Deglacial meltwater drainage and glaciodynamics: inferences from Laurentide eskers, Canada

This paper evaluates current knowledge of Laurentide eskers in Canada in the light of developments in glacier hydrology and glacial sedimentology. Questions regarding the morpho-sedimentary relations of eskers, the synchroneity and operation of R-channel systems, the role of supraglacial meltwater input and proglacial water bodies, the controls on esker pattern, and the glaciodynamic condition of the ice sheet at the time of esker formation are discussed. A morphologic classification of eskers is proposed. Five types of eskers are identified and investigated. Type I eskers likely formed in extensive, synchronous, dendritic R-channel networks under regionally stagnant ice that terminated in standing water. Type II eskers likely formed in short, subaqueously terminating R-channels or reentrants close to an ice front or grounding line that may have actively retreated during esker sedimentation. Type III eskers plausibly formed in short R-channels that drained either to interior lakes in, or tunnel channels under, regionally stagnant ice. Type IV eskers may have formed as time-transgressive segments in short, subaerially terminating R-channels (or reentrants) that developed close to the ice margin as the ice front underwent stagnation-zone retreat or downwasted and backwasted regionally (stagnant ice); however, formation in synchronous R-channels cannot be discounted on the basis of reported observations. Type V eskers may have formed in H-channels that terminated subaerially. The spatial distribution of these esker types is discussed. The factors that determined Laurentide R-channel pattern and operation were likely a complex combination of (i) supraglacial meltwater discharge, (ii) the number and location of sink holes, (iii) the ice surface slope, thickness and velocity, and (iv) the permeability, topography and rigidity of the bed. These factors cause and respond to changes in ice dynamics and thermal regime over the glacial cycle.     

The Little Ice Age in the Canadian Rockies

This paper reviews the evidence and history of glacier fluctuations during the Little Ice Age (LIA) in the Canadian Rockies. Episodes of synchronous glacier advance occurred in the 12th–13th, early 18th and throughout the 19th centuries. Regional ice cover was probably greatest in the mid-19th century, although in places the early 18th century advance was more extensive. Glaciers have lost over 25% of their area in the 20th century. Selective preservation of the glacier record furnishes an incomplete chronology of events through the 14th–17th centuries. In contrast, varve sequences provide continuous, annually resolved records of sediments for at least the last millennium in some highly glacierized catchments. Such records have been used to infer glacier fluctuations. Evaluation of recent proxy climate reconstructions derived from tree-rings provides independent evidence of climate fluctuations over the last millennium. Most regional glacier advances follow periods of reduced summer temperatures, reconstructed from tree rings particularly ca. 1190–1250, 1280–1340, 1690s and the 1800s. Reconstructed periods of higher precipitation at Banff, Alberta since 1500 are 1515–1550, 1585–1610, 1660–1680 and the 1880s. Glacier advances in the early 1700s, the late 1800s and, in places, the 1950–1970s reflect both increased precipitation and reduced summer temperatures. Negative glacier mass balances from 1976 to 1995 were caused by decreased winter balances. The glacier fluctuation record does not contain a simple climate signal: it is a complex response to several interacting factors that operate at different timescales. Evaluation of climate proxies over the last millennium indicates continuous variability at several superimposed timescales, dominated by decade–century patterns. Only the 19th century shows a long interval of sustained cold summers. This suggests that simplistic concepts of climate over this period should be abandoned and replaced with more realistic records based on continuous proxy data series. The use of the term LIA should be restricted to describing a period of extended glacier cover rather than being used to define a period with specific climate conditions.     

中国典型山地温冰川水化学空间分布特征与近期冰川动态

从我国玉龙雪玉典型温水王白水１号冰川不同区段表面融水,新近积雪和冰川初给河水采样分析结果表明,雪线以下降水中的稳定同位素的离子含量比雪线以下为高,低海拔河水比高海拨融水的氧同浓度为低,可能在来源上存在着差异,这种分布特征说明本温冰川区局部大气环流情况高度而不同,有可能存在季气候区所特有的“降水量效应”或“季节性效应”。冰川不同水体内离子浓度变化说明,冰川融水与地壳表面接触时间越久,其中的可融性离了     

基于DEM的水文物理过程模拟

基于数字高程模型,考虑流域空间的变异性,建立数字高程流域水系模型。产流子单元的划分、河网水系的生成及其空间拓扑关系的建立,是由计算机自动完成。计算TOPMODEL地形指数ln(a/tgβ)_i的空间累积分布曲线,并对其作无量纲化处理,推求各产流子单元的土壤蓄水容量分布抛物线参数B,构建数字水文模型。全球能量与水循环亚洲季风试验强化观测区—淮河史灌河流域实例研究表明:数字模型不仅可以很好地模拟流域出口断面的径流过程,而且能够模拟土壤水分的变化过程,还可十分方便地输出水文要素和状态变量的空间分布。这对充分利用现有观测信息进行水文数据的深层次挖掘奠定了基础。     

闽粤沿海老红砂多期沉积地层的发现及其意义

对广泛分布于闽粤沿海的老红砂进行了全面的野外调查,调查发现在福建的平潭青峰、晋江科任和广东的惠来靖海资深园、徐闻锦和东门下等地的老红砂沉积地层,存在多期沉积。热释光(TL)、电子自旋共振(ESR)测年表明,它们是晚更新世中、晚期末次冰期(玉木冰期)的沉积,并可分出68~42ka和30~10ka两个相对较集中的沉积期。在这两期中,又以30~10ka左右的晚玉木冰期(Q₃³)的老红砂发育规模最大、分布最广,这显然与晚玉木冰期(盛冰期)时的气候更干冷、冬季风的风力更强劲,风沙活动更强烈有密切关系。     

基于小波变换和GRNN神经网络的黑河出山径流模型

对黑河山区流域月降水量和气温做Harr小波变换,并作为GRNN神经网络的输入,对黑河出山径流进行模拟和预测验证,效果较好。应用全球变化成果,在不同的气候情景下,对黑河出山径流进行预测。结果表明,黑河出山径流在未来一段时间内,径流量会有一定程度的增加,最终会减少。但模型对气温反应不敏感。去除气温重构的细节系数后,气温也成为一个敏感因素,但径流量却随气温的增加而增加。可推断,引进Haar小波变换的GRNN神经网络模型可应用于径流量对气温不敏感的流域。     

基于遥感和GIS的西藏朋曲流域冰川变化研究

以西藏朋曲流域为例,利用1970年代中国冰川编目数据、2000/2001年ASTER遥感影像及数字高程模型,得到研究区两期冰川分布图,在GIS支持下统计分析冰川变化趋势.结果表明:近30a流域内冰川数量减少10%,面积退缩9%,冰储量减少8.4%;通过对不同规模的冰川分析,再次证实小冰川对气候变化更为敏感.     

气候转暖及人类活动对北疆中小河流降水-径流关系的影响

利用近40 a来的水文气象资料,分析北疆20世纪80~90年代气候转暖及人类活动对北疆不同地区的中小河流降水-径流关系的影响,主要结论如下:①北疆西部的哈拉依灭勒河、卡琅古尔河,在1980年以后气候转暖的背景下,它们的自然降水-径流关系并无明显改变。②北部额尔齐斯河流域东部产流区平均高程较高的大青河,在90年代气候显著转暖的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系并无明显改变;而位于大青河东侧、流域平均高程较低、山区流域降水量较小的小青河,在90年代气候明显转暖的背景下,其自然降水径流关系发生了变化,所形成的自然地表径流量明显减少。③天山中部北坡的乌鲁木齐河,在80~90年代气候转暖的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,产流量明显偏多。④天山东部北坡的开垦河,在80~90年代气候转暖及人类活动影响的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,产流量减少。⑤乌鲁木齐近郊低山丘陵区的水磨河,在近40 a来的增温及人类活动影响的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,尽管乌鲁木齐年降水量有增加趋势,而其径流却是减少的。     

The relationship between ENSO cycle and temperature,precipitation and runoff in the Qilian mountain area

El Nino and La Nina are the events concerned internationally. The corresponding relationship between E1 Nino events, temperature, precipitation and runoff in the Qilian mountain area are analyzed according to the date fi‘om the weather and the hydrometric stations in the area, the results show that effects of E1 Nino events to temperature, precipitation and runoff are different in the different time and zones. When E1 Nino occurs, temperature rises, but precipitation and runoff decrease in the whole Qilian mountain area, especially in the east and middle parts of the area. Temperature rises, precipitation and runoff still decrease in the eastern Qilian mountain area in the next year El Nino occurring, but decrease extent is fewer. There are not obvious relationship between temperature,precipitation and runoff with El Nino events in the western Qilian mountain area.     

黄河干流河道水量自然补损分析

根据水量平衡原理建立干流区间河道水量平衡关系,得到干流河道水量自然补损计算方程。利用1956~1979年干流区间自产天然径流量与区间河道上下游控制站天然径流量、区间降水量系列之间的线性相关性,延长得到黄河流域1951~1998年龙羊峡以下6个干流区间逐月自产天然径流量,并计算分析各干流区间的干流河道自然补损水量。结果表明：多年平均河口镇－龙门干流区间和三门峡－花园口干流区间河道水量补充大于损失,其余区间干流河道水量为损失大于补充。总体上,龙羊峡以下区间干流河道净自然损失水量多年平均为35.43×108 m³,而且呈增大趋势,20世纪90年代达到最高,平均为44.16×108 m³/年。