横断山地区末次冰期冰碛物石英光释光测年的适应性

为了探讨青藏高原东部地区冰碛物光释光测年的可行性,在横断山脉北部竹庆盆地硬普沟3列侧碛垄上采集了7个样品,提取出38～63μm的石英,用单片再生剂量法(SAR)测量等效剂量(de),并对样品光释光信号的有关物理特性进行了研究.结果表明:SAR程序的循环比在可接受范围之内,热转移信号的贡献<4.2%,不会对研究样品的等效...     

川藏交通干线帕隆藏布段冰碛物特性研究进展

作为冰川运动的遗迹,冰碛物由于其宽级配、大孔隙、非均质、渗透性等特点,成为川藏铁路和高速公路帕隆藏布路段规划选线中的一类特殊岩土体,并与藏东南地区的冰川型地质灾害具有关联,使得帕隆藏布流域地质灾害的成因机理及防治研究愈发复杂。本文通过分析近年来国内外学者围绕冰碛物物性特征取得的研究成果,结合实地调查和室内外测试结果,归纳了冰碛物的分布特征、沉积构造、物理性质和工程力学特性,梳理了冰碛物的物理力学研究进展,凝练了帕隆藏布流域冰碛物研究中的3个关键问题,针对性地提出下一步研究思路,旨在为后续的冰碛物研究和川藏交通干线规划与建设管理提供参数依据。     

Freshwater organic deposits and stratified sediments between Early and Late Midlandian (Devensian) till sheets,at Aghnadarragh,County Antrim,Northern Ireland

The following events have been identified from a complex sequence of Midlandian (Devensian) sediments recently exposed at Aghnadarragh, County Antrim: (1) A lower till interpreted as Early Midlandian was deposited by a major lowland ice sheet which moved south-eastwards from central Ulster across the Lough Neagh depression. (2) Deglacial conditions were followed by a periglacial phase characterised by ice-wedge growth and sedimentation by gravelly debris flows. The latter contain the oldest known remains of Mammuthus primigenius in Ireland. (3) An Early Midlandian interstadial is represented by a woody detritus peat, with evidence of Betula, Pinuos and Picea woodlands and a rich beetle fauna. Wood from this horizon has been shown to be beyond the range of radiocarbon dating (>48 180 BP). (4) Interstadial conditions were succeeded by a cold, non-glacial phase dominated by in-channel gravelly flows and deposition of organic muds which contain plant and insect fossils. These horizons are older than 46 850 BP. (5) An upper, non-drumlinised till was deposited during the Late-Midlandian by a major lowland ice sheet which moved generally eastwards across the Lough Neagh Lowlands from central Ulster. This glaciation probably reached its maximum at ca 20–24 ka. (6) Drumlin formation occurred in the Lough Neagh Lowlands towards the end of the Late-Midlandian. The limiting moraines are dated to 17 ka. The lower till at Aghnadarragh is the first positive record of a major lowland ice sheet in Ireland during the early part of the last cold stage. The Early Midlandian interstadial peats have not been documented elsewhere in Ireland and correlate broadly with the Chelford Interstadial complex of the English Midlands. Related exposures elsewhere in Ulster confirm that the middle part of the last cold stage was free of major lowland ice masses but deposits of this period are absent from Aghnadarragh.     

摆浪河流域的ESR年代学与祁连山第四纪冰期新认识

摆浪河发源于走廊南山北坡,是黑河的一条支流。在河源区保存有六条完整的冰碛和较为完整的阶地序列。应用ESR技术对采自该处较老的第三、第五、第六套冰碛和冰水成因的主阶地上的砾石层与上覆黄土进行了测年研究,测试结果分别为13.4ka、135.3ka、462.9ka、130.1ka、130.2ka。根据测试的结果并结合地貌地层学得出：3800m以上“U”型谷中的第一、第二套冰碛为全新世中小冰期、新冰期沉积的冰碛;第三套冰碛物是末次冰期晚期沉积的,与深海氧同位素2阶段相对应;第五套冰碛物是与深海氧同位素6阶段相对应的冰期沉积的;第六套冰碛物是与深海氧同位素12阶段相对应冰期沉积的;由此推断介于第三套与第五套冰碛之间的第四套冰碛是末次冰期早期沉积的,即可与深海氧同位素4阶段相对应。主阶地与第五套冰碛是同一时期形成的,这也与地貌地层学的推断相一致,从此处完整的冰川沉积序列还可以得出：在更新世中,祁连山地区至少存在三次冰期,经历四次冰川作用。祁连山部分地段或是整体至少在463ka前就已经抬升到当时冰期气候相耦合的高度。ESR可以用于河流、冰川沉积物的测年。     

帕隆藏布江特大型泥石流的成灾模式及防治对策——以扎木镇-古乡段为例

文章通过对雅鲁藏布江的Ⅰ级支流—帕隆藏布江扎木镇-古乡段辫状水系地貌的研究,认为其与两岸支谷发育的泥石流群有关。通过对位于该河段下游的古乡沟和上游的地质弄巴泥石流特征的重点剖析,发现了特大型泥石流发育的2个重要特征,即支谷上游冰蚀围谷中赋存大量巨厚古今冰碛物和支谷中游峡谷段大型崩塌滑坡坝溃决。提出了特大型泥石流的成灾模式,并以该成灾模式解释了2000年易贡巨型滑坡堵江事件。最后,提出了基于上述成灾模式的帕隆藏布江流域特大型泥石流灾害防治的原则和方法。     

Flume tests on fluvial erosion mechanisms in till‐bed channels

Semi‐alluvial stream channels eroded into till and other glacial sediments are common in areas of extensive glacial deposition such as the Great Lakes region and northern interior plains of North America. The mechanics of erosion and erosional weakness of till results in the dominance of fluvial scour and mass erosion due to spontaneous fracture at planes of weakness under shearing flow. There have been few controlled tests looking at erosional mechanisms and resistance of till in river channels. We subjected small blocks of till to unidirectional flows in a laboratory flume to measure the threshold shear stress for erosion and observed the erosion mechanics. Critical shear stress for erosion varied from 7 to 8 Pa for samples with initial saturated moisture content in which a combination of fluvial scour and mass cracking/block erosion dominated. When dried, micro‐fissures occurred in the sample and erosional resistance of the till was extremely low at <1 Pa with erosion appearing to be by fluvial scour. When mobile gravel was added to the test conditions, the gravel reduced the erosion threshold slightly because of the enhanced scour around and below the gravel particles and the tendency for the gravel to aid in crack enlargement. Thus a partial or thin gravel cover over the till may provide no protection from erosion. The erosion processes and effects reflect the complex and contingent mechanics and properties of till, and suggest that the erosion characteristics of till bed semi‐alluvial channels differ from abrasion or plucking dominated processes in more resistant bedrock. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

新疆塔县石头城一带中更新世冰碛物的发现及地质意义

笔者首次在塔县的老兵站、石头城和加油站等3处发现了古冰碛物,均呈残留冰碛台地分布,台地高程约为3 100m,表面可见大量正长岩漂砾。漂砾风化穴的主要类型为边墙形、蜂巢型和底穴型。在侵蚀切割该古冰碛物的砂砾层中,得到(62.07±2.44)ka的光释光年龄。同时与附近墓士塔格山和公格尔山古冰川的对比研究,表明该冰碛物时代可能为中更新世倒数第二次冰期,为塔县县城西侧斯顿古冰川向东冰进的产物。该冰碛物的发现具有重要的地质意义:可将斯顿山第四纪冰川遗迹划分为中更新世的倒数第二次冰期、晚更新世的末次冰期,以及全新世的新冰期和小冰期;进一步指示塔什库尔干断裂的左行走滑正断层性质;更新世,斯顿古冰川与墓士塔格冰川各自有明确的界线,不可能形成一个统一的冰盖。     

Morphological Characteristics of Till Formations in Relation with Mechanical Parameters

The study of landslides stability on mountain slopes can become very difficult when materials in movement are heterogeneous: it is a current problem with the old glacial till formations presently under study (Aspe Valley, Pyrénées, France). Analysis of slope stability using numerical models necessitates accurate data about mechanical and physical properties. Because tills are very heterogeneous, a large sample is necessary but, unfortunately, data acquisition costs a lot of time and money. Therefore, we would like to estimate mechanical data from correlated parameters that are easier to acquire (morphological parameters using image analysis). Observations in the field and previous mechanical results in the laboratory have shown that differences between the behavior of tills seem to be related not only to their 3D structure but also to the morphological and petrographical characteristics of their components. The aim of this paper is first to illustrate how to classify the till formations textural and petrographical characteristics at the sample scales; these classifications are based on the distributions of size, shape of their constitutive elements (blocks, matrix, etc.). Significant statistical results are available by applying image analysis methods based on mathematical morphology. Next we show how these characteristics are related to the mechanical characteristics (friction angle, cohesion). Six specific till formations were collected, and we establish the relation between the effective internal angle of friction and the elongation factor.     

中国西部山岳冰川MIS3b冰进的初步探讨

对横断山的沙鲁里山、祁连山东段的冷龙岭、天山西段托木尔峰南麓的阿特奥依纳克河流域等3个地区7个研究点的第四纪冰川作用开展了深入研究,应用ESR测年技术在7个研究点特定的地貌部位共获得12个对应于MIS3(56~36 ka BP)的测年结果,且年龄基本上都对应于MIS3b(54~44 kaBP).结合已有的研究资料,并对MIS3气候特征进行综合分析,研究表明:MIS3强大的季风环流带来的丰富降水与MIS3b冷阶段的组合是川西高原的沙鲁里山与祁连山东段冷龙岭MIS3b冰进的主要原因,而天山西段阿特奥依纳克河流域MIS3b冰进则是不稳定的西风波动带来的丰富降水所致.这3个地区沉积有该次冰进的冰碛物.