古湖岸堤沉积物石英光释光测年研究:以中国东北兴凯湖为例

古湖岸堤是湖面波动的地貌证据,可以用来重建古湖泊演化.古湖岸堤沉积物的准确测年是应用此地貌学证据重建湖泊演化的关键.以我国兴凯湖最低一级湖岸堤——大湖岗为研究对象,采用石英小片技术,应用单片再生剂量法(SAR)对大湖岗2个不同位置的剖面风成砂质沉积物(共13个样品)进行了光释光(OSL)测年.样品石英组分的光释光衰减曲线特征表明,样品的释光信号以快组分为主,预热坪和实验室剂量恢复实验结果表明,SAR法可以用来测量兴凯湖古湖岸堤样品的等效剂量.通过分析样品等效剂量分布情况和比较3种年龄模型(平均值模型、中值模型和最小值模型),认为大湖岗湖滨砂质沉积物在沉积埋藏前石英光释光信号晒退完全,获得的OSL年龄是可信的.年代结果表明,大湖岗采自不同位置的2个剖面的年代范围一致,且各个剖面中所有年代均随地层顺序变化;另外,2个样品的OSL年龄与同层位的炭屑样品的14C年代结果在误差范围内一致,进一步表明OSL测年技术可以获得可靠的兴凯湖岸堤沉积物的年龄.尽管与前人使用热释光(TL)测年方法研究大湖岗形成年代有较大差别,本文认为兴凯湖最低一级古湖岸堤——大湖岗形成于距今约1.24-0.50 ka.     

近50年来内蒙古查干淖尔湖水量变化及其成因分析

内蒙古查干淖尔湖是位于季风边缘区干旱与半干旱过渡带的封闭湖泊,对气候变化响应极为敏感.利用1958-2010年的查干淖尔湖21期遥感影像以及湖泊流域1955-2010年的3个气象站点和1个水文站点的气温、降水、蒸发和径流等数据,分析查干淖尔湖近50余年的湖泊水量、面积/水位波动及其原因.结果表明,近50年来在区域气候暖干化的背景下,查干淖尔湖不断萎缩,流域生态环境退化.1958-2010年湖泊容积以2×106m3/a的速度锐减66.9%(从124.1×106m3降到41.1×106m3),湖泊面积缩小73.3%(从105.3 km2降到28.1 km2),平均缩减速度为1.8 km2/a;流域年均气温上升了2.5℃,年降水量下降了36.6 mm.湖泊水量与流域气温和蒸发量显著负相关.查干淖尔湖分为东西两部分,中间由天然堤坝相连,东湖在水闸的人为控制下水位波动范围不超过1 m.西湖水位波动则相对剧烈,湖面下降7.6 m,于2002年彻底干涸,湖盆裸露,已成为盐尘暴、沙尘暴源地.     

文山—麻栗坡断裂北段晚第四纪活动特征研究

利用航片解译结果并结合野外地质调查,对文山—麻栗坡断裂(简称文麻断裂)北段的地震地质特征进行研究。解译结果显示,断裂沿线活动构造地貌清晰,主要表现为断层陡坎、断陷盆地、水系同步右旋位错等;影像上线性特征明显而平直,构成(文山)盆地与基岩山地的界线。野外地震地质调查结果显示,该断裂在热水寨切错了T_2阶地堆积,被错地层光释光(OSL)测年结果为(18.1±0.5)ka B.P.,文山盆地北5 km处同样断错T_2阶地堆积,其14C年龄为(15.67±0.05)ka B.P.。以上结果表明,该断裂在晚更新世有过明显的活动迹象,运动性质为右旋走滑兼正断。     

东大河阶地陡坎对民乐-大马营断裂垂直滑动速率的指示

祁连山北缘冲断带位于祁连山北缘与走廊盆地群的交界处,其中民乐-大马营断裂位于冲断带的东段民乐盆地和武威盆地之中,是民乐盆地南缘断裂。东大河由北至南横穿民乐-大马营断裂东段。其上游的支流横穿断层,其中的斜河发育了形态完整的阶地(T1—T6),被断层错断并在各级阶地上形成了形迹明显的断层陡坎。各级阶地上的陡坎走向近EW,并且由老至新高度依次降低,反映了断层位移量的累积。为了获得陡坎的横剖面,利用无人机对被错断的阶地实施了0.52km2范围内的扫描,生成了高精度的数字高程模型(DEM)影像,并利用它提取了各级阶地的横剖面形态。根据Thompson等(2002)的模式对各级阶地的上、下盘面分别进行线性拟合,通过蒙特卡洛模拟得到T6—T3的位错量95%置信区间分别为13.26~15.67m、9.74~10.13m、5.86~7.35m和5.03~5.60m。为了得到河流阶地的年代数据,在各级阶地的河流相砾石层顶部进行14C采样,此位置的14C年龄代表了阶地离开水面的年龄。获得T6—T2的年龄(Cal BP)分别为(16 405±210)a、(11 197±45)a、(5 697.5±52.5)a、(4 470.5±54.5)a和(3 137.5±77.5)a。利用各级阶地上陡坎的位错量和年代数据,对民乐-大马营断裂的垂直滑动速率线性拟合的结果为(0.91±0.09)mm/a,是1条全新世活动断裂。为人口稠密的民乐和永昌地区地震危险性分析提供了重要的地震活动性参数。     

松嫩平原湖泊鱼类群聚结构

根据2008-2009年的湖泊渔业资源调查,分析松嫩平原20个湖泊鱼类群聚结构特征.结果表明,20个湖泊鱼类群聚由44种鱼类组成,隶属于4目9科34属.21种鱼类的优势度指数在10000以上,17种鱼类为优势种.群聚Margalef指数(dMa值)为0.908-3.096(1.615±0.615),Simpson指数(λ值)为0.090-0.568(0.222±0.110),Gini指数(D值)为0.432-0.910(0.778±0.107),Shannon-Wiener指数(H值)为1.012-2.690(1.878±0.431),Pielou指数(J值)为0.407-0.915(0.777±0.107).dMa值与λ值、D值、H值和J值的相关系数分别为-0.670、0.665、0.867和0.340;λ值与D值、H值和J值的相关系数分别为-0.631、-0.924和-0.896;D值与H值和J值的相关系数分别为0.924和0.896;H值和J值的相关系数为-0.639.总体上,20个湖泊鱼类群聚结构处在不稳定中.     

青藏高原东北部柴达木盆地古湖泊沉积物正构烷烃记录的MIS3晚期气候变化

通过对青藏高原柴达木盆地察尔汗古湖泊贝壳堤剖面254cm湖相沉积物中正构烷烃的分析,结合现有的湖相记录资料,探讨了柴达木盆地察尔汗湖区39.7～17.514CkaBP(校正年代为43.5～22.4cal.kaBP,相当于深海氧同位素第3阶段晚期)之间湖泊演化规律.在湖泊演化的不同阶段,正构烷烃呈现了不同的分布模式,体现了研究区植被变化及水文条件的改变.正构烷烃代用指标(CPIh,ACLh和Paq)与同纬度地区夏季太阳辐射量变化趋势一致,揭示了夏季太阳辐射是青藏高原地区气候变化的重要驱动力,间接影响了湖泊的演化.另一方面CPIh,ACLh与孢粉总浓度以及格陵兰冰芯气泡甲烷浓度变化趋势吻合,响应了气候快速变化的Dansgaard-Oeschger(DO)旋回,说明MIS3晚期察尔汗湖区气候相对暖湿阶段具有不稳定性.本次研究是青藏高原气候变化受控于夏季太阳辐射来自古湖泊沉积物分子化石的最新证据.     

北京密云水库内湖消落带有机质、营养盐(氮/磷)含量分布特征

消落带是河流、湖泊和水库特有的一种现象,也是水陆生态系统间物质能量转换最活跃、最重要的区域,消落带的淹水-落干的频率和时间对消落带有机质和营养盐的形态转化与水界面的交换过程有重要影响.在密云水库的平水期(3月),对内湖消落带有机质、氮、磷含量分布进行调查,研究不同高程、土地利用和土壤深度的情况下,有机质和各营养盐含量的分布情况及相关关系,计算有机质和各营养盐在各高程下的储量,为消落带氮磷入库风险负荷量的评估,维护密云水库的水质安全提供依据.结果表明,密云水库内湖消落带有机质、总磷、总氮、氨氮、硝态氮、亚硝态氮和无机磷含量分别为23.15±13.65 mg/g、0.17±0.09 mg/g、1.44±0.81 mg/g、10.86±3.54μg/g、8.07±2.73μg/g、0.41±0.71μg/g、9.09±4.18μg/g;土地利用情况对总氮、氨氮和硝态氮含量影响较大,而对有机质和总磷含量分布没有显著影响;在垂直分布上,有机质、总磷和总氮含量有随土壤深度增加而降低的趋势;利用相关分析得出有机质和土壤水分是影响氮、磷转化的重要因素;133~146 m高程范围内有机质、总磷和总氮的储量分别为5324.07、59.56和414.02 t.密云水库内湖消落带是有机质和营养盐的重要贮存库.     

景泰老虎山活动断裂地区的第四纪地层的划分与对比研究

老虎山地区的第四系以山麓洪积与山区河流阶地沉积为主，￣１４Ｃ法、ＴＬ法和扩散方程法测定的近４０个年代样品表明：Ⅰ级阶地为全新统，阶地形成年龄为４０８６±１００ａ—４５７８±６０ａ；Ⅱ级阶地为晚更新世晚期沉积，阶地形成年龄为２３Ｋａ；Ⅲ级阶地为晚更新世早中期沉积，阶地形成年龄为７２Ｋａ；Ⅳ级阶地和Ⅴ级阶地为中更新世沉积，其阶地形成年龄分别为２１７±３５Ｋａ和３７８±６０Ｋａ；早更新统仅在局部出露，可能属早更新世早期的沉积。通过与兰州九洲台黄土剖面对比，发现Ⅰ—Ⅴ级阶地的形成年龄与标准剖面中的Ｓｏ、Ｓ＿２、Ｓ＿４等层古土壤形成年龄相一致。这说明河流层状地貌的形成。除了与构造抬升有关外，还与全球冷暖交替的大气候背景有着十分密切的内在联系     

维西—乔后断裂南段正断层活动特征

根据野外调查结果,重点阐述了维西—乔后断裂南段的活动特征。研究表明,维西—乔后断裂南段在第四纪表现出明显的活动特征,运动性质以正断层作用为主。维西—乔后断裂南段对巍山第四纪盆地有着明显的控制作用,因受其影响盆地内阶地不对称发育。箐门口、佛堂村、洗澡塘探槽揭示该断裂断错了晚更新世堆积,被错最新地层14C年龄(15 430±60)a B.P.,OSL年龄为(11.6±1.6)ka,表明其最新活动时代在晚更新世末期。洗澡塘村断层地貌清晰,西河Ⅱ级阶地上发育高2 m左右的断层陡坎。根据阶地断层陡坎高度和阶地面形成年龄估算,晚更新世以来该断裂段垂直滑动速率约为0.18~0.32 mm/a。     

青藏高原北缘三危山断裂晚第四纪以来的左旋走滑活动

通过对三危山断裂沿线微地貌的实地调查,发现山前主要分布2期冲洪积扇,多呈上叠式排布。对比区域冲洪积扇的分布和形成年龄,结合文中的光释光测年(OSL)结果,认为三危山山前老冲洪积扇形成于晚更新世晚期至全新世早期。发育于冲洪积扇上的纹沟、断裂通过的山脊被同步左旋位错,最大和最小位错量分别为5.5m和1.7m,但大多分布在3.0~4.5m之间。结合光释光测年(OSL)结果,得出三危山断裂在距今1.4万a和2.0万a以来的左旋走滑速率分别为(0.33±0.04)mm/a和(0.28±0.03)mm/a。     

Timing for high lake levels of Qinghai Lake in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since the Last Interglaciation based on quartz OSL dating

Qinghai Lake is situated in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Its size and proximity to the junction of three major climate systems make it sensitive to climate changes. Some investigations on shorelines of Qinghai Lake suggested highstands during MIS 3, but to what extent the lake level was higher than today is yet undetermined. Others proposed that the maximum highstands probably dated to MIS 5. It has also been shown that the lake level 120 m higher than today occurred at around 12 ka. Most of these previous ages were obtained using ¹⁴C dating or multiple-aliquot IRSL/OSL dating. For ¹⁴C dating, because of the dating limit (<40 ka) and the lack of suitable dating materials in this arid area, it is difficult to establish reliable chronological control. In the present study, seven samples collected from lacustrine deposits (five samples) and sand wedges (two samples) were dated using quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) with the single aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol. OSL dating results showed that (1) the lake had experienced two high lake levels, one was in MIS 5 and another in early to middle MIS 3; (2) no evidence of high lake levels in MIS 4 has been found; (3) the alluvial gravels, whose surface is at an elevation of ～3246 m, were formed at least 28.8 ± 2.3 ka ago, and the widespread sand wedges within the alluvial gravels were formed during the period of 15.1–28.8 ka, which implied that the lake level had not reached an elevation of ～3240 m after 28.8 ± 2.3 ka.     

Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from Lake Karakul,Tajikistan

Lake Karakul in the eastern Pamirs is a large and closed-basin lake in a partly glaciated catchment. Two parallel sediment cores were collected from 12 m water depth. The cores were correlated using XRF analysis and dated using radiocarbon and OSL techniques. The age results of the two dating methods are generally in agreement. The correlated composite core of 12.26 m length represents continuous accumulation of sediments in the lake basin since 31 ka. The lake reservoir effect (LRE) remained relatively constant over this period. High sediment accumulation rates (SedARs) were recorded before 23 ka and after 6.5 ka. The relatively close position of the coring location near the eastern shore of the lake implies that high SedARs resulted from low lake levels. Thus, high SedARs and lower lake levels before 23 ka probably reflect cold and dry climate conditions that inhibited the arrival of moist air at high elevation in the eastern Pamirs. Low lake levels after 6.5 ka were probably caused by declining temperatures after the warmer early Holocene, which had caused a reduction in water resources stored as snow, ice and frozen ground in the catchment. Low SedARs during 23–6.5 ka suggest increased lake levels in Lake Karakul. A short-lived increase of SedARs at 15 ka probably corresponds to the rapid melting of glaciers in the Karakul catchment during the Greenland Interstadial 1e, shortly after glaciers in the catchment had reached their maximum extents. The sediment cores from Lake Karakul represent an important climate archive with robust chronology for the last glacial–interglacial cycle from Central Asia.     

Luminescence chronology of aeolian deposits from the Qinghai Lake area in the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its palaeoenvironmental implications

Qinghai Lake, on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is the largest extant closed-basin lake in China, and has been the subject of numerous palaeoclimatological and palaeoenvironmental studies. In this study, 32 samples of aeolian sand, loess and palaeosol at six sites, and 1 sample of shoreline deposits underlying aeolian deposits were dated using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). Where available, OSL ages are in agreement with previously published ¹⁴C ages. Our dating results, in combination with previous published ages on aeolian deposits showed that: (1) The oldest aeolian deposits around Qinghai Lake are in excess of 165 ka. (2) Aeolian deposition then began at ∼14 ka in the Qinghai Lake area. Periods of palaeosol formation occurred at ∼16.9 ka, ∼12.2–11 ka, ∼10–9 ka, ∼5.2–4 ka, and ∼3.9–0.7 ka. (3) The accumulation intervals of palaeosols are generally consistent with drilling-core-based environmental change proxies, indicating that palaeosols were formed during wet periods with higher vegetation cover. (4) A depositional hiatus period of ∼40–50 ka exists between the surface mantle aeolian deposits and underlying gravel deposits. (5) Lake levels during the Holocene did not exceed 3205.2 m elevation (11.8 m above recent lake level of April, 2010).     

太湖的泥沙与演变

历史时期,太湖是不断扩展的,其平均扩展速率为0.37km~2/a。据沙量平衡分析与计算表明。因湖岸崩塌和太湖水系的输沙作用,近期太湖的泥沙淤积量为9.28×10~5t/a.泥沙数量虽然不大,但经过长期的积累,对太湖演变具有深刻影响。就自然演变趋势而言,近期太湖面积仍以0.168km~2/a的速率扩大,容积则以3.95×10~5m~3/a的速率减小,太湖正进一步向浅平方向演变。然而,因围湖造田,建国以来,太湖的面积则以4.58km~2/a的速率在减小。     

Late pleistocene evolution of Lake Manas in western China with constraints of OSL ages of lacustrine sediments

Lake Manas, located in northwestern China, has been formed in a structure depression since early Quaternary. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is applied to the lacustrine and aeolian deposits collected from the lake to construct a chronological frame for lake level fluctuations since the last inter-glacial period. The results yielded two stages of high lake stands (∼20 m above the present lake bed) occurred before 66 ka and 38–27 ka ago. No evidence for Holocene high lake level was found in the studying area.     

Holocene moist period recorded by the chronostratigraphy of a lake sedimentary sequence from Lake Tangra Yumco on the south Tibetan Plateau

Palaeolimnological studies together with geomorphological investigations of exposed lacustrine sections on the Tibetan Plateau provided valuable palaeoclimate records. Radiocarbon dating is the most commonly used method for establishing chronologies of lake sediments. However, ¹⁴C dating of such sediments could be problematic due to the lack of organic matter or a reservoir effect, which commonly appears in radiocarbon ages of lacustrine sediments from the Tibetan Plateau. OSL dating is an alternative for dating the lake sediments and also provides the opportunity to independently test radiocarbon chronologies. The current study tries to compare OSL and ¹⁴C dating results in order to evaluate the reservoir effect of ¹⁴C dating, and then based on quartz OSL dating and stratigraphic analysis, to construct the chronostratigraphy of a lacustrine sedimentary sequence (TYC section), an offshore profile from Tangra Yumco lake on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Results suggest that: (1) it is possible to obtain robust OSL age estimates for these lake sediments and the OSL ages of the three samples range from ca. 7.6 ka to ca. 2.3 ka; (2) The discrepancy between the OSL and ¹⁴C ages is ca. 4–5 ka, which possibly results from the age overestimate of ¹⁴C dating due to a reservoir effect in the studied lake; (3) the chronostratigraphy of TYC section and sedimentological environmental analysis show a large lake with a lake level distinctively above the present during ca. 7.6–2.7 ka indicating a wet mid-Holocene in the study area.     

OSL dating of past lake levels for a large dammed lake in southern Tibet and determination of possible controls on lake evolution

Fluvio‐lacustrine terraces along Phung Chu (river) on the central southern Tibetan Plateau indicate that a large palaeo‐dammed‐lake formerly existed in this area. Based on landscape survey, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and sedimentary analyses, this research shows that the Phung Chu was blocked and a dammed‐lake over 2500 km² in size formed before 30 ka ago. OSL dating analysis suggests the fluvio‐lacustrine sediments were well bleached and yield accurate age estimates for two lake drainage events. The first drainage event took place after 30 ka, resulted in river incision and formed a high terrace at 50 m height from the present river level. The second drainage happened after 3.7 ka, resulted in further river incision and formed the second terrace at 25 m height from the present river level. According to the distribution of the fluvio‐lacustrine sediments, active normal faults (particularly the Kharta Fault) in this region and the high gradient slopes after Phung Chu enters the Yö Ri gorge, seismically‐induced landsliding is regarded as highly likely to have been the cause of river blockage and associated formation of a dammed‐lake, although glacial damming is also a possible cause. The volume of drainages from this dammed‐lake may have led to catastrophic flooding and analogous modern lakes represent significant geo‐hazard risks to down‐river human settlements. As dammed‐lakes are special phases in fluvial evolution, often involving river blockage, breakthrough and drastic catchment change, these processes can reveal how tectonic or climatic events modify landforms. However, such tectonic‐derived landform changes can also impact palaeo‐climate of the region. Thus this study has added new evidence regarding the evolutionary history of a dammed lake including its formation, duration, extent and final drainage, which is crucial for understanding its general landscape process mechanisms and for better assessing geo‐hazard risks. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Luminescence dating of a hearth from the archaeological site of Jiangxigou in the Qinghai Lake area of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Archeological research over the past several years has started to provide evidence relevant to understanding both the timing of and processes for human colonization of the high Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Much of this research has been in the Qinghai Lake area and the Qaidam Basin in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, chronological data are still limited. Recently, a hearth was discovered in the Jiangxigou site in the south of the Qinghai Lake area, which was likely used by prehistoric hunters. The site is in the mouth of a canyon approximately 4.5 km from Qinghai Lake. Previous ages in this site are based on ¹⁴C dating only. The current study provides additional OSL dates for the hearth. The ages of four OSL samples bracketing the hearth range from 12.9 ± 0.9 to 14.4 ± 1.0 ka, but standard deviations overlap extensively and they likely represent the same age. The OSL ages show that by about 14.3 ± 1.0 ka prehistoric peoples were living in the Qinghai Lake area.     

Micro-hole and multigrain quartz luminescence dating of Paleodeltas at Lake Fryxell,McMurdo Dry Valleys (Antarctica), and relevance for lake history

Relict (perched) lacustrine deltas around the perennially ice-covered lakes in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica, imply that these lakes were up to 40 times larger in area than at present since the last glacial maximum (LGM). These deltas have been used to constrain ice-margin positions in Taylor Valley, and the boundaries of the proposed LGM ice-damned Glacial Lake Washburn. The timing of these high lake levels has depended on ¹⁴C chronologies of algal layers within relict lacustrine deltas. To provide additional geochronometric data for the post-LGM lake-level history, we applied photon-stimulated-luminescence (PSL) sediment dating to polymineral fine silt and sand-size quartz from 7 perched-delta and 3 active-delta sites of different elevations along 3 major meltwater streams entering Lake Fryxell. Our PSL dating of 4 quartz-sand samples from core tops in the seasonal ice-free moat of Lake Fryxell (elevation ∼18 m a.s.l.) and two core-top moat samples from the seasonal moat of Lake Vanda in nearby Wright Valley establish that adequate PSL clock zeroing (by daylight) occurs in regional, modern shoreline deposits. Minimum-age micro-hole PSL results from the moats are consistently near 100 a. Minimum-age micro-hole age estimates for the deltas range from ∼50 to 100 a near the present lake level up to 13.4 ± 1.3 ka at 240 m. These are systematically younger than the comparable, reservoir-uncorrected, ¹⁴C ages that range from 7 ka (cal yr BP) to 13 ka (cal yr BP) near lake level up to 20 ka (cal yr BP) at 220–240 m elevation. Our results indicate the occurrence of a dramatic discrepancy between PSL minimum-age and ¹⁴C age estimates that is presently unresolved.     

内蒙古东乌珠穆沁旗乌拉盖高毕湖泊沉积记录的5万年来环境演变

中国北方季风边缘区的湖泊对环境的反应很敏感,乌拉盖高毕是位于内蒙古高原东北部的一个已干涸的内陆封闭湖泊.研究剖面总厚度为405 cm,根据取得的9个AMS¹⁴C及光释光测年数据,建立了51.9 ka BP以来的年代序列.结合岩性的变化、粒度组分分析、粒度参数(标准偏差、偏度、峰度等)及Rb/Sr比值特征进行了详细的分析,恢复了乌拉盖高毕湖泊沉积记录的5万年来的环境演化过程.将0~405 cm的剖面划分为4个较大的气候阶段:51.9-44.1 ka BP(405~343 cm),气候为干冷期,各环境指标显示为滨湖沉积,湖泊水位较低;44.1-28.5 ka BP(343~130 cm),气候为温湿期,湖泊逐渐扩张,湖泊水位升高;28.5-11.38 ka BP(130~35 cm),气候转冷,湖面萎缩,并在盛冰期出现砂楔,该阶段后期湖泊干涸;11.38 ka BP至今(35~0 cm),气温回升.