A study on nano－ and microdiatoms in the intertidal zones of Zhongshan Station，Antarctica

Ａｓｔｕｄｙｏｎｎａｎｏ－ａｎｄｍｉｃｒｏｄｉａｔｏｍｓｉｎｔｈｅｉｎｔｅｒｔｉｄａｌｚｏｎｅｓｏｆＺｈｏｎｇｓｈａｎＳｔａｔｉｏｎ，ＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａＺｈｕＧｅｎｈａｉ（朱根海）；ＬｕＤｏｕｄｉｎｇ（陆斗定）ａｎｄＷａｎｇＺｉｐａｎ（王自磐）（Ｓ...     

Effect of the environment in Antarctica on immune function and electroencephalogram

ＥｆｆｅｃｔｏｆｔｈｅｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔｉｎＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａｏｎｉｍｍｕｎｅｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎａｎｄｅｌｅｃｔｒｏｅｎｃｅｐｈａｌｏｇｒａｍＹｕＹｏｎｇｚｈｏｎｇ（于永中）；ＷａｎｇＺｏｎｇｈｕｉ（王宗惠）；ＺｈａｎｇＷｅｎｃｈｅｎｇ（张文诚）...     

Self－organization phenomena of the nonequilibrium process in magmatism of the Fildes Peninsula， West Antarctica

（李兆鼐）（李汉声）（尚如相）Ｓｅｌｆ－ｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎｐｈｅｎｏｍｅｎａｏｆｔｈｅｎｏｎｅｑｕｉｌｉｂｒｉｕｍｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｉｎｍａｇｍａｔｉｓｍｏｆｔｈｅＦｉｌｄｅｓＰｅｎｉｎｓｕｌａ，ＷｅｓｔＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａ￥ＬｉＺｈａｏｎａｉ；Ｌ...     

A Study of Foraminifera in the core NP93－2 from the prydz Bay， Antarctica

涂霞，郑范ＡＳｔｕｄｙｏｆＦｏｒａｍｉｎｉｆｅｒａｉｎｔｈｅｃｏｒｅＮＰ９３－２ｆｒｏｍｔｈｅｐｒｙｄｚＢａｙ，Ａｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａ￥ＴｕＸｉａａｎｄＺｈｅｎｇＦａｎＡｌｓｏｕｔｈＣｈｉｎａＳｅａＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅＯｆＯｃｅａｎｏｌｏｇｙ，Ｃｈｉｎｅ...     

SR-XRF analysis of Polytrichum in the Fildes Peninsula,Antarctica

In order to study the element contents and distribution of various mosses collected in the Antarctica, we analyzed the heavy elements of 3 species of Polytri-chum in the Fildes Peninsula, P. alpinum, P. juniperinum and P. alpestre, by synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence ( SR-XRF). The result shows that the elements, such as K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Sr, are nearly the same in Potytrichum. The peak intensity of K is higher than that of Ca, and the peak intensity of Ca is higher than that of Fe in P. alpinum. In P. juniperinum, the peak intensity of K is higher than that of Ca, and the peak intensity of Ca is close to that of Fe. The peak intensity of K is nearly equal to those of Ca and Fe in P. alpestre. Therefore, the habitats of 3 species of Polytrichum are similar in the Fildes Peninsula. By XRF analyzing of different parts of P. alpestre, we found that the peak intensities of relative concentration of elements are obviously different. The peak intensity of K in apical-bud is the highest in orga     

Hollowing out the state? Some observations on the restructuring of hospital services in New Zealand

Summary This study applies Jessop's idea of the 'hollowed-out' state to an analysis of the restructuring of hospital services in New Zealand. Decentralization of responsibility for the funding and provision of hospital services to regional and local levels has had distinct fiscal and political advantages for the state and is rapidly changing the geography of hospital provision.     

The preliminary study of the phytoplankton ecology in the Great Wall Bay，Antarctica

ＴｈｅｐｒｅｌｉｍｉｎａｒｙｓｔｕｄｙｏｆｔｈｅｐｈｙｔｏｐｌａｎｋｔｏｎｅｃｏｌｏｇｙｉｎｔｈｅＧｒｅａｔＷａｌｌＢａｙ，ＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａＹｕＪｉａｎｌｕａｎ（俞建銮）；ＬｉＲｕｉｘｉａｎｇ（李瑞香）ａｎｄＨｕａｎｇＦｅｎｇｐｅｎｇ（黄凤鹏）（...     

Magnetotelluric sounding study in the region of Zhongshan Station，East Antarctica

ＭａｇｎｅｔｏｔｅｌｌｕｒｉｃｓｏｕｎｄｉｎｇｓｔｕｄｙｉｎｔｈｅｒｅｇｉｏｎｏｆＺｈｏｎｇｓｈａｎＳｔａｔｉｏｎ，ＥａｓｔＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａＫｏｎｇＸｉａｎｇｒｕ（孔祥儒）ａｎｄＺｈａｎｇＪｉａｎｊｕｎ（张建军）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈ...     

Ground－based measurements of column abundance of ozone and UV－B radiation over Zhongshan Station，Antarctica in the 1993＂OzoneHole＂

Ｇｒｏｕｎｄ－ｂａｓｅｄｍｅａｓｕｒｅｍｅｎｔｓｏｆｃｏｌｕｍｎａｂｕｎｄａｎｃｅｏｆｏｚｏｎｅａｎｄＵＶ－ＢｒａｄｉａｔｉｏｎｏｖｅｒＺｈｏｎｇｓｈａｎＳｔａｔｉｏｎ,Ａｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａｉｎｔｈｅ１９９３＂ＯｚｏｎｅＨｏｌｅ＂ＺｈｏｕＸｉｕｊｉ（...     

Preliminary study on late Quaternary foraminiferal assemblage in the Bransfield Strait， West Antarctica and its significance of environment

陈超云ＰｒｅｌｉｍｉｎａｒｙｓｔｕｄｙｏｎｌａｔｅＱｕａｔｅｒｎａｒｙｆｏｒａｍｉｎｉｆｅｒａｌａｓｓｅｍｂｌａｇｅｉｎｔｈｅＢｒａｎｓｆｉｅｌｄＳｔｒａｉｔ，ＷｅｓｔＡｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａａｎｄｉｔｓｓｉｇｎｉｆｉｃａｎｃｅｏｆｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔ...     

Summer weather characteristics on the Grove Mountain of East Antarctica

The summer weather characteristics of the Grove Mountain, East Antarctica, are presented based on the data obtained by Chinese National Antarctic Expedition (CHINARE) in January 1999. The result shows that the pattern of daily variation of temperature and the prevailing wind direction in Grove is similar to that of Zhongshan Station. However, the daily range of temperature and strong wind frequency are much higher than those of Zhongshan Station.The change of wind direction is close to the weather system that impacted the Grove Mountain. The warm and wet air from northern parts often causes the precipitation. The clear weather appears when controlled by eastern winds in January.     

Late Quaternary Lakes in the McMurdo Sound Region of Antarctica

Lake levels within the enclosed drainage basins of the Dry Valleys adjacent to McMurdo Sound have fluctuated widely during the Late Quaternary due to (a) local climate change and the consequent variation in the evaporation–precipitation regime, and (b) glacial fluctuations, resulting in changes in the catchment and meltwater drainage areas of the glaciers and, in some cases, in the volumes of the available lake basins. Three types of lakes can be distinguished on the basis of their water source: (1) lakes receiving the bulk of their water from melting of local alpine glaciers; (2) proglacial lakes associated with outlet glaciers from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet; (3) proglacial lakes associated with the marine oxygen-isotope stage 2 Ross Sea ice sheet and its precursors. The Dry Valleys contain an exceptionally long lacustrine record, extending back at least 300,000 years. Lacustrinesedimentation is cyclical, occurring over periods of about 100,000 years. During the last such cycle, relatively small lakes, both adjacent to East Antarctic outlet glaciers and fed by meltwater from alpine glaciers, existed during stage 5. However, these local lakes gave way to large proglacial lakes adjacent to the Ross Sea ice sheet in stage 2. The same relationship apparently occurred during the previous 100,000-year cycle. Dating of lacustrine sediments suggests that lakes proglacial to the Ross Sea ice sheet have existed during episodes of sea-level lowering during global glaciations. Lakes proglacial to outlet glaciers from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have formed coincident with episodes of high eustatic sea level during interglacial periods.     

Holocene glacial-marine sedimentation in the Prydz Bay,Antarctica

吴时国，罗又郎，王有强，陆钧，郑范，孙绍先Ｈｏｌｏｃｅｎｅｇｌａｃｉａｌ－ｍａｒｉｎｅｓｅｄｉｍｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎｉｎｔｈｅＰｒｙｄｚＢａｙ，Ａｎｔａｒｃｔｉｃａ￥ＷｕＳｈｉｇｕｏ；ＬｕｏＹｏｕｌａｎｇ；ＷａｎｇＹｏｕｑｉａｎｇ；ＬｕＪｕｎ；Ｚｈｅｎｇ...     

Sand dune movement in the Victoria Valley, Antarctica

We use vertical aerial photographs and LiDAR topographic survey data to estimate dune migration rates in the Victoria Valley dunefield, Antarctica, between 1961 and 2001. Results confirm that the dunes migrated an average of 1.5 m/year. These values are consistent with other estimates of dune migration from cold climate deserts and are significantly lower than estimates from warm deserts. Dune migration rates are retarded by the presence of entrained ice, soil moisture and a reversing wind regime. Dune absorption, merging and limb extension are apparent from the time-series images and account for significant changes in dune form and the field-scale dune pattern. Dune-field pattern analysis shows an overall increase in dune-field organization with an increase in mean dune spacing and a reduction in total crest length and defect density. These data suggest that dunes in other cold desert environments on Earth, Mars or Titan, that may also have inter-bedded frozen laminae, still have the potential to migrate and organize, albeit at lower rates than dunes in warm deserts.     

Grazing of Salpa thompsoni on phytoplankton in summer in the Prydz Bay region, Antarctica

During the CHINARE ⅩⅤ cruise in austral summer of 1998/1999, the abundance and feeding activity of Salpa thompsoni were investigated in the Prydz Bay region. Salps samples were collected by vertical tows from the depth of 200 m to the surface with a conical net of 330 μm mesh size. At ⅤⅠ 3 station, the grazing rates were studied by the gut fluorescence method and culture experiments. S. Thompsoni was mainly distributed in the northern part of the survey area, and its maximum densities reached to 2795 ind.·1000 m -3 . A dramatic decrease in salp stock was observed at the Marginal Ice Zone. The results of the feeding experiments at the ⅤⅠ 3 show that the gut pigment contents of S. thompsoni ranged from (0.14 1.27) μg ind. -1 (average 0.98 μg ind. -1 ). The individual ingestion rate is 7.9 μg ind. -1 ·day -1 , and the filtration rate is 28 L ind. -1 ·day -1 . Through the daily grazing rate of S. thompsoni , which takes account of less than 1% of the phytoplankton standing stock, it shows a relatively higher grazing impress on the primary production (72.2%).     

A confirmed earthquake in continental Antarctica

Summary. An earthquake of magnitude ( M _b) 4.5 has been located by the International Seismological Centre, near 81°S, 37°E in the continental platform of east Antarctica, about 1200 km from the coast of Dronning Maud Land, and 500 km from the Pole of Inaccessibility. The event was found by the Centre's 'search' procedure, which is undertaken with a deliberate delay of about two years. It occurred on 1982 November 4, and its position is well determined from five stations in Antarctica, and four farther afield. This is the first earthquake definitely located in the interior of the Antarctic continent, although there have been some earlier less well established claims, and other earthquakes have occurred near the coast, or associated with areas of volcanism or ice movement.