基于浮游有孔虫Mg/Ca温度重建的末次盛冰期以来北欧海次表层温度的变化

对我国第五次北极科考在北欧海所采集的两根岩芯样品进行了冰筏碎屑(Ice-Rafted Debris,IRD)丰度、AMS 14C测年、有孔虫丰度统计、浮游有孔虫Neogloboquadrina pachyderma(sin.)(Nps)稳定氧碳同位素及其Mg/Ca重建的次表层海水古温度等指标分析,建立了20ka以来的年代框架。结果表明,在末次盛冰期(20.0~17.5kaBP),次表层温度整体较低(~3℃),钙质生产力下降,冰筏碎屑输入增加;在冰消期(17.5~11.7kaBP)的Heinrich Stadial 1(HS1)事件中较轻的δ^18O和δ^13C指示大量淡水输入,水体分层加剧,向北输送的北大西洋水聚集在次表层,导致次表层水温逐渐升高。从B?lling-Aller?d(B/A)事件开始,次表层水温度达到4.5℃,表明北大西洋水流入增强。早全新世(11.7~8.2kaBP)早期次表层温度达到6.5℃,钙质生产力升高,冰筏碎屑输入降低;在中全新世(8.2~4.2kaBP)早期(8.2~5.6kaBP),钙质生产力逐渐升高反映通风作用增强,导致营养盐供应增加;6.6~5.6kaBP,明显降低的次表层温度(~4℃)反映夏季太阳辐射量降低以及大西洋水流入减弱;5.6~4.2kaBP期间次表层水变暖导致δ^18O偏轻,而δ^13C轻值反映生产力降低。晚全新世(4.2~0.8kaBP)的新冰期(4.2~3.0kaBP),次表层温度逐渐降低,Nps-δ^13C偏轻反映生产力下降,Nps-δ^18O偏轻以及IRD增加反映冰融水排放。3.0kaBP以来,生产力上升,次表层水体温度不断上升,可能是向北输送的北大西洋水增强。     

揭西、丰顺"冰臼群"成因商榷

根据所谓冰臼群所处的地理位置及地貌部位, 提出由于广东不在高纬度和高海拔区, 第四纪时不具备冰川发育条件, 事实上也没有人发现有确切的冰川遗迹, 孑遗植物和热带、亚热带的生物群化石也佐证没有冰川出现过。据此, 我们认为所谓冰臼群, 实是河床壶穴地貌。     

Sedimentological evidence for environmental changes since 34,000 years BP from Lago di Mezzano, central Italy

Sediment cores recovered from Lago di Mezzano, central Italy, were petrographically and geochemically (dry densitity, total organic carbon) investigated. A floating chronology was established with sedimentation rates derived from varve thickness measurements, and this chronology was both supported and extrapolated with calibrated AMS-14C-datings. The profile has a length of 29.7 m and comprises a total of 34,000 years.Late Pleistocene sediments consist of minerogenic-organic mud with few benthic diatoms and an organic carbon content of 2%, thus suggesting a high allochthonous input. The onset of the Late Glacial at 14,580 cal BP is documented by a lithologic change to more organic-dominated sedimentation. The Younger Dryas cold event is recorded between 12,650 and 11,400 cal BP and exhibits higher dry densities and minerogenic input. These dates agree with records from other lacustrine archives in Europe and the Greenland ice cores.The early Holocene comprises a laminated organic diatom gyttja deposited at a time of climatic amelioration and increased primary productivity. The establishment of an anoxic hypolimnion enhanced the varve and organic matter preservation. Since 3700 varve years BP the sedimentation pattern has been strongly influenced by human impact, as documented by the increase in minerogenic sediments and turbidites as well as higher sedimention rates. The onset of this influence coincides with a Bronze Age settlement at the lake shore.     

末次盛冰期以来南海北部神狐海域沉积有机质的组成特征及其古气候/环境意义

通过对两根沉积柱GHE27L和GHE24L的总有机碳（TOC）、总氮（TN）、C/N比值及稳定碳同位素（δ13C_org）的分析,本文探讨了21.1 ka BP以来南海北部陆坡神狐海域沉积有机质的组成特征及可能的古气候/环境信息。沉积柱GHE27L的TOC含量、TN含量、C/N比值及δ13C_org值分别为0.53%~1.81%,0.07%~0.18%,8.2~16.0和-23.6‰~-20.3‰。沉积柱GHE24L各参数则分布为0.45%~1.65%,0.09%~0.24%,5.3~12.2和-22.6‰~-20.4‰。沉积柱总体有机质的剖面变化显示,末次盛冰期以来南海北部沉积有机质具有海洋和陆地混合来源,但以海洋有机质来源为主。冰期陆源有机质对总有机质的相对贡献比全新世高。末次盛冰期南海北部气候相对干旱,C₄植被发育。全新世夏季风增强、降雨增多。自2.0 ka BP以来,人类活动对南海北部海洋初级生产力产生一定的影响。     

Chronology of the last recession of the Greenland Ice Sheet

A new deglaciation chronology for the ice‐free parts of Greenland, the continental shelf and eastern Ellesmere Island (Canada) is proposed. The chronology is based on a new compilation of all published radiocarbon dates from Greenland, and includes crucial new material from southern, northeastern and northwestern Greenland. Although each date provides only a minimum age for the local deglaciation, some of the dates come from species that indicate ice‐proximal glaciomarine conditions, and thus may be connected with the actual ice recession. In addition to shell dates, dates from marine algae, lake sediments, peat, terrestrial plants and driftwood also are included. Only offshore and in the far south have secure late‐glacial sediments been found. Other previous reports of late‐glacial sediments (older than 11.5 cal. kyr BP) from onshore parts of Greenland need to be confirmed. Most of the present ice‐free parts of Greenland and Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island were not deglaciated until the early Holocene. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黄海南部海底风成砾石的发现

于1992年5—6月在南黄海海底打捞到大量海底砾石。通过对这些砾石的形态和表面特征的研究,结合其它证据,发现其形成原因可能与冰期低海面时期陆架上的风力作用有关,因此将这些砾石命名为“风成砾石”。     

Age of glacial and periglacial landforms in northern Hokkaido, Japan, using OSL dating of fine grain quartz

The timing of glacial advances, periglacial phenomena, and the ages of two marker tephras in northern Hokkaido were estimated by OSL dating. It appears that the glacier of Yamunai 2 stage on Rishiri Island expanded between 24 and 15 ka. In northern Hokkaido, OSL ages indicate ice wedge formation during the period 24–18 ka. These results indicate that both the glacial advance and the development of ice wedges were synchronous phenomena relating to the Last Glacial Maximum.     

Early postglacial history of the southeastern Assiniboine Delta,glacial Lake Agassiz basin

New stratigraphic evidence from the Rossendale area, Manitoba, Canada, provides insight into the early postglacial evolution of the southeastern Assiniboine Delta. In this region, much of the upper 13+ m of sediment accumulation is characterized by multiple cycles of sandy rhythmites interbedded with massive to laminated silt. These sediments were deposited rapidly by traction or turbidity currents and record the construction of the Assiniboine fan-delta during the deep-water Lockhart Phase of glacial Lake Agassiz (>10.8 ¹⁴C ka BP). Shortly before ∼10 ¹⁴C ka BP, fluvial incision into deltaic deposits occurred locally at the Rossendale Gully site in response to the regression of glacial Lake Agassiz during the Moorhead Phase. Plant macrofossils deposited in the gully by 10 ¹⁴C ka BP provide the first information on early postglacial plant colonization of the distal Assiniboine delta. These data suggest initial establishment of Scorpidium scorpioides, Potamogeton spp., Scirpus spp., and other wetland plants, followed by colonization of uplands by a Picea-Populus assemblage. Importantly, because the gully is located in a protected depression behind the Campbell beach, evidence of water table rise from aquatic macrophytes suggests that glacial Lake Agassiz transgressed to the Campbell level during the early Emerson Phase (∼10 ¹⁴C ka BP). Furthermore, no evidence exists for a post-Lockhart rise in Lake Agassiz above the Upper Campbell beach. If Agassiz stood at the Campbell level during the early Emerson Phase, then drainage through the southern outlet may have been possible at this time. This scenario, if true, may suggest that the northwestern outlet was temporarily closed by a glacial advance shortly before 10 ¹⁴C ka BP. This is the first in a series of ten papers published in this special issue of Journal of Paleolimnology. These papers were presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research (2004), held at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. P.F. Karrow and C.F.M. Lewis were guest editors of this special issue     

Evolution of glacial flow and drainage during the ablation season

Proglacial discharge is controlled by the geometry of the glacial drainage network and by meltwater processes. The glacial drainage systems of some alpine glaciers have been characterised using a model based on a proglacial discharge analysis. In this paper, we apply high frequency systemic analysis to data collected from the Baounet Glacier (French Alps) during two successive ablation seasons. Our approach is based on an analysis of the evolution of daily recession curves during the ablation period. The observed data are fitted by a single β-coefficient dependant recession law. Changes in β are compared to variations in the daily discharge amplitude and the time lag between air temperature and proglacial discharge. The changes in the β values do not appear to be related to changes in the time lag and the amplitude of the daily discharge. There were significant variations in the β-coefficient during the two ablation periods studied here even if there was no time lag or the daily discharge amplitude change. High values of β correspond to high drainage velocities; therefore increases in β values can be used as an indicator of the evolution of the glacier’s internal drainage network.