Validation of a chrysophyte stomatocyst‐based cold‐season climate reconstruction from high‐Alpine Lake Silvaplana,Switzerland

For the reliable assessment of past climate variability, quantitative reconstructions of seasonal temperatures are required. Currently, reconstructions of cold‐season temperatures are scarce, because most biological proxies are biased towards the growing season. Here we test the potential of chrysophyte stomatocysts (or simply ‘cysts’; siliceous resting stages of the golden‐brown algae) as a proxy for cold‐season temperature. Climate reconstructions based on biological proxies are commonly constructed using transfer functions derived from calibration in space. However, the performance of these reconstructions is rarely tested by direct comparison with meteorological data due to limitations of sample resolution or chronological control. We compare a cyst‐based near‐annual reconstruction of ‘date of spring mixing’ from the varved sediments of Lake Silvaplana (Swiss Alps) spanning AD 1870–2004 with climate variables from the same period measured at the lake shore. The high correlation between cyst‐based ‘date of spring mixing’ and cold‐season temperature demonstrates the ability of chrysophyte cysts to archive cold‐season temperature variability. Lake eutrophication, which was extensive during the last 50 years, had no obvious effect on the cyst‐based reconstruction. This study underlines the high potential of chrysophyte cysts as a quantitative proxy for cold‐season climate reconstructions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sediment heavy metal record in Lake Baikal: natural and antrhopogenic sources

Geochemical analysis of six radiometrically dated short cores of recent sediment from Lake Baikal shows clear evidence of enhanced Pb supply. However, the sediment concentration increases are very small; the average Pb concentration rises from a baseline value of 10.9 g g^-1 to a peak value of only 14.8 g g^-1. In contrast to the more polluted lakes commonly studied in Europe and North America, variation in Pb concentration is far more strongly influenced by natural variation than by pollution. In sediment deposited over the last 150–200 years 73% of the variance in the sediment Pb concentration can be accounted for by variation in bulk composition of the sediment, and by atmospheric pollution. Factors influencing Pb concentrations over this time period are, in order of decreasing average importance (fraction of total variance explained), catchment supply (indicated by ²²⁶Ra activity variation) (43%), anthropogenic Pb emissions (24%), and dilution by ferromanganese hydroxides (6%). On longer (1000s of years) time scales dilution by biogenic silica is probably more important.The recent enhanced supply of catchment Pb correlates with accelerating accumulation rates, indicating a link with enhanced erosion. Anthropogenic sources dominate only in the southern basin, where local fossil-fuel burning industry is situated. The evidence for a local industrial source for the Pb pollution is strengthened by the high correlation between the inventories for Pb and for spheroidal carbonaceous particles. The absence of detectable anthropogenic Pb enrichment in the northern part of the lake suggests that long-distance Pb pollution is small compared with the local natural supply.     

1990—2020年中国冰湖变化特征及影响因素

本文基于505 景 Landsat 卫星影像,通过自动化冰湖边界提取与人工目视解译相结合的方法调查了 2000 和 2020年中国境内冰湖的分布与变化,并结合 1990 年冰湖编目数据,分析中国冰湖变化特征及影响因素。 研究表明,19902020 年中国冰湖面积增加(180.1±0.1) km²,增加了 17.9%。 其中,冰川补给湖面积扩张最显著,为 22.9%,而非冰川补给湖的面积仅扩张 4.9%。 1990 2020 年冰湖面积在较高海拔带呈现增长快速的趋势,其中,在海拔 5500 m 以上冰湖面积扩张最大,达 30.5%。 在区域尺度,非冰川补给湖的变化主要受降水量和蒸发量变化的影响,其中蒸发量变化对非冰川补给湖更为显著;气温升高与冰川普遍退缩则是导致冰川补给湖普遍快速扩张的主要原因。     

Wind‐wave development across a large shallow intertidal estuary: A case study of Manukau Harbour,New Zealand

Locally generated wind‐waves in estuaries play an important role in the sediment dynamics and the transport of biota. Wave growth in estuaries is complicated by tidally varying depth, fetch, and currents. Wave development was studied at six sites along a transect across Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, which is a large intertidal estuary with a tidal range of up to 4 m. Three meteorological masts were also deployed across the measurement transect to measure wave forcing by the wind. A spatial variation in wind speed by up to a factor of 2 was observed which has a significant effect on wave development at short fetches. The wind variation can be explained by the extreme change in surface roughness at the upwind land‐water boundary. The tidally varying depth results in non‐stationary wave development. At the long fetch sites wave development is dictated by the tidally varying depth with peak frequencies continuing to decrease after high water, whereas wave height is attenuated by bottom friction. The non‐dimensional energy and peak frequency parameters commonly used to describe wave growth, clearly exhibit depth limiting effects, but with wider scatter than in previous studies in simpler environments. The peak frequency predictions of Young & Verhagen (1996a) fit our data well. However, the wide variability of energy limits the usefulness of standard growth prediction curves in such situations, and highlights the requirement for a validated, shallow‐water numerical model.     

南黄海西部某风电场区浅层气特征与分析

通过对南黄海西部某风电场区调查资料的分析,发现大量浅层气,主要表现为连续地层反射波发生间断,反射杂乱,部分地层反射波被屏蔽且延伸到深部地层中,局部地层反射波因声速异常导致下拉,反射高频衰减迅速,分辨率降低等。该区域内未发现断层,浅层气封存较好,推测为生物成因沼气,弥散浅层气埋深最浅约5 m,高压气囊顶部埋深最浅约272 m,地质浅孔钻遇高压气风险小。根据浅层气的特征,对其成因、压力和灾害进行了分析和探讨。     

EXPLORATION OF UNDERWATER THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY AND ACTIVE FAULTS: A CASE STUDY OF QIONGHAI,XICHANG

The theories, techniques and methods for the exploration of active faults in the terrestrial domain are relatively mature, while such efforts in the water domain remain very few. In this study, the AAE shallow profiler was used to detect the underwater three-dimensional topography and active faults in the Qionghai area, Xichang for the first time. Based on the SKUA-GOCAD software platform and its DSI interpolation method, three-dimensional modeling of the exploration data was carried out. The survey profiles clearly reveal three different reflection interfaces, including the underwater interface, the interface between the silt layer and shallow sedimentary layer, and the bottom of the shallow sedimentary layer. The three-dimensional topography of the Qionghai area was mapped initially. Moreover, evidence of active faults was first found in several survey profiles from the reflection interface cutoff. This study also analyzed and discussed the working principle and characteristics of the AAE shallow profiler, including their parameters and various factors of exploration. The mapped three-dimensional topography and active faults in the Qionghai area of Xichang can provide a reference for research on the active tectonics underwater in the future.     

柴达木盆地盐湖资源管理信息系统的设计与实现

建立基于GIS技术的柴达木盆地盐湖资源管理信息系统,可以为盐湖资源开发管理与高效利用提供信息化的决策咨询平台。文章在分析盐湖资源循环利用管理需求的基础上,讨论了柴达木盐湖资源管理软件系统的构架和功能目标,分析了系统设计流程和实现技术。通过运用C#语言和ArcGIS Engine组件技术,基于.NET框架的Microsoft Visual Studio 2008集成开发环境,实现了柴达木盆地盐湖资源分布的三维场景浏览、盐湖企业及其生产经营状况的查询分析和盐湖资源开发的动态管理,为循环经济区盐湖资源的可持续利用提供了技术支持。     

南极冰下湖的发现及其意义

通过分析航空６０ＭＨｚ无线电回波数据,目前在南极已发现７７个冰下湖。其中,最著名的是Ｖｏｓｔｏｋ湖。这些湖泊主要是由于地热流,以及冰层底部滑动和冰内变形产生的热量,使冰盖底部冰温上升到压融点,并缓慢融化冰层形成的。冰下湖的发现具有冰川学、地质学,尤其是潜在的重要的生物学意义。     

基于移动网格技术的热融湖动态演化过程数值模拟

基于移动网格技术建立了热融湖动态演化有限元数值模型, 研究了青藏高原多年冻土区典型热融湖动态演化过程, 分析了热融湖半径、深度的变化过程及其对湖底及周围多年冻土温度状况的影响. 结果表明:在移动边界热融湖模型中, 热融湖半径以0.7 m·a^-1的速度近线性地增大; 随着下伏高含冰量冻土的融化, 热融湖深度增加先慢后快, 最后逐渐减小趋于稳定. 热融湖深度和半径从5月末至翌年1月末增加显著, 在2-5月间基本保持稳定. 伴随着热融湖的扩展, 地表边界逐渐演变为湖底边界, 热融湖的热影响范围逐渐增大. 在固定边界热融湖模型中, 其热影响会逐渐趋于稳定, 由于初始尺寸大, 其湖底多年冻土退化速率大于移动边界模型, 而远离湖边的多年冻土退化速率要小于移动边界模型. 如果不考虑热融湖边界随时间的变化, 可能会高估热融湖对湖底多年冻土的热影响, 而低估其对附近多年冻土的热影响.     

地球物理勘探方法在工程勘察中的综合应用

简要阐述了目前在铁路、公路等工程勘察中广泛应用的浅层折射地震层析及高密度电法两种物探勘探手段的工作方法原理。通过在新建兰新铁路勘察项目中的综合应用实例,说明只要在工作中选择合适的观测参数和解释方法,结合钻孔等相关地质资料,对相对较浅的地质构造、水文地质、小断裂构造及不良地质现象的分布、形态及规模等均可进行较为详细勘察。加上两种方法成果相互验证,不仅提高了勘察精度及可靠性,同时也为铁路、公路等建设施工提供了可靠依据。