Age of Berh Hairhan Formation of Mongolia dated by conodonts

Conodont Caudicriodus angustus angustus(Steward et al.,1956)and Caudicriodus angustus cauda(Wang et al.,2005)were found from a big limestone lens of the Berh Hairhan Formation in the place of W 150 km to Ulaanbaatar City.The discovery indicates that the Berh Haihan Formation should be assigned to Middle Devonian Eifelian Stage.This conodont fauna was from a shallow cooler water facies in the relatively high latitude.     

The First Discovery of the Earliest Devonian Conodont Zonal Fossil from the "Gavuu Member" in Mushgai Area of South Gobi,Mongolia

Conodont Caudicriodus woschimidti woschmidti has been found from a big outcrop (hill) of the Bayan-Kho-shuu Ruins Section which was previously assigned to the Silurian Gavuu Member of the Mandalovoo Formation. This isfirst time to find the lowermost Devonian conodont zonal fossil in Mongolia. The lower part of the Gavuu Member is Silurian. But the strata from where we collected samples M-9～M-12 definitely belong to Lower Devonian (lower Lochko-vian) rather than Lower Silurian. The Mandalovoo Formation should be named Mandalovoo Group, and its three members should be changed into three formations.     

Morphological Studies on Four Brackish Water Ciliates of the Class Spirotrichea(Protista,Ciliophora)

We reinvestigate the morphology of two oligotrich and two hypotrich ciliates collected from the coasts of north and south China, viz., Parallelostrombidium obesum Liu et al., 2015, Spirostrombidium apourceolare Liu et al., 2013, Protogastrostyla pulchra(Pereyaslawzewa, 1886) Gong et al., 2007, and Uncinata bradburyae(Gong et al., 2001) Luo et al., 2015. All the populations match well with the original samples identified in previous studies. Supplemental taxonomic data were supplied for these four species of the new populations. The species Parallelostrombidium obesum is characterised by its dorsal-ventrally flattened body shape with anterior and posterior ends transversely truncating, as well as two thigmotactic membranelles and girdle kinety that spirals around the cell one and a half times. Spirostrombidium apourceolare is characterised by its elongate ellipsoidal and dorsal-ventrally flattened body shape, two thigmotactic membranelles, about 11-27 ovoid macronuclear nodules, and girdle kinety that spirals around the cell twice with two undulations. Protogastrostyla pulchra is characterised by its elongate body shape and unique, caudally located food vacuole. Based on the new populations, we described the smaller cortical granules, clustered around dorsal bristles for the first time. The new population of Uncinata bradburyae shares the diagnostic features with the type population, which include prominent beak-like projection in anterior region, the conspicuous gap of adoral zone, proximalmost adoral membranelles distinctly elongated, and infraciliature.     

Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Palynostratigraphy from the Arkhara-Boguchan Brown Coal Mine of Zeya-Bureya Depression, Russia

1IntroductionThe Arkhara-Boguchan brown coal mine is lo-cated in the western Arkhara depression,southeast-ern part of the Zea-Bureya Basin (Fig.1). Late Creta-ceous-Paleogene coal-bearing strata are well out-cropped at the Arkhara-Boguchan quarry. It contains four coal-bearing beds (in descending order): “Ve-likan”, “Promezhutochny”,“Dvoinoy”and “Nyzhny”, and composed of three sedimentary cycles (Fig.2). The lower cycle can be divided into two sub-cycles:the lowest sub-cycle is …     

Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Palynostratigraphy from the Arkhara-Boguchan Brown Coal Mine of Zeya-Bureya Depression, Russia

A well-preserved Late Cretaceous-Paleogene palynological flora from the middle member of the Tsagajan Formation and the upper member of the Tsagajan Formation including the Kivda Beds is reported for the first time from the Arkhara-Boguchan brown coal mine, southeastern part of the Zeya-Bureya Basin. Four palynocomplexes were established for the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition. The climate and phytocoenoses were also analyzed,based on the detailed palynological data. The results are coincident with those of mega-flora studied by Akhmetiev et al. (2002).     

中生代昆虫化石新资料

山东莱阳盆地的昆虫化石最早为A.W.Grabau(1923)和C.Ping(1928)所描述,计6属8种。最近,洪友崇(1984)又描述了3属3种。这样,共计发表了9属11种。实际上,这个地区的昆虫化石极为丰富。本文所描述的6目12科16属19种只是最新采集的昆虫化石的一部分,其中有11新属13新种,4已知属新种和2已知种。张生、刘德正和上官义宁等同志帮助采集了标本;中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所胡     

地学现象的分维与标度关系——以中国大陆山系为例

分形理论产生以后,已经在许多领域里取得了较为广泛的应用,但是在分形维数的计算方面仍存在一定的问题,最根本的问题之一是大量相关研究往往忽略了标度问题的影响,而将计算出的分维结果随意比较。本文则是以中国大陆山系为例,对地学现象的分维与标度的关系进行了研究,得出:(1)中国大陆山系的分形性质是客观存在的,其分形性质是不以测算标度而出现变化的,是始终存在的;(2)虽然在不同的测算标度下,中国大陆山系的分形性质始终是客观存在的,但是随着测算标度范围的变化,中国大陆山系的分维也会相应地出现一定的变化,即中国大陆山系客观存在的分形性质是绝对的,而分维则是一个相对的值,是随着测算标度而出现变化的;(3)分维不仅随着测算标度的变化而出现一定的变化,而且,分维是测算平均标度的函数,即D=f(r)(式中:r为测算平均标度,D为分维)关系成立;(4)因为分维值会随着不同标度范围的变化而出现相应的变化,所以,如果要进行分维之间的比较,则应选择相同的标度范围和标度值点。     

GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF Fe,Mn,Co,As,Cr,Sb,Zn,Sc AND V IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS FROM JIAOZHOU BAY

The contents of nearly forty-elements in surface sediments in Jiaozhou Bay were determined using a Neutron Activation Analysis Technique(Grancini,et al.,1976;Li Peiquan et al.,1985,1986;Li Xiuxia etal.,1986).This paper's detailed discussion on only nine elements(Fe,Mn,Co,Cr,Sc,As,Sb,Zn andV)includes their distributions,concentrations,correlationships,material sources,background,etc.Based on Zavaristski's classification method,Fe,Mn,Co Cr and V belong to the second group;As and Sb to theeighth groups:Sc and Zn to the third and sixth groups.It was found that their notably good correla-tionship is mainly due to the similarity of their ionic structures and that their variation is controlled by theFe content(except Mn).The source of sediments is mainly terristrial material,and the composition ofsediment is similar to that of shale and shale+clay.The contents for a large number of ele-ments are within the scope of the background level,but there still is pollution of Zn and Cr,at least in a few stations.     

苏子河盆地中生代生物地层研究

本文报道了辽东苏子河盆地中生代各门类化石,其中植物、双壳、腹足各3属3种;叶肢介6属12种(包括3个新种);介形虫7属10种;昆虫2属2种(包括一新属新种);硅化木1属1种,还有鱼类等,新命1新属4个新种。据此将苏子河盆地的小东沟组、小岭组、梨树沟组、聂尔库组和打石沟组的时代归属为早白垩世,并将小东沟组和小岭组与辽西的义县组及安徽的毛坦厂组进行对比;梨树沟组和聂尔库组与辽西的阜新组及安徽大别山区的黑石渡组进行对比。     

Ecology of macrozoobenthic communities in two plateau lakes of Southwest China

The original version of this article contains a mistake in font setting on p.350. The last part of Table 3 note, i.e. "biomass…molluscs (Liang et al., 1995)" should belong to the paper body. Therefore, the last sentence in     

Some biostratigraphically important palynomorphs from Paleocene Minato Formation,Iwate Prefecture,Northeast Japan

Palynological study of the Minato Formation, Noda Group, distributed in the vicinity of Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan is discussed in this paper. Biostratigraphically important palynomorphs including four angiosperm species, Triprojectus subspinulosus(Funkhouser) Braman, Triprojectus cf. spinulosus(Mtchedlishvili) Stanley, Paraalnipollenites confusus Hills et Wallace and Pistillipollenites macgregorii Rouse, and one fungi species, Pesavis tagluensis Elsik et Jansonius are described. Palyno-assembleges from the lower and the middle horizons of the Minato Formation are considered to indicate Danian in age, which corresponds well with the known fission-track dating. Palyno-assembleges from the lower and middle horizons of the Minato Formations are correlative with those from the Wuyun Formation and the Upper Tsagayan Subformation of Heilongjiang(Amur) River area in northeast China and the Russian Far East. Despite the similarity of the palyno-assembleges, differences in the diversity of angiosperms and species composition of some biostratigraphically important species are recognized between the two regions.     

关于辽东－吉南中侏罗－早白垩世地层问题

吉南候家屯组与辽东小东沟组在辽东北部连成一体，以往地层划分和对比上的分歧，皆由王钰等定义小东沟组含有熔岩——“为小岭期火山喷发初的火山活动产物”所致。小东沟组、候家屯组为独立于辽东小岭组，吉南果松组火山岩之外的地层体，为干旱炎热气候条件下的河湖相沉积。辽东梨树沟组建立时未明确定义，建组剖面仅共分二层，为凝灰岩、凝灰质砂岩夹砂页岩，多数研究者将其理解为小岭期火山喷发的尾声产物，无疑是正确的，但近年已人为地演义为“远火山相和湖相”（沉积），并与辽西九佛堂（沙海）组对比，已失去岩石地层单位组的客观性、物质性及组内岩性、岩相的一致性。现据“组应概分，不易细分”等有关原则，建议废弃梨树沟组名称，将与小岭组有成因联系的远火山相产物（包括夹层）划归小岭组，其上部确与小岭期火山喷发无关的河湖（沼）相沉积归于聂尔库组     

THEORETICAL CALCULATION OF THE COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY OF WATER BY NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF SIMPLE LIQUID

The liquid state, especially water, has long been regarded as the most formidable problem in the field of statistical mechanics. The coefficient of viscosity of water is calculated using a simplified model based on the microstructure of water and methods similar to that used by Rice et al. (1961) who studied the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of simple liquids, such as liquid argon. derived From the Liouville equation. This work's singlet and doublet equations are somewhat different From those derived by Rice et al. (1961) and solutions were obtained by the perturbation method. The calculated coefficient of viscosity of water at different temperature. using this method agree well with standard values.     

丹东地区中生代地层-古生物

丹东地区小岭组植物化石共9属12种。动物化石腹足类4属6种,叶肢介1属2种。均为首次发现。这些化石的发现为小岭组应属早白垩世而不属侏罗纪,提出了令人信服的证据。同时,阐述了古地理环境和地层特征,并与邻区进行了对比。     

青海德尔尼硫化物矿床成因的新认识

通过对青海德尔尼硫化物矿床的产出部位、成矿环境、矿石矿物的组合、主要化学元素的成份及同位素测试数据等分析研究,认为该矿床具有裂谷成矿机制的特征,成因类型应属裂谷型层控矿床。     

西峡盆地新类型恐龙蛋化石的发现

本文首次报道广西峡盆地的两类新类型的恐龙蛋化石：西峡长圆柱蛋（新属、新种）Ｌｏｎ－ｇｉｔｅｒｅｓｏｏｌｉｔｈｕｓｘｉｘｉａｅｎｓｉｓ（ｇｅｎ．ｅｔｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．）．戈壁棱柱形蛋ＰｒｉｓｍａｔｏｏｌｉｔｈｕｓｇｅｂｉｅｎｓｉｓＺｈａｏａｎｄＬｉ１９９３。它们分别产于高沟组的中、下部和上部，其时代均为晚白垩世。     

An experiment on induction of triploidy inEriocheir japonicus hepuensis Dai by heat treatment

Temperature treatment to inhibit extrusion of the polar body of the egg was first used on a lower crustacean,Artemia salina (Gross, 1932), and then was used for inducing triploids of amphibian (Frankhauser and Griffiths, 1939), fish (Svardson, 1945), and mammal (Beatly and Fishchberg, 1949). So far, induction of triploidy has been extensively used to obtain sterile or quick-growth individuals in fish (Swarup, 1956; Lincoln, and Scott, 1983 and Thorgaard, 1986) and mollusk (Stanley et al., 1984), but similar work has not been reported on crab, a higher crustancean.     

AN EXPERIMENT ON INDUCTION OF TRIPLOIDY IN ERIOCHEIR JAPONICUS HEPUENSIS DAI BY HEAT TREATMENT

Temperature treatment to inhibit extrusion of the polar body of the egg was first used on a lower crustacean, Anemia salina (Gross, 1932), and then was used for inducing triploids of amphibian (Frankhauser and Griffiths, 1939), fish (Svardson, 1945), and mammal (Beatly and Fishchberg, 1949).So far, induction of triploidy has been extensively used to obtain sterile or quick-growth individuals in fish (Swarup, 1956; Lincoln.and Scott, 1983 and Thorgaard, 1986) and mollusk (Stanley et al., 1984), but similar work has not been reported on crab, a higher crustacean.     

Macroalage as a source of alpha-glucosidase inhibitors

Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors were screened from organic solvent extracts of macroalgae by a spectrophotometrical method with p-nitrophenyl-D-glucopyranosidase as the substrate. The result indicates that orgarlic crude extracts from some macroalgae such as Rhodomela confervoides (Huds.) Silva, Gracilaria textorii(Suringar) DeToni, Plocamium telfairiae Harv., Dictyopteris divaricata (Okam.) Okam, Ulval pertusa and Enteromorpha intestinalis (L.) Link et al. show strong inhibitory activity of alpha-glucosidase at concentration of 79.6 μg/ml.