南海西北部表层沉积硅藻的分布特征与环境分析

基于南海西北部表层沉积物中的硅藻分析,阐明表层沉积硅藻的分布特征,探讨硅藻与环境的对应关系及指示意义。结果表明,研究区内硅藻以热带—亚热带种和近岸种为主;硅藻丰度差异显著,近岸浅水区丰度相对较低,陆坡、河口和上升流区丰度整体较高;硅藻组合类型复杂。硅藻分布面貌受区域的温度、盐度、营养盐、水深、海流、底质类型等因素的控制较为明显。硅藻组合对海流和水团的影响范围具有指示意义。     

南海表层沉积硅藻的分布及其与环境因子的关系

通过对取自南海62个站位的表层沉积物样品,进行了硅藻、沉积物粒度分析,查明了研究海区硅藻的种类组成及分布特点,共鉴定到硅藻56属的235个种和变种、变型.种类以热带外洋种为优势,如Azpeitia nodulifer、Roperia tesselata、Azpeitia africanus、Hemidiscus cuneiformis、Nitzschia marine 等,伴有一定量的热带—亚热带近岸种和广布种如Paralia sulcata、Thalassiosira excentrica、Cyclotella stylorum、Thalassionema nitzschioides、Thalassiothrix longissoma等.总体上,南海硅藻丰度变化呈现从陆架向陆坡至海盆递增的趋势.研究海区硅藻种类组成与临近的菲律宾海域相似程度最大,其次是东海、太平洋东北部海域.对影响南海表层沉积硅藻分布的主要因素进行了探讨,南海表层沉积硅藻主要受海底地质地貌、沉积速率、水动力条件和水文气候条件等的影响较大,硅藻的分布往往是这些因素综合作用的结果.     

南海南部表层沉积物中生物硅的分布及其环境意义

对南海南部25个表层沉积样进行了生物硅的测定分析,试图揭示南海南部表层沉积生物硅的分布及其对现代海洋环境的指示意义,以便为古海洋学研究提供进一步的科学依据。研究发现,表层沉积物中生物硅含量与其所处水深呈显著正相关关系,相关系数达到0．782。陆架浅水区表层沉积物中生物硅含量非常低,不能反映表层水体中硅质生物生产力情况,这可能与沉积类型和陆源物质输入影响有关。深水区表层沉积物中生物硅的含量分布表明,其不仅能反映出表层水体中硅质生物的古生产力水平,而且还能指示上升流的强弱,从而进一步证实了利用沉积物中生物硅含量来追踪上升流发育和变化的有效性与可信度。研究结果还显示,在研究区域中北部表层沉积生物硅中放射虫和海绵骨针较硅藻占有更大的比重,这可能是由于硅藻易被溶解并易被其他生物体摄食的缘故。在有上升流发育的海域,放射虫、硅藻和海绵骨针基本上均表现出较高的丰度,这与高的生物硅含量相一致。     

南海南部表层沉积物中生物硅的分布及其环境意义

对南海南部25个表层沉积样进行了生物硅的测定分析,试图揭示南海南部表层沉积生物硅的分布及其对现代海洋环境的指示意义,以便为古海洋学研究提供进一步的科学依据。研究发现,表层沉积物中生物硅含量与其所处水深呈显著正相关关系,相关系数达到0.782。陆架浅水区表层沉积物中生物硅含量非常低,不能反映表层水体中硅质生物生产力情况,这可能与沉积类型和陆源物质输入影响有关。深水区表层沉积物中生物硅的含量分布表明,其不仅能反映表层水体中硅质生物的古生产力水平,而且还能指示上升流的强弱,从而进一步证实了利用沉积物中生物硅含量来追踪上升流发育和变化的有效性与可信度。研究结果还显示,在研究区域中北部表层沉积生物硅中放射虫和海绵骨针较硅藻占有更大的比重,这可能是由于硅藻易被溶解并易被其他生物体摄食的缘故。在有上升流发育的海域,放射虫、硅藻和海绵骨针基本上表现出较高的丰度,这与高的生物硅含量相一致。     

南海火山玻璃的分布特征、化学成分及源区探讨

研究了南海火山玻璃的分布特征、化学成分及源区,结果表明,表层沉积物中的火山玻璃含量基本呈南北向分布,由北部、西部、南部大陆架分别向中部、东部深海盆逐渐增加;柱样沉积物中的火山玻璃在深海盆出现的层数多、含量大.火山玻璃化学组分之间的相关性不显著,表层沉积物中的火山玻璃属于安山岩,柱样沉积物中的火山玻璃的岩石类型广泛,主要属于安山岩和流纹岩.菲律宾岛弧火山带、南海深海盆火山喷发以及印尼岛弧火山带是南海火山玻璃主要源区,火山玻璃搬运和沉积主要受台风、越赤道气流和环流的影响和控制.     

中国南海表层沉积硅藻的分布及其与环境关系探讨

通过对中国南海62个站位表层沉积硅藻的分析,查明研究海区硅藻的种类组成及分布特点。共鉴定到硅藻56属的235个种(包括变种和变型),以热性外洋种为优势,伴有一定量的近岸广布种。总体上,南海硅藻丰度变化呈现从陆架向陆坡至海盆递增的趋势。根据表层沉积硅藻中具有指示意义的硅藻种的分布和生态变化,划分6个硅藻组合带,各组合分别反映不同的海洋环境,其分布主要受到海洋环流的影响,表现为黑潮暖流、印度洋暖水的入侵以及沿岸流对南海表层沉积硅藻分布的影响。与南海相邻海区硅藻种类比较结果表明,研究海区表层沉积硅藻种类组成与临近的菲律宾海域相似程度最大,其次是中国东海海域、太平洋东北部海域。     

南海表层沉积物中Ba/Cu比值与海底扩张关系

对南海海底扩张区44个不同类型的表层沉积物中Ba、Cu含量变化及其与粘土、火山碎屑矿物之间关系进行了探讨及对沉积物Ba/Cu比值等值线平面分布趋势与海底扩张轴和转换断层的相关性进行了详细的分析,并计算了南海海底扩张区沉积物中Fe、Mn、Cu、Co、Ni、Pb和Al的沉积通量,将计算结果与劳海盆(Law Basin)等海隆沉积物中这些元素的沉积通量相比较。分析对比结果表明,南海海底扩张区沉积物中Ba、Cu含量与火山矿物密切相关,沉积物Ba/Cu等值线分布趋向与海底扩张轴和转换断层走向相吻合,从而表明南海海底扩张区沉积物中Ba、Cu等金属元素的分布与富集主要受海底扩张、海底断裂及由此而产生的海底火山活动所控制,沉积物的Ba/Cu比值可考虑作为研究南海海底扩张和海底火山活动的一个重要地球化学标志。     

福建三沙湾表层沉积硅藻分布特征及其与环境因子的关系

通过对三沙湾24个站位表层沉积物样品进行硅藻分析,共鉴定硅藻31属84种（包括变种和变型）,其中夏季和冬季分别鉴定出31属71种和31属67种,主要属种以中心纲硅藻为主,如爱氏辐环藻（Actinocyclus ehrenbergii）、波状辐裥藻（Actinoptychus undulatus）、横滨盒形藻（Biddulphia grundleri）、中心圆筛藻（Coscinodiscus centralis）等.在生态习性上,底栖海水种占绝对优势.硅藻丰度从湾顶向湾外递减,夏季丰度高于冬季,平均丰度分别为9 003个/g和6477个/g.沉积物粒度分析显示,三沙湾表层沉积物以粉砂质粘土为主,研究表明三沙湾硅藻丰度与平均粒径存在一定相关性,夏季硅藻丰度变化范围为2 104～28 209个/g,粒径范围为5.26～7.36Φ,硅藻丰度与平均粒径变化范围都较大;而冬季硅藻丰度变化在1 929～14 372个/g之间,粒径范围为5.51～6.98Φ,相对夏季其变化较小,论证了水动力是影响硅藻沉积分布的一个重要因素.对影响三沙湾表层沉积硅藻分布的主要环境因子进行探讨,三沙湾表层沉积硅藻主要受潮流、深度和盐度等影响较大.     

南海中部表层沉积物中的放射虫

本文对南海中部100个站位表层沉积物中的放射虫作了研究,共鉴定出276种。放射虫的组合成分显示出明显的热带暖水特征,其丰度分布主要与水深、纬度、沉积物中火山碎屑的含量以及海底地形等有关。     

数据报告：布莱克海台997站位晚中新世至更新世的硅藻

ODP997站位位于大西洋布莱克海台上。布莱克海台的海底沉积受到墨西哥湾流和西部边界潜流的极深影响,其上覆亚热带中心旋回的外围海水,暖盐的墨西哥湾流和西部边界潜流（WBUC）搬运了大量的碎屑沉积物到布莱克海台形成泥砂漂移（图1）。船上超微化石分析和沉积物粒度分析发现：沉积速率随深度增加呈增加趋势,三个层位的硅藻丰度有显著高异常（Shipboard Scientific Party,1996）。因此,研究地层中硅藻堆积速率变化对于了解这一地区的古海洋学和沉积史是非常重要的。     

Model of the post-Cenozoic evolution of the cryolithozone of the shelf of the western part of the Laptev Sea

The analysis of the structure of the cryolithozone, facies, and thicknesses of the Quaternary sediments and the results of the physicochemical mathematical modeling of the modern shelf of the western part of the Laptev Sea support the influence of the Late Pleistocene glaciations on the heat conditions and the distribution of the permafrost in the area. A ～200-m thick glacier formed under aerial conditions from atmospheric precipitation represented the metamorphosed snow cover. According to the modeling, the long-living (from 60?50 to 10?4 ky) glacier reduced the thickness of the permafrost rocks in the reviewed shelf area for 280–360 m. The Holocene marine transgression additionally decreased the thickness from 50–140 m on the inner shelf to 220–350 m on the outer shelf. The modern submarine cryolithozone 450-0 m thick is wide-spread in the studied region from the coast to the shelf boundary (isobaths of 130–140 m), where it pinches out at a distance of ～380 km from the coast at a depth of ～250 m above the sea level.     

Investigation of the mechanism of the long-term evolution of the carbon cycle in the ecosystem of the Sevastopol bay

We analyze the components of the carbon system of the Sevastopol bay waters and the balance of main sediment-forming substances using the data of field investigations in 1998–2008. The interannual variations of total inorganic carbon and the equilibrium partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the bay water are noted. An increase in the flux of carbon dioxide into the bay and in the content of organic carbon in bottom sediments is revealed, and an explanation of this phenomenon is given. The priority accumulation of organic carbon in the sediments of the bay is established. We assess the interannual variation in the relative abundances of organic and inorganic carbon as an index of the carbon cycle stability.     

Contemporary state of the investigation of the influence of the discharge of rivers on the hydrologic structure of the Black Sea

We generalize and analyze the state of investigations of the influence of river waters on the hydrologic structure of the Black Sea. Specific features of the water, regime and hydrography of rivers flowing into the sea, data on the discharge of rivers, and intrayear and interyear variability of the discharge are presented. We discuss and analyze works studying the transformation of river waters, routes of desalinized sea waters, and their influence on the thermohaline structure and dynamic regime of the sea. Translated by Peter V. Malyshev and Dmitry V. Malyshev     

Modelling of the ecosystem of the Black-Sea shelf zone near the estuary of the Danube

We analyze the results of numerical calculations performed according to the three-dimensional interdisciplinary model of an ecological system of the Black-Sea shelf zone near the estuary of the Danube. The complete system of equations of hydrothermodynamics is solved together with transport equations of the advection-diffusion-reaction type used to describe the transformation of a substance (nitrogen) between the components of the characteristic vectors of the ecosystem: plankton, detritus, and biogenic elements (nitrates). We describe the distinctive features of the circumcontinental distribution of components obtained as a result of numerical experiments and present arguments for the conclusion that the ecosystem of the Danube estuary water area plays the role of a buffer zone between the press of the Danubian biogenic pollutions and the neighbouring areas of the shelf zone and open sea. Translated by Peter V. Malyshev and Dmitry V. Malyshev     

Dynamics of the ice cover and peculiarities of the ice transportation of the sediments at the tidal flats of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea

Ten years of semistationary studies of the interaction of the ice cover and the coastal relief of the Kandalakhsa Gulf in the White Sea allowed us to reveal the peculiarities of these processes in the warm and cold years and the mechanisms of the origination of ice forms, including ice tents, which govern the character of the tidal flats. Three dynamic fast ice zones are distinguished by their geomorphological location, morphology, and ice dynamics. The dependence of the mechanisms and volumes of the enrichment of the fast ice in the sediments on the coastal zone??s relief was established. At the coast of the Kindo Peninsula (Velikaya Salma Strait), the ice mostly contains fine-sandy sediments. Coarser sediments, including boulders, are occasional and frozen into the ice at the contact of the fast ice and the bottom. At the expense of the ice??s spreading by 4?C6 times in the warm years and 2?C4 times in the cold years, several thousand tons of sediments mostly from the tidal flat??s surface (100?C700 m³ from 1 km of coast in the wide tidal flats and <50 m³ on the steep coasts) are delivered to the water area.     

Relationship between the path of the Kuroshio in the south of Japan and the path of the Kuroshio Extension in the east

A relationship between paths of the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension (KE) is investigated, using the satellite-derived altimetry dataset of 1993–2008. When the Kuroshio takes the nearshore nonlarge meander path or typical large meander path and resultantly goes through the deeper channel (about 2500 m) of the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge, the KE path adopts a relatively stable state with the two quasi-stationary meanders. On the other hand, when the Kuroshio takes the offshore nonlarge meander path and then passes over the shallower part of the Ridge (about 1000 m), the KE path tends to be convoluted, i.e., an unstable state.     

Variability of the nutrient runoff of the rivers of the Arctic Basin

The spatiotemporal variability of the hydrochemical composition of the riverine runoff in nearmouth areas is presented using the example of selected rivers of the Arctic Basin. The temporal dynamics of the riverine nutrient runoff are mainly determined by the seasonal and interseasonal variations in the drainage basins. The spatial variations in the chemical composition of riverine waters in the near-mouth areas are mainly caused by the dynamics of the water flow and the river bed relief and, to a lesser degree, by biochemical processes. It is shown that the variations in the nutrient composition of the waters in near-mouth areas are comparable in magnitude to those at the river-sea geochemical barriers.     

Parameters of the sediments of the deep-water basin of the Black Sea

The methodology and the first results of the computations of the volumes, masses, and growth rates of the sedimentary body of the buried Black Sea basin are presented. Their temporal evolution reflects the regional paleogeodynamics, in particular, the reorientation of the vector of the relative movement of the Arabian and Eurasian lithospheric plates and the related intensification of their collision in the late Miocene-Pliocene.     

Modelling of the ecosystem on the shelf of the Republic of Guinea

Three mathematical models are considered: a two-dimensional model for calculating the concentration fields of the ecosystem components on the shelf of the Republic of Guinea, a pointwise model for the annual variation of the components, and a two predators-prey model. These models are used to study the effect of hydrodynamic conditions on the state of the shelf ecosystem and for research into the causes which distort the balance between marketable and unmarketable fish.Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.     

Evolution of the slope of the buried depression of the Black Sea

The first data on the temporal evolution of the slope of the buried depression of the Black Sea are obtained. The sharp change in the rate of the decrease in the slope steepness that occurred in the Late Miocene-Pliocene time reflects a reorientation of the vector of mutual movement and a related intensification of the collision between the Arabian and Eurasian lithospheric plates.