THE STATUS OF GEOGRAPHY IN GRADUATE URBAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS

Literature on the theoretical foundations of urban affairs emphasizes that the field is interdisciplinary in nature. The urban perspectives of the traditional social sciences, which include geography, should each constitute a significant component within an urban affairs program. However, the results of a recent survey indicate that geography is not represented in graduate urban affairs programs nearly to the extent of the other social sciences. The discrepancies between the interdisciplinary claims of the theoretical literature and the survey results are demonstrated in this article, followed by several hypotheses regarding possible causes of this situation.     

The unsteady plane flow of ice-sheets: A parabolic problem with two moving boundaries

Abstract

Finite difference algorithms have been developed to solve a one-dimensional non-linear parabolic equation with one or two moving boundaries and to analyse the unsteady plane flow of ice-sheets. They are designed to investigate the response of an ice-sheet to changes in climate, and to reconstruct climatic changes implied by past ice-sheet variations inferred from glacial geological data. Two algorithms are presented and compared. The first, a fixed domain method, replaces time as an independent variable with span. The grid interval in real space is kept constant, and thus the number of grid points changes with span. The second, a moving mesh method, retains time as one of the independent variables, but normalises the spatial variable relative to the span, which now enters the diffusion and advection coeficients in the parabolic equation for the surface profile.

Crank-Nicholson schemes for the solution of the equations are constructed, and iterative schemes for the solution of the resulting non-linear equations are considered.

Boundary (margin) motion is governed by the surface slope at the margin. Differentiation of the evolution equations results in an evolution equation for the margin slopes. It is shown that incorporation of this evolution equation, while not formally increasing the accuracy of the finite difference schemes, in practice increases accuracy of the solution.     

第四纪沉积物测年新进展

由于沉积环境和沉积物类型与成因的差异,第四纪沉积物岩性、组成会随时间变化,并且结构和厚度在空间上也可能发生明显变化,使得长期以来难以测得其准确年代。论文对K/Ar法和⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法、玻璃陨石法、铀系定年、氨基酸外消旋法、宇宙成因核素法、电子自旋共振定年等各种方法的定年范围和测定对象进行了介绍,分析了第四纪测年方法新进展存在的主要问题和改进途径。要提高所测年代结果的可靠性和准确度,不仅需要丰富的地质工作经验,还需要选择最恰当的定年方法,并且尽可能用多种定年方法进行交叉对比。随着第四纪环境演变及全球气候变化等方面的研究日益受到地质学者的关注,相信第四纪沉积物定年方法在全球气候变化、环境演化等研究领域具有更加广阔的发展前景。     

罗布泊地区晚第四系介形类分布特征及环境分析

通过对新疆罗布泊地区地层剖面中的介形类分布及其组合特征的分析,在剖面中发现有14属31种介形类化石,划分出两个化石组合层段。第一层段以Limnocythere sanciti-patricii为组合特征,代表沉积环境为湖相,根据¹⁴C年龄,此层段的沉积年龄在20 870～14 770 a BP。第二层段以Cyprideis littoralis和Darwinula stevensoni为组合特征,代表咸水-半咸水湖相沉积环境,根据¹⁴C测年,地层沉积年龄约30 000 a BP。     

模糊相似比在第四纪电探找水中的应用

本文应用模糊相似比原理，对在第四纪电探找水中的电测深曲线进行相似比计算，较准确地定出最佳井位，提高了电测深曲线的定量解释精度。     

雪冰中宇宙成因核素~(10)Be在第四纪研究中的潜在应用

加速器质谱仪 (AMS)的发展使高精度测量宇宙成因核素1 0 Be并应用于研究天文、地理和古气候成为可能。雪冰中的1 0 Be浓度可以指示古降水量的变化 ,其在大气中的产率变化则可以反映三个主要控制因素 :原始宇宙射线强度、地磁场强度和太阳活动的变化。此外 ,配合其它宇宙成因核素 ,1 0 Be还能用于定年 ,并利用特殊“峰”帮助一些古老冰芯建立年代表 ,提供可作为全球对比标志的特殊信息。青藏高原因其特有的高海拔地势而拥有丰富的中低纬山地冰川资源 ,其冰雪中的1 0 Be资料可能提供比极地高纬资料更清晰的1 0 Be与大气环流、地磁场屏蔽作用关系的信息 ,将是对1 0 Be现有认识的极好补充。     

Palaeoclimate,stratigraphy and prehistory in north and west Rajasthan

Quaternary formations in western Rajasthan are of fluvial, locustrinal and aeolian origins. Fossil gravel ridge of Jayal in Nagaur District is one of the earliest quaternary formations so far recorded in the region. A rich lower palaeolithic habitation-cum-workshop site has been discovered in association with the gravel ridge. Multiple evidence for climatic change in the area during the quaternary period is discussed.     

基于椭球面三角格网的数字高程建模

针对传统的DEM在模拟表达大面积地形时具有存在裂缝、地理分析不精确、数据冗余等问题，在椭球面四元三角格网QTM层次剖分的基础上，提出了一种基于椭球面三角格网层次剖分的数字高程建模方法，该方法避免了上述缺陷。应用全球GTOP030数据对该方法进行了验证。     

云南红河三家河地区第四纪地质及其与砂金成矿关系研究

热带，亚热带气候，强烈切割的三家河地区的第四纪地质作用对三家河流域内砂金矿的形成具有直接意义，其砂金矿床类型，富集规律，成矿期次及矿床的工业意义均是第四纪地质作用的体现。     

Basement structure and yalu river fault belt in Dandong region

Some geophysical surveying works in the northeast part of Dandong, such as shallow shock refracted wave, electrical prospecting, electrical sounding and wave velocity measuring, are introduced in this paper, and the dynamic parameters are calculated. The results show that the basement structure in surveying region is very complex, the overburden thickness of the quaternary period, velocity distribution and dynamic parameters are of regional characteristics. The depth of basement is deep in the north and shallow in the west, the difference between north and west region is about 5–10 m. The south part of Yalu river fault belt is composed of F₁, F₂, F₃, F₄, F₅ fault, their strike direction is NE, we can determine that the F₂ fault is the main one in Yalu river fault belt, and the south part of Yalu river fault belt has no activity since Holocene Epoch. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 282–288, 1993.