冰后期最大海侵以来长江口潮波特性的变化

冰后期最大海侵时,现今长江三角洲地区为一巨大河口湾,研究古长江河口湾及其周围海域的潮波特性,并与现今长江口的进行对比,有助于深入了解长江三角洲形成发育的动力过程。根据冰后期最大海侵时古长江河口湾及其周围海域３５个计算站一个半日潮周期的潮位、潮流过程曲线得知,冰后期最大海侵时古长江河口 及其周围海域的潮波为驻波以及驻波－前进波混合型。此后,丰古长江河口被充填、长江口东进南移,长江口的潮波也逐渐转 变     

洞庭湖现代构造与湖盆演变

洞庭湖区是东南地洼区北段和华中地洼区交接处的一个地洼盆地。自白垩纪形成以来,经历次构造运动,沧桑更替。第四纪全新世早期曾为河网化平原。至１９世纪后期,主要因为断裂构造活动,使长江向南分流注入洞庭,低盈水成湖,洞庭湖进入新的励衰演变阶段。根据不同年代的卫星遥感图象解译与历史资料对比分析,现代洞庭湖区的构造运动是块断差异升降运动 。该区在先期多次构造运动中形成的断理解,在现阶段活动多转化为具张性特     

Recent advances of computing coseismic deformations in theory and applications

This paper reviews the recent advances in computing coseismic deformations, and their contributions to seismology and geodesy. At first, an overview on the history of the dislocation theory development is given in the introduction section. Then, emphasis are given on some new developments through few examples in the following sections, such as the new dislocation theory for a 3D Earth model, a new computing scheme on coseismic deflection change of vertical, the relation of dislocation Love number and the conventional Love numbers, the application of dislocation theory applied in satellite gravity observations, the coseismic deformations observed by GRACE, and a new method to determine dislocation Love numbers by GRACE. Furthermore, some advanced theoretical and cases studies are introduced to illustrate how dislocation theory is important in interpret geodetic data, or invert seismic slip for co- and post-seismic processes, using seismic and geodetic data. Final remarks are given in the last section, with discussions, conclusions, comments on existing problems, and expected methods to solve them.     

Modern pollen-rain characteristics of tall terra firme moist evergreen forest, southern Amazonia

The paucity of modern pollen-rain data from Amazonia constitutes a significant barrier to understanding the Late Quaternary vegetation history of this globally important tropical forest region. Here, we present the first modern pollen-rain data for tall terra firme moist evergreen Amazon forest, collected between 1999 and 2001 from artificial pollen traps within a 500 × 20 m permanent study plot (14°34′50″S, 60°49′48″W) in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (NE Bolivia). Spearman's rank correlations were performed to assess the extent of spatial and inter-annual variability in the pollen rain, whilst statistically distinctive taxa were identified using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). Comparisons with the floristic and basal area data of the plot (stems ≥10 cm d.b.h.) enabled the degree to which taxa are over/under-represented in the pollen rain to be assessed (using R-rel values). Moraceae/Urticaceae dominates the pollen rain (64% median abundance) and is also an important constituent of the vegetation, accounting for 16% of stems ≥10 cm d.b.h. and ca. 11% of the total basal area. Other important pollen taxa are Arecaceae (cf. Euterpe), Melastomataceae/Combretaceae, Cecropia, Didymopanax, Celtis, and Alchornea. However, 75% of stems and 67% of the total basal area of the plot ≥10 cm d.b.h. belong to species which are unidentified in the pollen rain, the most important of which are Phenakospermum guianensis (a banana-like herb) and the key canopy-emergent trees, Erisma uncinatum and Qualea paraensis.     

大学地球科学类地图学教学与教材内容改革研究

从现代地球科学与空间信息技术发展对地图学理论、地图信息获取处理、制图技术工艺和地图产品等方面所提出的基本要求分析,文章认为应对传统的地图学教材内容进行彻底改革,才能适应数字环境下地图学科的自身发展以及地球科学与相关学科发展的需要,最后给出了作为有关地球科学类地图学教学内容改革的框架体系和教材的具体内容。     

Using a modern analogue to interpret depositional position in ancient fluvial-tidal channels: Example from the McMurray Formation,Canada

The fluvial–tidal transition (FTT) is a complex depositional zone, where fluvial flow is modified by tides as rivers approach a receiving marine basin. Variations in the relative importance of tidal versus fluvial processes lead to a distinctive distribution of sediments that accumulate on channel bars. The FTT generally consists of three broad zones: (1) a freshwater-tidal zone; (2) a tidally influenced freshwater to brackish-water transition; and (3) a zone of relatively sustained brackish-water conditions with stronger tides. A very common type of deposit through the fluvial–tidal transition, especially on the margins of migrating channels, is inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS). At present, a detailed account of changes in the character of IHS across the FTT of a paleo-channel system has not been reported, although a number of modern examples have been documented. To fill this gap, we quantitatively assess the sedimentology and ichnology of IHS from seven cored intervals in three geographic areas situated within the youngest paleovalley (“A” Valley) in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation of Alberta, Canada. We compare the data to trends defined along the FTT in the present-day Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada to interpret paleo-depositional position in the ancient fluvial–tidal channels.Analysis determined that the mean mudstone thickness is 8.2 cm in the southern study area (SA). Mean thickness increases to 11 cm in the central study area (CA), and decreases again to 4.4 cm in the northern study area (NA). The proportion of mudstone is 31% in SA, 44% in CA, and 27% in NA. Thickness-weighted mean bioturbation intensity in sands varied from 0.29 in SA and CA, to 0.28 in NA. On the other hand, thickness-weighted mean bioturbation intensity (BI) in mudstone increases from 1.46 in SA, to 1.77 in CA, and is 1.94 in NA. The ichnological diversity also increased from south to north.Sedimentological results show similar trends to those of the Fraser River, enabling the identification of a freshwater to brackish-water transition zone with tidal influence. The interpreted position of the transition is underpinned by the bioturbation intensity and trace-fossil diversity trends, indicating periodic brackish-water conditions throughout SA in the McMurray Formation during low river flow conditions. Together, these data suggest that a broad FTT existed in the “A” Valley, with fluvial-dominated channels to the south that experienced seasonal brackish-water inundation during base flow, and channels experiencing increasing brackish-water influence lying further north towards a turbidity maximum zone. The FTT zone appears to have extended for several hundred kilometers from south to north.Based on the sedimentological and ichnological data, as well as estimations of lateral accretion rates, we refute the commonly applied Mississippi River depositional analogue for McMurray Formation channels. Rather, we show that while not a perfect fit, the tidally influenced Fraser River shows much greater agreement with the depositional character recorded in McMurray Formation IHS. Future work on the McMurray system should focus on characterizing tide-dominated deltaic and estuarine systems, such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra, and on forward-modeling the evolution of tide-dominated and tide-influenced river systems.     

孢粉资料定量重建泥河湾盆地侯家窑遗址时期的古气候

泥河湾盆地侯家窑遗址在中国旧石器文化及古人类演化进程中占有十分重要的地位,但前人研究多集中在古人类及哺乳动物化石及其地层年代方面,对古人类生存时的古气候、古环境研究较少,更未见定量研究.本文利用最终筛选后的420个表土和83个地层样品的孢粉数据,采用MAT(modern analogue technique)方法定量重建了泥河湾盆地侯家窑遗址220～85ka B.P.的年均温和年均降水序列.依据孢粉定量重建的气候变化序列与大西洋-太平洋深海氧同位素和南极冰芯记录的MIS 5、MIS 6和MIS 7阶段有较好对应.冰期时,泥河湾盆地的年平均气温比现在低2～4℃,年均降水量比现在多200～400mm;间冰期时,年均气温比现在高约1℃,或与现在相近,年均降水量也与现在相近.冰期时,泥河湾盆地的古气候相对稳定,间冰期时波动频繁.侯家窑古人类生活在大理冰期(MIS 6阶段),气候寒冷湿润,丰富的动植物资源成为侯家窑人的主要食物来源,侯家窑人已学会适应和抵御严寒的气候环境.     

渤海地区^210Pb、^137Cs同位素测年的研究现状

近百年来环渤海地区的沉积作用是影响该区近现代地质环境变化的重要因素。本文收集了该区迄今公开发表的用于确定现代沉积速率的84组^210Pb、^137Cs柱状剖面（包括210Pb样柱52组，^210Pb、^137Cs样柱32组），其中海区39组，潮间带及沿海低地地区45组。环渤海地区的^210Pb放射性活度的深度分布曲线主要表现为3种形式：理想指数衰变型、近等幅摆动型和海洋特殊动力事件影响型。根据由陆向海方向沉积速率的变化，可初步划分为沿岸低沉积速率带、开放潮坪高沉积速率带及海区低沉积速率区；区域性差异则表现为渤海湾开放潮坪区上部由北（蓟运河口）向南（老狼坨子）沉积速率表现为高-低-高，辽东湾从其西侧的锦州湾向东至辽河河口的开放潮坪地区，沉积速率递减，黄河三角洲地区及其附近海域属于间歇式快速沉积区，莱州湾西部为高速沉积区。     

现代冰川中的微粒研究与气候环境变化

现代冰川雪冰中的微粒是重建过去气候环境变化的一项重要替代性指标。根据前人对极地冰盖和山地冰川冰芯及雪坑样品中的微粒粒径、矿物特征和含量变化等研究成果,讨论了微粒粒径变化,微粒与火山活动、大气气溶胶的关系,以及冰芯测年、微粒来源等相关分析,认为微粒中的代表性矿物、火山玻璃、粗糙系数和粒径分布可作为确定微粒源区的指标;微粒含量的变化与大气环流、气温高低及干湿程度密切相关,微粒含量的高值对应冷干气候,反之为暖湿;大气环流加强时,微粒含量增加,反之减少。微粒研究还能获得如火山活动、人类影响等特殊事件的信息。