放射性核素210Pb、137Cs测定巴丹吉林沙漠湖泊岩芯的年代及沉积速率

巴丹吉林沙漠发育了世界上独一无二的丘间湖泊群,100多个永久性的丘间湖泊分布于沙漠的东南部。沙漠湖泊岩芯是干旱地区重要的气候、环境档案,然而受沙漠湖泊发育极端环境的影响,岩芯测年面临很大挑战。本文选择巴丹吉林的沙漠南缘的阿尔吉林和敦德吉林进行钻探,获取无扰动岩芯,利用核素（210Pb、137Cs）进行测年,并计算其沉积速率。结果表明：（1）核素（210Pb和137Cs）测年能够获取巴丹吉林沙漠丘间现代湖泊岩芯的可靠年代。（2）岩芯Ar-1的CRS测年结果为102±8a,沉积速率分布范围为0.13 ~ 0.33cma-1,岩芯Dd-1的CRS测年结果为123±2a,沉积速率分布范围为0.18 ~ 0.70cma-1。（3）沙漠岩心沉积速率空间分布具有自沙漠腹地向边缘递增的趋势,210Pbuns-CRS平均沉积速率分布范围为 0.16 ~ 0.57cma-1 ,137Cs沉积速率分布范围为0.05 ~ 0.6 cm a-1。未来对于沉积速率空间变化的可能影响因素,如高大沙山的围限阻挡效应、137Cs的分子扩散效应以及古地震等,应进行更深入研究。     

土壤颗粒组成影响137Cs含量的初步实验结果

放射性核素¹³⁷Cs作为人类核试验的产物,以其独特的理化性质而成为研究土壤侵蚀和泥沙沉积一种良好的示踪源。在¹³⁷Cs的再分配过程中,土壤颗粒组成是影响土壤¹³⁷Cs的重要因子。一般认为,土壤中的¹³⁷Cs活度主要与粘粘含量有关,但这要取决于原生沉积物的颗粒组成。通过选取共和盆地主要的三种土壤类型,采集0~30cm的混合样品,进行入工筛分,测定不同粒径成分的¹³⁷Cs含量。初步实验表明,砂质土的¹³⁷Cs活度与平均粒径之间呈负指数关系,0.01~0.1mm组分对¹³⁷Cs含量的影响最为显著;壤质土的¹³⁷Cs活度主要与粗粉砂(0.01~0.05mm)含量有关,与137Cs活度主要与原生沉积物的颗粒特性和粒度有关.¹³⁷Cs一旦被原生沉积物颗粒吸附,在以后的土壤颗粒再分配过程中,是很难被置换掉的。     

湖泊沉积中的10Be含量变化——有助于识别第四纪古冰川的有无

20世纪50-70年代核试验产生的¹³⁷Cs尘埃,在现代冰川和非冰川湖泊沉积剖面中的深度分布存在明显差异.同理,大气宇宙射线成因的长半衰期¹⁰Be尘埃,在第四纪冰川和非冰川湖泊沉积剖面中的深度分布也应存在差异.第四纪冰川湖泊,冰期时流域内冰雪和¹⁰Be的累积量大于消融量,间冰期时冰雪和¹⁰Be的消融量大于累积量.因此,冰川湖泊冰期的¹⁰Be入湖通量小于间冰期.湖泊沉积剖面¹⁰Be浓度的波动,很可能表征流域内冰雪消融与累积的变化.非冰川湖泊,不存在冰川的累积与消融对¹⁰Be入湖通量的影响.开展第四纪冰川与非冰川湖泊沉积¹⁰Be含量变化的对比研究,有可能为破译中国东部中低山区古冰川和青藏高原大冰盖的世纪之争提供新的证据.     

Using 137Cs measurements to establish catchment sediment budgets and explore scale effects

Growing awareness of the wider environmental significance of fine sediment transport by rivers and associated sediment problems linked to sediment–water quality interactions, nutrient and contaminant transfer, and the degradation of aquatic habitats has resulted in the need for an improved understanding of the mobilization and transfer of sediment in catchments to support the development of effective sediment management strategies. The sediment budget provides a key integrating concept for assembling information on the internal functioning of a catchment in terms of its sediment dynamics by providing information on the mobilization, transfer, storage and output of sediment. One key feature of a catchment sediment budget is the relationship between the sediment yield at the catchment outlet and rates of sediment mobilization and transfer within the catchment, which is commonly represented by the sediment delivery ratio. To date, most attempts to derive estimates of this ratio have been based on a comparison of the measured sediment yield from a catchment with an estimate of the erosion occurring within the catchment, derived from an erosion prediction procedure, such as the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) or its revised version, RUSLE. There is a need to obtain more direct and spatially distributed evidence of the erosion rates occurring within a catchment and to characterize the links between sediment mobilization, transfer, storage and output more explicitly. In this context, fallout radionuclides have proved particularly useful as sediment tracers. This paper reports the results of a study aimed at exploring the use of caesium‐137 (¹³⁷Cs) measurements to establish sediment budgets for three catchments of different sizes and contrasting land use located in Calabria, southern Italy. Long‐term measurements of sediment output were available for the catchments, and, by using the estimates of gross and net rates of soil loss within the catchments provided by ¹³⁷Cs measurements, it was possible to establish the key components of the sediment budget for each catchment. By documenting the sediment budgets of three catchments of different sizes, the study provides a basis for exploring the effects of scale on catchment sediment budgets and, in particular, the increasing importance of catchment storage as the size of the catchment increases. The results of this study demonstrate a reduction in the sediment delivery ratio from 98 to 2% as catchment area increases from 1·47 ha to 31·2 km². Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

2021年“3·15”沙尘暴沙尘来源核素示踪研究

沙尘暴对大气环境和人类健康造成严重影响,查明沙尘来源对防沙治沙具有重要意义。选择中国北方7地2021年“3·15”沙尘暴期间降尘样品,分析粒度组成和核素（²³⁵U、²³²Th、²²⁶Ra、¹³⁷Cs）含量差异。结果表明：西宁、兰州、西安、北京、济南和临沂6地降尘以粉粒为主,核素含量特征表明降尘是远距离搬运的风尘沉积或吹蚀起的附近黄土。除中卫和西安外,其余5地沙尘的¹³⁷Cs比活度远高于农耕地,低于植被覆盖度高的草地,沙尘的主要来源应不是农耕地,而是覆盖度低的侵蚀草地。西安沙尘的¹³⁷Cs比活度与农耕地相近,农耕地可能是沙尘的主要来源。中卫沙尘粒度粗,¹³⁷Cs比活度极低,沙尘来源于毗邻的腾格里沙漠。     

Radionuclide dating(~(210)Pb,~(137)Cs) of recent inter-dune saline lake sediment cores in the Badain Jaran Desert,Inner Mongolia,Northwest China

正Inter-dune lake sediment cores are ideal and unavailable materials for study climate and environmental changes of arid region.The precious dating of lake sediment cores is required for carrying out high resolution climate and environmental changes with these cores.The Badain Jaran inter-dune lake group embedding in the sand sea is the     

临洪河口现代沉积环境及重金属元素的分布特征

对江苏北部临洪河口不同区域的表层与柱状沉积物进行了粒度分析、石英颗粒表面微细结构和沉积物的测年分析以及沉积物中的重金属含量分析．将河口划分为不同的沉积环境区．探讨了不同沉积环境中沉积物的粒度分布、石英颗粒表面微细结构、沉积速率以及重金属元素分布差异的原因。结果显示,临洪河口可以划分为低潮滩上的波浪与潮流强烈混合作用区、高潮滩上的弱潮流作用区、口门附近的潮流与河流强烈混合作用区和河道内河流与潮流弱混合作用区。重金属的含量在柱样的30～40cm深度呈现向表层递增的趋势,Hg的污染比较严重．其他元素基本无污染,整个河口区域的生态危害性严重;沉积物粒度分布不是该区域重金属分布的主要影响因素,城市污水排放量增加、氧化还原层位、沉降方式和不同沉积区的水动力环境是影响本区域重金属元素分布和累积的主要原因。     

蒙脱石吸附模拟核素Sr、Cs的性能研究

基于蒙脱石具有良好的阳离子交换性能,采用静态吸附法,对阜新钙基蒙脱石吸附模拟核素Sr、Cs的吸附条件和吸附行为进行了研究。结果表明:蒙脱石样品对Sr2+、Cs+的饱和吸附量分别为0.271mmol/g和0.780mmol/g,在较大的pH值范围(4～11)内具有良好的吸附稳定性;蒙脱石对Sr2+、Cs+的吸附类型以阳离子交换吸附为主,符合Langmuir和Freundlich模型,但与Langmuir吻合更好,相关系数分别达到0.99924和0.99995。本实验研究对于处理低浓度的含Sr、Cs放射性废液具有重要的意义。     

Modern (<100 years) sedimentation in the Taiwan Strait: Rates and source-to-sink pathways elucidated from radionuclides and particle size distribution

A large number of sediment cores collected during 2005-2010 from the Taiwan Strait were analyzed for radionuclides (²¹⁰Pb, ¹³⁷Cs and ⁷Be) to elucidate sedimentation dynamics in this all-important gateway linking two largest marginal seas in the western Pacific (namely, the South China Sea and the East China Sea). Apparent sediment accumulation rates derived from ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs profiles vary from <0.1 to >2 cm/yr, averaging ∼0.4 cm/yr and showing a spatial pattern closely related to hydrodynamics and sediment source-to-sink pathways. Spatial-temporal variation of ⁷Be activity in surface sediments off Taiwan’s west coast indicates episodic deposition of flood layers and their mobility from river estuaries toward the north. In conjunction with particle size distribution in surface sediments and the structure of sediment strata revealed by sub-bottom echo images; the radionuclide data can be used to outline three different sediment source-to-sink dispersal systems. Based on sediment loads of surrounding rivers and the distribution of sediment accumulation rates, lateral transport is required to account for the budget and size distribution of sediments in the strait.