Avaatech XRF岩芯扫描分析方法在石笋Sr/Ca测试中的应用

XRF岩芯扫描分析方法在海洋和湖泊沉积环境变化方面的应用研究,已取得了显著的成果.然而,目前其应用还没有广泛拓展到洞穴石笋的研究中.在本文中,我们利用最先进的第四代Avaatech高分辨率XRF岩芯扫描仪测试了3根石笋(2根文石石笋, 1根方解石石笋)的Sr元素以及Sr/Ca比值.通过不同扫描路径之间和不同扫描分辨率之间的对比,以及与ICP-OES、Itrax XRF和Artax XRF结果的对比,证实了Avaatech XRF岩芯扫描仪可以准确、快速、无损地进行石笋高分辨率Sr元素的测试.此外,我们还结合石笋氧同位素记录,尝试解释了所测石笋Sr/Ca的古气候意义.     

基于XRF岩芯扫描的Rb/Sr比值的古气候意义探讨——以青藏高原东部若尔盖盆地为例

XRF岩芯扫描技术是古气候研究中的重要工具,其中所获得的基于湖泊岩芯的Rb/Sr比值在古气候研究中被广泛用于表征流域化学风化的强度.然而在不同的地质背景下,影响Rb/Sr比值变化的因素不同,使得其古气候解释意义较为复杂.本研究选取青藏高原东部若尔盖盆地的湖泊沉积物岩芯,获取了高分辨率的XRF岩芯扫描Rb/Sr比值、传统...     

岩芯XRF扫描在湖泊年纹层研究中的应用——以青藏高原东南缘新路海为例

湖泊年纹层以其精确到年乃至季节尺度的高分辨率优势,成为研究古气候环境变化的重要载体.X射线荧光(XRF)岩芯扫描由于其有分辨率高、分析快速等特点,在湖泊年纹层研究中发挥了重要的作用.本文以青藏高原东南缘新路海年纹层为研究对象,采用X射线荧光(XRF)岩芯扫描,对新路海湖泊纹层计年、纹层形成机理及古气候重建进行了研究.结果表明:利用X射线图像明暗层、Rad峰值、Zr和Fe元素峰值标记法获得的年代序列基本一致,并且与独立的放射性测年(²¹⁰Pb/¹³⁷Cs)结果吻合,证实了上述各种纹层计年方法的可行性和可靠性.新路海年纹层层偶是由粗颗粒碎屑层和细颗粒碎屑层交互组成的,较厚且Zr和Si元素高的粗颗粒层形成于春、夏季,而较薄且Fe元素含量高的细颗粒层形成于秋、冬季.纹层的厚度能够指示西南季风降水量的大小,近100年以来新路海纹层厚度反映的西南季风演化,与利用昆明地区历史文献重建的湿度记录(干旱/洪水指数)、树轮δ¹⁸O重建的尼泊尔喜马拉雅地区的季风降水基本一致.近100年来新路海的纹层厚度具有7～8、4～5和2年的周期,表明新路...     

冀东油田钻井岩芯的磁学研究

论述了利用古地磁、磁组构综合研究进行钻井岩芯定向和确定沉积组构（沉积层面在现代地理坐标系下的）方向的方法．通过对冀东油田100块钻井岩芯实测结果的系统分析，指出该方法在岩芯磁组构方向确定和沉积剩磁成分能够分离出来的情况下，可用于地层产状未知和井孔近似直立情况下的钻井岩芯定向，并能给出沉积组构方向．对岩芯样品中的磁性矿物成分、成因进行了研究，分析了岩芯磁性特征与烃类富集的关系，指出磁参数分布特征，能为油气勘探开发、指示油气富集部位提供参考．     

太湖流域西氿湖沉积岩芯中重金属污染及潜在生态风险

通过对太湖流域西沈湖沉积物岩芯XJ2中Cu、Pb、Zn、Cd、Cr等5种重金属元素总量的分析,结合测年结果,揭示了不同时间段重金属污染物的分布特征,并利用Hakansen潜在生态风险评价法对沉积物岩芯的污染状况及潜在生态风险的历史变化进行了研究.结果表明岩芯受Cd元素污染最重,其它4种元素较Cd则轻得多,因此Cd元素是影响该地区沉积物潜在生态风险的绝对主导因素.从20世纪初叶开始,沉积物中的重金属元素污染及其相应的潜在生态风险开始上升,并且上升幅度不断加剧,到20世纪90年代达到最大值,沉积物污染及潜在生态风险级别均为"很高",随后便开始迅速下降,然而直到2004年这两个参数仍然维持在"很高"级别.     

南海神狐海域地层渗透率与含水合物饱和度关系研究(英文)

本文利用取自南海神狐海域钻井岩芯进行了核磁共振测量,研究了岩石中所含水合物对地层渗透率的影响,该岩芯样品为一"孔隙充填型"水合物样品。核磁共振测量结果表明岩石中所含水合物对地层渗透率影响很大,随着含水合物饱和度的增加,地层渗透率迅速降低。通过对测量结果的进一步分析可知"孔隙充填型"水合物对地层渗透率的影响-存在多方面的因素,包括水合物对地层孔隙度、孔隙迂曲度的影响以及对水合物对孔隙喉道的堵塞等。最后本文利用Masuda下降模型建立了适用于南海神狐海域的相对渗透率与含水合物饱和度的经验公式,下降指数N=7.9718。     

沉积物金属元素变化的粒度效应--以太湖沉积岩芯为例

水体沉积物中金属元素含量变化除了与人为污染有关之外,在很大程度上受沉积物粒度、矿物组成等沉积物性质的影响．在进行沉积物金属元素研究中,要充分考虑沉积物金属元素含量变化的粒度效应．本文通过对太湖MS岩芯中17种金属元素、沉积物粒度、矿物组成等指标的分析,研究了金属元素变化特征以及与沉积物粒度组成的关系．MS岩芯金属元素变化可分为两类,第一类主要为Al、Fe、K等,该类元素在沉积岩芯中下部含量较高,岩芯上部含量较低;第二类为Na元素,在沉积岩芯中下部含量较低,岩芯上部含量升高．MS岩芯中金属元素与粘土含量之间具有显著相关关系,经沉积物粒度(粘土含量)校正后,沉积岩芯中金属元素含量趋于稳定．因此,沉积物粒度组成(粘土含量)是影响金属元素含量的主要因素,在研究太湖沉积物金属元素变化规律及进行金属污染评价时,应对金属元素含量进行粒度校正．     

人工神经网络法在烃源岩测井评价中的应用

运用有机地球化学方法分析岩芯、岩屑样品的有机炭含量存在着昂贵、时且不准确等问题。利用测井方法的优点是经济、准确。在测井评价中使用人工神经网络法具有极大的优越性和适用性。本文结合Kohonen和BP网络方法，完成了塔里木台盆区19口井的寒武、奥陶系烃源岩层段的识别与评价，并通过测井资料处理成果和岩芯有机地化资料、地质录井情况的相互检验，证实，其本上能够满足评价烃源岩的需要，从而为利用测井资料进行烃源岩评价做出了新的尝试。     

冲绳海槽年代地层与沉积速率

采用AMS14 C ,常规14 C和ESR等方法 ,对冲绳海槽的 6个代表性岩芯进行了对比测年研究 .同时 ,对各岩芯连续性定向样品 ,进行了系统剩磁测量分析 .利用测年数据 ,特别是浮游有孔虫壳体的AMS14 C年龄 ,标定极性事件和极性漂移 ,并据此计算了各站及不同时代的沉积速率 .结果表明 ,槽底平原沉积速率高 ,不亚于东海陆架 ,一般在 1 0～ 30cm/ka之间 ,某些区域高于 40cm/ka ;同时代不同地貌部位或同地貌部位不同时代 ,沉积速率相差较大 ;冰后期沉积速率高于末次冰期沉积速率     

油气田钻井岩芯及岩芯裂缝方位确定的古地磁原理与方法

岩石在现代地磁场中获得的粘滞乘磁可以通过分离乘磁低温分量获得，并且它与现代地磁场方向一致，因此，通过提取岩芯乘磁的低温分量，可以恢复岩芯的现代磁坐标，进而确定岩芯在现代地理坐标中的位置，本文对吐哈油田，长庆油田岩芯及地表露头样品作了系统热磁分析，讨论了乘磁低温分量与现代地磁场关系，建立了岩芯方位古地磁学定向方法。并将这种方法用于长庆油田钻井岩芯定向及裂缝方位确定，通过对长庆油田４０口井的含裂缝岩芯     

High-latitude dust deposition in snow on the glaciers of James Ross Island,Antarctica

High-latitude dust (HLD) depositions on four glaciers of James Ross Island (the Ulu Peninsula) were analysed. The deposition rate on the selected glaciers varies from 11.8 to 64.0 g m⁻², which is one order of magnitude higher compared to the glaciers in Antarctica or elsewhere in the world. A strong negative relationship between the sediment amount and altitude of a sampling site was found. This is most likely caused by the higher availability of aeolian material in the atmospheric boundary layer. General southerly and south-westerly wind directions over the Ulu Peninsula – with exceptions based on local terrain configuration – help to explain the significantly lower level of sediment deposition on San Jose Glacier and the high level on Triangular Glacier. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrophotometry was used to estimate the relative proportions of the main and trace (lithophile) elements in the sediment samples. Both the sediment amount and the XRF results are analysed in a depth profile at each locality and compared among the glaciers, suggesting long-range transport of fine mineral material from outside James Ross Island. The distribution of aeolian sediment among the glaciers corresponds well with the prevailing wind direction on the Ulu Peninsula. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for field analysis of metals in marine sediments

The accuracy, precision and performance of a field-portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer was evaluated for the determination of metals in marine sediments both in the laboratory and, more importantly, on board a small research vessel. The XRF performed with minimal problems on board the survey vessel and provided precise, near-real-time determination of metals at levels indicative of contamination in samples obtained by sediment grabs. Analytical results obtained on the wet, bulk samples in the field and on the dry, homogenized samples in the laboratory were comparable.     

Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from Lake Karakul,Tajikistan

Lake Karakul in the eastern Pamirs is a large and closed-basin lake in a partly glaciated catchment. Two parallel sediment cores were collected from 12 m water depth. The cores were correlated using XRF analysis and dated using radiocarbon and OSL techniques. The age results of the two dating methods are generally in agreement. The correlated composite core of 12.26 m length represents continuous accumulation of sediments in the lake basin since 31 ka. The lake reservoir effect (LRE) remained relatively constant over this period. High sediment accumulation rates (SedARs) were recorded before 23 ka and after 6.5 ka. The relatively close position of the coring location near the eastern shore of the lake implies that high SedARs resulted from low lake levels. Thus, high SedARs and lower lake levels before 23 ka probably reflect cold and dry climate conditions that inhibited the arrival of moist air at high elevation in the eastern Pamirs. Low lake levels after 6.5 ka were probably caused by declining temperatures after the warmer early Holocene, which had caused a reduction in water resources stored as snow, ice and frozen ground in the catchment. Low SedARs during 23–6.5 ka suggest increased lake levels in Lake Karakul. A short-lived increase of SedARs at 15 ka probably corresponds to the rapid melting of glaciers in the Karakul catchment during the Greenland Interstadial 1e, shortly after glaciers in the catchment had reached their maximum extents. The sediment cores from Lake Karakul represent an important climate archive with robust chronology for the last glacial–interglacial cycle from Central Asia.     

Surface microrelief changes affect the soil and water conservation benefits of rainwater harvesting tillage operation during rainfall events

Reservoir tillage (RT) improves the soil rainwater harvesting capacity and reduces soil erosion on cropland, but there is some debate regarding its effectiveness. The objective of this study was to further verify the effect of RT on soil erosion and explore the reasons for this effect by analysing microrelief changes during rainfall. Rainfall intensities of 60, 90, and 120 mm/hr and three slope degrees (5, 15, and 25°, representing gentle, medium, and steep slopes) were considered. A smooth surface (SS) served as the control. The microrelief changes were determined based on digital elevation models, which were measured using a laser scanner with a 2‐cm grid before and after rainfall events. The results showed that compared with the values for the SS, RT reduced both the runoff and sediment by approximately 10‐20% on the gentle slope; on the medium slope, although RT also reduced the runoff in the 90‐ and 120‐mm/hr intensity rainfall events, the sediment increased by 158.90% and 246.08%; on the steep slope, the sediment increased by 92.33 to 296.47%. Overall, when the runoff control benefit of RT was lower than 5%, there was no sediment control benefit. RT was effective at controlling soil loss on the gentle slopes but was not effective on the medium and steep slopes. This is because the surface depressions created by RT were filled in with sediment that eroded from the upslopes, and the surface microrelief became smoother, which then caused greater soil and water loss than that on an SS at the later rainfall stage.     

Historical variations in autochthonous and allochthonous sediment supplies to the largest freshwater lake in Central India

Lacustrine sediment preserves high-resolution biogeochemical records of past variations in watershed processes controlling lake sedimentation. The current study explores historical variations in autochthonous and allochthonous sediment supplies to a large tropical freshwater lake system (Upper Lake, Bhopal) protected under the international Ramsar Convention of 2002 against anthropogenic pressures. For this purpose, multi-proxy biogeochemical data are presented for organic matter (total organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorous, and loss on ignition [LOI] at 550 °C), carbonate (LOI at 950 °C), lithic sediment (aluminum, titanium, iron, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, manganese, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum, thorium, uranium, and rare earth elements), and anthropogenic inputs (lead) measured in a 38 cm long sediment core retrieved from the lake. In addition to the lacustrine sediment core, the samples of catchment bedrock, surface soils, major stream sediment, and eolian dust collected from the lake periphery also are analyzed. The systematic biogeochemical excursions in the upper core section (top ～8 cm) indicate increased anthropogenic inputs, watershed denudation by agricultural activities, artificially reduced fluvial sediment supply, relatively increased dust inputs and lake eutrophication in the last few decades. The current study underscores the roles of anthropogenic land-use and wetland conservation practices in the rapid alteration of autochthonous and allochthonous sediment supplies to open aquatic ecosystems. Further, rising lake eutrophication levels despite a managed reduction in allochthonous sediment supplies seem challenging to control due to dissolved nutrient supply from urban sewage discharge and runoff from agricultural land in the watershed.     

Human impact on the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic elements to peri-alpine lakes (Switzerland) over the last decades

Terrigenous (Sc, Fe, K, Mg, Al, Ti) and anthropogenic (Pb and Cu) element fluxes were measured in a new sediment core from Lake Biel (Switzerland) and in previously well-documented cores from two upstream lakes (Lake Brienz and Lake Thun). These three large peri-alpine lakes are connected by the Aare River, which is the main tributary to the High Rhine River. Major and trace element analysis of the sediment cores by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) shows that the site of Lake Brienz receives three times more terrigenous elements than the two other studied sites, given by the role of Lake Brienz as the first major sediment sink located in the foothills of the Alps. Overall, the terrigenous fluxes reconstructed at the three studied sites suggest that the construction of sediment-trapping reservoirs during the twentieth century noticeably decreased the riverine suspended sediment load at a regional scale. In fact, the extensive river damming that occurred in the upstream watershed catchment (between ca. 1930 and 1950 and up to 2,300 m a.s.l.) and that significantly modified seasonal suspended sediment loads and riverine water discharge patterns to downstream lakes noticeably diminished the long-range transport of (fine) terrigenous particles by the Aare River. Concerning the transport of anthropogenic pollutants, the lowest lead enrichment factors (EFs Pb) were measured in the upstream course of the Aare River at the site of Lake Brienz, whereas the metal pollution was highest in downstream Lake Biel, with the maximum values measured between 1940 and 1970 (EF Pb > 3). The following recorded regional reduction in aquatic Pb pollution started about 15 years before the actual introduction of unleaded gasoline in 1985. Furthermore, the radiometric dating of the sediment core from Lake Biel identifies three events of hydrological transport of artificial radionuclides released by the nuclear reactor of Mühleberg located at more than 15 km upstream of Lake Biel for the time period 1970–2000.     

A novel approach to varve counting using μXRF and X-radiography in combination with thin-section microscopy,applied to the Late Glacial chronology from Lake Suigetsu,Japan

The Lake Suigetsu 2006 Varved Sediment Core Project (SG06 Project) aims to contribute to the international terrestrial radiocarbon calibration model, extending it to >50,000 cal years BP using the new SG06 sediment record, which shows annual laminations (varves) for most of this period. For varve counting, a novel approach using high resolution X-ray fluorescence (μXRF) and X-radiography was applied, described here in detail for the first time, and applied to the Late Glacial sediments of core SG06. This new technique was carried out alongside conventional varve counting by thin-section microscopy (Schlolaut et al., 2012). This dual approach allows comparison of results from the two independent counting methods on metre to sub-mm scales, enabling the identification and characterisation of differences between the techniques, and quantification of their weaknesses. Combining the results produces a more robust chronology than either counting method could produce alone. The reliability of this dual approach is demonstrated by comparison of the combined chronology with the radiocarbon dataset of SG06, calibrated with the tree-ring derived Late Glacial section of IntCal09.     

Using a fluvial archive to place extreme flood sediment (dis)connectivity dynamics in context of a longer-term record

The aim of this study was to establish the source and provenance of sediments deposited in a large floodplain sink during extreme floods in the Lockyer Creek catchment, Australia, in 2011 and 2013. We place the sediment source patterns in context of the longer-term record to determine whether coarse-grained sediment sources (i.e., very fine sand to very coarse sand) and the spatio-temporal pattern of (dis)connectivity have changed over time. We do this by matching the geochemical properties and age structure of a sediment profile located in a downstream floodplain sink to the elemental composition of source sediments. One hundred and fifty-seven sediment samples from 20 sites across the catchment are analysed using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry to compare the elemental ratio composition of the downstream floodplain sink to its source materials. We use Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating to determine the age structure of the sediments in the floodplain sink. The northern tributaries and parts of the Lockyer River trunk stream are the primary sources of coarse sediment. These areas are connected (coupled) to the lower trunk stream and floodplain sediment sink. Southern tributaries are largely disconnected (decoupled) and supply little sediment to the floodplain sediment sink. This pattern of sediment source contribution has remained similar over the last 6.8 ka at least. Sediment sources as observed in the 2011 flood have predominated over the mid-late Holocene whilst those in the 2013 flood are rare.     

兴凯湖沉积物粒度特征揭示的27.7kaBP以来区域古气候演化

结合孢粉分析,对兴凯湖一根长269cm的沉积岩芯研究表明:沉积物粒度分布特征可以较好地反映区域气候变化,即粗粉砂和砂增多对应于降水减少的低湖面时期,细粉砂增多对应于降水增加的高湖面时期,而粘土增加则对应于气候干燥的静水沉积环境。约27740-25540cal aBP时期,沉积物颗粒较粗,湖区处于低湖面的冷干气候;而随后25540-23650 cal aBP时期,中粉砂增加,粘土较少,分选性较好,湖区处于冷湿气候环境23650-19940cal aBP阶段,湖面封冻期长,沉积物粘土较多,湖区气候冷干,对应于末次盛冰期。19940-14510cal aBP阶段,细粉砂增加,比前期降水增多,温度也有所升高。14510-10800cal aBP时期,本地区进入晚冰期,沉积物粒径波动频繁,依次出现较高含量的细粉砂-粗粉砂-粘土阶段,反映了暖湿到干燥的气候变化,对应于北欧的B(o|¨)lling/Older Dryas/Aller(o|¨)d/Younger Dryas气候波动期。10800-1050cal aBP,总体上沉积物粒径变化不大,中粗粉砂含量基本保持低值,细粉砂逐渐增加,粘土逐渐减少,显示深水稳定沉积环境,降水逐渐增多,处于全新世暖湿期;其中8330-7000cal aBP阶段,粗颗粒迅速增加较多,对应于8.2 cal kaBP冷事件。约1050cal aBP以来,沉积物中值粒径大幅度增加,湖面水位下降幅度较大,气候变凉干,也反映了人类活动增强造成水土流失加剧。     

Depth to the apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) as a parameter of interest in marine benthic habitat quality models

The usefulness of the apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) in assessments of marine benthic habitat quality was explored at two intertidal mudflats along the north Pacific coast of Canada. Two transects were established at each intertidal site, with three sediment biogeochemistry cores collected from each transect four times over the summer of 2016. Measurements of the sediment pore water dissolved oxygen (DO) content and redox (Eh) conditions were taken at the surface of the core (measured vertically), as well as at increasing depths (1 cm between readings) into the sediment (measured horizontally through predrilled holes in the biogeochemistry corer). While oxic, anoxic, oxidized, and reduced sediment pore water was observed above and below the aRPD, in general, sediment above the aRPD had higher DO content, and higher Eh values than sediment below the aRPD. Therefore, the aRPD depth can be used as a relative indicator of sediment pore water DO and Eh conditions: sediment with a deeper aRPD depth has more available DO, and the pore water has higher Eh values (more oxidized or less reduced) than sediment with a shallower aRPD depth. As such, the aRPD depth is a useful parameter to include in models that assess the quality of marine benthic habitats.