吸力可控条件下的北方红黏土蠕变特性

北方红黏土又称三趾马红土，在黄土高原地区呈不连续状分布于黄土之下，为典型的致滑地层。红黏土遇水后强度降低、变形增大从而构成滑动面的过程，与红黏土特别是非饱和红黏土的蠕变特性息息相关，然而相关的研究多集中于南方红黏土。我国南方和北方红黏土的工程特性差异较大，不能等同对待。本文以陕西蓝田典型的北方红黏土为研究对象，借鉴控制吸力的非饱和土研究方法，在吸力分别为0，100 kPa和200 kPa条件下分级施加围压，开展了吸力控制条件下的三轴蠕变试验，研究非饱和红黏土的蠕变特性和长期强度。试验表明，红黏土具有明显蠕变特性，不同围压下的应力-应变曲线变化特征相近，均呈现幂函数或对数函数变化特征。当围压和荷载一定时，蠕变量随吸力的减小而增大，稳定时间随吸力减小而增长。吸力越小土体的蠕变性越强，其屈服强度也较小，饱和红黏土(吸力为0)的长期强度比吸力为200 kPa时的红黏土长期强度降低了约50%，说明含水率增大会增大滑带红黏土的蠕变量，促使滑坡的形成，本研究可为红黏土致滑机理研究提供基础。     

中国南方红土年代地层学与地层划分问题

南方红土是我国热带、亚热带以各类岩石和第四纪松散沉积物为母质发育的红色风化壳,也是我国分布最广的第四纪土状堆积。本文在探讨第四纪松散沉积物上红色风化壳的形成机制的基础上,根据风化壳发育程度将其划分为砖红土风化壳、红壤土风化壳和红化土风化壳3种类型。南方地区第四纪松散沉积物主要有河流相沉积、滨海相海滩砂和海岸风成砂——"老红砂"以及以下蜀土为主的风尘堆积。近年来在上述沉积物中多处发现旧石器遗址,促进了南方红土的地层年代学研究。根据前人及近期对南方红土的研究成果,讨论了南方红土的年代地层学问题,提出了以风化壳岩性特征为基础的岩石地层单位初步划分框架:老红砂划分为中更新统北海组、晚更新统晋江组;风尘堆积划分为中更新统宣城组、晚更新统下蜀组;河流相沉积只划出中更新统白沙井组,晚更新统留待以后研究再划出。     

元素地球化学揭示的长江中游鄱阳湖地区中更新世以来粉尘堆积的物源特征及其环境意义

位于长江中游的鄱阳湖地区深受东亚季风影响,因其特殊的地理、地貌与水文、水系特征,自中更新世以来随着冬季风的加强,在大姑组、九江组砾石层之上风成堆积广泛发育。该区域中、上更新统表现为网纹红土、均质红土和下蜀黄土的独特沉积序列,厘清这三套独特沉积序列的物质来源对于我们认识东亚季风演化及其区域环境响应至关重要。本文选择了长江中游鄱阳湖地区10个典型剖面,基于<20μm颗粒组分的元素地球化学特征,研究了该地区中、上更新统粉尘堆积的特点,并将其与黄土高原西峰黄土和东秦岭黄土做了对比分析。研究认为,长江中游鄱阳湖地区这套独特的沉积序列,元素特征基本相似,具有贫Co、Pb,富Zr、Hf,低Eu/Eu^*(0.53~0.62)、LaN/YbN(4~8)、Ta/Zr(0~0.006)、Nb/Zr(0~0.09),高Y/Ho(28~30)、Zr/Hf(36~48)等特点,与黄土高原与东秦岭黄土有显著区别。基于Hf-Th-Co、Th-Sc-Zr/10和Th-Sc-La蜘蛛图投影分析,鄱阳湖地区第四纪粉尘物质的源岩接近于石英岩类,为被动大陆边缘构造背景下的产物,显著区别于黄土高原与东秦岭黄土(源岩接近于页岩,形成于大陆岛弧构造背景)。进一步分析认为,网纹红土、均质红土的母质均与区域下蜀黄土类似,推测它们均来自于其冬季风上风方向的长江或赣江的古河谷漫滩,这套独特的沉积序列是第四纪以来长江中游现代格局的水系贯通后,冬季风增强,吹蚀大江大河广阔的古河谷漫滩而形成的区域粉尘堆积的结果;是湿热的亚热带季风区对于中更新世以来在轨道尺度上冬夏季风均加强的背景下独特的区域响应。     

Characteristics of element dispersion and geochemical exploration for concealed ore deposits overlain by loess and red soil in eastern Gansu Province, China

The study area is located in the western part of the loess plateau of China where the climate is continental semiarid and typical loess ridges and hillocks are developed. It is a very difficult terrain for mineral exploration. Samples of drilling chips, loess and red soil, well and spring water, vegetation, and soil gas were collected. The results showed that Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag, As, Mo, Sb, Hg, S, and so forth were transported into the overburden in different ways. Efficient methods for geochemical exploration in the regions overlain by loess and red soil are established. Hydrogeochemical exploration can be used on a regional scale and soil gas and partial extractions of soil can be used for follow-up studies.     

The rare earth element compositions of sediments from the loess tableland in the Liyang Plain,southern China: implications for provenance and weathering intensity

To identify the weathering intensity and to deduce the provenance of sediments (black-brown soil and loess) from the loess tableland in the Liyang Plain is of great importance for understanding the development and origin of civilization of this critical region in China. The geochemical results show similar REE distribution patterns among sediments sampled from the YC profile in the Liyang Plain, reticulated red soils from the Dongting lake area, Xiashu loess in Zhenjiang, and loess from the Loess Plateau in China. These similarities imply a single provenance, from dust storms. REEs, especially the LREE/HREE ratio and Eu anomaly, can trace weathering intensity. Higher LREE/HREE ratios, and remarkably Eu anomalies, are present in the top loess (L₀), Lower LREE/HREE ratios and insignificant Eu anomalies are present in black-brown soil (S₀*) from the Liyang Plain. These demonstrate that the black-brown soils have undergone a lower intensity of weathering than the loess of YC profile. Moreover, CIA values for sediments from the YC profile provide powerful evidence to support the above result. Comparisons of analyses of the REE contents of sediments from the YC profile, of reticulated red soils from the Dongting Lake area, Xiashu loess from the Yangtze River, and loess from the Loess Plateau, clearly show the weathering intensity decreases according to the following sequence: reticulated red soil from the Dongting Lake area > sediments of YC profile from the Liyang Plain, which formed from dust storms ≈ Xiashu loess from lower reach of the Yangtze River > loess from the Loess Plateau.     

中国东部主要黄土分布区的Sr-Nd同位素物源示踪研究

不同地质背景物质的Sr-Nd同位素组成往往差异巨大,同时Sr-Nd同位素组成在搬运和沉积过程中相对元素组分更 难被改变,因此是物源示踪研究最常用和有效的手段之一。该研究测试了中国东部代表性黄土堆积的Sr-Nd同位素组成, 包括山东半岛、黄河下游沿岸黄土和下蜀黄土,发现与黄土高原黄土的Sr-Nd同位素特征存在明显差异,指示不同的物质 来源。同时发现,中国东部主要黄土分布区的来源物质可能主要来自其附近的干旱区具有近源性。山东半岛及其滨海黄土 主要来自黄泛平原和冰期暴露陆架的黄河沉积物;黄河下游沿岸黄土可能直接来自黄河河漫滩;下蜀黄土的细颗粒组成物 源还没有定论,需要进一步研究。中国东部局部区域黄土的形成可能与中更新世革命以来冰期气候条件下的荒漠化有关。     

基于Fredlund粒度分布曲线方程的中国黄土粒度分析

粒度分布曲线是土壤最基本的土性参数之一,通过数学方程预测粒度分布曲线将为工程勘察节省大量成本。Fred? lund建立在Fredlund和Xing土水特征曲线方程基础上的粒度分布曲线方程已被证明适用于多种土类,但其对中国黄土的有 效性很少得到验证。本文采用Fredlund粒度分布曲线方程对黄土高原7个地区18个黄土样的粒度分布曲线进行了拟合,结 果表明Fredlund粒度分布曲线方程与中国黄土的粒度分布曲线拟合度高,拟合参数稳定且呈规律性变化,能够很好地反映 中国黄土的地域性。本文得到的参数可用于各个地区的粒度分布曲线预测,并对黄土粒径分析及分类具有指导意义。     

季节性冻融作用及其对斜坡土体强度的影响——以甘肃黑方台地区为例

季节性冻土地区黄土斜坡冬春交际常发生崩塌、滑坡等地质灾害,造成了严重的生命财产损失.位于甘肃省永靖县的黄土台塬——黑方台为典型的季节性冻土地区,其3月份黄土滑坡灾害高发.通过对滑坡体的野外调查、原位监测,分析了该地区的冻融作用特征及其对斜坡土体强度的影响,证实了该地区表层土体存在显著的冻融循环作用,总结了斜坡体受冻融作用影响的宏观表现和受气温影响的斜坡表层黄土地温变化过程.在此基础上设计开展了黄土室内力学性质试验,分析了不同初始含水率对冻结黄土三轴抗剪强度参数的影响,对比分析了黄土与冻结黄土的三轴抗剪强度参数变化.由天然和饱和2种状态下的黄土经历15次冻融循环后的直剪实验得出冻融循环作用对黄土强度影响较大的结论.该结果可为冻融期黄土斜坡稳定性分析提供参考.     

灵台黄土-红粘土序列的磁性地层及粒度记录

甘肃灵台县任家坡黄土－红粘土剖面的磁性地层学研究表明;中国北方连续的风成堆积可下推到705MdB．P。第三纪红粘土的粒度组成从上到下变化很小,与黄土－古土壤序列的粒度大幅度变化形成强烈的反差,意味着晚第三纪时期的气候总体上要比第四纪时期稳定。在705～2．6MaB．P．的红粘土沉积中,可分出的110～115个土壤B层与钙质结核层的组合,初步表明在这个时期有约110～115次气候旋回。     

Causes of Land Subsidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The occurrence of land subsidence in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia is either natural or man-made. Natural land subsidence occurs due to the development of subterranean voids by a solution of host rocks in carbonate and evaporite terrains, over many areas of Saudi Arabia. Man-induced land subsidence is either due to the removal of groundwater in the agricultural areas or to wetting of unstable soils. Therefore, earth fissures and a lowering of the ground surface in unconsolidated sediments took place in alluvial plains and volcanic vent terrains. Unstable soils include Sabkha soils and loess sediments. These types of soils occur in coastal plains, desert areas and volcanic terrains. When this soil is wetted either during agricultural activities, waste disposal or even during a rain storm, subsidence takes place due to either the removal of salts from the Sabkha soil or the rearrangement of soil particles in loess sediments.     

The late Wisconsinan Savanna Terrace in tributaries to the upper Mississippi River

The Savanna Terrace, composed of alternating red and gray clayey sediments of late Wisconsinan age, can be found in five states along the upper Mississippi valley from Pepin County, Wisconsin, to Jackson County, Illinois. The terrace is the highest glaciofluvial-lacustrine deposit without a loess cover in the upper Mississippi valley. Chemical, physical, and mineralogical data show that two different sources provided sediment. The red clay is believed to have come from Lake Superior sources, while the gray clay is believed to have come from sources farther west. Large-scale flood events from glacial Lakes Agassiz, Grantsburg, and Superior were probably the main contributors of the sediments. The red clay in the terrace is similar in composition to red glaciolacustrine sediment found in eastern and northern Wisconsin. It also is mineralogically similar to the Hinckley Sandstone and the Fond du Lac Formation, which occur under and around Lake Superior. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the lower Illinois valley indicate that the terrace sediments were deposited sometime between about 13,100 and 9500 yr ago. Soils developed on the terrace are variable in their physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties, which reflect the composition of the clayey sediments.     

中国北方上新世晚期-更新世早期风成沉积物磁化率各向异性初探

前人对中国黄土高原晚更新世黄土沉积物的磁化率各向异性的研究表明,磁化率椭球体最大轴(Kmax)偏角的方向能够指示黄土沉积时期的搬运动力方向,即古风向,并可以通过这种途径进行古季风的重建.本研究试图通过对中国黄土高原晚上新世-早更新世转折时期的风成沉积磁化率各向异性研究进一步检验其在古风向重建方面的应用潜力.选择分别地处黄土高原中部、南部和东部地区的灵台、渭南和保德3个剖面,对红粘土向黄土过渡时期4个不同地层单元古土壤层(S32)、黄土层(L33)、过渡层(TU)以及红粘土沉积(RC)的样品进行了磁化率各向异性测量,结果表明磁线理L值很小,而磁面理F较为发育,这与前人对晚更新世黄土沉积磁化率各向异性的研究结果一致;同时,4个不同地层单元的磁面理F、各向异性度P和形状因子T在3个剖面上均表现出随土壤发育程度增强而减小的变化趋势,说明后期的成壤作用能够不同程度地降低磁面理、磁化率各向异性度以及形状因子的大小.与前人对于晚更新世黄土沉积磁化率各向异性的研究结果不同的是3个剖面的S32,L33,TU以及RC的Kmax的偏角似乎并不能反映出当时的搬运动力方向,即古风向,而长期的压实作用以及不同程度的后期土壤化作用是造成这一时期黄土和红粘土沉积物磁化率各向异性最大轴偏角方向未能反映出当时搬运动力方向(古风向)的原因之一.     

黄土高原黄土和太平洋沉积物 Nd，Sr 同位素变化的比较

东亚季风环流引起的风尘物质的搬运和堆积，形成了我国的黄土高原。最近几年发表了一些对太平洋沉积物 Nd和 Sr同位素的研究结果(Asahara,1999；Asahara 等，1995；Pettke 等，2000)。由于亚洲大陆是太平洋沉积物中风尘物质的主要来源之一，所以将黄土高原研究结果和太平洋沉积物的研究结果相比较，可以得出一些有益的结论。探讨黄土的源区，采用全岩样品进行 Sr 同位素研究不适合。对黄土样品进行了一系列酸淋洗实验（盛雪芬等，2000；Yang 等，200结果证明，选用弱醋酸淋洗，可以有效地去除黄土和古土壤中的方解石，而对白云石、粘土矿物和长石等结构的破坏程度可以忽略。本次研究的灵台剖面位于黄土土高原中部甘肃省平凉地区灵台县以南约13 km 的五星塬任家坡村，它是迄今为止在黄土高原发现的厚度最大的记录最完整的风尘堆积序列之一，其最早时代可达7.8 Ma B P。灵台剖面古土壤酸不溶物的87Sr/86Sr一般高于黄土的87Sr/86Sr。此次测试的黄土、古土壤和红粘土样品分粒级实验（杨杰东等，2005）显示，小于2μm的细颗粒部分具有最高的87Sr/86Sr，而其他颗粒部分的87Sr/86Sr均较低。因此，黄土高原剖面的87Sr/86Sr与小于2μm颗粒部分的比例，或与粘土矿物的含量有关，因为在小于m的细颗粒部分中主要是粘土矿物（图。     

Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene events in the periglacial area in the southern part of the East European Plain

An integrated study of the loess–soil sequence in the coastal exposure near the settlement of Beglitsa (Rostov oblast) allowed us, for the first time, to reconstruct the landscape-climatic changes that occurred in the eastern Azov region over the course of the Late Pleistocene. In the south of the periglacial zone, considerable differences between intensity of the loess accumulation in the Early and Late Valdai Cryochrons were revealed. In the Early Valdai Epoch, which corresponds roughly to the end of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 and MIS 4, loess accumulation occurred after completion of development of the Mezin pedocomplex and before the beginning of the Bryansk stage of soil development, i.e., over more than 20 000 years. In the much shorter Late Valdai Cryochron MIS 2 (10 000–12 000 years), loess accumulation reached 5 m. The data evaluation shows that the loess accumulation rates in the Early Valdai Epoch (~0.07 mm/year) and the Late Valdai Epoch (~0.5 mm/year) differ from each other by an order of magnitude.     

浙江富硒土壤资源调查与评价

浙江省农业地质环境调查发现,浙北、浙东、浙中地区富硒土壤呈大面积分布。不同类型土壤中,以石灰岩土硒含量最高,黄壤和红壤硒含量次之;不同类型成土母质中,以残坡积物硒含量相对较高;不同类型岩石中,以石英砂岩、硅质岩和中深变质岩硒含量较高,高于中国东部地壳丰度值。富硒土壤主要分布于富硒岩石和煤系地层区。硒多富集在土壤表层,由地表向深部含量迅速下降。根据土壤背景值和硒生态景观分级标准,建立了富硒土壤评价标准,划分硒含量等级区,圈定了浙江省富硒土壤分布。     

我国沙尘的来源、移动路径及对东部海域的影响

利用中国气象局提供的micaps天气资料,通过对2000—2002年发生的42次沙尘天气个例的分析,重点研究了沙尘的源地、移动路径、入海地点及对不同海域的影响概率。结果表明：影响我国的沙尘天气有70%起源于蒙古国,在经过境内沙漠地区时得以加强。沙尘粒子的移动和入海途径主要有3条：一是从内蒙古东部入侵的沙尘天气经浑善达克和科尔沁沙地后进入渤海和黄海;二是从内蒙古西部入侵的沙尘天气经内蒙古西部沙地和黄土高原后进入渤海、黄海和东海;三是从青海东部扬起的沙尘长距离输运进入黄海、东海及西北太平洋。2000—2002年,63.9％的沙尘天气会影响到海洋,其中,影响渤海、黄海和东海的概率分别为27.4％、30.9％和12.3％,影响朝鲜海峡和日本海的概率为20.2％和9.2％。     

黄土覆盖区地球化学数据采集及采样单元之间误差校正方法研究——以内蒙古敖汉旗为例

敖汉旗幅为赤峰地区的黄土覆盖区,在该区进行1：5万区域地球化学调查工作以水系采样为主,土壤为辅.为便于研究,水系粒级采用-10~+60目,土壤样品采用-10目粒级.因采样介质不同,所代表的化学意义不同,测试中产生系统误差.对不同采样介质的测试数据以Au元素为例分别进行统计,确定不同采样地区的背景值,并利用不同的系统误差校正方法对土壤采样区与水系采样区进行系统误差校正,以求在满足异常分析的同时更低程度遗漏厚黄土覆盖区低缓弱异常.3种校正方法在保证水系沉积物异常条件下,对黄土区异常都有一定程度弱化.标准化方法弱化的程度相对小,对刻划黄土区地球化学信息最接近,衬度变换与中位数变换校正后对黄土区地球化学信息反映弱.     

土壤是气候变化的长期记录者

气候是土壤形成的要素之一。反过来,从土壤及其风化壳可论证气候变迁。中国南方的红色风化壳是第四纪形成物。其上均质红色风化壳及红壤是晚更新世形成物,延续至今,而澳大利亚、非洲大陆红色风化壳是在第三纪的古陆上形成的,但现代土壤不少是气候变干旱后形成的。北欧、北美是12000a B.P.才从冰川下裸露成陆,形成了灰化土、泥炭土等。黄土层、火山灰下埋藏了多层古土壤,记录了第四纪气候的变迁。     

黄土作为西北地区填埋场覆盖层的可行性及设计厚度分析

中国西北地区气候以干旱和半干旱为主,黄土广泛分布。首先介绍了西北地区3个代表性城市近50 a的气候条件和3类黄土的粒径分布及储水能力,在此基础上利用Chen、Benson等提出的水量平衡分析方法对黄土土质覆盖层在我国西北地区应用的可行性进行了探讨,并计算分析了单一型黄土覆盖层的设计厚度。分析结果表明: 西北地区夏季高温多雨植被生长茂盛而冬季降雨较少,降水和腾发作用有较好的同步对应关系,适合土质覆盖层的应用。采用黄土作单一型土质覆盖层的设计厚度在0.54～1.92 m之间,从干旱、半干旱到半湿润气候区,设计厚度逐渐变厚,其具体设计厚度与气候条件和黄土种类密切相关;在同一气候区采用粉性黄土所需厚度最薄,而采用砂性黄土则最厚。西北地区采用黄土作填埋场终场土质覆盖层具有技术可行性和良好的经济效益,值得进一步开展工程实践和更深入的研究。     

Comparison of particle size characteristics of the Tertiary 'red clay' and Pleistocene loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau: implications for origin and sources of the 'red clay'

The origin of the Tertiary ‘red clay’ underlying the Pleistocene loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau remains controversial, although several lines of evidence have suggested a wind‐blown origin. This study examines the particle‐size parameters of the late Miocene and Pliocene ‘red clay’ by comparing it with those of the late Pleistocene loess. The particle‐size distribution of a total of 15 339 loess and 6394 ‘red clay’ samples taken from 12 loess sections along a north–south transect and two ‘red clay’ sequences at Lingtai and Jingchuan was systematically analysed. The median grain size, skewness and kurtosis of the late Pleistocene loess all show a systematic southward change and are principally influenced by distance from source region. The spatial and temporal differentiation of dust deposits is expressed in a skewness–kurtosis–median grain size ternary diagram, from which the distance to the source region can be inferred. The particle‐size characteristics of the Tertiary ‘red clay’ sediments are very similar to those of the palaeosols within the late Pleistocene loess deposits, suggesting an aeolian origin for the ‘red clay’. Based on the comparison of ‘red clay’ and loess in the ternary diagrams, it is inferred that the source–sink distance was greater in the Neogene than in the last and penultimate interglacials, and that the dust source region in north‐western China underwent a progressive expansion during the period from at least 7·0 Ma to the present.