Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic study of forearc basin sediments: Lower to Upper Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation (Great Valley Group), northern California,USA

The results of a calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic investigation of the North Fork Cottonwood Creek section of the Budden Canyon Formation (BCF; Hauterivian–Turonian) in northern California are summarized using the Boreal – cosmopolitan Boreal Nannofossil Biostratigraphy (BC) – Upper Cretaceous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy (UC) nannofossil zonal schemes of Bown et al. and Burnett et al. Sixteen intervals, ranging from the BC15 to UC8 zones, were established in the section. Combined biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic studies suggest a Hauterivian to mid‐Turonian age for the studied sequence. The Hauterivian–Barremian, Barremian–Aptian, Aptian–Albian, Albian–Cenomanian, and Cenomanian–Turonian stage boundaries were delineated near the top of the Ogo Member, below the Huling Sandstone Member, within the upper Chickabally Member, in the upper portion of the Bald Hills Member and within the Gas Point Member, respectively. Unconformities probably exist at the base of the Huling Sandstone Member and the upper part of the upper Chickabally Member. The nannofossil assemblage in the North Fork Cottonwood Creek suggests that the study area was under the influence of cold‐water conditions during the Barremian to Lower Aptian interval, shifting to tropical/warm‐water conditions during the Albian to Turonian interval as a result of the mid‐Cretaceous global warming. Although oceanic anoxic events have not yet been reported in the BCF, preliminary total organic carbon, along with nannofossil data, suggest the presence of the global Cenomanian–Turonian boundary oceanic anoxic event 2.     

实时 Ｇ Ｐ Ｓ可降水量资料的变分同化个例研究

用实时GPS可降水量(Precipitable Water, PW)资料GPSPW,针对2007年7月2-3日发生在日本九州南部地区的一次梅雨锋降水过程,设计控制试验和4个同化试验,利用WRF和WRF-Var模式进行三维变分同化研究,并用ETS评分客观评价各方案的预报效果.结果表明:实时GPSPW同化能有效地改进模式初始时刻水汽场以及预报时间内(0～6 h)的PW.背景误差水平尺度调节系数的大小对水汽场的调整范围和PW的改进程度有一定影响.GPSPW的实时性能提高降水预报业务的实时性.     

Determination of Niobium and Yttrium in GSJ Basalt JB-1 by Photon Activation Analysis

New data on Nb and Y in GSJ Basalt JB-1 obtained by photon activation analysis with 30 MeV bremsstrahlung are presented and compared with literature values.