新疆巴里坤湖全新世环境记录及区域对比研究

选择位于西风环流显著影响区的巴里坤湖作为研究对象,采用¹⁴C测年建立了巴里坤湖沉积剖面约9400cal.aB.P.以来的时间序列。对该湖泊剖面沉积物的矿物X射线衍射、自生碳酸盐稳定同位素、碳酸盐含量和粒度指标的综合分析表明,9400cal.aB.P.以来,巴里坤湖地区的气候环境变化大致经历了冷干（9400～7400cal.aB.P.）-暖湿（7400～5900cal.aB.P.）-暖干（5900～3100cal.aB.P.）-凉湿（3100～1100cal.aB.P.）-冷干（1100～500cal.aB.P.）-暖干（500cal.aB.P.以来）的气候变化过程,该过程基本上同周边区域的气候环境变化记录相一致。在3800cal.aB.P.左右,北疆地区的几个典型湖泊沉积记录序列都指示该时期气候环境发生了较为明显的转折,可能暗示了这一时期亚洲中部干旱区（至少在北疆地区）大气环流状况发生了重大调整。     

内蒙古巴彦查干湖白云石的成因及其环境意义

对内蒙古南部巴彦查干湖12400cal.aB.P.以来的沉积物进行了X-衍射、扫描电镜、碳酸盐含量和自生碳酸盐氧同位素组成的研究.结果显示,沉积物中碳酸盐含量较高,6000cal. aB.P.以前为方解石,之后白云石开始出现,4800cal.aB.P.以来代替方解石成为主要的碳酸盐矿物.方解石的形态为细长的结晶棱柱体和薄片状,白云石颗粒的形态均为小球粒状,这些形态特征表明方解石和白云石是快速沉淀形成的.白云石的形态和大小与澳大利亚Coorong等地区微生物成因的白云石非常相似,表明巴彦查干湖白云石的形成可能与微生物活动有关.白云石在6000cal.aB.P.的出现是湖水咸化的直接证据,表明气候变干,这一结果与碳酸盐氧同位素和孢粉记录一致.     

全新世安固里淖易溶盐沉积及其环境意义

内陆湖泊沉积物的易溶盐含量与湖水化学组成密切相关，因此通过测试沉积物钻心的易溶盐含量可以重建古湖水化学演化过程。在安固里淖湖心区钻取沉积剖面，以1cm为间隔分样，测试剖面八大离子的含量（即K+、Na+、Ca₂+、Mg2+、CO₃₂-、HCO₃-、Cl-和SO₄₂-）和其他有关的地球化学特征，并且对各项离子含量进行相关分析，得到剖面易溶盐组成变化曲线和和易溶盐指标变化曲线。根据易溶盐曲线变化情况，结合钻心纹层纪年得到的的纹层年代，将安固里淖8507aB.P.以来的湖水化学演化过程分为以下几个阶段：8507~7600aB.P.，湖水化学类型为Na+-Cl- 型，盐度较高；7600~4724aB.P.，湖水化学类型为Na+-Cl--SO₄₂- 型，盐度最高；4724~3057aB.P., 湖水化学类型为Na+-Cl- 型，3057~574a B.P湖水化学类型为Na+-CO₃₂--HCO₃-，盐度较低；574aB.P.以来湖水化学类型为Na+-Cl- 型，盐度较低但是呈现快速增加趋势。同钻心的粒度分析结果相比较，易溶盐变化曲线的转折早于粒度变化曲线，反映易溶盐沉积对气候变化的反应比粒度特征更敏感，是一个较好的反映气候变化的替代性指标，有待于推广应用。     

抚仙湖全新世自生碳酸盐及其区域气候和湖泊水位指示意义

抚仙湖是我国面积、蓄水量最大的高原湖泊之一。通过对抚仙湖FXH-B2钻孔岩芯296 cm沉积物的矿物组成和碳酸盐含量分析,结合岩芯XRF扫描数据和AMS^14C年代的测定,探讨了抚仙湖湖泊沉积物中碳酸盐含量与方解石矿物及沉积物Ca元素相对含量之间的关系及其环境指示意义,在对比和参考水下地形测量、地球物理勘探、水质和地球化学监测和不同部位钻孔岩芯的分析结果的基础上,重建了抚仙湖全新世以来气候和湖泊水位的变化。结果指示,抚仙湖碳酸盐含量与方解石的XRD信号强度、沉积物Ca元素的XRF扫描数据之间存在很高的相关性,沉积物中碳酸盐类物质主要为方解石(其他碳酸盐类矿物相对含量极微甚至可以忽略不计),沉积物中Ca元素主要来自碳酸盐,因此其含量由碳酸盐、即方解石矿物含量决定。沉积物中碳酸盐含量的变化可以用沉积物中Ca元素XRF扫描结果进行表示。由于抚仙湖处于亚热带季风气候区,以10月至次年4月降水量极少而蒸发强烈为特点的干季和以5月至9月降水为主的湿季所形成的干湿变化控制了湖泊演化的主要过程,区域气候变化是湖泊演化和水位变化的主要动力。结合湖泊沉积碳酸盐稳定同位素δ^18O和δ^13C、有机质含量及其同位素δ^13C、抚仙湖北部边缘水下侵蚀地形测量、地球物理勘探和沉积地层年代的确定和讨论,明确了抚仙湖沉积碳酸盐含量指示湖泊水位的变化,并重建了抚仙湖过去约12 ka以来水位变化的历史。结果显示,在约12 cal.ka B.P.至2.2 cal.ka B.P.期间的湖泊水位变化主要经历了波动式降低的过程,其中4.37~2.2 cal.ka B.P.期间高CaCO3含量、偏正的碳酸盐δ^18O、δ^13C值指示抚仙湖一度出现低于现代湖面约30 m左右的低水位,可能记录了抚仙湖流域极端的干旱时期,在2.2~2.0 cal.ka B.P.期间抚仙湖水位经历了快速升高的变化事件,期间湖水位快速上升达到现代湖水水位,揭示了印度季风控制区区域降水的特殊性和气候变化的突发性。     

吐哈盆地胜北洼陷七克台组浅水湖相细粒沉只岩岩目特征、成因模式及页岩油意义

本文通过岩芯观察、常规薄片、全岩X射线衍射分析和扫描电镜等技术手段,结合无机地球化学沉积环境指标,对胜北洼陷七克台组二段(J2q2)浅水湖相细粒岩的岩相特征和沉积环境等进行研究,建立浅水湖相细粒岩沉积成因模式,并分析了其页岩油/致密油储层意义.研究结果表明:研究区细粒沉积岩具有复杂的矿物成分和沉积组构,有机质含量变化较大.综合矿物组分、沉积构造、有机质特征等因素,将七克台组二段细粒岩划分了11种岩相类型,主要为多组分混杂岩相,每一类岩相具有多种沉积构造,包括块状、含颗粒非纹层状和纹层状等类型.其中以含有机质块状长英质细粒混积/沉积岩相、含有机质块状碳酸盐细粒混积/沉积岩相和含有机质块状黏土质细粒混积岩相为主,少量的富有机质纹层状碳酸盐细粒混积/沉积岩相和含颗粒非纹层状碳酸盐细粒混积/沉积岩相.在古气候偏干旱、古盐度高、水体相对较深、陆源碎屑供给弱的条件下,湖盆水体主要发生化学和生物化学作用,碳酸盐细粒沉积岩/混积岩相较发育.不同沉积环境的岩相在垂向上频繁叠置,交互出现,可总结为4种岩相组合类型,分别形成于浅水碳酸盐颗粒滩-湖湾相组合、湖湾-灰泥坪相组合、灰泥坪-砂泥坪相组合和混积滩坝-浅湖泥相组合.在细粒岩的岩相类型、特征、沉积环境及垂向演化序列研究的基础上,最终建立了七克台组二段浅水湖相细粒岩沉积模式.该套细粒岩具有中等偏高的生烃潜力,碳酸盐含量高的细粒岩发育碳酸盐晶间孔隙和微裂缝,且脆性矿物含量高而易于后期压裂改造,具备形成页岩油/致密油的有利条件,具有重要的勘探意义.     

西藏纳木错沉积物单水方解石出现前后的环境变化

2005年在西藏纳木错水下60m处钻取一支332cm的湖芯,沉积物皆为灰黑-黑色碳酸盐粘土。对湖芯1cm间隔取样并进行X射线、扫描电镜、Sr/Ca和碳酸盐含量的分析。研究发现,纳木错湖底0～258cm沉积物中出现了单水方解石,扫描电镜下该矿物晶形完好,这是个亚稳定矿物,具有重要环境意义。利用碳酸盐含量（24.12%～54.52%）、Sr/Ca比值（<0.006）、方解石中Mg含量（MgCO₃mol%<3.325%）、石膏、粘土矿物（伊利石和镁绿泥石）、单水方解石成因和沉积速率讨论了单水方解石形成前后湖泊环境的变化。2.1cal.kaB.P.单水方解石开始出现,此时纳木错湖水性质推断为pH>8.6,mol Mg/Ca>6.5,Ca²⁺和SO^2-₄离子浓度足以沉淀少量石膏,演化至现代,表层湖水性质为pH=9.4,mol Mg/Ca=10.03～15.03,SO^2-₄浓度较高,Ca²⁺含量低,不足以沉淀石膏。单水方解石出现之前的3.0～2.1cal.kaB.P.时期,沉积速率低（0.134mm/a）,蒸发作用强度不稳定,湖水温度低,矿化度呈上升趋势。该矿物出现后的2.1～1.7cal.kaB.P.时期,沉积速率快（1.639mm/a）,矿化度稳定,气温低,1.8cal.kaB.P.温度达到最低值,为气候冷事件的表现。较快的沉积速率（>1.168mm/a）是纳木错单水方解石形成的重要原因之一,碳酸盐沉积加快和入湖碎屑物质增加是沉积速率加快的主要原因。     

昆仑山北坡近5000年以来黄土堆积的环境信息*

根据昆仑山北坡克里雅河上游海拔2750m的一处台地的风尘沉积剖面KMA,利用沉积物粒度、总有机质含量(TOM)、碳酸盐含量和部分孢粉记录重建了当地近5000年的环境变化历史。研究认为,研究剖面所在地区在4300cal.aB.P.前和3000~2600cal.aB.P.之间相对湿润,其余时段均表现为干旱状态; 塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘风沙活动在3400cal.aB.P. , 3000~2600cal.aB.P. ,1800cal.aB.P. , 1200cal.aB.P. , 900~650cal.aB.P.表现活跃,沙漠向南扩张,表明在KMA剖面古环境记录中塔里木盆地南部沙漠边缘和山地的降水存在着显著分异。红色噪声谱分析还显示,KMA剖面的环境记录存在多种与太阳辐射或者太阳活动相关的显著周期,可能表明研究区环境变化的主要驱动因素与太阳辐射强迫有关。     

南海北部陆坡5万年来沉积磷的积累与环境变化的关系

南海北部陆坡SZ2大型重力活塞柱状沉积物岩心提供了5万年以来的沉积记录。该柱状样沉积磷含量百年尺度的研究结果显示，5000aB.P以前，沉积磷含量随深度呈现平缓的变化趋势，表明在自然环境条件下，陆源磷向海洋的输送量基本是恒定的，不同深度沉积磷含量的波动与地质时期发生的气候事件相对应，反映沉积磷的积累对气候、环境变化影响的记录是敏感的。5000aB.P以来，沉积磷含量呈现陡然的升高趋势，这是由于自然过程和人为因素双重作用的结果。     

近7000年巢湖沉积物环境磁学特征及其指示的亚洲季风变化

利用巢湖ACN钻孔,通过多参数磁性测量、粒度和AMS 14C测年分析,探讨了近7000年以来巢湖沉积物磁性特征变化及其控制因素,并进而探讨了其对亚洲季风变化的指示意义.研究结果表明,ACN钻孔磁性特征由磁铁矿主导,其变化主要受沉积动力环境控制,间接反映了流域降水的变化.总体上粘土含量高的沉积物中磁性矿物含量较低、颗粒较细,形成于高湖泊水位环境,对应了降水量高的时期;而＞32μm组分含量高的沉积物磁性较强、颗粒较粗,形成于低湖泊水位环境,对应了降水量低的时期.巢湖ACN的磁性记录(尤其是χARM/χ和χARM/SIRM两个参数)揭示了近7000年以来巢湖流域降水具有减少的趋势,导致湖泊收缩和沉积物中磁性矿物颗粒变粗.在这一长期变化的基础上,还存在6000aB.P.,5500aB.P.和3800aB.P.附近的显著干旱事件.这一磁性记录与中国东部地区的石笋、湖泊等记录可以很好地对比,是亚洲季风演变的区域响应结果.     

晚第四纪湖泊沉积物盐类与碎屑矿物反相关关系的沉积学解释

湖泊沉积物中矿物组合是古气候环境研究的敏感性指标之一, 充分认识湖泊沉积物中各类矿物组合类型、沉积过程, 对正确解释矿物学指标有重要意义. 我国晚第四纪湖泊沉积记录中, 盐类矿物与碎屑矿物含量普遍存在反相关关系, 影响了矿物组合作为气候指标的解释和应用. 从地球科学的角度正确理解这种关系, 可以为湖泊动力学以及古气候环境定量研究提供重要的科学依据. 选择甘肃民勤盆地石羊河下游终端湖猪野泽不同位置5个全新世剖面, 在明确湖泊沉积物来源、搬运方式和沉积动力机制的基础上, 研究了以碳酸盐矿物为主的盐类矿物含量与粒度指标之间的关系. 结果表明:猪野泽各剖面砂层富含的中砂、细砂沉积物主要是来自于巴丹吉林沙漠和腾格里沙漠的风成砂; 水动力作用主导了湖相沉积层200 μm以下沉积物的沉积, 风力作用对20~70 μm粉砂组分沉积也有所贡献. 同时, 猪野泽湖相沉积层中高含量的碳酸盐主要来自于流水搬运, 湖相沉积层位200 μm以下的粉砂和极细砂是碳酸盐的主要富集区. 综上所述, 干旱区湖泊沉积物中盐类矿物含量与其沉积过程密切相关, 盐类矿物在全球变化研究中的应用要建立在充分研究其沉积动力机制的基础上.     

新疆巴里坤湖十五万年来古水文演化序列

通过巴里坤湖钻孔岩芯沉积相分析、年代学测定、粒度分析、碳酸盐及其稳定同位素测定、孢粉分析等综合研究,建立了巴里坤湖沉积岩芯剖面十五万年来的时间序列、湖水位变化的古水文演化序列,分辨出十五万年来经历的高湖面阶段和低湖面阶段。低湖面阶段对应于冰期阶段,在冰期时,降水主要积累于山地,进入湖泊的水量较少,湖水位降低;高湖面阶段对应于间冰期的到来,山地冰川融化,湖水位迅速上升,但很快达到新的平衡,水位保持稳定。     

利用石膏产状研究汶东盐湖相沉积与烃源岩特征

根据石膏矿物类型和产状以及其它相标志,对汶东凹陷汶ZK16 钻孔的古近系盐湖相地层进行了沉积相分析,并结合有机地球化学分析,对不同沉积相的烃源岩开展了地球化学评价。汶东凹陷石膏矿物组合较好的反映了古盐湖沉积环境、水深、盐度和底水含氧量等的变化,不同的石膏矿物组合对应着不同的沉积相和不同质量的烃源岩,其中干化泥坪相和盐化泥坪相石膏矿物组合以分散胶结状和结核状为主,其烃源岩有机质丰度较低,发育非烃源岩到差烃源岩;干盐湖相石膏矿物组合以肠状石膏和透镜状石膏为主,烃源岩有机质丰度较高,发育好到优质烃源岩;而深水盐湖相石膏矿物以纹层状石膏为主,烃源岩有机质丰度高,总体达到优质烃源岩的标准。据此,建立了盐湖相烃源岩的发育模式。该模式对于中国第三系盐湖烃源岩,特别是高演化程度的盐湖相烃源岩原始烃源岩类型研究具有重要的指导意义。     

沉积相变迁对内陆湖泊沉积易溶盐作为古环境指标的影响--以西宁盆地为例

获取合适的气候变化代用指标,检验其在更长时间尺度内应用的有效性对于利用我国西部内陆湖盆沉积反映新生代以来大陆气候变化具有重要意义。易溶盐含量作为一种反映环境变化的代用指标,在沉积相稳定的内陆湖泊沉积物研究中已获得广泛应用。对于存在沉积相变迁的古湖盆沉积物,其适用性需要进行考虑。本文对西宁盆地谢家剖面的一套年代为始新世到中新世的内陆湖相泥岩/石膏沉积进行研究发现,石膏层和泥岩层分别对应于Ca2+、SO2-₄和Sr2+的高值和低值变化。石膏层广泛分布的剖面下部 Ca2+、SO2-₄和Sr2+含量较高,Na+和Cl-含量较低,而石膏层逐渐消失的剖面上部Ca2+、SO2-₄和Sr2+整体含量降低,Na+和Cl-含量略有升高。沉积相分析表明红色泥岩层和石膏层分别对应于冲积扇远端和干盐湖化学沉积,剖面下部石膏层和红色泥岩层交替到上部以红色泥岩层为主的岩相变化反映了区域范围上的干旱化进程。谢家剖面易溶盐含量强烈受控于上述沉积相变迁所决定的岩性变化,并清晰揭示出发生在约33 Ma的巨大干旱化事件。因此对于存在沉积相变迁的古湖盆沉积物,易溶盐含量分析不但要考虑内陆湖泊浓缩演化过程中溶解度控制的碳酸盐-硫酸盐-卤化物相继发生的沉淀序列,还需考虑易溶盐在不同沉积相中的赋存迁移规律以及研究时段内的溶质补给类型是否存在差异。     

Diagenetic formation of gypsum and dolomite in a cold‐water coral mound in the Porcupine Seabight,off Ireland

Authigenic gypsum was found in a gravity core, retrieved from the top of Mound Perseverance, a giant cold‐water coral mound in the Porcupine Basin, off Ireland. The occurrence of gypsum in such an environment is intriguing, because gypsum, a classic evaporitic mineral, is undersaturated with respect to sea water. Sedimentological, petrographic and isotopic evidence point to diagenetic formation of the gypsum, tied to oxidation of sedimentary sulphide minerals (i.e. pyrite). This oxidation is attributed to a phase of increased bottom currents which caused erosion and enhanced inflow of oxidizing fluids into the mound sediments. The oxidation of pyrite produced acidity, causing carbonate dissolution and subsequently leading to pore‐water oversaturation with respect to gypsum and dolomite. Calculations based on the isotopic compositions of gypsum and pyrite reveal that between 21·6% and 28·6% of the sulphate incorporated into the gypsum derived from pyrite oxidation. The dissolution of carbonate increased the porosity in the affected sediment layer but promoted lithification of the sediments at the sediment‐water interface. Thus, authigenic gypsum can serve as a signature for diagenetic oxidation events in carbonate‐rich sediments. These observations demonstrate that fluid flow, steered by environmental factors, has an important effect on the diagenesis of coral mounds.     

Deep to shallow lacustrine evaporites in the Libros Gypsum (southern Teruel Basin, Miocene, NE Spain): an occurrence of pelletal gypsum rhythmites

ABSTRACT A number of non‐marine evaporite units composed of primary gypsum were deposited in saline lakes that developed in the southern Teruel Basin (NE Spain) during the Miocene. In the basin depocentre, a continuum of lacustrine evaporite lithofacies influenced by the activity of organisms is displayed. The Libros Gypsum was deposited in a deep lake, in which water stratification became unstable with progressive shoaling. Rhythmites, composed of laminae of pelletal gypsum and laminae of very fine lenticular gypsum crystals mixed with siliceous microorganisms, formed in addition to gypsum turbidites, intraformational gypsum breccias and slump structures. The pelletal laminae originated from the faecal activity of animals (crustaceans?) ingesting gypsum crystallites in the lake water during episodes of maximum evaporation, whereas the laminae of very fine lenticular gypsum mixed with microorganisms accumulated during episodes of relative dilution. In the wide marginal zones of the basin, the Libros Gypsum unit consists of massive to thin‐bedded bioturbated gypsum and thin‐bedded clotted gypsum, which formed in intermediate to very shallow (palustrine) water depths. The bioturbated gypsum lithofacies were produced by the action of diverse organisms, presumably worms and coleopterans, and chironomid larvae to a lesser extent; the massive lithofacies precipitated in very shallow water; and the thin‐bedded lithofacies formed in shallow to deeper settings. The thin‐bedded clotted gypsum is a relatively deep facies that may have diverse origins (e.g. bioturbation, compaction, disruption of soft sediments and early diagenesis). There is a well‐developed metre‐scale cyclicity in the marginal lake sequences, which is not observed in the inner lake deposits. This suggests a depth control in the various lacustrine subenvironments to record cyclic evaporitic processes. The isotopic composition of the gypsum indicates early sulphate‐reducing bacterial activity in the bottom of the lake and suggests that the sulphate was derived from the chemical recycling of Triassic evaporites of the country rocks.     

Evaporitic sediments of Early Archaean age from the Warrawoona Group, North Pole, Western Australia

Chemical sediments are common and diverse in the c. 3500 Myr old North Pole chert-barite unit in the Warrawoona Group, Western Australia. Although almost all original minerals were replaced during hydrothermal alteration, metamorphism and deformation, pseudomorphic relics of sedimentary and diagenetic textures and structures show that at least six lithofacies were partly or wholly chemical in origin. These contained five main chemical sedimentary components: primary carbonate mud, diagenetic carbonate crystals, primary sulphate crystals, diagenetic sulphate crystals and diagenetic sulphate nodules. All show a wide range of characteristics consistent only with a marine evaporative origin. Diagenetic carbonate and sulphate crystals, once ferroan dolomite and gypsum, were precipitated within volcanogenic lutites high on littoral mudflats. The other evaporative phases were apparently deposited behind a barrier bar composed of stranded pumice rafts. Primary sulphate crystals, once gypsum and now barite, were precipitated in semi-permanent pools immediately behind the bar. Primary carbonate mud, originally calcitic or aragonitic but now silicified, was deposited in nearby channels and on surrounding mudflats. Within these sediments, diagenetic carbonate crystals (formerly ferroan dolomite) and diagenetic sulphate nodules and crystals (once gypsum) grew during later desiccation. The existence of these evaporites, and more like them in the sediments of other Early Archaean cratons, suggests that shallow marine and terrestrial conditions prevailed over a small but significant portion of the early Earth, contrary to some models of global tectonic evolution. Their overall similarity with more recent evaporitic deposits indicates that there was greater conformity between conditions in modern and primeval sea-shore environments than might be expected, given the great age difference. The attitude implicit in many accounts of Earth's early history, that evaporites were either not deposited or not preserved in Archaean sediments, thus seems to be incorrect.     

东营凹陷沙四下亚段沉积环境特征及沉积充填模式

沉积盆地中沉积环境特征控制了砂体沉积成因类型及盆地沉积充填模式。通过对东营凹陷丰深2井、官112井及梁120井沙四下亚段泥质沉积物系统取样,进行全岩X衍射分析和常量及微量地球化学元素分析,在此基础上对东营凹陷沙四下亚段古气候和古盐度指标进行分析。结果表明,古气候指标Rb/Sr比值与石英+长石含量、Cr元素含量及P元素含量呈正比,含量增加反映了气候相对潮湿,与古盐度指标碳酸盐+硫酸盐含量呈反比,其含量增加反映了气候相对干旱。东营凹陷沙四下亚段沉积时期气候干湿交替频繁,气候潮湿时期相对湖平面上升,湖水盐度降低;气候干旱时期相对湖平面下降,湖水盐度升高,使得此时期湖泊呈现为高频振荡性盐湖特征。气候潮湿时期以沉积碎屑沉积物为主,包括冲积扇、浅水型三角洲、滨湖滩坝及近岸水下扇沉积,由于湖水盐度较低,洼陷带主要沉积泥岩、灰质泥岩、含膏泥岩和少量泥质膏岩;气候干旱时期相对湖平面下降,湖泊水体盐度升高,洼陷带以沉积膏盐岩为特征,垂向上具有含膏泥岩、泥质膏岩、膏岩和盐岩的演化序列,平面上表现为由湖泊边缘向湖泊中心发育灰质泥岩、含膏泥岩、泥质膏岩、膏岩和盐岩的环带状结构特征。     

全新世以来巴里坤湖面积变化及气候环境记录

通过新疆北天山东段巴里坤山北麓巴里坤湖及周缘地区7个剖面的沉积相带划分、OSL测年、粒度分析、磁化率测试,研究了全新世以来巴里坤湖区湖面积变化:14 000 a B.P.末次冰盛期晚期,东天山地区冰川发育,由于水体封存于巴里坤山冰川,导致巴里坤湖萎缩至1#剖面以北。8 000～4 000 a B.P.巴里坤山冰川融化,巴里坤湖扩张进入全新世以来最大湖期,湖泊扩张至1#剖面以南,面积达到600 km2。东天山地区温暖湿润的全新世适宜期为8 000～4 000 a B.P.。其后湖泊逐渐萎缩,4 000～2 000 a B.P.湖泊面积大约470 km2。2 000～1 000 a B.P.面积萎缩至380 km2。在1 500 a B.P.左右湖泊曾经基本干涸,在目前湖心地带出现泥坪沉积。其后巴里坤湖进入小湖期,湖泊面积在100 km2范围波动,时有扩张或干涸。全新世巴里坤湖水位变化主要受北半球夏季太阳辐射变化控制,具体表现在北半球冰盖由扩张转为融化背景下,全新世早期巴里坤山冰川发育和全新世中期的巴里坤湖冰川融水的注入扩张;巴里坤地区受东亚夏季风影响甚弱,西风环流带给的水量补充有限,全新世中晚期巴里坤地区向干旱环境发展。     

现代碱湖对玛湖凹陷风城组沉积环境的启示

为了进一步了解玛湖凹陷下二叠统风城组沉积环境,通过现代碱湖和主要碱矿进行调研,系统梳理了现代碱湖沉积特征,并与风城组沉积特征进行了对比研究,提出了现代碱湖沉积对玛湖凹陷风城组沉积环境具有可对比性。研究结果表明:玛湖凹陷风城组沉积期为一大型碱湖盆地,与世界上典型碱湖特征基本相近,自生矿物、沉积组合与演化过程大致相同,为形成于半干旱气候环境的闭流盆地,含碱层段一般为浅水环境成因,是碳酸盐型湖水蒸发浓缩的产物,与碱层互层的暗色细粒岩石不全为深水沉积产物。     

Late Quaternary deposition and facies model for karstic Lake Estanya (North-eastern Spain)

Lake Estanya is a small (19 ha), freshwater to brackish, monomictic lake formed by the coalescence of two karstic sinkholes with maximum water depths of 12 and 20 m, located in the Pre‐Pyrenean Ranges (North‐eastern Spain). The lake is hydrologically closed and the water balance is controlled mostly by groundwater input and evaporation. Three main modern depositional sub‐environments can be recognized as: (i) a carbonate‐producing ‘littoral platform’; (ii) a steep ‘talus’ dominated by reworking of littoral sediments and mass‐wasting processes; and (iii) an ‘offshore, distal area’, seasonally affected by anoxia with fine‐grained, clastic sediment deposition. A seismic survey identified up to 15 m thick sedimentary infill comprising: (i) a ‘basal unit’, seismically transparent and restricted to the depocentres of both sub‐basins; (ii) an ‘intermediate unit’ characterized by continuous high‐amplitude reflections; and (iii) an ‘upper unit’ with strong parallel reflectors. Several mass‐wasting deposits occur in both sub‐basins. Five sediment cores were analysed using sedimentological, microscopic, geochemical and physical techniques. The chronological model for the sediment sequence is based on 17 accelerator mass spectrometry ¹⁴C dates. Five depositional environments were characterized by their respective sedimentary facies associations. The depositional history of Lake Estanya during the last ca 21 kyr comprises five stages: (i) a brackish, shallow, calcite‐producing lake during full glacial times (21 to 17·3 kyr bp ); (ii) a saline, permanent, relatively deep lake during the late glacial (17·3 to 11·6 kyr bp ); (iii) an ephemeral, saline lake and saline mudflat complex during the transition to the Holocene (11·6 to 9·4 kyr bp ); (iv) a saline lake with gypsum‐rich, laminated facies and abundant microbial mats punctuated by periods of more frequent flooding episodes and clastic‐dominated deposition during the Holocene (9·4 to 0·8 kyr bp ); and (v) a deep, freshwater to brackish lake with high clastic input during the last 800 years. Climate‐driven hydrological fluctuations are the main internal control in the evolution of the lake during the last 21 kyr, affecting water salinity, lake‐level changes and water stratification. However, external factors, such as karstic processes, clastic input and the occurrence of mass‐flows, are also significant. The facies model defined for Lake Estanya is an essential tool for deciphering the main factors influencing lake deposition and to evaluate the most suitable proxies for lake level, climate and environmental reconstructions, and it is applicable to modern karstic lakes and to ancient lacustrine formations.