36Cl断代法

本文讨论了³⁶Cl的成因、³⁶Cl断代法的原理及其在第四纪年代学中的应用范围和测试方法，重点论述了大陆蒸发盐的³⁶Cl断代法。作者等曾应用该法测得了柴达木盆地1．4MaB．P．以来的石盐年龄。该法也已在冰碛物、火山岩等第四纪地质体的测年中获得了成功。有理由可以相信³⁶Cl断代法将在第四纪年代学研究中得到更广泛的应用。     

海相年轻沉积物~(36)Cl定年研究

提取、纯化海相沉积颗粒表面"诱导吸附"的36Cl(和Cl),制成加速器质谱(AMS)测定放射性比度I(36Cl/Cl)所需的标准样品,即高纯度AgCl;定量计算出沉积颗粒沉积封闭时的放射性比度I0(36Cl/Cl),依据放射性衰败定律I=I0e-λt计算得到沉积年龄t。研究结果表明:年轻的海相沉积物沉积封闭时的36Cl放射性比度I0与地理纬度之间存在一定比例关系,采取具有代表性、无污染的太平洋表面海水(4°18′N,161°09′E),经AMS测出的36Cl放射性比度IL为99.34±10.30,再利用36Cl产率与纬度的关系图,得出"放射性比度-产率"的比例常数μ为23.65238。测定了两个海底沉积物和一个海底锰结核的放射性比度I,计算得到的沉积年龄分别为83.2×104a、74.0×104a、17.6×104a。文章提出的I0定值计算方法具有科学依据,可操作性强,为揭示海洋沉积地层相关关系和沉积年龄精确测定提供技术支撑。     

电子自旋共振（ESR）方法在第四纪红土年代学研究中的应用

中国南方第四纪红土是过去全球环境变化的有效信息载体之一，详细叙述了适用于南方红土测年的电子自旋共振测年方法的原理，样品自理流程，等效剂量，年平均剂量的求取方法。并简要介绍了ＥＳＲ方法在红土地层年代学研究中的应用。     

河北沧州地区第四纪地下水36Cl示踪

通过对华北平原沧州地区第四纪地下水中宇宙成因核素36CI进行的测定,其浅层咸水的36Cl/Cl值为57×10-15,证实了该区浅层地下水的盐化成因主要是蒸发浓缩所造成.该区深层地下水中大气成因的36Cl所占的份额为33%～30%,系由上覆咸水下移所致.     

第四纪测年研究新进展

第四纪与人类的关系及其在地质历史中的重要位置,需要高精度高分辨率的测年。第四纪地质学家们改进、发展了许多第四纪的测年方法。文章主要从岩石地层法、生物法、磁性地层法、考古法、放射性定年法等方面讨论了近年第四纪测年的一些研究进展。目前,这些方法的主要进展表现在由于科学技术的提高,如激光显微探测技术等,使得测年的精度、功效显著提高而样品的用量却有了显著的降低,并且拓展了一些测年的应用领域,如电子自旋法应用于冰碛物的测年,其据测年结果建立的序列可与深海氧同位素阶段对比。但要使得测年的可靠性增强,则需要有丰富的地质工作经验,根据所测样品的特征选择恰当的测年方法,且要尽量选择多种适当方法进行对比测年。      

ESR测年技术在第四纪冰川年代学中的研究综述

近些年,宇宙成因核素暴露年代、光释光和放射性碳埋藏年代等方法在第四纪冰碛物的年代测定中已经取得显著进展.但对于第四纪冰川沉积物10万年甚至百万年以上的冰碛物样品的埋藏年代和暴露年代,由于方法自身问题或沉积物后期地质地貌过程的改造,使上述方法存在定年方面的挑战.而电子自旋共振（ESR）广泛的测年范围,使其在第四纪样品的测年中发挥着不可替代的作用.目前,石英ESR信号的衰退特征已有许多研究进展,但是对于冰碛物中的ESR信号的研究还很少.ESR测年方法由于缺乏测年机理的研究,西方学者和国内一些测年学者对这种方法的定年存有疑虑.因此,我们在典型冰川区开展对冰碛物中石英砂ESR信号变化的机理研究,得到人工研磨可以使ESR信号强度下降到原来值的53%~69%,但并不能使ESR信号完全归零.如果在以后的研究中能够找出这些残留信号值大小,并予以扣除,将会大大提高ESR冰碛物测年精度.在今后的研究中应探求其测年机理,提高测试样品的石英纯度,增强ESR测年信号的精度,使这种方法成为冰碛物交叉测年中独立可信的测年方法之一,为第四纪冰川研究中的老冰碛物的定年提供准确的年代依据.     

地质统计学及其在第四纪研究中的应用

地质统计学是数学地质领域最为活跃而实用的分支,它是以区域化变量理论为基础,以变异函数为基本工具,研究那些在空间分布上既具有随机性又具有结构性的自然现象的科学。在第四纪研究中的很多特征(变量)均可看成区域化变量进行地质统计学分析。作者在讨论了经典概率论及数理统计方法简单地应用于第四纪研究可能出现的问题后,着重介绍了用于第四纪研究中的若干地质统计学方法及基本理论,同时,对地质统计学方法应用于第四纪研究中的前景进行了分析。     

就地生成宇宙成因核素测年方法概述

就地生成宇宙成因核素年代学通过宇宙射线与地表岩石反应所积累核素浓度进行测年,相较传统定年方法具有许多独特的优势,近30年来得到了迅速发展和完善,已成为第四纪研究中的主要测年方法之一。目前该方法虽然仍存在一些问题和限制,随着研究和认识的深入,其理论方法将会越来越成熟,新的核素和应用领域也将会逐步扩展。本文通过就地生成宇宙成因核素的产生机制、测年原理、影响因素等方面对该方法进行了全面的介绍,为相关学者在测年实践中的应用提供有益的指导。     

关中盆地深层地热水~(36)Cl测年研究

前期同位素水文地球化学的研究成果显示,关中盆地深部地下热水存在地质历史时期残余的沉积水,这直接关系到地热水资源的可持续开发利用。为此本文运用~(36)Cl测年法对其深层地下热水的年龄进行尝试性研究。~(36)Cl测年结果表明,关中盆地深层地热水最大的~(36)Cl年龄范围为988.69~1 123.98 ka,不同构造单元、不同热储封闭条件、不同成因类型的地下热水具有不同的~(36)Cl年龄。其中,文热4、渭热4两样点的~(36)Cl年龄分别为988.69~1 123.98 ka、675.69~809.77ka,在一定程度上分别代表了咸礼断阶和固市凹陷深层地热水的赋存年龄,提供了关中盆地残存沉积水的~(36)Cl年龄证据。由于这2个样点的地下热水仍存在一定量的入渗水混入,所以计算年龄小于实际年龄,此~(36)Cl测年结果应视为沉积水的下限年龄,估计关中盆地原始沉积水的年龄至少在百万年以上。     

释光年代学样品前处理流程

释光测年是第四纪年代学中应用较广泛的重要测年方法。释光技术的发展经历了热释光(Thermoluminescence,简写TL)阶段到光释光(Optically Stimulated Luminescence,简写OSL)阶段,测年研究的载体矿物主要是长石和石英。因测试目的不同,前处理方法有一定的差异。本文主要在前人工作的基础上,针对沉积物、陶瓷、暴露岩石三种释光测年样品的长石或石英获取方法进行总结,以期对释光测年样品前处理起到参考作用。     

琼北火山岩激光40Ar/39Ar定年研究

新生代以来,雷琼地区多次、大量地喷发了一系列火山岩。前人主要基于K-Ar法对此划分了期次。本文采用激光40Ar/39Ar年代学方法,对琼北火山岩区进行了精细定年研究。低本底激光40Ar/39Ar法能够对低钾含量,极少量样品(毫克级)进行精细测定,非常适合极年轻火山岩的定年工作。结果显示的火山岩激光40Ar/39Ar法高质量数据表明琼北火山喷发活动时限跨越1.3～0.052Ma。在比较了表观年龄与等时线年龄差异之后,本文给出了年龄推荐值。正如测试数据所显示,本地区新生代火山岩普遍存在40Ar和36Ar过剩的问题,此时只有等时线年龄才代表喷发的真实年龄。     

Isotopic insights into smoothening of abandoned fan surfaces, Southern California

Cosmogenic nuclide concentrations measured on abandoned fan surfaces along the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault suggest that sediment is generated, transported, and removed from the fans on the order of 30-40 kyr. We measured in situ produced cosmogenic ¹⁰Be, and in some cases ²⁶Al, in boulders (n = 15), surface sediment (n = 15), and one depth profile (n = 9). Nuclide concentrations in surface sediments and boulders underestimate fan ages, suggesting that ¹⁰Be accumulation is largely controlled by the geomorphic processes that operate on the surfaces of the fans and not by their ages.Field observations, grain-size distribution, and cosmogenic nuclide data suggest that over time, boulders weather into grus and the bar sediments diffuse into the adjacent swales. As fans grow older the relief between bars and swales decreases, the sediment transport rate from bars to swales decreases, and the surface processes that erode the fan become uniform over the entire fan surface. The nuclide data therefore suggest that, over time, the difference in ¹⁰Be concentration between bars and swales increases to a maximum until the topographic relief between bars and swales is minimized, resulting in a common surface lowering rate and common ¹⁰Be concentrations across the fan. During this phase, the entire fan is lowered homogeneously at a rate of 10-15 mm kyr⁻¹.     

Constraints from strontium and neodymium isotopic ratios and trace elements on the sources of the sediments in Lake Huguang Maar

The sediments in Lake Huguang Maar in coastal South China were previously thought to originate mainly from wind-blown dust transported from North China, such that the lake sediments recorded the varying strength of the Asian winter monsoon. An alternative explanation was that the local pyroclastic rocks supplied the lake sediments, but the actual contributions from the different sources remained unclear. Geochemical analyses including ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd and trace elements support the local pyroclastic rock as the dominant source: < 22% of the total Sr in the lake sediments and  17% of the Nd arises from the distant source. Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf for the lake sediments are identical to those for the local rock but differ from the ratios for the wind-blown dust, and chondrite-normalized rare earth element patterns for the lake sediments are similar to those for the local rock and soil, but differ from those for the distant source. The sediments in Lake Huguang Maar are probably input into the lake through runoff and thus controlled by the hydrology of the lake. Wind-blown dust transported by the Asian winter monsoon from arid North China is only a minor contribution to the sediments.     

C and N NMR analysis of some fungal melanins in comparison with soil organic matter

A variety of fungal melanins with natural ¹⁵N abundance are characterized by solid-state ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR spectroscopy and are compared to solid-state ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR spectra of organic matter from representative soils. In all solid-state ¹⁵N NMR spectra the peptide/amide region (−220 to −285 ppm) dominates with more than 70% of the total intensity. The region between −285 and −375 ppm, assigned to amino and ammonium groups, always contains more than half of the remaining intensity. The area in the region from −30 to −220 ppm, where aromatic heterocycles would show signals, makes up less than 10% of the total intensity. These findings call into question common structural models for melanins. The solid-state ¹³C NMR spectra, on the other hand, reveal large differences when the melanins are compared to each other, and to composts and soils. The concentration of the aromatic carbon varies from 5 to 40% in the melanin series. The ratio C_aro/N_tot and C_ali/N_tot were calculated, and confirm that nitrogen in these samples is bound in C_a-groups rather than in aromatic heterocyclic structures.     

40Ar(40Ar＊＋40ArE)、39Ar释气特征与过剩氩的甄别及年代学意义

对具有不同地质历史背景的3类⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法样品中的⁴⁰Ar和³⁹Ar释出特征进行对比,研究结果表明,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法样品中的⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线主要表现为以下3种形式:完全重合型、过剩氩型和不规则型。当⁴⁰Ar与³⁹Ar释气曲线呈完全重合型时,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法全熔年龄代表了岩体的形成年龄;当⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线是过剩氩型时,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法全熔年龄则大于岩体的形成年龄;当⁴⁰Ar与³⁹Ar释气曲线呈不规则型时,表明样品中的放射成固氩(⁴⁰Ar^*)发生了丢失,其全熔年龄一般较岩体的形成年龄小。对于⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线呈过剩氩型的样品,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法年龄谱通常呈马鞍形,且马鞍形年龄谱的底部年龄一般都具有地质意义,代表了岩体的形成年龄。对于⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线呈不规则型的样品,对其年龄谱的解释应持谨慎态度。     

On 226Ra and 222Rn concentrations in the brackish waters of coastal aquifers: lab-investigations and confirmation in the carbonate aquifer of Brindisi (Italy)

The ground waters circulating in the Apulian mesozoic carbonate aquifer, of coastal type, show high concentrations of ²²²Rn everywhere. Considering their variation during the different phases of a hydrological year, such high concentration values can reach activity of 20 Bq/L, in the more internal zones of the aquifer. Moreover, it is often observed that, in correspondence of wells and springs nearest the coast, the concentrations of radioactive gas reach values greater than 400 Bq/L and vary considerably during the course of a day and with withdrawals. The research carried out over the last few years, has confirmed that ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn concentrations in the karst groundwater of Apulia, are mainly related to the occurrence of Terra Rossa inside the aquifer and the capacity of these paleosols to fix the salts of ²²⁶Ra coming from the dissolution of the calcareous and calcareous-dolomitic rocks. This paper shows the results of the analysis performed to define ²²²Rn increase in the brackish waters that come in contact with carbonate rocks and terra rossa. It also indicates the results of surveys performed in a coastal zone with well-known hydrogeological features. The controls performed during one hydrological year, have confirmed the relationships between the salt content of the ground waters and the enrichment of ²²²Rn and have highlighted that the manner of increase of this radioisotope is related to cases of ionic exchange and adsorption regulated by the dynamics of marine intrusion.     

Ar/Ar thermochronology of the Kampa Dome, southern Tibet: Implications for tectonic evolution of the North Himalayan gneiss domes

Structural and thermochronological studies of the Kampa Dome provide constraints on timing and mechanisms of gneiss dome formation in southern Tibet. The core of Kampa Dome contains the Kampa Granite, a Cambrian orthogneiss that was deformed under high temperature (sub-solidus) conditions during Himalayan orogenesis. The Kampa Granite is intruded by syn-tectonic leucogranite dikes and sills of probable Oligocene to Miocene age. Overlying Paleozoic to Mesozoic metasedimentary rocks decrease in peak metamorphic grade from kyanite + staurolite grade at the base of the sequence to unmetamorphosed at the top. The Kampa Shear Zone traverses the Kampa Granite — metasediment contact and contains evidence for high-temperature to low-temperature ductile deformation and brittle faulting. The shear zone is interpreted to represent an exhumed portion of the South Tibetan Detachment System. Biotite and muscovite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology from the metasedimentary sequence yields disturbed spectra with 14.22 ± 0.18 to 15.54 ± 0.39 Ma cooling ages and concordant spectra with 14.64 ± 0.15 to 14.68 ± 0.07 Ma cooling ages. Petrographic investigations suggest disturbed samples are associated with excess argon, intracrystalline deformation, mineral and fluid inclusions and/or chloritization that led to variations in argon systematics. We conclude that the entire metasedimentary sequence cooled rapidly through mica closure temperatures at  14.6 Ma. The Kampa Granite yields the youngest biotite ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of  13.7 Ma immediately below the granite–metasediment contact. We suggest that this age variation reflects either varying mica closure temperatures, re-heating of the Kampa Granite biotites above closure temperatures between 14.6 Ma and 13.7 Ma, or juxtaposition of rocks with different thermal histories. Our data do not corroborate the “inverse” mica cooling gradient observed in adjacent North Himalayan gneiss domes. Instead, we infer that mica cooling occurred in response to exhumation and conduction related to top-to-north normal faulting in the overlying sequence, top-to-south thrusting at depth, and coeval surface denudation.     

准噶尔盆地周边硅质岩激光40Ar/39Ar法定年

由于较低的钾元素含量以及过剩氩的存在,长期以来对硅质岩的40Ar/39Ar定年一直存在较大难度。近年来,由于仪器水平的不断提高,新实验技术和方法的应用,特别是激光全熔40Ar/39Ar定年技术的应用,40Ar/39Ar定年方法具有了足够高的测试精度和稳定的低本底水平,可以满足测试极低钾元素含量的硅质岩样品的要求。利用多组矿物颗粒测试数据计算等时线年龄的方法可以很好地去除过剩氩对硅质岩年龄的影响。本文利用激光全熔40Ar/39Ar定年方法对新疆准噶尔盆地边缘的两个硅质岩样品进行了定年研究。采自白碱滩地区的08BJT-3样品的年龄测试结果为294±14Ma,该年龄结果与硅质岩样品所处的晚石炭世地层沉积年代基本一致。采自卡拉麦里地区的KML-2样品的年龄测试结果为266±14Ma,该年龄结果与强烈变形改造硅质岩样品的卡拉麦里构造变形带活动年代十分一致,表明激光全熔40Ar/39Ar定年方法可以准确地对硅质岩进行定年。