Successional stages of biological soil crusts and their microstructure variability in Shapotou region (China)

In order to investigate succession of biological soil crusts (BSCs) and their microstructure variability, we conducted this work in Shapotou revegetation region at the southeast edge of Tengger Deser. The results showed that BSCs generally succeeded as a pathway of “Algae crusts, algae–lichen crusts, lichen crusts, lichen–moss crusts and moss crusts”. Occasionally mosses directly occurred on algae crusts, and BSCs succeeded from algae crusts to moss crusts. Crust vertical stratification was a common phenomenon, from top to bottom an inorganic layer, algae-dense layer and algae-sparse layer were divided in algae crusts; a thallus layer, rhizoid layer and sub-rhizoid layer in lichen crusts; a “stem-leaf” layer, rhizoid layer and sub-rhizoid layer in moss crusts, respectively. The main crust binding organisms varied from filamental cyanobacteria (dominated by Microcoleus) in algae crusts to lichen rhizoids, free-living cyanobacterial filaments and fungal hyphaes in lichen crusts, and to moss rhizoids and fungal hyphaes in moss crusts. The dominant phototrophic organisms varied from Microcoleus (algae) in algae crusts to Collema (lichens) in lichen crusts, and to Bryum (or Didymodon and Tortula; mosses) in moss crusts. Total phototrophic biomass increased while the free-living algal biomass decreased with the succession of BSCs. In addition, exopolysaccharides and fine particles accumulated in the course of development and succession of BSCs, all of which lead to a gradual increase in crust thickness and porosity, while decrease in the bulk density.     

北半球72 ka BP气候突变事件及其与Toba火山的关系

72 ka BP左右的强降温事件是末次冰期最大的气候突变事件,且同时期发生了第四纪以来最强的火山喷发——Toba火山喷发,后者在此次强降温事件中扮演着什么角色一直是古气候学界研究的热点。对此进行深入的研究,有助于全面评价火山喷发的环境效应,进一步完善末次冰期突变事件的成因机制。系统回顾深海岩芯、极地冰芯、洞穴石笋、黄土、湖泊等古气候载体的研究成果,这些记录对72 ka BP左右的强降温事件和/或Toba火山喷发进行了不同程度的描述,并从不同的角度分析二者的关系。从72 ka BP左右的强降温事件和Toba火山喷发的时间上,以及火山喷发对气候变化影响的机理上看,Toba火山喷发确实对这次强降温事件产生了实质性影响。这个影响在格陵兰冰芯记录中表现得尤为明显,并得到了气候模拟的进一步支持。然而,部分低纬海洋记录研究表明,Toba火山喷发前后气候没有发生显著变化,至少低纬地区的气候不如高纬地区变化明显。古生物研究同时显示出Toba火山喷发并未对其生存环境产生灾难性的影响,由此可见,72 ka BP左右的强降温事件驱动机制及其对Toba火山喷发的响应程度尚存争议。今后的研究应重视提高气候记录分辨率和探测Toba火山喷发证据的研究,从解剖事件的内部结构特征入手,进而建立气候模式与火山效应之间的联系,以此来明确“72 ka事件”驱动机制及其对Toba火山喷发的响应关系。     

Tectonic Stress Field's Characteristic and Its Relationship of Uranium Mineralization at Dazhou Volcanic Faulted Basin in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province

在构造变形研究的基础上,通过野外露头共轭剪节理的产状测量,采用数学统计方法进行分期配套,并结合前人的研究成果,开展了大洲火山断陷盆地古构造应力场及其与铀成矿关系的研究.总结了主要经历的四期构造应力:前晚侏罗世构造期、磨石山期、衢江期、始新世—渐新世构造期,分别讨论了各个期次对铀成矿的控制作用,指出后三个构造期与铀成矿关系密切,即磨石山期构造应力场为成矿准备了储矿空间,衢江期构造应力场为成矿准备了导矿空间,而始新世—渐新世构造期构造应力场对已形成矿体进行了破坏或改造.     

渤海湾盆地黄骅坳陷孔南地区古近系孔店组二段物源分析*

根据重力异常资料、地震资料,综合运用重矿物法、碎屑岩类分析法并结合砂体展布特征,基本明确了黄骅坳陷孔南地区孔店组二段的物源区位置及来源方向。区域布格重力异常场从宏观上勾绘出了孔南地区地势的起伏状况,对物源分析具有重要参考意义。在研究区湖盆周缘都发育砂体,在各物源口的砂体展布规律在平面上表现为呈扇形展布的特征,宏观上指示了物源的涉及范围。盆外下切沟槽能大致确定研究区周缘各物源口位置,前积反射结构也能指示出存在物源供给的地区。重矿物以锆石、电气石、金红石、石榴石、磁铁矿为主,不同的物源区具有不同的重矿组合特征,其变化规律指示了碎屑物质的搬运方向和搬运途径。碎屑岩组分以长石为主,其次为石英,岩屑含量较低,主要为岩浆岩岩屑,岩屑类型指示了物源区母岩类型主要为岩浆岩。该区孔店组二段沉积时期在东南、西南、西北、东北4个方向上都存在物源,进一步可识别出乌马营、叶三拔、舍女寺等10个子物源,它们共同控制了孔南地区孔店组二段沉积时期砂体的形成和分布,形成多物源环湖盆分布的特征。     

甘肃西峰红粘土地层中蜗牛化石记录的古气候变化周期

米兰科维奇理论从地球轨道要素周期性变化驱动气候波动的角度出发,对第四纪时期古气候的周期性特征做出了成功的解释。近年来对更长尺度的贝加尔湖古气候记录的研究结果表明,晚中新世-上新世的气候变化具有40ka的周期性变化,气候环境演变和太阳辐射量的变化密切相关[1,2]。古气候的周期性演化研究要求研究材料具有较准确的时间标尺、连续记录的地层和较高的样品分辨率。中国黄土高原地处中纬度地区,对太阳辐射的变化比较敏感,保存连续完整的晚第三纪风成沉积为研究长尺度的气候变化周期提供了可能,但限于一些气候代用指标在晚第三纪地层中的适用性,古气候变化周期方面的研究还比较少。     

Chemical weathering in the Upper Huang He (Yellow River) draining the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

We examined the fluvial geochemistry of the Huang He (Yellow River) in its headwaters to determine natural chemical weathering rates on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where anthropogenic impact is considered small. Qualitative treatment of the major element composition demonstrates the dominance of carbonate and evaporite dissolution. Most samples are supersaturated with respect to calcite, dolomite, and atmospheric CO₂ with moderate (0.710-0.715) ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, while six out of 21 total samples have especially high concentrations of Na, Ca, Mg, Cl, and SO₄ from weathering of evaporites. We used inversion model calculations to apportion the total dissolved cations to rain-, evaporite-, carbonate-, and silicate-origin. The samples are either carbonate- or evaporite-dominated, but the relative contributions of the four sources vary widely among samples. Net CO₂ consumption rates by silicate weathering (6-120 × 10³ mol/km²/yr) are low and have a relative uncertainty of ∼40%. We extended the inversion model calculation to literature data for rivers draining orogenic zones worldwide. The Ganges-Brahmaputra draining the Himalayan front has higher CO₂ consumption rates (110-570 × 10³ mol/km²/yr) and more radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.715-1.24) than the Upper Huang He, but the rivers at higher latitudes are similar to or lower than the Upper Huang He in CO₂ uptake by silicate weathering. In these orogenic zones, silicate weathering rates are only weakly coupled with temperature and become independent of runoff above ∼800 mm/yr.     

太行山中段城南庄一带隐伏岩体及找矿前景分析

麻棚和赤瓦屋岩体都位于太行山中段热液金属矿成矿区内,在其周围已发现石湖石英脉大型金矿等60余处热液型矿床(点),其深部和外围可能存在找矿前景。本文通过探讨太行山中段城南庄一带遥感环形构造和重力负场特征与金属矿床和岩体的耦合关系,从城南庄卫星式-多层蘑菇群式遥感环形构造群、重力负场、中酸性岩脉侵入和温泉五种证据,推测城南庄深部存在比麻棚和赤瓦屋岩体大近六倍、面积约700 km~2的中酸性隐伏岩体—城南庄隐伏岩体。城南庄隐伏岩体边界基本与布格重力负异常边界吻合,呈长轴北东向宽缓带状展布,向南西方向倾伏,北侧埋深较浅、南侧埋深较深。城南庄隐伏岩体边部(特别是产状缓外倾,具有良好成矿空间的区域)和顶部与围岩的接触带位置、环形构造形成的晚期"小岩体"内部及附近位置和中酸性岩脉附近位置是寻找热液型矿床的有利部位。     

马达加斯加北部绿岩带石英脉型金矿流体包裹体特征及成矿作用分析

为探讨马达加斯加北部绿岩带石英脉型金矿的成矿温度和物质来源,对Maevatanana和Andriamena两个绿岩带石英脉型金矿的石英脉流体包裹体的研究表明,这两条绿岩带金矿流体包裹体较为发育,有H₂O-NaCl包裹体,即水溶液型(Ⅰ类);CO₂-H₂O-NaCl包裹体,即L_H2O+V_CO2型(Ⅱ类);富CO₂包裹体,即L_H2O+L _CO2+V_CO2型(Ⅲ类)和少量含子晶的H₂O-NaCl包裹体,即含NaCl子矿物型(Ⅳ类)等4种类型;成矿阶段可分为早期成矿、主成矿、后期成矿阶段,早期成矿阶段以I和部分Ⅱ类包裹体为主,偶见少量Ⅳ类含NaCl子晶包裹体,主成矿阶段以大部分Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类包裹体为主,后期成矿阶段以Ⅰ类包裹体为主;Maev和Adm金矿成矿流体以CO     

川东北普光地区深层富钾卤水钾资源提取研究

四川盆地地下卤水资源丰富,尤其川东北地区地下卤水富含高品质钾资源。本项目以四川普光地区富钾卤水为研究对象,根据卤水组成,采用模拟计算并结合实验验证的方法,研究了高温蒸发时,氯化钠、氯化钾、光卤石、硼酸等矿物的析出阶段及特点。研究结果表明,当蒸失水率约80%时,体系中约85%的NaCl析出,同时KCl达到饱和,继续蒸发可获取钾石盐。控制总蒸失水率94%~95%时分离,体系中大于80%的钾可在这一阶段析出,且湿基中KCl品位可高达约45%;析出钾石盐后的卤水降至室温可获得NaCl、KCl、KCl·MgCl₂·6H₂O及H₃BO₃的混合物,硼的析出率可达到约80%。同时,研究表明,将蒸失水率约80%时分离石盐后的卤水直接降温可以获得湿基品位约高达70%的钾石盐矿,钾析出率约50%。综合对比分析,提出两条以钾资源开发为主的工艺路线:其一为“高温蒸发析氯化钠-高温蒸发析氯化钾-冷却析钾硼混盐”,通过加工获得KCl及H₃BO₃产品;其二为“高温蒸发析氯化钠-冷却析钾”,通过加工获得高端KCl产品。