粒度分组:提取古环境变化信息的一种有效方法

对南京老虎山黄土-古土壤剖面全样和三个粒级组分(<2μm、2～45μm和>45μm)的Rb/Sr比值进行了系统研究。结果表明,Rb/Sr比值是衡量黄土和古土壤化学风化强度的良好地球化学指标;粒度分组是利用Rb/Sr比值研究古环境变化的有效方法。通过粒度分组,可以排除不同粒度组分之间由于Rb/Sr初始比值不同造成的互相干扰。<2μm粒级的(Rb/Sr)-Sr反相关图的R2值最大(达0.97),说明该粒级指示化学风化作用的灵敏度最高,研究Rb/Sr比值这一地球化学指标最理想。

Response of environmental sensitive grain size group in Core FJ04 from mud area in the north of East China Sea to East Asian winter monsoon evolvement

AMS14C dating and grain-size analysis for Core FJ04, located at mud area in the North of East China Sea provide us a high-resolution grain-size distribution curve varying with depth and time. This paper got environmental sensitive grain-size group by using standard deviation method, and proved that the selected sensitive grain-size group is an important proxy which can be used to reconstruct intensity of East Asian Winter Monsoon （EAWM）. Then we got reconstruction of EAWM evolvement since 3 ka B.P., which revealed two main phases： （1） 3 - 1.15ka B.P., relative weak EAWM with middle frequency fluctuation; （2） 1.15 - 0ka B.P., really strong EAWM with high frequency fluctuation. And 1.15 ka B.P. is a distinct turning point. During the whole period, 11 intense events of EAWM were recorded and correlated well with other climate records, but the response extent was different, which showed consistency of climate change and particularity of region response.

Variation in Grain Size Distribution in Debris Flow

Grain composition of debris flow varies considerably from fluid to deposit, making it uncertain to estimate flow properties （e.g., density, velocity and discharge） using deposit as done in practice. Tracing the variation of grain composition is thus more important than estimating some certain properties of flow because every debris flow event consists of a series of surges that are distinct in properties and flow regimes. We find that the materials of debris flows, both the fluid and the source soils, satisfy a universal grain size distribution （GSD） in a form of P （D） = CD-zexp（-D/Dc）, where the parameters C, p and De are determined by fitting the function to the grain size frequency. A small At implies a small porosity and possible high excess pore pressure in flow; and a large D~ means a wide range of grain composition and hence a high sediment concentration. Flow density increases as 11 decreases or Dc increases, in a power law form. A debris flow always achieves a state of certain mobility and density that can be well described by the coupling of p and Dc, which imposes a constraint on the fluctuations of flow surges. The GSD also describes the changes in grain composition in that it is always satisfied during the course of debris flow developing. Numerical simulation using the GSD can well illustrate the variation ofμ and Dc from source soils to deposits.

Soil Organic Carbon Pools in Particle-Size Fractions as Affected by Slope Gradient and Land Use Change in Hilly Regions,Western Iran

This study was conducted to explore the effects of topography and land use changes on particulate organic carbon(POC),particulate total nitrogen(PTN),organic carbon(OC) and total nitrogen(TN) associated with different size primary particle fractions in hilly regions of western Iran.Three popular land uses in the selected site including natural forest(NF),disturbed forest(DF) and cultivated land(CL) and three slope gradients(0-10 %,S1,10-30 %,S2,and 30-50%,S3) were employed as the basis of soil sampling.A total of 99 soil samples were taken from the 0-10 cm surface layer in the whole studied hilly region studied.The results showed that the POC in the forest land use in all slope gradients was considerably more than the deforested and cultivated lands and the highest value was observed at NF-S1 treatment with 9.13%.The values of PTN were significantly higher in the forest land use and in the down slopes(0.5%) than in the deforested and cultivated counterparts and steep slopes(0.09%) except for the CL land use.The C:N ratios in POC fraction were around 17-18 in the forest land and around 23 in the cultivated land.In forest land,the silt-associated OC was highest among the primary particles.The enrichment factor of SOC,EC,was the highest for POC.For the primary particles,EC of both primary fractions of silt and clay showed following trend for selected land uses and slope gradients:CL> DF> NF and S3 > S2> S1.Slope gradient of landscape significantly affected the OC and TN contents associated with the silt and clay particles,whereas higher OC and TN contents were observed in lower positions and the lowest value was measured in the steep slopes.Overall,the results showed that native forest land improves soil organic carbon storage and can reduce the carbon emission and soil erosion especially in the mountainous regions with high rainfall in west of Iran.

Seasonal characterization of components and size distributions for submicron aerosols in Beijing

Submicron aerosols （PMt） in Beijing were studied using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer （AMS） from January to Oc tober 2008. This paper presents seasonal variations of different chemical components （sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, chloride and organics） and size distributions of PM1. Results show that mass concentration of PMI was highest in summer, and lowest in autumn. Organics represented the dominant species in all seasons, accounting for 36%58% of PML, and their concentrations were highest in winter. Concentrations of inorganic components, sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium were highest in summer. Based on principal component analysis, organics were deconvolved and quantified as hydrocarbonlike and oxygenated organ ic aerosol （HOA and OOA, respectively）. HOA was highest in winter, accounting for about 70% of organics. However, OOA was highest in summer, and had lower values in autumn and winter. A similar diurnal pattern of various components was ob served, which is higher at nighttime and lower during daytime. HOA increased more dramatically than other species between 17：00 and 21：00 and peaked at noon, which could be related to cooking emissions. OOA, sulfate, nitrate, ammonium and chlo ride varied with the same trend. Their concentrations increased with solar radiation from 9：00 to 13：00, and declined with weakening solar radiation. Size distributions of all species showed apparent peaks in the range 500600 nm. Size distributions of organics were much broader than other species, particularly in autumn and winter. Distributions of sulfate, nitrate and am monium had similar patterns, broadening in winter. Contributions of different species were sizedependent; the finer the parti cle, the greater the contribution of organics. Organics represented more than 60% of particles smaller than 200 nm, contrib uting 50% to PM1 in winter. In spring and summer, HOA was the dominant organic fraction for particles smaller than 200 nm, while OOA contributed more to particles larger than 300 nm. In winter, HOA contributed more than OOA to all PM1 particles.

Size and composition dependence of melting temperature of binary nanoparticles

Based on the ideal solution approximation, the model for size-dependent melting temperature of pure metal nanoparticles is extended to binary alloy systems. The developed model, free of any adjustable parameter, demonstrates that the melting temperature is related to the size and composition of alloy nanoparticles. The melting temperature of CuNi, PbBi and Snln binary alloy nanocrystals is found to be consistent with the experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. The research reveals that alloy nanocrystals have similar melting nature as pure metal.