南海北部地壳结构的深地震探测和研究新进展

南海是西太平洋最大的边缘海之一,其北部具有被动大陆边缘特征.深部地壳结构的研究对深入认识南海北部边缘的构造属性、演化历史、含油气盆地的形成过程,以及南海成因具有十分重要的意义.南海北部地壳结构的深地震探测经历了声纳浮标、双船扩展剖面和海底地震仪几个阶段,声纳浮标探测了解到上地壳的结构特征,双船扩展剖面首次获得了地壳结构和莫霍面起伏的情况,海底地震仪探测则得到了详细的地壳结构模型.文中回顾了这些深地震探测和研究的历史,介绍和总结了最新的研究进展和重要成果,并提出存在的问题和今后工作的建议.     

卡弗（Carver，George Washington 1864-1943）美国植物学家（Botanist，America）

卡弗是美国南部广大黑人民众的造福者和文化英雄。卡弗的母亲为女奴。他成年后，喜爱绘花草、树木、风景画，又为黑人著名的歌唱家和组织家。后入艾奥瓦州立农学院，1896年获硕士学位。同年他离开艾奥瓦到阿拉巴马，领导塔斯开吉学院的农学系。作为学院农业研究负责人，他种植花生、黄豆等能使土壤变肥沃的作物。改革南方只生产棉花的单一农业经济。     

神秘魔鬼三角地

所发生的各种奇异事件，最让人费解的就是算发生在百慕大三角的一连串飞机与轮船的失踪案了。在这里，船只神秘失踪、潜艇一去不回、飞机凭空消失……令这片海域拥有了“地狱之海”的恶名，被称为“最接近死亡的魔鬼海域”和“幽深的蓝色墓穴”。本期栏目中，我们将带大家前往百慕大三角洲，调查谜团背后的真相。     

海水养殖对海域生态系统的影响及其生物修复

海水养殖业的迅速发展对海域生态系统产生了一系列的严重影响,本文综述了海水养殖带来的营养盐污染及沉积环境变化、药物使用污染、对天然生物的影响等问题.对于海水养殖造成的问题,有着多种治理方式,基于养殖生态系统的生物修复,是近年来新兴的安全有效的修复方法.本文介绍了微生物修复、大型海藻修复、贝-藻修复、人工湿地修复等生物修复方法及其研究进展.随着研究的不断深入,治理的方式也越来越多,但要想从根本上解决海水养殖带来的污染及影响,基于生态系统的海水养殖管理乃是实现海水养殖业可持续发展的关键.     

南海三维变分海洋同化模式及其验证

基于Princeton Ocena Model(POM)建立了一个南海三维变分海洋同化模式,该模式主要用于卫星遥感高度计沿轨资料同化,考虑了每条轨道上的误差相关性,并且引入递归滤波优化运算.采用1998年春季和夏季、2000年夏季3个航次温盐资料对这个系统进行评估表明,相对于未同化的模式模拟结果,无论对温盐异常年份还是正常年份,该系统的温盐均方根误差和偏差都显著减小,误差结构更符合正态分布.特别是在盐度场上能重现南海由于降水和径流所造成的淡水盖,该系统也能将海表动力高度信息有效传递进模式次表层;温盐资料验证各航次评估结果差别不大,表明该同化系统性能是稳定的.     

南海北部大陆架海洋生态系统Ecopath模型的应用与分析

过度捕捞和环境恶化导致渔业资源和海洋生态系统逆向发展。采用EwE5.1软件,对南海北部大陆架建立Ecopath(生态通道模型)模型。通过各级流量、生物量、生产量、捕捞量、系统总流量以及生态位和混和营养效应等方面的分析,得出营养流通主要有2种途径,肉食鱼类间饵料竞争非常激烈,低值鱼类间具相似的捕食压力,顶级捕食者对大部分鱼类负效应不明显。系统受过度捕捞渔业影响很大,并存在营养级I利用效率低和渔业资源小型化、低值化等不稳定的幼态特征。     

中全新世（5400aBP）亚洲季风气候季节性与年际变率的南海珊瑚氧同位素记录

对现代珊瑚的氧同位素组成的季节与年际变化研究业已表明,海南岛东岸现代珊瑚氧同位素组成在冬季主要受表层海温控制,而在夏季则主要受夏季风降水决定的表层海水盐度影响.基于这一联系,本研究在高精度铀系测年基础上对中全新世滨珊瑚40a的同位素分析结果表明,5400a前的全新世中期滨珊瑚的δ18O值相对于现代升高了0.613‰(相当于11%),指示着海水δ18O值和盐度相对于现代的升高程度,可能主要与南海和太平洋水体交换强度增加所导致的盐度增大有关;结果同时显示,δ18O值的季节性幅度相对于现代增加了0.535‰(相当于33%),可能主要由冬季海水δ18O值升高引起,这一变化也与中全新世日照相对于现代的季节幅度增加相一致,分析认为日照增加引起的蒸发量增加和太平洋海水交换加强可能是根本原因.重建的冬夏季风代用指标的结果显示,中全新世冬夏季风的年际变率相对于现代都有所增加;谱分析结果揭示出冬季风年代尺度波动和夏季风约3a周期的存在,这些周期仍位于ENSO对季节变化的周期之内.     

Benthic foraminiferal fauna turnover at 2.1 Ma in the northern South China Sea

Quantitative analysis of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea (SCS) shows that abundance of Bulimina alazanensis, sometimes up to about 90%, decreased gradually since 3.2 Ma, especially at 2.1 Ma. Abundance of other benthic foraminiferal species, Globobulimina sub-globosa and Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, increased after 2.1 Ma. Comparison with changes in oxygen and carbon isotopes of planktonic and benthic foraminifera shows that high abundance values of B. alazanensis corresponded with lower values of oxygen isotope, but for carbon isotope, high values of the species were consistent with heavier carbon isotope of benthic foraminifera and lighter carbon isotope of planktonic foraminifera, respectively, and vice versa. Considering factors such as uplift of Bashi Strait, expansion of the North Hemisphere Glaciation, strengthening of East Asian winter mon-soon and variations in oxygen and carbon isotope of foraminifera, changes of B. alazanensis in ODP Site 1146 suggest that the source of deep water masses of the northern South China Sea changed from the warm Pacific deep water with high oxygen content to Pacific Intermediate water with low oxygen content at 2.1 Ma. In addition, the strengthened East Asian winter monsoon resulted in increased pri-mary productivity, high nutrient and suboxic bottom water. Variations in species of B. alazanensis seemed to be unable to tolerate environmental stress induced by deep water masses and productivity changes.     

Pollen-recorded climate changes between 13.0 and 7.0 ^14C ka BP in southern Ningxia, China

A pollen record from Haiyuan section in the southern part of Ningxia revealed a detailed history of vegetation variation and associated climate changes during the period from~13.0 to~7.0 14 C ka BP.A steppe landscape under a moderately dry(and probably cool)condition(~12.7-~12.1 14 C ka BP)was replaced by a coniferous forest dominating the landscape under a generally wet climate from~12.1 to ~11.01 4C ka BP.This generally wet period,corresponding to the European B?lling/All?rod period,can be divided into three stages:a cool and wet stage between~12.1 and~11.4 14 C ka BP,a mild and rela- tively dry stage between~11.4 and~11.2 14 C ka BP,and a mild and wet stage between~11.2 and~11.0 14 C ka BP.The coniferous forest-dominated landscape was then deteriorated into steppe landscape (~11.0-~10.6 14 C ka BP)and further into a desert steppe landscape from~10.6 to~9.8 14 C ka BP,being correspondent to the European Younger Dryas period.After a brief episode of a cool and wet climate (~9.8-~9.6 14 C ka BP),a relatively mild and dry condition prevailed during the early Holocene(~9.6- ~7.6 14 C ka BP)and then a warm and humid climate started the mid-Holocene(~7.6-~7.2 14 C ka BP).     

Clay minerals in surface sediments of the Pearl River drainage basin and their contribution to the South China Sea

Clay minerals have played a significant role in the study of the East Asian monsoon evolution in the South China Sea by being able to track oceanic current variations and to reveal contemporaneous paleoclimaUc changes prevailing in continental source areas. As one of the most important rivers inputting terrigenous matters to the northern South China Sea, the Pearl River was not previously paid attention to from the viewpoint of clay mineralogy. This paper presents a detailed study on clay minerals in surface sediments collected from the Pearl River drainage basin （including all three main channels, various branches, and the Lingdingyang in the estuary） by using the X-ray diffraction （XRD） method. The results indicate that the clay mineral assemblage consists dominantly of kaolinite （35%-65%）, lesser abundance of chlorite （20%-35%） and illite （12%-42%）, and very scare smectite occurrences （generally 〈5%）. Their respective distribution does not present any obvious difference throughout the Pearl River drainage basin. However, downstream the Pearl River to the northern South China Sea, the clay mineral assemblage varies significantly： kaolinite decreases gradually, smecUte and illite increase gradually. Additionally, illite chemistry index steps down and illite crystallinity steps up. These variations indicate the contribution of major kaolinite, lesser illite and chlorite, and very scarce smecUte to the northern South China Sea from the Pearl River drainage basin. The maximum contribution of clay minerals from the Pearl River is 72% to the northern margin and only 15% to the northern slope of the South China Sea. In both glacials and interglacials, kaolinite indicates that the ability of mechanical erosion occurred in the Pearl River drainage basin.