黄土丘陵区小流域淤地坝纪录的泥沙沉积过程研究

淤地坝是黄土丘陵区小流域水土流失治理的重要工程措施之一,在拦蓄泥沙的同时,也记载了小流域侵蚀产沙的历史变化过程及特征.该研究根据流域历史降雨资料,分析了黄土丘陵区关地沟小流域淤地坝1959～1987年泥沙沉积旋回变化及各旋回层泥沙中、小流域沟间地和沟谷地表层土体中放射性同位素137Cs含量,研究了小流域侵蚀产沙变化过程及泥沙主要来源.结果表明:该小流域在淤地坝建设初期,侵蚀产沙强度很大,其后产沙强度由强变弱,呈显著降低趋势,淤地坝内沉积泥沙的70%来源于沟间地;微小流域与较大流域在泥沙来源方面存在较大差异.     

坝地沉积旋回泥沙养分变化及其对小流域泥沙来源的解释

黄土高原广泛分布的坝地沉积泥沙中赋存了大量小流域侵蚀特征及侵蚀环境变化的信息,泥沙特性的变化则是这些信息的直接体现。该文通过对比分析淤地坝沉积旋回泥沙中和坝控小流域内不同泥沙源地土壤中有机质、全氮、全磷和全钾的含量,发现小流域内土壤养分含量变异性明显大于沉积旋回泥沙中的变异性,沉积旋回泥沙养分含量与沟壁土壤中的相接近,其中与沟壁中的全氮、全磷和全钾无显著差异(p>0.05),但显著小于荒草地和坡耕地中的有机质、全氮和全磷含量(p<0.05),表明淤地坝运行期间小流域泥沙主要来源于沟壁坍塌和沟道扩展,重力侵蚀和沟蚀是主要侵蚀类型;有机质和全氮在坝地沉积旋回中呈明显阶段性变化,分析认为其反映了农村土地联产承包责任制对小流域土地利用和土壤侵蚀的影响。     

基于复合指纹法的岩溶洼地小流域泥沙来源解析

岩溶洼地是重庆岩溶地区常见的一种地貌类型,洼地小流域是人们从事农事活动的重要场所,研究流域不同土地利用侵蚀产沙特征,对认识流域侵蚀产沙规律和治理水土流失具有重要意义。选取了1个建有水库的岩溶洼地小流域,分析源地和泥沙样品的39个地球化学特征,利用复合指纹和多元混合模型计算各源地侵蚀泥沙贡献率。结果表明:流域筛选出的最佳指纹因子组合为U、χ_(lf)、Rb、Li、~(137)Cs、χ、Mn,正确判别累积率为99.93%,6种泥沙源地的总正确判别率为91.49%,符合复合指纹法应用的条件。碳酸盐岩耕地、碳酸盐岩林地、碳酸盐岩草地、碎屑岩林地、碎屑岩草地和沟道/裂隙对流域沉积泥沙的相对贡献分别为16.29%,41.16%,13.03%,16.67%,4.48%,8.37%,拟合优度为93.57%,相对误差平均值为8.26%,表明模型判别结果可信。各泥沙源地中碳酸盐岩耕地单位面积泥沙贡献值远高于其他泥沙源地,是碳酸盐岩林地的1.98倍,碳酸盐岩草地的2.07倍,碎屑岩林地的2.13倍,碎屑岩草地的2.21倍,即单位面积碳酸盐岩耕地土壤抗蚀能力最弱。     

西南喀斯特小流域地表、地下河流细粒泥沙来源的137Cs和磁化率双指纹示踪研究

在黔中喀斯特高原农林复合生态系统峰丛谷地小流域,利用¹³⁷Cs和磁化率双指纹因子对碳酸盐岩表层土壤(坡地和坝地)、深层土壤(沟道和洞穴/裂隙)以及碎屑岩夹层岩屑3类来源开展指纹特征分析,通过多元混合模型对流域暴雨过程侵蚀悬移质泥沙进行指纹复合示踪,并计算小流域地表及地下出口输出泥沙的主要来源及相对贡献率。结果表明:¹³⁷Cs和磁化率在碳酸盐岩表层土壤、深层土壤以及碎屑岩夹层岩屑3类来源存在显著差异,流域内表层土壤、深层土壤和碎屑岩夹层岩屑的¹³⁷Cs和磁化率平均含量分别为3.39 Bq/kg和310.07×10^-8 m^3/kg、0.50 Bq/kg和180.69×10^-8 m^3/kg、0 Bq/kg和7.02×10^-8 m^3/kg。表层土壤、深层土壤和碎屑岩夹层岩屑对流域地表出口泥沙的相对贡献分别为16.2%,4.3%和79.5%,拟合优度为99.97%;表层土壤、深层土壤和碎屑岩夹层岩屑对流域地下出口泥沙的相对贡献分别为<0.1%,37.9%和62.1%,拟合优度为83.80%。喀斯特流域泥沙来源区别于其他碎屑岩流域具有的特点为:(1)碳酸盐岩风化表层土壤来源少,对河流泥沙贡献小,主要贡献于地表河流。(2)无论流域地表出口还是地下出口,河流泥沙来源主要为流域中碳酸盐岩所夹的少量(地面物质组成<10%)的碎屑岩夹层岩屑。(3)深层土壤略有贡献,地下河流贡献比例高于地表河流。另外,¹³⁷Cs和磁化率可作为双指纹示踪物较好地示踪喀斯特小流域地表、地下河流泥沙来源和确定相对贡献率。     

基于不同模型不同指纹因子的东北黑土区小流域泥沙来源分析

基于指纹识别技术计算了东北黑土区典型小流域不同侵蚀产沙源地的泥沙贡献比。通过分析农地、林地、草地表层土以及侵蚀沟样品中的33种物质,使用非参数检验和多元判别分析筛选出包括P、Ce、Ga、Rb和137Cs组成的最优复合指纹因子,并将放射性核素137Cs和210Pbex作为第2组指纹因子,将最优复合指纹因子中的单个因子分别作为单因子,作为第3组指纹因子,分别利用多元混合线性模型、Bayesian模型和单因子解析解等泥沙来源指纹分析方法计算了表层土和侵蚀沟的相对泥沙贡献比。结果表明:基于不同模型不同指纹因子的泥沙来源贡献比结果虽不尽相同,但无重大差别。利用多元混合线性模型计算时,由放射性元素137Cs和210Pbex作为指纹因子计算的泥沙来源(表层土47.5%,侵蚀沟52.5%),与最优复合指纹因子计算的泥沙来源(表层土44.6%,侵蚀沟55.4%)基本一致;利用Bayesian模型计算时,由放射性元素137Cs和210Pbex作为指纹因子计算的表层土和侵蚀沟的泥沙贡献比约各占1/2,而利用最优复合指纹因子计算得到的泥沙贡献比中,表层土(58.8%)多于侵蚀沟(41.2%);以复合指纹因子中单个因子为指纹因子计算解析解,P、Ga、Ce、137Cs 4个因子的判别能力较强,能有效判别泥沙物源区;为保证泥沙贡献比计算结果的精确性,有必要确定各模型的计算精度,并挖掘具体的影响因素,调整参数或算法,为模型改进提供依据。研究发现,面积占比不足1%的侵蚀沟贡献了流域近1/2的泥沙,表明侵蚀沟发育引起的土壤流失不容小觑,应加强对该区侵蚀沟道的治理。     

指纹法研究花岗岩区典型崩岗小流域悬浮泥沙来源

为研究花岗岩区典型崩岗小流域内悬浮泥沙来源,以安溪县龙门镇崩岗侵蚀小流域为研究对象,在4种土地利用类型(侵蚀林地、茶园、耕地和崩岗侵蚀区)中共采集85个泥沙源地土样,同时在河道布设采样器收集降雨后侵蚀悬浮泥沙。通过分析样品中的34种指纹因子,运用复合指纹法筛选出最佳指纹因子组合,并计算出各泥沙源地的泥沙运移规律。结果表明:不同泥沙源地悬浮泥沙中同种指纹因子存在显著差异,利用Kruskal-Wallis检验和多元判别筛选出Ca、Li、Sn、K和Ba为最佳指纹因子组合(累积贡献率大于90%);同时利用多元混合模型得出茶园的悬浮泥沙相对贡献百分比为33%,耕地为27%,侵蚀林地和崩岗侵蚀区均为20%,且混合模型优度拟合检验值为0.89。进一步分析表明,降雨对崩岗侵蚀区的影响最大,茶园和崩岗侵蚀区单位面积产生悬浮泥沙量明显高于其他两个源地,说明崩岗侵蚀区和茶园是花岗岩区崩岗小流域中需要采取防治措施的重点。     

黄土高原淤地坝沉积泥沙在小流域土壤侵蚀研究中的应用

[目的]总结利用黄土高原淤地坝沉积泥沙研究小流域土壤侵蚀的主要成果,并对其目前存在的问题和以后发展方向进行探讨,以期为深度解译淤地坝沉积泥沙中赋存的小流域土壤侵蚀信息提供基础支撑。[方法]通过查阅国内外文献,结合野外调查和研究经验,总结利用淤地坝沉积泥沙研究小流域土壤侵蚀的相关工作。[结果]黄土高原大量的淤地坝、坝地泥沙明显的沉积旋回和现有的可靠断代技术是利用淤地坝沉积泥沙研究小流域土壤侵蚀的基础;利用淤地坝沉积泥沙可估算小流域土壤侵蚀强度的变化,识别小流域侵蚀泥沙来源;淤地坝内的泥沙沉积量、理化性质及生物标志物的变化能够反演小流域环境演变过程。[结论]黄土高原广泛分布的淤地坝沉积泥沙赋存有大量小流域土壤侵蚀和侵蚀环境演变的信息,在黄土高原小流域土壤侵蚀机理及小流域环境演变研究中具有重要作用。     

核素示踪在土壤侵蚀研究中的应用

利用示踪技术研究土壤侵蚀在国外已有30多年的历史,因其具有分析精度和量化程度高,能对土壤侵蚀时空变化进行定量监测的优势而受到重视。分别介绍了单核素示踪（¹³⁷Cs）,多核素复合示踪（⁷Be, ²¹⁰Pb, ²²⁶Ra, ²³⁰Th, ¹³⁷Cs）在土壤侵蚀和泥沙来源研究领域中的进展情况,并详细阐述利用稳定性稀土元素（REE）示踪在研究泥沙来源,侵蚀产沙时空分布方面也是一种有效的方法,最后对各种方法做了简要评价。     

东大河小流域林地土壤侵蚀及养分特征研究

为探究滇池流域自实施退耕还林工程以来的林地土壤侵蚀及养分流失特征,本研究以滇池西南部东大河小流域为研究靶区,利用放射性核素¹³⁷Cs示踪技术,对该区域内林地的土壤侵蚀模数进行估算,分析养分含量变化,并主要探讨了坡度、植被覆盖率及土壤颗粒组成对土壤侵蚀的影响。结果表明,林地土壤剖面中的¹³⁷Cs比活度呈指数下降趋势,以自然侵蚀为主。流域林地总侵蚀量为69.28×10³ t·a^-1, 侵蚀强度以轻度侵蚀为主,侵蚀模数介于1 039.40~2 402.12 t·km^-2·a^-1。东大河流域林地总有机碳(TOC)、总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)总流失量分别为1 963.5、209.1、98.94 t·a^-1,土壤TOC、TN含量与¹³⁷Cs比活度呈极显著正相关关系,物理迁移特征相似。土壤养分流失与土壤侵蚀规律较为一致。土壤侵蚀强度以及养分流失空间差异性较大。土壤黏粒含量与土壤侵蚀呈极显著负相关关系,坡度及植被覆盖率在一定范围内对土壤侵蚀的影响明显,坡度为10~25°以及植被覆盖率小于40%的林地中侵蚀状况相对严峻,平均侵蚀量约为1 709.85 t·km^-2·a^-1,需加强10~25°山地植被保护。本研究为减少当地水土流失,恢复生态以及继续推动退耕还林工程,保证退耕还林工程的效益提供了参考依据。     

砒砂岩区典型淤地坝沉积泥沙特征及来源分析

黄土高原地区的淤地坝是拦减入黄泥沙的关键措施,尤以对泥沙具有绝对控制的"闷葫芦"淤地坝为甚。为研究淤地坝对侵蚀泥沙的拦蓄作用,以砒砂岩区皇甫川流域园子沟淤地坝为研究对象,采集坝地淤积剖面及沟间地、沟谷地表层样品,对沉积旋回进行断代分析,计算泥沙贡献率,反演其淤积过程。结果表明:坝地沉积泥沙粒径分布以2~0.05 mm砂粒为主,其次为粉粒、黏粒,砂粒中以极细砂和细砂占比最多。园子沟坝控流域内侵蚀性降雨事件对应的最小日降雨量为22.8 mm;淤地坝运行可划分为2个阶段,前期主要依靠坝体拦蓄泥沙,后期随着拦蓄泥沙的增多,减蚀作用凸显。坝地沉积泥沙主要来源为沟谷地,贡献率达71.4%,沟间地为28.6%,其中沟间地侵蚀产沙并非受植被唯一影响,在降雨量>45.4 mm时,地形因素会限制侵蚀的加剧。     

Improving precision in sediment source and erosion process distinction in an upland catchment,south-eastern Australia

Analysis of sediment sources is an important component in the development of catchment sediment budgets and in determining links between erosion from sources and sediment delivery to catchment outlets. In this study ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb_ex were used to determine surface and sub-surface source contributions of fine sediment in a small upland headwater catchment (1.6 km²) in south-eastern Australia. The findings from this analysis are employed in an adjustment procedure to better differentiate sediment source erosion processes by utilising channel survey and erosion pin data. This improved the precision of estimates of sediment-source erosion-process contributions from hillslopes and channel/gully walls. A mean of 74% of in-channel deposits and suspended sediment exiting the study catchment was derived from sub-surface sources and when adjusted for erosion process this increased to 81%, which may be attributed to channel and gully wall erosion alone. Net erosion of the channel floor was low and constitutes only a small part of the total channel source input to sediment flux. Variability in sediment source contributions within the catchment was high, with rapid transition from hillslope to channel source dominance of sediment flux with distance downstream in the study catchment.     

Evaluating gully erosion using Cs and Pb/Cs ratio in a reservoir catchment

Water erosion in the hilly areas of west China is the main process contributing to the overall sediment of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The impact of gully erosion in total sediment output has been mostly neglected. Our objective was to assess the sediment production and sediment sources at both the hillslope and catchment scales in the Yangjuangou reservoir catchment of the Chinese Loess Plateau, northwest China. Distribution patterns in sediment production caused by water erosion on hills and gully slopes under different land use types were assessed using the fallout ¹³⁷Cs technique. The total sediment production from the catchment was estimated by using the sediment record in a reservoir. Sediment sources and dominant water erosion processes were determined by comparing ¹³⁷Cs activities and ²¹⁰Pb/¹³⁷Cs ratios in surface soils and sub-surface soils with those of sediment deposits from the reservoir at the outlet of the catchment. Results indicated that landscape location had the most significant impact on sediment production for cultivated hillslopes, followed by the terraced hillslope, and the least for the vegetated hillslope. Sediment production increased in the following order: top>upper>lower>middle for the cultivated hillslope, and top>lower>upper>middle for the terraced hillslope. The mean value of sediment production declined by 49% for the terraced hillslope and by 80% for the vegetated hillslope compared with the cultivated hillslope. Vegetated gully slope reduced the sediment production by 38% compared with the cultivated gully slope. These data demonstrate the effectiveness of terracing and perennial vegetation cover in controlling sediment delivery at a hillslope scale. Averaged ¹³⁷Cs activities and ²¹⁰Pb/¹³⁷Cs ratios in the 0–5 cm surface soil (2.22–4.70 Bq kg⁻¹ and 20.70–22.07, respectively) and in the 5–30 cm subsoil (2.60 Bq kg⁻¹ and 28.57, respectively) on the cultivated hills and gully slopes were close to those of the deposited sediment in the reservoir (3.37 Bq kg⁻¹ and 29.08, respectively). These results suggest that the main sediment sources in the catchment were from the surface soil and subsoil on the cultivated slopes, and that gully erosion is the dominant water erosion process contributing sediment in the study area. Changes in land use types can greatly affect sediment production from gully erosion. An increase in grassland and forestland by 42%, and a corresponding decrease in farmland by 46%, reduced sediment production by 31% in the catchment.     

应用137Cs示踪技术估算土壤侵蚀的若干问题探讨

[目的]探讨用~(137)Cs示踪技术估算土壤侵蚀量方法(以下简称"~(137)Cs示踪方法")所存在的几个关键问题,促进该方法的标准化和系统化。[方法]对大量已发表的相关文献进行分析,根据作者的研究经验,归纳出~(137)Cs示踪方法在实践应用中所存在的核心问题。[结果]~(137)Cs示踪方法中关于~(137)Cs在空间是均匀分布的假设存在不合理性,不能直接用于定量估算单钻点取样的土壤侵蚀量。~(137)Cs活度的空间变化存在随机性的成分。敏感度和不确定性分析结果证明~(137)Cs活度的空间随机变化量是~(137)Cs示踪方法不确性的最大来源。[结论]可以用多钻点样本平均值来减少~(137)Cs随机变化量所引起的侵蚀估算误差。以统计学为基础的试验设计和采取独立样本的办法可以消除该误差。虽然~(137)Cs模型已被广泛应用,但由于缺乏长期观测资料诸多模型还处在理论研究阶段,没有得到严格的验证和评判。因为不同模型估算的侵蚀量差别甚大,模型验证和筛选对该方法的成功运用至关重要。     

Wheat field erosion rates and channel bottom sediment sources in an intensively cropped northeastern Oregon drainage basin

Sediment tracers were used to quantify erosion from cultivated fields and identify major source areas of channel bottom sediment within the Wildhorse Creek drainage, an intensively cropped tributary of the Umatilla River in northeastern Oregon, USA. Available data indicated that Wildhorse Creek was one of the largest sediment yielding tributaries of the Umatilla River. Carbon, nitrogen and the nuclear bomb‐derived radionuclide ¹³⁷Cs were used as tracers to fingerprint sediment sources. Sediment was collected from the stream bottom and active floodplain and compared to samples from cultivated fields and channel banks. Samples were characterized on the basis of tracer concentrations and a simple mixing model was used to estimate the relative portion of bottom sediment derived from cultivated surface and channel banks. The results indicate that the amount of bottom sediment derived from cultivated surface sources was less than 26 per cent for the 1998 winter season, although this estimate has a high margin of error. Cesium‐137 was also used to estimate surface erosion from three cultivated fields in the watershed. Annual estimates of erosion since 1963 from the three sampled fields were from 3 to 7ċ5 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹. For the 1998 season, it appears that most channel‐bottom sediment was of subsurface origin with much of it likely coming from channel and gully banks indicating that significant reductions in sediment in Wildhorse Creek might be accomplished by the stabilization of eroding riparian areas and swales on the lower slopes of agricultural fields. Published in 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

陇东黄土高塬沟壑区土壤侵蚀的137Cs法研究

该文通过运用铯－１３７法对陇东黄土高塬沟壑区土壤侵蚀进行研究，定量地分析了塬、坡、沟各土地利用类型的侵蚀及产沙。结果表明，通过生物及工程措施治理后的沟谷其侵蚀量都大大减小，然而塬面侵蚀问题却相对突出，塬面侵蚀量不可忽视。     

Fingerprinting sediment sources in the outlet reservoir of a hilly cultivated catchment in Tunisia

Purpose

Approximately 74 % of agricultural soils in Tunisia are affected by water erosion, leading to the siltation of numerous human-made reservoirs and therefore a loss of water storage capacity. The objective of this study was to propose a methodology for estimating the relative contributions of gully/channel bank erosion and surface topsoil erosion to the sediment accumulated in small reservoirs.

Materials and methods

We tested an approach based on the sediment fingerprinting technique for sediments collected from a reservoir (which has been in operation since 1994) at the outlet of a catchment (Kamech, 2.63 km²). Sampling concentrated on the soil surface (in both cropland and grassland), gullies and channel banks. A total of 17 sediment cores were collected along a longitudinal transect of the Kamech reservoir to investigate the origin of the sediment throughout the reservoir. Radionuclides (particularly caesium-137, ¹³⁷Cs) and nutrients (total phosphorus, total nitrogen and total organic carbon (TOC)) were analysed as potential tracers.

Results and discussion

The applications of a mixing model with ¹³⁷Cs alone or ¹³⁷Cs and TOC provided very similar results: The dominant source of sediment was surface erosion, which was responsible for 80 % of the total erosion within the Kamech catchment. Additionally, we showed that the analysis of a single composite core provided information on the sediment origin that was consistent with the analysis of all sediment layers in the core. We demonstrated the importance of the core sampling location within the reservoir for obtaining reliable information regarding sediment sources and the dominant erosion processes.

Conclusions

The dominance of surface erosion processes indicates that conservation farming practices are required to mitigate erosion in the agricultural Kamech catchment. Based on the results from 17 sediment cores, guidelines regarding the number and location of sampling cores to be collected for sediment fingerprinting are proposed. We showed that the collection of two cores limited the sediment source apportionment uncertainty due to the core sampling scheme to <10 %.     

Validating the Use of 137Cs Measurements to Derive the Slope Component of the Sediment Budget of a Small Rangeland Catchment in Southern Italy

The sediment budget is a key concept and tool for characterizing the mobilization, transfer and storage of fine sediment within a catchment. Caesium‐137 measurements can provide valuable information on gross and net erosion rates associated with sheet and rill erosion that can be used to establish the slope component of a catchment sediment budget. However, there is a need to validate the use of ¹³⁷Cs measurements for this purpose, because their reliability has sometimes been questioned. The study reported focuses on a small (3·04 ha) steepland (mean slope 37%) catchment in Southern Italy. It exploits the availability of information on the medium‐term sediment output from the catchment provided by the construction of a reservoir at its outlet in 1978 and the existence of estimates of soil redistribution rates derived from ¹³⁷Cs measurements made on 68 replicate soil cores collected from the slopes of a substantial proportion of the catchment in 2001, to validate the use of ¹³⁷Cs measurements to construct the slope component of the catchment sediment budget. An additional 50 replicate soil cores were collected from the catchment slopes for ¹³⁷Cs analysis, to complement the data already available. Nine cores collected from the area occupied by the reservoir were used to estimate the mean annual sediment input to the reservoir. In the absence of evidence that the poorly developed channel system in the catchment was either a significant sediment source or sink, it was possible to directly compare the estimate of net soil loss from the catchment slopes (7·33 Mg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) with the estimate of sediment output from the catchment provided by the reservoir deposits (7·52 Mg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹). Taking account of the uncertainties involved, the close agreement of the two values is seen as providing a convincing validation of the use of ¹³⁷Cs measurements to both estimate soil redistribution rates and as a basis for constructing the slope component of the sediment budget of a small catchment. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel sediment source fingerprinting quantifying erosion-induced total nitrogen and total phosphorus outputs from an intensive agricultural catchment,North China

Intensive farming is a primary cause of increased sediment and associated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loads in surface water systems. Determining their contributing sources, pathways and loads present major challenges in the high-intensity agricultural catchments. Herein, we quantify the sediment sources and magnitude of sediment total N and total P from different sources using a novel application of compound-specific stable isotope (CSSI) and fallout radionuclides (FRNs) of ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pbex in an intensive agricultural catchment in North China. Sediment sources from surface and sub-surface soils were estimated from FRNs fingerprint and accounted for 62 ± 7% and 38 ± 7% respectively, while surface soil from land uses that originated from hillslope were identified by CSSI fingerprint. Using a novel application of FRNs and CSSI sediment fingerprinting techniques, the dominant sediment source was derived from maize farmland (44 ± 0.1%), followed by channel bank (38 ± 7%). The sedimentation rate (13.55 ± 0.30 t ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) was quantified by the ¹³⁷Cs cores (0–60 cm) at the outlet of this catchment. The total N and total P in sediment were both mostly derived from maize farmland and least from channel banks. The channel banks are significant sediment sources but contribute little to the input of sediment N and P for eutrophication. It implies that chemically-applied farmlands are the main hotspots for catchment erosion control and pollution prevention. The novel application of FRNs and CSSI techniques cost-effectively quantified sediment N and P loads from different sources with a single visit to the catchment, enabling rapid assessment for optimizing soil conservation strategies and land management practices. Keywords: Sediment sources, Land use, N and P loads, Compound-specific stable isotope, Fallout radionuclides.