European Climatic Response to Millennial-Scale Changes in the Atmosphere–Ocean System during the Last Glacial Period

Pollen, foraminifer, dinocyst, and coarse lithic high-resolution analyses and δ¹⁸O measurements have been carried out for the last-glacial section of marine core MD95-2042 located near the southwestern margin of the Iberian Peninsula. The pollen data indicate a high frequency of vegetational changes on the adjacent continent during this period, suggesting a climatic variability very similar to that of the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles recorded by the Greenland ice cores. The detailed direct correlation of the terrestrial and marine proxy data from core MD95-2042 indicates a three-phase pattern of Heinrich events in land and ocean environments. The first and last phases of the H5 and H4 events are characterized by a mild and humid climate in southwestern Europe, probably associated with the European origin of the ice-rafted detritus. The middle phase exhibits a cold and dry climate in Iberia linked with the maximum input of ice-rafted detritus. This phase seems to correspond with the Laurentide ice-sheet surges. Between the Heinrich events, several cold and dry periods on land are correlated with stades of the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles. The impact of the Dansgaard-Oeschger stades in southwestern Europe seems to be preferentially connected to the cold winter air masses reaching this mid-latitude region.     

MAJOR SEDIMENTARY CYCLES AND BASIN EVOLUTION OF MESOZOIC IN NORTHERN HIMALAYAS, SOUTH TIBET

MAJOR SEDIMENTARY CYCLES AND BASIN EVOLUTION OF MESOZOIC IN NORTHERN HIMALAYAS, SOUTH TIBET1　LiuGH ,EinseleG .SedimentaryhistoryoftheTethyanBasinintheTibetanHimalayas[J].GeolRundschau ,1994,83(1) :32～ 6 1. 2　ShiXiaoying ,YinJiarun ,JiaCaiping .MesozoicandCenozoicsequencestratigraphyandsea levelchangesintheNorthernHimalayas ,SouthTibet ,China[J].NewslStratigr ,1996 ,33(1) :15～ 6 1. 3　LewyZ .AlateBathonian CallovianunconformityintheMiddl…     

冻融循环对石灰处置粉质黏土静强度影响研究

以吉林－荒岗高速公路沿线的粉质黏土为研究对象,对不同石灰掺入比的土样试件进行0、2、4、6、8、10、12次冻融循环试验。通过室内静三轴试验,研究了冻融循环作用对石灰处置粉质黏土强度的影响。研究结果表明,石灰处置粉质黏土的应力-应变关系曲线呈应变软化型,峰值强度随围压增大而升高,粉质黏土峰值强度降低幅度值比石灰处置粉质黏土峰值强度降低幅度值大,经历4次冻融后应力-应变曲线峰值强度趋于稳定;冻融作用后石灰处置粉质黏土抗剪强度衰减率比粉质黏土的抗剪强度衰减率小,抗剪强度随围压的升高而增大;同一围压条件下石灰处置粉质黏土弹性模量随着冻融次数增加逐渐减小,经历4次冻融后基本趋于稳定。     

冻融循环作用下花岗斑岩和灰岩物理力学性质对比分析及应用研究

以花岗斑岩和灰岩两种岩性岩石为代表,实验研究了冻融作用下,岩石的致密程度、孔隙率等物理指标对岩石物理力学性质的影响. 通过不同次数的冻融循环实验,对花岗斑岩和灰岩2种典型岩石样本的质量、单轴抗压强度、抗拉强度、冻融系数、风化程度的变化规律进行对比分析,并绘出了冻融次数与试样的抗压强度、抗拉强度、冻融系数的拟合关系曲线. 在一定限定条件下,将实验结果应用于西藏玉龙铜矿花岗斑岩、灰岩边坡的具体实例中,采用强度折减法计算出了矿山边坡冻融风化前、后的安全系数,对比分析了花岗斑岩、灰岩边坡受冻融风化的影响程度,为矿山的设计和施工提供了参考.     

反复冻融条件下粉砂土动力学参数试验研究

在大量冻融试验和动三轴试验的基础上,深入研究和分析了经历多次冻融循环后粉砂土动模量和阻尼比的变化规律。研究结果表明：同一动应变水平下,动应力大小与冻融次数、含水率呈负相关性,而与围压、加载频率、压实度呈正相关性;粉砂土的动应力-动应变关系存在明显的非线性,且随动应变水平的提高,动模量成倍减小,而阻尼比则成倍增大;随冻融次数的增加,动模量降低而阻尼比则增大,且经历6次冻融后均趋于稳定,建议将6次冻融后的力学特性作为设计与计算指标;围压和压实度的提高有效增强了土颗粒之间的骨架作用,动模量随围压和压实度的增减而增减,阻尼比则随围压和压实度的增加而降低;含水率的变化对阻尼比的影响不大,而当土样达到饱和状态时,动模量成倍降低;加载频率对阻尼比的影响较大,并随频率的提高而迅速降低。     

Daily availability of nutrients and metals in a eutrophic meso-tidal coastal lagoon (Óbidos lagoon, Portugal)

This baseline reports daily variations of physico-chemical parameters, nutrients and metals in water of two sites [eutrophic conditions (BB) versus reference (LL)] in Óbidos coastal lagoon (Portugal). Dissolved oxygen in BB varied between 40% saturation levels (night) and 190% (daylight). , and ratios to Al of Mn, Fe and Pb in suspended particulate matter increased during the period of lower oxygenation, indicating exportation of nutrients and metals from the sediment to water at night. At LL, O₂ values oscillated always around 100%. and Mn/Al ratio at LL were always lower than at BB and no increases were found during the night. The input of and Mn provided from the sediment at BB during the night could surpass the contribution of freshwater discharges. PCA confirmed the separation of most samples from BB and LL. These results pointed to the importance of assessing chemical conditions over day-night cycles.     

干湿循环作用下红黏土收缩特征研究

以贵州某高速公路沿线红黏土为研究对象,开展了干湿循环作用后红黏土的收缩特性试验研究,探讨了干湿循环次数和初始含水率对红黏土收缩性状的影响.试验结果表明：同一循环次数内,各试样的环向收缩率在6～8 h时达到稳定,而轴向线缩率则需更长的稳定时间;随着初始含水率增加,各试样的初始轴向线缩率减小,而初始环向收缩率增加;28%含水率试样具有相近的最终轴向变形和环向变形量,而34%含水率的试样环向变形量高于轴向变形量;初始含水率变化不大,但体缩率的变化率却明显不同,说明干湿循环过程使得土体内部结构变得不稳定,但颗粒间相互作用的本质未发生明显变化;干湿循环作用对重塑红黏土最优含水率位置的基本无影响,这说明其未能改变黏土集聚体内对结合水的最大吸附能力.通过压汞试验得到了不同干湿循环作用后试样的孔隙分布情况,随着干湿循环次数的增加小孔径尺寸和分布密度改变较小,而大孔径尺寸减小,分布密度也在减小.干湿循环作用对聚集体内孔径的影响大于对微聚体内孔隙影响,与所测得的宏观收缩规律相吻合.     

不同降雨模式下膨胀岩边坡模型试验研究

采用原状膨胀岩进行室内边坡模型试验,研究膨胀岩边坡在连续降雨和湿-干循环模式下的变形和水分入渗特性,揭示两种模式下膨胀岩边坡的变形破坏模式。试验发现,连续降雨模式下初期数次降雨对膨胀岩边坡变形影响最大,有明显的水平方向位移,后期变形很小且趋向稳定。湿-干循环模式下边坡膨胀变形及深部岩体含水率降雨完成后一段时间才达到峰值,随循环次数及降雨量增大,边坡变形速率及变形量都明显增大,岩体裂隙不断发育,水分入渗深度增大,但限于表面一定深度,对深部岩体影响较小。试验结果对工程应用有一定的指导意义：连续降雨模式初期膨胀较大,须加强和完善初期的排水措施,做好边坡的支挡防护措施;湿-干循环模式下,随循环次数增加,做好坡面的防护措施,以起到保湿防渗作用;两种降雨模式均说明纯膨胀性泥岩边坡不发生典型的圆弧滑动等破坏模式,而工程边坡的滑动多发生在软弱夹层上,因此,要做好该类边坡的软弱夹层特性勘察,对于不含软弱夹层的纯泥岩边坡要重点监测其浅层变形特性。     

红黏土工程性状的干湿循环效应试验研究

为研究湿热多雨气候条件诱发的干湿循环过程对红黏土长期性能的影响规律,对制样过程中干湿循环含水率变化幅度控制技术进行改进,制备不同干湿循环次数以及含水率变化幅度试样。利用固结排水三轴剪切与压缩试验,研究了干湿循环次数与干湿循环含水率变化幅度对压实红黏土工程性状的影响规律。结果表明,压实红黏土的黏聚力 与内摩擦角 均随干湿循环次数 的增加而衰减,首次干湿循环之后衰减效应最显著,其后较弱并趋于稳定, 的衰减程度小于c,且在低围压下的抗剪强度随干湿循环衰减更加显著;压缩模量E1-2随N的总体衰减规律与强度参数类似,但衰减幅度小于c而大于 ;随着干湿循环含水率变化幅度增大,压实红黏土c与E1-2略有减小, 基本不变,压实红黏土含水率在 4%变化范围内,具有相对稳定的力学特性。该研究表明,红黏土不宜直接用于填筑路床与边坡表层的填料,可以作为上下路堤堤心的填料,但必须采取防排水工程措施与边坡防护措施。     

Climate fluctuations during the Holocene in NW Iberia: High and low latitude linkages

High resolution benthic foraminiferal stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) and molecular biomarkers in the sediments are used here to infer rapid climatic changes for the last 8200 years in the Ría de Muros (NW Iberian Margin). Benthic foraminiferal δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C potentially register migrations in the position of the hydrographic front formed between two different intermediate water masses: Eastern North Atlantic Central Water of subpolar origin (ENACW_sp) and subtropical origin (ENACW_st). The molecular biomarkers in the sediment show a strong coupling between continental organic matter inputs and negative δ¹³C values in benthic foraminifera. The rapid centennial and millennial events registered in these records have been compared with two well known North Atlantic Holocene records from the subtropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures (SST) anomalies off Cape Blanc, NW Africa and the subpolar Atlantic (Hematite Stained Grains percentage, subpolar North Atlantic). Comparison supports a strong link between high- and low-latitude climatic perturbations at centennial–millennial time scales during the Holocene. Spectral analyses also points to a pole-to-equator propagation of the so-called 1500 yr cycles. Our results demonstrate that during the Holocene, the NW Iberian Margin has undergone a series of rapid events which are likely triggered at high latitudes in the North Atlantic and are rapidly propagated towards lower latitudes. Conceivably, the propagation of these rapid climatic changes involves a shift in atmospheric and oceanic circulatory systems.