The paleolimnology of North Pond: watershed-lake interactions

We examined the stratigraphic record of North Pond, a small, oligotrophic lake in western Massachusetts, U.S.A. to describe late and post-glacial watershed-lake interactions. In particular we investigated the effects of two similar vegetation changes in the watershed on lake biogeochemistry. There was a transient (about 100 years) decline in hemlock ca. 7500 yr B.P. that has not been recorded in other pollen stratigraphies in the northeast. The second event was the classical hemlock decline that occurred ca. 4800 yr B.P. and lasted about 2000 years. This decline occurred throughout the range of hemlock and is thought to have been caused by a pathogen. As the climate began to warm ca. 10 000 yr B.P., a spruce dominated boreal woodland was established in the watershed. Sediment chemistry data showed that as soils became more acidic, the lake also acidified as evidenced by diatom-inferred (DI) pH. Hemlock was established in the watershed by about 8000 yr B.P. This was accompanied by a slight decrease in DI pH. The transient hemlock decline ca. 7500 yr B.P. was associated with an increase in sedimentary charcoal particles, that suggested fire was responsible for its demise. The diatom stratigraphy indicated a brief, slight, increase in productivity and alkalinity and a brief decrease in lakewater dissolved organic carbon concentrations. Aquatic microfossil data indicated a decrease in the area of the littoral zone ca. 7500 yr B.P. Following the transient decline the lake became more acidic. There were only brief, subtle changes associated with the classical hemlock decline, including a slight decline in DI pH. Although the two disturbances involved a similar vegetation shift, the timing and mechanisms of the disturbances had a greater impact on lake biogeochemistry.     

Late Holocene climate change and human disturbance on Andros Island, Bahamas

A 2 m sediment core from Church's Blue Hole on Andros Island, Bahamas provides the first paleoecological record from the Bahama Archipelago. The timing of events in the lower portion of the core is uncertain due to inconsistencies in the radiocarbon chronology, but there is evidence that a late Holocene dry period altered the limnology of Church's Blue Hole and supported only dry shrubland around the site. The dry period on Andros may correlate with a widespread dry period in the Caribbean from 3200 to 1500 yr BP. After the dry period ended, a more mesic climate supported tropical hardwood thicket around Church's Blue Hole. At c. 740 radiocarbon yr BP there is a sudden rise in charcoal concentration and a rapid transition to pinewoods vegetation, while at c. 430 radiocarbon yr BP charcoal concentration drops, but is higher again near the top of the core. Although climatic shifts could have caused these changes in vegetation and charcoal concentration, the changes post-date human colonization of the Bahamas and may reflect human arrival, followed by the removal of humans c. 1530 AD and the recolonization of Andros Island c. 200 years later.This is the 12th in a series of papers published in this special AMQUA issue. These papers were presented at the 1994 meeting of the American Quaternary Association held 19–22 June, 1994, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Dr Linda C. K. Shane served as guest editor for these papers.     

The flux of charcoal to the troposphere during the period of agricultural burning in Panama

Although extensive areas of forests and grasslands are burned in the tropics, relatively little scientific attention has been focused on this phenomenon. In order to determine the land area burned and estimate the charcoal (elemental or graphitic carbon) produced, I monitored agricultural burning in a 1145 km² area in central Panama during the 1981 dry season. Over 10% of the land surface was burned in that year. Charcoal concentrations in the aerosol were also measured and reached values of 3.1 gC/m³ during the peak in burning. Off-peak values of aerosol charcoal are less than 1 gC/m³. The high charcoal concentration reflects the massive amounts of vegetational burning occurring in the area.The charcoal advected by the air mass flowing over the area has been estimated using a box model. Assuming an average aerosol concentration of charcoal of 1 gC/m³ for a three-month burning period, a 2 km atmospheric mixed layer, a 14 km/h wind velocity to the south, and a 150 km wide zone across the western Gulf of Panama watershed, I estimate that, during the dry season, 9×10⁹ g charcoal are mobilized by the troposphere. If 4.1×10¹² g phytomass are annually burned in this region, then the charcoal emission factor to the troposphere is 2.2×10^–3.     

测氡法和瞬变电磁法在探测煤矿采空区的应用

介绍了活性炭测氡法探测采空区的基本原理。用测氡仪器测量其氡的衰变子体放射出伽马射线的强度,从而了解氡气浓度的高低,便可知采空区的位置。根据采空区的地球物理特征,利用瞬变电磁法,通过分析拟视电阻率断面图,准确地探测出了采空区的位置。以探测山西省西山煤电集团有限公司东曲矿采空区为例,来说明活性炭测氡法和瞬变电磁法在探测采空区是可行的。     

骨巨细胞瘤影像学特征及误诊分析

目的:研究骨巨细胞瘤(GCT)的X线平片、CT、MRI影像学表现,分析误诊的原因,提高诊断准确性。方法:搜集30例手术病理证实的GCT病例,回顾性分析其术前X线平片、CT平扫、MRI影像学表现。结果:GCT发生于股骨远端13例,胫骨近端6例,股骨近段4例,肱骨近端3例,桡骨远端2例,腰椎1例,髂骨1例。术前误诊5例,约占16.7%。结论:X线平片、CT和MRI从不同角度反映GCT的病理特征,合理结合三种检查方法,能更全面显示GCT的影像学特征,有利于诊断及鉴别诊断。      

First interactions with the hydrologic cycle determine pyrogenic carbon's fate in the Earth system

Fires produce an aromatic particulate residue commonly referred to as pyrogenic carbon (PyC). Particulate PyC is low density, high porosity, and is predominantly deposited on the soil surface in post-fire landscapes. These characteristics create a material that is prone to mobility, both vertically down the soil profile and laterally across the landscape even in low-relief landforms. Because of its tendency for lateral mobilization, we argue here that PyC's first interaction with water determines its environmental fate and persistence, not its interactions with soil minerals or microbes. PyC's first interactions with water determine: the amount of PyC that will enter the soil profile and experience microbial and geochemical alterations, whether it will be buried in depositional environments and stored on the landscape, or if it will be transported to streams and eventually to the ocean. Here we posit that this crucial first interaction with the hydrologic cycle occurs on the timescale of days to weeks, and therefore supersedes microbial decomposition as the primary control on PyC's environmental persistence. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

溶液中褐藻胶低聚糖在活性炭上的吸附特性与机制研究

本文研究了不同pH、反应时间、温度、初始糖浓度条件下溶液中褐藻胶低聚糖（AOS）在活性炭上的吸附性能及其吸附动力学和热力学机制。结果表明,溶液pH对活性炭吸附AOS具有重要影响,随pH降低,AOS在活性炭上的吸附增强,pH=1时吸附量可达0.116 g/g。吸附反应在5 min内迅速发生,60 min后达到吸附平衡。活性炭吸附AOS符合准二级吸附动力学过程。吸附热力学研究表明,吸附过程为自发的放热反应,吸附等温线符合Langmuir模型。综上,吸附过程为单分子层均相吸附,降低pH、低温有利于AOS在活性炭上的吸附。     

渭河流域全新世环境变化与野火活动记录

渭河流域位于我国半干旱—半湿润季风环境敏感地带,保存其黄土-土壤地层的木炭屑提供了全新世以来的野火历史和气候变化的记录。通过对甘肃合水马家塬(MJY)和陕西扶风蒋阳村(JYC)全新世黄土-土壤剖面的磁化率、TOC、木炭屑研究分析表明:末次冰期11500aBP之前,渭河流域气候干旱,自然野火频繁发生,荒漠草原植被从内蒙古南部扩展到渭河流域;全新世早期(11500～8500aBP)野火发生频率大大降低;全新世适宜期(8500～3100aBP)气候温暖湿润的森林草原或混交森林景观环境下野火发生几率明显下降,但不同地点人类活动引发的火灾存在区域差异。全新世晚期近3100a以来,气候向干旱化发展,加之人类土地利用活动加剧,生物量燃烧的规模大范围增加,人为引发火灾比自然发生火灾更为普遍,从而导致土地资源退化,造成渭河流域北部旱作农业衰退和游牧部落的入侵。1500aBP以后,野火发生频率大大降低,可能由于渭河流域南部荒地已开垦殆尽,农田人工景观已基本建立,北部半农半牧经济也已确立,不再进行大规模放火烧荒,因而木炭屑浓度大幅度减少。     

黄土高原东西部全新世剖面炭屑记录的火环境变化

对黄土高原东、西部全新世3个典型黄土—土壤剖面磁化率和炭屑浓度进行分析和对比研究,探讨该区域剖面中炭屑含量变化及其所记录的火环境变化特征。马兰黄土堆积时期,气候干旱而不稳定,地方性和区域性火频繁发生,炭屑含量较高;全新世早期,气候由冷干向温湿过渡,但仍较干旱,炭屑含量相应也较高;全新世中期是全新世最为温暖湿润的时期,炭屑含量出现全新世时期的最低值,但在夏商文化时期和庙底沟文化时期炭屑含量出现峰值,则是人类活动的结果;全新世晚期,在干旱的气候条件下,人类活动加速了火的频率和强度,炭屑含量大幅度增加。在全新世不同时期,黄土高原东、西部的炭屑含量存在一定差异,黄土高原东部火活动较为微弱,而西部火活动相对频繁,这是火环境条件区域差异性的表现。     

地质学在关注人类活动的环境效应--兼谈黄河三角洲剖面炭屑分析与人类活动

人类活动的环境效应，很多大的国际研究计划都给予充分重视。炭屑分析是研究历史上人类活动的方法之一。黄河三角洲剖面炭屑分析，从自然变化背景中分离出了因人口增长和火灾造成的5个炭屑高峰值。这一结果说明，精细的高分辨率的研究工作，是探讨历吏上人类活动环境影响因子的前提。