全新世气候波动、人类活动对泥石流发育的影响——以青藏高原东缘和华北地区为例

根据大量的野外考察资料和室内测年数据,通过对全新世不同时段泥石流沉积物的分布特征研究,总结了青藏高原东缘和华北地区泥石流活动规律。认为全新世的泥石流活动与气候波动有着密切的关系,气候温暖泥石流活动强烈,气候寒冷泥石流活动减弱。近千年来频繁的人类活动加大了泥石流活动的强度和范围。     

Development of gullies and sediment fans in last-glacial areas on the example of the Suwałki Lakeland (NE Poland)

The density of gully network in the Suwa?ki Lakeland (northeastern Poland) with typical last-glaciation relief is 0.2 km/km² on average and locally reaches 1.2 km/km². Most gullies are isolated but sporadically they create dendritic patterns. The larger gullies are developed along dellies (bowl-shaped, dry valleys) or melt-out valleys. The smaller and shorter gullies occur on the slopes of melt-out depressions and tunnel valleys. Ages of peat covered by fans at the mouths of larger gullies indicate that gully erosion started between 3520 ± 70 to 2240 ± 100 BP. Two different units build the fans and infilled the gullies. The older unit in the lower part of fans is up to 5 m thick, contains sand and gravel that generally originated from the bottom and bank erosion of the gullies and resembles alluvium. The younger unit, about 2–3 m thick, consists of colluvium. The fans at the mouths of smaller and shorter gullies are mainly built of colluvium. The maximal grain diameter in both units is similar, which testifies to a similar intensity of extreme rainfalls. The analysed sediments have different characteristics, which indicate that the source material and depositional changes are linked to forest clearance and farmland expansion starting in the 7th century AD and continuing in the Middle Ages.     

Preliminary evidence of an endangered species benefiting from moderate climate warming: A palaeolimnological study of the charophyte Lychnothamnus barbatus

1. In a time of rapid environmental changes, identification of the effects of climate warming on charophytes (Characeae, Charophyta) will enable the optimization of conservation measures, especially for extremely rare species. Lychnothamnus barbatus is one of the rarest charophytes worldwide, which has decreased in the number of occupied sites over the last century. However, the recolonization of former sites has been observed in recent years (e.g. Lake Kuźnickie, Poland). The study aimed to analyse the effects of climatic changes and human pressure on the L. barbatus population.
2. Three 30 cm sediment cores were collected from minimum, average, and maximum depths of L. barbatus occurrence to determine the past vegetation composition. Sediment cores were dated using the radioisotopes lead-210, caesium-137, and carbon-14. A spatial analysis of the lake catchment changes during the last 120 years was also conducted.
3. The study demonstrated L. barbatus presence in Lake Kuźnickie at the beginning of the 16th century. However, a sharp increase in the proportion of this species in the vegetation community occurred in the 19th century and during climate warming at the end of the Little Ice Age. Factors that significantly influenced the present occurrence of the L. barbatus population included improvement in water quality and the oospore bank deposited in the bottom sediments.
4. This study is the first palaeoreconstruction in a modern lake dominated by L. barbatus. Based on the history of L. barbatus in Lake Kuźnickie after the end of the Little Ice Age, the positive effect of climate warming on the contemporary recovery of this charophyte is postulated.
5. The reaction of L. barbatus to climate warming appears to differ from commonly accepted scenarios for aquatic macrophytes because its recovery in the past and at present coincided with increases in air temperature. This research indicated the appropriate management and conservation practices for lakes with L. barbatus populations.

     

2000-year environmental history of a karstic lake in the Mediterranean Pre-Pyrenees: the Estanya lakes (Spain)

The sediment record of the Estanya lakes (Pre-Pyrenees, Spain) indicates that this region was intensely affected by land use during the Middle and Modern ages, which contrasts with the present-day poor socioeconomic development of the region. The correlation between sediment and biotic data and well-known historical events suggests a reliable history of environmental changes in this area during the last 2000 years. Changes in lake level were mainly controlled by climatic factors, whereas properties such as lithology, organic carbon, ostracods and pollen content are mainly associated with lake management and land use. Major sedimentological changes resulted from the use of the lake for hemp retting at the start of the XIVth century. Subsequent depopulation of the area in the XXth century led to the progressive recovery of the lacustrine ecosystem.     

西安地区全新世气候变化与土壤侵蚀研究

为了揭示西安地区全新世环境变化和黄土地层的侵蚀期,利用野外调查和化学分析等方法,研究了西安地区全新世黄土与古土壤发育时的气候变化和不同气候阶段的土壤侵蚀。通过野外调查,在西安白鹿塬区发现了在黄土塬区很少见到全新世中期古土壤分为3个层次,整个全新世黄土剖面可分为5层,表明黄土塬区全新世气候变化与沙尘暴活动与河谷地区一样可分为5个阶段。土层氧化物、微量元素、CaCO3含量和磁化率测定结果显示,西安白鹿塬区全新世8 500~6 000年和5 000~3 100年古土壤发育时较10 000~8 500年、6 000~5 000年和3 100年以来的黄土发育时夏季风活动强,降水量多,气候湿润,沙尘暴活动弱。中全新世8 500~6 000年间发育的S02古土壤中Fe2O3和Al2O3有一定富集,该层土壤类型相当于黄棕壤,指示当时年平均降水量较现今多150 mm左右。虽然沙尘暴活动很弱的间冰期是黄土地层理论上的侵蚀期,但是实际上这一时期的土壤侵蚀很弱。全新世黄土的侵蚀主要发生在气候冷干时期,不是发生在温湿时期。全新世中期6 000~5 000年间的黄土侵蚀率一般大于堆积率,使得广大地区全新世中期的薄层黄土在绝大多数地区受到侵蚀而消失。全新世中期薄层黄土发育时气候变冷干引起的植被退化是当时土壤侵蚀加强和出现侵蚀期的原因。     

天然红松混交林的演化史

红松至少在第三纪的中新世就存在于东亚．距令约2500万年的历史。红松林是由第三纪植物区系分化、独立和与其它区系共同演化而形成的、特别是第四纪冰期和问冰期的冷热交替以及全新世的气候回暖．引起了植物不止一次的改变和混和．给红松林的彤成带来了巨大的影响，初次出现含有红松的针阔混交林是在第三纪柬的中新世和上新世．第四纪晚更新世晚期．东北地区的森林类型是以云冷杉占优势的代表冰缘气候的暗针叶林．此时．红松移至长白山南侧和朝鲜半岛一带避难。冰期后．红松混交林以平均每年约200m的宪变迁移速度从朝鲜半岛经长白山向小兴安岭扩展．并经过了桦木林和阔叶林两个阶段．奠定现宾红松混交林水平分布区的面貌只是晚全新世以来的事．距今不过2500a左右，     

关中东部TSG全新世剖面粒度分形特征及古气候意义

利用分形理论计算可知,关中东部TSG全新世剖面的土壤粒度分布具有分形特征,剖面分形维数值在2.5443~2.7123之间,其中古土壤S0的分形维数均值最大。粒度分形维数的高值指示暖湿的气候,低值指示干冷的气候。分形特征所揭示的关中东部地区的环境演变过程为:全新世早期,粒度分形维数值相对偏低,风尘堆积占优势,为干旱寒冷的环境,成壤作用较弱;全新世中期,粒度分形维数值偏大,其平均值为2.6713,指示温暖湿润的气候,成壤作用较强;全新世晚期以来,粒度分形维数值降低,土壤颗粒粒径增大,气候变得相对干旱,成壤作用也减弱,但是全新世晚期的分形维数值高于末次冰期。     

基于黄土沉积速率的土壤侵蚀危险度评价

土壤侵蚀危险度是评估和预测侵蚀作用破坏土地资源和生态环境危险性的重要指标,也是科学防治水土流失的基础。利用14 C测年技术对陕北黄土高原黄土沉积速率进行研究,并通过计算土壤侵蚀模数与黄土沉积速率的比值,对该研究区的土壤侵蚀危险度进行评价。结果表明:洛川县、延长县和横山县采样点的黄土沉积速率分别为0.017 9cm/a,0.015 3cm/a和0.021 3cm/a,土壤侵蚀危险度分别为14.1,43.3和24.8,均远远大于临界危险度值1,因此该地区为水土流失重点防治区域。通过该项研究可以为水土保持治理及规划提供科学参考,并为环境治理决策部门提供理论依据。     

黄河柳林滩段全新世古洪水滞流沉积物物源研究

通过对黄河中游进行古洪水沉积学研究和水文学研究,为超长尺度水文学提供数据基础。对黄河中游晋陕峡谷段进行详细的考察,在黄河窟野河口右侧柳林滩附近发现3层全新世古洪水滞流沉积物(SWD)。光释光(OSL)测年结果表明,这一期3次古洪水事件分别发生在11 800~11 000aB.P.,10 800~10 200a B.P.,10 600~9 600aB.P.。通过对样品进行磁化率、烧失量、粒度成分、化学元素和扫描电镜的试验分析,确定其为河流悬移质泥沙在高水位滞流环境下的产物,是典型的古洪水滞流沉积物。其中,古洪水SWD的磁化率和烧失量较古土壤低,说明其是新鲜的滞流沉积物,未受到风化成壤作用的影响。3层古洪水SWD的自然分布频率曲线都呈现单峰,峰态尖锐,为极正偏态,说明其分选性好。扫描电镜的分析表明,3层SWD属于河流沙,偏关县L0属于典型的黄土—风积粉砂。不同层次的沉积物记录了不同期次的古洪水事件,反映出其水动力大小的不同或物质来源的差异。结合粒度分析和化学元素的结果,确定古洪水SWD2、SWD3与现代洪水SWD均为细沙质粉沙,化学成分相同,表明是黄河主流大洪水悬移质沉积形成。古洪水SWD1为中沙,与SWD2、SWD3在常量元素和重金属元素含量上有显著差异,而与前人在毛乌素沙漠地区所进行的粒度和元素分析结果接近,说明本层古洪水SWD是支流窟野河流域暴雨洪水从毛乌素沙漠地区侵蚀搬运而沉积下来的物质。该研究成果为今后准确鉴别古洪水SWD及来源判断提供参考借鉴。     

Forest reconstruction and past climatic estimates for a deforested region of south-eastern New Zealand

Predictions of species biomass from a forest simulation model were compared with pollen percentages for seven peatland sites in an area of Southland-Otago, New Zealand, now depleted of forest cover. Comparisons were made for the recent past (700–800 cal. yr BP) and for a period of the early Holocene (7000–8000 cal. yr BP). Satisfactory matches were obtained overall between predicted biomass and pollen for the recent dataset (r=0.73, P<0.001), in spite of expected poor correspondences for some pollen taxa known to be under-represented in the modern pollen rain. Nothofagus species tended to be over-represented by the simulation model, due most likely to dispersal limiting to their spread under actual conditions. Raising mean annual temperatures by 1 °C and lowering precipitation by up to 60% for the forest simulation produced a satisfactory match to the early Holocene site data (r=0.69, P<0.001). To test for consistency between recent and past periods, regressions for each period of modelled relative biomass against pollen percentages were compared, using all tree taxa from all sites. No discernible bias was found between the different climate regimes modelled. However, an examination of each site showed the dominant early-Holocene hardwood forests of Stewart Island were not reproduced by a simulation under the hypothesized past climate. These forests required a different set of conditions from those for the South Island sites, suggesting they grew under a different climatic regime. The low variation in climate among several of the sites tested the forest model's ability to reproduce the distinct forest communities identified from the pollen data. Comparisons with the pollen record improved confidence in the species attribute data used by the model, the completeness of the ecosystem processes explicitly modelled, and the disturbance regimes employed. A forest reconstruction of the region, under current climate conditions, indicated extensive areas of grassland and grassland-scrub vegetation could potentially be replaced by a range of podocarp, broadleaf, and beech forest types. Overall, the exercise suggested such approaches can improve our understanding of the processes required to restore forest in depleted landscapes and to model forest dynamics under changed climates.