Weathering characteristics in the Red River catchment and controlling factors revealed by sediments with different grain sizes
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摘要:
红河曾是青藏高原东缘大河的入海通道,也是现南海北部沉积物的主要供给源之一,是研究南海源-汇过程及构造-气候-风化关系的理想区域。通过对比红河及其支流不同粒级沉积物的主量元素及其CIA,分析CIA和气候、地形及岩性等环境参数的相关性,探究红河流域硅酸盐风化的主要控制因素。结果表明:粗粒级沉积物是石英和长石的混合物,其主量元素组成受粒度和石英稀释的影响显著,与所有环境参数均无相关性,CIA不能准确反映其化学风化特征;细粒级沉积物可以代表上游流域的平均组成,其CIA主要反映流域化学风化程度,通过对CIA和环境参数进行相关性分析可知,降雨和坡度是红河流域风化程度的主控因素。
Abstract:Historically, the Red River served as the outlet to the sea for major rivers in the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and is currently one of the main sources of sediment to the northern South China Sea. It is an ideal region for studying the source-sink processes and tectonic-climate-weathering relationships in the South China Sea since the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. To understand the main controlling factors of silicate weathering in the catchment, we compared the major element characteristics and CIA (chemical index of alteration) of sediments with different grain sizes in the Red River and its tributaries, and analyzed the correlation between CIA and environmental parameters regarding climate, topography, and lithology. Results indicate that coarse-grained sediments are a mixture of quartz and feldspar, and their major element content is significantly influenced by grain size effects and quartz dilution effects, showing no correlation with any environmental parameters. Hence, their CIA may not accurately reflect chemical weathering. In contrast, fine-grained sediments can represent the average composition of the upstream catchment, and their CIA primarily reflects the degree of chemical weathering in the catchment. Through the correlation analysis between the CIA of fine-grained sediments and environmental parameters, we found that rainfall and slope are the main controlling factors on weathering in the Red River catchment.
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Key words:
- chemical weathering /
- Red River /
- sediments /
- CIA /
- grain-size effect
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表 1 样品主量元素组成及CIA
Table 1. Major element composition and CIA of the samples
粒径/μm 样品编号 SiO2/wt% Al2O3/wt% MgO/wt% CaO/wt% Na2O/wt% K2O/wt% Fe2O3/wt% CIA < 2 RS04 43.24 26.85 1.55 0.19 0.19 3.20 11.43 86.7 RS05-1 43.67 24.29 1.88 0.21 0.34 3.18 13.02 84.7 RS06 43.42 24.98 1.51 0.28 0.19 2.94 12.46 86.2 RS07 41.39 27.73 1.39 0.24 0.19 2.84 11.56 87.9 RS11 38.92 23.02 2.28 0.78 0.24 2.12 16.88 84.8 RS12 38.84 22.93 2.26 0.73 0.25 2.18 16.92 84.8 RS13 40.03 22.74 2.16 0.71 0.23 2.29 16.92 84.5 RS15 39.30 23.63 2.25 0.66 0.28 2.47 16.85 84.5 RS16 39.65 23.23 2.42 0.58 0.27 2.66 17.30 84.1 RS17 40.91 24.17 2.03 0.49 0.24 2.52 14.85 85.7 RS20 44.31 24.42 2.75 0.50 0.33 3.88 12.02 81.2 RS21 43.44 24.60 2.29 0.30 0.29 3.16 13.06 84.7 RS23 48.77 24.96 1.88 0.16 0.39 4.15 9.20 82.1 RS24 45.38 25.14 2.03 0.16 0.33 3.74 11.44 83.7 RS25 44.13 24.99 1.99 0.30 0.27 3.32 12.38 84.5 RS26 42.03 26.14 1.93 0.30 0.27 3.50 12.76 84.5 RS30 45.34 24.56 2.04 0.29 0.37 3.54 11.79 83.1 RS32 42.56 25.94 1.94 0.21 0.29 3.43 12.45 85.0 < 63 RS04 58.34 18.75 1.51 0.74 0.47 3.13 7.57 77.3 RS05-1 63.66 15.95 1.68 0.48 0.90 2.79 6.74 74.8 RS06 61.55 16.11 1.55 1.04 0.55 2.85 7.55 73.2 RS07 66.61 15.10 1.29 0.52 0.47 2.89 5.84 75.7 RS11 54.75 15.69 2.64 1.81 1.08 2.22 11.79 67.7 RS12 57.47 15.11 2.37 1.56 1.14 2.37 10.50 67.5 RS13 55.15 15.23 2.54 1.63 0.96 2.33 11.69 68.3 RS15 57.34 14.61 2.50 1.83 1.05 2.40 10.28 65.6 RS16 57.13 14.69 2.37 1.55 1.07 2.54 11.04 66.7 RS17 65.00 13.91 1.69 1.16 1.18 2.50 7.47 67.3 RS20 63.51 15.75 1.90 0.80 1.15 2.82 6.91 71.1 RS21 61.19 15.87 1.86 0.82 0.85 2.70 8.34 73.2 RS23 67.57 14.24 1.53 0.55 0.81 2.72 6.08 72.9 RS24 68.83 13.57 1.52 0.50 0.76 2.41 5.85 74.0 RS25 62.72 16.47 1.72 0.78 0.84 2.76 7.42 74.0 RS26 62.32 16.44 1.66 0.76 0.79 2.83 7.24 74.1 RS30 62.41 16.26 1.69 0.69 0.88 2.79 7.34 73.9 RS32 61.58 16.77 1.73 0.70 0.79 2.81 7.29 74.9 63~2 000 R5937 72.02 10.94 1.67 2.08 1.49 3.00 5.05 57.3 R5938 76.34 9.15 1.39 2.07 1.33 2.64 3.47 55.8 R5939 77.82 8.85 1.36 1.62 1.04 2.24 3.47 60.2 R5940 84.72 6.28 0.72 0.67 0.71 1.91 2.51 58.7 R5941 84.06 6.85 0.74 0.54 0.74 2.10 2.58 60.5 M5942 84.80 6.82 0.77 0.50 0.76 1.89 2.52 61.9 D5943 87.51 5.61 0.68 0.49 0.69 1.72 2.22 59.0 L5944 77.63 10.29 0.84 0.98 0.95 3.62 2.88 59.3 L5945 82.39 7.96 0.72 0.76 0.73 2.73 2.72 59.7 L5946 79.96 8.86 0.80 0.79 0.81 2.78 3.19 60.9 L5947 79.51 9.10 0.72 0.66 0.88 2.68 3.01 62.1 VN05060701 85.48 6.90 0.87 0.60 0.49 1.81 3.18 65.9 VN05060702 80.54 8.03 1.48 2.61 1.02 2.15 3.65 58.5 VN05060710 72.59 10.75 1.83 3.39 1.32 2.45 5.92 60.6 VN05060801 71.93 12.01 1.91 3.37 1.20 2.66 5.98 63.7 VN05060805 66.94 12.76 2.07 2.79 0.92 3.44 9.82 65.4 VN05060806 86.29 6.89 0.30 0.42 0.61 2.78 1.65 59.0 VN05060807 79.86 10.00 0.87 1.32 0.45 2.71 3.71 69.3 注: < 2 μm样品数据引自文献[12],< 63 μm样品数据引自文献[26],63~2 000 μm样品数据引自文献[28,35]。 表 2 各样品上游流域的环境参数
Table 2. Environmental parameters of the upstream catchment
粒径/μm 样品编号 河流 温度/℃ 降雨/
(mm/a)海拔/m 坡度/(°) 流域面积
/km2沉积岩/% 基性—超基
性岩/%中—酸性岩
/%变质岩/% < 2 和< 63 RS04 泸江 19.2 1 590 892 3.4 3.2 75.0 3.3 1.9 19.9 RS05 红河 18.7 1 342 1 251 4.8 8.9 77.5 6.5 5.0 10.9 RS06 泸江 19.2 1 588 909 3.4 3.1 75.3 2.6 1.9 20.1 RS07 斋江 19.8 1 715 781 3.8 0.6 46.0 13.9 2.4 37.7 RS11、12、13 红河 17.5 1 158 1 533 5 3.7 68.3 3.4 6.1 22.2 RS15、16、17 红河 17.7 1 202 1 464 5 4.0 68.2 5.7 5.6 20.4 RS20、21 红河 18 1 227 1 388 4.8 4.3 67.6 7.7 5.2 19.6 RS23、24 李仙江 19.4 1 451 1 124 4.9 4.5 87.0 5.4 4.9 2.8 RS30、32 红河 19.6 1 454 976 3.9 14.5 79.6 4.8 3.9 11.7 63~2 000 L5946、 5947 泸江 19.2 1 590 892 3.4 3.2 75.0 3.3 1.9 19.9 R5937、 5938 ,
VN05060702红河 18 1 227 1 388 4.8 4.3 67.6 7.7 5.2 19.6 D5943, VN05060701 李仙江 19.4 1 451 1 124 4.9 4.5 87.0 5.4 4.9 2.8 M5942 红河 19.6 1 454 976 3.9 14.5 79.6 4.8 3.9 11.7 R5939 红河 18.9 1 407 1 157 4.5 12.0 76.8 5.7 4.2 13.3 L5944 泸江 18.5 1 581 1 060 3.1 1.1 69.2 0.0 3.7 21.1 L5945 泸江 18.9 1 558 955 3.4 2.5 70.2 0.2 1.8 14.4 VN05060710 红河 17.5 1 158 1 533 5 3.7 68.3 3.4 6.1 22.2 VN05060801 红河 17.2 1 100 1 597 5 3.4 70.7 0.9 4.9 23.5 VN05060805 斋江 18.5 1 694 1 067 4.6 0.4 61.3 2.5 3.5 32.7 VN05060806 斋江 19.8 1 715 781 3.8 0.6 46.0 13.9 2.4 37.7 VN05060807 泸江 19.2 1 588 909 3.4 3.1 75.3 2.6 1.9 20.1 -
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