Paleo-glacial reconstruction of the Thajwas glacier in the Kashmir Himalaya using 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide dating

Quantitative glacial chronologies of past glaciations are sparse in the Himalaya, and mostly absent in the Kashmir Himalaya. We used cosmogenic ¹⁰Be exposure dating, and geomorphological mapping to reconstruct glacial advances of the Thajwas Glacier (TG) in the Great Himalayan Range of the Kashmir Himalaya. From ¹⁰Be exposure dating of ten moraine boulders, four glacial stages with ages ～20.77 ± 2.28 ka, ～11.46 ± 1.69 ka, ～9.12 ± 1.39 ka and ～4.19 ± 0.78 ka, were identified. The reconstructed cosmogenic radionuclide ages confirmed the global Last Glacial Maximum (gLGM), Younger Dryas, Early Holocene, and Neoglaciation episodes. As per area and volume change analyses, the TG has lost 51.1 km² of its area and a volume of 2.64 km³ during the last 20.77 ± 2.28 ka. Overall, the results suggested that the TG has lost 64% of area and 73% of volume from the Last glacial maximum to Neoglaciation and about 85.74% and 87.67% of area and volume, respectively, from Neoglaciation to the present day. The equilibrium line altitude of the TG fluctuated from 4238 m a.s.l present to 3365 m a.s.l during the gLGM (20.77 ± 2.28 ka). The significant cooling induced by a drop in mean ambient temperature resulted in a positive mass balance of the TG during the gLGM. Subsequently the melting accelerated due to the continuing rise of the global ambient temperature. Paleo-glacial history reconstruction of the Kashmir Himalaya, with its specific geomorphic and climatic setting, would help close the information gap about the chronology of past regional glacial episodes.     

喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩

在青藏高原南部的喜马拉雅地区,分布有两条世界瞩目的淡色花岗岩带。南带主要沿高喜马拉雅和特提斯喜马拉雅之间的藏南拆离系(STDS)分布,俗称高喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩带,构成喜马拉雅山的主体。北带淡色花岗岩位于特提斯喜马拉雅单元内,又被称之为特提斯喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩带。这些花岗岩多以规模不等的岩席形式侵入到周边沉积-变质岩系之中,或者呈岩株状产出于变质穹窿的核部。岩体本身大多岩性均匀,变形程度不等,但岩体边缘可见较多的围岩捕虏体,并在部分情况下见及围岩的接触变质作用,反映它们的异地侵位特征。上述两带中的淡色花岗岩在矿物组成和岩石类型上表现为惊人的相似性,主要由不同比例的石英、钾长石、斜长石、黑云母(5%)、白云母、电气石和石榴石等构成二云母花岗岩、电气石花岗岩和石榴石花岗岩三大主要岩石类型。从不同地区的野外观察来看,二云母花岗岩为喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩的主体岩石类型,而电气石花岗岩和石榴石花岗岩主要以规模不等的脉体形式赋存于二云母花岗岩之中,反映前两者晚期侵位的特征。地球化学特征上,这些花岗岩具有高Si、Al、K,低Ca、Mg、Fe、Ti的特点,接近花岗岩的低共熔点组分。绝大多数淡色花岗岩具有较高的含铝指数,属于过铝花岗岩。微量元素表现为较大的变化范围,但总体上表现为富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb和放射性元素U,而不同程度亏损Ba、Th、Nb、Sr、Ti等元素。稀土元素总量总体上明显低于世界上酸性岩的平均丰度,且绝大部分表现为轻-中等程度的稀土元素分馏和不同程度的Eu负异常。传统认为,喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩是原地-近原地侵位的纯地壳来源的低熔花岗岩。但本文通过分析提出,该花岗岩可能是从一种高温的花岗岩浆演化而来,其岩浆源区的性质或成因类型目前还难以确定。该岩浆在上升侵位的过程中曾经历过大规模地壳物质的混染,并发生了高度分离结晶作用。因此,喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩首先是一种高分异型的花岗岩,是真正意义上的异地深成侵入体,而并不是原地或半原地的部分熔融体。这种以大规模地壳混染和结晶分异作用为特征的花岗岩系,在花岗岩的研究内容中还未被充分地讨论。以前根据相关信息认为这些岩石来自于沉积岩部分熔融的结论,只是较多地注意到了后期地壳混染和结晶分异作用的特征。即使这些岩石的原始岩浆将来被证明真的来源于沉积岩系的部分熔融,那以前的结论也只能说是"歪打正着"。根据形成年龄和地质-地球化学特征,本文将这些花岗岩划分为原喜马拉雅(44~26Ma)、新喜马拉雅(26~13Ma)和后喜马拉雅(13~7Ma)三大阶段。其中第一阶段对应印度-亚洲汇聚而导致的大陆碰撞造山作用,而后两个阶段同加厚的喜马拉雅-青藏高原碰撞造山带拆沉作用有关,对应青藏高原的全面隆升。根据这些淡色花岗岩的岩石与地球化学特征,我们还不能支持青藏高原存在广泛的中地壳流动的模型。相反,俯冲的高喜马拉雅岩系在深部的部分熔融及随该岩系折返而发生的分离结晶作用可很好地解释淡色花岗岩所具有的系列特征。     

河北中南部平原土壤重金属元素存在形态及生物有效性分析

本文以河北省中南部平原农田表层土壤为研究对象,对表层土壤中7种重金属元素的形态含量进行了统计和分析,对重金属元素的生物有效性进行了评价,并运用相关分析法,对影响重金属元素生物有效性的因素进行了研究。结果表明,研究区表层土壤7种重金属元素的有效态含量以Cd最高,达36.83%,潜在生态危害性较大;其次为Pb,达13.37%,其中碳酸盐结合态达到12.38%,由于土壤呈中性或偏碱性,Pb元素的迁移能力较弱,其潜在危害性较小;Cu、Hg、Cr、As、Zn重金属元素含量均以稳定态的含量存在,之和均在90%以上,表明其潜在危害性较小;研究区土壤重金属元素的活性系数和迁移系数大小顺序为:CdPbHgCuZnAsCr和CdHgAsCuPbZnCr,其中Cd的活性系数和迁移系数平均值分别达到0.330和0.160,展现出较强的生物活性、不稳定性和迁移能力,其他重金属元素在土壤中活性系数(Pb除外)和迁移系数均较小,生物活性较弱,在土壤中稳定存在,由土壤中向植物中的迁移能力弱;研究区不同的重金属的生物有效性与其影响因素的关系不尽相同,其主要因素是土壤重金属元素全量,其次为p H、TOC、CEC、粘粒含量等,二者关系复杂。     

中南部非洲的地质构造演化与矿产分布规律

中南部非洲优势矿产资源有金、铜、铁、铬、金刚石,锰、铀、镍、钒、钴、铂、锑的储量也居世界前列。主要的矿产集中分布于前寒武纪地体内,中南部非洲前寒武纪地体的形成演化决定了矿产的种类和主要成矿类型。文章总结了中南部非洲的地质构造演化以及其主要矿产资源的成矿类型和分布规律,并划分成矿区带至三级。探讨了部分主要成矿区带的成矿规律:太古宙的矿产主要与花岗-绿岩地体有关;古元古代的矿产主要分布于陆缘盆地,与岩浆作用有关;中元古代的矿产主要与岩浆作用有关,次为沉积变质作用;新元古代的矿产主要与沉积变质作用有关,次为岩浆作用。     

浙中后山店花岗斑岩体的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、锆石Hf同位素及其地质意义

针对浙中地区后山店花岗斑岩体进行高精度LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年和锆石Lu-Hf同位素的测定。测年结果显示其加权平均年龄值为148.5 Ma±1.2 Ma(MSWD=1.4),说明浙中地区有晚侏罗世侵入岩的存在,属于燕山早期晚阶段岩浆活动的产物,其成岩时代可能代表了古太平洋构造域下的板内岩浆活动和陆缘弧间的过渡阶段。锆石的εHf(t)值为-10.3~-3.5,均为负值,二阶段模式年龄tHf2(Ma)变化范围主要集中于1 400 Ma~1 829 Ma之间,反映其物质来源可能为中元古代下地壳基底物质,并在成岩过程中有幔源组分的参与。     

青藏高原羌塘中部中—上奥陶统达瓦山组的建立及意义

首次在藏北羌塘中部达瓦山地区识别出一套复理石沉积,厚度大于3000m,未见顶底,岩石组合以变质砂岩、杂砂岩和千枚岩为主,夹双峰式火山岩,火山岩岩性为流纹岩和玄武岩。用LA-ICP-MS同位素测定技术对流纹岩夹层中的锆石进行了U-Pb同位素测定,获得锆石的年龄为454.0±2.0Ma和458.3±1.8Ma,时代为中晚奥陶世达瑞威尔—桑比期,代表了达瓦山组的主体形成时代。在剖面测制和区域对比的基础上建立了中—上奥陶统达瓦山组,代表冈瓦纳大陆北缘中—晚奥陶世裂谷型深水-半深水复理石沉积。中—上奥陶统达瓦山组的发现和建立完善了该区中晚奥陶世的地层系统,进一步确定该区中—晚奥陶世洋盆的存在,对冈瓦纳大陆北缘中—晚奥陶世岩相古地理研究具有重要意义。     

高铁对中国城市可达性格局的影响分析

基于列车时刻表数据,以地级城市为研究对象,通过提取两两中心城市间的最短交通时间,以平均可达性为度量指标,测算了全国31个中心城市的可达性水平,分析了高铁对中心城市可达性格局的影响。依据中心城市到全国地级城市的最短交通时间提取全国31个中心城市的一日交流圈范围,分析了中心城市的高铁效应,并选择北京、上海、广州、武汉、重庆5个中心城市作为典型案例,分析和探讨一日交流圈空间格局变化的影响因素。结果表明:1中心城市可达性水平与城市的空间区位及城市的对外交通条件关联密切;2高铁网络的发展使中心城市的可达性水平有所提升,受城市所处的空间区位及高铁建设条件的影响,不同城市的可达性改善程度存在差距;3高铁对中心城市一日交流圈范围拓展的影响显著且呈东中西差异分布,中心城市一日交流圈覆盖的地级市数量增加,在城市密集地区,地级市被叠加覆盖的次数增长;4中心城市一日交流圈的拓展与高铁线路布局走向一致,优越的中心地理位置有利于中心城市交流圈范围的扩大,地形、水域等地理障碍则会限制城市交流圈在不同方向上的拓展;5高铁网络的发展对改善城市可达性的作用正逐渐赶超城市空间区位对城市可达性水平的影响。     

Resource Flows of Villages with Contrasting Lifestyles in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Central Himalaya, India

Resource use efficiency analyses of village ecosystem are necessary for effective and efficient planning of resource utilization. This paper deals with economic and energy input-output analyses of different components of village ecosystem in representative buffer zone villages, which are practicing transhumance and settled way of lifestyles in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve （NDBR） of Garhwal Himalaya. While the villages practicing transhumance used various natural resources spatially segregated,the villages practicing settled way of lifestyle have to manage resources from a limited spatial area through rotation and varied extraction intensities. Forests subsidized the production activity in both type of villages and the per capita resource extractions were found to be greater in tran~humance village than settled village. Though crops provided maximum energy, in terms of economic criteria, animal husbandry played important role in both settled and transhumance villages. As villages representing both the situations showed different ways of adjustments to the conservation oriented land use changes, management authority needs to address the eco-development plans fulfilling the aspirations of all people traditionally using the resources of the Reserve to reduce the conflicts and encourage their participation in the conservation of the area.     

Systems for Hazards Identification in High Mountain Areas： An Example from the Kullu District, Western Himalaya

Methods and techniques for the identification, monitoring and management of natural hazards in high mountain areas are enumerated and described. A case study from the western Himalayan Kullu District in Himachal Pradesh, India is used to illustrate some of the methods. Research on the general topic has been conducted over three decades and that in the Kullu District has been carried out since 1994. Early methods of hazards identification in high mountain areas involved intensive and lengthy fieldwork and mapping with primary reliance on interpretation of landforms, sediments and vegetation thought to be indicative of slope fail ures, rock falls, debris flows, floods and accelerated soil surface erosion. Augmented by the use of airphotos and ad hoc observations of specific events over time, these methods resulted in the gradual accumulation of information on hazardous sites and the beginnings of a chronology of occurrences in an area. The use of historical methods applied to written and photographic material, often held in archives and libraries, further improved the resolution of hazards information. In the past two decades, both the need for, and the ability to, accurately identify potential hazards have increased. The need for accurate information and monitoring comes about as a result of rapid growth in population, settlements, transportation infrastructure and intensified land uses and, therefore, risk and vulnerability in mountain areas. Ability has improved as the traditional methods of gathering and manipulating data have been supplemented by the use of remotesensing, automated terrain modeling, global positioning systems and geographical information systems. This paper focuses on the development and application of the latter methods and techniques to characterize and monitor hazards in high mountain areas.