现代沉积的210Pb计年

²¹⁰Pb具有百年时间尺度沉积计年的重要价值。²¹⁰Pb_ex计年假设：沉积物是封闭系统；进入水体的²¹⁰Pb能有效地转移到沉积物中并不发生沉积后迁移；非过剩²¹⁰Pb与其母体²²⁶Ra保持平衡。²¹⁰Pb_ex计年可用稳定输入通量-稳定沉积物堆积速率模式、常量初始浓度模式或恒定补给速率模式。沉积物柱芯必须保持原态并以0．5～1cm间隔分截；用相应层节²²⁶Ra校正。沉积物表层混合作用及²²²Rn的丢失可能导致顶部²¹⁰Pb_ex异常。季节性缺氧湖泊沉积物顶部可能存在²¹⁰Pb及²¹⁰Po的再迁移。²¹⁰Pb与¹³⁷Cs两种计年方法原理上具有根本差别。²¹⁰Pb，¹³⁷Cs与沉积纹理方法对比是准确计年的重要保证。     

Comparative 210Pb, 137Cs,and pollen geochronologies of sediments from Lakes Ontario and Erie

The distribution of ²¹⁰Pb, ¹³⁷Cs, and Ambrosia (ragweed) pollen in two sediment cores from Lake Ontario and in three cores from Lake Erie provides independent estimates of sediment accumulation rates. Geochronology with ²¹⁰Pb is based on radioactive decay of the isotope following burial in sediments. The method can reveal with precision changes in sedimentation occurring over the past 100 yr or so. Geochronologies with ¹³⁷Cs and Ambrosia are based on the occurrence of a horizon corresponding, respectively, to the onset of nuclear testing 25 yr ago and to regional forest clearance in the middle 1800s. These methods provide estimates of long-term average sediment accumulation rates. In all but one core, the distributions of ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb indicate no physical mixing of near-surface sediments. In two cores, including one from central Lake Erie collected by diver, all three estimates of sedimentation rates are in excellent agreement. In two other cores, rates based on ²¹⁰Pb are significantly higher than those inferred from Ambrosia pollen profiles. Lower average rates appear to result from occasional massive losses of sediments. Such events, apparent in the distribution of ²¹⁰Pb but not in pollen records, correlate with the occurrence of major storm surges on the lakes during this century. In one core from western Lake Erie, exponential distributions of both ²¹⁰Pb and Ambrosia appear to be artifacts which may result from extensive biological or physical reworking of sediments in shallow water (11 m). Previous indications of increased sedimentation in Lake Erie since about 1935 based on Castanea (chestnut) pollen data are not substantiated.     

Seasonal variations of 210Pb and 210Po concentrations in an oligotrophic lake

The vertical distribution of ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in the dissolved (<0.4 μm) and the paniculate (>0.4 μm) phases was measured in Crystal Lake, Wisconsin, to examine the spatial and temporal variability during the seasonal cycle of this oligotrophic lake. The concentration of unsupported ²¹⁰Pb in the water column is maintained principally by atmospheric input. However, most of the ²¹⁰Po in Crystal Lake is produced in situ from radioactive decay of ²¹⁰Pb.Mass balance considerations indicated that the removal rates of ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po from the water column to the sediment varied temporally by nearly an order of magnitude. During transient periods of high biological productivity, a large net flux of these nuclides into the sediment occurred. In addition, ²¹⁰Pb was rapidly stripped from the water column during fall turnover. It was during these short-lived events that most of the annual net removal of ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po occurred. The mean removal residence time was estimated to be 0.095 yr for ²¹⁰Pb and 0.26 yr for ²¹⁰Po. These residence times suggest that there is a difference between ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in the extent of their recycling in the water column. Calculations indicated that there was a cyclic response of the water column ²¹⁰Po inventory corresponding to successive time periods where there was a net loss or net gain. This cycling is attributed to rapid biological removal and subsequent release from the sediment of freshly deposited ²¹⁰Po. For ²¹⁰Pb, replenishment of the water column appeared to occur mainly from atmospheric input.     

210Pb balance in Long Island Sound

A material balance is constructed for excess ²¹⁰Pb (relative to ²²⁶Ra) as a test of the retentivity of Long Island Sound for a reactive heavy metal. Excess ²¹⁰Pb is supplied to Long Island Sound chiefly by direct atmospheric deposition [1 ± 0.2(dis·min^?1)cm^?2·yr^?1]. Rivers supply less than 20% of the atmospheric flux, and other inputs, from open ocean waters, ²²⁶Ra decay, groundwater seepage, and sewage discharge, appear to be negligible. The total input of excess ²¹⁰Pb represents approximately the flux required to maintain the inventory of excess ²¹⁰Pb measured in sediment cores from central Long Island Sound; that is, excess ²¹⁰Pb is lost from Long Island Sound chiefly by radioactive decay. The retention of excess ²¹⁰Pb within Long Island Sound is achieved in two steps: a rapid removal of soluble ²¹⁰Pb onto suspended particles and the ongoing entrapment of particles in the basin by the residual bottom-water influx from the east.     

Particle mixing rates in sediments of the eastern equatorial Pacific: Evidence from 210Pb, 239,240Pu and 137Cs distributions at MANOP sites

Particle mixing rates (D_B) calculated from excess ²¹⁰Pb gradients in sediments of the east equatorial Pacific range from 0.04 to 0.5 cm²/y, with variation of a factor of 3–4 at a single site. Diffusion of the ²³⁶Ra daughter ²²²Rn may affect ²¹⁰Pb distributions under conditions of slow mixing and low ²¹⁰Pb flux to the seafloor, as shown by a siliceous ooze-clay core which contained the fallout radionuclides ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs but no excess ²¹⁰Pb (relative to ²²⁶Ra). There is no clear relationship between ²¹⁰Pbderived mixing rates and sediment type, accumulation rate or organic carbon flux to the sediments. Comparison of ²¹⁰Pb mixing rates with those calculated from ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs distributions reveals better agreement for a pulse input of the fallout radionuclides (D_B = 0.03?0.4 cm²/y) than for continuous input at a constant rate (D_B = 0.1?1.6 cm²/y), although the Pu and ¹³⁷Cs data are better fit by the latter model. The agreement may be fortuitous because ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs appear significantly deeper than ²¹⁰Pb in at least one core. Tracer separation could be caused by particle size-selective mixing by the benthic fauna or by chemical mobilization. If the fallout radionuclides are scavenged from surface waters by large, organic-rich particles such as fecal pellets, their release and migration may result from decomposition of the carrier in surface sediments. Either a relatively unreactive form of Pu (e.g. oxidized Pu) has been released by this process or a one-dimensional model is inadequate to explain its observed penetration into the sediments. Activity ratios of ${}^{\mathrm{239,240}}\text{Pu}{}^{137}\text{Cs}$ in the sediments decrease with increasing north latitude, and the trend reflects higher fluxes of ^239,240Pu near the weapons test site at Christmas Island (2°N). The ${}^{\mathrm{239,240}}\text{Pu}{}^{137}\text{Cs}$ ratios and fluxes to the sediment (assuming constant input) at the siliceous ooze-red clay site are consistent with published sediment trap data from a nearby site. Thus if fallout radionuclide fluxes to the sea floor were higher in the past, both ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs have been released from sinking particles.     

Mixing and cycling of uranium,thorium and 210Pb in Puget Sound sediments

Activity profiles of excess ²³⁴Th, excess ²¹⁰Pb, ²³²Th, ²³⁰Th, ²³⁴U and ²³⁸U, and ^228/232Th ratios determined in eight box cores of sediment from six sites in central Puget Sound provide new insights into the dynamic nature of solid phase mixing in surface sediments, the exchange of ²²⁸Ra and other soluble species across the sediment-water interface, and the cycling of U, Th and ²¹⁰Pb in this coastal zone.Comparison of excess ²³⁴Th inventories in sediments with its production rate in the overlying water column indicates a mean residence time of at most 14 days for particles in the central Puget Sound water column.Surface sediment horizons with excess ²³⁴Th have no excess ²²⁸Th which might be used to ascertain sediment accumulation rates over the past decade. Instead, deficiencies of ²²⁸Th due to loss of soluble ²²⁸Ra from pore water to the overlying water persist to 20–30 cm, revealing that exchange of soluble chemicals between pore and overlying waters reaches these depths in the extensively bioturbated sediments of Puget Sound.Solid phase U isotope concentrations tend to increase by up to a factor of two with depth in sediments, as a result of dissolved U being biologically pumped down into sediments where it is partially removed when conditions become mildly reducing. ²³²Th and ²³⁰Th activities and ^230/232Th ratios are constant with depth in sediments, indicating constant detrital phase compositions and essentially no authigenic ²³⁰Th. Steady state ²¹⁰Pb depositional activities in and fluxes to Puget Sound sediments average only about onehalf those for sediments of the open Washington coast north of the Columbia River mouth, primarily because of a much lower supply of dissolved ²¹⁰Pb in sea waters adverting into Puget Sound.Excess ²³⁴Th profiles in sediments reveal much more detail about the depth dependency, dynamic nature and recent history of solid phase mixing processes than excess ²¹⁰Pb profiles. At least six of eight ²³⁴Th profiles show that mixing within the ²¹⁰Pb-defined surface mixed layer is depth dependent. In three profiles, ²³⁴Th-derived mixing rates are fastest several centimeters below the sediment-water interface, indicating greater macro-benthic activity at these depths. Depth dependent mixing coefficients derived from the best fit of a four layer, advection-diffusion-decay model to the ²³⁴Th data are consistent with ²¹⁰Pb profiles determined for the same sediments, strongly suggesting that ²³⁴Th and ²¹⁰Pb are mixed equivalently and in a multilayered manner.     

福建兴化湾外近海210Pb法沉积速率及校正方法

运用γ谱仪,对采自福建省兴化湾外近海海域的D37和FJ3-12孔进行了 ²¹⁰Pb 、²²⁶Ra和 ¹³⁷Cs 活度的测试,得到这3种核素活度随深度变化特征。分别运用 ²¹⁰Pb 法的CFCS模式(恒定通量恒定沉积模式,Constant Flux and Constant Sedimentation)和CRS模式(恒定供给速率模式,Constant Rate of Supply)以及 ¹³⁷Cs 时标法计算平均沉积速率,发现3种方式的计算结果存在一定差异。在排除粒度变化对核素剖面的影响后,对比不同取样深度的结果发现,指数衰减剖面不完整度(取样深度未达 ²¹⁰Pb 的本底值区)对运用CFCS和CRS模式计算平均沉积速率均有不利影响,其中对CRS模式的影响随剖面不完整性愈强而愈显著。为此提出了相关校正方法作为参考,即先根据CFCS模式估算平均沉积速率和相应的²¹⁰Pb_ex累积量,再通过CRS法建立钻孔年龄框架,由此可计算得出D37和FJ3-12孔的平均沉积速率分别为2.76cm/yr和4.53cm/yr。     

210Pb activities in and fluxes to sediments of the Washington continental slope and shelf

Surface sediments of the Washington coast have ²¹⁰Pb activites which average 104 ± 48dpm/g for submarine canyon and slope regimes and 18 ± 12dpm/g for the continental shelf regime. ²¹⁰Pb sedimentary fluxes are also higher in canyons, averaging 18 ± 13dpm/cm² per yr, compared to 5.2 ± 3.1 dpm/cm² per yr for slope and 4.8 ± 1.8dpm/cm² per year for shelf regions. These ²¹⁰Pb activities and fluxes are 2–7 times greater than those reported for other coastal regions. Inputs from the atmosphere and the Columbia River are not sufficient to supply the ²¹⁰Pb, but advection of seawater containing dissolved ²¹⁰Pb produced in situ from ²²⁶Ra provides an input several times larger than the sedimentary fluxes. The sedimentary ²¹⁰Pb flux is limited by scavenging reactions rather than by supply of dissolved ²¹⁰Pb.Calculations of maximum biological uptake and fluxes of ²¹⁰Pb and ‘selective’ chemical leaching experiments all show that the primary scavenging processes are due to hydrous Mn and Fe oxides rather than biological phases. The pattern of higher ²¹⁰Pb depositional fluxes in canyons than in nearby open slope areas of comparable water depth is most reasonably explained by enhanced scavenging of dissolved ²¹⁰Pb near the sea floor, rather than by processes operating throughout the water column. Relatively rapid removal of dissolved ²¹⁰Pb from the near bottom nepheloid layer to slope and canyon sediments is shown by its mean residence time of less than two years in this layer.     

东北四海龙湾玛珥湖沉积物纹层计年与137Cs、210Pb测年

对东北四海龙湾玛珥湖SHLF6孔纹层沉积物的¹³⁷Cs放射性测量表明:¹³⁷Cs比活度的最大值出现在55cm处,对应于1963年世界原子弹试爆高峰期。纹层计年表明0～6cm共有35个纹层层偶。从75cm到65cm,¹³⁷Cs比活度从256±009dpm/g急剧增加到1868±017dpm/g,可能65cm对应于1954年。通过测量²²⁶Ra子核²¹⁴Pb和²¹⁴Bi（能量为295keV,352keV和609keV）放射的光子数获得²²⁶Ra比活度数据,然后求得过剩²¹⁰Pb_{比活度（²¹⁰Pbuns）。²¹⁰Pbuns比活度随深度增加而呈指数衰减,其异常波动可能与人类活动以及沉积速率变化有关,例如55cm处²¹⁰Pb比活度较高,与¹³⁷Cs的峰值对应,这可能与1963年前后人工核实验的高峰有关,因为核试验不仅产生¹³⁷Cs,而且可以产生208Pb和²¹⁰Pb;45cm处²¹⁰Pb比活度较低,而²²⁶Ra较高,可能与人类活动加剧,导致沉积速率增加有关。根据²¹⁰PbunsCRS模式,SHLF6孔0～19cm的平均沉积速率为20mg/cm²·a,或约为011cm/a。²¹⁰Pb测年数据与¹³⁷Cs时标及纹层计年均有很好的一致性。四海龙湾玛珥湖发育的纹层为年纹层,可以建立高分辨率时间序列。}     

东平湖沉积物 210Pb、137Cs 垂直分布及年代学意义

对东平湖沉积物柱状岩芯放射性年代学研究表明： 12cm处的 ¹³⁷Cs比活度峰值对应于1963年人工核试验高峰,9cm和6cm处的 ¹³⁷Cs比活度蓄积峰可能分别与1974年的全球核素散落和1986年前苏联切尔诺贝利核电站核泄漏有关; ²¹⁰Pb比活度随深度呈指数衰减,利用 ¹³⁷Cs核素1963年对应的蓄积峰进行校正,采用 ²¹⁰Pb计年的CRS模式建立了1889年以来东平湖现代沉积年代序列。根据 ²¹⁰Pb年代序列,计算了东平湖现代沉积速率,发现近百年来东平湖地区沉积速率有明显变化： 1889～1945年,沉积速率较高,平均达0.297g/cm2•a; 1945～1963年,沉积速率整体处于下降趋势; 1963～2000年,沉积速率比较稳定,平均约0.141g/cm2•a; 约2000年以来,沉积速率有增高趋势。通过分析认为,1945年以前东平湖较高的沉积速率可能与东平湖作为黄河水的自然滞洪区有关; 1950年代国家对东平湖的治理改造,控制了黄河水的自然倒灌,导致了东平湖沉积速率的迅速下降; 1963年以后,由于黄河上中游大型水利工程设施的修建,抑制了东平湖调洪功能的发挥,导致东平湖沉积速率低而稳定; 近年来,东平湖沉积速率有增大趋势,这可能与湖区人民发展围网养殖带入较多的沉积物有关。     

The use of 210Pb as a heavy metal tracer in the Susquehanna River system

Analysis of soil profiles and shallow ground water in the Susquehanna River basin, northeastern U.S.A., indicates that the atmospheric flux of ²¹⁰Pb is efficiently scavenged by the organic-rich horizons of the soils. This atmospherically supplied ²¹⁰Pb in soil profiles can only be lost from the system by soil erosion. Based on the annual sediment yield of the Susquehanna River and the excess ²¹⁰Pb concentration in particulate matter, a mean residence time of 2000 yr is calculated for metals similar to Pb in soil profiles.The West Branch of the Susquehanna River (WBSR) is strongly affected by acid mine drainage and is low in pH and high in dissolved ( <0.4 μm) ²¹⁰Pb, Fe and Mn. Along its course iron hydroxide is precipitating at a pH of between 4 and 4.5 and the ²¹⁰Pb supplied by the acid mine water is diminished by about 25% as a result of dilution. As the WBSR enters the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachians it has a ²¹⁰Pb concentration of ~ 0.2 dpm/l. At this juncture it receives a considerable influx of alkalinity from tributaries draining carbonate terranes, resulting in neutralization of the sulfuric acid and increase of the river pH to around 6.5–7. This pH adjustment is accompanied by the precipitation of Fe and Mn. Due to the slow rate of Mn removal from solution, the Mn precipitation extends a considerable distance down river from the point of acid neutralization. Analyses for ²¹⁰Pb in the river at points in or below the region of Mn precipitation show that ²¹⁰Pb is rapidly scavenged from solution onto suspended particles. From the data it is possible to calculate the removal rate of Pb from water in the presence of Fe and Mn hydroxides and other particles. At a pH of 4–4.5 Pb removal is nonexistent relative to the river flow rate, but at a pH of 6.5–7 the ²¹⁰Pb data indicate a residence time of <0.7 day for dissolved Pb.     

吉林省西部月亮湖沉积物的210Pb和137Cs测年及沉积速率

在吉林省西部月亮湖沉积柱中137 Cs和210Pb比活度测定的基础上,进行了沉积柱137 Cs和210Pb测年和现代沉积速率研究。月亮湖沉积柱在18cm和32cm处存在2个明显的137 Cs峰值,所对应的时标分别为1986年和1963年,据此时标计算的1963 2006年月亮湖的平均沉积速率为0.74cm/a,19862006年平均沉积速率为0.90cm/a。对比了CIC、CRS和CFCS模式的210Pb计年结果,其中:CIC模式的计年结果明显偏离137 Cs时标;64cm以浅沉积物的CRS、CFCS模式计年结果接近,并与137 Cs时标基本一致;但当沉积物的深度大于64cm时,CRS、CFCS模式计年结果具一定差别,鉴于此深度以下CFCS模式计年的指数方程的相关系数较低,其计年结果的代表性较差,因此,此深度以下采用CRS模式计年。根据CRS模式计年结果计算的月亮湖沉积速率为:1835 1898年平均为0.33cm/a,1898 1920年平均为1.09cm/a,1920 1961年平均为2.21cm/a,1961 2006年平均为0.94cm/a。沉积速率的年际变化反映了月亮湖及其流域内自然环境变化和人类活动的影响程度。     

Bismuth and 208Pb microdistributions in enstatite chondrites

Polished sections of 5 enstatite chondrites have been irradiated with 30 MeV ⁴He ions to produce the alpha-radioactive nuclei ²¹¹At and ²¹⁰Po from ²⁰⁹Bi and ²⁰⁸Pb, respectively. The distribution of alpha activity can be mapped, using cellulose nitrate as an alpha track detector, to give the corresponding Bi or Pb distributions in the meteorite. No strong localization of Bi or ²⁰⁸Pb was found; relatively uniform track distributions were observed. In particular, metal or sulfide grains are not enriched in Bi or Pb (relative to bulk), which is in agreement with the predictions of nebular condensation calculations. While the track distributions appear uniform, the results of detailed, track-by-track mappings of the Bi detectors indicate that the Bi is not totally randomly distributed; the statistical fluctuations in the observed track density are different for the cases where the Bi is totally randomly distributed and where the Bi is localized in point sources. Assuming that the Bi in a given sample is localized in identical point sources which are uniformly distributed throughout the sample, the observed relative population densities of clusters (‘stars’) of small numbers of tracks (2–5) corresponds to Bi being localized, with ~90% in grains with about 10^?16g-Bi (~3 × 10⁵Biatoms), and with ~10% in 4 × 10^?14 g-Bi sources. If these are elemental Bi, as predicted theoretically, they are ~ 10² Å and 10³ Å in size, respectively.     

Flood and earthquake disturbance of 210Pb geochronology (Lake Anterne, NW Alps)

Dating recent lake sediment records yielding disturbed ²¹⁰Pb profiles has been a problem of wide interest in palaeoclimatic and palaeoseismic studies over the last few centuries. When applied to an alpine lake sedimentary record, a high-resolution sedimentological study reveals that the ²¹⁰Pb profile is disturbed by the occurrence of single-event deposits triggered by two different mechanisms: flood events deposits and gravity reworking. Removing disturbed layers from the ²¹⁰Pb profile yields a logarithmic depth–activity relationship. Using a simple ²¹⁰Pb decay model (CFCS) provides an assessment of mean accumulation rate of `continuous sedimentation', as opposed to `event-linked sedimentation'. The correlation of the thickest four gravity-reworked deposits with historically known earthquakes permits both validation and refinement of the age–depth relationship. This refinement highlights variations in accumulation rate consistent with post-Little Ice Age climatic variations.     

利用210Po法在钻孔中寻找含水裂隙

近年来,国内一些单位用210Po法在山区或丘陵区寻找新构造裂隙水(简称210Po法地面找水),取得了较好的效果。      

CPMAS 13C NMR spectra of estuarine sedimentary humic acids

CPMAS ¹³C NMR spectra of two estuarine sedimentary humic acids were recorded on a Bruker WP-SY 200 spectrometer. Both samples were found to contain similar aromatic and aliphatic carbon fractions. The sedimentary humic acids have unusually high methoxyl contents and more than one type of methoxyl is indicated. The high methoxyl content may be related to relatively low values for estuarine sedimentary humic acid-metal complexes. Carbohydrate contents of the humic acid samples were also found to be low.     

SHRIMP锆石铀-铅同位素定年中普通铅 204Pb对实验结果的影响

在SHRIMP锆石U-Pb同位素定年中,常用实测的²⁰⁴Pb校正普通铅,然后求得²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb等同位素比值及年龄。本文主要论述了普通铅²⁰⁴Pb校正的原理、来源、测定方法及其对实验结果的影响。通过实验得出普通铅²⁰⁴Pb测定结果不准确,会使数据在谐和图中的投影点偏离谐和线,使年龄结果偏离真实值。影响普通铅²⁰⁴Pb的因素有很多,主要有测试位置是否有包体或裂纹、锆石表面的清洁程度、普通铅²⁰⁴Pb的峰位置是否正确等;此外,一次离子束强度、密度均匀性、束斑形状、清洗时间也可能有影响。由于大多锆石样品中普通铅²⁰⁴Pb含量很低,在扫描普通铅²⁰⁴Pb峰中心时,最好在高铀锆石包体、裂隙处,或在长石等含普通铅²⁰⁴Pb较高的矿物上进行,同时为了避免受质量数204左侧峰拖尾叠加的影响,通常把²⁰⁴Pb峰位置设定在峰中心稍偏右处。     

孢粉浓缩物在AMS 14C测年研究中的应用及展望

可靠的¹⁴C测年材料是建立高精度年代序列的前提。在陆生植物残体缺乏的沉积类型中或某一沉积层位,利用其他¹⁴C测年材料可能会影响测年结果的精度。而陆生植物孢粉广泛存在于各类地质载体中,利用其浓缩物定年是解决这一问题的途径之一。文章综述了不同沉积类型孢粉浓缩物的提取方法及其测年结果的验证;成功提取了秦岭太白山高山湖泊大爷海表层沉积物中的孢粉浓缩物,其AMS ¹⁴C定年结果与全有机质年代对比表明高山封闭湖泊孢粉浓缩物能够提供较为可靠的年代估计且在一定程度上能避免碳库效应的影响;但仍需对湖泊岩芯多个层位开展多种测年材料（如陆生植物残体、炭屑、有机质）的对比定年研究以做进一步验证。基于前人及本研究提取经验,归纳总结出适用于湖泊沉积、泥炭沉积、黄土-古土壤序列以及冰楔冰中孢粉浓缩物的提取流程,主要分为前期的孢粉富集（酸碱法）和后期的纯化处理（化学法、镜下挑选与重液浮选）,并梳理了目前孢粉浓缩物在定年应用中需要注意的问题。探索沉积物孢粉浓缩物提取的新方法、改进并简化其现有提取流程、提高孢粉浓缩物提取效率（短时间内获取足量的、高含量的陆生植物孢粉）,将极大地促进孢粉浓缩物定年方法在晚第四纪年代研究中的应用。

     

开放潮坪地区210Pbexc测年CIC和CRS计算模式的选择

现代沉积物测年方法已经在海岸带地区得到了广泛应用,但在开放潮坪地区还存一定的问题,尤其是在通过210Pb进行沉积速率计算时,常量初始浓度(constant initial concentration,简称CIC)模式和恒定补给速率(constant rate of supply,简称CRS)模式给出的结果通常差别很大,即使是与137Cs时标法进行比对时,有时也不易解释.这严重制约了现代沉积物测年方法在开放潮坪及浅海区的应用效果.有鉴于此,选取了其中的1个典型站位的柱状样品,同时开展210Pb_exc过量的210Pb的CRS模式和CIC模式计算,并与137Cs时标法进行对比,结合区域沉积历史数据,对210Pb_exc的CRS模式和CIC模式的选择进行了综合分析,为现代沉积物测年在海岸带地区的应用和解释提供了过程参考.结果显示,对210Pb_exc数据分段采用CIC模式获得的结果较CRS模式获得的更为可靠.这是因为海岸带地区,被潮流搬运来的沉积物更容易满足CIC计算模式所要求的前提条件,即沉积物中的210Pb_exc初始比活度是恒定的.作为一般数据使用者,更倾向于通过210Pb_exc测年方法(也就是CRS模式)能够获得每一层的年龄,但在海岸带地区应用该方法时就需要更加慎重.      

应用河流阶地10Be深度剖面计算千年至十万年尺度流域平均古侵蚀速率

古侵蚀速率的时空变化规律是研究构造-气候-地表侵蚀之间耦合关系的重要线索。已有的研究多侧重于百万年(10⁶)或百年(10²)尺度上的侵蚀速率限定, 但对千年至十万年(10³~10⁵)尺度上的侵蚀速率限定较少。河流阶地的发育能够延续千年至十万年, 其沉积记录保留了大量流域侵蚀信号, 为建立该时间尺度上的流域古侵蚀速率记录提供了理想的数据支撑。本研究介绍了一种千年至十万年尺度上的流域平均古侵蚀速率计算方法。基于河流阶地¹⁰Be深度剖面, 约束阶地表面沉积物的¹⁰Be继承浓度和阶地面废弃年龄, 进而计算出多期阶地发育期间的流域平均古侵蚀速率。随后, 以青藏高原东北缘北祁连西段为例, 基于山前6条河流(自西向东分别为石油河、白杨河、北大河、洪水坝河、丰乐河和马营河)已发表的16个阶地¹⁰Be深度剖面数据(共81个¹⁰Be样品)和7个现代河道沉积物的¹⁰Be浓度数据, 建立了北祁连西段约200 ka以来的流域平均侵蚀速率记录(共23个侵蚀速率值)。结果表明, 北祁连西段千年至十万年尺度上的流域平均古侵蚀速率变化趋势与气候波动曲线之间存在较强的对应性, 揭示了气候变化是引起流域地表侵蚀的关键因素。上述实例证明, 应用河流阶地¹⁰Be深度剖面可有效地计算千年至十万年尺度上的流域平均古侵蚀速率, 并有助于深入剖析构造、气候和地表侵蚀过程三者之间的潜在关系, 进而推动活动造山带地区定量地貌学研究的发展。