Long-term Reconstructions and Simulations of the Hydrological Cycle in the Inland Rivers,Arid China: A Case Study of the Shiyang River Drainage Basin

Hydrological cycles of inland rivers are highlighted in paleoclimate studies of arid regions. A great number of studies have been published in this regard, but most of the studies have mainly used climate proxies to reconstruct the evolution of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment, and there have been little long-term simulation and reconstruction experiments. Concerning this issue, we systematically carried out the long-term reconstruction and simulation experiments of hydrological cycle based on paleoenvironment records of the Shiyang River drainage basin with a lot of methods such as paleoclimate simulations, the Holocene monsoon simulations, lake water and energy balance model and quantitative reconstruction of paleo-precipitation and paleo-runoff. The results showed that the simulation results had a good consistency with the reconstruction results, indicating that mid-Holocene was “climatic optimum” in the Holocene. This research provided a new perspective for reconstruction and simulation studies of climate change in arid areas.     

东南极冰盖中山站－DOme A断面路线考察的初步结果

1996年以来，中国国家南极考察队连续3次进行了南极冰盖内陆考察，最远点距海岸1100km,海拔3900米，沿考察路线对冰盖表面地形，表面雪层特征，雪积累速率，冰体厚度和运动速度等进行现场观测，采集0．6－3．3米深度雪坑样品，在4个地点钻取50－100m，深度冰芯5支，部分资料和样品的初步分析表明，由于研究区域毗邻Lambert冰川和格罗夫山，冰面地形较多起伏，中段很大区域坡面朝向Lambert冰川，自中山站向内陆460km积累速率为46－210kg.m^-2.a^-1(相当于12－60厘米厚度雪层），表面1米深度雪的密度为350－450kg/m^-3，雪变成冰的深度（密度达830kg.m^-3)在几个冰芯钻取地点大约为60米，说明研究区域内雪的变质过程基本相同，300km处50米冰芯初步分析显示，过去几十年积累速率和温度均呈上升趋势，这虽然与南极地区其他针点的结果相一致，但却和毗邻的Lambert冰川西侧研究结果相反。     

陕西榆林——横山地区侏罗纪坳陷湖泊的淤浅机制和聚煤作用

榆林—横山地区是鄂尔多斯盆地侏罗纪煤田的一个重要组成部分。延安组内含有极其丰富的优质煤。煤的聚集和大型内陆坳陷湖盆的充填有密切的关系。本文以大比例尺写实断面研究成果论述了研究区内沉积体系域三维空间配置关系,为环境分析和聚煤模式的建立提供了充足的沉积学依据。对内陆坳陷湖泊充填淤浅及泥炭沼泽的形成机制进行了探讨。依据实际资料分析,笔者将区内的聚煤活动归结为三种模式:即(1)废弃河流环境聚煤;(2)废弃三角洲平原聚煤;(3)湖湾决口充填聚煤。第二种是研究区内最重要,也是规模最大的聚煤型式;第三种所形成煤层质量最好,是今后在该区寻找优质富煤带,满足从质量上优中选优的方向。     

晚二叠世末的生物礁出露及其意义

贵州紫云长兴期生物礁礁前礁后和礁核的顶部都有白云岩。如下证据说明这种白云岩是潮上萨勃哈环境蒸发交代成因的：①这种白云岩的氧同位素值都比其灰岩原岩明显高得多，②其微量元素Sr、Fe的含量范围与陕甘宁盆地奥陶纪马家沟组马五段蒸发交代成因的泥晶白云岩的很相似，③白云石的晶体都是泥粉晶大小的自形—半自形晶体，④出现在礁体的顶部，⑤含有藻纹层、鸟眼构造、干裂缝等典型的潮坪环境构造。该礁的出露可能是海平面下降造成的。意大利的Dolomites盆地在二叠纪末由中陆架环境变浅到鲕粒滩环境，再到大气水环境。我国下扬子盆地在二叠纪末由碳酸盐补偿面以下的深水盆地变浅到碳酸盐补偿面以上的深水盆地。这些事实都说明，二叠纪末曾经发生全球性的海平面下降。这种大规模的海平面下降可能是引起二叠纪末生物礁集群绝灭的机制的表现之一。     

Atmospheric Circulation and Inland Flooding in Twentieth Century North Carolina,USA: Implications for Climate Change Impacts?

Widespread inland floods for 20th century North Carolina, USA were defined from stream flow records as events where flow was more than one standard deviation above the mean annual peak for at least two contiguous drainage basins simultaneously. Thirty-one events were identified. One snowmelt flood was detected. For the others, synoptic causes were identified from precipitation and circulation data. Eight events were directly related to hurricanes. Each required a precursor storm, often another hurricane, to provide sufficient precipitation to overcome the dry soils and low stream flows of the autumnal hurricane season. The decadal frequencies of these floods were poorly correlated with the total number of hurricanes, with no hurricane floods between 1955 and 1999 despite frequent hurricanes. Further, most events involved slow-moving decaying systems, not intense ones. An increase in hurricane intensity, often suggested as a consequence of climate change, may lead to fewer floods. The other floods were produced by either extra-tropical storms or squall lines, and precursor systems were also needed. These floods were common in the first and last three decades of the century, virtually absent in the middle four. This corresponded to a small dip in the total number of cyclones, and to periods of rising temperature statewide. This suggests a future increase in North Carolina floods as global temperatures increase. However, the synoptic causes of the relationship are not clear, and detailed quantitative analyses of recent events are required.     

耿马一带古近纪花岗岩类岩浆成因及演化

从地质学、岩石学、岩石地球化学等方面，探讨耿马一带古近纪岩浆岩类成因类型和演化、形成的构造背景及其地球动力学。侵入于红色建造K1n及河湖相Em中，比三叠纪花岗岩更偏基性，地球化学特征显示同时具同碰撞及火山弧花岗岩性质。下地壳的拆沉作用，地壳加厚及陆内造山驱动力的影响，富铁超镁铁质堆晶体拆沉于地幔中。堆晶体发生部分熔融，拆沉物熔融岩浆与地壳熔融岩浆于地壳岩浆房产生完全混合作用，形成古近纪具同碰撞及弧火山属性的岩浆。这种混合岩浆上升运移，产生较强的分离结晶作用，多次脉动定位形成古近纪不同岩性单元花岗岩。结合同位素测年结果及其它地质事件，确定其于古近纪侵入于陆内，是陆内造山晚期导致拆沉作用的产物。     

Rock block monitoring of rapid salt weathering in southern Tunisia

Rectangular blocks of York Stone and of concrete placed on a sodium chloride sabkha in southern Tunisia for six years suffered very severe breakdown, thereby indicating the power of salt weathering as a process in sabkha environments.     

大别造山带与郯庐断裂带壳、幔结构和陆内“俯冲”的耦合效应

地质学家基于岩石年代学、峰期变质的压力差和阿尔卑斯变质沉积岩中柯石英的发现，推断在大别造山带地区发现的柯石英和榴辉岩乃是地幔深处120km左右折返至地壳浅部的结果.为了提供大别造山带与郯庐断裂带地域的壳、幔深部结构与深层动力过程的定量判据，本文利用瑞利（Rayleigh）波的频散效应反演该区S波的三维群速度结构分布.研究结果表明：（1）该区存在一由东向西陆内俯冲的高速板舌，其下插深度仅达160 km.在秦岭—大别造山带地域上地幔70km深处存在一顶部宽约500km的低速地幔热点.（2）出露的含柯石英榴辉岩是大别造山带深部物质和能量的交换，郯庐断裂带强烈平移错动及板内俯冲效应共同作用导致的深部物质(上地幔)运移和动力学效应的综合产物.     

Relationship of underground water level and climate in Northwest China’s inland basins under the global climate change: Taking the Golmud River Catchment as an example

To identify the response of groundwater level variation to global climate change in Northwest China’s inland basins, the Golmud River Catchment was chosen as a case in this paper. Approaches of time series analysis and correlation analysis were adopted to investigate the variation of groundwater level influenced by global climate change from 1977 to 2017. Results show that the temperature in the Golmud River Catchment rose 0.57°C every 10 years. It is highly positive correlated with global climate temperature, with a correlation coefficient, 0.87. The frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation were both increased. Generally, groundwater levels increased from 1977 to 2017 in all phreatic and confined aquifers and the fluctuation became more violent. Most importantly, extreme precipitation led to the fact that groundwater level rises sharply, which induced city waterlogging. However, no direct evidence shows that normal precipitation triggered groundwater level rise, and the correlation coefficients between precipitation data from Golmud meteorological station located in the Gobi Desert and groundwater level data of five observation wells are 0.13, 0.02, –0.11, 0.04, and –0.03, respectively. This phenomenon could be explained as that the main recharge source of groundwater is river leakage in the alluvial-pluvial Gobi plain because of the high total head of river water and goodness hydraulic conductivity of the vadose zone. Data analysis shows that glacier melting aggravated because of local temperature increased. As a result, runoff caused groundwater levels to ascend from 1977 to 2017. Correlation coefficients of two groundwater wells observation data and runoff of Golmud River are 0.80 and 0.68. The research results will contribute to handling the negative effects of climate change on groundwater for Northwestern China.© 2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

曲流河扇相模式及应用

分支河流体系的讨论有助于促进各类冲积体系的分类学研究,并可促进源—汇体系分析的定量化。博茨瓦纳的奥卡万戈（Okavango）曲流河扇是分支河流体系的典型代表,具有独特的沉积学、水文学和地貌学特征,主要特点如下：①河道形态属于单线曲流河道向下游分叉型,顺流方向产生弯度不一的分支河道网络,从顶点向下游方向,河道呈放射状,由河谷内的限制性河道变为盆地内的非限制性河道;②顺斜坡向下,河道分叉作用增强,河道的尺度和规模减小,受物源控制,无论是曲流河道还是低弯度河道,皆为砂质载荷,河道宽度、水体深度和沉积物粒度虽有系统变化但不显著,且在极低的坡度控制下,随着流量的减少,河道由曲流河逐渐变为低弯度河,河道形态转化的主要影响因素是坡度、流量、沉积物粒级和河岸强度;③根据湿地和河道分布特征,可将扇体划分为补给河谷、近源扇、中部扇和远端扇4个亚环境：补给河谷以单线曲流带和不同规模的迂回坝发育为特征,近源扇主要为泥炭限制的分支河道和河间沼泽沉积,中部扇主要为曲流河和低弯度河沉积,沼泽减少,漫滩增加,远端扇为宽浅型的非限定性河道,以沙岛林地之间的漫滩沉积为主;④沉积物主要为未固结的石英砂,主要来源于卡拉哈里盆地近代风成沉积,砂质纯净,分选和磨圆俱佳,缺乏细粒杂基,粒间细粒组分主要为生物成因的硅藻、植硅石和有机物质,亦见有方解石和二氧化硅胶结物。  对现代曲流河扇体系进行调查的重要目的就是研究地下类似沉积体系的分布。通过对我国大型含油气盆地相关“内陆三角洲”沉积特征和沉积规律的重新认识,可为油气资源的勘探开发提供预测模式。鄂尔多斯盆地山西组沉积时期,沉积作用受盆地北缘物源控制,来自北部物源的碎屑物质在宽阔的湿地平原上发育了多套分支河流沉积体系,主要为曲流河扇沉积体系。顺着沉积斜坡向下,河道的尺度和规模减小,沉积物粒度变细,煤层和暗色泥岩厚度变小,缺乏明显的三角洲前缘沉积环境及稳定的前三角洲深水相。沉积组合主要表现为分支河道砂岩、漫岸细粒沉积与湿地泥岩及薄煤层的互层,为大气田的形成奠定了沉积基础。