The vegetation and climate of northwest Iberia over the last 14,000 years

A new pollen record from an upland lake in north-west Spain, Laguna de la Roya, spans the last ca 14,500 yrs and includes clear evidence of a Weichselian Lateglacial event correlative with the Younger Dryas. Pollen-climate response surfaces have been used to make quantitative reconstructions of palaeoclimate conditions at this and two other sites in the region. These reconstructions indicate that the climate was dry and cool during both the Late Weichselian and the Younger Dryas; in contrast, conditions during the Lateglacial Interstadial were relatively moist. During the early Holocene the climate was more continental in character than it has been for the last three millenia. Human activity has had a substantial impact upon the upland vegetation around Laguna de la Roya only during the last two millennia.     

云南鹤庆盆地HQ孔沉积特征与古环境变迁

本文依据沉积物的颜色、粒度、层理、岩性组合等特征,并参照磁性地层、磁化率、碳酸盐含量、总有机碳及碳氮比值等环境指标,初步建立云南鹤庆盆地约600ka B P以来的古环境演化历史。研究表明,在大阶段上环境变化存在着两次明显的转型,这可能是与构造运动驱动有关。在剖面4.1m处,约14.2ka B P,湖盆被河流切开,导致环境指标突变。      

内蒙古额济纳旗嘎顺淖尔XK1孔揭示的第四纪晚期沉积特点及古环境

通过对嘎顺淖尔XK1孔沉积岩芯的岩性特征及多种环境代用指标的综合分析,初步认为:中更新世早中期,29．6 -42．5m(推测时代为距今218．3 kaBP以前),气候温凉偏干,滨湖与洪积相交替;距今218．3-172．8 kaBP气候温凉偏湿, 湖泊面积扩大,以滨浅湖-浅湖沉积为主,并一度出现半深湖环境;距今172．8-93．4 kaBP,沉积环境为湖滨相与洪积相交替,气候特点是冷凉干旱;距今93．4-67．4 kaBP,沉积环境以淡水浅湖为主,夹湖滨相．气候温偏湿;距今67．4-54．0 kaBP ,湖滨相沉积为主,气候温凉偏干;距今54-48．9 kaBP,气候暖湿的浅湖环境,气温较高;距今48．9-42．6 kaBP,凉而且干旱的气候特点,沉积相为湖滨相;42．6-0 kaBP,气候暖湿、凉干交替,浅湖相为主．     

近1200 a来黄河下游梁山泊沉积记录的环境变迁

利用梁山泊670 cm柱状岩芯沉积物,基于精确的AMS-~(14)C年代测定,通过高分辨率的粒度、磁化率、总有机碳、C/N比值等环境代用指标的综合分析,并结合历史文献记载,初步揭示了1200 a来黄河下游地区平原湖泊沉积特征及环境演化历史.结果表明,梁山泊环境演化大致分为5个阶段:790-940 AD期间,为低湖面的沼泽沉积环境,气候冷干;940-1215 AD期间,屡次受到黄河决溢洪水影响,湖盆扩张,湖泊水位上升,为梁山泊极盛期,气候暖湿;1215-1310 AD期间,黄河夺淮入黄海,湖区淤积严重,湖泊萎缩减小;1310-1470 AD期间,再次受到黄河决溢洪水影响,水位上升,面积扩张,但逊于极盛期;1470 AD至现代,黄河河道进一步南移,远离梁山泊,湖盆淤积抬高,梁山泊最终消失,直到1855AD,黄河第6次大改道北移,湖泊再次受到黄河洪水影响,由于前期受到泥沙淤积抬高,该地区仅作为黄河泥沙承载区.在气候变化大背景下,黄河改道决溢是梁山泊演化的主因.     

山东诸城地区恐龙足迹化石研究综述

山东诸城地区是闻名世界的恐龙化石宝库,这里不仅保存有数量巨大的晚白垩世恐龙骨骼化石,还发现有数量众多的早白垩世恐龙足迹化石。到目前为止,诸城境内共发现的恐龙足迹化石点有3处,分别为南部的皇龙沟与北部的张祝河湾和棠棣戈庄。根据前人对这3处恐龙足迹化石点的研究,对其发现和研究历史、足迹类型(包括非恐龙足迹)、不同类型足迹的大小和特征,以及古地理和古气候等进行了总结,提出了诸城恐龙足迹化石研究中亟待解决的问题。     

福建深沪湾晚更新世沉积、古环境和地壳形变

研究福建深沪湾多种相的晚更新世沉积,包括有冲洪积相的含砾砂黏土、湖相黏土、潮间带生物沉积相即大片的古牡蛎滩及滨海相河口潮滩砂黏土和风成老红砂等,研究了它们的沉积学特征和形成古环境及其可能反映的复杂的构造形变.沉积相特征表明,深沪湾地壳经历了距今约60 000 a以来早期的可能下沉(距今约28 000 a开始海浸)—距今约25 000~15 000 a的与水动型海平面上升速率大致相同的抬升(生成晚更新世古牡蛎滩)—距今约15 000~11 000 a的可能与古强地震相关的快速抬升(古牡蛎滩脱离海面形成古牡蛎滩台地,深沪湾地区生成多个陆地凹陷)—距今约11 000~7 000 a的相对稳定(凹陷内生长古森林)—距今约7 000 a的古强地震快速下沉(形成潟湖、古森林沉溺)—相对稳定—微弱抬升(又一次成陆)—距今约2 400 a的又一次古强地震快速下沉(形成海底古森林及潮间带古牡蛎滩遗迹)—相对稳定(海岸堤形成)的地壳形变及环境变迁过程.     

新疆吐鲁番洋海墓地出土的粮食作物及其古环境意义

首次对吐鲁番洋海墓地出土的植物遗存进行了系统研究,并鉴定出3种粮食作物：黍（Panicum miliaceum）、青稞（Hordeum vulgare var. nudum）和普通小麦（Triticum aestivum）。吐鲁番地区降水稀少、环境干燥,因此考古遗址中的植物遗存大都保存完好。这些粮食作物均为当地生产。其中,黍可能是古代洋海人的主要粮食作物。通过植物遗存分析,2800年前的洋海古气候应该比较适合农业生产。古环境分析表明,古洋海人的部落位于一片绿洲中,绿洲内有一定面积的湿地,内生喜湿杂草。另外,河旁或高地上还有胡杨（Populus euphratica）、柳（Salix sp.）及云杉属（Picea sp.）等乔木分布。     

Holocene environmental changes in the Gebel Umm Hammad, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Gebel Umm Hammad in the Red Sea Mountains east of Quseir, Egypt, today enjoys small but irregular amounts of winter rain, enabling the widening of joint controlled openings in the Thebes Limestone. Cavities are especially affected by flaking, while rock fragmentation is more active on the outside. The sedimentological and botanical study of fan deposits at the outlet of a karstic shaft in the Tree Shelter showed the local Holocene environmental evolution. Three periods of different degree of aridity can be considered: (i) Before 8120±45 BP (UtC-5389), bedload aggradation points to rare but occasionally heavy rains, lasting for several hours, attaining intensities of more than 76 mm/h and covering some 20 km². Wadi flash floods occasionally attained bankfull stage. (ii) Since 8120±45 BP (UtC-5389), such heavy rains have not occurred in the Egyptian Red Sea Mountains. Instead, a more moderate but maybe wetter precipitation regime was established. The karstic shafts were active, and there was water and life in the desert. Two humid pulses can be distinguished within this period. The first occurs at ±8000 BP, the second between 6630±45 (GrN-22560) and 6770±60 BP (GrN-22562). (iii) After the last wet culmination, there was a gradual shift to drier conditions. Shortly after ±5000 BP, modern climatic conditions are believed to have been attained. Today, the occasional rain storms are less heavy than before ±8000 BP. Bankfull stage river floods do not occur. Instead, secondary channels are eroded in the wadi beds. The general arid character during the whole period and the inherent local and temporal variations in precipitation patterns might explain apparent aberrations between the palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Tree Shelter site and other remote study areas in Egypt and Sudan.     

热河生物群的古生态与古环境：冀北,辽西叶肢介群落古生态与古环境重建

冀北,辽西地区晚侏罗世一早白垩世的叶肢介化石自下而上划分为４个古叶肢介群落,通过叶肢介化石埋藏学,形态功能学和现代化叶肢介生活环境的研究,对古环境进行了重塑,文中讨论了古群落中各类生物的相互关系与地位,并着重论述了叶肢介群落的演变和古环境的变化以及环境变化对群落的作用与影响。     

江陵凹陷古新世盐湖沉积碳酸盐碳氧同位素组成及其环境意义

江陵凹陷位于江汉裂谷盆地西部, 古新世是该区富钾卤水形成的主要时期, 研究该时期古气候的演化, 对下一步找钾有重要的理论和实际意义。古新统沙市组和新沟嘴组湖相碳酸盐岩分析结果显示, 沙市组沉积碳酸盐岩δ13CPDB值介于–4.8‰ ~ –1.0‰之间, 平均值为–3.4‰; δ18OPDB值介于–5.6‰ ~ –0.6‰之间, 平均值为–3.3‰; 新沟嘴组碳酸盐岩δ13CPDB值介于–10.8‰ ~ –8.8‰之间, 平均值为–9.3‰; δ18OPDB值介于–10.2‰ ~ –6.7‰之间, 平均值为–8.6‰。沙市组碳酸盐岩样品的δ13CPDB和δ18OPDB之间具有良好的正相关性, 表明它们发育在蒸发作用明显的相对封闭的咸水湖泊体系中; 而新沟嘴组δ13CPDB和δ18OPDB之间相关性差, 指示该时期是水体滞留时间较短的开放型湖泊系统。碳氧同位素, Sr/Ba值和Mg/Ca值均说明沙市组沉积时期古盐度和蒸发/降雨大于新沟嘴组沉积时期; 古新世的岩相古地理演化说明了沙市组沉积时期古湖水面小于新沟嘴组沉积时期。江陵凹陷古新统湖泊沉积碳酸盐碳氧同位素组成的变化指示了区域古气候条件由沙市期的干热向新沟嘴期的湿润转变。显示古新统沙市组到新沟嘴组江陵凹陷古气候格局发生了重大变化, 这一变化对于沙市组时期古盐湖演化和成钾十分有利。