Luminescence chronology of loess-palaeosol deposits in the Central Shandong Mountains region: Provenances and paleoclimate implications

The loess-palaeosol deposits of the Central Shandong Mountains (CSM) to the east of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) potentially provide valuable archives for the reconstruction of East Asian monsoon patterns. However, compared to the abundant attention given to the loess layer, fewer studies have explored the palaeosols documenting the processes and characteristics of interglacial climate changes. The high-resolution chronologies and provenances of the palaeosol in the CSM area are still unclear. In this work, the luminescence ages and paleoclimate proxies in the Shaozhuang (SZ) and Focun (FC) sections were studied, by combining detrital zircons U–Pb ages from the loess-palaesosol in Jingbian, Licheng, Focun, Pianguan and Dongming Yellow River sediments. Quartz single-aliquot regenerative dose protocol (SAR) and K-feldspar post-infrared IRSL (pIRIR₂₉₀) dating results were obtained in the SZ (8.0 ± 1.1 ka −50.8 ± 2.7 ka) and FC (3.8 ± 0.3 ka—144.0 ± 7.8 ka) sections to develop the most detailed CSM region chronologies to date. The analyzed grain sizes and detrital zircon U–Pb ages suggest that the provenance of the CSM loess was dominated by local Yellow River sediments. The palaeosols observed in the field in these two sections were composed of both aggradation soils deposited in the interglacial period and non-aggradation soil formed by the weathering and leaching of the underlying loess. We found evidences for the presence of non-aggradation soils as indicated the relatively high 5–16 μm particle percentages, relatively low chemical index of alteration (CIA) values and the percentages of >63 μm particles compared to those of the overlying palaeosol layers. Nevertheless, the loess-palaeosol deposits in the CSM are still the product of the East Asian monsoon and global climatic variations, as the deposits have recorded the glacial-interglacial cycles.     

襄樊—广济断裂带东段构造变形特征及其演化

襄樊—广济断裂带是分隔大别造山带和扬子板块北缘前陆褶皱逆冲带的边界断裂,其几何学、运动学及构造演化特征记录了南北两大不同性质的大地构造单元发生碰撞、拼贴及相互作用的地质过程。在野外调查、构造解析和年代学研究基础上,结合区域地质和地球物理资料分析,认为襄樊—广济断裂带东段以深部向南逆冲、浅表向北逆冲的“鳄鱼嘴式”对冲构造为特征,与西段的构造变形样式和次序存在显著差异。中扬子地区东部受控于江南—雪峰造山带和大别造山带南北两大构造体系,深部扬子板块北缘向大别造山带之下俯冲导致造山带自北向南挤出,推覆构造可影响至瑞昌一带,由南向北的浅层逆冲推覆可影响至梅川附近,二者在襄樊—广济断裂带东段的蕲春—武穴—浠水一带对接。襄樊—广济断裂带经历了印支早期同碰撞由北向南的逆冲推覆和深层次的韧性剪切变形(T₂末)、燕山早—中期双向对冲构造变形(J_1-3)、燕山晚期伸展正断层变形(K_1-2)、喜山早期由北向南小规模逆冲变形(E₁)阶段。     

大兴安岭中北段塔尔气地区早白垩世白音高老组火山岩地球化学特征及意义

塔尔气地区早白垩世白音高老组火山岩主要由流纹岩、流纹质(含角砾)岩屑晶屑凝灰岩及流纹质岩屑晶屑凝灰熔岩等组成。岩石地球化学研究表明,火山岩具有富铝(Al2O3含量13.37%~15.79%)、富碱(Na2O+K2O含量6.10%~8.56%)、贫镁钙的特点;稀土元素丰度总量较高,轻、重稀土元素分馏明显[(La/Yb)N=3.72~17.9],且HREE有较明显的凹陷;微量元素以相对富集K、Rb、Ba、LREE等大离子亲石元素,而相对亏损Sr元素以及高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti为特征。结合前人研究结果表明,塔尔气地区白音高老组火山岩来源于基性下地壳物质的部分熔融。结合火山岩所具有的A型流纹岩的特点,暗示为伸展构造体制下的产物,可能与蒙古—鄂霍茨克洋闭合后的伸展环境有关。     

小兴安岭西北部霍龙门地区花岗质杂岩锆石U--Pb年龄、岩石地球化学特征及地质意义

小兴安岭西北部的霍龙门地区位于兴蒙造山带东段,该区出露的大面积花岗质杂岩为新开岭—科洛杂岩的重要组成部分。该花岗质杂岩主要由花岗质和花岗闪长质糜棱岩等组成,其中花岗质糜棱岩的SHRIMP锆石U--Pb定年结果为310.7±6.5 Ma,表明其原岩形成于晚石炭世。该杂岩的主量元素总体显示中、高钾钙碱性准铝质--过铝质系列岩石的特点;微量元素表现出Th、Zr、Hf、Nd、Rb、K明显富集,而Ba、Sr、Nb、P、Ti明显亏损;稀土元素具有明显的轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素相对亏损的特征,有较明显的负Eu异常,轻、重稀土元素分馏程度较强。结合区域构造演化特点及花岗质杂岩的形成环境等,综合显示该杂岩的原岩应形成于晚古生代,于三叠纪时期发生明显的变质变形作用。     

罗霄山区旅游扶贫效应的居民感知与态度研究——以湖南汝城国家森林公园九龙江地区为例

旅游扶贫应立足于贫困人口的获利和发展,其核心是使贫困人口从旅游开发中获得更多的发展机会和净利益。以居民感知理论为基础,对汝城国家森林公园九龙江地区居民进行问卷调查,采用因子分析法和数理统计法,分析当地居民对旅游扶贫效应的感知和态度。研究结果表明:当地居民对旅游扶贫的社会和经济效应感知明显,对环境效应不敏感,参与旅游业的意愿强,但受经济、文化等因素制约,实际参与能力不足。建议当地政府将旅游业培育成特色产业,以居民受益为出发点,对居民进行扶持与引导,鼓励居民参与旅游开发与决策,并注重资源开发与保护相结合,以期实现贫困人口脱贫和旅游发展的双赢。     

秦岭太白山古冰川发育与黄土高原气候变迁

本文通过古冰川遗迹的系统分析,揭示了太白山雪线变化和冰川发育过程,将其与黄土高原晚第四纪气候变化模式对比,阐明了太白山雪线变化和冰川发育的时代和时间序列问题。     

U-Pb zircon ages for the Luzhenguan Complex in northern part of the eastern Dabie orogen

The Dabie Mountain is the collisional orogenic belt between the North China Block and the Yangtze Block. As the eastern segment of the central-China orogenic belt, its tectonic framework is corresponding to the Qinling orogenic belt as a whole[1]. The NHB in northern part of Dabie Orogen is regarded as the joint belt between the Yangtze Block and the North China Block, and roughly corresponds to the north Qinling belt of the Qinling orogenic belt, which separated the Tongbai-Dabie hig…     

Climate during the last glacial maximum in the Wasatch and southern Uinta Mountains inferred from glacier modeling

Recent improvements in understanding glacial extents and chronologies in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains and other mountain ranges in the western U.S. call for a more detailed approach to using glacier reconstructions to infer paleoclimates than commonly applied AAR-ELA-ÄT methods. A coupled 2-D mass balance and ice-flow numerical modeling approach developed by [Plummer, M.A., Phillips, F.M., 2003. A 2-D numerical model of snow/ice energy balance and ice flow for paleoclimatic interpretation of glacial geomorphic features. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 1389–1406] allows exploration of the combined effects of temperature, precipitation, shortwave radiation and many secondary parameters on past ice extents in alpine settings. We apply this approach to the Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains and the Lake Fork and Yellowstone Canyons in the south-central Uinta Mountains. Results of modeling experiments indicate that the Little Cottonwood glacier required more precipitation during the local Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) than glaciers in the Uinta Mountains, assuming lapse rates were similar to modern. Model results suggest that if temperatures in the Wasatch Mountains and Uinta Mountains were  6 °C to 7 °C colder than modern, corresponding precipitation changes were  3 to 2× modern in Little Cottonwood Canyon and  2 to 1× modern in Lake Fork and Yellowstone Canyons. Greater amounts of precipitation in the Little Cottonwood Canyon likely reflect moisture derived from the surface of Lake Bonneville, and the lake may have also affected the mass balance of glaciers in the Uinta Mountains.     

大别山地区黄山松和油松树轮宽度的气候意义

本文基于2010年采自大别山地区黄山松、油松树轮资料分别建立了树轮宽度标准年表,利用相关函数检验了年表与附近的麻城气象站1959-2009年月平均最高气温、月平均气温、月平均最低气温和月降水量之间关系,旨在探讨黄山松、油松树轮宽度的气候意义。研究结果显示,平均敏感度、标准差、信噪比等统计量黄山松年表均高于油松年表,表明黄山松年表较油松年表包含更多的气候信息,具有更高的树轮气候学研究价值。黄山松径向生长主要受当年2-7月平均气温限制,任何月份及月份组合降水量对黄山松径向生长的限制作用均不显著;油松径向生长主要受当年5-6月降水总量限制,任何月份及月份组合气温对油松径向生长的限制作用均不显著。研究表明,在中国亚热带暖湿地区,气候要素的年际变化亦可对部分树种径向生长具有较强的限制作用,树木年轮宽度的变化对气候具有指示意义。研究结果将进一步弥补中国亚热带暖湿地区树轮宽度年表的不足,为树轮气候重建研究提供参考和依据。     

Early Mesozoic unroofing pattern of the Dabie Mountains (China): Constraints from the U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and Si-in-white mica analysis of synorogenic sediments in the Jianghan Basin

This paper presents the results of an integrated U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and Si-in-white mica analysis for synorogenic sediments in the Jianghan Basin to the south of the Dabie Orogen. The results provide an improved understanding of the provenance of these sediments and the unroofing pattern of the early Mesozoic Dabie Mountain. Si contents of detrital white micas range from 3.09 to 3.34 atoms pfu for the upper Triassic sandstones whereas 3.06 to 3.59 atoms pfu for the lower and middle Jurassic sandstones. The majority of detrital white micas in the lower Jurassic sandstones is phengitic and originated exclusively from the Dabie high- to ultrahigh- pressure rocks. The U-Pb dating results of the detrital zircons for seven samples suggest that these synorogenic sediments have a significant change of provenance from late Triassic to early and middle Jurassic. For the upper Triassic sandstone, the U-Pb age clusters of these zircons are characterized by ~ 420-450 Ma, ~ 750-820 Ma, ~ 1050-1200 Ma and ~ 2500 Ma with minor Luliangian (~ 1700–2000 Ma) components. In contrast, the zircon ages of the Jurassic sandstones are dominated by the Luliangian (~ 1700–2000 Ma) ages with only minor Caledonian (~ 420-450 Ma) and Greenville (~ 1050-1200 Ma) ages. In combination with other available geological data, it can be concluded that the Dabie HP-UHP rocks might initially be exposed to the surface at the beginning of early Jurassic (~ 190 Ma). The Jiangnan terrain (also named “Jiangnan old continental in Chinese) to the south of the Jianghan basin provided the predominant supply of upper Triassic sediments, whereas the Paleoproterozoic Yangtze crustal materials (overlying the present Dabie Complex at the time) were the important provenance of the Jurassic sediments in the Jianghan basin.