Seismic evidence of small-scale lacustrine drifts in Lake Baikal (Russia)

High resolution, single-channel seismic sparker profiles across the Akademichesky Ridge, an intra-basin structural high in Lake Baikal (Russia), reveal the presence of small sediment mounds and intervening moats in the upper part of the sedimentary cover. Such features interrupt the generally uniform and even acoustic facies and are not consistent with the hemipelagic sedimentation, which is expected on such an isolated high and which would produce a uniform sediment drape over bottom irregularities. The influence of turbidity currents is excluded since the ridge is an isolated high elevated more than 600-1000 m above adjacent basins. The mounded seismic facies, including migrating sediment waves and non-depositional/erosional incisions, strongly suggest that sediment accumulation was controlled by bottom-current activity. We interpret the mounds as small-scale (< few tens of km² in area) lacustrine drifts. Four basic types of geometry are identified: 1) slope-plastered patch sheets; 2) patch drifts; 3) confined drifts; 4) fault-controlled drifts. The general asymmetry in the sedimentary cover of the ridge, showing thicker deposits on the NW flank, and the common location of patch drifts on the northeast side of small basement knolls indicate that deposition took preferentially place at the lee sides of obstacles in a current flowing northward or sub-parallel to the main contours. Deep-water circulation in the ridge area is not known in detail, but there are indications that relatively cold saline water masses are presently flowing out of the Central Basin and plunging into the deep parts of the North Basin across the ridge, a process that appears to be driven mainly by small differences in salinity. We infer that the process responsible for the observed bottom-current-controlled sedimentary features has to be sought in these large-scale water-mass movements and their past equivalents. The age of the onset of the bottom-current-controlled sedimentation, based on an average sedimentation rate of 4.0 cm/ky, is roughly estimated to be as least as old as 3.5 Ma, which is generally regarded as the age of the onset of the last major tectonic pulse of rift basin development in the Baikal region.     

东太湖茭草区网围养鱼模式试验研究

根据东太湖茭草区资源及环境特点,开展网围养鱼模式试验,结果表明：（1）经济效益明显,产投比1．2—1．5；（2）有良好生态效应,防治湖泊沼泽化和茭草区水质恶化；（3）社会效益显著,解决湖区剩余劳动力和城市居民吃鱼难的问题；（4）利于湖泊资源管理和保护。     

石盐的36Cl断代法

讨论了~936)Cl的成因、~(36)Cl断代法的原理及测试方法。自1987年以来,应用该方法测得柴达木盆地尕斯库勒湖和大浪滩湖石盐的沉积年龄,并与~(14)C,~(230)Th和古地磁测年法所测得的年龄数据进行对比,结果均在误差(1δ)范围内相吻合,表明石盐的~(36)Cl断代法是可行的,获得的年龄数据是可靠的。     

Toward a generic method for studying water renewal, with application to the epilimnion of Lake Tanganyika

We present a method, based on the concept of age and residence time, to study the water renewal in a semi-enclosed domain. We split the water of this domain into different water types. The initial water is the water initially present in the semi-enclosed domain. The renewing water is defined as the water entering the domain of interest. Several renewing water types may be considered depending on their origin. We present the equations for computing the age and the residence time of a certain water type. These timescales are of use to understand the rate at which the water renewal takes place. Computing these timescales can be achieved at an acceptable extra computer cost.The above-mentioned method is applied to study the renewal of epilimnion (i.e. the surface layer) water in Lake Tanganyika. We have built a finite element reduced-gravity model modified to take into account the water exchange between the epilimnion and the hypolimnion (i.e. the bottom layer), the water supply from precipitation and incoming rivers, and the water loss from evaporation and the only outgoing river. With our water renewal diagnoses, we show that the only significant process in the renewal of epilimnion water in Lake Tanganyika is the water exchange between the epilimnion and the hypolimnion, other phenomena being negligible.     

南四湖枝角类九种新记录

笔者多年来对南四湖淡水枝角类进行了系统研究。多次布点采集和定性分析。经鉴定,计有淡水枝角类42种,其中的鹦鹉溞、锯顶低额溞、壳纹船卵溞、发头裸腹溞、纤毛大尾溞、短腹平直溞、侧扁盘肠溞、卵形盘肠溞、驼背盘肠溞等9种,均为南四湖首次发现,本文作了较详细记述。     

高效液相色谱法测量青海湖浮游植物色素浓度

2003年8月，我们利用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)对浮游植物色素进行分类定量分析。结果表明青海湖的叶绿素类以叶绿素a和b为主，叶绿素a浓度最高；光合作用类胡萝卜素种类极少，浓度很低；光保护色素种类较多，浓度较高，其中以Zea，Diadino，β．β-Car和Viola为主。     

南四湖湖内浅槽工程施工对水环境的影响及控制措施

南四湖湖内工程是沂沭泗河洪水东调南下续建工程的单项工程,工程区位于山东省省级自然保护区内;挖泥船施工将对湖内水环境产生一定影响。本文从排泥场回水污染物、生产废水和生活污水三个方面阐述了工程施工对水环境的影响程度,并且提出了相应的控制措施。