Calcite Dissolution Kinetics

We compare the canonical treatment of calcite’s dissolution rate from the literature in a closed system, particle batch reactor, with the alternative approach suggested by Truesdale (Aquat Geochem, 2015). We show that the decay of rate over time can be understood in terms of the evolution and distribution of reactive sites on the surface of these particles. We also emphasize that interpretation of observed rates must not exclude the fundamental role of crystal defects, whose importance is already implicitly reflected in the common form of rate laws in geochemistry. The empirical behavior of overall rate in closed systems, such as those described by Truesdale, may thus reflect relationships between defect centers and the generation of steps over the calcite surface (previously documented for silicates), such that below a critical free energy limit, there is insufficient driving force to open hollow cores and thus a loss of reaction mechanism. Dissolution in this very-near-equilibrium regime will be dependent on the distribution of extant steps and the energetics of new kink site nucleation. However, these sensitivities are complicated in the case of particle systems by grain boundaries, edges, corners, and other terminations. Such discontinuities constitute a defect class whose overall kinetic importance will be strongly tied to particle diameter and which can act independently of the internal strain field imposed by screw and edge dislocations.     

Turning points in black holes astrophysics

Black hole astrophysics is expected to have a major breakthrough any day. Theoretical understanding is well advanced, so the breakthrough has to come from observers. Conclusive and direct evidence of event horizons, signatures of tidal deformation of gas clouds (and eventual disappearance of matter behind horizons) could be obtained in matter of months. At this juncture, we wish to summarize how the subject came to this stage and what is the state-of-the-art flow solution around a black hole. We touch upon the most crucial issue of (un)predictability of this subject. We believe that if viscosity is roughly what MRI simulations are pointing to us, we still require very detailed knowledge of properties of the companion, especially time dependent mass transfer from the companion to the black hole.     

中亚天山—帕米尔地区成矿地质背景

中亚天山—帕米尔地区地处亚欧大陆腹地,跨古亚洲、特提斯两大全球性构造域,是哈萨克斯坦—准噶尔、卡拉库姆—塔里木、中伊朗—冈底斯、印度四大古板块的结合部位,地质构造复杂,矿产资源丰富。自中新太古代(或古元古代)以来分为5大演化阶段:1太古宙—古元古代演化阶段,本区古陆可能是组成Pangea-Ⅳ泛大陆的一部分;2长城纪—青白口纪泛大陆裂解事件导致了西昆仑地区第一次大规模的成矿作用,新元古代超大陆汇聚形成阶段,中天山地区广泛沉积了一套文德系含炭质岩系,形成金的矿源层,为后期大规模金的成矿作用提供了物质基础;3新元古代超大陆裂解及古亚洲洋—原特提斯洋演化阶段,岩浆活动强烈深部壳幔物质交换频繁,尤其是晚泥盆世—早中二叠世碰撞后伸展期,是区内最重要的成矿期;4研究区工作程度低(部分地区为空白区),特提斯洋演化阶段矿床发现较少,但找矿潜力巨大;5欧亚大陆形成后的后造山阶段,伴随着造山带强烈的挤压、褶皱、抬升、走滑、推覆等构造活动,岩浆作用十分发育,形成了一系列与韧性剪切构造有关的金矿化,以及与中酸性岩浆热液活动有关的铁、铜、多金属、锂铍(铌钽)、钨、锡、钼等矿产。     

Progressive failure leading to the 3 December 2013 rockfall at Puigcercós scarp (Catalonia,Spain)

A detailed analysis of the pre-failure behavior of the 3 December 2013 rockfall (1,012 m³) occurred on Puigcercós pilot study area (Catalonia, Spain) is presented. The exact date of failure was obtained based on a photographic monitoring performed every 4 h. The long-term monitoring (2,217 days) of the rock slope carried out by a Terrestrial LiDAR allowed the early detection of both pre-failure deformation and precursory rockfalls preceding the final failure. By means of the analysis of the pre-failure deformation, four different deformed areas were detected and the tertiary creep phase was observed in three of them. An attempt to predict the time to failure was performed using the Fukuzono’s (1985) method. Furthermore, the temporal evolution of the precursory rockfalls occurred in those four areas during the progressive failure showed a close resemblance with the exponential pattern of the cumulated displacements at tertiary creep stage. Finally, the study of the meteorological conditions did not show any single triggering factor associated with the final failure. Reversely, the increase in the occurrence of precursory rockfalls on several areas of the slope together with the observed acceleration on the deformation pattern reinforce the role of a progressive degradation of the stability conditions, which ultimately leaded to the 3 December rockfall event.     

Refractory Black Carbon Results and a Method Comparison between Solid-state Cutting and Continuous Melting Sampling of a West Antarctic Snow and Firn Core

This work presents the refractory black carbon(rBC)results of a snow and firn core drilled in West Antarctica(79°55'34.6"S,94°21'13.3"W)during the 2014?15 austral summer,collected by Brazilian researchers as part of the First Brazilian West Antarctic Ice Sheet Traverse.The core was drilled to a depth of 20 m,and we present the results of the first 8 m by comparing two subsampling methods—solid-state cutting and continuous melting—both with discrete sampling.The core was analyzed at the Department of Geological Sciences,Central Washington University(CWU),WA,USA,using a single particle soot photometer(SP2)coupled to a CETAC Marin-5 nebulizer.The continuous melting system was recently assembled at CWU and these are its first results.We also present experimental results regarding SP2 reproducibility,indicating that sample concentration has a greater influence than the analysis time on the reproducibility for low rBC concentrations,like those found in the Antarctic core.Dating was carried out using mainly the rBC variation and sulfur,sodium and strontium as secondary parameters,giving the core 17 years(1998?2014).The data show a well-defined seasonality of rBC concentrations for these first meters,with geometric mean summer/fall concentrations of 0.016μg L^?1 and geometric mean winter/spring concentrations of 0.063μg L^?1.The annual rBC concentration geometric mean was 0.029μg L^?1(the lowest of all rBC cores in Antarctica referenced in this work),while the annual rBC flux was 6.1μg m^?2 yr^?1(the lowest flux in West Antarctica records so far).     

中国地球气候系统模式的发展及其模拟和预估

地球气候系统模式是开展多学科、多圈层集成研究的重要平台,其发展是国际地学领域特别是全球变化领域竞争的前沿。中国的地球气候系统模式研发工作始于20世纪80年代,最近10年得到快速发展。研发格局上已经形成中国科学院、有关部委和高校三足鼎立的局面。文中在简要回顾中国地球气候系统模式早期发展历史的基础上,总结了中国参加第6次耦合模式比较计划的9个地球气候系统模式的技术特点,初步评估了中国4个模式对全球和东亚气候模拟的基本性能,分析了其在4种共享社会经济路径情景下对全球降水与温度的预估变化及其与平衡态气候敏感度的联系。最后,结合国际态势,从发展的角度提出未来中国气候模式研发工作需要加强的8个方向。      

一次1月山东半岛东部极端海效应暴雪的发生机制分析

利用海上浮标站、自动站、多普勒天气雷达、L波段雷达探空、NCEP/NCAR再分析逐6 h和降水等观测资料,结合EVAP雷达风场反演获得的水平风场资料,对2018年1月9—11日一次渤海海效应暴雪过程的产生机制进行了分析。结果表明:此次海效应暴雪过程是一次极端降雪事件,具有强降雪持续时间长、降雪量大、暴雪分布近γ中尺度等特征。暴雪发生前后受两次强冷空气影响,渤海和山东半岛地区持续降温,850 hPa温度降至-18～-16℃,是产生强海效应降雪的有利条件;此次冷空气明显强于12月渤海海效应暴雪,1月产生海效应暴雪的850 hPa温度中位数较12月低约5℃。受强冷空气影响时,海气温差明显增大,海洋向低层大气输送的最大感热通量可达226.8 W·m~(-2),低层大气高湿饱和,导致大气层结不稳定,不稳定局限于850 hPa以下,为浅层对流。雷达反射率因子图上具有明显的"列车效应"。造成窄带回波的原因在于出现了低层切变线,即在山东半岛北部沿海的小范围区域内出现了东北风及西西南风,形成了西北风与东北风、西西南风与东北风的切变线,触发暴雪产生。而东北风达到的高度不超过1.2 km,多在0.6 km以下。通过此次极端暴雪过程的综合观测资料分析,揭示了较少出现的1月海效应暴雪的特征,其形成的环流形势、热力不稳定、动力条件等与常见的12月海效应暴雪基本类似,主要差异在于冷空气强度较12月偏强,这可成为1月海效应暴雪的首要预报着眼点;海上浮标站、雷达风场反演技术是定量揭示海效应暴雪中尺度特征的良好资料和方法。     

山东地区典型金属罐喷涂企业VOCs排放特征研究

了解涂装行业挥发性有机物（VOCs）的排放特征是制定山东地区臭氧（O₃）和PM_2.5防控策略的重要环节.本研究在山东地区测定了两家典型食品金属包装企业喷涂过程中VOCs的排放组成,企业产品以饮料罐和罐头为主.结果表明：两家企业排放的总VOCs质量浓度水平相当,质量浓度变化范围在50~1 500 μg/m³;但两家企业喷涂过程中VOCs的排放组成具有一定的差异,以生产铝罐和马口铁罐为主的企业中的含氧挥发性有机物（OVOCs）含量最多,占比89.71%（质量分数,下同）;而生产铝罐的企业芳香烃（56.15%）是首要的排放种类,其次是OVOCs （32.32%）.通过分析两家企业内外喷涂工艺的VOCs源成分谱,发现同一企业不同工艺之间有一定差异,多种罐生产企业的内、外喷涂中乙醇占比最高,分别为94.28%、84.46%;单铝罐生产企业的内喷涂2-丁酮（24.33%）是重要组分,外喷涂中甲苯（36.40%）含量较高.     

信息网络管理及安全防范

1信息网络存在的问题(1)信息网络硬件配置的安全策略不够全面。一般都能够部署边界防火墙和配备网络病毒查杀软件等基础设施,但缺乏有针对性及病毒库更新及时的防护软件。在内外网分离的工作环境中,内网也只重视边界防护,一旦突破内网,安全无法保障。部分业务和网络节点还存在缺陷,对网络技术的恶意代码检测手段及安全事件的事中分析、事后溯源能力不足,因此存在被网络攻击的风险。     

附加系统参数的多时相InSAR时空建模和形变估计

轨道误差和长波大气延迟组成的系统误差是影响InSAR形变监测精度的重要因素之一.传统方法在空间域对干涉图的系统误差建模,容易导致长波形变和系统误差相混淆.本文在时空域利用附加系统参数对系统误差建模,同时根据观测值质量对差分相位观测值定权,采用附加系统参数的加权最小二乘法估计形变参数和系统误差,实现了长波形变和系统误差的分离.模拟实验结果表明,在形变与系统误差的空间变化特性完全一致的极端情况下,本文方法能实现两者的有效分离,估计的形变速率均方根误差比传统方法降低了98.8%.ASAR数据实验显示当形变尺度较小且分散分布时,本文方法和传统方法得到的结果相似;当形变在研究区内表现为长波变化时,本文方法比传统方法估计的形变结果更为稳健.