Gully development in eastern Romania: a case study from Falciu Hills

The gullied systems from the Falciu Hills within the Chioara catchment (2997 ha) consist of both main types of gullies, discontinuous and large continuous ones along valley bottoms, and lots of ephemeral gullies. Several methods have been used to measure and estimate gully characteristics. Then, the gully development stages, the effect of the natural conditions, and especially the impact of land management on gullying in the Falciu Hills over the last two centuries have been defined. In addition, the role of gully erosion in triggering landslides has also been studied. Two main periods have been distinguished (until 1960 and 1961–2012) for assessing major characteristics of land degradation. The results show that total gully area in the Chioara catchment is 66.4 ha excepting for the ephemeral gullies, and areas occupied by gullies from the five study sub-catchments (2334 ha) account for two-thirds. Total length of the main gully network in the entire catchment is 33.2 km from which the five sub-catchments account for 71 %. The mean gully density of 1.11 km km⁻² supports the evidence that here gullying is the major environmental threat. Half of the gully areal growth and three-quarters of the new landslide area occurred over the 1961–2012 period. Delayed deforestation peaking during 1830–1930 and land conversion to arable use resulted in severe soil erosion, high aggradation along the non-gullied valley bottoms, and severe gullying. The average gully head retreat rate over the last two centuries from four trunk continuous gullies is 14 m year⁻¹, and the sediment yield from gullying only accounted for 54–69 % of the sediment mass produced by water erosion. The evolution of gullies is linked to major land-use changes in the study area. Despite a decreasing tendency of gullying and catchment area over the last half century, gullying still remains problematically high in East Romania.

     

塔河油田碳酸盐岩油藏古岩溶洞穴层状结构与形成机理

随着岩溶型碳酸盐岩油藏开发实践的不断深入,层状洞穴储层结构特征和流体同层连通特点逐渐被学者重视。层控岩溶结构、形成要素和过程等是本类油藏有效开发的关键。通过原始地层组构对比和野外溶洞特点,认为:塔河奥陶系岩溶层具较好的对比标志层和岩性差异,为层状岩溶洞穴发育奠定了物质基础;野外顺水平层理多层溶洞和受控于层理缝的管道型古暗河等地质现象,证实了层控岩溶普遍存在。在岩溶洞穴单井识别、连井测井对比、单井动态及地震波形特征的基础上,以典型溶洞带为例,识别出3个主要洞穴层,建立了全新的3层洞穴储集体地质结构剖面:第1层洞穴以砂砾岩充填为主要特点,第2层洞穴呈现洞穴规模大且泥质充填严重,第3层规模较小,主要发育于岩溶地貌高地。运用现代岩溶理论,探讨了层控岩溶的形成机制:碳酸盐岩原岩组构差异是岩溶作用的物质基础和主控因素之一;潜流带岩溶水(饱含CO₂)控制着岩溶洞穴的横向发育,岩溶古地貌控制同层洞穴的横向差异;平缓地层条件下的潜水面水位垂向带迁移控制洞穴的岩溶期次及层状结构。基于各岩溶要素认识,构建了层状岩溶储层发育模式。     

Seismotectonic versus man-induced morphological changes in a cave on the Arrábida chain (Portugal)

Distinctions between cave morphologies originating from seismic or active tectonics and those generated by natural clastic breakdown or by human activity must be made using unambiguous interpretative criteria.Easily accessible caves in particular, which may have been visited for centuries or millennia, or caves located near engineering works or quarries using great quantities of explosives, may have broken speleothems, breakdowns or detachment joints unrelated to seismic events or tectonic movements.Zambujal cave lies near neotectonic and seismic structures associated with a Plio-Quaternary 200 m uplift of the Arrábida chain and has suffered impacts resulting from quarrying, followed by possible vandalism. It is thus an example for which it is difficult to decipher morphological agents as there is the possibility that identical forms have been generated by several causes, which may have repeated at different episodes of its evolution. However, a careful morphological interpretation makes it possible to accept the existence of two seismic episodes, an “ancient” one and a “modern” one. The detection of other episodes between these is only possible using absolute dating.     

方解石充填物对于深层古岩溶洞穴保存的独特意义--以塔河地区奥陶系为例

塔河油田奥陶系古岩溶洞穴埋藏深度之大在世界范围内罕见,但对其为何没有垮塌殆尽的原因却知之甚少。为了探究其保存机制,对比了Fort Worth盆地奥陶系深埋洞穴,发现大量缝、洞充填方解石是塔河地区洞穴中常见且特有的充填物。在统计和综合分析缝洞方解石充填物地球化学数据的基础上,以洞穴充填方解石成因类型为切入点,详细分析了构造运动背景、热液活动、油气充注、方解石的产状以及洞穴受力情况,通过与Fort Worth盆地深埋洞穴埋藏史的对比和分析,提出塔河地区深埋岩溶洞穴的一种保存机制。研究区岩溶洞穴方解石主要是长期浅埋阶段,以大气淡水成因为主,海水成因为辅形成,深埋过程还受到了溶蚀性流体（岩浆热液和有机酸）后期改造。方解石充填物增加了洞穴的抗压性,岩溶洞穴内部充填的方解石在埋藏过程中支撑了洞穴;岩溶洞穴顶部裂纹中充填的方解石还“愈合”了洞穴周边的裂纹,强化了洞穴的顶板,增加了洞穴整体的稳定性。充填的方解石在垮塌前占据了部分洞穴空间,在埋藏后,高温有机酸、CO₂、H₂S和岩浆热液沿着深大断裂等通道对奥陶系碳酸盐岩改造溶蚀作用明显,也对处于优势通道和良好储集性能的洞穴充填方解石进行了改造,恢复了部分洞穴空间。因而认为地表、近地表方解石充填过程是碳酸盐岩洞穴型储层的“保持性成岩作用”。     

Climate change in southern Illinois, USA, based on the age and δC of organic matter in cave sediments

Matrix-supported diamicton and uniform to laminated, silty, fine-grained sediment deposited from about 42,500 to 27,600 cal yr B.P. under slackwater conditions nearly filled two caves in southwestern Illinois. At some point, most of the sediment was flushed from the caves and from about 22,700 to 4000 cal yr B.P., floods deposited a drape of sandy and silty sediment on remnant slackwater successions, cobbly alluvium, and bedrock (especially from 7700 to 4000 cal yr B.P.). Clay mineral analyses of the slackwater cave sediment reveal a provenance of chiefly Petersburg Silt, a smectite- and illite-rich proglacial lacustrine unit present in the overlying Illinois Episode glacial succession. Today, remnants of the ancient subterranean slackwater deposits nearly fill several secondary passages and, in at least two locations, cover a cobble-mantled strath terrace 1.3 to 1.5 m above active stream channels. Slumping and sinkhole formation appear to have been important mechanisms for deposition of the ancient subterranean deposits. Slumping of these surficial deposits and associated vegetation can occur along the flanks of sinkholes (in addition to sinkhole formation) and enter caves; however, the finer organics, some of them comminuted during transport into the caves, become part of the cave alluvium. This finer organic fraction is the modern analog of the humified organic matter disseminated in slackwater sediment dated in this investigation by radiocarbon methods. Twenty-four ¹⁴C ages on humified organic matter provide chronologic control. The δ¹³C values of the organic matter reflect the proportion of C₄-type to C₃-type vegetation growing in and around swallets and sinkholes at the time of redeposition. Drought-tolerant C₄-type vegetation was more prevalent relative to C₃-type vegetation from 42,500 to 31,200 cal yr B.P. compared to conditions from 28,800 cal yr B.P. to the present. The δ¹³C values are consistent with the results from other investigations of speleothems and organic matter from loessial paleosols.     

Morphological characteristics of gully networks and their relationship to host materials,Baringo District,Kenya

The morphological characteristics of gully networks in Baringo District, Kenya are described in relation to host materials. All gullies studied were part of a well integrated network characterised by a high drainage density. Causes of network rejuvenation leading to gullying are postulated. The morphology of the individual gullies were found to be related to the most material. Gullies formed on weathered bedrock had a dendritic drainage network with convex slopes. The morphology of gullies developed in lacustrine sediments varied with sediment texture and chemistry. V-shaped dendritic gullies with a concave longitudinal profile were associated with a high clay content and high sodium content whereas entrenched gullies were associated with a high silt content and low sodium content. Process inferences are made in order to explain the variation in gully morphology.     

Explosive volcanism during the Holocene in the Upper Limay River Basin: The effects of ashfalls on human societies,Northern Patagonia,Argentina

In order to understand human response to Holocene ashfall events, tephra layers found in archaeological sites along the upper Limay River basin, Northern Patagonia, Argentina were bracketed with radiocarbon dates and correlated with tephra from a lacustrine sediment core and from outcrops and the archaeological evidence was analyzed.A dark tephra associated with seismic activity was identified in the El Trébol rockshelter filling interstices between fallen blocks together with remains of human activity and bones of extinct fauna, marking a seismo-volcanic event occurring between 11 758 and 12 866 cal yr BP. This same seismic event affected the Cuyín Manzano site, where the roof collapse made the site uninhabitable for a time. A white tephra, present in Epullán Grande, Epullán Chica and Traful I caves is correlated with Nahuel Huapi tephra (NHT), equivalent to Laya's Río Blanco and Río Pereyra members, (Río Pireco Formation). NHT is considered to have been derived from the same eruptive event, with dates ranging between ca. 1950–2500 cal yr BP. A dark tephra from Ortega's cave and several tephra from Puerto Tranquilo I rockshelter ranging between 521 and 2069 cal yr BP show how the mobile hunters–gatherers of Northern Patagonia were able to cope with the changing circumstances.     

中国南方上震旦统灯影组中的古喀斯特洞穴磷块岩

晚震旦世,在中国南方存在一个大的碳酸盐台地,即大扬子台地。近来,在大扬子台地的次级单元-鄂西台地南北两侧边缘带的灯影组白云岩中发现古喀斯特洞穴磷块岩。北缘以湖北省南漳县的王家堡为代表,古喀斯特洞穴磷块岩不规则地分布于自灯影组上、下段之间的侵蚀面到其下约70m范围内。位于台地南缘的湖南大庸张家溪,古喀斯特洞穴磷块岩也产于灯影组下段白云岩内,据古生物学及地层学研究,张家溪灯影组下段上部白云岩中的洞穴磷块岩形成于早寒武世早期。古洞穴磷块岩的发现,证明灯影早期末有一次普遍而强烈的地壳运动,灯影晚期海侵的初期是晚震旦世除陡山沱期外的又一重要成磷期。     

Seismotectonic versus man-induced morphological changes in a cave on the Arrábida chain (Portugal)

Abstract

Distinctions between cave morphologies originating from seismic or active tectonics and those generated by natural clastic breakdown or by human activity must be made using unambiguous interpretative criteria.

Easily accessible caves in particular, which may have been visited for centuries or millennia, or caves located near engineering works or quarries using great quantities of explosives, may have broken speleothems, breakdowns or detachment joints unrelated to seismic events or tectonic movements.

Zambujal cave lies near neotectonic and seismic structures associated with a Plio-Quatemary 200 m uplift of the Arrábida chain and has suffered impacts resulting from quarrying, followed by possible vandalism. It is thus an example for which it is difficult to decipher morphological agents as there is the possibility that identical forms have been generated by several causes, which may have repeated at different episodes of its evolution. However, a careful morphological interpretation makes it possible to accept the existence of two seismic episodes, an “ancient” one and a “modern” one. The detection of other episodes between these is only possible using absolute dating. © Elsevier, Paris     

Foraminifera in elevated Bermudian caves provide further evidence for +21 m eustatic sea level during Marine Isotope Stage 11

Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of marine isotope stage (MIS) 11 deposits in small Bermudian caves at +21 m above modern sea level: (1) a +21 m MIS 11 eustatic sea-level highstand, and (2) a MIS 11 mega-tsunami event. Importantly, the foraminifera reported in these caves have yet to be critically evaluated within a framework of coastal cave environments. After statistically comparing foraminifera in modern Bermudian littoral caves and the MIS 11 Calonectris Pocket A (+21 m cave) to the largest available database of Bermudian coastal foraminifera, the assemblages found in modern littoral caves – and Calonectris Pocket A – cannot be statistically differentiated from lagoons. This observation is expected considering littoral caves are simply sheltered extensions of a lagoon environment in the littoral zone, where typical coastal processes (waves, storms) homogenize and rework lagoonal, reefal, and occasional planktic taxa. Fossil protoconchs of the Bermudian cave stygobite Caecum caverna were also associated with the foraminifera. These results indicate that the MIS 11 Bermudian caves are fossil littoral caves (breached flank margin caves), where the total MIS 11 microfossil assemblage is preserving a signature of coeval sea level at +21 m. Brackish foraminifera (Polysaccammina, Pseudothurammina) and anchialine gastropods (95%, >300 individuals) indicate a brackish anchialine habitat developed in the elevated caves after the prolonged littoral environmental phase. The onset of sea-level regression following the +21 m highstand would first lower the ancient brackish Ghyben-Herzberg lens (<0.5 m) and flood the cave with brackish water, followed by drainage of the cave to create a permanent vadose environment. These interpretations of the MIS 11 microfossils (considering both taphonomy and paleoecology) are congruent with the micropaleontological, hydrogeological and physical mechanisms influencing modern Bermudian coastal cave environments. In conclusion, we reject the mega-tsunami hypothesis, concur with the +21 m MIS 11 eustatic sea-level hypothesis, and reiterate the need to resolve the disparity between global marine isotopic records and the physical geologic evidence for sea level during MIS 11.     

Effects of gully erosion and gully filling on soil depth and crop production in the black soil region, northeast China

Gully erosion is a very serious problem in the black soil region of northeast China. Gully filling is often adopted for controlling gully erosion by local farmers and thus causes more serious soil erosion. In this study an ephemeral gully (EG, 74 m) and a classical gully (CG, 52 m) connected at the gully’s headcut were selected as the study site. Two comparisons were made to explore the effects of gully erosion and the subsequent gully filling on soil depth and soybean yield: (1) soil depth between 81 sample points in the study site and 11 reference points along the same slope with the gully; (2) soybean yield between 81 sample points in the study site and 30 baseline locations near the study site. The results indicated that gully erosion caused the reduction of soil depth and soybean yield. Although filling gullies with soil from adjacent areas seemed to be an expedient way to remediate the gullies, it resulted in substantial soybean yield reduction. Gully erosion reduced the soil depth and soybean yield in 74.4 and 83.9 % of the study site, respectively. The soybean yield reduction ratio was 34.5 % for the whole study site and 2.6 % for the black soil region. Soil depth was the most important soil property indicator to reduce yield. Every 1 cm decrease in soil depth in the areas adjacent to gullies due to infilling activities resulted in a 2 % decrease in yield. More significant was the deposition of sediment from gully erosion, which completely eliminated soybean yield. Currently, effective soil and water conservation measures are not known and adopted by local farmers extensively. In the future, once some measures for preventing soil erosion, in particular gully erosion, were proved effective, these technologies should be disseminated among local farmers.     

地下河水人工补给洞穴滴水、碳酸盐(钙)沉积特征及景观恢复探讨

岩溶旅游洞穴碳酸盐岩沉积物景观容易受到污染、风化,为了探讨受污损洞穴碳酸盐沉积物的修复方法以确保岩溶旅游洞穴的可持续发展,对广西桂林七星岩No.15支洞距洞口约150 m长洞段的滴水物化指标、现代碳酸盐岩沉积物进行了为期4年的监测分析。结果表明:（1）该洞段的滴水主要源于抽取地下河水的水柜渗漏及降水补给,地下河水和滴水的电导率、[Ca2＋] 、[HCO3-]在4个水文年中的变化趋势基本相同,雨季洞穴滴水电导率、[Ca2＋] 、[HCO3-]等显著降低,降雨稀释效应明显;（2）现代洞穴碳酸盐岩沉积具有明显的季节性变化,雨季洞穴滴水量/速率、碳酸钙沉积速率加快,最大沉积量达0.8 g／半月,洞穴入口约150 m长洞段快速滴水碳酸盐最大沉积量达2～4 g／半月,旱季碳酸盐沉积速率减少,最大沉积量仅为0.4 g／半月;（3）抽取岩溶地下水经由地表补给洞穴滴水可提高滴水的电导率、[Ca2＋] 、[HCO3-]及CaCO3饱和度,促使大量碳酸盐(CaCO3)快速沉积,实现对洞穴受风化、污染景观的修复,新沉积的碳酸钙(CaCO3)还可以将基岩裂隙和洞穴内破损、破裂的钟乳石重新“粘结”起来,利于洞穴的稳定性。      

轮古地区古岩溶成像测井响应特征及其对岩溶发育的指示作用

塔里木盆地轮古地区奥陶系碳酸盐岩储层受多期构造运动及古岩溶作用的叠加改造,该地区古岩溶作用形成的溶洞、裂缝等次生孔隙是主要的油气储集空间。因此古岩溶发育研究是碳酸盐储层评价极为重要的研究内容。文章在对轮古地区奥陶系碳酸盐岩储层大量成像测井资料处理基础上,主要通过对溶蚀裂缝、溶洞的成像测井响应特征进行分析,总结古岩溶标志的成像测井响应规律。高导缝在成像测井图像上表现为褐黑色正弦曲线,溶蚀缝表现为裂缝图像边缘不平直,未充填溶洞在图像上表现为暗色的团块分布,对于全充填洞,可在成像测井图中见到层理等沉积现象。溶蚀程度的差异可根据成像测井资料上解释的裂缝及溶洞中角砾的多寡来度量。轮古西井区,其大溶洞中角砾已溶蚀掉,部分溶洞充填泥砂,表明溶蚀程度很高;轮古中部各井溶洞中的角砾还比较大,单产状裂缝溶洞的规模比轮古西井区小,溶洞溶蚀程度较弱;轮古东井区未见单产状小溶洞,仅见大溶洞的雏形或只有交叉缝和溶蚀裂缝。对区域大量成像测井识别的洞穴数据统计结果表明轮古地区奥陶系洞穴型岩溶储层的分布主要受表层岩溶作用控制。      

武汉地区浅层岩溶发育特征与岩溶塌陷灾害防治

运用综合分析和数学统计的方法,较为深入地研究了武汉地区浅层岩溶的发育特征。武汉地区存在6个走向 NWW-SEE、各自相对独立的碳酸盐岩条带。根据上覆盖层工程地质性能的差异,划分出5种岩溶地质结构类型。武汉地区浅层岩溶主要类型有溶隙、落水洞及小型溶洞等,钻孔遇洞率46.0%-50.1%,线岩溶率5.93%-6.00%。浅层岩溶带中,1/3的溶洞洞高小于0.6 m,50%小于1.0 m,90%小于3.0 m。1/3的溶洞顶板在基岩面以下2.5 m 以内,50%在4.5 m 以内,90%在12.5 m 以内。溶洞充填物主要是黏土,含有灰岩碎块石。全充填溶洞占70.8%,未充填溶洞约占1/5,半充填溶洞不到8%。全充填溶洞顶板在基岩面以下平均埋深5.13 m,半充填5.71 m,无充填7.69 m,且具有全充填和半充填溶洞埋深较小、无充填溶洞埋深较大的特点,反映出溶洞充填方式是自上而下充填,充填物主要来源于上部覆盖层。武汉地区浅层岩溶为上部“垂直渗流岩溶带”地下水垂直渗流作用下的产物。根据岩溶发育程度的差异,基岩面以下浅部碳酸盐岩在垂直方向上可分为上部强岩溶和下部弱岩溶两个带;岩溶塌陷灾害平面上可划分出高、中、低3个危险性区,各区防治原则不同。高危险区是岩溶塌陷灾害防治的重点,防治的基本原则是阻止上覆粉细砂的流失;中等危险区的防治原则是保护中部老黏土层或红层的完整性;低危险区应注意远城区土洞存在的可能性。各危险区治理应以岩溶地质结构为基础,在防治原则指导下制定相应的防治措施。此外,工程建设中应合理选择和利用弱岩溶带。     

塔里木盆地塔河油田岩溶峡谷区海西早期洞穴系统发育模式*

塔河油田岩溶峡谷区发育大型岩溶洞穴型储集层,勘探效果较好。基于三维地震资料、钻井资料,并结合地震属性提取技术,对地下岩溶洞穴系统、古地貌、古水文系统进行精细刻画,探讨洞穴形成机理,进而总结洞穴发育模式。研究结果表明: (1)峡谷上游段地表水垂向侵蚀作用强烈,峡谷失去了排水功能演变为干谷,下游段水动力条件减弱。(2)峡谷区岩溶洞穴类型划分为暗河洞穴、峡谷—断裂双控型洞穴。暗河洞穴主要发育在峡谷上游段,与峡谷呈“映射”关系。峡谷—断裂双控洞穴发育于峡谷两侧,垂向上具有多层性特征。(3)综上探讨峡谷区岩溶洞穴形成机理,认为较充足的水源补给条件以及水流强烈的垂向侵蚀溶蚀作用控制了暗河洞穴发育,多期次排泄基面下降以及断裂系统共同控制峡谷—断裂双控洞穴的发育。结合现代恩施地区洞穴系统特征,提出了峡谷地区洞穴发育模式,为下一步洞穴储集层预测和勘探实践提供理论借鉴。     

重庆丰都雪玉洞群洞穴现代监测与古环境研究回顾和展望

重庆丰都雪玉洞群包括羊子洞、雪玉洞和水鸣洞,西南大学的研究团队从2008年开始对雪玉洞群开展了系统的现代过程监测,以了解洞穴系统气候和环境信息的传输、转化和记录过程。通过对雪玉洞洞穴内外的大气、植被、土壤、基岩、滴水和洞穴沉积物等的动态监测,研究了碳酸盐沉积过程的水化学指标变化,揭示了现代洞穴滴水的影响因素和变化过程,以及碳酸盐沉积物对现代气候环境变化的响应,也为古气候的定量化研究提供了基础支撑。现代过程监测记录表明:雪玉洞CO₂主要来源于上覆土壤,其季节变化受降水的影响较大;在短时间尺度上受到游客旅游活动的影响明显,但幅度远远小于自然过程引起的变化。雪玉洞内次生沉积物的沉积速率具有明显的旱季、雨季特征,不同滴水点下方沉积物的沉积速率变化较大。雪玉洞群三个洞穴的石笋古环境记录研究表明,本区石笋的230Th/232Th比值较适合高精度铀系测年;部分石笋沉积速率较快,平均沉积速率达到0.25 mm·a?1,可以开展高分辨率的气候和环境变化研究。羊子洞YZ1石笋的年龄范围在116~3 ka B.P.之间（平均测年精度2σ,269年）,覆盖了整个末次冰期,δ18O和δ13C的变化曲线和东亚季风区的其他记录具有明显的一致性。同位素测试的时间分辨率平均为88年,成功记录了一些百年－千年尺度的气候突变事件,如Heinrich事件、7.2 ka事件、小冰期等。在精确年代学的基础上,雪玉洞群石笋具有重建高分辨率气候环境变化的潜力。      

塔河油田奥陶系岩溶塌陷体结构识别及成因分析

塔河油田奥陶系碳酸盐岩古溶洞塌陷是一种特殊的岩溶型储集体,塌陷作用导致早期洞穴的坍塌、围岩多类型的角砾岩化以及孔隙结构在一定范围上的改造等。通过钻井、岩心、常规测井、FMI 成像测井等技术手段来识别和再现了塌陷体裂纹角砾岩、镶嵌角砾岩、混杂角砾岩和溶洞及其沉积充填物等独特的响应特征。展示了岩溶塌陷体及其上覆地层地震同相轴“下凹”和伴随“串珠”状—杂乱反射的地震结构特征。依据塌陷几何结构的生长指数(EI)、垂向海拔变化(ΔZ)以及宽度(W)等参数定量评价,指出塌陷形成具有多期次性,在下巴楚泥岩段达到峰值。通过实例剖面分析,将塌陷体分为3种类型:(1)早期(表生岩溶期)溶蚀塌陷,常发育多层洞穴垮塌,塌陷带内角砾岩发育,构成了灰岩和混杂角砾与泥质支撑的混杂角砾复杂岩性组合,储集体上下整体连通,具有一定的储集性能;(2)中期(早石炭世)负载塌陷,属于埋藏后塌陷,储集体由缝隙、裂纹角砾岩、镶嵌杂乱角砾岩、富碎屑基质支撑的杂乱角砾岩和洞穴沉积的石英砂岩组成,存在未充填的残余洞穴储集空间;(3)晚期(海西晚期)断控塌陷,海西晚期构造导致的埋藏后的古溶洞塌陷,形成新的“缝隙、镶嵌角砾岩、杂乱角砾和原始溶洞”的塌陷结构,储集性能较好。原始洞穴层、塌陷时间和主控因素三者的相互组合导致了古洞穴塌陷的复杂储集体结构。分析认为负载塌陷和断控塌陷发育有效的储集空间,可作为油气开发有利的潜力目标区。     

神农宫和祥龙洞洞温季节变化特征及其对石笋氧同位素组成的可能影响

通过对江西万年县神农宫和陕西宁强县祥龙洞两个洞穴内、外温度连续19个月的同步监测以了解不同时间尺度下洞穴温度变化特征。结果显示神农宫及祥龙洞洞内温度存在明显的季节性变化:（1）神农宫夏秋季洞内温度在小时-日尺度上受到降水事件的影响显著,洞内夏秋季温度波动明显高于冬春季。祥龙洞监测点所处支洞环境相对封闭,温度波动在冬春季大于夏秋季,且全年洞温变幅小于神农宫。（2）旬—季节尺度的洞温数据显示,一个完整水文年内,神农宫两个监测点SN1、SN2的温度变幅分别达到4.8 ℃和4.6 ℃,祥龙洞达到3.2 ℃。（3）两个洞穴洞内温度响应洞外气温的变化都存在滞后性,且冬春季滞后大于夏秋季,可能受深部围岩温度相对偏高、空气和围岩热导率的季节变化以及降水季节差异的影响。最后,针对洞温存在较大季节变化的洞穴讨论了不同沉积模式下洞穴温度变化对石笋氧同位素组成18O的可能影响。认为此类洞穴某一时期石笋δ18O出现较大幅度偏正或偏负不一定反映了外界气候的大幅变化,也可能仅仅是由于洞穴沉积条件发生改变而造成的。      

Steppe lion remains imported by Ice Age spotted hyenas into the Late Pleistocene Perick Caves hyena den in northern Germany

Upper Pleistocene remains of the Ice Age steppe lion Panthera leo spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) have been found in the Perick Caves, Sauerland Karst, NW Germany. Bones from many hyenas and their imported prey dating from the Lower to Middle Weichselian have also been recovered from the Perick Cave hyena den. These are commonly cracked or exhibit deep chew marks. The absence of lion cub bones, in contrast to hyena and cave bear cub remains in the Perick Caves, and other caves of northern Germany, excludes the possibility that P. leo spelaea used the cave for raising cubs. Only in the Wilhelms Cave was a single skeleton of a cub found in a hyena den. Evidence of the chewing, nibbling and cracking of lion bones and crania must have resulted from the importation and destruction of lion carcasses (4% of the prey fauna). Similar evidence was preserved at other hyena den caves and open air sites in Germany. The bone material from the Perick and other Central European caves points to antagonistic hyena and lion conflicts, similar to clashes of their modern African relatives.     

桂林市芦笛岩、大岩洞穴空气负离子浓度分布研究

对桂林市芦笛岩和大岩进行洞穴空气负离子浓度分布研究结果表明: ( 1)除疗养地、瀑布等个别区域外,洞内空气负离子浓度普遍较洞外的高,可高出几倍至十几倍; ( 2)近洞口段洞道空气负离子浓度由外向里可增加1. 6至5. 6倍,达到某点后趋于平稳; ( 3) 人类活动对洞中空气负离子浓度影响显著; ( 4)洞穴空气中的负离子浓度与湿度呈正相关; ( 5)在所测的八个月里,即2003年9月至2004年4月,洞穴空气负离子浓度在12月和1月较低。