三岔湖沉积物揭示的湖泊营养化进程与人类活动的关系

在210Pb和137Cs定年基础上,研究了三岔湖沉积物理化性质的垂直和水平变化格局,揭示了三岔湖沉积物的特性、沉积速率、碳氮磷变化格局与人类活动和湖泊富营养化进程的关系.三岔湖不同时期沉积物的TOC、TN、TP与三岔湖水质呈现同样的变化格局.建库初期三岔湖水质为贫营养状态,随着人类活动的加剧,水质不断恶化.沉积物的沉积速率和碳氮磷含量的变化与人类活动密切相关,工、农、渔业、旅游业等人类活动导致三岔湖湖泊营养化进程加快.控制人类活动的强度是改善湖泊水质的关键.网箱养殖是三岔湖沉积物中磷的最重要来源,停养后沉积物中磷含量的下降将是一个相当漫长的过程.     

137Cs法用于典型流域土壤侵蚀的初步研究——以太湖流域上游西苕溪流域为例

太湖流域上游土壤侵蚀量对于研究太湖流域营养盐输入和水环境效应具有重要意义。论文运用137Cs示踪分析法对太湖流域上游浙江省安吉县西苕溪流域的土壤侵蚀进行了初步研究,结果表明:该流域的137Cs基准值为2148.8±120.7Bq/m₂;对于非耕作土壤,137Cs在土壤剖面中呈指数型分布,分布深度一般在20cm左右;对于耕作土壤,则在耕作层内呈均一分布,耕作层以下则急剧下降,分布深度达30cm。典型断面研究表明:耕地侵蚀强于非耕地;坡面上部侵蚀强于下部;坡度(0°～20°)与土壤侵蚀强度呈对数正相关关系。     

What Anthropogenic Radionuclides (90Sr and 137Cs in Atmospheric Deposition, Surface Soils and Aeolian Dusts Suggest for Dust Transport over Japan

Currently, atmospheric anthropogenic radionuclides (particulate) are controlled by suspension of the surface dust containing those radionuclides (resuspension). We have found, therefore, that such radionuclides can be used as tracers of the surface dust suspension, transport and its subsequent deposition in distant areas. The ¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁰Sr activity ratios in the atmospheric deposition, without the direct influence of nuclear tests and accidents, at the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI, Tsukuba, Japan) during the 1990s were fairly low (average: 2.1). This value is not in agreement with the ratios in Japanese surface soils (range of averages: 4–7), which had been considered as the primary source of the deposited dust. This suggests that the current atmospheric dust deposition in Japan is a mixture of local and remote components. The remote component could be an aeolian dust that has been transported long distances from arid areas. The major component is most likely to be Asian dust. It was further hypothesized that other remote source may exist beyond the Asian domain, based on accumulated observations and model results. To obtain more information about the dust transport, Sahara dust deposited in Monaco in 2002 and a suspended dust collected in the Taklamakan area in 2001 were analyzed for ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs. The Taklamakan dust exhibited a ¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁰Sr ratio of about 4, which is within the range of atmospheric deposition observed at the MRI, while the Sahara dust exhibited a higher ¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁰Sr ratio (about 13). Although the present Sahara datum was negative for our hypothesis of ‘hyper-range transport’, the seasonal change of the ¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁰Sr ratio in the atmospheric deposition observed at the MRI requires an aeolian dust source having a low ¹³⁷Cs/⁹⁰Sr ratio, other than Asian dust.     

C?sium-137 in B?den saarl?ndischer Wald?kosysteme

Zusammenfassung Ziel und Schwerpunkte  Um das Verhalten des künstlichen Radionuklids¹³⁷Cs im Landschaftshaushalt der Saar-Lor-Lux Region zu klaren, wurdend die r?umliche Verteilung sowie das deszendente Migrationsverhalten und die Tiefenfunktionen des Radioisotops in den wichtigsten Bodensubstraten saarl?ndischer Wald?kosysteme untersucht. Ergebnisse  Demnach finden sich die h?chsten¹³⁷Cs-Aktivit?ten im Norden des Landes, w?hrend die Gebiete im Süden und Südosten deutlich geringere Konzentrationen aufweisen. Es konnten deszendente Migrationsraten zwischen 0,25 cm/a und 1,0 cm/a festgestellt werden. Durchschnittlich treten die h?chsten Migrationsraten in den tonig-schluffigen Substraten des Muschelkalks auf (0,66 cm/a), gefolgt von den lehmig ausgepr?gten Substraten des Unterrotliegenden (0,53 cm/a) und den sandigen Substraten des Buntsandsteins (0,41 cm/a). In den tonarmen Bodensubstraten des Unterrotliegenden und des Buntsandsteins lassen sich 90–95% der Aktivit?ten in den oberen 10 cm der humusreichen Oberb?den nachweisen, wohingegen in den tonreichen Substraten des Muschelkalks bis zur gleichen Tiefe nur etwa 70–76% zu finden sind. Schlussfolgerungen  Mit einem Abnehmen der als Leitbahnen fungierenden Prim?r-und Sekund?rporen in zunehmender Tiefe ist künftig mit einer deutlichen Reduzierung der Verlagerungsgeschwindigkeit von¹³⁷Cs in den Substraten des Muschelkalks zu rechnen. Insbesondere bei geringm?chtigen B?den auf kluftreichem Ausgangsgestein impliziert die maximale Eindringtiefe des Isorops von 40 cm in den Unterboden jedoch eine m?gliche Kontamination des oberfl?chennahen Grundwassers, ebenso wie an Standorten mit hohem Grundwasserstand. Ausblick  Aufgrund der hier vorgestellten Ergebnisse wurde ein¹³⁷Cs-Monitoring in das Boden-Dauerbeobachtungsprogramm des Landesamts für Umweltschutz des Saarlandes aufgenommen Online-First: 25. April 2000     

Plutonium as a chronomarker in Australian and New Zealand sediments: a comparison with Cs

The construction of high resolution chronologies of sediment profiles corresponding to the last 50-100 years usually entails the measurement of fallout radionuclides ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs. The anthropogenic radionuclide, ¹³⁷Cs, originating from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing can provide an important “first appearance” horizon of known age (1954-1955), providing much-needed validation for the sometimes uncertain interpretations associated with ²¹⁰Pb geochronology. However, while ¹³⁷Cs usually provides a strong signal in sediment in the northern hemisphere, total fallout of ¹³⁷Cs in the southern hemisphere was only 25% that of the north and the low activities of ¹³⁷Cs seen in Australian and New Zealand sediments can make its horizon of first appearance somewhat arguable. Low ¹³⁷Cs fallout also limited the size of the 1963-1964 fallout peak, a peak that is usually seen in northern hemisphere sediment profiles but is often difficult to discern south of the equator.This paper shows examples of the use of nuclear weapons fallout Pu as a chronomarker in sediment cores from Australia (3 sites) and New Zealand (1 site). The Pu profiles of five cores are examined and compared with the corresponding ¹³⁷Cs profiles and ²¹⁰Pb geochronologies. We find that Pu has significant advantages over ¹³⁷Cs, including greater measurement sensitivity using alpha spectrometry and mass spectrometric techniques compared to ¹³⁷Cs measurements by gamma spectrometry. Moreover, Pu provides additional chronomarkers associated with changes in the Pu isotopic composition of fallout during the 1950s and 1960s. In particular, the ²³⁸Pu/^239+240Pu activity ratio shows distinct shifts in the early 1950s and the mid to late 1960s, providing important known-age horizons in southern hemisphere sediments. For estuarine and near-shore sediments Pu sometimes has another significant advantage over ¹³⁷Cs due to its enrichment in bottom sediment relative to ¹³⁷Cs resulting from the more efficient scavenging of dissolved Pu in seawater by sediment particles.     

Establishment of control site baseline data for erosion studies using radionuclides: a case study in East Slovenia

The aim of the present study was to establish a reference site and its soil characteristics for use of fallout radionuclides in erosion studies in Slovenia. Prior to this study, no reference site and baseline data existed for Slovenia for this purpose. In the agricultural area of Gori?ko in East Slovenia, an undisturbed forest situated in Šalamenci (46°44’N, 16°7’E), was selected to establish the inventory value of fallout ¹³⁷Cs and to establish a baseline level of multi-elemental fingerprint (major, minor, trace elements including heavy metals) and naturally occurring radionuclides in soils. A total of 20 soil profiles were collected at four 10 cm depth increments for evaluation of baseline level of ¹³⁷Cs inventory. An exponential distribution for ¹³⁷Cs was found and the baseline level inventory was established at 7300 ± 2500 Bq m⁻² with a coefficient of variation of 34%. Of this mean present-day inventory, approximately 45% is due to the Chernobyl contribution.The physical degradation of soils through erosion is linked with biochemical degradation. This study introduces an approach to establishment of the naturally occurring radionuclide and elemental fingerprints baseline levels at a reference site which can provide comparative data to those from neighbouring agricultural fields for assessment of soil redistribution magnitude using fallout radionuclides. In addition, this information will be used to determine the impact of soil erosion processes and agricultural practices on soil quality and redistribution within agricultural landscapes in Slovenia.     

Artificial radionuclides in the atmosphere over Lithuania

Measurements of airborne radioactive aerosol concentration were carried out on the basis of 1-3 days samples after the Chernobyl disaster and during the period of 1992-2003. Transport of "hot" particles of different composition resulted in the high activity concentrations of (137)Cs, (238)Pu, (239,240)Pu and (241)Am in the atmosphere in Vilnius at the end of April 1986. The (240)Pu/(239)Pu atom ratio showed clear evidence of non-global plutonium originating from the Chernobyl accident in the atmosphere over Lithuania. The (240)Pu/(239)Pu atom ratio ranged from 0.14 to 0.40 in monthly samples in Vilnius in 1995-2003. An increase in activity concentration of (137)Cs by a factor of 100 (up to 300 microBq/m(3)) was found following forest fires in the Ukraine and Belarus. However, no transport of the Chernobyl plutonium was observed and the (240)Pu/(239)Pu atom ratio in samples collected during the forest fires was found to be 0.229 and 0.185, respectively. The exponential decrease in the (240)Pu/(239)Pu atom ratio from 0.30 to 0.19 (mean values) was observed in 1995-2003.     

Distribution and ratios of Cs and K in control and K-treated coconut trees at Bikini Island where nuclear test fallout occurred: effects and implications

Coconut trees growing on atolls of the Bikini Islands are on the margin of K deficiency because the concentration of exchangeable K in coral soil is very low, ranging from only 20 to 80 mg kg⁻¹. When provided with additional K, coconut trees absorb large quantities of K and this uptake of K significantly alters the patterns of distribution of ¹³⁷Cs within the plant. Following a single K fertilization event, mean total K in trunks of K-treated trees is 5.6 times greater than in trunks of control trees. In contrast, ¹³⁷Cs concentration in trunks of K-treated and control trees is statistically the same while ¹³⁷Cs is significantly lower in edible fruits of K-treated trees. Within one year after fertilization (one rainy season), K concentration in soil is back to naturally low concentrations. However, the tissue concentrations of K in treated trees stays very high internally in the trees for years while ¹³⁷Cs concentration in treated trees remains very low in all tree compartments except for the trunk. Potassium fertilization did not change soil Cs availability.