A 7000-Year Record of Environmental Change,Bear Lake,Rocky Mountain National Park,USA

Few long-term records of the fire history of Rocky Mountain National Park exist. Data from a lake sediment core was used to reconstruct changes in vegetation and fire frequencies over the last 7000 cal yr. Bear Lake is a high-elevation lake surrounded by subalpine vegetation in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Pollen data indicate that a warm and dry climate prevailed between ca. 7000 and 5000 cal yr BP. Temperatures increased until shortly before ca. 3500 cal yr BP when evidence for a marked decline is seen. Cooler-than-present conditions were maintained until ca. 1700 cal yr BP, when conditions transitioned to more like those of the present-day climate. Based on macroscopic charcoal analyses, fire frequency had varied between two and five episodes per 1000 years. The largest peak in charcoal was at ca. 590 cal yr BP. The fire return interval has varied with climate over time; however, we calculate a fire return interval of 325 years over the past 7000 years. Given these results, fire activity is likely to increase under current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate projections of an increase in annual temperatures.     

Winter Leaf Conductance Rates of Pinus Strobus L. (Eastern White Pine)

Our knowledge of winter leaf conductance and transpiration rates during the winter and early spring is especially weak for Pinus strobus L. (eastern white pine). Hence, the present study was conducted to: (1) measure and examine the winter leaf conductance and transpiration rates among 10 P. strobus trees to supply preliminary data for an understudied tree species; and (2) investigate whether observed leaf conductance and transpiration rates are large enough to merit incorporation into existing water balance models. The fieldwork was conducted at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area in northeastern Maryland (39°42'N, 75°50'W) using a Li-Cor 1600M Steady State Porometer. Meteorological data were acquired from a continuously recording meteorological station on-site. Meteorological data were recorded at five-minute intervals to ensure that weather conditions could be temporally sequenced with porometer readings. The 10 co-occurring P. strobus sample trees were of similar age and health on uniform soils in an open field. Winter and early spring leaf conductance values of the selected trees reached 20 mmol m^-2 s^-1, whereas transpiration reached 0.13 mmol m^-2 s^-1. Results of the study indicate that there is statistically significant differences in leaf conductance rates among co-occurring P. strobus trees (H = 16.74, p = .05). Since the upper winter leaf conductance and transpiration rates measured in this study overlap with growing season leaf conductance and transpiration values reported by others, it is suggested that winter leaf conductance of and transpiration from P. strobus trees are significant enough to incorporate into water balance calculations.     

风景名胜区旅游垃圾实证研究——以梅里雪山雨崩村为例

旅游垃圾是人类旅游活动的伴生物、旅游业的副产品,也是旅游业不可忽视的环境问题。梅里雪山风景区生态脆弱,远离城市,位置偏僻,其环境的脆弱性使旅游垃圾影响更加显著,梅里雪山的垃圾已经成为当地一个非常严重的社会环境问题,影响到当地藏族村民的正常生活,从微观层面研究在生态脆弱地区、在特殊自然地理环境和社区背景下的旅游垃圾问题,寻找有效的解决途径。     

Source of major ions from an ice core of the No. 12 Glacier in Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountain

In June 2006,a 20.12 m shallow ice core was recovered from an elevation of 5,040 m in the northern branch firn basin of No.12 Glacier,Great Snow Mountain,in the western part of Qilian Mountain,China.Isotopes(δ 18 O),major soluble ions,and radionuclide(β-activity) measurements from the ice core revealed a 46-year record(1960-2006).In this paper,the method of sea-salt ion tracer,correlation analysis and trend analysis were used in this research to confirm the source of the chemical composition.The correlation analysis and HYSPLIT backward trajectory analysis suggests that atmospheric soluble dust species dominate the chemical signature.     

大兴安岭焰山、高山火山——一种新的火山喷发型式

在野外地质资料基础上,利用火山形态学方法,探讨了大兴安岭焰山、高山火山的喷发型式。结果表明,大兴安岭哈拉哈河-绰尔河火山群中的焰山和高山火山不同于斯通博利式喷发形成的火山,其早期爆破喷发的火山碎屑形成火山渣锥、空降火山碎屑席和小型火山碎屑流,晚期溢出大量熔岩。两火山具有较高大的锥体(标高200～300m以上),在结构上,松散火山砾、火山弹等构成下部的降落锥,熔结集块岩构成上部的溅落锥。由火山砾和火山灰组成的空降火山碎屑席分布在火山锥体周围。两火山溢出的熔岩经历了从结壳熔岩→翻花石→渣状熔岩的演变。根据喷发产物可推断焰山和高山火山具有以下喷发特征:爆破喷发形成持续的喷发柱→斯通博利式喷发→熔岩喷泉喷溢,其中以持续时间较长的喷发柱区别于典型的斯通博利式喷发。类似焰山、高山火山的喷发特征,在龙岗第四纪火山群、镜泊湖全新世火山群中也都有个例,这是中国大陆火山作用中一种新的喷发型式。     

Nitrogen isotope composition characteristics of modern plants and their variations along an altitudinal gradient in Dongling Mountain in Beijing

Through the systematic investigation of nitrogen isotope composition (δ15N) in modern plants in Dongling Mountain in Beijing,the characteristics of δ15N in plants,the differences of δ15N among plants with different functional types,and the altitudinal trends of plant δ15N values revealed the environmental effects on δ15N.Our results are:(1) the values of δ15N of plants in Dongling Mountain range between -8.0‰ and 14.0‰,with an average value of -1.03‰;(2) δ15N values are variant among different plant functio...     

西天山伊什基里克山早石炭世火山岩浆作用及其成矿

西天山伊什基里克一带早石炭世大哈拉军山组为岛弧环境的钙碱性钠质火山岩,Au-Cu异常与该火山岩的空间分布有较好的套合性,区内的金、铜矿点和矿化点也全部赋存其中,因而显示良好的金-铜成矿条件,其中与俯冲构造有关的浅成低温热液型金矿为最主要类型.同一时代的库勒萨依斑岩为钙碱性系列岛弧浅成岩,SiO₂含量57.06%~70.74%,高Al₂O₃、Na₂O、Sr和相对富集LREE,低MgO、Y、Yb和强烈亏损HREE; Na₂O/K₂O＞1,Sr/Y平均57.67,正Eu异常,因而具有典型O型埃达克岩特征.库勒萨依斑岩与Mo异常套合好,已发现钼矿床,找矿前景良好.库勒萨依斑岩与大哈拉军山组火山岩共同构成了早石炭世岛弧火成岩组合,丰富了本区的构造岩石组合类型,对恢复西天山大地构造演化有重要意义,也为深化西天山区域成矿规律的研究,指导寻找与岛弧火成岩有关的金-铜矿和与埃达克岩有关的铜-钼矿提供了理论依据.      

天目山阔叶林的TM影像及其地形的分维相关分析

在RS、GIS技术支持下,对天目山地区的TM影像进行处理与分类,得到研究区的阔叶林空间分布图。运用GIS空间分析与SPSS统计功能,对阔叶林的TM影像及其所处的地形进行分维估算,研究其分维的空间分布规律。阔叶林的TM影像分维在高程、坡度和坡向3个方面有分布规律:随海拔的升高、坡度的增加, TM影像分维呈增加的趋势;阳坡、半阴半阳坡比阴坡的影像分维大。阔叶林的地形分维在高程和坡向2个方面有分布规律:随海拔的升高,地形分维呈减小的趋势;阴坡比阳坡、半阴半阳坡的分维大;地形分维与坡度没有关系。阔叶林TM影像与其地形的分维之间存在正相关。     

玉龙雪山周边典型河流雨季水化学特征分析

2009 年5~10 月在玉龙雪山周边典型小流域白水河、三束河、哥吉河采集河水样品,水化学分析结果表明,三条河流河水均呈现弱碱性,主要离子组成表现为富集Ca²⁺+Mg²⁺和HCO₃^-+SO₄^2-,且以Ca²⁺和HCO₃^-为主,各类离子存在显著季节变化。离子来源分析表明,玉龙雪山周边小流域河水雨季主要受降水和岩石风化影响,大气降水对河水主要常规离子Na⁺、K⁺、Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺、SO₄^2-的贡献率为分别为23.44%,9.66%,3.10%,17.81%,10.48%。研究区碳酸盐岩的风化产物是河水离子组成的主要控制因素。     

北巴颜喀拉山1∶5万区域地质调查中的遥感解译应用

遥感技术是地质填图的一种重要手段,充分运用遥感技术能够有效提高填图效率和质量。本研究以北巴颜喀拉山地区SPOT5、ETM系列数据为基础影像,从岩性、构造解译入手进行最大程度的信息挖掘。从4个方面详细阐述岩性判识依据,建立北巴颜喀拉山可视化解译标志系统,并对地层岩性进行基于影像的重新厘定,细分了各地层岩段或岩性组合。通过构造详细解译,识别了多种、不同级别的构造形迹,建立研究区新的构造格架,并对构造块体进行详细划分。本研究翔实、细致的工作,为北巴地区地层岩性对比、构造重新认识提供新视角,为该区区域地质调查提供新资料。