桂林洞穴滴水及现代碳酸钙(CaCO3)沉积的碳同位素记录及其环境意义

经过前期(1995~2000年)及近2 a对桂林盘龙洞13个滴水点的2 个水文年的滴水和现代碳酸钙沉积的动态监测, 发现现代洞穴碳酸钙(CaCO3)沉积有两种类型: ①常年性滴水沉积碳酸盐, 其δ13C值记录了全年气候变化特征; ②季节性滴水沉积碳酸盐, 其δ13C值记录了季节性气候变化特征。现代碳酸盐沉积监测和碳同位素分析表明, 桂林盘龙洞外部峰体主要为C3植物(几乎没有C4植物), 现代沉积碳酸盐的δ13C记录显示, 在夏半年, 夏季风强、降水丰沛、生物的活动量大, 现代碳酸盐沉积量大,δ13C值则较偏负, 平均为-13.13‰; 现代碳酸盐的δ13C全年平均值为-12.23‰, 最负值达-14.5‰; 而在冬半年, 由于降水相对较少, 新沉积碳酸盐的δ13C值, 显示稍有增加(或偏正), 其δ13C值为-10‰~-11‰。此外, 当在降大雨或暴雨后(无论是在夏半年或是在冬半年), 滴水在滞后半个月或1个月后沉积形成的碳酸盐, 其δ13C值显示突然偏负, 主要反映的是降雨效应引起的CO2 效应的影响。     

乐山城市地质灾害分区评价及管理体系研究

随着城市化进程的加快,城市人口不断增多,城市工程建设活动日趋活跃,对城市地质环境影响也越来越大.本文通过对乐山市人口、地形地貌、地层岩性、地质构造、区域稳定性等的综合分析,实现对乐山市城市环境地质中的地质灾害危险性分区评价,给出乐山城市地质灾害管理建议,为乐山城市安全运行及可持续发展提供依据.     

青海湖地区冰消期以来气候变化的黄土记录

青海湖周围堆积着很多黄土和风沙沉积,这些风成沉积序列是过去气候变化的良好记录.相对于湖泊沉积,这些沉积物受到的研究较为薄弱.对青海湖南岸的黄土堆积进行了光释光年代学、磁化率、Fe/Mg值、粒度和有机质含量等气候替代性指标测量.在具有绝对年代标尺控制的基础上,结合气候替代性指标变化特征的分析,表明冰消期以来青海湖地区的古气候经历了多次的冷暖和干湿变化过程:14～9 ka间气候前期相对冷干,后期转为凉干,其中可能在11 ka左右存在一次暖湿事件;9～2.5 ka间气候呈暖湿状态;2.5 ka以后的地层扰动较大.黄土和湖泊沉积记录的环境变化过程具有可比性.     

羌塘盆地新构造活动与环境地质效应

本文将羌塘盆地新生代构造运动划分为三个阶段:古近纪为剥蚀、夷平和地壳加厚阶段;中新世为强烈挤压、褶皱阶段;上新世—全新世为高原缓慢整体抬升阶段。羌塘盆地的环境变迁和地质灾害与新生代构造活动密切相关。本区的强烈隆起、半荒漠化、沙尘暴、山洪、泥石流、冰川崩塌和雪崩、地震等均受新构造活动控制。     

淄博市大气降尘矿物微形貌及其来源判识

用场发射扫描电子显微镜及能谱仪和X射线衍射仪,对淄博市中心城区大气降尘的矿物组成、微形貌和微区成分进行了分析.结果表明,淄博市大气降尘的矿物组成有石英、长石、石膏、方解石、赤铁矿、白云母、伊利石和非晶质等.矿物微形貌特点和矿物组成揭示了降尘组分主要来源于3种途径:与高温过程有关的工业活动排放的产物,自然成因和大气化学反应的产物.球形赤铁矿、板状方解石和絮状石膏是本研究中观察到的3种典型矿物微形貌.     

利用环境示踪剂估算滹沱河冲洪积扇地下水天然补给

包气带是降水补给地下水的一个主要环节,是了解补给变化的地质信息载体。以滹沱河冲洪积扇河北省正定试验场包气带剖面为研究对象,利用环境示踪剂(氚和氯)方法,估算了该区地下水近三十多年来的天然补给强度。研究结果表明:近30年来天然降水平均补给强度约为0.089m/a,在天然条件下该区降水垂直运移速度约为0.6m/a,其变化趋势主要受降水量变化影响,并表现出一定的滞后性。     

Public participation applied to the environmental planning

This paper focuses on the public participation in environmental planning. After the decade for inaccessible information related to the decision taken, actually, the program of public parti,cipation is the reference of all the decision making process. However, there are some factors that limit this process, such as poverty, illiteracy, ignorance and often the social inequality. Therefore, this study focuses first on the benefits of public participation in environmental planning, then the involvement of the local population, and finally the decision making access using a case study of Madagascar.     

Spatial dimensions of New Zealand's environmental management

New Zealand's regional council boundaries drawn as part of the 1989 local government reforms privilege integrated catchment management. This privilege is now challenged by calls to both fragment and amalgamate councils and centralise decision‐making but with little analytic assessment of the spatial differentiation to support them. The spatial underpinnings of these calls were explored using a case study that assessed the spatial dimensions of environment management. Analysis of the Land Environments and River Environment Classification databases and councils' planning documents highlights challenges local governments face in applying integrated natural resource management within single purpose jurisdictions and implications for wider sustainable development policy.     

Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: Science,Policy, and Management for the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem

In this commentary, we wish to draw from Kathryn's experience in Askole to complicate the argument we developed in favor of an autoethnographic sensibility in the earlier article in this issue (Butz and Besio 2004 ButzDavid KathrynBesio 2004 The value of autoethnography for field research in transcultural settings. The Professional Geographer 56 3 350 60 [Google Scholar]). Just as we used David's first-person singular voice in much of that article, we use Kathryn's voice here to reflect the central influence of her research circumstances on the points that we make. We will return to the first-person plural voice in the commentary's conclusion where we attempt to synthesize the lessons of our two sets of research experiences.     

Amplifying (or Reversing) the Territorial Disparities in Land Vulnerability to Soil Degradation: The Case of Italy

This article analyzes the territorial disparities in the level of land vulnerability (TDLV) to soil degradation caused by five processes (soil erosion, salinization, sealing, contamination, and compaction) as well as by climate variations in Italy in 1990 and 2000. The analysis reveals, for each soil degradation process, a typical spatial distribution across Italy. Three processes (soil salinization, compaction, and sealing) contribute significantly to the increase in land vulnerability, which is mainly concentrated in risky areas. The observed disparities highlight a growing environmental divide between northern Italy (an economically developed region, not at risk of desertification) and southern Italy and the two main islands (dry, disadvantaged regions at risk of desertification). The knowledge of such a territorial divide and of the underlying soil degradation processes is regarded as important for environmental policies at the country and regional scales aimed at sustaining the economic and socioenvironmental cohesion between areas that are either vulnerable or nonvulnerable to soil degradation. The proposed approach should be seen as part of a decision-making tool informing policies and supporting the design of management solutions, hopefully reversing disparities in land vulnerability to soil degradation.