Distribution and temporal variation of mega‐fauna at the Regab pockmark (Northern Congo Fan), based on a comparison of videomosaics and geographic information systems analyses

The Regab pockmark is a large cold seep area located 10 km north of the Congo deep sea channel at about 3160 m water depth. The associated ecosystem hosts abundant fauna, dominated by chemosynthetic species such as the mussel Bathymodiolus aff. boomerang, vestimentiferan tubeworm Escarpia southwardae, and vesicomyid clams Laubiericoncha chuni and Christineconcha regab. The pockmark was visited during the West African Cold Seeps (WACS) cruise with RV Pourquoi Pas? in February 2011, and a 14,000‐m² high‐resolution videomosaic was constructed to map the most populated area and to describe the distribution of the dominant megafauna (mussels, tubeworms and clams). The results are compared with previous published works, which also included a videomosaic in the same area of the pockmark, based on images of the BIOZAIRE cruise in 2001. The 10‐year variation of the faunal distribution is described and reveals that the visible abundance and distribution of the dominant megafaunal populations at Regab have not changed significantly, suggesting that the overall methane and sulfide fluxes that reach the faunal communities have been stable. Nevertheless, small and localized distribution changes in the clam community indicate that it is exposed to more transient fluxes than the other communities. Observations suggest that the main megafaunal aggregations at Regab are distributed around focused zones of high flux of methane‐enriched fluids likely related to distinct smaller pockmark structures that compose the larger Regab pockmark. Although most results are consistent with the existing successional models for seep communities, some observations in the distribution of the Regab mussel population do not entirely fit into these models. This is likely due to the high heterogeneity of this site formed by the coalescence of several pockmarks. We hypothesize that the mussel distribution at Regab could also be controlled by the occurrence of zones of both intense methane fluxes and reduced efficiency of the anaerobic oxidation of methane possibly limiting tubeworm colonization.     

渤海莱州湾地区晚更新世以来有孔虫特征反映的古环境变化

Controlled by climate changes, there were three large-scale transgressions and regressions around the Bohai Sea during the late Quaternary, which were accepted by most geologists. However, a big controversy still exists about the time when the transgressions occurred separately. In order to find out the process of the paleoenvironmental changes around the Bohai Sea in the late Quaternary, the foraminifera assemblages from a new borehole Lz908 in the southern coast of the Laizhou Bay were studied, and then the transgressive strata were indentified. Combined with accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon 14C（AMS14C） and optically stimulated luminescence（OSL） ages, the occurrence time of these transgressions were re-determined. The result showed that three major large-scale transgressions occurred separately at the beginning of marine isotopic stage 7（MIS7）, the last interglacial period（MIS5） and the Holocene. In addition, a small-scale transgression occurred in the mid-MIS6, and the corresponding transgressive stratum was deposited. The transgressive deposition of MIS3 was also discovered in this study. However, the characteristics of the foraminifera indicated the environment during this period was colder than that in the MIS5. By comparison with the global sea-level changes, the paleoenvironmental changes around the Bohai Sea in the late Quaternary can be consistent with the global climate changes.     

Carbon cycle and sea-water palaeotemperature evolution at the Middle–Late Jurassic transition,eastern Paris Basin (France)

A very high-resolution carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis (bulk-carbonate) of a biostratigraphically well-constrained Callovian–Oxfordian series is provided here for the first time. The homogeneity of the clayey series and the weak diagenetic alteration allow the isotopic signal variations to be considered as primary in origin. A prominent and brief negative excursion in the δ¹³C curve (−2‰), occurring at the start of the Middle Callovian (Jason Zone – Obductum Subzone) and correlated regionally, suggests a possible methane release. The increasing δ¹³C values thereafter up to the Early Oxfordian, concomitant with a warming episode, highlight the burial of carbon in organic-rich layers which, in return, may have triggered a decrease in atmospheric pCO₂. At higher frequencies, observed fluctuations of the δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values are orbitally driven (405-kyr and 100-kyr eccentricity cycles) and may correspond to the salinity and temperature variability recorded in sea water. The δ¹⁸O isotopic measurements from well-preserved diagenetically screened belemnites and bivalves along the series, compared to available data from Tethyan domains, agree with the scenario of a global cooling at the Middle-Late Jurassic transition. The well-dated δ¹⁸O isotopic curve suggests that the onset of this cooling event occurred at the end of the Coronatum Zone (Middle Callovian).     

广西北仑河口红树林保护区表层海水溶解态重金属时空分布及其影响因素

根据2013年5月(春季)和8月(夏季)对广西北仑河口红树林保护区的现场调查监测数据,研究了表层海水中溶解态重金属Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、Cr、As、Hg的时空分布特征,探讨了其影响因素,并对其污染水平进行了评价。结果表明,表层海水各溶解态重金属的浓度、空间波动程度在春、夏季均存在一定的差异;Hg的污染明显超过国家一类海水水质标准,且夏季污染水平高于春季。Cu-Zn、Cu-Cd、Zn-Pb、Zn-Cd之间存在显著正相关,春、夏季As以及夏季Cr分别与盐度之间呈显著正相关,其他重金属与盐度之间无显著相关性。各重金属的时空分布主要受到陆源输入、沿岸江河冲淡水和海水盐度变化等因素的影响。     

Google Earth Engine平台下秦岭地区植被覆盖时空变化分析

秦岭地区植被覆盖动态变化对其生态环境有重要影响。本文利用Google Earth Engine云平台,选取1986—2019年Landsat TM/OLI地表反射率数据,结合像元二分模型估算秦岭地区植被覆盖度(FVC);通过年际变化斜率、变异系数、Hurst指数等评价指标,对FVC的时空变化、稳定性和持续性变化进行分析。此外,探究FVC与气温、降雨的耦合关系,并分析土地利用变化对FVC的影响。结果表明:34年间,秦岭地区FVC整体上呈现良好的状况,中高等及以上植被覆盖区达73.11%;FVC由1986年的62.86%增长到2019年的70.01%,植被活动在不断增强;FVC的变异系数均值为0.34,标准差为0.45,其稳定性与其空间分布呈高度自相关性;秦岭地区的植被覆盖变化受气候变化和人为因素的共同影响。     

2000—2019年鄱阳湖生态经济区水源涵养时空变化

水源涵养是生态保护的一个重要方面,对鄱阳湖生态经济区生态保护具有重要意义。本文基于InVEST模型,对鄱阳湖生态经济区2000—2019年产水和水源涵养时空变化进行了分析,并运用空间自相关探究了高程、坡度与水源涵养功能的空间关系。结果表明:①鄱阳湖生态经济区多年平均产水深度为971.04 mm,多年平均水源涵养深度为299.298 mm;②2000—2019年水源涵养深度先上升后下降,变化幅度较大,整体呈上升趋势;③水源涵养功能呈地域分布,重要区和极为重要区主要分布在东部和西北部林地,一般重要区分布在鄱阳湖平原;④水源涵养与高程和坡度呈正相关,高值多出现在高海拔和坡度较大的地区。     

渤海西岸全新世气候演化与海陆变迁

应用第四纪地质学和海相生物等化石数量统计,以天津马棚口海岸带BQ1孔化石鉴定与统计结果,对古气候、古事件进行对比研究。通过岩芯编录,在岩性层中划分出4个海相层、5个过渡层、9个海面波动。结合研究区广泛分布的贝壳堤和牡蛎礁,利用其大量的测年资料,重现了6道海岸线;根据海相化石个体统计数,画出全新世气候演化曲线,与孢粉和物候所画的古气候演化曲线大体一致。研究历代海陆变迁,必然涉及到历史上长期争论不休的西汉大海侵等问题,谭其骧（1965）圈定的大海侵范围、海岸线分布以及考古结果几乎都能联系在一起,因此,大海侵之谜终于尘埃落定。考古界对河北平原自东汉—金的空白也有了初步答案,同时,发现中国朝代兴衰与气候冷暖有明显的对应,从而建立了气候分期。     

Long-term Changes in the Saline Lake Qarun(Egypt)

正1 Introduction There is now ample evidence of the impacts of the recent climate change and anthropogenic activities on different saline lake ecosystems.All over the world salt lakes are threatened by climate change,water diversions upstream for agricultural purposes,watershed changes,introduction of aliens,etc.that result in catastrophic     

Seagull Lake,Western Eyre Peninsula,South Australia:A Saline Lake to Benefit from Climate Change? Ⅱ. Hydrology and Plants

正Seagull Lake is an unusual saline lake,having a marine spring connected to a large continental ecosystem.With climate change the balance between marine,meteoric and groundwater inputs to,and evaporitic and groundwater     

居民购物出行时空特征及影响因素研究——基于中国时间利用调查

在市场经济日趋成熟、购物需求日益多样的今天,掌握居民购物出行规律,对合理布局商业空间、科学规划交通路网和提升公民个人福利具有积极意义。本文基于全国29个省份174个地级行政区30591位受访者的主要和次要活动时间利用调查数据,通过GIS空间分析对居民购物活动参与率、购物持续时间和由购物产生的交通出行时间进行系统分析后,构建离散选择模型探讨居民购物出行活动的影响因素。研究发现：农村和西部地区居民购物参与率较低,但持续时间较长;城镇和东部沿海地区居民的购物参与率较高,但持续时间较短;农村地区及青海、内蒙古、重庆、云南等地的城镇居民交通出行时间较长。居民购物出行受到居民个体属性、居民家庭属性以及区位条件因素综合影响,且购物参与率与持续时间在某些群体呈现一定互斥。最后,从基础设施建设、购物中心规划布局等方面提出城乡空间布局与交通发展优化的对策建议。