Clastic sedimentary rocks are natural samples of the exposed continental crust over large areas. The Hanjiang （汉江） River drains the northern Yangtze craton, including the South Qinling （秦岭） belt and the northe...Clastic sedimentary rocks are natural samples of the exposed continental crust over large areas. The Hanjiang （汉江） River drains the northern Yangtze craton, including the South Qinling （秦岭） belt and the northern parts of the Yangtze craton. Detrital zircons from this river thus provide an ideal sample for studying the formation and evolution of the northern Yangtze craton. Here we report laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer U-Pb ages of 122 detrital zircons from one sand sample of the Hanjiang River. The 110 concordant zircons reveal four major age groups of 768, 444, 212, and 124 Ma, which well correlate with known magmatic events in the northern Yangtze craton. A minor group is present at 1 536 Ma, which is less known in the study area. Only seven zircons have ages of 〉1 750 Ma. Our results show that the Early Paleozoic, Late Triassic, and Early Cretaceous are important episodes of zircon growth and crustal growth/reworking in addition to the previously documented Neoproterozoic event. Our results suggest very limited exposures of Paleoproterozoic and Archean rocks in the northern parts of the Yangtze craton.展开更多
The paper, based on a semi-conceptual hydrological model, analysed global warming effects on the Hanjiang River hydrological regimes and water resources, including soil moisture, evaporation, runoff and the transfera...The paper, based on a semi-conceptual hydrological model, analysed global warming effects on the Hanjiang River hydrological regimes and water resources, including soil moisture, evaporation, runoff and the transferable water quantity from the Danjiangkou Reservoir according to Middle Route of China's South-to-North Water Transfer Project.展开更多
Landslides are widespread geomorphological phenomena with complex mechanisms that have caused extensive causalities and property damage worldwide.The scale and frequency of landslides are presently increasing owing to...Landslides are widespread geomorphological phenomena with complex mechanisms that have caused extensive causalities and property damage worldwide.The scale and frequency of landslides are presently increasing owing to the warming effects of climate change,which further increases the associated safety risks.In this study,the relationship between historical landslides and environmental variables in the Hanjiang River Basin was determined and an optimized model was used to constrain the relative contribution of variables and best spatial response curve.The optimal MaxEnt model was used to predict the current distribution of landslides and influence of future rainfall changes on the landslide susceptibility.The results indicate that environmental variables in the study area statistically correlate with landslide events over the past 20 years.The MaxEnt model evaluation was applied to landslide hazards in the Hanjiang River Basin based on current climate change scenarios.The results indicate that 25.9%of the study area is classified as a high-risk area.The main environmental variables that affect the distribution of landslides include altitude,slope,normalized difference vegetation index,annual precipitation,distance from rivers,and distance from roads,with a cumulative contribution rate of approximately 90%.The annual rainfall in the Hanjiang River Basin will continue to increase under future climate warming scenarios.Increased rainfall will further increase the extent of high-and medium-risk areas in the basin,especially when following the RCP8.5 climate prediction,which is expected to increase the high-risk area by 10.7%by 2070.Furthermore,high landslide risk areas in the basin will migrate to high-altitude areas in the future,which poses new challenges for the prevention and control of landslide risks.This study demonstrates the usefulness of the MaxEnt model as a tool for landslide susceptibility prediction in the Hanjiang River Basin caused by global warming and yields robust prediction results.This approach therefore provides an important reference for river basin management and disaster reduction and prevention.The study on landslide risks also supports the hypothesis that global climate change will further enhance the frequency and intensity of landslide activity throughout the course of the 21st Century.展开更多
Palaeoflood hydrology study is a leading subject in global change study. Through field investigation in the upper reaches of Hanjiang River, palaeoflood slackwater deposits （SWD） were found in the bedrock gorges of ...Palaeoflood hydrology study is a leading subject in global change study. Through field investigation in the upper reaches of Hanjiang River, palaeoflood slackwater deposits （SWD） were found in the bedrock gorges of the Yunxi reach. The results of field observation, laboratory analysis including particle-size distribution and magnetic susceptibility, and com- parison with modern flood deposits, the SWD were identified as the most typical Holocene palaeoflood deposits of the Hanjiang River. By using stratig;aphic correlation and OSL dating method, the palaeoflood event was dated to be 3200-2800 a BP at the turn from the middle to late Holocene. According to the palaeoflood peak stage and hydraulic parameters, the peak discharges of the palaeoflood were reconstructed as 48,830-51,710 m3/s by using the slope-area method. At same time, the flood peak discharges of 1983, 2005 and 2010 severe floods were reconstructed with the same method and hydraulic parameters in the same cross section. The error between the reconstructed and gauged discharges was 1.99%-4.21%. This showed that the reconstructed palaeoflood peak discharges were reliable. The flood peak discharge-frequency relationship at 10,000-year time scale was established by a com- bination of the gauged flood, historical flood and palaeoflood hydrological data. These results are very important for hydraulic engineering and flood mitigation on the Hanjiang River.展开更多
The evolution history of the Yangtze River attracted increasing attention in recent years. Comparison of the properties of the floodplain sediments between the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges is of signifi...The evolution history of the Yangtze River attracted increasing attention in recent years. Comparison of the properties of the floodplain sediments between the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges is of significance to identify the material detrital sources for the Yangtze River Basin. Clinopyroxene （Cpx） is the typical mineral widely distributed in the sediments of the Yangtze River Ba- sin. Cpx was extracted from the fine sediments with the grain size ranging from 0.063 to 0.125 mm in the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges. The sediments, from which the Cpx was extracted, were taken from the floodplains of the catchments of both the Yangtze River and the Hanjiang River, as well as from the surface of the Zhoulao Core drilled in the center of the Jianghan Basin where the two rivers flow through. Geochemistry of these Cpx was investigated, concerning the contents of major elements measured by electron probe microanalysis （EPMA） and the contents of trace elements analyzed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry （LA-ICP-MS）. The Cpx in the Yangtze River contains titaniferous augite which is sourced from the Panzhihua-Xichang region in South Sichuan Province, whereas the Cpx in the Hanjiang River is mainly from the surroundings without any titanif- erous augite. The REE analysis infers that the titaniferous augite is the diagnostic mineral of the upper Yangtze River, and thus could be used as a tracer mineral to identify the detrital sources for the sedi- ments formed during the evolution of the Yangtze River. The Cpx from the surface sediments of the Jianghan Plain （Zhoulao Core） shows comparable geochemical nature with that of the Yangtze River, but is different in geochemistry from that of the Hanjiang River, implying that the modern sediments in the Jianghan Plain are mainly sourced from the upper Yangtze River.展开更多
Extreme rainstorm and the subsequent flood increasingly threaten the security of human society and ecological environment with aggravation of global climate change and anthropogenic activity in recent years. Therefore...Extreme rainstorm and the subsequent flood increasingly threaten the security of human society and ecological environment with aggravation of global climate change and anthropogenic activity in recent years. Therefore, the research on flood mitigation service(FMS) of ecosystem should be paid more attention to mitigate the risk. In this paper, we assessed FMS in the Upper Reaches of Hanjiang River(URHR), China from 2000 to 2014 using the Soil Conservation Service Curve Number(SCS-CN) model, and further simulated the future FMS under two climate scenarios(in 2020 and 2030). The results reveal that the FMS presented a fluctuating rising trend in the URHR from 2000 to 2014. The FMS in southern URHR was higher than that of northern URHR, and the change rate of FMS in the upstream of URHR(western URHR) was higher than the downstream of URHR(eastern URHR). The future FMS under scenarios of Medium-High Emissions(A2) and Medium-Low Emissions(B2) will decrease consistently. As land use/land cover changes in the URHR are negligible, we concluded that the change in FMS was mainly driven by climate change, such as storm and runoff. Our study highlights that climate scenarios analysis should be incorporated into the assessment of hydrologic-related services to facilitate regional water resources management.展开更多
Hanjiang is the main river in Chaozhou. The urban sections on both sides of it are large-scale landscape zones which combine the natural landscape and the cultural landscape. Aiming at better manifesting the geographi...Hanjiang is the main river in Chaozhou. The urban sections on both sides of it are large-scale landscape zones which combine the natural landscape and the cultural landscape. Aiming at better manifesting the geographical features and pro-moting the sustainable development of the ecological environment on both sides of the Hanjiang River, the research, with the reach between the Jinshan River and the Hanjiang River as an example, pointed out the existing problems and put forward some constructive suggestions based on a thorough survey on the plant species and the rationality of plant configuration and the afforstation managements, in order to provide reference for the decision-maker of the further planning and construction of this area.展开更多
基金This paper is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.40472099,40521001 and 40673019)the Ministry of Education of China (Nos.IRT0441,306021,B07039).
文摘Clastic sedimentary rocks are natural samples of the exposed continental crust over large areas. The Hanjiang （汉江） River drains the northern Yangtze craton, including the South Qinling （秦岭） belt and the northern parts of the Yangtze craton. Detrital zircons from this river thus provide an ideal sample for studying the formation and evolution of the northern Yangtze craton. Here we report laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer U-Pb ages of 122 detrital zircons from one sand sample of the Hanjiang River. The 110 concordant zircons reveal four major age groups of 768, 444, 212, and 124 Ma, which well correlate with known magmatic events in the northern Yangtze craton. A minor group is present at 1 536 Ma, which is less known in the study area. Only seven zircons have ages of 〉1 750 Ma. Our results show that the Early Paleozoic, Late Triassic, and Early Cretaceous are important episodes of zircon growth and crustal growth/reworking in addition to the previously documented Neoproterozoic event. Our results suggest very limited exposures of Paleoproterozoic and Archean rocks in the northern parts of the Yangtze craton.
文摘The paper, based on a semi-conceptual hydrological model, analysed global warming effects on the Hanjiang River hydrological regimes and water resources, including soil moisture, evaporation, runoff and the transferable water quantity from the Danjiangkou Reservoir according to Middle Route of China's South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
基金funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)National Foundation of Forestry Science and Technology Popularization(No.[2015]17)Major Fund for Natural Science of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(No.15KJA220004).
文摘Landslides are widespread geomorphological phenomena with complex mechanisms that have caused extensive causalities and property damage worldwide.The scale and frequency of landslides are presently increasing owing to the warming effects of climate change,which further increases the associated safety risks.In this study,the relationship between historical landslides and environmental variables in the Hanjiang River Basin was determined and an optimized model was used to constrain the relative contribution of variables and best spatial response curve.The optimal MaxEnt model was used to predict the current distribution of landslides and influence of future rainfall changes on the landslide susceptibility.The results indicate that environmental variables in the study area statistically correlate with landslide events over the past 20 years.The MaxEnt model evaluation was applied to landslide hazards in the Hanjiang River Basin based on current climate change scenarios.The results indicate that 25.9%of the study area is classified as a high-risk area.The main environmental variables that affect the distribution of landslides include altitude,slope,normalized difference vegetation index,annual precipitation,distance from rivers,and distance from roads,with a cumulative contribution rate of approximately 90%.The annual rainfall in the Hanjiang River Basin will continue to increase under future climate warming scenarios.Increased rainfall will further increase the extent of high-and medium-risk areas in the basin,especially when following the RCP8.5 climate prediction,which is expected to increase the high-risk area by 10.7%by 2070.Furthermore,high landslide risk areas in the basin will migrate to high-altitude areas in the future,which poses new challenges for the prevention and control of landslide risks.This study demonstrates the usefulness of the MaxEnt model as a tool for landslide susceptibility prediction in the Hanjiang River Basin caused by global warming and yields robust prediction results.This approach therefore provides an important reference for river basin management and disaster reduction and prevention.The study on landslide risks also supports the hypothesis that global climate change will further enhance the frequency and intensity of landslide activity throughout the course of the 21st Century.
基金Foundation： National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41030637, No.41271108 Ph.D. Programs Foundation from Ministry of Education of China, No.20110202130002
文摘Palaeoflood hydrology study is a leading subject in global change study. Through field investigation in the upper reaches of Hanjiang River, palaeoflood slackwater deposits （SWD） were found in the bedrock gorges of the Yunxi reach. The results of field observation, laboratory analysis including particle-size distribution and magnetic susceptibility, and com- parison with modern flood deposits, the SWD were identified as the most typical Holocene palaeoflood deposits of the Hanjiang River. By using stratig;aphic correlation and OSL dating method, the palaeoflood event was dated to be 3200-2800 a BP at the turn from the middle to late Holocene. According to the palaeoflood peak stage and hydraulic parameters, the peak discharges of the palaeoflood were reconstructed as 48,830-51,710 m3/s by using the slope-area method. At same time, the flood peak discharges of 1983, 2005 and 2010 severe floods were reconstructed with the same method and hydraulic parameters in the same cross section. The error between the reconstructed and gauged discharges was 1.99%-4.21%. This showed that the reconstructed palaeoflood peak discharges were reliable. The flood peak discharge-frequency relationship at 10,000-year time scale was established by a com- bination of the gauged flood, historical flood and palaeoflood hydrological data. These results are very important for hydraulic engineering and flood mitigation on the Hanjiang River.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40971008, 40771213)
文摘The evolution history of the Yangtze River attracted increasing attention in recent years. Comparison of the properties of the floodplain sediments between the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges is of significance to identify the material detrital sources for the Yangtze River Basin. Clinopyroxene （Cpx） is the typical mineral widely distributed in the sediments of the Yangtze River Ba- sin. Cpx was extracted from the fine sediments with the grain size ranging from 0.063 to 0.125 mm in the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges. The sediments, from which the Cpx was extracted, were taken from the floodplains of the catchments of both the Yangtze River and the Hanjiang River, as well as from the surface of the Zhoulao Core drilled in the center of the Jianghan Basin where the two rivers flow through. Geochemistry of these Cpx was investigated, concerning the contents of major elements measured by electron probe microanalysis （EPMA） and the contents of trace elements analyzed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry （LA-ICP-MS）. The Cpx in the Yangtze River contains titaniferous augite which is sourced from the Panzhihua-Xichang region in South Sichuan Province, whereas the Cpx in the Hanjiang River is mainly from the surroundings without any titanif- erous augite. The REE analysis infers that the titaniferous augite is the diagnostic mineral of the upper Yangtze River, and thus could be used as a tracer mineral to identify the detrital sources for the sedi- ments formed during the evolution of the Yangtze River. The Cpx from the surface sediments of the Jianghan Plain （Zhoulao Core） shows comparable geochemical nature with that of the Yangtze River, but is different in geochemistry from that of the Hanjiang River, implying that the modern sediments in the Jianghan Plain are mainly sourced from the upper Yangtze River.
基金Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China,No.2017JQ4009National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41601182,No.41471097+4 种基金National Social Science Foundation of China,No.14AZD094Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education,No.15JJD790022The National Key Research and Development Plan of China,No.2016YFC0501601The Science and Technology Service Network Initiative Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.KFJ-STS-ZDTP-036Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University,No.GK201703053
文摘Extreme rainstorm and the subsequent flood increasingly threaten the security of human society and ecological environment with aggravation of global climate change and anthropogenic activity in recent years. Therefore, the research on flood mitigation service(FMS) of ecosystem should be paid more attention to mitigate the risk. In this paper, we assessed FMS in the Upper Reaches of Hanjiang River(URHR), China from 2000 to 2014 using the Soil Conservation Service Curve Number(SCS-CN) model, and further simulated the future FMS under two climate scenarios(in 2020 and 2030). The results reveal that the FMS presented a fluctuating rising trend in the URHR from 2000 to 2014. The FMS in southern URHR was higher than that of northern URHR, and the change rate of FMS in the upstream of URHR(western URHR) was higher than the downstream of URHR(eastern URHR). The future FMS under scenarios of Medium-High Emissions(A2) and Medium-Low Emissions(B2) will decrease consistently. As land use/land cover changes in the URHR are negligible, we concluded that the change in FMS was mainly driven by climate change, such as storm and runoff. Our study highlights that climate scenarios analysis should be incorporated into the assessment of hydrologic-related services to facilitate regional water resources management.
文摘Hanjiang is the main river in Chaozhou. The urban sections on both sides of it are large-scale landscape zones which combine the natural landscape and the cultural landscape. Aiming at better manifesting the geographical features and pro-moting the sustainable development of the ecological environment on both sides of the Hanjiang River, the research, with the reach between the Jinshan River and the Hanjiang River as an example, pointed out the existing problems and put forward some constructive suggestions based on a thorough survey on the plant species and the rationality of plant configuration and the afforstation managements, in order to provide reference for the decision-maker of the further planning and construction of this area.
