Palaeoclimatic record from a loess–soil profile in northeastern Bulgaria—I. Rock magnetic properties

A detailed record of mineral magnetic properties of a loess–palaeosol profile comprising seven loess horizons, six interbedded palaeosols and recent soil at the top in NE Bulgaria is analysed. A strong contrast between the soil and loess susceptibilities as well as other concentration-dependent hysteresis parameters is present, similar to the well-documented magnetic characteristics of the Chinese loess ( Hus & Han 1992 ; Maher & Thompson 1992 ; Heller & Evans 1995 ; Hunt et al. 1995 ). The magnetic enhancement of the palaeosol units is caused by very fine-grained pedogenic magnetite with superparamagnetic behaviour. Thermomagnetic analyses on bulk material suggest magnetite and maghemite as the main ferrimagnetic carriers in both soil and loess horizons. Their relative proportions are shown to reflect different palaeoclimatic conditions. Chernozem soils, which include recent soil S₀ and first and second palaeosols S₁ and S₂ developed under steppe vegetation, show a high degree of low-temperature oxidation of the pedogenic magnetite to maghemite. This material is characterized by coercive force H _c showing even higher values than those of the parent loess material. The older palaeosols (S₄ to S₆ ) were formed during more humid climatic conditions and therefore probably developed as forest types. Rock magnetic data suggest the existence here of only partly oxidized magnetite grains. The behaviour of the thermomagnetic curves, characterized by a kink at 200 °C, may be due to either a release of internal stress (built up as a result of partial low-temperature oxidation) or interactions between two phases.     

Palaeoclimatic record from a loess–soil profile in northeastern Bulgaria—II. Correlation with global climatic events during the Pleistocene

Magnetic susceptibility ( χ ) variations and the behaviour of the ratio of susceptibility to saturation magnetization ( χ/J _s ) along the loess/palaeosol section at Koriten (NE Bulgaria) are used to deduce climatic changes during the Pleistocene in southeastern Europe. A good correlation of susceptibility variations with the astronomically tuned oxygen isotope record from ODP site 677 enables us to propose a more precise dating of the upper part of the Bulgarian loess complex. Close correspondence between susceptibility and δ ^{1 8} O records demonstrates the global significance of the palaeoclimatic signal recorded, although differences in relative amplitudes of χ and χ/J _s and δ ^{1 8} O create difficulties in making quantitative estimates of the climatic humidity in the past. The role of local factors affecting the palaeoclimatic mineral magnetic record deduced from the profile studied in Bulgaria is discussed.     

汉江上游郧县庹家湾剖面光释光测年及意义

在野外考察基础上选择湖北郧县庹家湾剖面为研究对象。在对磁化率和粒度进行分析的同时,用单片再生剂量法进行了光释光测年（OSL）地层断代。OSL测年数据显示：剖面样品年龄处在55.11~13.57 ka BP,且与地层深度呈现出良好的对应关系,此剖面为黄土风化堆积形成。黏粒含量、黏粒/粉砂值以及磁化率值等气候替代性指标数值在马兰黄土层228~260 cm和294~370 cm深度明显高于典型马兰黄土（L₁）,具有明显的成壤特征,通过OSL测年数据判断时间为27.26~21.59 ka BP,说明在晚更新世时期气候并非持续稳定的寒冷干旱,而是具有一定的波动,在此期间气候相对温暖湿润,而且此次气候事件在黄土高原地区其他沉积记录中也有良好记录。     

西安地区第三层古土壤研究

野外观察发现,陕西西安地区的第三层古土壤是由3层构成的复合古土壤。通过对长安双竹村剖面及蓝田段家坡剖面的地层结构、磁化率、颗粒成分以及有机质含量的分析,可以把形成第三层古土壤的中更新世时段(330~272 ka B.P.)分为6个温湿、冷干阶段,构成为3个气候变化旋回。     

陕西扶风黄土台塬全新世成壤环境变化研究

通过对陕西扶风全新世黄土剖面的土壤学和地层学研究、磁化率、酸碱度和粒度测定分析, 揭示了周原地区全新世成壤环境演变过程。黄土剖面中的埋藏古土壤S₀形成于全新世大暖期的温湿环境中, 古土壤S₀中黄土夹层(L_x)的存在, 表明6000aBP前后季风气候发生转折, 在6000~5000aBP出现一个干旱阶段, 并使得全新世大暖期分裂成为两个主要的温湿阶段。大约从3100aBP开始, 受全球降温过程的影响, 季风气候朝向干旱化方向发展, 全新世大暖期的成壤作用被黄土堆积所取代。现代表土大约从1500aBP开始发育。     

陕西歧山全新世黄土高分辨率气候记录

根据对陕西歧山县五里铺村全新世黄土剖面的野外考察和粒度、磁化率室内分析,揭示了该地区全新世气候变化规律。认为在全新世大暖期当中的6 000 5 000 aB.P.曾经出现过风成黄土的堆积,代表了一个相对干旱期。因而,可知全新世大暖期气候是不稳定的。这就导致全新世出现两个成壤期。不论在温湿阶段还是在冷干阶段,气候都具有短尺度、小幅度的频繁波动变化。     

黄河上游官亭盆地喇家遗址地层光释光测年研究

通过对黄河上游官亭盆地喇家遗址周围黄河第二级阶地广泛的野外考察,在官亭镇下喇家村段发现了典型的风成黄土土壤层。在地层剖面可见其齐家文化层古地面被数组地震裂隙分割。有一层团块状的、鲜艳的红色粘土质泥流层覆盖了遗址的古地面,并且填充了地震裂隙。经过详细观测和采集光释光样品,应用单片再生剂量法(SAR) 获得该剖面样品的光释光(OSL) 年龄值。在此基础上,结合大量¹⁴C年龄数据和地层对比方法,确定官亭盆地黄河第二级阶地形成在35.00 ka BP,其后风成黄土土壤剖面开始发育。同时断定全新世古土壤S₀中间所夹红色粘土泥流沉积层及其下的地震裂隙的形成年代为3.95 ka BP。结合磁化率和粒度成分等气候替代指标分析,表明在35.00~11.50 ka BP 晚更新世晚期,亦即末次冰期的晚期(MIS-2),气候寒冷干燥,沙尘暴活动旺盛,在官亭盆地第二级阶地上堆积了典型的马兰黄土层(L_1-1)。在11.50~8.50 ka BP全新世早期,沙尘暴活动堆积了具有过渡性质的黄土层(L_t),反映气候逐渐变暖。在8.50~3.10 ka BP 全新世中期大暖期,气候变得温暖湿润,降水量增多,沙尘暴活动减弱,风化成壤作用强烈,堆积形成了黑垆土类古土壤层(S_0下、S_0上)。     

末次冰期-间冰期旋回朝那黄土颜色特征及古气候意义

对黄土高原中部朝那剖面末次冰期-间冰期旋回黄土-古土壤序列色度指标与磁化率对比研究后发现,亮度L*值与Hm（赤铁矿）和Gt（针铁矿）的比值相关性较好,在S₀和L₁阶段其与Hm和Gt的比值呈正相关,在S₁阶段为负相关。红度a*与Hm和Gt的比值有较强的正相关关系,反映土壤发育时期的水热条件。而黄度b*与针铁矿的相关性较好,与低频磁化率χ_lf使用可以更好地反映土壤的发育程度。色度指标在变化频率和幅度上较磁化率大,能很好地识别S₁阶段弱黄土-古土壤层。     

渭河上游地区樊家城黄土-古土壤剖面Rb、Sr、Ba存留特征及意义

选择渭河上游樊家城全新世黄土-古土壤剖面为研究对象,对该剖面元素Rb、Sr、Ba含量和磁化率、粒度、CaCO₃进行了测定。结果表明：Rb、Sr、Ba含量及Rb/Sr、Ba/Sr比值与磁化率、粒度、CaCO₃含量显著相关,能够指示渭河上游地区全新世的气候变化。剖面中古土壤层的磁化率、黏粒、Rb/Sr、Ba/Sr以及元素Rb、Ba含量高于黄土层,CaCO₃、Sr含量小于黄土层,指示渭河上游地区古土壤层（S₀）形成时期主要受夏季风影响,气候温暖湿润,淋溶作用强,风化成壤作用强;而黄土层形成时期主要受冬季风影响,气候相对冷干,淋溶作用弱,风化成壤作用弱。在全新世中期,古土壤层S₀¹与S₀²之间的黄土夹层,反映了渭河上游地区在全新世大暖期的6 000~5 000 a BP期间气候显著恶化。     

青海喇家遗址地层划分及齐家文化废墟覆盖层成因分析

对喇家遗址进行了全面的野外考察,在其北部发现完整连续的全新世黄土-古土壤地层剖面。通过系统采样、粒度和磁化率等多种指标测试,结合OSL技术测年断代,建立了完整的土壤地层序列。深入分析土壤沉积物性质与地表过程,揭示了覆盖齐家文化废墟的沉积物的成因。研究结果表明：喇家遗址土壤沉积物地层层序自地表向下依次为：现代土壤（MS,0~1.50 ka B.P.）→全新世晚期风成黄土（L₀,1.50~3.10 ka B.P.）→全新世中期古土壤（S₀,3.10~8.50 ka B.P.）→全新世早期过渡性风成黄土（L_t,8.50~11.50 ka B.P.）→晚更新世晚期马兰黄土（L₁,>11.50 ka B.P.）。其中全新世中期黑垆土古土壤（S₀）被3组红色粘土质泥流（RC₃、RC₂和RC₁）和山洪沙土（FFD）沉积层穿插分隔为4个亚层（S_0上、S_0中上、S_0中下和S_0下）。这证明黑垆土发育过程中,在OSL年龄3.96~3.65 ka,对应于¹⁴C年龄3.85~3.60 ka B.P.出现一个山洪泥流盛行期,来自于盆地北侧沟谷的大规模暴雨山洪泥流,在大红山前古洪积扇前沿溢出沟槽、扩散覆盖了黄河第二级阶地面的土地。其中与大地震相伴随的第一期暴雨山洪泥流过程,摧毁了喇家遗址齐家文化聚落,造成居室内人群的死亡。     

16 ka以来黄土高原东亚夏季风变化的环境磁学记录

末次冰消期以来的气候变化是第四纪古气候研究的重要内容.本文对黄土高原西部和平镇剖面16 ka以来的黄土沉积序列(厚度为3.5 m)进行了高分辨率环境磁学研究.结果表明:该黄土序列的磁性颗粒主要由细颗粒磁铁矿主导.其磁化率和频率磁化率具有相同的变化特征,与黄土高原中部和东部的黄土磁化率变化机制一致,即黄土高原西部和平镇黄...     

湖北郧县辽瓦店黄土剖面风化特征及其对气候变化的响应

对湖北郧县辽瓦店剖面的沉积学特征及磁化率、粒度、Rb、Sr含量等理化指标进行了研究。结果表明:辽瓦店剖面自下而上具有马兰黄土(L₁)-过渡层(L_t)-古土壤(S₀)-全新世黄土(L₀)-表土(TS)地层序列;不同地层单元的风化成壤差异明显,其成壤强弱顺序为古土壤S₀成壤最强、全新世黄土L₀和过渡层L_t次之、马兰黄土L₁最弱。成壤强弱的变化揭示出该区晚更新世末期(11 500 a BP以前)气候干冷,全新世早期(11 500~8 500 a BP)气候处于晚更新世干冷向全新世中期暖湿的过渡阶段,全新世中期(8 500~3 100 a BP)气候最为温暖湿润,全新世晚期(3 100 a BP以来)气候转为干冷且逐渐恶化的变化过程。     

Rapid computation of magnetic anomalies with demagnetization included, for arbitrarily shaped magnetic bodies

Summary. The potential function ø for a magnetic body of susceptibility μ in a medium of susceptibility μ* satisfies the integral equation
Here Φ* is the potential function for the region without the heterogeneity and R is the distance from the point of observation to the point on the surface, s , of the body. δΦ /δn is the normal derivative, in the direction of the outward normal. The equation allows for the effects of demagnetization. For numerical purposes the surfaces can be divided into N facets over which δΦ/δ n is a constant. The unknown quantities δΦ/δn_j can be found from the system of equations defined by:
The prime on the summation sign denotes that the summation does not include the i th element. The magnetic field in the direction of the unit vector P( P ₁, P ₂, P₃ ) is given by:      

Magnetic properties of metal-substituted haematite

Mineral and isothermal magnetic properties of Al-, Mn- and Ni-substituted haematites were characterized and their relationships evaluated in order to interpret better the results of magnetic analyses of soils and recent sediments. Aluminium, manganese and nickel haematites generally behaved as single-domain (SD) particles. The influence of incorporated Al on the magnetic behaviour of haematite was consistent with Al acting as a paramagnetic dilutent. Mass magnetic susceptibility ( χ ) and SIRM₈₀₀ decreased as the level of Al substitution increased. Incorporation of Mn and Ni increased χ , which could be associated with enhancement of the spin canting effect of haematite. The stability of SIRM₈₀₀ to demagnetization for Al-haematite appears to be related to a defect mechanism associated with the development of smaller crystallites arising from Al substitution. Magnetic domain rotation or flipping was probably inhibited, being blocked by structural defects during magnetization and demagnetization, and resulted in a low but stable partial SIRM (SIRM₈₀₀ ). %IRM/SIRM₈₀₀ demagnetization curves and estimated ( B _o )_CR values of ≤100  mT for Mn-haematite indicate pseudo-single-domain/multidomain-like behaviour despite Mn-haematite having particle and crystallite dimensions similar to Ni-haematite, which did not show this behaviour. Data indicate that parameters involving unsaturated, partial SIRM should be used with caution in magnetic studies of soils and sediments.     

新疆塔城地区黄土沉积的磁学特征及其对古环境变化的指示

西风区黄土沉积序列的磁化率变化特征比较复杂,磁化率与成壤强度之间的相关性在不同的区域环境中具有一定的差异。选取塔城地区黄土剖面作为研究对象进行较为系统的磁学特征分析。结果显示,塔城剖面的磁性矿物主要为磁铁矿、磁赤铁矿等亚铁磁性矿物,同时含有一定量的反铁磁性矿物和顺磁性矿物,磁畴状态主要是多畴（MD）和假单畴（PSD）。成壤作用影响单畴（SD）颗粒磁性矿物的相对含量,而对超顺磁（SP）颗粒的贡献有限。影响地层磁学性质的因素比较复杂,粒度与磁学参数的变化与区域的气候波动具有一定的对应关系。古土壤中磁性矿物浓度的降低以及钙积现象可能反映了成壤时期温暖干燥的气候条件,磁性矿物浓度的变化在一定程度上或许是对区域相对湿度状况的反映。     

TRM deviations in anisotropic assemblages of multidomain magnetite

Anisotropic assemblages of multidomain magnetite particles develop an anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), which in turn induces deviations of thermo-remanent magnetization (TRM) from the field direction. From the theories of multidomain TRM acquisition, it is shown that the TRM anisotropy tensor has its eigenvalue ratios ( T _i) related to the principal weak-field susceptibility ratios ( P _i) by the order of magnitude T _i≃ P ²_i. This relation has been experimentally verified on two sets of highly anisotropic rock samples. The exponent has been determined to be 1.94 in the samples from a Peruvian gabbro, and 1.81 in those from the granite of Flamanville (NW France). Accounting for experimental difficulties in determining the TRM anisotropy tensors, these exponents are judged to agree well with the expected one. It is therefore stressed that AMS measurements provide a good means of evaluating the magnetic field direction from deviated TRM directions, providing magnetic carriers are mainly multidomain magnetites.     

On analysis and prediction of tides on the west coast of Great Britain

Summary. Long-period tidal records from eight ports on the west coast of Great Britain are analysed, using both the harmonic method and the response function. Time series up to 9.5 yr were used so that fine structure of certain regions of high energy in the tidal residual spectrum may be examined. This also assisted in accurate separation of tides from surges. According to the currently accepted formulation of M₁, its composition is not compatible with its actual composition in the real tide and, as such, has no useful purpose to serve in computation of predictions. Constituents Sa, Ssa, MA, and MB, are adversly affected by weather and long records are essential for their accurate separation. It has been observed that annual perturbations of S₂, similar to those confirmed in recent years for M₂, also exist but these are not readily recognisable because their speeds are the same as those of constituents T₂ and R₂. These perturbations, being highly sensitive to meteorological forces, are mainly responsible for cusps or humps in the vicinity of major tidal constituents in tidal residual spectra. The relationship of radiational and gravitational tides is found to be in very good agreement with theoretical results. In summer months non-predictable variance reduces to about half of the annual variance, reflecting the regional weather conditions of summer and winter.     

Three-dimensional Rayleigh hysteresis of oriented core samples from the German Continental Deep Drilling Program: susceptibility tensor, Rayleigh tensor, three-dimensional Rayleigh law

Rayleigh hysteresis, as defined by the well-known Rayleigh relations, has been observed not only when magnetization of pyrrhotite-bearing KTB-samples is measured in parallel to a weak dc magnetic field, but also in experiments where field and measuring directions have been adjusted strictly perpendicularly to each other. Nine-tupels of independent Rayleigh hysteresis loops could thus be compiled. Their characteristic coefficients X ^ijk of initial susceptibility together with the Rayleigh loss coefficients α^jk have been proved to determine completely the samples' weak-field magnetic anisotropy. Interpreting the coefficient matrices ( X ^ijk) and (α^jk) as the tensor of initial susceptibility and the Rayleigh tensor, respectively, generalization of the isotropic Rayleigh relations in terms of corresponding tensor relationships has been suggested for the anisotropic case. Application to the KTB samples showed 3-D Rayleigh hysteresis measurements to be an excellent tool for rock magnetic analysis in terms of ore content and crystalline texture. In particular, a magnetocrystalline double texture of the basal planes of pyrrhotite precipitates and their [1120] directions of easy magnetization have been clearly detected. Surprisingly, the welt-known theorem α= const. X ²_I, formulated by Néel (1942) for the isotropic case, has been found to hold true even in tensor generalization (α_jk) = const ( X ²_jk). To reach sufficient resolution for the measurements performed, a sensitive vibrating coil magnetometer (VCM) has been developed.     

Magnetic fabric and its significance in the Florianópolis dyke swarm, southern Brazil

Magnetic fabric was determined by applying the anisotropy from the low-field magnetic susceptibility (AMS) technique in 62 mafic dykes from the Mesozoic Florianópolis (Santa Catarina Island) dyke swarm, southern Brazil. These dykes cut the crystalline basement rocks, which are mainly Proterozoic. They are vertical or subvertical in dip and trend mainly NE, although NW-trending dykes are also found. Dykes are tholeiitic in composition and are geochemically similar to those from the Ponta Grossa swarm. Thicknesses vary from 0.3 to 60 m. Polished sections show that titanomagnetites carry the AMS in these dykes. Hysteresis parameters show that the magnetic minerals fall in the PSD range. Two types of magnetic fabric are recognized. Type I is characterized by K ₁- K ₂ parallel to the dyke wall, representing magma flow within the dykes; type II, with K ₁- K ₃ parallel to the dyke wall, was found in four dykes. Type I is found in 94 per cent of the dykes, and approximately 20 per cent of these have K ₁ inclinations of less than 30°, suggesting horizontal or subhorizontal flow. About 80 per cent have K ₁ inclinations of greater than 30°, due to inclined to vertical flow. The comparison of AMS studies from both the Florianópolis and the Ponta Grossa dykes suggests a source position closer to Santa Catarina Island than the Ponta Grossa arch.     

青海喇家遗址土壤序列及史前山洪泥流灾难释光测年研究

位于青藏高原东北部边缘的青海民和官亭盆地喇家遗址,保存着全新世环境变化、人类活动、复杂地表过程演变与突发性灾难事件的记录。关于其史前群发性灾难的成因及发生年代问题,争议颇多,受到国内外学术界和媒体的广泛关注。经过多年来深入彻底的调查研究,在上喇家村南侧、喇家遗址北部区域首次发现完整连续的晚更新世晚期以来黄土—土壤地层剖面。在详尽的土壤与沉积学观察和层次关系分析的基础上,系统性采集样品,进行了光释光测年。由此在黄河第二级阶地风成黄土与黑垆土类土壤为主的区域,建立起了喇家遗址土壤沉积物地层序列与年代框架。结果表明,该剖面从12000 a BP堆积发育至今,从下至上的层序为晚更新世马兰黄土顶部（L_1-1）、全新世早期过渡性黄土（L_t）、全新世中期古土壤（S₀）、近代黄土（L₀）与现代土壤层（MS）。其中在全新世中期古土壤黑垆土层（S₀）之内,OSL年龄3960-3650 a BP期间,发现有3层红色粘土质泥流沉积层插入,记录了3次大规模山洪泥流溢出沟槽、在平坦的阶地表面扩散沉积、掩埋齐家文化聚落而成灾的事件。综合多种断代方法结果,确定这3期山洪泥流灾难性事件分别发生在3850 a BP、3800 a BP、3600 a BP左右。其中第一场山洪泥流在阶地表面大范围扩散过程当中,覆盖了喇家遗址东部区域。这就充分表明,来自于官亭盆地北部第三系红层丘陵沟壑区的暴雨山洪泥流过程,与同时期发生的若干次大地震,共同毁灭了喇家遗址齐家文化聚落的东部区域。这些研究成果,对于深入探讨官亭盆地环境变化与人地关系演变规律、准确理解喇家遗址的形成、史前人类活动、突发性灾难及其毁灭过程问题,具有重要的科学意义。