The continental record of environmental conditions at 18,000 yr B.P.: An initial evaluation

The development of reliable paleoclimatic maps at a global scale requires data at the following three levels of analysis: (1) well-recorded observations of evenly positioned, well-dated geological evidence (Level I), (2) paleoclimatic estimates derived from this evidence by well-defined quantitative repeatable methods (Level II), and (3) maps synthesizing the estimates from several independent sources of geological evidence (Level III). Our paper describes much of the currently available paleoclimatic data from unglaciated terrestrial areas at ca. 18,000 yr B.P. and illustrates the quantity and quality of the data at both the Level I and the Level II stages of analysis. Although the scarcity of well-dated evidence for this time period precluded any major Level III syntheses of the information, comparisons were drawn where possible between the geological evidence and the climatic conditions simulated by general-circulation model experiments of Gates, 1976a, Gates, 1976b and Manabe and Hahn (1977). Of the more than 320 sites with data from 18,000 yr B.P., only 65 are well-dated with bracketing dates within the interval of 23,000 to 13,000 yr B.P., whereas about 100 are undated or poorly dated. We concentrated our survey on palynological and paleobotanical evidence and also thoroughly reviewed the evidence for water levels in lakes at 18,000 yr B.P. In areas with few of these sources of evidence, data on former snowlines, periglacial features, and eolian deposits were included, but the survey of these data is far from complete. Maps of the assembled data reveal the consistency of the paleoclimatic estimates in “data-rich” areas and also show which areas required additional information. The maps show that conditions were colder than present at 18,000 yr B.P. for all sites with temperature estimates. Estimated temperature depressions varied from ca. 1° to 12°C or more, depending on the location of the sample, the type of geological evidence, and the method of temperature estimation. Interpreted hydrological conditions were more variable spatially than the temperature estimates. The southwestern U.S. was moister than present, whereas the southeast may have been drier. Europe and the northern Mediterranean across to Afghanistan were drier than present, but northwest Africa was wetter. Australia was mainly drier than present, but several sites there as well as in Africa show significant climatic changes between 21,000 and 16,000 yr B.P. This latter evidence suggests that considerable variability may have occurred during the several thousand-year period centered on 18,000 yr B.P. Accurate time control is therefore required for the geological data used to study the climate dynamics of 18,000 yr ago. Large portions of South America and Asia as well as significant portions of the other continents lack the data base, or at least the well-dated base, required to define the 18,000 yr B.P. climate. In the few areas where comparisons were made with the Ice Age climates simulated by general-circulation models, general agreement existed between the geological evidence and the model simulations. Many critical comparisons were thwarted, however, by the lack of model simulations for all seasons at 18,000 yr B.P. Difficulty in validating precipitation anomalies in the tropics also arose because surface-albedo values, which are a vital input to the general circulation models, are estimated from the same evidence that is used to validate the results of the models.     

山西气象短信服务系统建设

本文通过对气象短信服务系统建设的重要性、服务系统内容以及应用范围的论述，阐明了山西气象短信服务系统是信息时代气象科技服务的又一个重要媒介，充分利用这一先进媒介开展信息服务，一定能够达到事半功倍的效果。     

论山西气象科技服务与产业规模化发展

本文通过对1996年至2003年山西气象科技服务与产业支柱项目发展分析，提出气象科技服务与产业要想大幅度发展，就必须走规模化集约化发展道路。同时根据当前山西实际，提出了气象科技服务与产业规模化发展的建议和对策。     

康山“古油藏”讨论之三——康山“沥青脉”的成因

通过对康山固体可燃脉体产状、脉石矿物性质、构造发展史的综合分析,认为其成因很可能是下寒武统荷塘组中的软沥青和有机质,在加里东运动期间,由于区域应力体系的变化而爆炸运移形成的。康山脉石矿物是沥青和有机质,不是煤和无机物。沥青的源岩为下寒武统荷塘组富有机质的黑色泥岩、硅质泥岩、硅质岩。康山脉中的固体沥青和有机质,当初挤入时应呈塑性流动状态,康山沥青系由石油经热演化而成。     

Seismic investigation of near-surface geological structure in the Paducah, Kentucky, area: application to earthquake hazard evaluation

Seismics method were used to evaluate shallow geological conditions at 33 sites in the vicinity of Paducah, Kentucky. A combined set of P- and S-wave seismic refraction and reflection soundings were used, in addition to local borehole information, to produce structure maps of (1) a shallow (< 30 m deep) horizon believed to represent an unconformity surface at the top of the Eocene, and (2) the Paleozoic bedrock surface (< 85 to > 160 m deep). Shear-wave velocity contrasts across the shallow unconformity were generally 2-to-1 while the contrast at the top of the Paleozoic bedrock exceeds 5-to-1. These seismic boundaries have been determined to be very important in modelling and interpreting earthquake ground motion amplification in the Paducah area. The quality and accuracy of the data, and the cost effective nature of the methods, suggest that other communities in areas at risk to damage from seismic activity, with foundation conditions comparable to Paducah, might benefit from similar characterization in order (1) to identify seismically hazardous, near-surface, geological conditions, and (2) to develop geological models that could be used in computer simulations of site response.     

Vertical migration of residual magma in the upper zone of the Bushveld Complex

Summary Migration of residual liquid can potentially affect the textures and mineral compositions in layered intrusions, but is difficult to conclusively demonstrate. In the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex a metabasaltic xenolith forms a locally impermeable horizon, which acted as a barrier to vertically migrating residua. Increased Ab content in plagioclase, and K₂O and Zr in whole-rock analyses in the anorthosite directly below the xenolith, compared to the same horizon along strike of the xenolith, demonstrate trapping of residual liquid and/or fluid beneath the xenolith.Comparison of Cu/Ni and Cu/S ratios of the mineralised anorthosite in the normal sequence and below the xenolith suggests that these are primary magmatic sulphides which crystallised within the anorthosite and are not derived by sinking of dense interstitial sulphide liquid originally associated with the overlying magnetite layer or introduced hydrothermally.

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Vertikale Migration von Restmagma in der Upper Zone des Bushveld-Komplexes

Zusammenfassung Die Migration von Restschmelzen kann Texturen und Mineralzusammensetzungen in geschichteten Intrusionen beeinflussen, jedoch ist es schwierig, dies eindeutig nachzuweisen. In der Upper Zone des Bushveld-Komplexes bildet ein metabasaltischer Xenolith einen lokal undurchlässigen Horizont, der für vertikal migrierte Residuen als Barriere fungierte. Erhöhte Ab-Gehalte in Plagioklas, sowie erhöhte K₂O und Zr-Werte in Gesamtgesteins-Analysen in Anorthosit direkt unterhalb des Xenolithen-verglichen mit der Zusammensetzung des gleichen Horizontes in Streichen des Xenolithen-weisen auf Konzentration von Restschmelzen und/oder Fluiden im Liegenden des Xenolithen hin. Der Vergleich von Cu/Ni und Cu/S Verhältnissen der mineralisierten Anorthosite in der normalen Abfolge mit denen unterhalb des Xenolithen zeigt, daß es sich hier um primäre magmatische Sulfide handelt, die innerhalb des Anorthosits kristallisierten. Diese Sulfide lassen sich nicht auf das Absinken von dichter Sulfidschmelze, die ursprünglich mit den überlagernden Magnetit-Bändern in Zusammenhang standen, und auch nicht auf hydrothermale Zufuhr zurückführen.

     

Review and Prospect of Information Work on Rock and Soil Mechanics

The information work is a part unable to separate with scientific research of rock and soil mechanics. The review and prospect of information work in out institute are made in brief. Some ideas about the information work for the future are also given in this paper.     

Evolution of the Mesozoic Granites in the Xiong''''ershan-Waifangshan Region,Western Henan Province,China,and Its Tectonic Implications

Based on the new data of isotopic ages and geochemical analyses, three types of Mesozoic granites have been identified for the Xiong'ershan-Waifangshan region in western Henan Province: high-Ba-SrⅠ-type granite emplaced in the early stage (～160 Ma),Ⅰ-type granite in the middle stage (～130 Ma) and anorogenic A-type granite in the late stage (～115 Ma). Geochemical characteristics of the high-Ba-SrⅠ-type granite suggest that it may have been generated from the thickened lower crust by partial melting with primary residues of amphibole and garnet. Gradual increase of negative Eu anomaly and Sr content variations reflect progressive shallowing of the source regions of these granites from the early to late stage. New 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages of the early-stage Wuzhangshan granite (156.0±1.1 Ma, amphibole) and middle-stage Heyu granite (131.8±0.7 Ma, biotite) are indistinguishable from their SHRIMP U-Pb ages previous published, indicating a rapid uplift and erosion in this region. The representative anorogenic A-type granite, Taishanmiao pluton, was emplaced at～115 Ma. The evolution of the granites in this region reveals a tectonic regime change from post-collisional to anorogenic between～160 Ma and～115 Ma. The genesis of the early- and middle-stageⅠ-type granites could be linked to delamination of subducted lithosphere of the Qiniing orogenic belt, while the late-stage A-type granites represent the onset of extension and the end of orogenic process. In fact, along the Qiniing -Dabie-Sulu belt, the Mesozoic granitoids in western Henan, Dabieshan and Jiaodong regions are comparable on the basis of these temporal evolutionary stages and their initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios, which may suggest a similar geodynamic process related to the collision between the North China and Yangtze cratons.     

A Peculiar Broad Line Radio Galaxy 1938-155： VLA Observation at 90 cm

We observed 1938-155, a broad line radio galaxy (BLRG), with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 90cm with an angular resolution of 6.8" × 4.0". The source consists of two components separated by 4 arcsec (- 20kpc, for H0 = 65km s-1 Mpc-1, q0 = 0.5) along the SE-NW direction. Both components show steep-spectra with a similar spectral index α - 0.83 ± 0.07 (Sv ∝ v-α). The bright double components are surrounded by a low-brightness cocoon. The radio properties of the two bright components are consistent with the hot spots produced by twin jets. An upper limit of - 0.0008 for the core dominance parameter (R) is inferred, suggesting there is no prominent radio core in the source. Assuming a modest viewing angle 30f77, a jet velocity is estimated - 0.07 c, based on the jet to counter-jet brightness ratio (J). The lower limit in jet speed inferred is consistent with no Doppler beaming effect on the jet. The radio galaxy 1938-155 could be an exceptional BLRG with no prominent radio core or jet.