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
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
在评价河流水文情势变化特征时,传统水文改变指标法(indicators of hydrologic alteration,IHA)存在的指标间相关性高和数据冗余问题会造成整体评价偏差。对汉江下游流域的河流水文情势评价时,考虑到汉江流域干支流日均流量及取水调水...在评价河流水文情势变化特征时,传统水文改变指标法(indicators of hydrologic alteration,IHA)存在的指标间相关性高和数据冗余问题会造成整体评价偏差。对汉江下游流域的河流水文情势评价时,考虑到汉江流域干支流日均流量及取水调水工程等的影响,分别选择汉江干流上的3个水文站及支流流域的3个水文站点,采用主成分分析法对6个水文站IHA指标进行优选,再利用相关性分析结果进一步筛选,优选出适用于评价汉江下游流域水文情势的13个代表性指标,分别为2月流量、4月流量、7月流量、10月流量、12月流量、基流指数、最低流量出现日期、最高流量出现日期、低流量脉冲次数、高流量持续时间、日均流量增加率、日平均流量减少率和日均流量反转数。结果表明:6个水文站的代表性指标间相关性均大幅降低,13个代表性指标间的相关系数不超过0.3的占比约70%;经变化范围评价法(range of variability approach,RVA)验证,IHA指标与优选出的代表性指标对汉江下游流域整体水文改变度评价结果的差值均小于7.5个百分点,表明其能够对汉江下游流域提供较为全面合理的水文情势变化评价。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.
文摘在评价河流水文情势变化特征时,传统水文改变指标法(indicators of hydrologic alteration,IHA)存在的指标间相关性高和数据冗余问题会造成整体评价偏差。对汉江下游流域的河流水文情势评价时,考虑到汉江流域干支流日均流量及取水调水工程等的影响,分别选择汉江干流上的3个水文站及支流流域的3个水文站点,采用主成分分析法对6个水文站IHA指标进行优选,再利用相关性分析结果进一步筛选,优选出适用于评价汉江下游流域水文情势的13个代表性指标,分别为2月流量、4月流量、7月流量、10月流量、12月流量、基流指数、最低流量出现日期、最高流量出现日期、低流量脉冲次数、高流量持续时间、日均流量增加率、日平均流量减少率和日均流量反转数。结果表明:6个水文站的代表性指标间相关性均大幅降低,13个代表性指标间的相关系数不超过0.3的占比约70%;经变化范围评价法(range of variability approach,RVA)验证,IHA指标与优选出的代表性指标对汉江下游流域整体水文改变度评价结果的差值均小于7.5个百分点,表明其能够对汉江下游流域提供较为全面合理的水文情势变化评价。
