冷泉系统甲烷气体渗漏的声学特征及潜在环境效应

The amount of methane leaked from deep sea cold seeps is enormous and potentially affects the global warming,ocean acidification and global carbon cycle. It is of great significance to study the methane bubble movement and dissolution process in the water column and its output to the atmosphere. Methane bubbles produce strong acoustic impedance in water bodies, and bubble strings released from deep sea cold seeps are called "gas flares"which expressed as flame-like strong backscatter in the water column. We characterized the morphology and movement of methane bubbles released into the water using multibeam water column data at two cold seeps. The result shows that methane at site I reached 920 m water depth without passing through the top of the gas hydrate stability zone(GHSZ, 850 m), while methane bubbles at site II passed through the top of the GHSZ(597 m) and entered the non-GHSZ(above 550 m). By applying two methods on the multibeam data, the bubble rising velocity in the water column at sites I and II were estimated to be 9.6 cm/s and 24 cm/s, respectively. Bubble velocity is positively associated with water depth which is inferred to be resulted from decrease of bubble size during methane ascending in the water. Combined with numerical simulation, we concluded that formation of gas hydrate shells plays an important role in helping methane bubbles entering the upper water bodies, while other factors, including water depth, bubble velocity, initial kinetic energy and bubble size, also influence the bubble residence time in the water and the possibility of methane entering the atmosphere. We estimate that methane gas flux at these two sites is 0.4×10~6–87.6×10~6 mol/a which is extremely small compared to the total amount of methane in the ocean body, however, methane leakage might exert significant impact on the ocean acidification considering the widespread distributed cold seeps. In addition, although methane entering the atmosphere is not observed, further research is still needed to understand its potential impact on increasing methane concentration in the surface seawater and gas-water interface methane exchange rate, which consequently increase the greenhouse effect.     

封闭系统中多孔介质甲烷水合物的CT实验研究

阐述了在封闭系统中的查理模型,建立了利用查理定律计算分析甲烷水合物生成和分解的方法。通过实验,对封闭系统中不同含水量多孔介质甲烷水合物生成、发育和分解的实验方法、相平衡条件、生成量关系等进行了探讨。在一定温度差的介质里,水分克服重力向冷端迁移并生成水合物。实验中利用查理数的改变计算水合物的生成量变化,连通性好的含水多孔介质有很好的水—气结合条件,达到平衡条件后迅速生成水合物,在240分钟内完成,含水量线性地影响甲烷水合物的生成量。同时,利用CT扫描方法直接观测含水粗砂在低温—高压环境下的甲烷水合物生成和分解过程,并可以利用CT图像数据计算出多孔介质中水分迁移、区域密度改变和砂体的移动、及分解后介质密度分布变化特征。     

古新世—始新世最热事件对地球表层循环的影响及其触发机制

古新世—始新世最热事件（PETM, Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum）是发生在古新世—始新世交界时的一次全球性的气候突变事件。它造成了大洋环流模式的突然倒转和海水盐度、大气湿度的迅速上升。海洋表层生态系统和陆地生态系统生产力迅速上升,许多属种的植物、动物、微生物生活范围向高纬区扩大;大洋底栖微生物发生集群灭绝。现代哺乳动物的主要属种（灵长类、奇蹄类及偶蹄类）产生,哺乳动物演化进程发生重大改变。地球表层碳循环系统发生不同程度的碳同位素负偏移,全球碳循环系统发生大规模搅动。对于PETM的触发机制,主流的观点认为是海底天然气水合物突然释放造成巨量甲烷迅速进入表层系统引发的碳循环系统内部反馈。而对于甲烷释放的原因,又存在着减压释放和热释放两种解释;此外还有科学家用岩浆作用和地外星体撞击来解释PETM的发生。     

南海神狐海域沉积物自生黄铁矿和石膏S同位素特征及对甲烷渗漏强度的示踪

The northern slope of the South China Sea is a gas-hydrate-bearing region related to a high deposition rate of organic-rich sediments co-occurring with intense methanogenesis in subseafloor environments.Anaerobic oxidation of methane(AOM) coupled with bacterial sulfate reduction results in the precipitation of solid phase minerals in seepage sediment,including pyrite and gypsum.Abundant aggregates of pyrites and gypsums are observed between the depth of 667 and 850 cm below the seafloor(cmbsf) in the entire core sediment of HS328 from the northern South China Sea.Most pyrites are tubes consisting of framboidal cores and outer crusts.Gypsum aggregates occur as rosettes and spheroids consisting of plates.Some of them grow over pyrite,indicating that gypsum precipitation postdates pyrite formation.The sulfur isotopic values(δ~(34) S) of pyrite vary greatly(from –46.6‰ to –12.3‰ V-CDT) and increase with depth.Thus,the pyrite in the shallow sediments resulted from organoclastic sulfate reduction(OSR) and is influenced by AOM with depth.The relative high abundance and δ~(34) S values of pyrite in sediments at depths from 580 to 810 cmbsf indicate that this interval is the location of a paleo-sulfate methane transition zone(SMTZ).The sulfur isotopic composition of gypsum(from–25‰ to –20.7‰) is much lower than that of the seawater sulfate,indicating the existence of a 34 S-depletion source of sulfur species that most likely are products of the oxidation of pyrites formed in OSR.Pyrite oxidation is controlled by ambient electron acceptors such as MnO_2,iron(Ⅲ) and oxygen driven by the SMTZ location shift to great depths.The δ~(34) S values of gypsum at greater depth are lower than those of the associated pyrite,revealing downward diffusion of 34 S-depleted sulfate from the mixture of oxidation of pyrite derived by OSR and the seawater sulfate.These sulfates also lead to an increase of calcium ions from the dissolution of calcium carbonate mineral,which will be favor to the formation of gypsum.Overall,the mineralogy and sulfur isotopic composition of the pyrite and gypsum suggest variable redox conditions caused by reduced seepage intensities,and the pyrite and gypsum can be a recorder of the intensity evolution of methane seepage.     

激发态质子转移分子2-(2'-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑溶液的全光开关效应

研究了激发态质子转移(ESPT)分子2-(2'-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑(HBT)在不同极性溶剂中的光开关行为,探讨了溶剂极性对HBT分子光开光效应的影响.揭示了光开关脉冲信号的形成原因,建立了基于光诱导HBT分子激发态非线性折射效应的皮秒全光开关的理论模型.根据对时间响应函数的理论计算和实验结果分析,确定了光开关脉冲信号下降前沿和上升后沿的形成机理以及影响因素,并提出了增强光开关信号下降前沿的关断深度,提升上升后沿的恢复速度的有效途径和方法.本文工作为制成皮秒量级关断,微秒甚至纳秒量级重新打开的快速全光开关器     

挪威近海Storegga滑坡侧翼麻点的成因及烟囱构造

1 Storegga滑坡崖地质背景 挪威的陆缘形态以Storegga滑坡崖为标志,该滑坡崖是由一系列巨大的全新世陡坡崩塌形成的.14C测年证实,最近一次崩塌出现在约7.2 ka以前.     

太平洋东北部水合物脊现代甲烷渗漏区有孔虫记录甲烷的碳同位素证据

俄勒冈州外海水合物脊现代甲烷渗漏区的发现,为研究甲烷对活体有孔虫生态和地球化学方面的影响提供了机会。2002年在水合物脊南部高点获取一批岩心。样品经保存和染色后用来测定Uvigerina peregrina、Cibicidoidesmckannai和Globobuliminaauriculata3个底栖有孔虫属种的活体（经染色）和死体的碳同位素（δ13C）组成。有孔虫样经光学显微镜和扫描电镜检查,未发现有成岩作用或自生碳酸盐沉淀作用的迹象。渗漏区活底栖有孔虫单体记录的乎δ13C值在-0．4％--21．2％0之间,说明受高浓度甲烷碳同位素的影响。渗漏区底栖有孔虫护C平均值（由单体样品计算）范围在-1．28％--5．64％0之间,而背景区（没有甲烷渗漏）的介于-0．81％--0．85％之间。为了解环境因素对底栖有孔虫δ13C值的影响,对细菌席和蛤床两种截然不同的甲烷渗漏环境的底栖有孔虫进行研究。细菌席区的有孔虫单体比蛤床区的具有更负的δ13C值。我们解释这种差异是食物来源或共生细菌对底栖有孔虫δ13C值影响的结果,通过溶解无机碳（DIC）作用于底栖有孔虫,使其δ13C值负偏移。对比活体和死体底栖有孔虫的δ13C值,并未发现统计上的差异。这说明自生碳酸盐沉淀作用未在观测到的同位素组成中起主导作用。然而,少量极度亏损δ13C（〈-12％）的死体底栖有孔虫确实显示了自生碳酸盐岩沉积对有孔虫δ13C值影响的潜在证据。     

海洋生境的甲烷好氧氧化作用对氧浓度的响应特征

海洋生境来源的甲烷好氧氧化菌及其产生的甲烷氧化作用是否具有独特性,对氧浓度这一环境因子如何响应,目前尚不清楚.本文采用海底新鲜沉积物作为菌种来源,借助微生物培养技术,实验研究了不同氧浓度条件(0％、1％、10％和50％)下的甲烷好氧氧化过程.结果表明,完全无氧条件(0％)不能发生甲烷好氧氧化作用,实验体系的甲烷氧化速率...     

粤港澳大湾区浅层三维地壳结构探测（一期）项目简介

<正>1研究背景粤港澳大湾区是与东京湾区、纽约大都会湾区以及旧金山湾区相媲美的全球第四大湾区。大湾区内有中国密度最高的城市超高层建筑群、现代化综合交通运输体系、世界级港口群、空港群,以及大亚湾核电站、港珠澳大桥等灾害敏感程度高的生命线工程。不容忽视的是大湾区近海展布着曾发生多次强震的滨海断裂带（刘以宣,1981）。大湾区城市防震减灾工作既要重视当地活动断裂带破坏性地震的发生,更应重视场地效应对于远处强震的放大作用所引发的灾害,地表松散的浅层结构是造成地震场地作用、加剧地震破坏的主要因素。     

一种船载走航式海气甲烷交换通量测量系统设计与应用研究

海气界面交换是实现海洋和大气相互作用的重要途径,其通量代表海洋与大气之间的能量交换幅度。研究海气交换通量变化特征对监测海气界面碳循环过程、碳收支通量和全球气候变化具有重要意义。针对传统通量测量方法存在观测方式结合不足、样品转移损耗大、无法实时测量导致计算结果偏差较大等问题,并结合实际工作需求,本文设计了水气甲烷交换通量自动测量系统。该系统主要由采集模块、控制模块及辅助模块构成,在硬件层面上实现了船载海表大气及表层海水甲烷同步走航测量。基于C#、JavaScript语言对流式数据实时存储及通量计算过程进行了可视化编程,该系统实现了交换通量结果计算自动化,解决了海水—大气界面甲烷含量及交换通量的快速实时测量等核心问题。通过对海气通量自动测量系统海试,验证了该系统设计的可行性,为后续研究多尺度海气相互作用及全球气候变化提供了新的技术手段。