毛乌素沙地1960-2013年极端气温变化

毛乌素沙地处于多层次生态地理景观过渡带,拥有丰富的自然及人文资源.研究该生态脆弱区极端气温变化,有利于揭示全球气温变化与局地气温响应之间的复杂关系,为当地的可持续发展和气象灾害预防提供参考。通过线性趋势分析、累计距平、Mann-Kendall法、因子分析、R/S分析等方法,分析了该地极端气温指数的变化特征\,突变特点、相互关系,探讨了该地区气温变化的空间差异和极端气温未来的变化趋势。结果表明:(1)极端最低气温、极端最高气温、夏日日数、热夜日数、暖夜日数、暖日日数分别以不同的速率上升;冰日日数、霜冻日数、冷夜日数、冷日日数分别以不同的速率下降。(2)除极端最高气温、极端最低气温外,其余8项极端气温指数均发生突变,突变年份集中在20世纪90年代。(3)冷指数大幅下降是毛乌素沙地极端气温变化的主要特点,并且各冷指数间、各暖指数间相关关系显著。(4)毛乌素沙地极端气温在空间上表现出不同的变化特点,东北方向(榆林及鄂托克旗)冷指数呈现大幅减少,西南方向(横山及盐池)暖指数呈现大幅增加。(5)ENSO事件具有使毛乌素沙地极端最高气温降低的作用以及使极端最低气温升高的作用。(6)10项极端气温指数的Hurst指数均大于0.5,表明未来毛乌素沙地极端气温仍将呈现冷指数下降、暖指数上升的变化趋势。     

鄂尔多斯高原清代风灾

根据历史文献资料,利用数理统计等方法研究了鄂尔多斯高原清代的风灾。结果表明:鄂尔多斯高原清代发生风灾51次,平均每5.3 a发生1次。其中轻度风灾16次、中度风灾34次、大风灾1次,分别占风灾总数的31.3%、66.7%、2.0%。研究区清代风灾变化可分为3个阶段。第1阶段为1644-1783年,发生风灾24次,平均每5.8 a发生1次,为风灾频次居中的多发阶段。第2阶段为1784-1843年,发生风灾4次,平均每15 a发生1次,为风灾频次最少的低发阶段。第3阶段为1844-1911年,发生风灾23次,平均每3.0 a发生1次,为风灾频次最高的多发阶段。从清代早期到晚期,鄂尔多斯高原风灾频次呈上升趋势。鄂尔多斯高原清代有4次风灾爆发期,分别为公元1708-1710年、1851-1853年、1878-1884年和1908-1910年。在1878-1910年间有2次风灾爆发期,对应于中国东部和北半球的低温期。鄂尔多斯高原清代风灾有6 a左右的短周期和23 a左右的长周期,其中23 a的周期是第一主周期。该区风灾发生的主要原因是强冬季风的活动,在气候寒冷期或干旱期发生频率较高。     

开封地区宋元时期洪涝灾害与气候变化

整理分析历史文献资料,提取出北宋和元代开封地区的洪涝灾害信息,对比探讨两个时期洪涝灾害发生特征及其反映的气候变化。结果表明,宋元开封地区洪灾频发,平均2.75~2.89 a发生1次,北宋以中度雨涝为主,元代以河流决溢大灾为主。北宋前70 a洪灾频发,元代则两头少中间多。宋元洪灾主要集中于夏秋季节,夏季风降水增多或集中是其主要驱动力。北宋洪灾空间差异较小,元代则因距离黄河改道远近而差异较大。北宋前期约40 a气候偏干,之后干湿波动频繁,元代相对湿润并延续至后期;宋元洪灾均具有共同的准3、7 a周期。     

Evaluation of heavy metals and arsenic speciation discharged by the industrial activity on the Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain

This study reports the annual amount of heavy metals discharged by industrial activity into the estuary of the Ría of Huelva (SW Spain). The findings showed that the discharged metals found in highest amounts were Fe (11 t y⁻¹), Zn (3.4 t y⁻¹) and Mo (0.88 t y⁻¹). There were other metals with high pollutant charge, such as Ti (232 kg y⁻¹), As (228 kg y⁻¹), Ni (195 kg y⁻¹), Pb (100 kg y⁻¹), Cr (39 kg y⁻¹) and Cd (33 kg y⁻¹). These results were compared with pollutants transported via the Tinto and Odiel rivers from abandoned mining activities in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), and it was deduced that the amounts spilled exclusively by industries were less than 1% in relation to the total discharge. Hence, the treatment of residues from the IPB should be the priority goal to improve water quality in the estuary.     

西安东郊S5土壤中AgSO4等矿物的发现与研究

根据西安东郊任家坡黄土剖面中第5层古土壤样品的电子显微镜观察和能谱分析,在该层古土壤中发现了极少见的能够指示典型干旱气候环境的AgSO4矿物和钼矿物等.次生银矿物一般呈现椭球形结晶粒状形态,具有孔洞和裂隙化学沉淀结晶的特点,钼矿物具有胶体物质的特点.次生银矿物有两种类型,一是AgSO4矿物,二是氧化银矿物.次生银、钼和钴矿物与新生粘土矿物及Fe2O3和Al2O3的明显迁移指示该层土壤发育时经历了较为强烈的化学风化和矿物分解作用,银、钼和钴能够从原生矿物中释放出来,当时西安地区降水量丰富,达到了酸性化学风化阶段.在西安地区S5下部分层古土壤发育末期,出现了由温暖湿润季风气候向非季风干旱气候的大变化.在比CaSO4还易于溶解的AgSO4形成时期,关中平原为非季风干旱气候,强烈的蒸发造成了土壤水溶液中SO42的富集和AgSO4的形成.当时东亚夏季风活动极弱,一般不能越过秦岭到关中平原地区,那时西安地区年降水量为300mm以下,比现今兰州地区的气候还要冷干.     

巴丹吉林沙漠高大沙山粒度组成及其意义

选取巴丹吉林沙漠东南部全球高差最大(约420m)的诺尔图湖东大沙山和较高的苏木巴润吉林湖西大沙山(高差约400m),对其迎风坡沉积物进行系统采样分析,讨论了高大沙山迎风坡沉积物粒度成分特点、变化规律、原因及其活动性.结果表明,全球高差最大的诺尔图东沙山和苏木巴润吉林湖西沙山迎风坡沉积物具有双层结构,表层沉积物的粒度组成...     

Plastic particles in coastal pelagic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific ocean

The purpose of this study was to examine the distribution, abundance and characteristics of plastic particles in plankton samples collected routinely in Northeast Pacific ecosystems, and to contribute to the development of ideas for future research into the occurrence and impact of small plastic debris in marine pelagic ecosystems. Plastic debris particles were assessed from zooplankton samples collected as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) ongoing ecosystem surveys during two research cruises in the Southeast Bering Sea in the spring and fall of 2006 and four research cruises off the U.S. west coast (primarily off southern California) in spring, summer and fall of 2006, and in January of 2007. Nets with 0.505 mm mesh were used to collect surface samples during all cruises, and sub-surface samples during the four cruises off the west coast. The 595 plankton samples processed indicate that plastic particles are widely distributed in surface waters. The proportion of surface samples from each cruise that contained particles of plastic ranged from 8.75 to 84.0%, whereas particles were recorded in sub-surface samples from only one cruise (in 28.2% of the January 2007 samples). Spatial and temporal variability was apparent in the abundance and distribution of the plastic particles and mean standardized quantities varied among cruises with ranges of 0.004-0.19 particles/m3, and 0.014-0.209 mg dry mass/m3. Off southern California, quantities for the winter cruise were significantly higher, and for the spring cruise significantly lower than for the summer and fall surveys (surface data). Differences between surface particle concentrations and mass for the Bering Sea and California coast surveys were significant for pair-wise comparisons of the spring but not the fall cruises. The particles were assigned to three plastic product types: product fragments, fishing net and line fibers, and industrial pellets; and five size categories: <1 mm, 1-2.5 mm, >2.5-5 mm, >5-10 mm, and >10 mm. Product fragments accounted for the majority of the particles, and most were less than 2.5 mm in size. The ubiquity of such particles in the survey areas and predominance of sizes <2.5 mm implies persistence in these pelagic ecosystems as a result of continuous breakdown from larger plastic debris fragments, and widespread distribution by ocean currents. Detailed investigations of the trophic ecology of individual zooplankton species, and their encounter rates with various size ranges of plastic particles in the marine pelagic environment, are required in order to understand the potential for ingestion of such debris particles by these organisms. Ongoing plankton sampling programs by marine research institutes in large marine ecosystems are good potential sources of data for continued assessment of the abundance, distribution and potential impact of small plastic debris in productive coastal pelagic zones.     

长安少陵塬黄土含水条件与控制因素研究

 根据长安少陵塬杨湾黄土剖面含水层的调查、含水量、孔隙度测定和粒度分析,研究了黄土含水层与隔水层的分布、含水条件及其与第四纪气候变化的关系。结果表明,长安杨湾剖面黄土地层含水量变化代表了与以往研究不同的变化类型,含水量峰值出现在黄土层中,低值出现在红色古土壤层中；从上向下含水量与孔隙度呈波动变化规律；在所研究的剖面中出现的5个含水层均由黄土层构成,隔水层由红色古土壤构成。研究剖面中含水层与隔水层的水理性质主要是它们形成时的气候不同决定的。红色古土壤的隔水性是由于温湿气候条件下的粘土化作用产生的，黄土层的含水空间发育好主要是当时相对冷干的气候条件下的较弱的成壤作用造成的。含水空间发育较好的黄土层和粘化强的红色古土壤隔水层的存在是该黄土剖面中地下水富集的两个基本条件。     

关中平原全新世环境演变

根据陕西歧山等剖面高分辩率孢粉分析和古土壤类型研究得知，全新世大暖期关中地区发育的土壤为淋溶型森林土壤，而非过去所认为的半干旱气候下的森林草原型的黑垆土；该区全新世可分为三个时期9个阶段，全新世早、晚期分别包括2个阶段，中期包括5个阶段；植被类型以落叶阔叶林为主，间有森林草原出现；中全新世气候最佳阶段年均温比今高约3℃，年均降水量比今多200mm左右。     

Microbiological response to well pumping

To better constrain sampling strategies for observing biologically sensitive parameters in ground water, we vigorously pumped for 120 h a lightly pumped well completed in a confined glacial aquifer while observing how various physical and chemical parameters evolve in the water produced. The parameters commonly monitored when sampling a well stabilized within about an hour, after 5 wellbore volumes were produced; these parameters include temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, oxidation-reduction potential (Eh), and electrical conductivity. The concentrations of ferrous iron, sulfide, and sulfate and various biological or biologically sensitive parameters, including the concentrations of dissolved hydrogen and methane, direct cell counts, and the microbial community profile, in contrast, required more than 8 h or 36 well volumes to stabilize. We interpret this result to mean that the zone of influence of the wellbore on biologic processes in the aquifer extends beyond the commonly recognized zone where physical properties are affected. A second period of adjustment of these biologically sensitive parameters began after about 50 h of pumping, following displacement of 230 wellbore volumes, and continued to the end of the experiment. During this period, the cell density and the composition of the microbial community suspended in the water samples changed. This finding indicates that the microbial community in and near the wellbore changed in response to pumping and the changes affected aspects of the composition of water produced from the well. The study demonstrates the importance of allowing adequate pumping time when sampling ground water for the analysis of biologically sensitive parameters.