南昌市厚田沙地蔓荆灌丛沙堆的形态与沉积特征

为探究亚热带湿润地区河湖周边发育的灌丛沙堆形态与沉积特征,以南昌市厚田沙地为研究区,对其优势种蔓荆（Vitex trifolia）所形成的灌丛沙堆开展野外调查,通过对不同部位的沉积物进行采样与分析,研究沙堆形态、沉积特征及其与植被特性之间的关系。结果表明：蔓荆灌丛沙堆形态大多为盾形,水平尺度大,高度矮,坡度缓。沙堆沉积物以中沙为主,分选性较差,呈正偏和窄峰态分布,沙源来自附近平沙地和丘间地,为近源沉积。平均粒径从迎风坡底部至背风坡底部呈现为先变细后变粗的趋势,体现了灌丛沙堆的防风滞沙功能和对沙粒的重新分选作用。灌丛与沙堆的各形态参数（灌丛高度除外）均存在高度的正相关性（P＜0.01）,说明各形态参数在沙堆发育过程中得以协调发展。受植被类型和区域环境的影响,与干旱-半干旱地区直立生长且分支少的灌丛形成的椭球形或圆锥形沙堆形态不同,蔓荆匍匐生长且高度较矮的形态常形成低矮且范围较大的灌丛沙堆。亚热带湿润地区风力资源不丰富及厚田沙地沙源不足使沉积物主要来源于附近平沙地与丘间地,但不同坡位沉积规律与干旱-半干旱地区相同。     

柽柳灌丛沙堆及丘间地蚀积分布随背景植被变化的风洞实验

以塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘沙漠-绿洲过渡带广泛分布的柽柳灌丛沙堆及丘间地植物为原型,依据风沙运动相似理论,制作背景植被盖度依次为0%、4%、10%、16%和26%五组灌丛沙堆模型,在风洞中进行蚀积变化规律模拟实验。结果表明：柽柳灌丛沙堆及丘间地蚀积分布可划分为6个区域,依次为沙堆前积沙区、沙堆迎风坡风蚀区、沙堆两侧风蚀区、沙堆背风侧涡流积沙区、沙堆后尾流积沙区和不受沙堆影响区。随着指示风速增大,沙堆前积沙区和尾流积沙区范围缩小而沙堆两侧风蚀区面积明显增大。随着背景植被盖度的增大,沙堆前积沙区和尾流积沙区范围增大而沙堆两侧风蚀区范围明显减小。灌丛沙堆及丘间地整体风蚀面积比、风蚀率、各分区蚀积强度均呈指数规律递减。背景植被盖度为0%时,灌丛沙堆影响区风蚀率明显高于不受沙堆影响区,说明裸露地表条件下灌丛沙堆的存在会加剧地表风蚀;当背景植被盖度为4%~16%时,灌丛沙堆影响区风蚀率均低于不受沙堆影响区,可见丘间地植被存在可使灌丛沙堆起到一定的防风阻沙作用。当背景植被盖度>16%时,柽柳灌丛沙堆及丘间地整体蚀积强度和风蚀率变化趋于平稳。据此认为维持不低于16%的背景植被覆盖,是沙漠-绿洲过渡带柽柳灌丛沙堆科学保育的关键。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠和田河西侧胡杨沙堆的形态特征及空间分布格局

胡杨沙堆是风沙流遇到胡杨干扰,沙物质堆积而形成的一种风积地貌类型。在风沙地貌领域,对胡杨沙堆的研究几乎空白。和田河西侧、麻扎塔格山以南的塔克拉玛干沙漠中分布有大量胡杨沙堆。基于野外RTK测量数据,利用GIS和统计手段,对胡杨沙堆进行信息提取与统计,定量分析了和田河西侧10个样方内胡杨沙堆的形态参数及沙堆空间分布格局。结果表明:1)沙堆形态不规则,形态参数空间差异显著,南北向形态参数均值变化较东西向稳定; 2)样方内沙堆形态参数间有良好的相关性,大部分沙堆处于发育阶段; 3)沙堆分布较稀疏,自西向东沙堆分布密度逐渐增大,从南到北为减小-增大-减小的变化趋势,总体上南部密度大于北部,东部密度大于西部; 4)10个样方沙堆与特定距离的随机分布差异性较小,整体上为离散分布,但东部较西部、北部较南部有小部分区域聚集分布。     

民勤荒漠绿洲过渡带灌丛沙堆形态特征及分布格局

以民勤荒漠绿洲过渡带为研究区,通过样方调查,研究了荒漠区、荒漠绿洲过渡区到绿洲内不同梯度生境中灌丛沙堆的形态特征及分布格局。结果表明:(1)3种生境中灌丛沙堆的形态呈极显著性差异(p<0.01);绿洲区灌丛沙堆的平均高度、底面积、纵横断面积和体积均最大,其次为荒漠区,过渡区最小。(2)过渡带3种生境灌丛沙堆的长、短轴之间均呈二次函数关系,但相关程度不同,过渡区相关性最高,相关系数达0.78;绿洲区相关性最低,相关系数为0.57;高度与底面积、体积与高度间均呈幂函数关系,相关系数均在0.59以上;(3)过渡区灌丛沙堆分布密度较大,呈聚集分布,而荒漠区及绿洲区沙堆分布密度较小,均呈随机分布。     

Investigating parabolic and nebkha dune formation using a cellular automaton modelling approach

Vegetation plays an important role in shaping the morphology of aeolian dune landscapes in coastal and semi‐arid environments, where ecogeomorphic interactions are complex and not well quantified. We present a Discrete ECogeomorphic Aeolian Landscape model (DECAL) capable of simulating realistic looking vegetated dune forms, permitting exploration of relationships between ecological and morphological processes at different temporal and spatial scales. The cellular automaton algorithm applies three simple rules that lead to self‐organization of complex dune environments, including nebkhas with distinctive deposition tails that form in association with mesquite‐type shrubs, and hairpin (long‐walled) parabolic dunes with trailing ridges that evolve from blowouts in association with vegetation succession. Changing the conditions of simulations produces differing landscapes that conform qualitatively to observations of real‐world dunes. The model mimics the response of the morphology to changes in sediment supply, vegetation distribution, density and growth characteristics, as well as initial disturbances. The introduction of vegetation into the model links spatial and temporal scales, previously dimensionless in bare‐sand cellular automata. Grid resolutions coarser than the representative size of the modelled vegetation elements yield similar morphologies, but when cell size is reduced to much smaller dimensions, the resultant landscape evolution is dramatically different. The model furthermore demonstrates that the relative response characteristics of the multiple vegetation types and their mutual feedback with geomorphological processes impart a significant influence on landscape equilibria, suggesting that vegetation induces a characteristic length scale in aeolian environments. This simple vegetated dune model illustrates the power and versatility of a cellular automaton approach for exploring the effects of interactions between ecology and geomorphology in complex earth surface systems. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

新疆策勒绿洲-沙漠过渡带花花柴(Karelinia caspica)沙堆的形态特征

通过野外调查花花柴(Karelinia caspica)植株及其沙堆形态指标,应用统计学原理和方法,分析了绿洲-沙漠过渡带花花柴沙堆的形态特征及沙堆与植株形态间的关系,初步估算了花花柴植株可固定的沙量.结果表明:(1)花花柴沙堆形态依据其发育时期的不同主要分为早期的盾形沙堆和较稳定时期的半球形沙堆.盾形沙堆的长度与宽度、底面积与高度间均呈直线线性相关,半球形沙堆则呈二次线性相关.盾形沙堆在向半球形沙堆发育的过程中,沙堆长度缩短,但是其高度、宽度以及体积仍随着植物的生长而不断地增长.(2)沙堆的发育与植株的形态有显著的相关关系.早期发育的盾形沙堆长度约为植株长度的2倍,体积为植株体积的1.5倍,半球状沙堆的长度和体积均约为植株的0.5倍左右.(3)通过估算,在策勒绿洲-沙漠过渡带上,花花柴草丛沙堆体积可达约50 000m3·kmm-2,表明花花柴沙堆截留了绿洲外围大量的流沙,是绿洲的重要屏障.     

The progress and prospects of nebkhas in arid areas

Nebkhas are often extensively distributed in arid and semi-arid areas, and play an important role in the stabilization of ecological environment in these areas. This paper reviews the following aspects, including formation and succession, spatial distribution, shape and surface airflow characteristics, balance between erosion and deposition, ecological and physiological characteristics of vegetation, response to precipitation and groundwater, soil properties as well as the protection measures. We found that nebkhas were studied without differentiation of succession periods, and shape characteristics, surface airflow, soil properties as well as vegetation dynamics in different succession periods were not fully understood, which made it difficult to explain the succession dynamics of nebkhas and its affecting factors. Previous studies of nebkhas were over-emphasized for its role as an indicator of land degradation, while its ecological functions in degraded ecosystems were neglected, which was unfavorable for the ecological restorations in arid and semi-arid areas. Future studies should pay more attention to the variation of vegetation, soil as well as hydrological process in the succession of nebkhas and its interaction between different influencing factors. In addition, positive role of nebkhas in degraded ecosystems in arid and semi-arid areas should be fully discussed. According to the data got from the above, effective protection measures of nebkhas should be explored.     

不同气候区灌丛沙堆形态及土壤养分积累特征

灌丛沙堆是干旱、半干旱区绿洲边缘常见景观类型,在绿洲风沙防护及生物多样性保护方面有重要意义.本文对中国西北干旱区不同气候区常见的柽柳(Tamarix chinensis)、泡泡刺(Nitraria sphaerocarpa)和柠条锦鸡儿(Caragana korshinskii)灌丛沙堆形态和养分积累特征进行了对比研究...     

沙质草原灌丛沙堆研究综述

灌丛沙堆是干旱、半干旱及半湿润荒漠地区风沙流遇到灌丛阻拦而堆积形成的一种地貌形态。普遍的研究表明灌丛沙堆是伴随人类不合理的土地利用和环境的变化而出现,是土壤风蚀和土地退化的标志,也是沙漠化的一种表现形式。灌丛沙堆在我国分布范围很广,但目前研究还不够深入。笔者主要阐述了国内外对灌丛沙堆形态、沉积物、演变及其环境意义等几个方面研究所取得的进展及其存在的争议,并提出了灌丛沙堆研究的发展趋势,以期引起国内对灌丛沙堆研究的关注。     

绿洲-沙漠过渡带柽柳灌丛沙堆表面的蚀、积特征

灌丛沙堆表面的蚀、积特征直接影响着沙堆的形成和发育,是研究灌丛沙堆的重要方面。选择策勒绿洲-沙漠过渡带内半固定沙地和流动沙地上的各一个独立柽柳沙堆作为表面蚀、积特征的定点观测对象,运用地形测量结合插钎法对每场大风后沙堆表面的蚀、积量与蚀、积分布状况进行计算分析。结果表明：（1）处于半固定沙地的柽柳沙堆,整体蚀、积空间分布规律不显著且蚀、积量相对较少,以微弱的蚀、积变化为显著特征,形态相对稳定。与之相对,处于流动沙地的柽柳沙堆,整体具有显著的空间分布规律和较高的蚀、积强度,这表明柽柳沙堆所处环境的沙源供给强度是控制沙堆单体规模的主要因素之一。（2）伴随着柽柳灌丛开始萌动到逐渐形成一定的灌丛覆盖,沙堆表面由大面积侵蚀逐步转为积沙,风蚀退缩到沙堆两侧且总体上沙堆体积在年内呈先减小后增大的波动状态。（3）柽柳灌丛沙堆以灌丛内部具有覆盖的保护区域及背风侧大面积稳定积沙,迎风和两侧区域强烈风蚀为主要蚀、积分布特征。