川西高原理县黄土磁学特征及其影响因素

川西高原河谷阶地和断陷盆地广泛分布厚层风成黄土-古土壤序列,目前对其磁学性质变化机制及古气候意义研究还很薄弱。文章对该区理县黄土-古土壤剖面进行了系统的岩石磁学研究,确定了其磁性矿物种类、含量和颗粒大小的特征及其变化规律。通过结合粒度、色度与地球化学参数,进一步探讨了理县黄土-古土壤磁性的主控因素。结果表明:1)理县剖面同时含有强磁性矿物(为磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿)以及弱磁性矿物(为赤铁矿和针铁矿);2)相对黄土层,古土壤层含有更高比例的亚铁磁性矿物;3)成土过程中生成的大量细小强磁性矿物颗粒,是古土壤层S1磁化率增加的主导因素,该模式与黄土高原相似;4)结合色度以及磁学性质,可以较为明确地区分成壤强度;(5)理县黄土剖面物源复杂,磁学特征受到沉积物来源、后期流水和气候的共同作用,利用单一磁学性质(比如磁化率)进行古气候研究会造成多解性。     

黄土高原与伊犁黄土磁学特征对比及启示

近30年来世界黄土磁学性质及其古气候意义研究取得了重大进展,并提出了“成壤说”和“风速论”两种主要的磁化率增强模式.由于两种模式是针对特定地区黄土地层的磁学性质变化规律提出的,其应用范围有限,然而模型描述的影响磁化率的增强因素是否可能普遍适用于黄土地层?近些年来的研究结果倾向于肯定这种假设.本研究选取黄土高原和伊犁地区黄土进行磁学分析进一步探讨这个假设存在的可能性.磁化率测量结果发现伊犁地区的古土壤/黄土层与xlf曲线的峰/谷对应关系不明确,且分布范围和平均值的差别小,区别于黄土高原.岩石磁学分析结果表明黄土高原和伊犁地区黄土/古土壤地层的磁学性质受磁铁矿(和磁赤铁矿)控制,细粒磁性矿物和低矫顽力矿物对地层总体磁性的贡献与成壤强度呈正相关关系;区别在于黄土高原黄土的磁性矿物含量与地层成壤强度呈现良好正相关关系,伊犁黄土中磁性矿物含量与成壤强度无明确相关关系,且总体高于黄土高原黄土.后者的细粒磁性矿物和低矫顽力矿物百分比含量显著高于伊犁黄土.研究结果表明两种磁化率增强因素在黄土中是普遍存在的,在不同环境下两种因素对磁化率的贡献不同,因此磁化率在不同的环境下具有不同的环境指示意义,磁化率作为降水量的代用指标并不适用于所有黄土剖面.相比较而言,反映细粒磁性矿物和低矫顽力矿物百分比含量的磁学参数以及反映粗粒磁性矿物含量的磁学参数更适合于古气候研究.     

土耳其Nallihan黄土-古土壤岩石磁学特征及其环境意义

黄土广泛分布在东欧和西亚地区,但位于欧亚大陆连接地带的土耳其未见风积黄土的报道,本文对位于土耳其首都安卡拉西北的Nallihan新发现的黄土-古土壤剖面进行系统的环境磁学研究,结合粒度参数和稀土元素指标,讨论土耳其黄土的成因和磁化率变化机制.研究结果显示:土耳其Nallihan S0～L3黄土剖面与典型风积的西伯利亚和中国西峰黄土的粒度特征图形态相似4暗示它们的成因相似性;稀土分配模式与黄土高原黄土基本一致,为上地壳平均值,指示了风积黄土在搬运过程中经过充分混合,整个剖面上下稀土模式分配高度吻合,说明研究区黄土堆积期间物源区相对稳定.热磁和磁滞分析表明样品的主要载磁矿物是亚铁磁性矿物磁铁矿/磁赤铁矿.该剖面磁化率在古土壤获得高值,在黄土层获得低值,磁化率与成土作用和指示细颗粒磁性矿物贡献的xfd％、xARM正相关,说明成土作用生成的细颗粒亚铁磁性矿物是磁化率增强的主导因素,土耳其黄土剖面磁化率总体上低于中国黄土高原地区黄土.该黄土剖面中有一层古土壤层S2,其顶部覆盖一层砾石层,说明在该间冰期发生过洪水作用,将高坡风化的砾石层冲到土层中堆积下来,在该砾石层之下的古土壤层,磁化率降低,可能与该时期土壤层湿度大,形成湿润氧化环境,导致部分强磁性的超顺畅/稳定单畴(SP/SSD)颗粒磁性矿物转化为弱磁性矿物,使得磁化率降低.     

新疆尼勒克黄土岩石磁学特征及变化机制研究

新疆黄土与黄土高原黄土相比,无论在物源还是后期成土环境方面都存在较大差异,因此二者的磁学特征有所不同。本文选取伊犁尼勒克地区的一个黄土-古土壤剖面进行了系统的岩石磁学及粒度研究。实验结果表明尼勒克剖面中磁性矿物具有以下特征:1)以亚铁磁性矿物磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿为主,并含有一定量的反铁磁性矿物赤铁矿和针铁矿;2)各黄土层成壤作用弱,磁性矿物以原始输入的粗颗粒MD和PSD为主。PS_1古土壤层成壤作用强,以细颗粒SD为主。弱发育古土壤层PS。既包含SD颗粒,又有粗颗粒。各地层均不含SP颗粒;3)PS_1古土壤层原始含铁矿物输入量略低于黄土高原地区,其他各地层均高于黄土高原地区,但受成土作用及其他因素影响,剖面中亚铁磁性矿物含量远低于黄土高原黄土-古土壤层。PS_1古土壤层成壤作用强,在新疆地区较为少见,但其磁化率却低于各黄土层,说明尼勒克黄土-古土壤磁化率变化机制与黄土高原地区不同。古土壤层原始输入含铁矿物的量较黄土层低,但原始含铁矿物只是影响剖面磁化率变化的原因之一。PS_1古土壤层在沉积后期受到间歇性水流作用,成土成因的强磁性SP磁铁矿/磁赤铁矿颗粒遭受破坏并转化为赤铁矿,导致PS_1古土壤层磁化率的急剧降低,并使该层赤铁矿的相对含量增加。     

新疆柴窝堡盆地南缘晚新生代陆源沉积物岩石磁学特征及其古环境意义

亚洲内陆晚新生代干旱化历史及其驱动机制是非常重要的科学问题。选择天山北麓柴窝堡盆地南缘乌鲁木齐河剖面为研究对象,基于磁性地层年代学研究建立的时间标尺,分析了该剖面碎屑沉积物岩石磁学特征及其控制因素,进一步探讨了柴窝堡盆地晚新生代古气候特征。磁性地层年代学研究约束乌鲁木齐河剖面底界年龄为~6.8 Ma,顶界年龄为~3.3 Ma。详细的岩石磁学测量及漫反射光谱分析结果表明,乌鲁木齐河剖面沉积物中磁性矿物主要包括磁铁矿、赤铁矿等,磁学参数χ_lf、χ_ARM、SIRM、S_-100mT、S_-300mT、 χ_ARM/SIRM等在~6.3 Ma、~5.2 Ma存在明显变化,揭示磁性矿物粒度、含量等存在相应变化,如在~6.3 Ma前后,磁性矿物颗粒逐渐变粗、含量降低;在~5.2 Ma前后,磁性矿物颗粒逐渐变细后趋于稳定、含量逐渐增多。基于稀土元素分析、沉积粒度与磁学参数相关性分析,认为沉积物源与沉积物粒度不是导致乌鲁木齐河剖面磁学性质变化的主要因素,自~6.8 Ma以来逐步干旱化的气候条件可能是导致该剖面磁学特征变化的重要原因。基于漫反射光谱分析得到的红度与亮度数据结果也揭示了同样的古气候特征。     

伊朗西部Shooshtar黄土岩石磁学特征及增强机制研究

黄土由风积形成,黄土堆积的地层不仅记录了古气候冷暖变化,地表分布的黄土区常常是旱作农业高度发展地区,并可能发展为古文明起源地,如中国黄河流域。两河流域的古巴比伦古文明是世界上最古老的文明,伊朗西部地区是两河流域古巴比伦文明的重要组成部分,也是古代丝绸之路重要的途径地;位于两河下游的波斯湾入海口附近,分布着大面积尚未被认识的风成黄土。文章通过对伊朗西部胡齐斯坦省Shooshtar(SH)地区所采集的疑似风成沉积物样品进行系统的环境磁学、粒度、稀土元素,以及漫反射光谱测量,探究该剖面的磁学性质及其磁性增强机制,以发掘其蕴含的环境信息。结果表明:SH剖面具有风成黄土粒度分布特征和风积物稀土元素分布特征;磁性矿物以软磁性矿物磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿为主,并含少量硬磁性矿物针铁矿和赤铁矿,磁性颗粒以粗SSD颗粒为特征。该剖面磁性的增强受微弱的成壤作用和外源输入的磁性矿物共同影响,而外源输入的磁性矿物贡献更显著,SH剖面与东北部黄土-古土壤磁化率增强机制相似,但又存在区别,主要源于外源输入磁性矿物的差异和区域降水差异所导致的成壤强度不同。     

伊朗西部Shooshtar黄土岩石磁学特征及增强机制研究

黄土由风积形成,黄土堆积的地层不仅记录了古气候冷暖变化,地表分布的黄土区常常是旱作农业高度发展地区,并可能发展为古文明起源地,如中国黄河流域。两河流域的古巴比伦古文明是世界上最古老的文明,伊朗西部地区是两河流域古巴比伦文明的重要组成部分,也是古代丝绸之路重要的途径地;位于两河下游的波斯湾入海口附近,分布着大面积尚未被认识的风成黄土。文章通过对伊朗西部胡齐斯坦省Shooshtar(SH)地区所采集的疑似风成沉积物样品进行系统的环境磁学、粒度、稀土元素,以及漫反射光谱测量,探究该剖面的磁学性质及其磁性增强机制,以发掘其蕴含的环境信息。结果表明:SH剖面具有风成黄土粒度分布特征和风积物稀土元素分布特征;磁性矿物以软磁性矿物磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿为主,并含少量硬磁性矿物针铁矿和赤铁矿,磁性颗粒以粗SSD颗粒为特征。该剖面磁性的增强受微弱的成壤作用和外源输入的磁性矿物共同影响,而外源输入的磁性矿物贡献更显著,SH剖面与东北部黄土-古土壤磁化率增强机制相似,但又存在区别,主要源于外源输入磁性矿物的差异和区域降水差异所导致的成壤强度不同。     

宝鸡剖面S5古土壤磁化率变化机制

运用岩石磁学和地球化学相结合的方法对宝鸡剖面S5和S3古土壤的磁性特征进行了详细对比分析,结果表明S5古土壤层Rb/Sr比值较高,S5古土壤形成期气候温暖湿润,成壤程度比S3时期强.S5层亚铁磁性矿物含量低于S3层,反铁磁性矿物主要为针铁矿;而S3层的反铁磁性矿物主要为赤铁矿.S5层土体表面及土壤空隙中可见大量黑褐色的铁锰胶膜分布,由于沉积后土壤长时期处于偏干或偏湿的氧化、还原交替环境中,细粒的磁铁矿和/或磁赤铁矿、赤铁矿溶解转化成褐铁矿、针铁矿等弱磁性矿物,主要转化成在局域湿润环境下能够稳定存在的针铁矿,这种磁性矿物的转化可能导致了成壤强的S5古土壤超顺磁亚铁磁性矿物含量的减少和磁化率的降低.     

佳县红粘土磁学性质

黄土/古土壤序列和红粘土均已被证明是风积成因,然而红粘土研究的程度远低于黄土/古土壤序列,比如强发育红粘土获得比较低磁化率值的原因并没有得到清楚解释,红粘土磁化率代用指标问题和红粘土搬运路径等问题还存在较大的争议,红粘土记录古气候意义研究也相对薄弱,因此加强对红粘土的研究,有助于对古气候的理解.佳县位于黄土高原与毛乌素沙漠交接地区,季风区与非季风区过渡地带.对佳县厚60m的红粘土样品进行系统磁学参数测量分析发现,佳县红粘土以软磁性矿物(磁铁矿、磁赤铁矿)为主,同时含有一定量硬磁性矿物(赤铁矿、针铁矿,主要是赤铁矿);强发育古土壤层含有较多软磁性矿物,弱发育古土壤层含有较多硬磁性矿物;磁颗粒粒径基本在0.2μm以下,x＞64×10-8m3/kg时,磁颗粒粒径小于0.1μm.剖面底部磁学参数变化存在异常,原因可能是:赤铁矿含量增加,超顺磁(SP)亚铁磁性颗粒含量急剧减少,单畴(SD)颗粒相对含量增加.该异常原因解释符合前人提出的成壤路径:水铁矿→SP磁赤铁矿→SD磁赤铁矿→SD赤铁矿.     

西昆仑山黄土的岩石磁学特征及其磁化率增强机制

成壤过程中形成的细颗粒的软磁性矿物被认为是导致古土壤磁化率增加的主要原因。但近来的研究表明,在一些地区,尤其是靠近沙漠边缘的黄土-古土壤序列,源区对黄土磁化率的影响要远大于成壤作用。因此,有必要对不同地区、不同环境条件下的典型黄土堆积进行详细的岩石磁学研究。日前,我们在西昆仑山北侧钻取了一根长达671m的岩芯,这为研究极端干旱区黄土的岩石磁学性质提供了难得的契机。本文对第一期黄土钻探得到的207m岩芯进行了详细的岩石磁学研究,结果表明: 昆仑山黄土的主要载磁矿物为磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿,同时还含有少量的针铁矿、赤铁矿;  该地区磁化率的变化主要受源区粗颗粒的软磁性矿物含量的影响,成壤作用形成的细颗粒磁性矿物对磁化率的贡献极小;  磁化率、粒度在0.5Ma左右急剧升高和变粗,主要与气候干旱化加剧有关。     

Mineral magnetic record of paleoclimate variation in loess and paleosol from the Buenos Aires formation (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Environmental magnetic techniques were applied to a loess–paleosol sequence of the Chacopampean plain (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Mineral magnetic carriers and their grain size were identified in order to detect magnetic mineral fluctuations associated with climatic changes. Multidomain magnetite of detrital origin dominates the record. In paleosols, a high coercivity fraction was identified. Horizons with no visual evidence of pedogenesis, but showing magnetic behavior analogous to that of paleosols were observed and are thought to represent environmental conditions similar to those prevailing during paleosol formation.The results suggest that the magnetic signal yielded by paleosols in these South American loess deposits is different from that in the Chinese loess. This may be due to differences in parent materials, diagenetic processes and/or differences in paleoclimatic conditions in both regions.     

西峰和西安黄土中盐碱化古土壤气候意义的初步探讨

对西峰和西安黄土剖面中古土壤的研究揭示出,作为重要气候地层标志的S₄和S₅古土壤竟有盐化和碱化现象。盐碱化特性直接关系到如何认识这些古土壤的气候意义。土壤化学、微形态及粘土矿物分析表明,上述古土壤以草原土特征为主,并在气候最宜期发育了森林植被。盐碱化特性并非产生于土壤被埋藏以后,而是古土壤发育末期的产物。该时期大气粉尘堆积似乎是可溶盐的来源。     

Reliability of Relative Paleointensity Recorded in Chinese Loess–Paleosol Sediments

A detailed paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic investigation spanning loess L7 to paleosol S8 has been carried out at the Baoji and Xifeng sections. Results of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility confirm that the studied loess–paleosol sediments retain primary sedimentary fabrics. Stepwise thermal demagnetization shows that two well-defined magnetization components can be isolated from both loess and paleosol specimens. A low-temperature component, isolated between 100°C and 200°C, is consistent with the present geomagnetic field direction, and a high-temperature component, isolated between 200–300°C and 620–680°C, includes clearly normal and reversed polarities. Isothermal remanent magnetization and thermomagnetic analyses indicate that characteristic remanent magnetization is mainly carried by magnetite and hematite. The Day plot, together with the stratigraphic variations of rock-magnetic parameters, shows that the uniformity of magnetic mineralogy and grain size fulfills the criteria for relative paleointensity (RPI) studies. RPI records have been constructed using natural remanent magnetization (NRM) intensity after thermal demagnetization at 300°C normalized by low-frequency magnetic susceptibility (NRM300/χ). The results show that the RPI record from the Baoji section, where pedogenesis is quite weak, is compatible with the stacked PISO-1500 paleointensity record, suggesting that it might reflect the paleointensity variation of the geomagnetic field. The RPI record from the Xifeng section, where pedogenesis is rather strong, indicates a clear dissimilarity with the stacked PISO-1500 paleointensity record, implying that it does not reflect the paleointensity variation of the geomagnetic field. Our new results show that the NRM300/χ from the strongly pedogenetic paleosols does not completely eliminate the pedogenetic (climatic) influence, so it might be unsuitable for a reliable paleointensity study.     

黄土和古土壤中磁性矿物的粒度分布

磁化率是一种重要的环境替代性指标，对中国黄土中古土壤磁性增强已有不少讨论．本文对采自吉县、西峰和西宁的S₁和L₂的代表性样品进行了粒度分离，并测量了各个不同粒级的磁性参数，对所获得的结果就不同粒级的颗粒对磁化率的贡献、黄土和古土壤中磁性矿物颗粒的粒度和古土壤磁性增强的原因进行了初步的探讨，指出古土壤形成过程中并没有像一些学者所认为的那样，有大量超顺磁颗粒生成，它们对古土壤磁化率增大的作用有限。     

Rock Magnetism Study on Loess-Paleosol Sequence at Huixinggou Section of Sanmenxia Basin

Rock magnetism is the foundation of paleomagnetism and environmental magnetism study, and is effective in identifying the components, grain size and content of magnetic minerals in rocks and sediments. A systematic rock magnetism investigation has been conducted on the Huixinggou loess-paleosol sequence at Shuigou-Huixinggou Paleolithic site of Sanmenxia Basin in the southeastern Loess Plateau. Results show that the magnetic assemblage of the section is dominated by magnetite and maghemite, as well as hematite, exhibiting the average grain size of magnetic minerals is attributed to Pseudo-Single Domain (PSD). The variation curves of magnetic parameters are consistent and well comparable to marine oxygen isotope curves, with low values corresponding to the loess deposition during glacial periods, and high values corresponding to the paleosol development during interglacial periods, jointly demonstrating the glacial-interglacial cyclicities of magnetic mineral types, composition, and grain size of Chinese loess-paleosol sequences under the influence of alternating strengthening and weakening of Eastern Asian paleomonsoon over the Quaternary period. Comprehensive analysis reveals that the relative content of high-coercivity antiferromagnetic minerals is higher in loess than in paleosol, whilst the absolute content of high-coercivity antiferromagnetic minerals in paleosol is generally higher than that in loess accompanying increasing intensity of pedogenesis. The mass-specific magnetic susceptibility (χ) shows distinctly positive correlations with anhysteretic susceptibility (χ_ARM), Saturation Isothermal Remanent Magnetization (SIRM) and magnetic grain size dependent parameters (χ_ARM/SIRM and χ_ARM/χ), indicating that the pedogenic producing Single Domain (SD) and small PSD ferrimagnetic particles contribute significantly to the magnetic susceptibility enhancement.     

渭河流域典型黄土剖面的环境磁学特征及其古气候意义

对黄土高原南部耀县全新世黄土地层的形成及保存环境进行了研究.结果表明:地层中磁性矿物主要为软磁性矿物,硬磁性矿物对地层的磁学性质贡献小;随着成壤强度的增加,硬磁性矿物的相对含量在减少.本区全新世地层的形成和保存环境为氧化环境,适宜用磁学手段反演全新世古气候.对磁化率和频率磁化率、无磁滞剩磁磁化率的对比分析,可以看出:成壤强度较低时,细粒磁性矿物相对于磁性矿物总量的增加速率相对较快;成壤强度较高时,细粒磁性矿物的相对含量会达到或趋近饱和,相对于磁性矿物总量的增加速率相对较慢.研究表明,在黄土地层中,χfd%和χARM/χ等指示细粒磁性矿物的磁学参数可以显示更细微的气候变化;在古土壤中,χlf的气候指示意义相对更好.     

Particle size contributions to bulk magnetic susceptibility in Chinese loess and paleosol

The magnetic enhancement of paleosol is observed in the Chinese loess. The origin of this magnetic enhancement is still very uncertain. It is, however, a key problem in correctly understanding the paleoclimatic significance of changes of magnetic susceptibility and in transferring the magnetic signals to paleoclimatic parameters. Two main models have been proposed to explain the mechanism of magnetic enhancement in paleosols: a depositional model and a pedogenic model. Together with composition and concentration, grain size distribution of magnetic minerals also plays an important role to the magnetic enhancement of paleosols. Systematic susceptibility measurements were carried out on the samples of the upper part (S₀ to top of L₂) of three loess sections from Jixian, Xifeng, and Xining, along an east–west transect in the loess plateau, China. The samples with the highest value of magnetic susceptibility in S₁ and the lowest value in L₂ of each section were selected as the representatives. These representatives were separated into different grain size fractions based on Stokes’ law for coarse grains and by centrifuge for fine grains. Measurements of magnetic susceptibility and mass have been carried out on these fractions. Results show that for the loesses magnetic susceptibility changes little in the fractions with different grain size and for the paleosols it increases with decreasing grain size. The magnitude of changes is bigger in the east (Jixian and Xifeng) than that in the west (Xining). The fraction with the finest particle size in paleosols does not show very high magnetic susceptibility values. A new approach is used to estimate the contribution of each fraction to total magnetic susceptibility. The contribution comes mainly from coarse grains (>10 μm) for loess samples. It reaches about 90%. The main contribution comes, however, from the particles with medium size (10–0.2 μm). The very fine grained particle (<0.3 μm), which is considered to be with the pedogenic origin, contributes little to the bulk magnetic susceptibility, no more than 3% because of their very little amount. This approach provides a sounder basis for the study of the origin of the magnetic susceptibility enhancement in paleosols and of the paleoclimatic significance of magnetic susceptibility of loess and paleosols.     

川西漳腊黄土地层与气候变化

川西高原风成黄土广泛分布,其中漳腊盆地黄土剖面厚约9.5 m。根据磁化率、粒度和地层特征,并通过与金川黄土和甘孜黄土剖面的对比,可将漳腊黄土地层划分为冰后期S0古土壤、末次冰期L1复合黄土、末次间冰期S1复合古土壤、倒数第二冰期L2黄土等4个地层单位,其中L1复合黄土可细分为L1L1、L1S1、L1L2、L1S2和L1...     

New Data on the Composition of Magnetic Minerals from Paleosols of Southern Tajikistan

A dependence of the magnetic susceptibility () on the alternation of paleosol and loess has been revealed for loess sections of southern Tajikistan: the value increases in paleosols and decreases in loesses. The magnetic signal intensification in the paleosol is caused by an elevated content of ferromagnetics. New electron-microscopic data on magnetic minerals from the paleosol have demonstrated that the principal ferromagnetic responsible for high values of the paleosol is biogenic fine-dispersed magnetite. Its particles vary from 0.0n to 0.n m in size and exhibit crystallochemical characteristics typical for this mineral. Under pedogenetic conditions and participation of Fe-reducing bacteria, the activity of biomineralization is controlled by paleoclimatic variations.     

灵台红粘土—黄土—古土壤序列频率磁化率的古气候意义

通过对甘肃灵台晚新生代红粘土－黄土－古土壤序列的磁化率测量和频率磁化率分析，发现红粘土及黄土－古土壤的磁化率和频率磁化率化率存有良好的正相关关系，表明两套沉积在成壤过程中由生物作用或化学作用而形成的超顺磁性矿物含量，对磁化率和频率磁化率增大有重要的贡献。相比化率而言，受影响因素较少的频率磁化率变化，反映了不同气候条件下形成的超顺磁粒级铁磁矿物的相对含量，能更真实、敏感地记录不同时间尺度的古气候波动。灵台红粘土－黄土－古土壤序列的频率磁化等在2．6MaBP前后不同的变率特征，揭示了大冰期来临前后黄土高原的冷暖、干湿反差产生了显著变化，而与此相关的冬、夏季风变迁则表现出不同的组合特征。