Progress in Semi-arid Climate Change Studies in China

This article reviews recent progress in semi-arid climate change research in China.Results indicate that the areas of semiarid regions have increased rapidly during recent years in China,with an increase of 33%during 1994-2008 compared to 1948-62.Studies have found that the expansion rate of semi-arid areas over China is nearly 10 times higher than that of arid and sub-humid areas,and is mainly transformed from sub-humid/humid regions.Meanwhile,the greatest warming during the past 100 years has been observed over semi-arid regions in China,and mainly induced by radiatively forced processes.The intensity of the regional temperature response over semi-arid regions has been amplified by land-atmosphere interactions and human activities.The decadal climate variation in semi-arid regions is modulated by oceanic oscillations,which induce land-sea and north-south thermal contrasts and affect the intensities of westerlies,planetary waves and blocking frequencies.In addition,the drier climates in semi-arid regions across China are also associated with the weakened East Asian summer monsoon in recent years.Moreover,dust aerosols in semi-arid regions may have altered precipitation by affecting the local energy and hydrological cycles.Finally,semi-arid regions in China are projected to continuously expand in the 21st century,which will increase the risk of desertification in the near future.     

成矿模式研究的几个问题

成矿模式是当代矿床学研究的重要内容和发展方向，是矿床地质科学在描述性基础上发展到高度理论性的必然产物。成矿模式是在区域成矿学研究和典型矿床研究的基础上建立的，它不仅有助于人们深化对矿床特征和矿床成因的认识，而且对矿产预测和勘查工作具有日益重要的指导作用。作者根据成矿模式的概念和研究成果，提出了新的矿床分类设想，并就成矿模式与成矿系列的关系等问题进行了有益的探讨。     

河西走廊东部地区的大地电磁测深研究

本文给出了河西走廊东部地区十个大地电磁测深点结果。我们发现,在横穿走廊的方向上,地壳、上地幔的电导率分布发生了明显的横向变化,显示出某种带状特征。走廊盆地的下部地壳内存在一异常低阻层,其表面深度在45-50公里之间,电阻率为数个欧姆·米,厚度在5公里以内。讨论了横穿青藏高原东北缘和东缘上地幔第一个低阻层埋深的变化。并初步探讨了某些电性特征层的成因和作用。     

复合土钉支护结构中土钉设置的合理型式

采用非线性有限元方法,并借助正交试验原理,以支护最大水平位移为衡量目标,对复合土钉墙设计中的关键技术———土钉设置型式,包括倾角、间距、长度分布规律进行了合理性方面的研究。研究表明:将最长的土钉放于基坑中下部、保持较小的土钉间距和增大基坑中下部土钉倾角是复合土钉支护中土钉设置的最佳型式;在影响基坑变形敏感性程度上,土钉长度分布规律、间距、倾角依次降低。     

Forecasting Monsoon Precipitation Using Artificial Neural Networks

This paper explores the application of Artificial Intelligent (AI) techniques for climate forecast. It pres ents a study on modelling the monsoon precipitation forecast by means of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Using the historical data of the total amount of summer rainfall over the Delta Area of Yangtze River in China, three ANNs models have been developed to forecast the monsoon precipitation in the corre sponding area one year, five-year, and ten-year forward respectively. Performances of the models have been validated using a ＇new＇ data set that has not been exposed to the models during the processes of model development and test. The experiment results are promising, indicating that the proposed ANNs models have good quality in terms of the accuracy, stability and generalisation ability.     

中国西北大陆碰撞带的深部特征及其动力学意义

以中国大陆西北地区地震层析成像的结果为基础，通过分析大陆块体内部岩石层和软流层的深部形态，提出西部造山带与相邻块体之间几种可能的碰撞类型：天山与塔里木之间存在地块的嵌入拼合、俯冲、岩石层拆离下沉以及层间插入等多种构造样式；青藏高原与北部地质单元之间存在十分清晰的深部边界，反映出上地幔物质向北扩展的痕迹；推测青藏高原的岩石层在向北运动的过程中由于受到塔里木刚性块体的阻滞发生弯曲甚至折断，但是祁连山以北较浅的软流层相当于一个开放边界，使高原的上地幔物质得以进一步向北迁移.大陆碰撞不仅造成中国西部造山带岩石层结构的变动，而且导致软流层中一部分熔融的岩浆体沿着碰撞边界上涌到岩石层底部，它们对青藏高原以及西部造山带的形成演化起到重要的作用.     

X地磁垂直分量日变幅逐日比及其与地震关系的探讨

分析了地城关垂直分量日变幅逐日比值的高值异常与其后地震的关系，发现它们之间有良好的对应，通过分析地磁垂直分量谐波幅度的逐日比，作者认为这种高值变化可能与其间地下介质电阻率下降有关，但也有可能是是外场变化所致。     

PGE geochemistry of Jiding ophiolite in Tibet and its constraint on mantle processes

The total PGE amount (σPGE) of mantle peridotite in the Jiding ophiolite is slightly higher than that of the primitive mantle, but the PGE contents of basalt are higher than those of the mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB), with obviously lower Pd/Ir ratios. The accumulates, dyke swarm and basalts show remarkable negative Pt and positive Rh anomalies, resulting in the special N-type PGE patterns. Mantle peridotite and crustal rocks have similar distribution patterns. It is proposed that the PGE distribution patterns in the Jiding ophiolite are closely related with a higher degree of partial melting of the mantle in this region. Magmatic crystallization-differentiation led to PGE fractionation, thus making the contents of PGE in the accumulates decrease in the ascending direction. The higher content of Au in the Jiding ophiolite is the result of metasomatic alteration at later stages. Pt-Pd fractionation indicates that both the PGEs are controlled by their alloy and sulfide phases. Positive Rh anomalies seem to be related with higher oxygen fugacity in the melts.     

从旋回层序的特征论地层记录的两种相变面及两种穿时性

地层记录具四大特性 :“复杂性、非渐变性、不完整性、旋回性”。旋回性地层记录的研究 ,即“不同级别旋回层序及其有序叠加形式”的研究是从复杂而不完整的地层记录中寻找更多的规律性的有效途径之一。异成因旋回层序的两大特征——“空间上相序的有序性及时间上环境变化的同步性”,说明了地层记录中的两种相变面——“静态相变面及动态相变面”以及与之相关的两种穿时性——“相变面穿时及间断面穿时”的普遍性 ,这是地层记录的复杂性的又一重要体现。两种相变面及两种穿时性 ,是地层堆积作用过程中沉积环境的空间相变及时间相变共同作用的结果 ,它们是正确建立时代—岩石格架 ,研究事件对岩石形成影响的基本要素     

On seismic strengthening area before strong and great shocks and its mechanism

IntroductionI.thasbeenpayingattentiontotheanomalousphenomenonbyseismologiststhattheearthquakeactivityoftenstrengthensinacertainspaceandduringacertaintimearoundthesourceareabeforeastrongearthquake.Mogi(1969)pointedoutthataringdistributiveareaofthestrengthenedearthquakeactivityoftenappearsaroundthesourcearea10to20yearsbeforegreatshock,whichcalledaringphenomenon(or"doughnut").Afterthat,otherscholarsreportedinsuccessionthatringdistributionofearthquakeactivityoccurredbeforeastrongertquakeorevenbefo…