新疆独山子的冲沟发育与断层新活动

独山子背斜是天山北麓三排褶皱带中西北端的背斜,其北翼发育一条逆冲断层。断层的活动在奎屯河阶地和冲积扇上形成了高度小于20 m的断层陡坎。陡坎上游冲积物中发育多条冲沟,冲沟根据长度可分为7 组。探槽揭示了独山子背斜北翼断层最新的两次活动,其中较早的断层活动时间为3110±40 a BP。根据这次断层活动触发的冲沟的平均长度得到冲沟溯源侵蚀的速率为38 mm/a。由该溯源侵蚀速率,计算出每组冲沟发育的时间,分别约为1170 aBP,3110 a BP,7200 a BP,12570 a BP,14990 a BP,30570 a BP,37750 a BP,可能代表断层多次活动的时间。断层最新一次活动的时间与本文探槽研究限定时间段相符,其他最近的三次活动时间与前人探槽研究的结果相符。说明在特定条件下,用断层上升盘冲沟平均溯源侵蚀速率推算断层活动时间是可行的。     

末次冰盛期后格尔木河下切的时空变化及其构造意义

格尔木河河谷中发育有四级河流阶地,均形成于末次冰盛期之后。阶地的形成由构造抬升驱动,四级阶地代表的河流下切过程反映了四次阶段性构造抬升。以三岔河和纳赤台为代表的中游河段,四次河流阶段性下切速率分别为16~13 ka BP (T4-T3),3.33~9.33 mm/a;13~11 ka BP (T3-T2),5.5~12 mm/a;11~5 ka BP (T2-T1),0.33~1 mm/a;5 ka BP (T1 至今),0.6~0.8 mm/a,下切速率自T4 至T1 先增快后减慢。上游小南川河段5 ka BP以来的平均下切速率为4 mm/a,显著大于三岔河和纳赤台河段,同期河流溯源侵蚀速率也较快,表明小南川局部地区全新世中期抬升强烈,应为西大滩断裂强烈活动所致。受区域性构造活动差异影响,格尔木河河流阶地在局部地区出现变形,其中在三岔河和最老冲积扇扇顶存在两个下切幅度和速度高峰值,而纳赤台河段下切和缓。表明控制昆仑河和野牛沟发育的昆仑河-野牛沟断裂、山前的红石沟断裂自末次冰盛期以来持续活动。其中,昆仑河-野牛沟断裂16~13 ka BP活动速率较快,到13~11 ka BP达到最快,11 ka BP后减慢,与河流中下游整体构造活动趋势一致。     

秦岭北麓断裂带晚第四纪活动的地貌表现

本区地貌特征反映秦岭北麓断裂带的活动特点是：①第四纪以来主要发生垂直运动，其活动性质与程度有差异性、阶段性。第一、二级阶地的形态和年代资料表征秦岭北麓断裂带晚更新世和全新世垂直位错幅度和平均速率。②河流阶地在上升盘出口处高度大，而向上游逐渐减小，反映第四纪以来，秦岭断块山地继续发生由北向南的掀斜运动。③被断层切割的冲洪积扇体的结构和堆积层的产状特征，反映出山麓带多发育铲形断层。     

中条山北麓河流地貌参数及其新构造意义

基于数字高程模型（DEM）及地理信息系统（GIS）技术,系统提取和分析了中条山北麓河流坡降指标、河道陡峭指数及面积高程积分等河流地貌参数。研究表明：河流坡降指标、河道陡峭指数及面积高程积分在永济至解州一带表现出较高的值;综合分析岩性、降水及构造等因素可知,新构造运动是控制中条山北麓河流地貌发育的主要因素,自北向南总体表现出增强的趋势,在永济南活动最强。前人研究表明,中条山北麓断裂晚第四纪以来构造活跃,全新世以来仍有多次活动,但不同部位活动强度各异,解州段晚更新世晚期以来滑动速率相比韩阳段及夏县段高,极高值在出现在永济南一带。可见,基于河流地貌参数获得的中条山北麓新构造运动强弱与断裂晚第四纪以来的活动强弱一致。     

敦煌雅丹地貌区晚更新世以来的区域构造运动特征

河流阶地和活动断层是研究区域构造运动的良好证据。分析了敦煌雅丹地貌区的活动断层和河流阶地的特征与性质,并取样测定活动断层形成时间,进而通过区域对比确定研究区晚更新世以来的构造运动特征和性质。研究区晚更新世以来受区域构造运动影响强烈,特别是阿尔金构造系和北山构造系的次级构造对研究区影响明显。距今约10万年以来,研究区共发生过3次明显的间歇性构造抬升活动：Ⅰ期发生于距今约10万年前,强度最弱;Ⅱ期发生于距今约7万年前,最为强烈;Ⅲ期发生在距今4万年前。     

岷江上游河流阶地对龙门山断裂带逆冲作用的响应

汶川地震导致的岷江阶地面垂直错动量,记录了在地震这一突变性构造活动作用下水系的瞬时变化情况。震后野外实测数据表明,切过北川-映秀断裂的岷江阶地面,因断裂北西盘的逆冲作用产生了2.7 m的累积垂直位错量。若干次历史地震驱动的逆冲作用使切过龙门山主干断裂的岷江阶地面被大尺度垂直错断,根据阶面垂直扭错量和相应测年值计算可知,汶川-茂县断裂、北川-映秀断裂、彭县-灌县断裂晚第四纪以来逆冲速率分别为0.84 mm/a、0.52 mm/a和0.24 mm/a,计算结果表明,龙门山各主干断裂逆冲作用有自北西向南东减弱的趋势。龙门山各主干断裂的差异活动不仅使被断裂切过的岷江阶地面产生不同尺度的垂直变形,而且使汶川-茂县断裂和北川-映秀断裂所夹持的后龙门山地区的抬升速率和抬升幅度,大于北川-映秀断裂和彭县-灌县断裂所夹持的前龙门山地区。     

青藏高原近60年降水变化研究进展北大核心CSCD

作为全球海拔最高的独特自然地理单元,青藏高原对局部、区域乃至全球天气和气候系统具有显著影响。基于气象台站观测资料,对1960年以来青藏高原整体和区域尺度的降水量和极端降水量变化特征及其影响因素研究进行了回顾。结果表明:近60年青藏高原年降水量呈现上升趋势,变化速率为3.8~12.0 mm/10a,但其显著性存在争议。冬春两季降水量显著增加,春季降水量上升速率最大,夏秋两季降水量变化趋势不明显。区域尺度上,三江源区年降水量总体呈现上升趋势,变化速率为7.3~20 mm/10a;雅鲁藏布江流域年降水量呈现不明显上升趋势,变化速率为0.4~9.0 mm/10a;祁连山区年降水量显著增加,变化速率1.0~13.2 mm/10a;年降水量增长速率在青海高原为1.9~3.3 mm/10a,西藏高原为12.5 mm/10a,柴达木盆地为6.7~8.6 mm/10a,共和盆地为7.2 mm/10a。青藏高原极端降水量和极端降水日数明显增多,但是极端降水量变化空间异质性特征显著。青藏高原降水变化的影响因素很多,主要包括大尺度大气环流、高原地表状况及气候变暖。未来应采用更多类型数据源监测青藏高原降水变化,尤其是区域或流域尺度,进一步完善青藏高原降水变化机制研究。     

马祖列岛海岸阶地研究

距今二亿年前的三迭纪晚期一系列之大地构造运动,形成福建沿海的平潭-东山褶皱带,以及长樂-诏安断裂带,又因为构造运动以及岩浆活动的影响,在褶皱带与断裂带的东缘形成一系列的岛屿,马祖列岛的形成,与中国东南沿海的造山运动有密切关系,皆受到影响而产生变动。马祖地区的海阶,共有9 段阶地,各段阶地的海拔高度依序为0~10 m、20~38 m、40~56 m、58~78 m、80~97 m、100~128 m、142~160 m、172~182 m、238~248 m。依据晚更新世海阶序列与隆升率关系对比基图迭合法的推估,各段阶地生成年代分别为6 ka BP、46 ka BP、55 ka BP、76 kaBP、79 ka BP、94 ka BP、105 ka BP、119 ka BP、175 ka BP,除了第一级阶地为全新世时期所形成,其余皆为更新世时期的产物,比对马祖列岛海阶的高度与间距,测得整个地区的基盘平均隆升速率为1.6 mm/a。     

基于210Pb测年法的楚科奇海陆架北缘有机碳沉积通量研究

有机碳沉积作用在一定时间尺度上形成海洋碳汇作用的最终净效应,北冰洋陆架的有机碳沉积作用在全球碳循环中有着尤为重要的地位。为了测定楚科奇海陆架的有机碳沉积通量,本文应用210Pb测年法对中国第3次北极考察R17站位的沉积物样品的年龄及沉积速率进行了分析测定,并结合表层沉积物中有机碳的含量计算得到了楚科奇海陆架北缘的有机碳沉积通量。结果显示,该站位的沉积速率为0.6 mm/a,表观沉积质量通量为0.72 kg/m2/a,有机碳沉积通量为517 mmol C/m2/a。经估算,真光层输出的有机碳中约有29 %被长期封存在沉积物中,远高于中低纬度的正常值（~10 %）,说明楚科奇海陆架区具有高效的碳汇作用。     

无定河流域黄土区的侵蚀速率

本文根据对无定河阶地高差沿程分布的二次相关分析和对黄土沟壑的隔时遥感测量,表明干流自Q_2~2以来平均下切速率为0.37Cm/yr;Q_4~3以来的下切速率为53Cm/yr。黄土沟壑的平均溯源侵蚀速率为1.5m/yr;流域面上的下蚀速率为0.17-2Cm/yr。     

Coseismic deformation revealed by inversion of strong motion and GPS data: the 2003 Chengkung earthquake in eastern Taiwan

A moderate earthquake of   M _w= 6.8  occurred on 2003 December 10. It ruptured the Chihshang Fault in eastern Taiwan which is the most active segment of the Longitudinal fault as a plate suture fault between the Luzon arc of the Philippine Sea plate and the Eurasian plate. The largest coseismic displacements were 13 cm (horizontal) and 26 cm (vertical). We analyse 40 strong motion and 91 GPS data to model the fault geometry and coseismic dislocations. The most realistic shape of the Chihshang fault surface is listric in type. The dipping angle of the seismic zone is steep (about 60°–70°) at depths shallower than 10 km and then gradually decreases to 40°–50° at depths of 20–30 km. Thus the polygonal elements in Poly3D are well suited for modelling complex surfaces with curving boundaries. Using the strong motion data, the displacement reaches 1.2 m dip-slip on the Chihshang Fault and decreases to 0.1 m near surface. The slip averages 0.34 m, releasing a scalar moment of 1.6E26 dyne-cm. For GPS data, our model reveals that the maximal dislocation is 1.8 m dip-slip. The dislocations decrease to 0.1 m near the surface. The average slip is 0.48 m, giving a scalar moment of 2.2E26 dyne-cm. Regarding post-seismic deformation, a displacements of 0.5 m were observed near the Chihshang Fault, indicating the strain had not been totally released, as a probable result of near-surface locking of the fault zone.     

Neotectonics and Quaternary geology of the Hunter Mountain fault zone and Saline Valley region,southeastern California

The Hunter Mountain fault zone strikes northwesterly, is right-lateral strike-slip, and kinematically links the northern Panamint Valley fault zone to the southern Saline Valley fault zone. The most recent displacement of the fault is recorded in the offset of Holocene deposits along the entire length of the fault zone. Right-lateral offsets of drainage channels within Grapevine Canyon reach up to 50 to 60 m. Initial incision of the offset channels is interpreted on the basis of geomorphic and climatic considerations to have occurred approximately 15 ka. The 50 to 60 m of offset during 15 ka corresponds to a right-lateral fault slip rate of 3.3–4.0 mm/year within Grapevine Canyon. Further to the north along the Nelson Range front, the fault is composed of two sub-parallel fault strands and the fault begins to show an increased normal component of motion. A channel margin that is incised into a Holocene surface that is between 10 and 128 ka in age is offset 16–20 m, which yields a broad minimum bound on the lateral slip rate of 0.125–2.0 mm/year. The best preserved single-event displacements recorded in Holocene deposits range from 1.5 to 2.5 m. In addition to faulting within Grapevine Canyon and the main rangefront fault along the southwest edge of Saline Valley, there also exist normal fault strands within the Valley that strike northeasterly and towards Eureka Valley. The northeasterly striking normal faults in the Valley appear to be actively transferring dextral slip from the Hunter Mountain fault zone north and east onto the Furnace Creek fault zone. Separations on northerly trending, normal faults within Saline Valley yield estimates of slip rates in the hundredths of millimeters per year.     

Late Quaternary activity of faults and recurrence interval of earthquakes in the eastern Hokuriku region, northern central Japan, on the basis of precise cryptotephra analysis of fluvial terrace sequences

About 2000 active faults are known to exist within the land area of Japan. Most of these active faults have deformed the topographic surfaces which were formed in the late Quaternary, including fluvial terraces; and the formative ages of these terraces are estimated mainly by tephrochronology. Fluvial terraces in the eastern Hokuriku region, comprising the Toyama, Tonami, and Kanazawa Plains, northern central Japan, are widely distributed and have been deformed by reverse active faults. The formative age of terraces in this area has not been reported, as volcanic ash deposits are rarely visible within terrace deposits and the overlying loamy soil, and outcrops of fluvial terraces are quite scarce in this area. In the present study, we carried out a drilling survey on these terraces to obtain samples of the overlying loamy soil and upper part of terrace deposits. From these samples, we extracted some well-known widespread volcanic ash, from which we were able to estimate the approximate age of the terraces and the vertical slip rate of the active faults. Late Quaternary fluvial terraces in eastern Hokuriku are divided into 12 levels: Terraces 1 to 12 in descending order. Widespread tephras such as the Kikai-Tozurahara Tephra (K-Tz: 95 ka) are contained in the lowest part of the loamy soil in Terrace 4 and the Daisen-Kurayoshi Pumice (DKP: 55 ka) is present in the lowest part of the loamy soil in Terrace 6. From the ages and the vertical displacements of the fluvial terraces, the late Quaternary average vertical slip rates of active faults in eastern Hokuriku are estimated to be 0.2–0.9 mm/year (Uozu fault), 0.1–0.4 mm/year (Kurehayama fault), 0.1–0.3 mm/year (Takashozu fault), 0.1–0.4 mm/year (Hohrinji fault), and 0.5–0.8 mm/year (Morimoto-Togashi fault). We also estimated the recurrence interval of earthquakes related to active faults from displacement per event and ages of terraces and no significant difference in vertical displacement per single earthquake for different active faults, and recurrence intervals tend to be inversely proportional to vertical displacement rates. This study demonstrates that a combination of drilling of loamy soil and precise cryptotephra analysis of fluvial terraces can be used to estimate the formative age of the terraces and the average slip rate of active faults in areas where volcanic ash deposits are rare.     

Late Quaternary kinematics of the Pallatanga strike-slip fault (Central Ecuador) from topographic measurements of displaced morphological features

The northeast-trending Pallatanga right-lateral strike-slip fault runs across the Western Cordillera connecting N50E-N70E trending normal faults in the Gulf of Guayaquil with N-S reverse faults in the Interandean Depression. Over most of its length, the fault trace has been partly obscured by erosional processes and can be inferred in the topography only at the large scale. Only the northern fault segment, which follows the upper Rio Pangor valley at elevations above 3600 m, is prominent in the morphology. Valleys and ridges cut and offset by the fault provide an outstanding record of right-lateral cumulative fault displacement. The fault geometry and kinematics of this particular fault segment can be determined from detailed topographic levellings. The fault strikes N30E and dips 75 to the NW. Depending on their size and nature, transverse morphological features such as tributaries of the Rio Pangor and intervening ridges, reveal right-lateral offsets which cluster around 27 ± 11m, 41.5 ± 4 m, 590 ± 65 m and 960 ± 70 m. The slip vector deduced from the short-term offsets shows a slight reverse component with a pitch of about 11.5 SW. The 41.5 ± 4 m displacements are assumed to be coeval with the last glacial termination, yielding a mean Holocene slip-rate of 2.9- 4.6 mm yr⁻¹. Assuming a uniform slip rate on the fault in the long term, the 27 m offset appears to correlate with an identified middle Holocene morphoclimatic event, and the long term offsets of 590 m and 960 m coincide with the glacial terminations at the beginning of the last two interglacial periods.     

A major seismogenic fault in a 'silent area': the Castrovillari fault (southern Apennines, Italy)

Large historical earthquakes in Italy define a prominent gap in the Pollino region of the southern Apennines. Geomorphic and palaeoseismological investigations in this region show that the Castrovillari fault (CF) is a major seismogenic source that could potentially fill the southern part of this gap. The surface expression of the CF is a complex, 10–13 km long set of prominent scarps. Trenches across one scarp indicate that at least four surface-faulting earthquakes have occurred along the CF since Late Pleistocene time, each producing at least 1 m of vertical displacement. The length of the fault and the slip per event suggest M =6.5-7.0 for the palaeoearthquakes. Preliminary radiocarbon dating coupled with historical considerations imply that the most recent of these earthquakes occurred between 380 BC and 1200 AD, and probably soon after 760 AD; no evidence for this event has been found in the historical record. We estimate a minimum recurrence interval of 1170 years and a vertical slip rate of 0.2-0.5 mm yr^-1 for the CF, which indicates that the seismic behaviour of this fault is comparable to other major seismogenic faults of the central-southern Apennines. The lack of mention or the mislocation of the most recent event in the historical seismic memory of the Pollino region clearly shows that even in Italy, which has one of the longest historical records of seismicity, a seismic hazard assessment based solely on the historical record may not be completely reliable, and shows that geological investigations are critical for filling possible information gaps.     

Environmental evolution in the salt-water intru-sion area south of Laizhou Bay since late Pleisto-cene

The south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay is one of the typical salt-water intrusion areas in China, the occurrence and development of which was closely related with the pa-laeoenvironment evolution. Systematic analyses of pollen, foraminifera and grain size com-position based on 14C and luminescence dating from two sediment cores were performed for the purpose of understanding the salt-water intrusion in the coastal plain of Laizhou Bay from the perspective of environmental evolution since late Pleistocene. It could be classified into seven evolution stages since 120 kaBP: 120–85 kaBP was a transition period from cold to warm; 85–76 kaBP was a period with warm and wet climate having swamp lakes developed in the lower reaches of the Weihe River, south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay; 76–50 kaBP was characterized by grassland vegetation and coarse sediments in terrestrial environment, which was the early stage of Dali Ice-Age; 50–24 kaBP was a period with alternate sea deposition in the south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay; 24–10 kaBP was the late stage of Dali Ice-Age with coldest period of Quaternary, the south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay was dry grassland and loess deposition environment; 10–4 kaBP was another warm and wet climate period, sea level was high and regressed at 4 kaBP; and has been the modern sedimentary environment since 4 kaBP. Among the three warm stages, including 85–76 kaBP, 50–24 kaBP and 10–4 kaBP, corresponded to late Yangkou, Guangrao and Kenli seawater transgression respec-tively. The duration of the latter one in south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay was longer than that in west coast of Bohai Sea and east coast of Laizhou Bay. The three periods of seawater transgression formed the foundation of salt-water intrusion in this area.     

莱洲湾南岸咸水入侵区晚更新世以来的古环境演变

The south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay is one of the typical salt-water intrusion areas in China, the occurrence and development of which was closely related with the palaeoenvironment evolution. Systematic analyses of pollen, foraminifera and grain size composition based on ^14C and luminescence dating from two sediment cores were performed for the purpose of understanding the salt-water intrusion in the coastal plain of Laizhou Bay from the perspective of environmental evolution since late Pleistocene. It could be classified into seven evolution stages since 120 kaBP： 120-85 kaBP was a transition period from cold to warm; 85-76 kaBP was a period with warm and wet climate having swamp lakes developed in the lower reaches of the Weihe River, south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay; 76-50 kaBP was characterized by grassland vegetation and coarse sediments in terrestrial environment, which was the early stage of Dali Ice-Age; 50-24 kaBP was a period with alternate sea deposition in the south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay; 24-10 kaBP was the late stage of Dali Ice-Age with coldest period of Quaternary, the south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay was dry grassland and loess deposition environment; 10-4 kaBP was another warm and wet climate period, sea level was high and regressed at 4 kaBP; and has been the modern sedimentary environment since 4 kaBP. Among the three warm stages, including 85-76 kaBP, 50-24 kaBP and 10-4 kaBP, corresponded to late Yangkou, Guangrao and Kenli seawater transgression respectively. The duration of the latter one in south coastal plain of Laizhou Bay was longer than that in west coast of Bohai Sea and east coast of Laizhou Bay. The three periods of seawater transgression formed the foundation of salt-water intrusion in this area.     

长江下游地区下蜀黄土堆积与成壤环境演变——以南京江北地区一典型剖面为例

通过对南京江北地区一个典型剖面（TZC剖面）进行野外调查、室内磁化率、粒度等替代性指标分析和光释光断代研究,探讨了该地区第一层古土壤形成时的粉尘堆积与成壤环境演变特点。结果表明:第一层古土壤（400⁵0cm）形成于全新世最适宜期（8500³100aBP）,是在末次冰期下蜀黄土堆积成壤基础上的再发育,与下伏黄土之间存在发生学联系。根据沉积年代和沉积厚度对沉积速率估算,该地区末次冰期沉积速率约为11.17cm/ka,而且可以推测古土壤顶部经历过强烈的水土侵蚀作用,侵蚀的厚度为98.67cm,侵蚀下来的黄土在地势低洼的地方形成次生黄土,这表明了次生黄土同为风尘成因,只是经过后期雨水的侵蚀、搬运和再堆积而已。全新世晚期3100年以来,季风转变,沙尘暴加剧,土壤退化,在南京江北地区堆积成厚约50cm左右的现代黄土层或表土层。     

南京江北地区全新世沉积与古洪水研究*

根据区域调查和对南京江北剖面沉积物及埋藏古树和炭化木的年代测定,以及对孢粉、粒度、石英砂表面特征鉴定分析,发现本区存在晚北方期至亚北方气候期(8200±126aBP、7822±250aBP～7670±160aBP、7562±90aBP、4085±95aBP～4090±100aBP以及3730±90aBP)具有洪积特征的天然剖面地层,该剖面位于长江北岸二级阶地上,其洪积层系由古洪水期长江摆动时沉积所致。剖面上部厚0.53m的灰黄色土层系在亚北方期大约3000aBP～2850aBP的寒冷期中主要由风尘搬运堆积所致。