Yulin section is a typical sedimentary record for reflecting the environmental evolution of Ordos Desert, China in the past 1.1Ma. By analyzing its sequence and grain-size composition some views have been put forward ...Yulin section is a typical sedimentary record for reflecting the environmental evolution of Ordos Desert, China in the past 1.1Ma. By analyzing its sequence and grain-size composition some views have been put forward in this paper as follows. The layers of sand, loess and palaeosol in Yulin section were respectively formed by wind and the pedogenesis on parent material of the sand and loess. Since 1.1Ma B. P., Ordos Desert has alternately experienced 11 stages of shifting dunes under extreme cold-dry climatic environment, 7 stages of fixed and semi-fixed dunes and 8 stages of dust (loess) under cold-dry climatic condition; and the pedogenesis environment under 15 times of warm-humid climate and 3 times of temperate-humid climate (brownish-drab soils and black soils formed respectively). The aeolian sand had already existed in Ordos Desert at latest by 1.1Ma B. P., and from that time on it has undergone a series of alternative processes of shifting sands, fixed and semi-fixed dunes, loess and soils. Ordos Desert has been situated in the transitional belt of the Mongolian High Pressure and margin of the southeast summer monsoon since 1.1Ma B. P., and influenced repeatedly by migration of the lithofacies belts of shifting sands, fixed and semi-fixed dunes, loess and soils, which have been caused by the climatic fluctuations of glacial and interglacial periods.展开更多
The decomposition kinetics for formation of CO2 hydrates in 90 cm 3wet natural silica sands were studied systematically using the depressurization method at the temperatures ranging from 273.2 to 277.2 K and the press...The decomposition kinetics for formation of CO2 hydrates in 90 cm 3wet natural silica sands were studied systematically using the depressurization method at the temperatures ranging from 273.2 to 277.2 K and the pressures from 0.5 to 1.0 MPa.The effects of temperature,pressure,particle diameter,porosity,and salinity of formation water on the decomposition kinetics were investigated.The results show that the dissociation percentage increases as temperature increases or as the initial decomposition pressure decreases.An increase in porosity or a decrease in particle diameter of silica sands accelerates the decomposition.Increasing the salinity of the formation water gives rise to a faster decomposition.However,a combination of the present results with the observations in literature reveals that the effect of the coexisting ionic solute depends on its chemical structure.展开更多
基金Undertheauspices of the National Basic Research Program of China(No. 2004CB720206) and theproject of Chin-ese AcademyofSciences (No. KZCX2-SW-118)
文摘Yulin section is a typical sedimentary record for reflecting the environmental evolution of Ordos Desert, China in the past 1.1Ma. By analyzing its sequence and grain-size composition some views have been put forward in this paper as follows. The layers of sand, loess and palaeosol in Yulin section were respectively formed by wind and the pedogenesis on parent material of the sand and loess. Since 1.1Ma B. P., Ordos Desert has alternately experienced 11 stages of shifting dunes under extreme cold-dry climatic environment, 7 stages of fixed and semi-fixed dunes and 8 stages of dust (loess) under cold-dry climatic condition; and the pedogenesis environment under 15 times of warm-humid climate and 3 times of temperate-humid climate (brownish-drab soils and black soils formed respectively). The aeolian sand had already existed in Ordos Desert at latest by 1.1Ma B. P., and from that time on it has undergone a series of alternative processes of shifting sands, fixed and semi-fixed dunes, loess and soils. Ordos Desert has been situated in the transitional belt of the Mongolian High Pressure and margin of the southeast summer monsoon since 1.1Ma B. P., and influenced repeatedly by migration of the lithofacies belts of shifting sands, fixed and semi-fixed dunes, loess and soils, which have been caused by the climatic fluctuations of glacial and interglacial periods.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40673043 20576073) the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University from Ministry of Education of China(NCET-06-0088)
文摘The decomposition kinetics for formation of CO2 hydrates in 90 cm 3wet natural silica sands were studied systematically using the depressurization method at the temperatures ranging from 273.2 to 277.2 K and the pressures from 0.5 to 1.0 MPa.The effects of temperature,pressure,particle diameter,porosity,and salinity of formation water on the decomposition kinetics were investigated.The results show that the dissociation percentage increases as temperature increases or as the initial decomposition pressure decreases.An increase in porosity or a decrease in particle diameter of silica sands accelerates the decomposition.Increasing the salinity of the formation water gives rise to a faster decomposition.However,a combination of the present results with the observations in literature reveals that the effect of the coexisting ionic solute depends on its chemical structure.