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	末次间冰期以来沙漠边缘黄土沉积的地球化学特征初探
其他题名	Geochemical Characteristics of Loess Deposition since Last Interglacial at Desert Margin and Its Provenance and Climatic Implications
	于英鹏 1; 汪海斌 2; 刘现彬 2
来源期刊	沉积学报
ISSN	1000-0550
出版年	2012
卷号	30 期号:2 页码:356-365
中文摘要	沙漠边缘地区黄土磁化率的增强机制与黄土高原地区有所不同,不宜用于夏季风强度变化的重建。所以,本文尝试将黄土高原地区常用的化学风化指标:化学蚀变指数(CIA)和Rb/Sr用于沙漠边缘地区白崖剖面夏季风演化的重建。结果显示,CIA可以较好地反映成壤作用,因而也可以较好地反映夏季风的变化,而Rb/Sr受源区因素和成壤因素共同作用,不能有效地指示夏季风的强度。同时,本文还选取了常见的反映粒度分选和冬季风变化的SiO_2/TiO_2和Zr/Rb,结果显示,SiO_2/TiO_2和Zr/Rb能明确指示粒度分选作用和冬季风的变化。此外,Al-Ti-Zr三角图显示,物源在不同时期存在一定的变化,在全新世和末次间冰期黄土物质混合较为均匀,表明风尘经历了较长距离的搬运和较为充分的混合过程;在末次冰期黄土物质混合程度存在明显分异,意味着部分时段物源可能较近。
英文摘要	The loess deposition at desert margin holds a good archive of climatic change as such area is sensitive to variations of Asian Monsoon.However,due to the complexity of magnetic enhancement mechanism in loess at desert margin,magnetic susceptibility is not suitable for summer monsoon reconstruction.In this paper,we investigated the geochemical characteristics of loess deposition since last interglacial at desert margin and try to screen good geochemical indicators of weathering and sorting of loess deposition at desert margin.In doing so,we investigated a loess site at Baiya which is located 50 km south to Tengger Desert.The Baiya loess section in this study consists of S0,L1 and S1,corresponding to the Holocene,the last glacial,and the last interglacial respectively.730 samples were collected from this section.All of them were subjected to magnetic measurement using Bartington MS2B and grain size analysis using Malvern Mastersizer 2000.183 samples were subjected to chemical elements determination using X-ray fluorescence(XRF) analysis on Panalytical Magix PW2403 spectroscope.All the lab works were carried out at the Key Laboratory of Western Chinas Environmental Systems(Ministry of Education),Lanzhou University. The geochemical results from the whole section show that the content of SiO_2,Al_2O_3 is close to that of UCC,the content of CaO,MgO,TiO_2,Fe2O3 was enriched relative to that of UCC;the content of Na_2O,K2O was depleted relative to that of UCC.As the chemical weathering strengthened,the striking phenomenon of elements behavior of this section is the depletion of sodium and the enrichment of iron and magnesium.However,the behavior of calcium was equivocal,which is probably caused by weak leaching in deposition area and strong evaporating-induced ascending of Ca in source area.Generally,the chemical weathering in the study area is weak and on its initial weathering stage as expressed by the low chemical index of alteration(CIA) which spanned from 50 to 60. Four frequently-used geochemical indicators were tested in current study,e.g.,CIA,the ratio of Rb to Sr(Rb/Sr),the molar ratio of SiO_2 to TiO_2(SiO_2/TiO_2),and the ratio of Zr to Rb(Zr/Rb).CIA is sensitive to reflect the weathering and the pedogenesis,and thus can be used as a proxy of Asian Summer Monsoon strength.The Rb/Sr is a good indicator of chemical weathering when it was applied in the main body of the Chinese loess Plateau.However,it didnt work well at Baiya section.We assumed that the problem is mainly caused by the behavior of Sr.That is,under warmer and wetter climate,more Sr was washed into source area,strong evaporation induced ascending of Sr to surface soil with the capillary force,leading to the decrease of Rb/Sr.When such source material was transported to the deposition area,the post-depositional Rb/Sr didnt increase significantly because of relatively weaker leaching at desert margin.In short,the ultimate Rb/Sr at Baiya section contained both weathering signal and source material signal,and it was not suitable for reconstructing summer monsoon variations.The other two geochemical indicators,SiO_2/TiO_2 and Zr/Rb closely follow the variation of grain sizes,and they are positively correlated to the median grain size(the coefficient r is 0.907,0.824,respectively),thus,they can be used as indicators of winter monsoon intensity.In addition,SiO_2/TiO_2 and Zr/Rb are negatively correlated to CIA(the coefficient r is-0.657,-0.575 respectively),suggesting summer monsoon is also an important factor affecting the grain size variation through modulating the expansion and contracti on of desert. In current study,we also aimed to examine the provenance of loess material at different climatic stages.Al,Ti,Zr is the most stable element during chemical weathering.Their individual content might change in response to the chemical weathering;however,the ratios of Al-Ti-Zr can be inherited from the source area as they are very stable.
中文关键词	沙漠边缘 ; 黄土 ; 地球化学 ; 物质来源
英文关键词	desert margin loess geochemical indicators material sources
语种	中文
国家	中国
收录类别	CSCD
WOS类目	GEOLOGY ; GEOSCIENCES MULTIDISCIPLINARY
WOS研究方向	Geology
CSCD记录号	CSCD:4528077
来源机构	兰州大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/227807
作者单位	1.华东师范大学资源与环境科学学院, 上海 200241, 中国; 2.兰州大学西部环境与气候变化研究院, 兰州, 甘肃 730000, 中国
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	于英鹏,汪海斌,刘现彬. 末次间冰期以来沙漠边缘黄土沉积的地球化学特征初探[J]. 兰州大学,2012,30(2):356-365.
APA	于英鹏,汪海斌,&刘现彬.(2012).末次间冰期以来沙漠边缘黄土沉积的地球化学特征初探.沉积学报,30(2),356-365.
MLA	于英鹏,et al."末次间冰期以来沙漠边缘黄土沉积的地球化学特征初探".沉积学报 30.2(2012):356-365.