The use of mineral magnetic analyses in the study of glacial diamicts: A pilot study

Mineral magnetic methods of characterising glacial diamicts and their associated sediments are applied to deposits within the Manx Quaternary sequence. The possible advantages of these techniques over more traditional methods of sediment characterisation are outlined, and the results obtained in a pilot study are examined. Results show that both distinctions and similarities exist within the magnetic mineral assemblages of the four diamict units studied. The possible implications of these results for interpreting the Late Quaternary history of the Isle of Man and the future potential of the techniques are briefly discussed.     

塔里木盆地南缘自然与人文历史变迁的耦合关系

通过对里大盆地南缘自然与人文变迁的耦合关系研究,表明其自然生态环境演化、人文历史变迁是自然因素与人文力量综合作用的结果。若气候湿润、水量丰沛,则有利于绿洲经济、文化生产的迅速发展提高。反之,则环境恶化、沙漠化过程加快、绿洲废弃。早期自然环境因素的影响所占比重大,而后期人文力量起主导作用。自然条件决定了环境的特征及其演化的内在基础,人类活动是本地最活跃、最能动的因素。这在自然生态环境特别脆弱的地区表     

郧西人遗址洞穴发育与埋藏环境初步观察*

湖北省黄龙洞"郧西人"遗址是2004年新发现的一处重要的更新世晚期古人类遗址。3年来已经进行过3次发掘,出土了距今约10万年的晚期智人牙齿化石及文化遗物,是在东亚地区发现时代最早的现代人遗址。黄龙洞处于秦岭东段南麓的两郧断裂带,发育于上震旦系陡山沱组细晶灰岩和泥灰岩地层中,周围紧闭褶皱和次级断裂发育,为岩溶的发育提供了先决条件。黄龙洞的形成表现为前期以岩溶裂隙水溶蚀为主,后期则转变为大型管道状溶洞。古人类进入洞穴的出入口可能从洞顶"天窗"型开口入洞。古人类遗物属原地埋藏环境,活动期气候以温暖、干燥为主。     

科尔沁沙地人地系统协调性分析

从分析科尔沁沙地近代景观格局的形成与变化入手,阐述了由于景观生态系统的边缘效应与不合理的人类活动相耦合,因此而引发的共振效应导致了科尔沁沙地人地系统的不稳定性。又借助环境库兹涅兹曲线(EKC)论证了该系统人地关系的协调机制。提出改变不合理的人类活动是实现科尔沁沙漠化综合防治的关键。     

Mantle-derived heat recorded by conodont colour alteration in the Carboniferous of the Isle of Man

A range of colour alteration index (CAI) values between 3.0 and 6.0 is recorded for conodont elements recovered from the Arundian to Brigantian (Dinantian, Lower Carboniferous) sequence around Castletown, Isle of Man. Mantle-derived heat, channelled through the Caledonian South Barrule pluton, is proposed as the major cause of these elevated values. A lower CAI of 2.5 is obtained from elements recovered from a borehole sunk into the concealed Namurian (Upper Carboniferous) deposits near Shellag Point; the Glen Mona pluton acted as the medium for mantle-derived heat in this instance. The CAI values which may have been established during a late Dinantian volcanic episode around Castletown were overprinted by the greater effects of heat emanating from the South Barrule pluton. The record of CAI 6.0 for a sample taken from the immediate vicinity of a dyke indicates a high level of very localized CAI elevation in the early Tertiary.