Contribution de l'étude exoscopique des quartz à la reconstitution paléogéographique des derniers épisodes du Quaternaire littoral du Congo

The paleogeographic and particularly palaeoclimatic evolution in the Congo at the end of the Quaternary has been investigated thoroughly with a study of grain surfaces using the scanning electron microscope. The succession of distinct physicochemical environment marks is characterized with the help of other methods (radiocarbon, micropaleontology). During a still-existing tropical climate, arid periods are contemporaneous with regressive phases (eolian, fluviatile, or pedogenetic reliefs of the grains) and humid periods correspond to transgressive phases (infratidal, intertidal, deltaic, lagoonal marks).     

西沙群岛石岛根管石特征、成因及地质意义

西沙群岛石岛由第四纪地层构成,包括4个风成生物砂屑灰岩层和3个化石土壤层,生物砂屑灰岩层和化石土壤层相间分布,在化石土壤层中发育根管石。研究表明,根管石在结构构造、成分和沉积成岩变化方面具有三层分带性。其中,内带由泥晶碳酸盐组成,具有泥晶结构,环形纹层或纤维状构造,是原始植物根系交代和石化的结果; 中带和外带均为细粒砂屑结构,块状或层理构造,砂屑颗粒由珊瑚、珊瑚藻、有孔虫、软体动物、棘皮类等古生物化石和砂屑组成,中带钙质胶结较强,中带、外带及寄主岩石多为过渡关系。根管石的中带和外带是植物根系附近微化学成岩环境和后期差异风化作用的产物。西沙群岛石岛存在3个根管石发育层,标志着三期成土作用和植被化作用的存在,反映了气候条件的重大变化。西沙群岛石岛风成生物砂屑灰岩层和化石土壤层的相间分布特征,及CaO/MgO比值、锶元素和有机质含量变化,记录了4个气候演变和风成沉积演化旋回。     

Evaluating artifact burial by eolian versus bioturbation processes,South Carolina Sandhills,USA

Artifacts are commonly buried by approximately 50 cm of sediment at prehistoric archeological sites (early Archaic through Mississippian) on uplands of the Sandhills of the upper Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Bioturbation, eolian sedimentation, and colluviation are the primary processes that can explain artifact burial because of the upland position of the sites in an erosional landscape setting. Colluvial sedimentation is discounted at most of the sites because they occur on interstream divides and upper hillslope positions. Thus, the focus is on eolian sedimentation versus bioturbation as burial agents. Six sites in the midst of the Sandhills region along the corridor of South Carolina Highway 151 in Chesterfield County provide the data. The Sandhills consist primarily of Cretaceous and Tertiary marine, fluvial, and eolian sediments that are highly dissected and overlie crystalline rocks in the deep subsurface. Two of the sites are on high fluvial terrace remnants that predate 12 ka and serve as controls where bioturbation is the only reasonable burial process. Hillslope positions of the sites are on erosional elements of the landscape (crests, shoulder slopes, and upper backslopes) where sediment transfer operates (colluvial and overland flow), but where deposition is minimal. The sites occur on very sandy soils having a texture of loamy sand to sand. In some instances, a fine textured cover sand, which is about 1.5 m thick, overlies a clayey subsoil or Bt horizon. This cover sand has been interpreted by some as an eolian sand sheet that buries a second parent material and paleosol, but standard particle size and heavy mineral data indicate that it is simply a thick E horizon over a Bt horizon. Standard particle size fractionation at whole phi intervals, and particle size analysis of the heavy mineral fraction, indicate that eolian sedimentation is unlikely at five of the six sites. Heavy minerals were analyzed with respect to the sedimentological principle of hydraulic equivalence, which provides clear separation of eolian versus water-laid sediment. Results of particle size analysis suggest that the cover sands are water-laid (probably fluvial) at five of the six sites, which favors the bioturbation process of artifact burial. Heavy mineral analysis corroborates the standard particle size data, indicating that only one site, 38CT16, possibly is composed of eolian sediment. Soil profile development suggests that the age of the sediment at site 38CT16 probably is older than 12 ka and was in place prior to human occupation. Therefore, possible eolian sedimentation at that site is not relevant to artifact burial, which also suggests bioturbation is the primary process of artifact burial. Additional evidence favoring bioturbation as a vigorous artifact burial process in the Sandhills comes from the two sites on high elevation sandy fluvial terraces (38CT34, 38CT17) where artifacts are also buried. At these terraced sites bioturbation is the only possible burial process. Overall results suggest that bioturbation best explains the occurrence of buried artifacts and that eolian sedimentation processes are not readily apparent, and are not required, in explaining artifact burial. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

新近纪以来中国黄土高原的风尘记录

通过对黄土高原中部两个典型的风尘堆积序列的岩性和磁性地层研究 ,认为中国黄土高原风尘堆积的开始发育年龄至少约为 7.2 Ma B.P.。以红粘土和黄土—古土壤交互出现的风尘沉积 ,不仅真实地记录了东亚季风气候的形成演化 ,而且可能包含了青藏高原的阶段性隆升、北半球冰盖形成演化及大冰期发生等构造气候事件的印记。反映粉尘源区的干燥度及携带粉尘的大气环流强度的风尘沉积速率自 7.2 Ma B.P.开始、尤其是 4.5 Ma B.P.以来逐渐增大 ,似乎暗示了自新近纪以来亚洲内陆粉尘源区干旱化的逐级发展和东亚冬季风环流强度的逐渐增加     

海洋风尘沉积的古气候学研究进展

海洋风尘沉积是一门海洋沉积学、古气候学、古海洋学的交叉学科,它在古气候、古环境和现代环境研究方面均具有重要意义。总结了近20年来国内外海洋风尘沉积研究领域的成就和进展,重点论述了其研究方法、手段和理论的进展,特别是化学分离石英在提取海洋风尘沉积组分中的应用,以及海洋风尘沉积在古气候学等方面的研究理论和取得的认识。阐明了风尘通量与源区干旱度、风尘粒度与风力强度以及它们与冰期旋回、米兰科维奇（Mi lanko vi tch）轨道参数旋回之间复杂的非线性关系。最后指出了该领域还存在的一些问题,并简要展望了未来的研究方向。     

Quantitative parameters of pleistocene pelagic sedimentation in the Pacific Ocean

Using the methodology of A.B. Ronov, we compiled lithofacies maps for the Early and Middle-Late Pleistocene pelagic sedimentation of the Pacific Ocean, accounting for sediment thicknesses. We calculated areas, volumes, masses, and accumulation rates of main sediment types for both Pleistocene subdivisions. A comparison of the results confirmed a strong increase in the rates of terrigenous and biogenic sedimentation. Special emphasis was laid on intensification of sea-ice and eolian sedimentation for the terrigenous types of sediments and on the evolution of siliceous and carbonate sedimentation for the biogenic types of sediments.     

Late quaternary environmental history of the southern Levant

The Late Quaternary history of northern Sinai and the western Negev is inferred from a number of stratigraphic sequences rich in prehistoric and archaeologic remains. Exposures are abundant along the wadi courses which drain the highlands westward to the Mediterranean. Earliest deposition is represented by coarse, well rounded gravels containing Middle Paleolithic artifacts and is dated to ca. 90,000 to 70,000 B.P. These are overlain by finer grained sands, silts, and clays, ultimately of eolian origin, but re-deposited by low energy stream flows under marshy conditions. These contain in situ Upper Paleolithic (ca. 40,000 to 22,000 B.P.) and Epi-Paleolithic (ca. 15,000 to 12,000 B.P.) sites; commonly an erosional phase (ca. 22,000 to 15,000 years ago) separates the two groups of industries. In areas closer to the coast, temporally equivalent deposits are predominantly sandy, reflecting their proximity to the source in western and northern Sinai. The Holocene is generally characterized by downcutting but deposition of fluviatile and eolian silts is well documented during the Chalcolithic (ca. 6,000 B.P.). The last depositional event is the accumulation of 3–4 m of fluviatile silts containing Byzantine artifacts and radiocarbon dated between ca. 1750–600 B.P.). Whereas most of the sequences can be explained in climatic terms, the Byzantine or “Historical Fill” may have an anthropogenic origin.     

强夯法消除风积粉细砂湿陷性研究

沙漠地区的风积粉细砂具有轻微至严重的湿陷性,消除该类地基土的湿陷性是工程学术界亟待解决的问题。结合工程实例,采用强夯法加固风积粉细砂地基土,通过浅层平板载荷试验及室内土工试验检测加固情况,评价强夯法消除风积粉细砂地基湿陷性的效果及规律。结果表明,风积粉细砂的湿陷性主要受含水率及密实度的影响,含水率对于湿陷变形作用尤其突出;强夯施工前,应对场地洒水充足,使土体含水率达到最优含水率;强夯加固中,填方区最佳锤击数为10击,挖方区最佳锤击数为8击,坚持动态化设计信息化施工;强夯后,风积粉细砂的承载力是强夯前的两倍,在湿陷试验中风积粉细砂变形增量随时间变化较少;强夯法改善风积粉细砂湿陷性效果显著,其中,洒水是控制湿陷性的主要因素,强夯是次要因素。研究结果有助于为强夯法处理风积粉细砂地基的设计、施工提供参考,为同类型地基处理提供借鉴。     

Late Quaternary stratigraphy and geochronology of the western Killpecker Dunes, Wyoming, USA

New stratigraphic and geochronologic data from the Killpecker Dunes in southwestern Wyoming facilitate a more precise understanding of the dune field’s history. Prior investigations suggested that evidence for late Pleistocene eolian activity in the dune field was lacking. However, luminescence ages from eolian sand of ∼15,000 yr, as well as Folsom (12,950-11,950 cal yr B.P.) and Agate Basin (12,600-10,700 cal yr) artifacts overlying eolian sand, indicate the dune field existed at least during the latest Pleistocene, with initial eolian sedimentation probably occurring under a dry periglacial climate. The period between ∼13,000 and 8900 cal yr B.P. was characterized by relatively slow eolian sedimentation concomitant with soil formation. Erosion occurred between ∼8182 and 6600 cal yr B.P. on the upwind region of the dune field, followed by relative stability and soil formation between ∼5900 and 2700 cal yr B.P. The first of at least two latest Holocene episodes of eolian sedimentation occurred between ∼2000 and 1500 yr, followed by a brief (∼500 yr) episode of soil formation; a second episode of sedimentation, occurring by at least ∼700 yr, may coincide with a hypothesized Medieval warm period. Recent stabilization of the western Killpecker Dunes likely occurred during the Little Ice Age (∼350-100 yr B.P.). The eolian chronology of the western Killpecker Dunes correlates reasonably well with those of other major dune fields in the Wyoming Basin, suggesting that dune field reactivation resulted primarily due to departures toward aridity during the late Quaternary. Similar to dune fields on the central Great Plains, dune fields in the Wyoming Basin have been active under a periglacial climate during the late Pleistocene, as well as under near-modern conditions during the latest Holocene.     

银川盆地1:50 000芦花台幅工程地质钻孔及取样土工试验数据集

本数据集包含了2016年从银川盆地1：50 000芦花台图幅区内采集的14个工程钻孔的数据信息,293个岩土样品共1 996组测试数据。主要测试土体抗剪强度、压缩模量、颗粒成分等。图幅区内出露的地层主要为第四系。经钻孔揭露,纵向上岩土类型从地表至深部依次为砂砾石土、粉细砂、粉土和粉质粘土等;横向上,西部以洪积成因的砂砾石为主,东部以冲积和风积成因的粉细砂为主;整体上表现出由西向东地层时代变新,岩性颗粒由粗变细的总体特征。样品测试显示,图幅区内砂砾石、粘性土具有较高的抗剪强度,工程地质特性较好;而图幅东部区域的风成粉细砂土因胶结差,结构较分散,易出现砂土液化现象而呈现出较差的工程地质特性。图幅区内的工程地质钻探工作施工规范,测试分析均由具备国家资质的实验室承担,得到的数据质量可靠,真实反映了该区域内地层信息及岩土物理力学性质。本数据集的数据和分析结论,可以为研究银川盆地的地质演化及在该区开展工程建设规划提供参考。     

黄河三角洲沉积物抗侵蚀性动态变化差异研究

为研究波浪循环荷载作用过程中,细粒土沉积物抗侵蚀性特征的演化及其发生机制,在现代黄河三角洲北部及东北部选择两个典型研究区（遭受严峻侵蚀的车子沟渔村试验区及基本处于侵淤平衡的黄河海港试验区）进行了一系列波浪荷载模拟试验、侵蚀水槽试验及沉积物物理力学性质测试。试验结果发现：原车子沟渔村试验区沉积物抗侵蚀性在无波浪荷载作用或较短的波浪荷载作用条件下,普遍高于黄河海港研究区,但由于其更显著的液化特性,该区沉积物抗侵蚀性更容易被波浪荷载作用降低,这是造成车子沟渔村研究区遭受严峻潮滩侵蚀的重要原因。另外,结合试验结果,对两个研究区沉积年代及沉积物粒度成分特征的分析可知,波浪荷载作用导致海床下部细粒物质向上输运这一次生改造作用加速了海床沉积物的“粗化”进程,从而推进海岸带地区细粒沉积物抗侵蚀性特征的演化     

基于BP神经网络的稳定湖相和风成沉积物粒度数据表征方法

沉积物的形成受到多种地质因素的综合控制。通过粒度分析可判别沉积物的成因类型,推断其形成的沉积环境,解释环境演变;而沉积物的粒度组分除了受到原岩的控制外,还受到机械沉积作用的影响难以准确预测。运用人工神经网络对稳定湖相沉积物和风沉积物的粒度参数进行研究,将沉积物的4个粒度参数作为网络模型的输入变量,在对168个浙闽沿海迎风岸风成老红砂样品和282个苏贝淖湖滨湖泊沉积物样品所对应的粒度参数进行数据样本训练之后,获得了基于BP神经网络的稳定湖相和风沉积物预测模型。然后利用448个大树摆鱼湖相沉积物粒度参数样本和100个兰州榆中黄土风沉积物粒度参数样本作为测试样本对该模型进行了测试和验证,结果显示模型的可靠性较好,能够对沉积物的形成环境做出正确的判断。     

稳定湖相沉积物和风成黄土粒度判别函数的建立及其意义

沉积物粒度变化主要受搬运介质、搬运方式、沉积环境和气候等多种因素的控制,通过粒度分析可判别沉积物的成因类型,推断其形成的沉积环境,解释环境演变。利用统计学方法对典型稳定湖相沉积物（罗布泊湖相样品２８２块,岱海湖相样品１２３块）和典型风成黄土（甘肃兰州榆中样品２６３块）粒度参数进行定量化分析,并经稳定湖相和风成沉积物验证,获得稳定湖相与风成沉积物的判别公式:Ｆ（湖相、风成沉积物） ＝２０．３６３Ｍｚ－５６．３７１Ｓｄ－６７．９２２Ｓｋ＋２３．５１６Ｋｇ－５５．６２６,若Ｆ＞０,为稳定湖相沉积物,反之,Ｆ＜０,则为风成沉积物。这为研究地史中稳定湖泊与风成环境 沉积物的鉴别提供粒度分析定量化判别方法,它对陆相古环境、干旱化事件和尘暴事件等研究具有十分重要的借鉴价值。     

Estimation of modern sedimentation rate in Zun-Torei Lake (East Trans-Baikal Region) by 137Cs

On the basis of bottom sediment core dating performed by the technogenic isotope ¹³⁷Cs, the rate of sedimentation in periodically drying Zun-Torei Lake (water area is up to 300 km²) is estimated at 2.88 mm per year over the last 59 years. This value is in agreement with the data of palinological determinations (3.44 mm per year). High sedimentation rates are attributed to intensive evaporite sedimentation and probable eolian addition of terrigenous material.     

New data on the stratigraphy and pedology of the Clovis and Plainview sites, Southern High Plains

The well known Clovis and Plainview archaeological sites of New Mexico and Texas have yielded new data on regional late Quaternary geologic, paleoclimatic, and pedologic histories. Eolian sedimentation at the Clovis site from about 10,000 to less than 8500 yr B.P. was followed by the formation of a cumulic soil between 8500 and 5000 yr B.P. Episodic eolian and slope wash deposition then culminated in massive eolian sedimentation about 5000 yr B.P. after which a Haplustalf formed then was subsequently buried by part of a dune system within the last 1000 yr. At the Plainview site, a basal stream gravel contains Plainview cultural material (ca. 10,000 yr B.P.), which is followed by a localized early Holocene lacustrine deposit, two eolian deposits (the younger dating to about 5000 yr B.P.), and a marsh deposit which slowly accreted as an Argiustoll formed in the younger eolian unit. The data indicate that on the Southern High Plains (1) between 12,000 and 8500 yr B.P. sedimentation varied from site to site, (2) there was a regional climate change toward warming and drying in the early Holocene, (3) two episodes of severe drought apparently occurred in the middle Holocene (6500 to 4500 yr B.P.), (4) between 4500 yr B.P. and the present an essentially modern climate existed, but with several shifts toward aridity within the last 1000 yr, (5) argillic horizons have developed in late Holocene soils, (6) clay illuviation can occur in calcareous soils, and (7) long-distance correlation of Holocene stratigraphy in the region is possible, particularly with the aid of soil morphology.     

Oxygen isotope stage 3 fluvial and eolian successions in Europe compared with climate model results

Fluvial and eolian successions of oxygen isotope stage 3 are compared with global (GCM) and regional climate (RCM) modeling experiments of the stage 3 and last glacial maximum climate in Europe. Differences in precipitation between stage-3 stades and interstades were minor, which is confirmed by the fluvial successions. The fluvial response to climate variation is non-uniform, and in southern Europe more pronounced than in northern Europe. The model simulations indicate a strong western winter circulation over Europe during stage 3, which is supported by the eolian deposits data. Wind speeds in the last glacial maximum simulation appear modest compared with those of stage 3, which contrasts with the abundance of eolian deposits. This suggests that during glacial climates the stabilizing effect of vegetation determines eolian sedimentation rates, rather than wind speed. Stage 3 can be divided into an older part (>45,000 cal yr B.P.) with a relatively stable landscape and moist climate and a younger part with more frequent climate change and decreasing landscape stability.     

南极冰盖与中国风尘堆积

通过南极冰盖消长和风尘堆积物的气候事件对比,说明在4.3—2.5 Ma B.P,间南极冰盖增长和北极冰盖发展,中国第三纪风尘红壤土沉积可能是中国东部季风气候雏形形成的反映。2.6Ma以来,随着北极冰盖的迅速扩展,中国内陆进一步干旱化并促成黄土堆积。南极极锋带北移与黄土区极寒等事件的发生具有同步性,据此建立极寒事件的序列,可能反映大气环流强度变化情况。南极东方站冰岩芯气候曲线说明,黄土高原晚更新世以来的干冷期可能形成于0.115Ma B.P.。我国东部地区转暖大致发生在13000aB.P.,此后不久可能出现欧洲新仙女木寒冷事件。此外,大约在40000aB.P.可能有一寒冷事件。     

Facies characteristics and terrigenous sedimentation features of the lower Riphean Mukun Group (Anabar Uplift,Siberia)

The Mukun Group represents a thick (>750 m) complex of terrigenous features sediments in the lower part of the Riphean sedimentary cover of the Anabar region was formed on the spacious cratonic block. The complex is remarkable for its pure quartzarenitic composition. The facies analysis with emphasis on the genetic interpretation of various sedimentary structures revealed three facies associations in its sedimentary succession: alluvial, eolian-fluvial, and fluvial-sabkha. It is shown that sedimentary material was transported into the terminal basin by a braided system of permanent rivers. Relationships between the eolian and fluvial components in the single sedimentation system of the Mukun paleobasin is considered in line with the proposed model, according to which alternation of long periods with the eolian and fluvial sedimentation was controlled by tectonics.     

中北太平洋铁锰结壳钕同位素演化研究

现代海洋中的水成 Fe－Mn 结壳的 Nd 来自当时周围海水，因此利用 Fe－Mn 结壳可以恢复新生海洋 Nd 同位素演化历史，进面了解古海洋环境和古气候变迁信息。海洋中 Nd 的来源包括河流或陆源 Nd、大陆边缘沉积物和风成粉尘中的可溶 Nd，以及洋中脊热液蚀变来源的 Nd。对海水、水成成因铁锰结壳和结核、洋脊热液喷发和河流输入的 Nd 同位素研究发明，陆源物质控制着大洋中溶解的 Nd。对于风尘输入对大洋中的REE的影响还存在争议。有研究表明来自大陆和火山的风尘是某些局部大洋中的 REE 的重要来源，风尘与海水间的 REE 交换引起了某些洋区中 Nd 同位素组成的变化。相反，另有学者认为风尘对北太平洋中的溶解 Nd 总量没有影响。笔者分板子一块来自中北太平洋的铁锰结壳样品（MDD53）的 Nd，Pb 同位素，得到了该区新生代以来的 Nd，Pb 同位素演化历史。通过对比该结壳和岩心 LL44－GPC3 中粉尘的同位素演变曲线，发现二者的 Pb 同位素变化规律十分相似，证明结壳中的 Pb 主要来自粉尘。与 Pb 同位素相反，二者的 Nd 同位素演化完全不同。中国黄土的ENd值远低于中太平洋深水中的ENd值。因此，笔者认为风成粉尘对太平洋深水中溶解的 Nd 总量的影响可以忽略不计。结壳的 ENd值介于大陆和岛弧火山的值之间，说明新生代太平洋海水中的 Nd 主要来自河流、大洋边缘大陆风化及大洋环流携带大源自其他大洋的 Nd，新生代 Nd 同位素比值的增长主要是国为太平洋边缘岛弧的风化剥蚀作用和火山活动的增强。