气候变暖背景下青藏高原多年冻土层中地下冰作为水"源"的可能性探讨

多年冻土中含有大量地下冰,全球气候变暖势必导致多年冻土退化,地下冰融化,部分水分被释放并参与到区域水循环之中,改变了区域水文状况.冻土退化-释水的过程在监测上面临较大困难,无法提供直接让据,但其长期累计的效果在宏观水文过程中表现显著.为此,利用近年来青藏高原部分湖泊水位变化监测以及地区水文情势变化研究成果,探讨了在气候变暖背景下,多年冻土层中的地下侣冰作为一种潜在水"源"的可能性.结果表明:多年冻土退化较强烈地区,补给源头在多年冻土区的封闭湖泊水位上涨、地下水位上升,排除其它补给量增加的可能性后,多年冻土地下冰很可能是补给水量增加的原因之一.     

基于地貌分类对祁连山大通河源区多年冻土地下冰储量估算

多年冻土地下冰作为一种特殊的存在形式, 对高原生态、 冻土环境以及冻土工程建设等都有深刻影响, 但是目前对于青藏高原地下冰储量的研究很少。以祁连山中东部大通河源区为例, 基于源区地貌分类、 冻土分布等研究, 利用源区多年冻土钻孔数据和公路地质勘测资料, 在水平和垂直两个方向上估算了多年冻土层地下冰储量。计算表明： 大通河源区多年冻土层2.5~10.0 m深度范围内地下冰总储量为（11.70±7.24） km³, 单位体积含冰量为（0.396±0.245） m³。其中冰缘作用丘陵和冰缘湖沼平原等地貌区含冰量较高, 而冰缘作用台地、 冲积洪积平原则含冰量较低。在垂向上多年冻土上限附近含冰量最高, 并随深度增大而缓慢减小。随着未来气候变暖、 多年冻土退化以及环境变化, 准确把握多年冻土区地下冰储量和分布特点对生态、 水文地质、 地质灾害预估、 冻土工程建设具有深远意义。     

Nature and origin of ground ice,Sandhills Moraine,southwest Banks Island,Western Canadian Arctic

The Sandhills Moraine is a Late Wisconsinan lateral moraine complex on southwest Banks Island. The occurrence of ice-ablation landforms, ground ice slumps, kettle lakes and catastrophic lake drainage in winter suggests the presence of substantial bodies of massive ground ice. The distinctive hummocky topography of the Sandhills Moraine is thought to reflect partial melt-out of this ice. Stratigraphic observations indicate that the ice is overlain irregularly and unconformably by glacigenic sediments, notably pebbly clay (till) and/or sandy gravels (outwash), while the ice itself possesses numerous and variable mineral inclusions, faults and foliations. Petrofabric analyses indicate a strongly preferred orientation to the ice crystals. It is suggested that these characteristics are best explained if the ground ice is interpreted as relict glacier ice.     

黄河封河期冰凌预警地电测试技术研究

黄河流域地形地貌相差悬殊,受西伯利亚和蒙古一带冷空气的影响,冬春季干、支流有不同程度的冰情出现.由于黄河凌情来势迅猛,水位急剧壅高,易决口成灾,开展冰凌预警研究是十分必要的.黄河封河期冰盖下流凌量及冰塞体的生长状况是黄河冰凌预警的关键要素,采用地电测试技术,对冰水两相流进行视电阻率测量,绘制电测深曲线,数字化模拟冰凌参数,评估冰塞体的生长及冰块堆积状况,为防凌减灾提供预警服务.测试结果表明,平稳流凌时,测深曲线经子波分解后阈值为10Ω·m左右,当出现局部冰塞时阈值达到100Ω·m左右,数值易于区分,基于电测深曲线的差异性进行冰凌预警的方法是可行的,可为防凌减灾提供预警服务.     

Nature and origin of a Pleistocene-age massive ground-ice body exposed in the Chapman Lake moraine complex, central Yukon Territory, Canada

A massive ground-ice body was found exposed in the headwall of a thaw flow developed within the Chapman Lake terminal moraine complex on the Blackstone Plateau (Ogilvie Mountains, central Yukon Territory), which is contemporaneous to the Reid glaciation. Based on visible cryostructures in the 4-m-high headwall, two units were identified: massive ground ice, overlain sharply by 2 m of icy diamicton. The nature and origin of the Chapman Lake massive ground ice was determined using cryostratigraphy, petrography, stable O-H isotopes and the molar concentration of occluded gases (CO₂, O₂, N₂ and Ar) entrapped in the ice, a new technique in the field of periglacial geomorphology that allows to distinguish between glacial and non-glacial intrasedimental ice. Collectively, the results indicate that the Chapman Lake massive ground ice formed by firn densification with limited melting-refreezing and underwent deformation near its margin. Given that the massive ground-ice body consists of relict glacier ice, it suggests that permafrost persisted, at least locally, on plateau areas in the central Yukon Territory since the middle Pleistocene. In addition, the d value of Chapman Lake relict glacier ice suggests that the ice covering the area during the Reid glaciation originated from a local alpine glaciation in the Ogilvie Mountains.     

共和-玉树高速公路多格茸段冻胀丘与公路路基的相互影响

冻胀丘是土层中水分向冻结锋面大量迁移集聚,并且冻结膨胀使地面隆起呈丘状的一类冰缘地貌。冻胀丘的本质特征是存在纯冰核或高含冰地层,冻胀丘地表的隆起高度即代表了地下冰层的累计厚度,在工程建设中一般采用避让措施。在我国冻土区公路建设中,过去尚未遇到道路穿越冻胀丘的先例,正在建设中的青海省共和-玉树高速公路（简称共玉高速）在玛多县多格茸盆地横跨几个冻胀丘,对公路建成以后安全运营造成潜在威胁。以共玉高速建设里程K430+070处道路所跨的冻胀丘为例,基于地温监测数据和冻胀丘钻探资料,探讨公路建设对冻胀丘下覆冰层的影响及由此带来的路基稳定性问题。监测发现目前路基下多年冻土上限已经下降至冻胀丘高含冰地层位置,由于沥青路面的强吸热性,未来冻胀丘路段将发生持续沉降。如果多年冻土完全融化,该段路基有可能发展成热融湖塘。     

Burial and preservation of a 30,000 year old perennial snowbank in Red Creek valley,Ogilvie Mountains,central Yukon,Canada

This study describes the origin and age of a body of massive ground ice exposed in the headwall of a thaw slump in the Red Creek valley, central Yukon, Canada. The site is located beyond the limits of Pleistocene glaciation in central Yukon and within the southern limit of the modern continuous permafrost zone. The origin of the massive ground ice, which is preserved under a fine-grained diamicton containing thin layers of tephra, was determined through ice petrography, stable O-H isotope composition of the ice, and gas composition of occluded air entrapped in the ice. The age of the massive ground ice was established by identifying the overlying tephra and radiocarbon dating of a “muck” deposit preserved within the ice. Collectively, the results indicate that the massive ground ice formed by snow densification with limited melting-refreezing and is interpreted as being a buried perennial snowbank. The muck deposit within the ice, which yielded an age of 30,720 ± 340 ¹⁴C a BP, and the Dawson tephra (25,300 ¹⁴C a BP) overlying the perennial snowbank, indicates that the snowbank accumulated at roughly the transition between marine isotope stages 3 and 2. Dry climatic conditions at this time and possibly high winds enabled the snowbank to accumulate in the absence of extensive local valley glaciation as occurred in the mountains to the south. In addition to documenting the persistence of relict permafrost and ground ice to warming climate in regions where they are predicted to disappear by numerical models, this study presents evidence of an isotopic biosignature preserved in a body of massive ground ice.     

青藏高原多年冻土热融灾害发展预测

青藏高原多年冻土区是世界上中低纬度多年冻土面积最大的区域,气候变化引起青藏高原多年冻土区年平均地温上升、地下冰融化、多年冻土退化等问题。借助ARCGIS技术手段,通过地下冰计算模型和Stefan公式计算研究区不同气候变化情景模式下的地下冰体积含冰量和活动层厚度变化。结果表明:在未来几十年内多年冻土的分布范围将不会发生显著变化,多年冻土的主要退化形式为地下冰的消融、低温冻土向高温冻土转化;但本世纪末多年冻土将发生大范围的退化。这一过程将引起热融滑塌、热融沉陷等冻土热融灾害。将Nelson热融灾害风险性评价模式进行修正,对研究区灾害风险性进行评估区划。最大的危险区主要分布在西昆仑山南麓、青南山原中部、冈底斯山和念青唐古拉山南麓、喜马拉雅山南麓部分区域,在未来几十年内有加剧的趋势。     

青藏铁路路基下融化夹层特征及其对路基沉降变形的影响

基于青藏铁路多年冻土区路基地温与变形现场监测资料, 研究了青藏铁路路基下融化夹层特征及其对路基沉降变形的影响. 结果表明:在已有监测场地中, 青藏铁路沿线天然场地融化夹层发育较少, 而路基下融化夹层发育较多. 低温冻土区路基下融化夹层能够逐渐完全回冻使其消失, 高温冻土区大部分路基下融化夹层有进一步发展的趋势. 当融化夹层下部为高含冰量冻土时, 融化夹层与路基沉降变形关系密切, 路基易产生较大的沉降变形; 当融化夹层下部为低含冰量冻土时, 路基沉降变形较小.     

东北多年冻土地区地基承载力对气候变化敏感性分析

近年来,中国东北多年冻土地区正处于显著的增温过程中。由此导致多年冻土逐渐退化,并严重影响到构筑物的稳定性。以0.05 ℃的年平均气温上升率为背景,采用带有相变的传热学有限元方法,对中国东北多年冻土地区不同初始气温条件和不同含冰量类型冻土的地基温度状况以及季节活动层厚度变化进行了模拟;利用温度场有限元数值试验结果和已有承载力试验数据分析了不同类型冻土地基的力学性质对气温变化敏感性,评估了气温变化对各类冻土地基承载力的影响。气候变化对多年冻土地区构筑物稳定性影响程度取决于两个环节：其一,冻土地基温度状况对气候变化的响应;其二,冻土地基力学性质对地基温度变化的敏感性。研究结果表明,冻土地基含冰量和温度状态对其承载力随气温变化的敏感性具有显著的影响。含土冰层地基承载力对气温变化最为敏感,气温变化对高温冻土地区浅层地基承载力以及桩-土冻结强度影响较大;而深基础桩端冻土地基承载力受气候变化影响相对较小。     

Molar gas ratios of air entrapped in ice: A new tool to determine the origin of relict massive ground ice bodies in permafrost

The molar ratios of atmospheric gases change during dissolution in water due to differences in their relative solubilities. We exploited this characteristic to develop a tool to clarify the origin of ice formations in permafrost regions. Extracted from ice, molar gas ratios can distinguish buried glacier ice from intrasedimental ground ice formed by freezing groundwaters. An extraction line was built to isolate gases from ice by melting and trapping with liquid He, followed by analysis of N₂, O_2,, Ar, ¹⁸O_O2 and ¹⁵N_N2, by continuous flow mass spectrometry. The method was tested using glacier ice, aufeis ice (river icing) and intrasedimental ground ice from sites in the Canadian Arctic. O₂/Ar and N₂/Ar ratios clearly distinguish between atmospheric gas in glacial ice and gases from intrasedimental ground ice, which are exsolved from freezing water. δ¹⁵N_N2 and δ¹⁸O_O2 in glacier ice, aufeis ice and intrasedimental ground ice do not show clear distinguishing trends as they are affected by various physical processes during formation such as gravitational settling, excess air addition, mixing with snow pack, and respiration.     

大兴安岭北部多年冻土地区路基沉陷研究

通过对该区４个路段１２个断面为期３ａ的路基沉陷观测并结合线路普查和分析表明,多年冻土路基稳定性与地基的水、热状况密切相关,受自然环境和人为因素的制约。合理布线、保护植被、改善排水、合理确定路基高度以及设置护坡、基底反铺塔头、采用土工聚合材料和无基管涵结构等,是保持该地区路基稳定的有效措施。     

青藏高原多年冻土层中地下冰储量估算及评价

过去几十年来,沿青藏公路/铁路多年冻土区已经完成了数千个钻孔的钻探工作.经过仔细筛选,对其中的697个钻孔剖面的地下冰分布状况和其中9261个重量含水量的分布特征进行了分析.在水平方向上,依据地下冰的分布特征,把青藏公路/铁路沿线的多年冻土划分成少冰冻土、多冰冻土、富冰冻土、饱冰冻土和含土冰层5个含冰量类别,并详细统计了各类冻土沿公路所占里程.在垂向上,将每个钻孔划分出3个深度段:即多年冻土上限以下1m范围内、上限下深1～10m段及上限下10m以下段,统计了各深度地下冰储量.青藏公路沿线多年冻土的平均厚度为38.79m,平均含水量为17.19%,据此初步估算出青藏高原多年冻土区地下冰的总储量为9528km3.     

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Antarctic Martian meteorites, carbonaceous chondrites, and polar ice

Recent analyses of the carbonate globules present in the Martian meteorite ALH84001 have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at the ppm level (McKay et al., 1996). The distribution of PAHs observed in ALH84001 was interpreted as being inconsistent with a terrestrial origin and were claimed to be indigenous to the meteorite, perhaps derived from an ancient martian biota. We have examined PAHs in the Antarctic shergottite EETA79001, which is also considered to be from Mars, as well as several Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites. We have found that many of the same PAHs detected in the ALH84001 carbonate globules are present in Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites and in both the matrix and carbonate (druse) component of EETA79001. We also investigated PAHs in polar ice and found that carbonate is an effective scavenger of PAHs in ice meltwater. Moreover, the distribution of PAHs in the carbonate extract of Antarctic Allan Hills ice is remarkably similar to that found in both EETA79001 and ALH84001. The reported presence of L-amino acids of apparent terrestrial origin in the EETA79001 druse material (McDonald and Bada, 1995) suggests that this meteorite is contaminated with terrestrial organics probably derived from Antarctic ice meltwater that had percolated through the meteorite. Our data suggests that the PAHs observed in both ALH84001 and EETA79001 are derived from either the exogenous delivery of organics to Mars or extraterrestrial and terrestrial PAHs present in the ice meltwater or, more likely, from a mixture of these sources. It would appear that PAHs are not useful biomarkers in the search for extinct or extant life on Mars.     

Research Methodology of Martian Aeolian Geomorphology

Martian exploration is the focus and hot topic of deep space exploration, and China implemented the first Martian exploration Program in 2020. Aeolian process is the most extensive and active landform process on the surface of Mars, and has been an important part of Martian research. Sustainable development of Martian aeolian geomorphology research requires the support of theoretical system and research methodology, and research methodology is a key issue when field observations are impossible. We analyzed the research methods of Martian aeolian geomorphology from three aspects: methodology, approach, and application of modern technology. Methodology must focus on the dialectical unity of induction and deduction, reductionism and holism. Research approach includes exploration and numerical simulation, and Mars-like aeolian geomorphology study on Earth is also a common approach. Taking full advantage of remote sensing observations and detection technologies is an important basis for the development of Martian aeolian research. Simulation experiments have been an important part of aeolian geomorphology research. Since the 1980s, the United States, Europe, and Japan have successively built Martian wind tunnels to study various aircrafts in Martian atmosphere. In the absence of field observation, wind tunnel experiment and numerical simulation play an important role in studying the evolution and formation process of aeolian landform and the Martian environment.     

多年冻土区公路病害对冻土地温和含冰类型的敏感性分析

多年冻土的年平均温度和含冰类型作为表征多年冻土特征的两个基本指标,在一定程度上决定了多年冻土区公路工程所要采取的技术措施. 因此,年平均温度和含冰类型是多年冻土公路工程设计和施工中必须考虑的两个因素. 通过对青康公路国道214线沿线冻土工程地质状况调查和公路病害的分析,结合区域内气象水文等资料,研究了公路工程病害对多年冻土年平均温度和含冰类型的敏感性,查清了影响公路病害的主要因素. 研究结果为不同地温分区、不同含冰量多年冻土区公路病害防治技术措施的选择提供了科学依据,将减少或延缓多年冻土区公路病害的发生,提高工程质量,节省养护成本,保障安全运营,促进冻土区经济社会的发展.     

念青唐古拉山扎当冰川冰储量估算及冰下地形特征分析

冰川体积估算对水资源以及冰川变化研究具有重要的意义. 但是实测的冰川厚度数据十分稀少,限制了冰川体积的估算. 2011年5月对念青唐古拉山北坡扎当冰川进行了雷达测厚工作,获取了该冰川的厚度分布状况. 基于该冰川的厚度数据,测量点的GPS数据,1970年的地形图和2010年Landsat TM影像,在ArcGIS技术的支持下,采用简单Kriging插值方法对冰川非测厚区域的厚度进行了插值计算,绘制出了冰川厚度等值线图并估算了冰川的冰储量. 结果表明：冰川最大厚度出现于海拔约5 748 m靠近主流线的位置,最大冰厚度为108 m,冰川平均厚度为38.1 m,2010年冰川面积为1.73 km²,扎当冰川的冰储量为0.066 km³. 将扎当冰川表面DEM与冰川厚度分布图相结合,绘制出了该冰川的冰床地形图. 结果显示,在冰川厚度大的区域,冰床地形呈现近V字形分布,这与其相对平缓的冰面地形形成明显对比;同时,在冰表地形较陡区域,冰川厚度不大,冰床地形呈现U形分布.     

火星轨道器次表层探测雷达的水冰探测

在地球上,水是生命存在的基础之一.大量证据表明火星表面曾经存在液态水,而目前的火星表面环境不支持液态水的长期存在.因此,水可能以不同的状态赋存于火星的次表层.寻找火星次表层的水一直是火星探测的关键科学目标之一.次表层探测雷达,如探地雷达、探冰雷达,是了解地下物质结构的有效方法,近年来在地外天体上得到大量应用.在过去十余年,欧洲的火星快车(Mars Express)上搭载的火星次表层和电离层探测先进雷达(Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding,MARSIS)和美国火星勘测轨道飞行器(Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,MRO)上搭载的浅表层雷达(Shallow Subsurface Radar,SHARAD)已在火星轨道上获取了大量数据,被广泛应用于研究火星的地下结构,尤其是地下水冰探测.我国的天问一号火星探测器也携带了高低频轨道探测雷达和高低频火星车探地雷达,有望在不同的顺轨向、交轨向和距离向分辨率上揭示火星次表层不同深部的结构.本文综述了轨道器次表层探测雷达的探测原理和优势,简要介绍了雷达数据的处理和解译方法,重点总结了 MARSIS和SHARAD近年来对火星水冰探测的最新进展,最后对天问一号环绕器雷达及其水冰探测作简要展望.