埋藏年龄以及河流下切速率等方面的工作实例．介绍陆地原位宇宙成因核素在地表过程以及地表过程与构造活动相互关系研究上的应用。     

某核电厂近岸海域放射性核素迁移特征探讨

滨海核电厂运行时会有少量的放射性核素通过液态途径进入海洋环境中,在掌握其海域水动力环境的基础上,开展放射性核素迁移研究具有重要意义。基于某核电站近岸海域的水下地形和水文条件,通过潮位、流速、流向的率定,构建水动力环境模型,模拟研究区的潮流运动过程和特征,为放射性核素迁移扩散提供基本流场背景。以核素131I为例,采用恒定速率1Bq/L活度浓度持续排放,用实测两个半月潮模拟核素迁移过程,分析放射性核素131I在该海域的时间和空间分布规律。结果表明:1)随着时间推移,核素逐渐向外海域扩散,但扩散速度较慢;随着距离增大,海域中核素活度浓度呈几何倍数快速下降;厂址东北方向岸边核素活度浓度较高,在一个月后逐步达到稳定,约比排放活度浓度低两个数量级。2)涨潮时核素活度浓度范围较小,落潮时核素活度浓度范围快速扩大,相同核素活度浓度面积为涨潮时的2~3倍。3)排放初期,各处核素活度浓度均随时间迅速增加,随后趋于稳定;不同位置的活度浓度随着潮汐交替涨落,不断波动,涨潮时活度浓度较低,落潮时活度浓度较高;不同位置的平均活度浓度随着潮汐交替涨落,不断波动,大潮期间活度浓度较高,小潮期间活度浓度快速降低。     

南亚平宁-卡拉布里亚弧形系统在晚第三纪-第四纪的构造演化中的综合地层学，构造，构造地貌学和热年代学限制

在意大利南部,Adria大陆边缘的主要边界的消减可以从三叠系到下中新统的Lungro—Verhi。啪单元的HP—LT岩石变质作用得到证明。这些岩石的最后剥落阶段由磷灰石裂变轨迹数据约束,显示其冷却时代在11．6±1．1和8．9±1．4Ma之间。这些年代与下盘和HP-LT岩石北部的沉积单元的年代有部分的重叠,沉积单元的磷灰石裂变轨迹年代在9．2±1．0和1．5±0．8Ma之间。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Phylogenetic diversity and phenotypic characterization of cultivable bacterioplankton isolated from polar oceans

A set of 27 marine planktonic bacteria isolated from the polar regions was characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing and physiological and biochemical testing. More than half of these bacteria were positive for caseinase, gelatinase and 13-glucosidase, and could utilize glucose, maltose or malic acid as carbon source for cell growth. Twelve isolates expressed nitrate reduction activities. Except for one antarctic isolate BSwlO175 belonging to Actinobacteria phylum, these isolates were classified as γ-Proteobacteria, suggesting that γ-Proteobacteria dominated in cultivable marine bacterioplankton at both poles. Genus Pseudoalteromonas was the predominant group in the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea, and genus ShewaneUa dominated in cultivable bacterioplankton in the Prydz Bay. With sequence similarities above 97%, genus Psychrobacter was found at both poles. These 27 isolates were psychrotolerant, and significant 16S rDNA sequence similarities were found not only between arctic and antarctic marine bacteria （ 〉 99% ）, but also between polar marine bacteria and bacteria from other aquatic environments （ ≥ 98.8% ）, including temperate ocean, deep sea, pond and lake, suggesting that in the polar oceans less temperature-sensitive bacteria may be cosmopolitan and have a bipolar, even global, distribution at the species level.     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Deep-Sea Sediment Compression Curves: Some Controlling Factors, Spurious Overconsolidation, Predictions, and Geophysical Reproduction

Oedometer tests have been carried out on 70 undisturbed surficial clays (at approximately 250 mm below the mudline), mostly collected by free-fall corers from sites widely scattered throughout the deep-sea North Atlantic. Acoustic measurements were also made, initially on contiguous samples and ultimately on the same sample using a geophysically instrumented oedometer which also collected electrical resistivity data. Apart from those quiescent areas below the carbonate compensation depth, such as north of the West Indies where very fine clays exist, most of the samples are silty clays whose geotechnical-geophysical properties are dependent on the type of clay minerals present (and their ability to take in moisture), the sand-size fraction, and the quantity of carbonate present. Thus the pure clays have high compressibilities which decrease on the addition of coarse particles, while the converse is true for the acoustic parameters, these increasing with the sand fraction. Using the notion of the intrinsic compression line for all samples, and comparison to it of the measured compression curves, it is clear that, contrary to some previously held ideas, most deep-sea clays are normally consolidated; the addition of carbonate has the effect of creating an open, stronger sediment skeleton. Interestingly, where information is available, the variation with depth of a sample's acoustic velocity follows the void ratio pressure relationship of the compression curve. This allows the construction of an in-situ sediment compression curve using the in-situ geophysical observations.