南中国海8KL岩芯氧同位素第6期以来的氧、碳稳定同位素记录与堆积速率研究

通过对南中国海重力活塞岩芯８ＫＬ的４个浮游有孔虫种和２个底栖有孔虫的δ１８Ｏ和δ１３Ｃ则定，发现浮游和底栖有孔虫种的氧同位素记录可清晰地划分出１８６Ｋａ以来的氧同位素的１-６期。浮游有孔虫的碳同位素记录了氧同位素１／２和５／６期界限处两个明显变轻的事件。反映了由冰期向间冰期过渡时存在着显著的中层水和底层水上涌现象。根据浮游有孔虫种的氧同位素组成判断，各浮游有孔虫种的生存深度由浅至深依次为，Ｇｌｏｂｉｄｅｒｉｎｏｉｄｅｓｒｕｂｅｒ（ｐｉｎｋ），Ｇ·ｒｕｂｅｒ和Ｇ．ｓａｃｃｕｌｉｆｅｒ。氧同位素地层学研究表明，南中国海冰期时的沉积速率和沉积通量要明显大于间冰期。     

孟加拉湾晚第四纪的碳酸盐溶解旋回

孟加拉湾由于陆源物质大量输入产生稀释效应,使碳酸盐含量表现为冰期时减小、间冰期时增大的“大西洋型”旋回。通过对该区四支活塞岩芯的有孔虫溶解指数、浮游有孔虫沉积通量、CaCO₃ 沉积通量和 >16 0 μm粗组分沉积通量的分析发现,研究区碳酸盐溶解作用强烈,表现出冰期减弱而间冰期增强的总趋势,且溶解作用滞后于浮游有孔虫壳的氧同位素旋回,尤以氧同位素 4、5期的高溶解度情况与印度洋和太平洋氧同位素 5期晚期至 4期为CaCO₃溶解高峰一致。因此,孟加拉湾地区的CaCO₃ 旋回是大西洋型稀释作用与太平洋型溶解作用两者叠加的产物.     

物相之间氧同位素分馏的高温高压实验研究

应用理论计算、实验测定和经验估计三种方法均能获取含固体矿物体系的氧同位素分馏系数,其中高温高压实验研究不仅能够得到物相之间的同位素平衡分馏系数,而且能够提供与同位素交换动力学和机理有关的信息。同位素分馏系数的实验校准方法已经由原来的两相体系（矿物Ｈ２Ｏ、矿物ＣＯ２和矿物ＣａＣＯ３）交换发展为三相体系（ＣａＣＯ３矿物流体）交换,化学合成、重结晶和矿物反应技术得到了进一步应用。本文评述了近十年来这一领域的研究进展,着重介绍了Ｈ２Ｏ、ＣＯ２和ＣａＣＯ３作为交换介质进行氧同位素分馏系数校准的技术原理和结果,探讨了热液和碳酸盐交换实验结果不一致的原因。     

华北地台南缘中元古代官道口群热水沉积硅质岩的地球化学特征

在简要介绍了硅质岩基本地质特征的基础上，详细讨论了该套硅质岩的常量元素、微量元素以及氧同位素化学成分及组成．研究表明，该套硅质岩富集了与热水成因有关的Ａｇ、Ａｓ、Ｃｒ、Ｐｂ、Ｚｎ、Ｃｕ、Ｂ、Ｓｂ等微量元素和ＣａＯ、ＦｅＯ、Ｆｅ２Ｏ３等氧化物中常量元素，贫化了ＴｉＯ２、Ａｌ２Ｏ３、ＭｎＯ等氧化物中的常量元素．氧同位素组成及利用氧同位素估算的硅质岩的形成温度，均反映了热水沉积成因的特点     

南海北部氧同位素3期时上部海水结构的变化*

南海北部海水物理化学性质不但受东亚季风的影响,还受到珠江陆源输入的影响。文章根据对南海北部ODP 1144站浮游有孔虫属种组合变化和氧同位素分析,以及浮游有孔虫表层海水温度转换函数的研究结果表明:南海北部MIS 3期的表层海水温度在H2~H6事件时明显降低,并在H4~H5(45.66~38.77kaB.P.) 期间,表层海水冬季温度变化频繁,且幅度较大。35~29kaB.P. ,浮游有孔虫暖水种含量减少,浮游有孔虫氧同位素值增重,同时高生产力属种Neogloboquadrina dutertrei的含量增加,说明冬季风在该阶段强化。此外,52~46kaB.P.期间,N.dutertrei含量增加,浮游有孔虫氧同位素较低,表层海水温度没有明显的变化,所以此时南海北部的高生产力可能与珠江陆源输入的增加有关,指示东亚夏季风的加强。     

东太平洋海盆PC5794柱状样的氧同位素地球化学的初步研究

根据东太平洋海盆ＰＣ５７９４柱状样１４７—６９５ｃｍ（早中新世早期）的氧同位素、生物ＣａＣＯ３、古温度及成矿元素等的研究结果表明，该区早中新世早期沉积物的δ１８Ｏ大致可分为五组，所反映的气候变化存在三个暖期和二个冷期的冷暖交替。氧同位素与生物ＣａＣＯ３呈正相关关系；无生物ＣａＣＯ３条件下的成矿元素与古温度的变化趋势具三种情况：Ｍｎ、Ｆｅ、Ｃｏ含量变化趋势与古温度呈正比；Ｃｕ含量与古温度呈反比；Ｎｉ介于上述两种类型之间。ＰＣ５７９４早中新世早期的硅钙质软泥与钙硅质软泥为寒冷气候下的沉积物，有利于沉积型多金属结核的形成     

文石—水体系氧同位素分馏机理的实验研究

采用“附晶生长法”分别在５０和７０℃下合成文石下矿物,获得了两种不同的文石与水之间的氧同位素分馏关系。结果证明,文石与水之间氧同位素分馏的化学动力学机 为两步：（１）碳酸根与水之间进行氧同位素交换和平衡,即：「Ｃ＾１６Ｏ３」＾＾３－＋２Ｈ２＾１８Ｏ＝「Ｃ＾１８Ｏ３＾１６Ｏ」＾２－＋２Ｈ２Ｏ１６Ｏ;（２）与水平衡以后的「ＣＯ２」＾２－离子与Ｃａ＾２＋结合生成文石,即：Ｃａ＾２＋＋＿「Ｃ＾１８Ｏ２＾１     

华北地台南缘中元古代官道口群热水沉积硅质岩的…

在简要介绍了硅质岩基本地质特征的基础上，详细讨论了该套硅质岩的常量元素，微量元素以及氧同位素化学成分及组成，研究表明，该套硅质岩富集了与热水成因有关的Ａｇ，Ａｓ，Ｃｓ，Ｐｂ，Ｚｎ，Ｃｕ，Ｂ，Ｓｂ等微量元素和ＣａＯ，ＦｅＯ，Ｆｅ２Ｏ３等氧化物中常量元素，贫化了ＴｉＯ２，Ａｌ２Ｏ３，ＭｎＯ等氧化物中的常量元素，氧同位素组成及利用氧同位素估算的硅质岩的形成温度，均反映了热水沉积的成因的特点。     

近1500年来古里雅冰芯中NO~3_-浓度变化及其环境意义

文章综合分析了古里雅冰芯中ＮＯ－３的各种可能来源,并认为太阳活动、平流层Ｎ２Ｏ的氧化和陆源气团是其主要来源．在近１５００ａ来的ＮＯ－３浓度变化中,存在明显的２３３ａ,８８１ａ,３０ａ,５５ａ和１０４ａ周期,其中２３３ａ,８８１ａ,５５ａ和１０４ａ周期分别与太阳活动的海尔周期、世纪周期、双振动周期和黑子周期相接近或一致,而３０ａ周期与中亚湖泊水位的变化周期相接近．太阳活动是古里雅冰芯中ＮＯ－３浓度变化的主要控制因子,两者的长期变化趋势呈现明显的正相关关系．太阳活动的蒙德尔极小期、施珀雷尔极小期、中世纪极大期和中世纪极小期,在近１５００ａ来该冰芯的ＮＯ－３浓度变化曲线上均有表现．交叉谱分析表明,太阳黑子活动和该冰芯中ＮＯ－３浓度的１１ａ周期变化位相不一致,ＮＯ－３浓度变化滞后于太阳黑子相对数变化约１５ａ左右．     

鄂霍次克海南部OS03-1岩心MIS6期以来的沉积记录及其古环境意义

通过对取自鄂霍次克海南部的柱状岩心OS03-1的古海洋学研究,包括浮游有孔虫壳体AMS14C测年、底栖有孔虫壳体δ18O分析、蛋白石含量测定、有机碳含量测定、浮游有孔虫组合、冰筏碎屑含量变化、沉积物粒度分析等内容,建立鄂霍次克海OS03-1岩心年代地层学框架,分析该海区古表层海水温度、古生产力变化,并研究其古环境意义。结果表明,Neogloboquadrina pachyderma(sin.)百分含量变化曲线与Globigerina bulloides百分含量变化曲线呈很好的负相关性,与氧同位素曲线对比显示,两者均可作为该海区古温度替代性指标;浮游有孔虫绝对丰度、蛋白石含量、有机碳含量变化显示,研究区古生产力水平整体表现为间冰期较高、冰期较低;冰筏碎屑和沉积物粒度特征指示,鄂霍次克海南部间冰期陆源粗颗粒百分含量较冰期高。     

Detection and delineation of glacial lakes and identification of potentially dangerous lakes of Dhauliganga basin in the Himalaya by remote sensing techniques

Glaciers are retreating and thinning in the high altitude of the Himalayas due to global warming, causing into formation of numerous glacial lakes. It is necessary to monitor these glacial lakes consistently to save properties and lives downstream from probable disastrous glacial lake outburst flood. In this study, image processing software ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine have been used to analyse multispectral image obtained by Earth resource satellite Landsat for delineating the glacial lakes with the help of image enhancement technique like NDWI. Landsat data since 1972 through 2013 have been used and maximum seven glacial lakes (L1–L7) have been detected and delineated in Dhauliganga catchment, they are situated above 4000 masl. The Glacial Lake L2 (Lat 30°26′45″E and Long 80°23′16″N) is the largest whose surface area was 132,300 m² in Sept 2009, and L6 (Lat 30°23′27″E and Long 80°31′52″N) is highly unstable with variation rate ?55 to +145 % with increasing trend. Additionally, glacial lakes L2 (Lat 30°26′45″E and Long 80°23′16″N) and L6 (Lat 30°23′27″E and Long 80°31′52″N) have been identified as potentially hazardous. These lakes may probably burst; as a result, huge reserve of water and debris may be released all on a sudden. This may transform into hazardous flash flood in downstream causing loss of lives, as well as the destruction of houses, bridges, fields, forests, hydropower stations, roads, etc. It is to note that Dhauliganga river considered in this study is a tributary of Kaliganga river, and should not be confused with its namesake the Dhauliganga river, which is a tributary of Alaknanda river.     

台湾峡谷HD133和HD77柱状样的沉积构成和发育背景

分别对南海东北部台湾峡谷内水深3 280 m的HD133和峡谷外水深3 378 m的HD77重力活塞柱状样进行了沉积物粒度、古生物和碳酸钙含量分析,利用AMS14C同位素测年和沉积速率初步认定是属于MIS3a以来的沉积。按沉积物粒度和碳酸钙含量可将两支柱状样划分为3套沉积层段:上部层段1和下部层段3均以粉砂质黏土为主,夹薄层粉砂,深水底栖有孔虫含量高,碳酸钙低于10%,代表受重力流作用较弱的正常深海沉积;中部层段2发育一套以中-细粒为主的厚砂层,含大量浅水底栖有孔虫,碳酸钙含量可高达60%,AMS14C测年出现倒置现象,表明主要为浅水重力流沉积。柱状样的沉积构成响应同期海平面变化,特别表现在深水砂层沉积的两大控制因素:在时间上,低海平面时期大量浅水和陆源碎屑物质直接输送到陆坡之下的深水区,形成富砂的层段2;在空间上,峡谷水道是重力流的物质输送通道,地形优势使得重力流携带物优先在水道中发生沉积,造成HD133柱的含砂量明显高于HD77柱状样。     

Palaeoceanographic changes in the North Atlantic during the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition (MIS 31–19) as inferred from planktonic foraminiferal and calcium carbonate records

Marine sediments from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Project (IODP) Site U1314 (56.36°N, 27.88°W), in the subpolar North Atlantic, were studied for their planktonic foraminifera, calcium carbonate content, and Neogloboqudrina pachyderma sinistral (sin.) δ¹³C records in order to reconstruct surface and intermediate conditions in this region during the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition (MPT). Variations in the palaeoceanography and regional dynamics of the Arctic Front were estimated by comparing CaCO₃ content, planktonic foraminiferal species abundances, carbon isotopes and ice‐rafted debris (IRD) data from Site U1314 with published data from other North Atlantic sites. Site U1314 exhibited high abundances of the polar planktonic foraminifera N. pachyderma sin. and low CaCO₃ content until Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 26, indicating a relatively southeastward position of the Arctic Front (AF) and penetration of colder and low‐salinity surface arctic water‐masses. Changing conditions after MIS 25, with oscillations in the position of the AF, caused an increase in the northward export of the warmer North Atlantic Current (NAC), indicated by greater abundances of non‐polar planktonic foraminifera and higher CaCO₃. The N. pachyderma sin. δ¹³C data indicate good ventilation of the upper part of the intermediate water layer in the eastern North Atlantic during both glacial and interglacial stages, except during Terminations 24/23, 22/21 and 20/1. In addition, for N. pachyderma (sin.) we distinguished two morphotypes: non‐encrusted and heavily encrusted test. Results indicate that increases in the encrusted morphotype and lower planktonic foraminiferal diversity are related to the intensification of glacial conditions (lower sea‐surface temperatures, sea‐ice formation) during MIS 22 and 20.     

Systematic biotic responses to palaeoenvironmental change in the Late Pleistocene southern South China Sea: a preliminary study

Oxygen and carbon isotopes from the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides sacculifer, trace element contents, calcium carbonate, biogenic silica, grain size, and abundances of diatoms, radiolarians and foraminifera in a deep‐sea core from the southwestern South China Sea were analysed to investigate the response of various marine ecological communities to environmental changes over the last 200 ka. The synthesised results show that the quality of the palaeoecological environment for biological growth is primarily affected by nutrient supply and terrigenous disturbance. Ba and P are important nutrient elements for the growth of diatoms, radiolarians and planktonic foraminifera. Together with dissolved silica and calcium carbonate in sea water, these elements may control microbiotic development. However, variations in Fe content appear to affect diatom and radiolarian abundance. Optimal biotic growth occurs when nutrients are abundant and when there is minimal terrigenous disturbance. Biotic growth decreases when sea water is highly oligotrophic and terrigenous input is high. Maximum biological growth occurred in the mid Holocene, but deteriorated soon afterwards owing to increased terrigenous input, causing a decrease of biological abundance and productivity in the late Holocene. The results also indicate how the Toba volcanic eruption ca. 74 ka ago contributed to changing the ecological environment in the southern South China Sea. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Palaeoceanographic change in the northeastern South China Sea during the last 15000 years

The sedimentary succession of piston core RC26-16, dated by ¹⁴C accelerator mass spectrometry, provides a nearly continuous palaeoceanographic record of the northeastern South China Sea for the last 15000 yr. Planktic foraminiferal assemblages indicate that winter sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) rose from 18°C to about 24°C from the last glacial to the Holocene. A short-lived cooling of 1°C in winter temperature centred at about 11000 ¹⁴C yr ago may reflect the Younger Dryas cooling event in this area. Summer SSTs have remained between 27°C and 29°C throughout the record. The temperature difference between summer and winter was about ca. 9°C during the last glacial, much higher than the Holocene value of ca. 5°C. During the late Holocene a short-lived cooling event occurred at about 4000 ¹⁴C yr ago. Oxygen and carbon isotopic gradients between surface (0–50 m) and subsurface (50–100 m) waters were smaller during the last glacial than those in the Holocene. The fluctuation in the isotopic gradients are caused most likely by changes in upwelling intensity. Smaller gradients indicate stronger upwelling during the glacial winter monsoon. The fauna-derived estimates of nutrient content of the surface waters indicate that the upwelling induced higher fertility and biological productivity during the glacial. The winter monsoon became weaker during the Holocene. The carbonate compensation depth and foraminiferal lysocline were shallower during the Holocene, except for a short-lived deepening at about 5000 ¹⁴C yr ago. A preservation peak of planktic foraminifera and calcium carbonate occurred between 13400 and 12000 ¹⁴C yr ago, synchronous to the global preservation event of Termination I.     

A new Early–Middle Weichselian palaeoenvironmental record from a lacustrine sequence at Svirkanciai,Lithuania

The Middle Weichselian (OIS 4‐3) and the transition from Early to Middle Weichselian are the most problematic and disputed time intervals of the Late Pleistocene with regard to the palaeogeography of the Fennoscandian glaciations. The number of sites with sediments of Middle Weichselian age in the Baltic region is very limited. An extensive area (77 km²) of lacustrine sediments (sand, clay, silt with humus and interlayers of peat), under the relief‐forming Upper Weichselian till, was discovered in the vicinity of the Venta settlement, northwestern Lithuania, and named the Venta Palaeolacustrine Basin. The Svirkanciai outcrop (56°18′05″N, 22°53′00″E) (15 m in height) of this palaeobasin is composed of two sediment complexes of different genesis and age. The lower part consists of silt and very fine‐grained sand of lacustrine origin. According to palynological data, the lacustrine sediments accumulated under boreo‐arctic climatic conditions. The pollen records suggest that local vegetation was sparse forest with open areas. An Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) date of the lacustrine sand yielded an age of >79±6 ka, which indicates that lacustrine conditions may have occurred during part of the Early Weichselian Odderade Interstadial (Jonionys 2). However, the palynological data from Svirkanciai suggest a Middle Weichselian age, possibly correlating with the Oerel Interstadial (Jonionys 3) 55 ka ago. No traces of early Middle Weichselian Schalkholz (Nemunas 2a) stadial glacial advance have been found in the Venta sections. This also suggests a Middle Weichselian age for the Svirkanciai lacustrine sediments.     

Quantifying Feeding Behavior of Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) in Two Urban Sites (Long Island Sound, USA) with Different Seston Characteristics

The Atlantic ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, is found in salt marshes along the North American Atlantic Coast. As a first step to study the possibility of future cultivation and harvest of ribbed mussels for nutrient removal from eutrophic urban environments, the feeding behavior of ribbed mussels in situ was studied from July to October 2011. Two locations approximately 80 km apart were used as study sites: Milford Harbor (Connecticut; 41°12′42.46″N, 73°3′7.75″W) and Hunts Point (Bronx, New York; 40°48′5.99″N, 73°52′17.76″W). Total particulate matter was higher at Hunts Point than at Milford Harbor, but the organic content was higher at Milford than at Hunts Point. The relatively low quantity of organic content in Hunts Point seston resulted in a much higher production of pseudofeces by mussels. Mussel clearance and absorption rates were higher at Milford Harbor than at Hunts Point. Nevertheless, mussels at both sites had the same absorption efficiency, suggesting that mussels are able to adapt to conditions at both locations. Ribbed mussels decreased clearance rate when the seston quantity was high at both sites. At Hunts Point, ribbed mussels increased the gut transit time of ingested particles when the amount of inorganic particulates in the water increased. This study does not quantify nutrient removal capacity of G. demissa; however, the environmental tolerance demonstrated here, and current lack of commercial harvest, suggests that this species may be a good candidate for nutrient bioextraction in highly impacted urban environments.     

Jens Esmark's mountain glacier traverse 1823 − the key to his discovery of Ice Ages

The discovery of Ice Ages is one of the most revolutionary advances made in the Earth sciences. In 1824 Danish‐Norwegian geoscientist Jens Esmark published a paper stating that there was indisputable evidence that Norway and other parts of Europe had previously been covered by enormous glaciers carving out valleys and fjords, in a cold climate caused by changes in the eccentricity of Earth's orbit. Esmark and his travel companion Otto Tank arrived at this insight by analogous reasoning: enigmatic landscape features they observed close to sea level along the Norwegian coast strongly resembled features they observed in the front of a retreating glacier during a mountain traverse in the summer of 1823. Which glacier they observed up close has however remained a mystery, and thus an essential piece of information in the story of this discovery has been missing. Based on previously unknown archive sources, supplemented by field study, I here identify the key locality as the glacier Rauddalsbreen. This is the northernmost outlet glacier from Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in mainland Europe. Here the foreland exposed by glacier retreat since the Little Ice Age maximum around AD 1750 contains a rich collection of glacial deposits and erosional forms. The point of enlightenment is more precisely identified to be a specific moraine and its distal sandur at 61°53′26″N, 7°26′43″E. In memory of Esmark's travel companion who possibly was the first to realise the analogy, it is proposed to name this moraine Otto Tank's Moraine, a pendant to the already famous Esmark Moraine at Forsand by the sea.     

南海西部54万年以来元素地球化学记录及其反映的古环境演变

通过对南海西部上升流区MD05-2899孔开展高分辨率碳酸盐地层学和XRF岩芯扫描元素地球化学分析,重建了晚第四纪54万来以来东亚夏季风的演化历史,探讨海平面升降对南海西部陆源碎屑供应量的影响。研究选用了ln(Ba/Al)作为该海区古生产力的指标,ln(Br/Al)作为有机物的指标,ln(Ti/Al)作为陆源碎屑供应量的指标。研究结果显示,东亚夏季风在过去54万年以来强度不断增强,具有明显的冰期—间冰期旋回特征,在间冰期强盛和冰期减弱,是控制该海区有机物含量变化的主要因素。东亚夏季风不断强盛可能直接导致了南海周边陆地降雨增强,河流径流量加大,使得南海西部上升流区域的陆源碎屑供应量在间冰期明显高于冰期。研究发现,当相对海平面低于-60 m的时候,大面积暴露的巽他陆架可能向南海西部深水区输入大量陆源碎屑物质,造成研究站位的陆源碎屑供应量在冰盛期出现高值。因此,晚第四纪的东亚夏季风演化和海平面升降共同控制了南海西部上升流区陆源碎屑物质供应量的变化。