西藏佩枯错盆地晚更新世以来的孢粉组合特征及其古气候意义

西藏佩枯错盆地晚更新世以来河湖相沉积剖面的孢粉分析显示,该地区在晚更新世早期的127—72kaB.P.时期,气候温和湿润,植被以针阔叶混交林为主;至66—56kaB.P.时期,气候转变为温凉略干,植被转为疏林草原;在56—49kaB.P.时期,气候温凉潮湿,植被又转为针阔叶混交林为主的森林草原;而在49—46kaB.P.时期,气候温和偏干,植被转为疏林草原;在46—31kaB.P.时期,气候寒凉湿润,植被表现为温度进一步下降的疏林草原;在31—15kaB.P.时期,环境向寒冷方向发展,植被转为高寒草原;自11kaB.P.(全新世初期)开始,气候由温暖偏干转变为温凉偏湿,植被由灌丛草原转变为森林灌丛草原。这表明自晚更新世以来,该区气候环境是在逐渐变干的总趋势上,经历了多次明显的冷暖与干湿波动。     

陕西富平全新世古气候的初步研究

为了了解黄土高原中部全新世古气候演化特征,通过对陕西富平剖面的地质调查、密集采样和31个样品的孢粉分析,将孢粉图式划分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ3个带,分别代表早、中、晚3个时期的孢粉带:Ⅰ带为松-菊-香蒲组合带,以草本植物花粉占优势、针叶树植物花粉含量较高为特征;Ⅱ带为松-栎-蒿-环纹藻组合带,以乔木花粉增加、草本植物花粉减少为特征;Ⅲ带为栎-松-蒿组合带,以草本植物花粉增加、乔木花粉减少为特征.结果表明,早全新世植被为森林草原-干草原,气候干凉-干冷;中全新世植被为森林草原与针阔叶混交林草原,气候温暖半湿润;晚全新世植被为森林草原或疏林草原,气候干旱偏暖-温凉干旱.     

神农架大九湖晚更新世与全新世之交的气候变化——来自孢粉的信息

对神农架大九湖泥炭地层进行了孢粉分析,建立了晚更新世与全新世之交(14 031～9 625 aBP)高分辨率的孢粉组合带.根据孢粉植被反映的气候信息推断大九湖地区在晚更新世与全新世之交的气候大致以冷湿为特点,同时气候变化剧烈,表现为冷暖干湿波动频繁,可划分为3个气候旋回:第一旋回(14 031～12 581 aBP)气候变化经历了由温凉偏干-温凉湿润-温暖偏干的过程;第二旋回(12 581～11 046 aBP)气候变化经历了由寒冷偏干-温凉湿润-温凉偏干的过程;第三旋回(11 406～9 625 aBP)气候变化经历了由温凉偏干-寒冷湿润-温凉偏干的过程.     

宁夏灵武水洞沟遗址全新世的古气候环境

分析宁夏灵武水洞沟遗址剖面19个样品,将孢粉图式分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ3个带,分别对应早、中、晚3个时期的孢粉带。Ⅰ带为藜、蒿和毛茛-豆科优势带;Ⅱ带为榆、榛、桦、鹅耳枥、栎优势带;Ⅲ带为藜科优势带。结果表明：早全新世植被为疏林草原、干草原-草甸草原,气候偏干冷-温和半湿润;中全新世早期植被为阔叶乔灌丛草原-针叶乔灌丛草原-阔叶疏林草原,气候温暖较干-寒冷较干-较暖较干;晚期植被为疏林草原,气候相对温暖、稍凉-较温暖;晚全新世植被为干草原,气候寒冷。     

山西芮城桃花涧剖面中全新世晚期的孢粉分析及环境变化

通过对山西芮城桃花涧剖面孢粉分析,结合沉积物的粒度特征和沉积物AMS ¹⁴C测年数据,探讨了中全新世晚期该区的古文化年代及古环境变化,为恢复其古环境面貌提供了可靠的定量数据。分析结果表明,该遗址文化层的年代为庙底沟文化时期。根据孢粉组合特征,可将剖面划分为3个孢粉带：5 250~5 000 aBP期间气候温和湿润,呈现出稀树草原的植被面貌;5 000~4 800 aBP期间气候温凉偏干,呈现出荒漠草原的植被景观;4 800 aBP之后气候温凉湿润,呈现出稀树草原的植被面貌;气候变化与邻区同期相吻合。     

北京天竺晚上新世以来植被演替与气候变迁

研究了北京天竺TZ01钻孔岩心孢粉样品239块，孢粉组合反映了北京天竺晚上新世以来(约3.580 Ma BP)植被演替和气候变迁大致经历了10个发展阶段：(1) 3.580～3.050 Ma BP：以针叶林植被为主，气候寒冷偏湿；(2) 3.050～2.555 Ma BP：植被为落叶阔叶和常绿阔叶混交林-草原类型，该阶段开始升温，但气候较为温暖湿润；(3)2.555～2.300 Ma BP：植被为温凉偏干的疏林草原，湿度开始下降；(4) 2.300～1770 Ma BP：植被类型仍为疏林草原，该阶段温度上升，但幅度并不大，湿度基本不变，气候温凉干爽；(5) 1.770～1.070 Ma BP：植被类型为针阔混交林-草原，气候温暖湿润；(6) 1.070～0.922 Ma BP：植被演替为较暖湿略干的针阔混交林-草原；(7)0.922～0.800 Ma BP：植被为较寒冷干燥的疏林草原，温度降低，降水减少；(8) 0.800～0.650 Ma BP：植被为温暖偏干的以松为主的疏林草原，温度有所上升，但湿度变化较小；(9)0.650～0.160 Ma BP：植被为温凉湿润的针阔叶混交林-草原；(10) 0.160 Ma BP至今：植被以针阔叶混交林-草原为主，前期气候冷湿，后期较为温暖湿润。     

邯郸地区晚更新世以来植被波动特征及其对气候变化的响应

对河北邯郸HZ S孔沉积物进行孢粉分析,结果表明该地区晚更新世以来的气候演变形式既有与全球同步的特点,也有本区域独自的特征。古气候与古植被演变过程如下:（1）晚更新世末次间冰期气候温暖湿润(130～75 kaBP),植被为森林草原;末次冰期气候演化经历了寒冷干燥(75～55 kaBP)→温暖湿润(40～30 kaBP)→寒冷干燥(30～10 kaBP)的过程,植被演替过程相应为草原→森林草原→草原。（2）全新世气候演化经历了温凉略干(10～8 kaBP)→温暖湿润(8～3 kaBP)→温凉偏干(3～0 kaBP)的过程,植被演替过程相应为疏林草原→森林草原→疏林草原。（3）发生在25 kaBP左右,16 kaBP左右和11～10 kaBP的冷事件可能是Heinrich事件3、1和Younger Dryas事件在中国东部季风区的响应。     

大同盆地全新世以来孢粉特征和环境演变

通过对大同盆地东水头剖面孢粉植物群分析研究,揭示了全新世气候环境的演变特征.结果表明:全新世以来草本植物始终占据优势地位,落叶阔叶植物和针叶植物虽然有时在木本植物中出现高峰,但仍然未形成稳定的森林景观.该区植被类型是以疏林草原和草原植被为主,气候温暖偏干.全新世大暖期在8.5～4 kaB.P.间,气候不稳定,气候波动明显,与黄土高原地区具有良好的可比性.     

内蒙古辉腾锡勒全新世中晚期环境变迁的孢粉记录

通过对内蒙古中部辉腾锡勒湖泊沉积特征及孢粉组合特征的综合分析,重建了该地区全新世中晚期以来气候环境变化过程。研究结果表明,该地区5390 a以来气候总体上由温湿转变为冷干,具体可以分为5个阶段: 5390 ~ 3970 a,以温暖偏湿气候为主; 3970 ~ 3300 a,气候仍为温和偏湿; 3300 ~ 2380 a,A/C比值明显降低,标志着全新世大暖期结束,凉偏干气候显著; 2380 ~ 1160 a,气候转为凉湿,为大暖期结束后一个特殊湿润时期; 1160 a以来气候向温凉偏干转变。      

末次盛冰期以来青藏高原东北部共和盆地气候与环境变化研究进展

青藏高原东北部共和盆地气候与环境变化文献分析认为:末次盛冰期(14 C年龄14ka BP或16cal ka BP之前)地层沉积主要为风成砂和黄土,冰缘地貌发育,气候寒冷干燥,植被可能为干旱荒漠或荒漠草原;末次冰消期(14 C年龄14ka BP或16 cal ka BP-Younger Dryas,缩写YD事件)地层发育古土壤,湖泊水位明显上升,并显著的捕捉到冷暖事件(Blling-Allerd,缩写B/A、YD)的信息,气候趋于温暖湿润,对应植被为荒漠草原;全新世8.5ka BP(14 C年龄)之前区域温度和湿度不同程度增加,湖泊水位较高,地层发育古土壤,植被为荒漠草原或干草原;8.5～7.0ka BP(14 C年龄)风成砂出现,古土壤发育中断,气候寒冷干燥,为全新世新冰期第一期;7.0～3.0ka BP(14 C年龄)古土壤显著发育,高水位湖面出现,水热组合达到全新世最佳,植被向干草原方向演化,但期间也存在千–百年尺度的冷事件(全新世新冰期第二期);3.0ka BP(14 C年龄)以来气候向温凉(寒冷)干燥方向发展.太阳辐射等外部因素变化并触发地球系统内部各个圈层之间相互作用是区域气候、环境变化的主要驱动力.同时,对研究现状进一步剖析,阐明其存在的问题,并提出气候、环境变化研究的发展方向.     

Holocene Vegetation and Climate Changes in the Huangqihai Lake Region, Inner Mongolia

A consensus on Holocene climate variability at the modern northern fringe of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) region remains elusive. Here, we present a pollen-based reconstruction of vegetation history and associated climate variations of a sediment core from Huangqihai Lake, central Inner Mongolia. During 10.7 to 8.8 cal kaBP, typical steppe with small patches of forest dominated the lake area, suggesting a moderately wet climate, followed by ameliorating climatic conditions until 8.0 cal kaBP as deduced by the expansion of forest. Typical steppe recovered the lake area between 8.0 and 7.2 cal kaBP, reflecting a deterioration of climatic conditions; in combination with other proxy records in the study region, we noticed that severe aridity was prevailed in the lake area between 8.0 and 7.6 cal kaBP. During 7.2 to 3.2 cal kaBP, abundant tree pollen indicated dominance of forest-steppe around the lake, marking regionally wet conditions. A notable absence of broadleaved trees after 5.2 cal kaBP reveals a slight drying trend, and climate deterioration from 4.5 to 4.1 cal kaBP might be linked to the 4.2 ka event. After 3.2 cal kaBP, a transition to steppe was associated with dry conditions in the region. Based on our pollen record and prior paleoclimatic reconstructions in the Huangqihai Lake region, there was a generally-accepted, stepwise shift to a wet climate during the early Holocene, an overall humid climate from 7.2 to 3.2 cal kaBP, and then severe drought for the rest of the Holocene. Moreover, regional comparisons among pollen records derived from lakes situated in the temperate steppe region suggested a roughly synchronous pattern of vegetation and climate changes during the Holocene and demonstrated an intensified EASM during the middle Holocene.     

Postglacial vegetation, climate, and fire history along the east side of the Andes (lat 41-42.5°S), Argentina

The history of the low-elevation forest and forest-steppe ecotone on the east side of the Andes is revealed in pollen and charcoal records obtained from mid-latitude lakes. Prior to 15,000 cal yr BP, the vegetation was characterized by steppe vegetation with isolated stands of Nothofagus. The climate was generally dry, and the sparse vegetation apparently lacked sufficient fuels to burn extensively. After 15,000 cal yr BP, a mixture of Nothofagus forest and shrubland/steppe developed. Fire activity increased between 13,250 and 11,400 cal yr BP, contemporaneous with a regionally defined cold dry period (Huelmo/Mascardi Cold Reversal). The early-Holocene period was characterized by an open Nothofagus forest/shrubland mosaic, and fire frequency was high in dry sites and low in wet sites; the data suggest a sharp decrease in moisture eastward from the Andes. A shift to a surface-fire regime occurred at 7500 cal yr BP at the wet site and at 4400 cal yr BP at the dry site, preceding the expansion of Austrocedrus by 1000-1500 yr. The spread of Austrocedrus is explained by a shift towards a cooler and wetter climate in the middle and late Holocene. The change to a surface-fire regime is consistent with increased interannual climate variability and the onset or strengthening of ENSO. The present-day mixed forest dominated by Nothofagus and Austrocedrus was established in the last few millennia.     

晚冰期以来月亮湖孢粉记录反映的古植被与古气候演化

地处季风/非季风影响过渡地带的月亮湖是大兴安岭中段阿尔山-柴河火山区中的一个火山口湖.其长8.86 m的沉积岩心孢粉记录, 揭示了末次冰期晚期以来的古植被演化和古气候变化历史: 20.9~18.0 cal. ka B.P.期间研究区的植被为典型草原, 气候寒冷干旱; 18.0~15.3 cal. ka B.P.期间研究区的植被为草甸草原, 气候寒冷湿润; 15.3~14.0 cal. ka B.P.期间乔木开始在当地发育, 植被开始由草甸草原向森林草原转变, 气候向较为温暖湿润的方向转变; 14.0~12.8 cal. ka B.P.期间森林草原在温暖湿润的气候影响下, 森林扩张, 草原退缩, 与B?lling-Aller?d暖期相对应; 12.8~11.8 cal. ka B.P.期间草原在寒冷气候下扩张, 可与新仙女木期相对应; 11.8~0.8 cal. ka B.P. 期间在较为温暖的气候条件下, 草原在气候快速变冷事件的影响下发生了多次扩张, 其中, 较为明显的6次气温突降事件分别发生在9.0~8.9, 8.2~7.8, 7.0~6.8, 6.1~5.6, 5.4~5.2, 2.3~1.8 cal. ka B.P..这些快速气候变化事件与全球和区域中其他高分辨率古气候记录具有可比性, 揭示出月亮湖敏感地记录了全球和区域气候的变化, 同时也表明研究区的高分辨率孢粉分析是研究东亚季风强度变化的良好指标.      

西藏纳木错地区约120kaBP以来的古植被、古气候与湖面变化

西藏纳木错湖相沉积的U系和^11C测年结果表明，湖泊沿岸的6级湖岸阶地及拔湖约48～139．2m的高位湖相沉积形成于约120ka BP以来的晚第四纪。本文根据该套湖相层的发育和其中的孢粉组合特征对纳木错地区约120ka BP以来的湖面变化与古植被、古气候变迁进行了探讨。结果表明，纳木错地区晚更新世以来经历了频繁的湖面波动、气候的冷暖与干湿变化以及森林—草原与草原植被的交替演化。其总体特征是：约115．9ka BP时，纳木错湖面最高。在116～78ka BP期间，该区气候温和凉爽或温和偏湿，植被以疏林草原与森林草原或森林的交替出现为特征，湖面经历了较大幅度的波动，但基本保持在拔湖140～88m之间。在78～53ka BP期间，该区气候干冷，植被以疏林草原为主，湖面大幅度下降，并在拔湖约36～48m之间波动。约53～32ka BP期间，气候转为温暖偏湿或温暖湿润，湖面波动于拔湖约15～28m之间，波动较为频繁。与阶地的发育相对应，该时期内包含了3次明显的暖期和湖面波动过程，区域植被主要以松、蒿、桦为主，为含一定量的冷杉的森林。其中36ka BP左右气候最温暖湿润，区域内可能出现针叶林或针阔混交林。约32～12ka BP期间，该区气候最为干冷，古植被以草原和疏林草原为主，湖面再次发生较大幅度的下降，最低可至拔湖约8m处，但通常维持在拔湖约12～17m之间。约11．8～4．2ka BP期间，气候整体较为暖湿，其中在约8．4～4．2ka BP期间气候最温暖湿润，该区可能发育针叶林或针阔混交林，湖面波动于拔湖2～9m之间，整体波动幅度较小，但波动最为频繁。区域气候对比发现，纳木错地区的冷、暖气候变化过程与整个青藏高原乃至北半球的气候变化基本是一致的，特别是阶地下切所反映的湖面退缩过程与北大西洋的Henrich冷事件之间具有很好的对应关系。     

Quantitative climate and vegetation trends since the late glacial on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau deduced from Koucha Lake pollen spectra

Quantitative information on vegetation and climate history from the late glacial-Holocene on the Tibetan Plateau is extremely rare. Here, we present palynological results of a 4.30-m-long sediment record collected from Koucha Lake in the Bayan Har Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Vegetation change has been traced by biomisation, ordination of pollen data, and calculation of pollen ratios. The application of a pollen-climate calibration set from the eastern Tibetan Plateau to Koucha Lake pollen spectra yielded quantitative climate information. The area was covered by alpine desert/steppe, characteristic of a cold and dry climate (with 50% less precipitation than today) between 16,700 and 14,600 cal yr BP. Steppe vegetation, warm (∼ 1°C higher than today) and wet conditions prevailed between 14,600 and 6600 cal yr BP. These findings contradict evidence from other monsoon-influenced areas of Asia, where the early Holocene is thought to have been moist. Low effective moisture on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau was likely due to high temperature and evaporation, even though precipitation levels may have been similar to present-day values. The vegetation changed to tundra around 6600 cal yr BP, indicating that wet and cool climate conditions occurred on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the second half of the Holocene.     

Integrating Stalagmite, Vertebrate, and Pollen Sequences to Investigate Holocene Vegetation and Climate Change in the Southern Midwestern United States

Speleothem carbon and oxygen isotopic records from Onondaga Cave, south-central Missouri, and Beckham Creek Cave, north-central Arkansas, are compared with the Cupola Pond and Oldfield Swamp pollen series from southeastern Missouri and the Rodgers Shelter and Modoc Shelter vertebrate biostratigraphic sequences from central Missouri and southwestern Illinois. Similar, and roughly contemporaneous, shifts between deciduous forest and steppe indicators throughout the Holocene are revealed in each database. These independent proxies record steppe conditions between approximately 9000 and 1500 cal yr B.P. A shift toward lighter speleothem carbon may reflect a change from warm and dry to cool and dry conditions between 4500 and 3000 yr B.P. The sensitive response of speleothem δ¹³C to changes in vegetation emphasizes their importance as paleoclimate records in an area containing few other millenial-scale climate proxies.     

Environmental conditions leading to the formation of Holocene soil layers in the Northern Taklimakan Desert,Tarim Basin,Northwest China

Radiocarbon‐dated palaeontological remains and bedding features suggests that climatic changes in the northern Taklimakan Desert since the beginning of the Holocene can be divided into four stages: (i) 12 000–10 000 BP, a cool–to temperate–dry climate resulting in apparent alluvial–fluvial and weak aeolian activities; (ii) 10 000–8000 BP, a dry cold climate, resulting in large‐scale sand dune activity under regional desert expansion; (iii) 8000–3000 BP dry, warm climate, with a decreased area of shifting sand and the fixation of many sand dunes; (iv) 3000 BP to present, rising aeolian activity resulting in sandstorms, under the combined influence of climatic warming and excessive exploitation of land and water resources. Holocene deposits from profiles in the Northern Taklimakan Desert consist mainly of fine‐grained aeolian sand and silty clay. The fine aeolian sand was formed from re‐sorting of aeolian sand during the cold period of the Holocene, while the silty clay was formed by flood deposition in the Holocene warm period. The desert and desert steppe arboreal species and high CaCO₃ content of the warm period strata suggest that the Holocene climate in the area, although generally dry, varied between warm/dry and cold/dry, and, especially in recent times, has become increasingly dry. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

10 000 aB.P.关中蓝田的植被和气候

在阐述陕西关中蓝田县城附近地质环境的基础上,利用孢粉图式分析了该区植被的演替,进而分析了该区10 000 aB.P.的古气候演化特征。从陕西蓝田东城水库剖面17个样品分析发现孢粉和藻类十分丰富,根据孢粉组合特征划分3个组合带,分别代表全新世早、中、晚3个时期的孢粉带。Ⅰ带为蒿属优势带;Ⅱ带乔木花粉激增,早期发育温带阔叶落叶林或针阔叶混交林,晚期是以温带阔叶树或与松混合的疏林草原或森林草原;Ⅲ带是以松、蒿为主的森林草原或疏林草原。结果表明：早全新世气候寒冷而干燥,发育以蒿为主的大片草原;中全新世气候温暖湿润,发育疏林草原和森林草原;晚全新世渐变为干冷,发育以松、蒿为主的森林草原。