Spatial and interannual variations in sedimentation patterns recorded in nonglacial varved sediments from the Canadian High Arctic     

Scott Lamoureaux 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1999,21(1):73-84

Multiple cores taken throughout Nicolay Lake in the Canadian High Arctic contain laminated sediments that are interpreted as varved. Annual sediment accumulation during the last 197 years reveals three major patterns that have important implications for hydroclimatic reconstruction. Widespread sediment dispersal is evident during most years and contrasts with years when anomalous localized and bifurcating patterns of deposition occur. Localized deposition is limited to the centre of the lake and is attributed to turbidity currents that originate on the delta foreslope. In contrast, a bifurcating pattern is produced when the river supplying the delta switches from one to two delta distributaries, resulting in altered proximal accumulation. Principal component analysis reveals additional accumulation anomalies that are sedimentologically indistinct, but constitute important sources of localized variance. The recognition and removal of anomalous deposition patterns is critical for accurate reconstruction of sediment flux from the catchment, particularly in long records where geomorphic conditions may have changed. This study identifies potentially misleading depositional artifacts and a methodology to recognize similar depositional controls in other lakes.  相似文献   

Hydrogeological investigation of Chappice Lake, southeastern Alberta: Groundwater inputs to a saline basin     

S.J. Birks  V. N. Remeda 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1999,21(2):235-255

Sediment cores from Chappice Lake, a hypersaline, groundwater-fed lake in southeastern Alberta, have been used in previous studies to reconstruct Holocene climate using lake levels as a source for proxy climate data. This assumes that the lake is fed by a shallow groundwater system sensitive to changes in climate. In this study we use the dynamics and chemistry of groundwater entering the lake to test this hypothesis.Groundwater inputs calculated from historical records using a simple water budget were highest during periods when the precipitation deficit was high. Over specific time intervals, the expected relationship between lake volumes and climate were not always found. Feedback loops between lake levels and groundwater input, and time lags within the system are the mechanisms proposed to explain these discrepancies.Field measurements suggest discharge of a local surficial groundwater system. Slug tests reveal a high conductivity system (K = 10-5 m/s) surrounding the lake. Hydraulic heads measured in standpipe, multilevel and minipiezometers installed around Chappice Lake show that the lake is situated in a closed hydraulic head contour. Hydraulic heads and water table elevations show strong annual fluctuations corresponding to seasonal changes in recharge. Horizontal hydraulic gradients measured in areas of groundwater springs indicate a strong horizontal component of flow towards the lake. Vertical hydraulic gradients are low and indicate the upward flow of water consistent with the discharge of a shallow, surfical groundwater system.Groundwater sampled from deposits surrounding Chappice Lake and springs feeding the lake have compositions similar to both shallow surficial aquifers and bedrock aquifers suggesting that the lake may be receiving inputs from both sources. However, evaporation simulations using PHRQPITZ, show that the evaporation of water typical of bedrock aquifers result in a mineral assemblage and brine composition different from that found at Chappice Lake. This suggests that discharge of a regional groundwater system can be eliminated as a dominant source over the lake's history. Evaporation simulations suggest that evaporation of groundwater from shallow surficial deposits can best explain the present mineral assemblage and brine chemistry and were likely the dominant source of water to the lake.Bedrock and shallow surficial groundwater sources have different chemistries and isotopic compositions. In hydrogeological settings such as Chappice Lake where more than one source may contribute to the lake, the relative importance of the different sources may change with changes in climate. If the source water composition to the lake changes, identifying changes in climate or hydrology based on changes in the composition of the lake preserved in sediment core will be made more difficult. This may complicate paleoclimate and paleohydrological reconstructions that rely on mineralogical and isotopic data.  相似文献   

Temporal and spatial trends of lake acidity in northern Sweden     

Tom Korsman 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1999,22(1):1-15

Changes in lake-water pH, alkalinity and colour were inferred from diatoms in surface sediment samples and sediment samples from pre-industrial times from 118 northern Swedish lakes. This palaeolimnological study does not support the hypothesis that there is a large-scale modern acidification in the two northernmost counties of Sweden; pH had decreased significantly in eight lakes, while five had a significant increase. Partial least-squares regression of changes in water chemistry in relation to catchment characteristics was performed to evaluate the causes of the acidity status. Furthermore, temporal trends were assessed from long sediment cores from five acidic lakes. The results suggest that the presently acid lakes have faced a long-term acidification trend over several thousand years due to soil-forming processes and vegetation development. However, due to the acid sensitivity of the region, future acidification trends in northern Swedish lakes should be carefully observed and assessed.  相似文献   

Palaeomagnetic study of Palaeoproterozoic granitoids from the Voronezh Massif, Russia     

A. G. Iosifidi  S. Bogdanova  A. N. Khramov  & G. Bylund 《Geophysical Journal International》1999,137(3):723-731

A palaeomagnetic investigation has been carried out of rocks from the eastern part of the Voronezh Massif, which constitutes, together with the Ukrainian Shield, the Sarmatian segment in the southern part of the East European Craton. The samples were collected in a quarry close to the town of Pavlovsk (50.4°N, 40.1°E), where a syenitic-granitic body intrudes Archaean units. U–Pb (zircon) dating has yielded an age of 2080  Ma for the intrusion.
  Two characteristic magnetic components, A and B, were isolated by thermal and alternating-field demagnetization. Component A was obtained from granites and quartz syenites (11 samples) and has a mean direction of D = 229°, I = 28°, and a pole position at 12°N, 172°E. This pole is close to a contemporary mean pole (9°N, 187°E) for the Ukrainian Shield, which implies that the Voronezh Massif and the Shield constituted a single entity at 2.06  Ga. These poles differ from contemporaneous poles of the Fennoscandian Shield, indicating that the relative positions of the two shields were different from their present configuration about 2100  Myr ago.
  A component B, isolated only in quartz monzonites (five samples), has a mean direction D = 144°, I = 49°, and a pole position at 4°N, 251°E, which is close to late Sveconorwegian (approximately 900  Ma) poles for Baltica. This suggests that the East European Craton was consolidated some time between 2080 and 900  Ma. Comparison with other palaeomagnetic data permit us to narrow this time span to 1770–1340  Ma.  相似文献   

青藏高原中部岩石圈结构及地球动力学的天然地震学研究     

吕庆田  管志宁 《现代地质》1997,11(3):268-268,321

青藏高原中部岩石圈结构及地球动力学的天然地震学研究研究生吕庆田导师管志宁（应用地球物理系北京１０００８３）青藏高原的隆升和地壳缩短被普遍认为是印度板块和欧亚板块碰撞的结果,然而对隆升和地壳缩短的机制和动力学过程仍不清楚。已提出的动力学模式可分为３类：...  相似文献   

用月平均和逐时气象场对东亚夏季SOx远距离输送的数值实验     

任保华  陈月娟  田村昌三 《气候与环境研究》1997,2(2):134-143

本文用日本山梨大学片谷教孝等人建立的３维欧拉型污染物远距离输送模式,分别输入１９８８年６月月平均和逐时气象资料（风场、气压场、密度场、降水等）,对夏季东亚地区ＳＯｘ的远距离输送进行了数值模拟。所有实验均积分１个月,对ＳＯ２、ＳＯ２－４的地面浓度及沉降量进行了分析,实验结果表明：如果仅仅考虑ＳＯ２的远距离输送模拟,可以月平均场气象资料代替模式中需要的逐时场气象资料;而将逐时场的风、降水资料和月平均场的气压、密度资料共同使用则与输入逐时场气象资料对ＳＯ２及ＳＯ２－４模拟结果完全相当。由于实验中只使用了１９８８年６月的资料,故下一步的研究应对不同年、季的气象资料及不同污染物的远距离输送模拟进行比较,从而考察月平均场气象资料在污染物远距离输送的模拟中能否完全或部分代替逐时场气象资料。  相似文献   

中生代东亚大陆边缘构造演化   总被引：18，自引：2，他引：16  

刘德来  马莉 《现代地质》1997,11(4):444-451

摘　要　根据东亚陆缘增生带生物古地理、放射虫时代研究的进展并结合同位素年代及东亚 地区火山活动、构造演化探讨了中生代东亚大陆与古太平洋板块之间的运动学关系及俯冲带 后退特征。中、晚三叠世那丹哈达岭、美浓等地体还位于北纬１２°以内及赤道附近,晚侏罗世 到达中高纬度。东亚活动大陆边缘开始于中侏罗世末,在此之前属转换大陆边缘。洋壳板块 向大陆下俯冲之后,由于地体拼贴引起俯冲带快速、长距离后退。  相似文献   

太湖14000年以来古环境演变的湖泊记录   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

瞿文川  薛滨  吴艳宏  王苏民  吴瑞金  张平中  陈践发 《地质力学学报》1997,3(4):52-61

本文根据东西太湖短柱岩芯的沉积物的物理、化学、生物指标的综合分析,讨论了该区距今14ka来的古气候变化过程,结果表明14.3-13.3kaBP,太湖水位低,环境指标甚至表现为暴露特征,反映了气候干旱:13.3-12.4kaBP,为偏暖湿的过渡阶段;该孔柱270-280cm (11.5kaBP左右)各类指标均明显反映冷干特征,可能是YoungerDrays事件的记录,与我国东部其它地区有可比性;约10.9-10kaBP,这一时期是整个研究时段内一个较显著的温暖期。表现为还原沉积环境和水位相对较深;约10-7.2kaBP为冷暖交替的过渡带;7.2-5.737kaBP为暖湿气候;5.05kaBP多项分析指标发生突变,反映物源发生显著变化,可能存在沉积间断;表层沉积物则呈现现代环境的特征,西太湖藻类生长茂盛,偏氧化的沉积环境。目前湖泊生产力较高,富营养化程度高,表现为藻型湖泊特征;东太湖有机质来源以东太湖中生长较为茂盛的维管水生植物为主,目前湖泊生产力较低,富营养化程度低,表现为典型的草型湖泊特征。   相似文献   

重矿物聚类分析在物源分析及地层对比中的应用——以东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷平湖地区为例   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

武法东  陆永潮  阮小燕  周平 《现代地质》1996,10(3):397

摘要：通过对重矿物进行Ｒ型、Ｑ型聚类分析,结合沉积学及砂岩矿物成分的研究,认为西湖凹陷平湖区第三系沉积物陆源区母岩类型共３类。其中由重矿物组合反映的母岩包括变质岩和火成岩共２类５型。在平面分布上,平湖地区南、北母岩类型有差别：南部以中性、中酸性火成岩为主,而北部既有各类变质岩又有中基性、酸性火成岩;在纵向演化上,南北也存在较大的差异,表现为充填过程中由于物源变化而反映的不同类型重矿物组合的交替变化。第三系沉积充填过程中物源供应总体方向由西而东,可进一步分为南部古渔山凸起和中北部古海礁凸起物源区。反映物源区或母岩性质变化的Ｑ型聚类分析,作为地层划分与对比的一种辅助方法在实际工作中具有一定的使用价值。  相似文献   

东海沿岸上升流的数值计算   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

罗义勇 《海洋湖沼通报》1998,(3):1-6

运用Ｂａｃｋｈａｕｓ的三维非线性模型,同时考虑潮,风和台湾暖流的作用,本文计算了夏季我国东海沿岸上升流。结果表明,东海沿岸从杭州湾口外一直到闽北的海底坡折区上存在明显的上升流,它呈带状分布,宽约４０ｋｍ,舟山近海的强上升流出现在３０ｍ层,向南则可达到较深的水层,流速一般为６．５×１０＾－３ｃｍ／ｓ。  相似文献