末次盛冰期北美风成环境变化及其在全球气候突变事件中的意义

本文用末次冰期北美大冰盖南缘的风尘堆积记录来重建末次盛冰期的亚极地环境变化.磁化率、有机碳含量和潜育化程度的资料表明,末次盛冰期的前期(约21000～15000aB P.)植被覆盖较差,而后期(15000～10000aB.P.)植被覆盖较好,15 000aB.P.环境发生了急剧的变化,磁化率曲线显示了大约1000a的氧化-还原周期.这种大约1000a的环境变化周期很可能由低纬地区的海洋和大气的扰动所驱动,这种扰动的能量通过北美大冰盖及时地传递到北大西洋.     

青藏高原盐湖Li地球化学

青藏高原是我国富 L i盐湖的主要分布区域 ,这些富 L i盐湖主要分布在柴达木盆地中部和西藏的中、西部地区。北部柴达木盆地盐湖 L i的储量大、Mg/ L i比值高、卤水 L i含量较高 ,南部西藏盐湖 L i的储量较大、Mg/L i比值低 ,L i含量很高。青藏高原富 L i盐湖主要分布在氯化物型—硫酸盐型过渡区内 ,其 L i含量在 12 0～ 2 6 0 m g/L之间 ;西藏富 L i盐湖主要分布在碳酸盐型—硫酸盐型过渡区内 ,其 L i含量在 2 5 0～ 6 6 0 m g/ L之间。在西藏各类盐湖中碳酸盐型盐湖含 L i较低 ,这很可能与其参加到早期沉淀的碳酸盐矿物晶格中有关。盐湖卤水中 L i的空间分布与其水源补给方向和蒸发环境紧密相关。Mg/ L i比值研究表明 ,盐湖中 Mg和 L i的含量成反比关系 ,即高 Mg环境不利于 L i的富集     

Inherited Landforms and Glacial Impact of Different Palaeosurfaces in Southwest Sweden

Landforms are used as analytical tools to separate inherited features from the glacial impact on Precambrian basement rocks in southwest Sweden. The study covers three different palaeosurfaces, the sub-Cambrian peneplain (relative relief (r.r.) 0–20 m) with the character of a pediplain, an uplifted and dissected part of the sub-Cambrian peneplain (r.r. 5–40 m) and an etch-surface (r.r. 20–135 m), presumably sub-Mesozoic. The surfaces were recently re-exposed, probably due to a Neogene upheaval with some pre-glacial reshaping. Strong structural control and no alignment with glacial erosional directions other than those coinciding with structures, are arguments for etch processes as a most important agent for relief differentiation. This is strengthened by the occurrence of saprolite residues and etchforms in protected positions.
The glacial reshaping of the sub-Cambrian flat bedrock surfaces is negligible. The glacial impact becomes more evident in the uplifted and dissected parts of the peneplain and within the hilly sub-Mesozoic surface. The higher the initial relief the more effect of glacial erosion on individual hills, both on the abrading side, with formation of roches moutonnées, and on the plucking side. Detailed etchforms are preserved in protected positions in spite of erosion by a clearly wet-based ice. The magnitude of the Pleistocene glacial erosion is considerably less than the amplitude of the palaeorelief in the entire area.
Landscapes of areal glacial scouring have been described as comprising irregular depressions with intervening bosses scraped by ice and labelled 'knock and lochan' topography, but we suggest that an etched bedrock surface is a prerequisite for this type of landscape to develop.     

"Greatest lake period"|and its palaeo-environment on the Tibetan Plateau

The “greatest lake period” means that the lakes are in the stage of their maximum areas. As the paleo lake shorelines are widely distributed in the lake basins on the Tibetan Plateau, the lake areas during the “greatest lake period” may be inferred by the last highest lake shorelines. They are several, even tens times larger than that at present. According to the analyses of tens of lakes on the Plateau, most dating data fell into the range of 40-25 ka BP, some lasted to 20 ka BP. It was corresponded to the stage 3 of marine isotope and interstitial of last glaciation. The occurrence of maximum areas of lakes marked the very humid period on the Plateau and was also related to the stronger summer monsoon during that period.     

湖泊沉积物中蛋白质和氨基酸的动态变化

测定了阿哈湖和百花湖沉积物孔隙水中蛋白质和氨基酸的含量。蛋白质含量分别在0．32－1．71mg/ml和0．22－1．38mg/ml之间，氨基酸含量分别在1．15－5．01μg/ml（以含N量计）和1．41－4．16μg/ml之间。两湖沉积物氨基酸含量逐渐增高，表明扩散作用的存在。随着时间的推移，蛋白质在沉积物各层中得到了很好的保存，说明它的分解比较有限。沉积物孔隙水中氨基酸含量和微生物活动有关，氨基酸在27cm以后的阿哈湖沉积物中明显积累，可能指示微生物活动的减弱。     

Discovery of a recurrent lava lake on Saunders Island (South Sandwich Islands) using AVHRR imagery

Monitoring of the remote South Sandwich Islands volcanic arc, using advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) data, has identified a radiant pixel on channels 3 (3.55–3.93 μm) and (rarely) 4 (10.3–11.3 μm). The position of the pixel is coincident with Mount Michael, Saunders Island, the active summit crater of a snow-covered basaltic stratovolcano with a persistent steam plume. The radiant pixel was continuously present in successive AVHRR images acquired during intervals of several months in the period examined (March 1995–February 1998), although apparently disappearing for similar time intervals. More than 5000 images were examined during this study. The radiant pixel is interpreted to indicate that the crater has contained a lava lake, the first to be recorded in the South Sandwich Islands. The lake appears to persist in the crater for several months at a time, at least. It may have drained completely at times and was probably absent when the crater was viewed briefly during an overflight in January 1997. Persistent or recurring lava lakes are very uncommon world-wide and that at Mount Michael is one of only two recorded in the Antarctic region.     

Cyclops glacialis n. sp. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from a high mountain lake in Northwestern Mongolia

A new species of Cyclops s. str. (strenuus subgroup) from a high mountain lake in Northwestern Mongolia is described. As no cytological investigations were possible, the species diagnosis and taxonomic relationships were made on the basis of morphological and morphometrical data. It is most similar to Cyclops abyssorum, but there are clear distinguishing features.     

塔克拉玛干沙漠及其以南风成相带划分和认识

至少在末次冰期初，塔克拉玛干沙漠及其以南就已存在风成的砂丘砂、亚砂土和黄土岩相带。末次冰期以来的全球冷期中，造成砂丘砂、亚砂土和黄土沉积的ＮＥ和ＮＷ风系及其影响下的风力未有显著变化，因此，这几个风成相带沉积界线亦没有明显移动。自那时以来的全球暖期，塔克拉玛干和其南部，气候暖干，导致四周山地冰雪大量消融，于本区形成冲积，洪积。然而，冲洪积作用并未能改变风成相带分布的基本格局。     

Deglacial land emergence and lateral upper-mantle heterogeneity in the Svalbard Archipelago—II. Extended results for high-resolution load models

In Paper I (Breuer & Wolf 1995), a preliminary interpretation of the postglacial land emergence observed at a restricted set of six locations in the Svalbard Archipelago was given. The study was based on a simple model of the Barents Sea ice sheet and suggested increases in lithosphere thickness and asthenosphere viscosity with increasing distance from the continental margin.
In the present paper, the newly developed high-resolution load model. BARENTS-2, and land-uplift observations from an extended set of 25 locations are used to study further the possibility of resolving lateral heterogeneity in the upper mantle below the northern Barents Sea. A comparison of the calculated and observed uplift values shows that the lithosphere thickness is not well resolved by the observations, although values above 110 km are most common for this parameter. In contrast to this, there are indications of a lateral variation of asthenosphere viscosity. Whereas values in the range 10¹⁸-10²⁰Pas are inferred for locations close to the continental margin, 10²⁰-10²¹ Pa s are suggested further away from the margin.
A study of the sensitivity of the values found for lithosphere thickness and asthenosphere viscosity to modifications of load model BARENTS-2 shows that such modifications can be largely accommodated by appropriate changes in lithosphere thickness, whereas the suggested lateral variation of asthenosphere viscosity is essentially unaffected. An estimate of the influence of the Fennoscandian. ice sheet leads to the conclusion that its neglect results in an underestimation of the thickness of the Barents Sea ice sheet by about 10 per cent.     

Note on estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum for Fennoscandia

For more than 30 years, Sauramo's (1958) shoreline diagram of the Fennoscandian uplift has been used in geophysical studies for estimates of the glacial-isostatic decay spectrum in order to infer from it the viscosity stratification in the Earth's mantle below Fennoscandia. The intent of the present note is to point out that more recent geological studies suggest that Sauramo's shoreline diagram is an incorrect representation of the Fennoscandian uplift. Geophysical interpretations based on the diagram may therefore require revision.