珠江三角洲晚第四纪环境演变的微体生物记录

珠江三角洲是主要由西江、北江和东江在珠江口湾内堆积而成的复合三角洲,自晚更新世开始形成。微体生物是珠江河口三角洲晚第四纪沉积记录中的重要组分,是重建第四纪环境变化极为有效的指标。本文样品取自PD孔岩心,钻孔位于珠江三角洲中部(113°28′35″E, 22°53′41″N),孔深16．7 m。代表约25 100年以来的沉积。PD孔中见有孔虫6属10种,其中以Ammonia beccani为优势种。根据地层分布特征,可识别3个有孔虫层位。介形类共7属9种,丰度较低,以Sinocytheridea impressa和Neomonoceratina delicata为代表,在5个层位相对富集。根据微体生物分布特征,并结合有机碳、氮以及磁化率数据,PD孔晚第四纪沉积可划分为6个沉积环境阶段。A．三角洲前缘阶段(-16．7～-13．5 m;25 100～24 000 aB．P．):岩性为粗砂、砂至砂质粉砂。主要含Ammonia属的4个种(A．beccarii、A．sp．、A．tepida、A．annectens),丰度均较低,其中Ammonia beccarii为优势种。不见适应于正常浅海的Elphidium属。介形类以滨岸类型Sinocytheridea impressa为主。出现少量双壳类。代表河口附近水深10 m以内软泥底质、受河流影响大、水体动荡的半咸水环境。有机碳含量和磁化率较低,同样指示低海平面时期的沉积。B．河口湾阶段(-13．5～-10．6 m;24 000～22 400 aB．P．):岩性为粘土质粉砂至粘土。前一阶段出现的Ammonia 4个种的丰度比较高,且出现浅海底栖分子Elphidium advenum和E．hispidulum,以及浮游有孔虫分子Globigerinoides sp．。介形类出现Bicornucythere leizhouensis、B．bisanensis、Alocopocythere goujoni、Pistocythereis bradyformis等适应水深较大的分子,而滨岸浅水分子较少。有机碳含量和磁化率相对升高。代表海平面相对较高时期的沉积。C．三角洲平原阶段(-10．6～-9．2 m;22 400～21 700 aB．P．):底部为一薄层花斑状风化粘土,表明曾短期露出水面。向上变为富含有机质的深灰色粉沙质粘土。不含微体生物和双壳类,反映不稳定的环境条件。由于海平面降低,磁化率表现为持续低值。有机碳和C/N比值很高,表明有丰富的陆源有机质输入,海洋影响较小。D．陆地风化阶段(-9．2～-7．4 m;21 700～3 700 aB．P．):岩性为1．6 m厚的杂色粘土,不含任何生物化石,有机碳含量极低,是长期强烈风化作用的产物,对应于末次冰盛期。E．潮坪沉积阶段(-7．4～-2．5 m;3 700～2 600 aB．P．):互层状深灰色粉沙质粘土、灰色粉沙和细沙,含广盐性有孔虫Ammonia beccarii和Arenoparrella asiatica,以及少量介形类,如Sinocytheridea impressa。典型的半咸水双壳类Potamocorbula amurensis较为丰富,另外还见藤壶和虫管碎片,指示盐度频繁波动的潮间带环境。F．上三角洲平原阶段(2 600 aB．P．以来):未见任何有孔虫和双壳类,顶部见少量陆相介形类Cypria yanchengensis,磁化率变化频繁,C/N比值较高,表明陆相影响不断增强,且环境条件不稳定。研究区晚第四纪古环境的演化是由海平面升降变化控制的。上述沉积环境变化序列表现出两次海进一海退旋回,分别对应阶段A至阶段D和阶段E至阶段F,相应于晚更新世和全新世的两次海平面上升事件。     

山东半岛南部近岸海域晚第四纪以来有孔虫和介形类化石群落分布特征及古环境演化

在山东半岛南部近岸海域QDZ03孔16.2m的沉积记录中,通过有孔虫和介形类化石群落的定量分析,探讨了研究区晚第四纪氧同位素(MIS)4期以来古沉积环境演变。在距今6万年前后开始的黄海海退期(相当于MIS4期),发育了有多次沉积间断的第1层(孔深16.2~12.0m)陆相地层。进入玉木亚间冰期(相当于MIS3)后,由于海平面的震荡上升,发育了第2层—第5层的滨岸弱海相—陆相沉积层,其中第5层上部可能包含部分MIS2期的产物,而MIS2期绝大部分沉积地层缺失。在距今12 000—11 000年前,海水逐渐由黄海入侵到青岛地区,发育了第6层下段(孔深9.1—8.6m)的海陆过渡相沉积层;在全新世最大洪泛面MFS来临之前(距今约11.0—9.0ka期间),海平面进一步上升,钻孔中发育了第6层中段(孔深8.6—7.7m)的滨岸相沉积层。随着距今6 000年前南黄海最大海泛面出现,后降至现今水平,并基本保持稳定状态,在黄河、近岸短源河流以及海岸带基岩侵蚀物等物质联合贡献下完成了南黄海中部泥质沉积体在近岸的延伸(7.7m以上),其中顶部约4.8m以上粒度粗化及与之相关的较多含量胶结壳有孔虫化石的出现,可能与约3 000—2 000年以来海岸带地区人类活动的加剧有关。     

东海陆架泥质沉积区全新世有孔虫和介形虫及其古环境应用

浙江岸外东海内陆架MD06-3040柱状样完整保存有10.6 cal.kaPB以来的全新世沉积记录,采取257个沉积物样品进行了有孔虫和介形虫定量分析.依据丰度上的优势成分和特征种的分布,识别出6个底栖有孔虫组合和4个介形虫组合.应用属种组合和不同生态(表生/内生、内陆架/中-内陆架、暖水)种的丰度,探讨了研究区全新世以来的古环境变迁.分析结果揭示了研究区全新世早期海面快速上升,沉积环境由滨岸内陆架(10.6-9.8Cal.kaBP)、内陆架外缘(9.8-7.8 cal.kaBP)转变至中陆架内侧并达全新世最高海面(7.8-3.4 Cal.kaBP).台湾暖流在8.O Cal. kaBP起开始发育,并在5.7-2.8和0.7-O cal.kaBP二个时期派生出明显的上升流.台湾暖流及其所派生的上升流是造成东海陆架泥质快速沉积的最主要原因.依据浮游有孔虫Globigerina bulloides的丰度变化,推测浙闽沿岸流在4.9-3.2 Cal.kaBP时期最为强盛.     

太湖东部平原平望孔全新世环境演变地层记录

通过对太湖东部平原平望钻孔的年代、有孔虫和孢粉分析,探讨了该区域全新世植被变化与环境特征。结果显示全新世(11.5 kaBP)以来,太湖东部平原未受到广泛海侵的影响,主要是以淡水湖泊-沼泽沉积为主。该区域在4 kaBP以后,才有大面积的水稻种植。11.0—9.1 kaBP,以常绿-落叶阔叶林为主,花粉浓度较小,木本植物和水生湿生植物花粉含量增加,整体环境温凉偏干,但湿度逐渐增大,指示东亚季风逐渐加强。9.1—5.8 kaBP,花粉浓度最大,木本植物花粉含量略有减小,草本植物含量明显增加,主要是水生、湿生花粉的含量增加明显,平均达到32%,藻类含量为整个钻孔最大,其中在8—7 kaBP前后常绿类花粉含量较大,水生湿生花粉、淡水藻类的含量达到整个剖面最大,推测此时区域湿度最大,东亚夏季风最为强盛。5.8—1.3 kaBP常绿阔叶林百分比含量增加,落叶阔叶花粉含量减少,陆生草本植物的含量增加,水生湿生草本的含量减小,主要以常绿-落叶阔叶林为主,环境较前一带略干,东亚夏季风减弱。     

渤海海域渐新世孢粉、藻类及介形类生态与环境——以曹妃甸5-5构造为例

曹妃甸5-5构造A探井15块岩心和23包岩屑样中含丰富的孢粉、藻类、疑源类以及介形类化石,包括Meliaceoidites-Quercoidites和Ulmipollenitesundulosus-Piceaepollenites2个孢粉组合,Sentusidinium-LeiosphaeridiaCleistosphaeridiumminor,Dictyotidium-Rugasphaera,Gonyaulacysta-Palaeoperidinium 3个藻类、疑源类组合,以及Phacocypris huiminensis, Dongyingia gracilinflexicostata-Chinocythere subtriangulata 2个介形类组合。根据微体古生物、岩矿和地球化学检测结果分析:该构造中沙河街组一段上亚段至东营组二段下亚段为连续沉积。沙河街组一段沉积时期湖岸形成生物礁或滩。东营组三段沉积初期发生短暂海水影响并带来适应咸水藻类,同时陆源淡水快速注入,造成淡水藻类与咸水-半咸水藻类汇聚共生,最终形成滨浅湖—半深湖。环境由炎热潮湿的亚热带气候转变为温暖干燥的温带气...     

江苏盐城大丰滨海岩芯中的全新世介形类及古环境变迁

本文对江苏省盐城市大丰野鹿荡DF20岩芯(北纬33°3.14′,东经120°48.05′,岩芯长21 m)中的全新世介形类进行了研究。从该岩芯的61个沉积物样品中获取介形类壳瓣逾1 700枚,鉴定出35属45种,这些属种被划归三个生态分布型,按个体数量由多到少顺序分别为滨岸低盐水型(Sinocytheridea impressa, Neomonoceratina dongtaiensis,Leptocythere ventriclivosa等)、内陆架沿岸水型(Pistocythereis bradyformis,Bicornucythere bisanensis等)以及中陆架外海水型(Munseyella pupilla, Cytheropteron cf. sawanense等)。介形类个体密度及生态分布型组合变化,显示近7 000年来野鹿荡地区经历了三个沉积时期:I期(孔深19.6～7.5 m),处于潮下带,砂质底,海藻/海草繁茂,底栖生物生产力水平较高; Ⅱ期(7.5～2 m),由潮下带急速过渡为潮间带,泥质底,底栖生物生产力水平低; Ⅲ期(2～0.85 m),处于潮下带,砂质...     

南海184站深海沉积中孢粉、藻类研究及古环境分析

对南海184站深海柱状剖面进行了孢粉、藻类研究,根据孢粉成分的变化将南海184站深海沉积从下至上划分了5个孢粉组合带,依次为:Ⅰ带(460-370 cm):Quercus(常绿)-Pinus-Dacrydium-Magnolia-Polypodiaceae孢粉带;Ⅱ带(370-250 cm):Taxodiaceae-Quercus(常绿)-Pinus-Polypodiaceae孢粉带;Ⅲ带(250-140 cm):Pinus-Polypodiaceae-Gramineae-Pteridium孢粉带;Ⅳ带(140-95 cm):Polypodiaceae-Pinus-Quercus(常绿)-Gramineae孢粉带;Ⅴ带(95-0 cm):Dacrydium-Pinus-Cyathea-Polypodiaceae孢粉带.并相应恢复了南海东部12万年以来4个植被、气候和古环境演替阶段,结合氧同位素测年资料,对184站柱状地层时代划分做了讨论,为南海古植被、古气候和古环境演变研究提供了科学依据.     

The impact of early Quaternary climate change on the diversification and population dynamics of a South American cactus species

Aim

Climatic oscillations have been suggested to promote speciation and changes in species distributions, mostly in connection with the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the LGM is just the most recent of the 20+ glacial‐interglacial periods that characterise the Quaternary. Here, we investigate the role of climatic changes and geomorphological features in shaping the evolution, distribution and population dynamics of the South American cactus Cereus hildmannianus.

Location

South‐eastern South America.

Methods

We built a large fossil‐calibrated phylogeny for cacti (family Cactaceae), comprising 128 species distributed in all subfamilies, using a Bayesian relaxed clock. We used the results to derive a secondary calibration for a population‐level phylogeny in C. hildmannianus. We amplified two plastid (trnQ‐5′rps16 and psbJ‐petA) and one nuclear marker (PhyC) for 24 populations. We estimated population dynamics, ancestral areas, and species distribution models to infer the clade's evolutionary history in time and space.

Results

Our results show a major population divergence of C. hildmannianus at c. 2.60 Ma, which is strikingly coincident with the transition of the Pliocene–Pleistocene and onset of Quaternary glaciations. This was followed by a complex phylogeographic scenario involving population expansions across ecologically diverse regions.

Main conclusions

Contrary to the dominant research focus on the LGM, our study indicates a major impact of the first Quaternary glaciation on the distribution and population divergence of a South American plant species. Further intraspecific events seem related to successive climatic changes and geomorphology, including the development of the coastal plain and its peculiar diversity. We propose that the first Quaternary glaciation acted as a major evolutionary bottleneck, whereby many warm‐adapted lineages succumbed, while those that survived could diversify and better cope with subsequent climatic oscillations.     

The origin and evolution of sex chromosomes,revealed by sequencing of the Silene latifolia female genome

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Evolutionary response to Quaternary climate aridification and oscillations in north‐western China revealed by chloroplast phylogeography of the desert shrub Nitraria sphaerocarpa (Nitrariaceae)

To investigate the influence of climate aridification and oscillations on the genetic diversity and evolutionary processes of organisms in the Quaternary in north‐western China, we selected Nitraria sphaerocarpa and examined the phylogeographical structure and response to historical and environmental factors in populations of this species across most of its covered range. We found twelve haplotypes on the basis of two chloroplast DNA sequences (trnH‐psbA and rpl32‐trnL). The drying climate during the Quaternary is proposed to have been a driver for significant genetic isolation and divergence among populations in N. sphaerocarpa. Except for the sharing of haplotype D between the Hami Basin and Hexi Corridor, as well as of haplotype F between the Hexi Corridor and Alxa Desert, network analysis showed haplotypes to be almost completely different from region to region. Analysis of molecular variance indicated that genetic variation primarily occurred among populations and among nine geographical groups that were distinguished by spatial analysis of molecular variance, and a Mantel test showed that the correlation between genetic and geographical distances was significant. On the other hand, there was evidence for the occurrence of an episode of more favourable conditions in some regions. Geographical range expansion of two groups of N. sphaerocarpa populations was supported by significant values for Fu's F_S and unimodel mismatch distributions. During the last interglacial period, a warmer and wetter climate contributed to range expansion within portions of the Hexi Corridor. By contrast, based on ecological niche modelling, N. sphaerocarpa was indicated to have had a shrunken and more fragmented range during the Last Glacial Maximum. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 109 , 757–770.