现代深部岩溶研究进展与展望

现代深部岩溶问题是随着工程建设向复杂场地延伸而逐渐显现,由它带来的一系列地质工程问题对越岭隧道工程具有极强的控制性和危害性,如渝怀线圆梁山深埋特长越岭隧道工程出现的高压突水、突泥问题,既控制了工程的施工难度,又是一个极具挑战性的理论难题。综述了现代深部岩溶相关概念、发育类型、发育特征、形成机制等方面国内外研究现状,勾画了现代深部岩溶研究今后的重点,主要包括现代深部岩溶概念的厘定、现代深部岩溶工程地质分类及特征、现代深部岩溶受控因素、现代深部岩溶发育机制及演化、现代深部岩溶对越岭隧道工程控制作用等几方面的研究。     

现代地质统计学的新进展

结合现代地质统计学最新进展,对现代地质统计学的现状进行了研究,着重时时空域中的多元信息地质编译学和时空多元动态模拟进行了探讨,并在最后指出了现代地质统计学今后的发展方向。     

Continental size,eustasy and sediment yield

Sediment yield from modern continental blocks is a function of the area (dissolved load) and hypsometry (mechanical load) of the blocks. Hypsographic curves for modern continental blocks show that the change in the percentage area flooded for any change in eustatic sea level depends on the size of the block and the absolute sea level. This allows predictions of changes in sediment yield around different sized blocks for any given eustatic change. The range in size of continental blocks is such that, for any given sea level change, the blocks will show different percentage changes in yield. Data from modern continental blocks are compared with theoretical results. Assuming that the rules governing modern hypsometries applied in the past, and a constant volume of continental crust, it is possible to estimate the hypsographic curves of former continental blocks. The implications of suggested past continental configurations and sea levels for sediment yield are discussed.     

Last interglacial climates of south-eastern Australia: plant and beetle-based reconstructions from Yarra Creek,King Island,Tasmania

This paper explores the palaeoclimatic significance of a fossil plant and insect record from Yarra Creek, on King Island, between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. The record dates, based upon a thermoluminescence chronology and other evidence, to Marine Isotope Stage 5 (MIS 5); the exact timing is impossible to ascertain given the resolution of the thermoluminescence results and the presence of an unconformity in the dated section. The presence of a cool-temperate rainforest flora, outside its modern range, and other independent evidence, suggest the sequence may represent the last interglacial (MIS 5e) rather than a later MIS 5 substage. Using coexistence methods that compare modern climatic ranges of the taxa in the assemblage we reconstruct independent beetle and plant based annual and seasonal temperate and precipitation parameters. The results imply the assemblage was deposited under a wetter summer climate and suggest conditions of enhanced temperature seasonality. It is probable that enhanced temperature seasonality is a methodological artefact reflecting the rarity of extremely equable climates (like King Island) in modern climate space. This would indicate a limitation of most methods of palaeoclimatic reconstruction that rely on modern datasets – it is only possible to reconstruct past climates as being within the range of values in that currently exist in modern climate space.     

天文题材在现代首饰设计中的应用

在现今科学与艺术相互渗透的时代,天文题材已广泛地应用到现代首饰设计中。简单介绍了天文题材首饰在首饰设计比赛和品牌首饰系列的实例,分析了天文题材首饰的造型与涵义。将分析得出的3个要点＂科技时代的浪漫和情趣、数理之美的充分体现、时代进步的精神与开拓未来的梦想＂,有选择地融入到个人的4款首饰设计作品中,并结合灵感来源与材料浅析了天文题材在首饰设计中的应用。总结天文题材首饰的设计要点,有助于设计者设计出能满足现代人审美需求的新作品。     

高边坡稳定性研究现状及发展展望

在分析研究国内外有关斜坡(尤其是高边坡)稳定性研究文献的基础上,对当前这一领域的研究现状作了简要评述,提出了今后的研究方向和复杂岩体高边坡稳定性研究的基本思路与方法。     

Leaching of sodium from skeletal parts during fossilization

Sodium content of bone and dentine of modern Bison bison is more (0.68-0.83 wt. %) than that of the enamel (0.50-0.56 wt. %). In fossil bone and dentine the sodium content is much lower (0.15-0.41 wt.%) than in corresponding modern samples while there appears to be no significant difference between modern and fossil enamel in most instances. The lowered sodium content in fossil material appears to be attributable to diagenetic removal. The physical properties of the bone have a strong influence on the amount of sodium removed.     

海螺沟现代冰碛物中的宇生核素10Be浓度分析

尽管许多学者都意识到继承性宇生核素对冰碛物暴露年代测量可能会带来一定的误差,然而影响究竟有多大,还缺乏对现代冰碛物宇生核素浓度的研究。对采自贡嘎山海螺沟冰川现代冰碛物碎屑和冰碛砾石的本地生宇生核素 10 Be 浓度的分析表明,即使是海洋性冰川(暖底冰川),其冰碛物碎屑和冰碛砾石都残留一定量的本地生宇生核素; 即使是具有明显磨蚀痕迹的现代冰碛砾石表面,也残留一定量的本地生宇生核素。因此,进行宇生核素测年时要给予充分的重视。当然,其冰碛物基质和具有明显磨蚀痕迹的现代冰碛砾石表面的本地生宇生核素 10 Be 浓度比较低,一般不大于2×104atoms/g。对暴露年代的影响一般不大于0.61ka。尽管其适用范围还有待于更多的研究结果的进一步证实,但是却为残留影响的研究提供了一个研究的实例和一组可以参考的数据。     

大河村遗址炭化种子的碳、氮元素分析

对大河村遗址出土新石器时代晚期炭化种子样品进行了碳、氮元素分析。结果显示这些种子具有相近的元素组成,表明它们系同一种来源。根据这些炭化种子与现代大豆、高粱及人工炭化的大豆、高粱的元素组成的比较,发现它们与大豆的元素组成较为一致,而与高粱数据存在较大差异。这一发现支持有关大河村种子遗存是大豆的鉴定,说明前人将其鉴定为高粱有误。本研究首次通过元素分析方法对残破古代炭化种子进行鉴定,显示了该方法在植物考古学上的优越性和应用潜力。     

Does knowledge of modern contraceptives and sexually transmitted infections affect contraceptive use and sexual behaviour? Evidence from senior high school girls in the Akuapem North Municipality,Ghana

It is widely documented that knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and modern contraceptives should translate into a sexual behaviour that prevents STIs and unwanted pregnancy. This study was carried out to explore senior high school (SHS) students (girls) sexual behavior in relation to their knowledge about STIs and modern contraceptives. The study is based on a sample of 180 girls from three SHS in the Akuapem North Municipality, Ghana. Chi square test was performed to find out the relationship between knowledge about modern contraceptives, STIs and sexual behaviour. Results indicate that both knowledge of modern contraceptive and STIs are high and that knowledge of contraceptives and STIs influence utilization. However, adolescent girls utilize emergency contraceptives compared to condom. Contraceptive method preferred is different from methods used; and method used is different from intended reasons for contraception.     

中国现代浙江省动态变化及其发展趋势

用遥感,地图和野外考察研究等方法,首次揭示了我国现代沙漠动态变化规律和发展趋势,认为我国现代沙漠动态变化的总趋势是向草原化和绿洲化方向缓慢发展,其变化速度为４４５ｋｍ＾２／ａ,我国现代沙漠还在继续蔓延,但其扩大速度比较缓慢,约为３１０ｋｍ＾２／ａ。     

Advances in Modern Phytolith Research

Phytolith has been widely used as a tool to reconstruct the paleoenvironment, and the investigation of modern phytolith is very crucial to the accurate interpretation of phytolith data in ancient sediments. Studies of modern process of phytolith primarily include the morphological analysis of phytolith in modern plants, and the relationships between the formation and growth of phytolith and environmental factors, as well as the transportation and taphonomy of phytolith in modern soils and sediments. The formation of phytolith in plants is controlled not only by genes but also by environmental factors, such as humidity, precipitation, temperature, CO₂ concentration, soil pH, and nutrient status, etc. The morphology, assemblages, ¹³C and ¹⁸O of phytolith in plants can respond sensitively to environmental variables. The phytolith assemblages can be affected by its taphonomy and transportation that may be different due to phytolith types and soils/sediments texture. It is necessary to investigate the phytolith morphology and types in modern plants, the relationship between its formation and environmental factors, and the impact of transportation and taphonomy on phytolith assemblages under different environmental conditions in order to promote the application of phytolith analysis to paeloenvironment reconstruction.     

Important Development and Significance of Modern Carbonate Stromatolites

Stromatolite, as the representative of recorder in the early life history of the Earth, has been traced back from 3.5 billion years to 3.7 billion years ago. Stromatolites do provide indirect evidence for the existence of early life on the Earth, especially the composition of modern carbonate stromatolites, which further proves that stromatolites are calcified structures of cyanobacterial mats. Among the modern carbonate stromatolites, the following examples have been studied for a long time: Coarse stromatolites on the platform of Bahamas, fine stromatolites in the ultra-salinity environment of Australia and ultra-salinity lagoon of southeastern Brazil. Based on the predecessors' research results, by tracing the growth mechanism of modern carbonate stromatolites and the complex microbial activities and deposition processes, the formation of stromatolites in the middle of the Zhangxia Formation of Cambrian in the Huolianzhai section of Benxi is obviously different from that of modern carbonate stromatolites, which indicates that the sedimentary model of modern stromatolites cannot be fully applied in the ancient stromatolites. Therefore, the comparison between modern carbonate stromatolites and ancient stromatolites provides a rich way to further understand the construction of Cambrian stromatolites and microbial carbonate factory.     

勘探生产管理信息系统设计

我国勘探领域手工或半手工和凭经验的管理方式已经不能适应现代化的要求,信息化、科学化将成为必然趋势。本文依据经济、实用的设计思想,给出了低费用的勘探生产管理数据传输方案,设计了勘探生产数据库的结构,以及生产信息管理系统的结构和功能。     

Modern pollen assemblages from surface lake sediments and their environmental implications on the southwestern Tibetan Plateau

The relationships amongst modern pollen assemblages, vegetation, climate and human activity are the basis for reconstructing palaeoenvironmental changes using pollen records. It is important to determine these relationships at regional scales due to the development of vegetation under different climatic conditions and human activities. In this paper, we report on an analysis of modern pollen assemblages of 31 surface lake samples from 31 lakes (one sample per lake) on the southwestern Tibetan Plateau where the knowledge of modern pollen and their relationships with vegetation, climate and human activities is insufficient. The region includes five vegetation zones: sub‐alpine shrub steppe, alpine steppe, alpine meadow and steppe ecotone, mountain desert and alpine desert. The lakes span a wide range of mean annual precipitation (50–500 mm) and mean annual temperature (?8 to 6 °C). Modern pollen assemblages from our samples mainly consist of herb taxa (Artemisia, Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Chenopodiaceae, etc.) and some tree taxa (Pinus, Fagaceae, Alnus, etc.). The results indicate that modern pollen assemblages are able to reflect the main vegetation distribution. Redundancy analysis for the main pollen types and environmental variables shows that precipitation is the leading factor that influences the pollen distribution in the study area with the first axis capturing 13.7% of the variance in the pollen data set. The Artemisia/Chenopodiaceae ratio is valid for separating the desert component (<2) from the steppe and other vegetation zones (>2) but is unable to distinguish moisture variations. The Artemisia/Cyperaceae ratio is able to identify meadows (<1) and steppes (>1) and can be used as a moisture index on the southwestern Tibetan Plateau. Our results show that an appropriate range is needed for a modern pollen data set in order to perform pollen‐based quantitative climate reconstructions in one region. It is essential to perform modern studies before using pollen ratios to reconstruct palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate at a regional scale.     

川北若尔盖高原玛曲-红原一带表土中孢粉组合的特征

通过对四川若尔盖高原玛曲—红原一带20个表土孢粉样的分析,研究了该区域表土孢粉组合与现代植被的关系。结果显示,玛曲—红原一带表土的孢粉组合基本反映了现代植被的整体特征,与现代植被在植被类型、植被带的空间排列、主要建群种属和优势种属等方面基本一致。依据孢粉的百分含量,可以划分为亚高山灌丛植被区,亚高山灌丛、亚高山草甸植被区和高寒草甸、草原植被区3个植被带。表土花粉的代表性因种属的不同而各有差异,松属和菊科花粉具超代表性,云杉属花粉的代表性较好,禾本科和莎草科具低代表性,而桦木属则不具有超代表性,可能与桦木属花粉不易搬运有关。3个植被区中的表土孢粉的种类、比例与现代植被均存在一定的差别,这可能与植被退化有关。     

硅藻分析与第四纪定量古地理和古气候研究

本文以硅藻分析为例,叙述了综合运用古生物数据和数理统计的手段进行定量恢复古地理环境和古气候的研究方法。内容包括建立现代生物-环境变量数据库和生物化石数据库的目的、要求、方法以及具体步骤,并通过一个海洋钻孔的实例对其成果解释作了详细介绍。     

Scale considerations in using diatoms as indicators of sea‐level change: lessons from Alaska

This paper assesses variations in quantitative reconstructions of late Holocene relative sea‐level (RSL) change arising from using modern diatom datasets from different spatial scales, applied to case studies from Alaska. We investigate the implications of model choice in transfer functions using local‐, sub‐regional‐ and regional‐scale modern training sets, and produce recommendations on the creation and selection of modern datasets for reconstructing RSL change over Holocene timescales in tidal marsh environments comparable with those in Alaska. We show that regional modern training sets perform best in terms of providing fossil samples with good modern analogues, and in producing reconstructions that most closely match observations, where these are available. Local training sets are frequently insufficient to provide fossil samples with good modern analogues and may over‐estimate the precision of RSL reconstructions. This is particularly apparent when reconstructing RSL change for periods beyond the last century. For reconstructing RSL change we recommend using regional modern training sets enhanced by local samples. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The influence of galactic aberration on precession parameters determined from VLBI observations

The influence of proper motions of sources due to Galactic aberration on precession models based on VLBI data is determined. Comparisons of the linear trends in the coordinates of the celestial pole obtained with and without taking into account Galactic aberration indicate that this effect can reach 20 μ as per century, which is important for modern precession models. It is also shown that correcting for Galactic aberration influences the derived parameters of low-frequency nutation terms. It is therefore necessary to correct for Galactic aberration in the reduction of modern astrometric observations.     

更新世代表性哺乳动物群的生物年代排序及与测年值的对比

哺乳动物随着环境的变化不断演化出与原来不同的特征, 因此可以根据化石标本的形态特征判断它们在系统演化中的位置, 并根据动物群中各个种类的演化程度判断不同动物群之间的生物年代顺序。本项研究在传统的绝灭率、共有属种、二元相似性系数等方法的基础上尝试拓展了二元共有度和排序梯度等共9种方法, 对选自中国境内有代表性的15个更新世哺乳动物群进行了生物年代排序。自老至新的动物群以其产地为名的生物年代合意顺序及推测的绝对年龄为: 泥河湾下沙沟(1.75~2.2 Ma)-繁昌人字洞(1.7~2.1 Ma)-巫山龙骨坡(1.5~1.9 Ma)-元谋人遗址(1.4~1.8 Ma)-建始龙骨洞(1.3~1.6 Ma)-柳城巨猿洞(1.15~1.5 Ma)-蓝田公王岭(1.1~1.3 Ma)-崇左三合大洞(0.6~1.2 Ma)-和县人遗址龙潭洞(490~800 ka)-周口店第一地点下部(460~770 ka)-周口店第一地点上部(230~450 ka)-海城小孤山(30~80 ka)-本溪山城子(约30 ka)-大连古龙山(27~30 ka)-周口店山顶洞(18~27 ka)。研究表明, 使用不同的方法对不同的动物群进行生物年代排序的结果在大尺度范围内是一致的, 但在小尺度范围内会出现一些差异, 这与排序标准和统计计算方法有关。一旦化石标本的分类鉴定结果和生物年代排序的方法确定下来, 动物群的生物年代序列就基本上是固定的, 不会随研究者的更换而改变, 因此可以用来检验绝对年龄的测年结果。由于组成各个动物群的种类可能会因鉴定人员的不同而有差别, 造成生物年代排序结果与测年结果差异较大。因此有必要组织同一团队的研究人员核对各个地点的化石种类鉴定结果, 并与测年工作配合进行。和县人遗址的龙潭洞动物群在本项研究的生物年代排序中早于周口店第一地点, 这个动物群的化石标本以及产出地层值得重新观察和测年。根据本项研究的实践, 这类数字化排序的方法还有细化的发展空间。