Sedimentary Phosphate Fractions Related to Calcite Precipitation in an Eutrophic Hardwater Lake (Lake Alserio, Northern Italy)

P-fractional composition has been studied in a 64-cm long sediment core collected in an eutrophic hardwater lake (Lake Alserio, northern Italy) in an attempt to identify the main mechanisms (chemical or biologic) controlling CaCO₃ precipitation in the water column. The results of the sedimentary phosphate fractionation showed that the most important P fraction was an organic fraction extracted with hot NaOH: org-P_alkali (26% of P_sed). A digestion of the supernatant of the P-fraction bound to CaCO₃ allowed the detection of a large pool of org-P (19% of P_sed). Although the nature of this fraction is unclear, we suggest that it may be involved in the biologically mediated precipitation of CaCO₃. The high CaCO₃ concentration in the entire vertical sediment profile, as well as the presence of inorg- and org-P bound to Ca in both laminated and non-laminated zones, suggest that the CaCO₃ precipitation is not a recent process but is a process that has been occurring in the lake for some time. Accordingly, the change from a homogeneous sediment to a laminated sequence might be caused by the eutrophication process of Lake Alserio occurring since the 1960s, which has allowed the preservation of the varved sediment as a consequence of the drastic reduction in bioturbation.     

Simulating urban growth by integrating landscape expansion index (LEI) and cellular automata

Traditional urban cellular automata (CA) model can effectively simulate infilling and edge-expansion growth patterns. However, most of these models are incapable of simulating the outlying growth. This paper proposed a novel model called LEI-CA which incorporates landscape expansion index (LEI) with CA to simulate urban growth. Urban growth type is identified by calculating the LEI index of each cell. Case-based reasoning technique is used to discover different transition rules for the adjacent growth type and the outlying growth type, respectively. We applied the LEI-CA model to the simulation of urban growth in Dongguan in southern China. The comparison between logistic-based CA and LEI-CA indicates that the latter can yield a better performance. The LEI-CA model can improve urban simulation accuracy over logistic-based CA by 13.8%, 10.8% and 6.9% in 1993, 1999 and 2005, respectively. Moreover, the outlying growth type hardly exists in the simulation by logistic-based CA, while the proposed LEI-CA model performs well in simulating different urban growth patterns. Our experiments illustrate that the LEI-CA model not only overcomes the deficiencies of traditional CA but might also better understand urban evolution process.     

Simulating evapotranspiration of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) forest in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China

Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) forests play an important role in regulating the regional water balance of the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China. The objective of this study was to estimate evapotranspiration (ET) of the Qinghai spruce forest in the middle section of the Qilian Mountains. A modified Penman-Monteith equation was used to simulate two sub-components of ET: canopy transpiration (E_t) and soil evaporation (E_s). The third sub-component of ET, canopy interception evaporation (E_i), was directly measured. The results show that the total ET of the Qinghai spruce forest was 313.6 mm during the 2008 growing season (from May 1 to September 30). E_i, E_t, and E_s were 100.9 mm, 160.8 mm and 51.9 mm, and accounted for 32.2%, 51.3% and 16.5% of the total ET, respectively. The total modeled ET during the 2008 growing season is acceptably consistent with the directly measured ET (298.2 mm) by eddy covariance system. The consistency implies that the modified Penman-Monteith equation is an effective method to estimate ET using conventional meteorological data with additional measurements of net radiation, and the method can thus be applied to similar situations where reliable direct measurements are not practical.     

基于污染足迹模型的湖州市农业污染评估

太湖流域的水环境质量呈现严重恶化趋势,农业污染物的排放是太湖流域水体环境恶化的主要原因之一。农业污染物主要来源于种植业、畜禽养殖业和水产养殖业的生产过程,不同于以往分开论述三者对水环境的影响,本文基于全国第一次污染普查数据,运用污染足迹模型定量分析了湖州市农业面源(种植业、畜禽养殖业和水产养殖业)对水环境的影响。研究结果表明:(1)农业生产产生的污染物对水环境的影响排序为:磷>氮>有机物;(2)各农业生产类型对水环境的影响排序为:水产养殖业>种植业>畜禽养殖业;(3)湖州市各区县对水环境的影响也存在着明显的空间差异。通过对湖州市农业污染足迹评估,可以明确地提出哪种污染物类型、农业生产类型和区域是湖州市农业面源污染治理的重点。研究结果可以为太湖流域农业的可持续发展和水资源的可持续利用提供一定的参考价值。     

近46年松木希错流域冰川和湖泊变化及原因分析

采用1:5万地形图、Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+/OLI遥感影像及数字高程模型数据,利用遥感和地理信息系统技术,并结合狮泉河、和田和于田3个气象站点1968-2013年的气温、降水量数据对松木希错流域的冰川、湖泊面积变化及其原因进行分析。结果表明：① 1968-2013年流域冰川面积不断退缩,由139.25 km²减少至137.27±0.02 km²,共减少1.98±0.02 km²,减少百分比为1.42%,2001年以后冰川退缩速度加快;② 1968-2013年松木希错面积不断扩张,由25.05 km²增加至32.62±0.02 km²,共扩张7.57±0.02 km²,扩张百分比为30.22%,且2001年之后扩张速率加快,在年代际上与冰川的退缩具有较好的耦合性;③ 1968-2013年湖面潜在蒸散量减少和降水增加分别是导致湖泊扩张的第一和第二影响因素,而升温引起的冰川、冻土融水增加有一定贡献,但影响较小且在年际尺度上不显著。     

Monsoonal forcing of Holocene paleoenvironmental change on the central Tibetan Plateau inferred using a sediment record from Lake Nam Co (Xizang,China)

This study focuses on Holocene monsoon dynamics on the central Tibetan Plateau (TP) inferred using a sediment record from Lake Nam Co. A high-resolution (decadal) multi-proxy approach, using geochemical, micropaleontological, and sedimentological methods was applied. Fifteen AMS-¹⁴C ages were used to establish the chronology, assuming a reservoir effect of 1,420 years. Our results point to a first strong monsoonal pulse at Lake Nam Co ~11.3 cal ka BP, followed by colder and drier conditions until ~10.8 cal ka BP. A warm and humid climate from ~10.8 to ~9.5 cal ka BP is related to a strong summer monsoon on the central TP, triggering a lake-level highstand at ~9.5 cal ka BP. Declining minerogenic input after ~9.5 cal ka BP indicates less moisture availability until ~7.7 cal ka BP. Following stable conditions between ~7.7 and ~6.6 cal ka BP, a warm and wet climate is inferred for the time span from ~6.6 to ~4.8 cal ka BP. A change towards drier conditions after ~4.8 cal ka BP points to a weakening of the Indian Ocean Summer Monsoon on the central TP, further diminished after ~2.0 cal ka BP. A short-term wet spell occurred from ~1.5 to ~1.3 cal ka BP. By comparing the results derived from Lake Nam Co with several lacustrine records from the central, northern, and eastern TP, a similar but not synchronous pattern of monsoon-driven paleoenvironmental change is observed. Although the general trend of lake and catchment evolution on the TP during the Holocene is also reproduced in this record, pronounced spatial and temporal offsets with respect to distinct climate events were detected, suggesting periods of non-uniform moisture and temperature evolution.     

全球变化与陆地系统综合集成模拟——新一代陆地生态系统动态模型(DLEM)

人类社会从陆地生态系统获取生产和生活资料的同时也作为一种干扰形式改变着地气之间的动态平衡。这三个既独立又相互耦合的子系统共同组成了一个复杂的陆地系统。如何深入理解这一系统的过程和机制是人类应对气候变化挑战的前提条件。陆地生态系统模型作为一种集成工具,已广泛应用于全球变化研究的各个领域,但从输入数据到模型结构和过程等诸多方面仍存在很大的不确定性。近年来,随着大气和地面生态观测网络的不断完善以及遥感等空间技术的不断强大,使陆地生态系统模型进一步发展和突破成为可能。新一代多因子驱动的陆地生态系统动态模型(DynamicL and Ecosystem Model,DLEM)正是在这一背景下应运而生的。本文旨在介绍DLEM的主体框架、输入输出变量、关键过程、主要功能和特点。     

Influence of the regional climate variations on lake changes of Zabuye,Dangqiong Co and Bankog Co salt lakes in Tibet

Journal of Geographical Sciences - The lake hydrological and meteorological data of the Tibetan Plateau are not rich. This research reports the observed climatic data and measured water levels of...     

Measuring urban activities using Foursquare data and network analysis: a case study of Murcia (Spain)

Among social networks, Foursquare is a useful reference for identifying recommendations about local stores, restaurants, malls or other activities in the city. In this article, we consider the question of whether there is a relationship between the data provided by Foursquare regarding users’ tastes and preferences and fieldwork carried out in cities, especially those connected with business and leisure. Murcia was chosen for case study for two reasons: its particular characteristics and the prior knowledge resulting from the fieldwork. Since users of this network establish, what may be called, a ranking of places through their recommendations, we can plot these data with the objective of displaying the characteristics and peculiarities of the network in this city. Fieldwork from the city itself gives us a set of facilities and services observed in the city, which is a physical reality. An analysis of these data using a model based on a network centrality algorithm establishes a classification or ranking of the nodes that form the urban network. We compare the data extracted from the social network with the data collected from the fieldwork, in order to establish the appropriateness in terms of understanding the activity that takes place in this city. Moreover, this comparison allows us to draw conclusions about the degree of similarity between the preferences of Foursquare users and what was obtained through the fieldwork in the city.     

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) predation on adult thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) at Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada

Although the diet of walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus ) is considered varied, records of walrus consuming marine birds are rare in the published literature. In 2001 and 2002 we observed walrus foraging on adult thick-billed murres ( Uria lomvia ) at Coats Island in Nunavut, Canada. Approximately 46% of the attacks on murres were successful, and as many as 67 murres may have been killed in one day in August 2002. All soft parts of the murres were sucked out, with carcasses of only bones, feathers and skin left floating on the water. The extent to which predation on seabirds by walrus occurs across the eastern Arctic is unknown, but it could represent an important source of mortality for murres at some breeding colonies.     

Lower Jurassic magnetostratigraphy at the Breggia Gorge (Ticino, Switzerland) and Alpe Turati (Como, Italy)

Summary. The Breggia gorge (Ticino, Switzerland) provides a continuous outcrop of Mesozoic limestones covering the time between the Lower Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous. The Jurassic section from the Lower Pliens-bachian to Aalenian is well dated by ammonites. The limestones of these stages are a good quality recorder of the polarity of the geomagnetic field during this time interval. More than 500 cores have been drilled along a 120 m thick section with a median distance between cores of about 20 cm. Detailed thermal and af demagnetization and further rock magnetic studies were used to determine the characteristic NRM direction for each sample. Initial NRM intensities and low field susceptibilities reflect variations in oxidation potential and sedimentation rate during carbonate deposition. The Breggia section covers an estimated 12Myr of Lower to Middle Jurassic time during which more than 60 distinct reversals of the geomagnetic field are recorded. This corresponds to a comparatively high mean reversal frequency of about 5 reversals Myr⁻¹. The Breggia polarity zonation can be correlated with the nearby section at Alpe Turati (Como, Italy) and comparable polarity patterns are recognized in other biostratigraphically well-dated magnetostratigraphic profiles from Hungary and Umbria (Italy).     

Evaluation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite precipitation products for drought monitoring over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin,China

Drought is one of the most frequent and widespread natural disasters and has tremendous agricultural, ecological, societal, and economic impacts. Among the many drought indices, the standardized precipitation index(SPI) based on monthly precipitation data is simple to calculate and has multiscale characteristics. To evaluate the applicability of high spatiotemporal resolution satellite precipitation products for drought monitoring, based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission(TRMM) products and station-based meteorological data, the SPI values at different time scales(1, 3, 6, and 12 months) were calculated for the period of 1998–2016 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin(MLRYRB). The temporal correlations show that there is a high degree of consistency between calculations at the different time scales(1, 3, 6 and 12 months) based on the two data sources and that the amplitude of fluctuations decreases with increasing time scale. In addition, the Mann-Kendall(MK) test method was applied to analyze the trends from 1998 to 2016, and the results suggest that wetting trends clearly prevailed over drying trends. Moreover, a correlation analysis of the two data sources based on 60 meteorological stations was performed with the SPI values at different time scales. The correlation coefficients at the short time scales(1, 3, and 6 months) are all greater than 0.7, and the correlation coefficient at the long time scale(12 months) is greater than 0.5. In summary, the results demonstrate that the TRMM 3 B43 precipitation product provides a new data source that can be used for reliable drought monitoring in the MLRYRB.     

水溶性富勒烯对U(VI)在氧化多壁碳纳米管上吸附的影响

采用静态试验法研究了水溶性富勒烯对U(VI)在氧化多壁碳纳米管上吸附的影响。结果表明,羟基化富勒烯(C₆₀(OH)n)和羧基化富勒烯(C₆₀(C(COOH)₂)n)的加入对U(VI)在氧化多壁碳纳米管上的吸附量影响作用类似。在pH<3范围内,羟基化富勒烯和羧基化富勒烯对吸附几乎没有影响,在pH>3以后,二者开始抑制碳纳米管对U(VI)的吸附。较低浓度(10 mg/L)的C₆₀(OH)n对U(VI)的吸附几乎没有影响。而等量的C₆₀(C(COOH)₂)n已呈现出明显的抑制作用。但两者的作用机理不同,前者可能是由于羟基化富勒烯和U(VI)竞争氧化多壁碳纳米管上的吸附位点造成的,后者则可能改变了氧化多壁碳纳米管的表面电荷。用双位点模型对不同固液比和U(VI)初始浓度下U(VI)的吸附率随C₆₀(OH)n和C₆₀(C(COOH)₂)n初始浓度的变化进行了拟合得到了很好的结果。     

Solution Chemistry and the 36~(th) International Conference on Solution Chemistry (36 ICSC) in Xining,China

<正>Solution chemistry covers a broad and interdisciplinary area in chemistry,physics,biology,pharmaceutical,and medical sciences,as well as various application fields. With the advent of new theories,analytical methods,computers,and technology,the research area of solution chemistry has now been widely and deeply     

三元体系RECl_3（RE＝La，Pr，Sm）－HOAc－H_2O（30℃）的

本文测定了三元系ＲＥＣｌ３（ＲＥ＝Ｌａ，Ｐｒ，Ｓｍ）－ＨＯＡｃ－Ｈ２Ｏ（３０℃）的平衡态的溶度数据并绘制了相应的溶度图．在三个体系中分别形成ＬａＣｌ３·７Ｈ２Ｏ，ＰｒＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ，ＳｍＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ三种物质．ＨＯＡｃ对ＬｓＣｌ３·７Ｈ２Ｏ，ＰｒＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ，ＳｍＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ盐析作用程度的不同，表明了轻稀土元素的“一分组效应”，同时依据ＨＯＡｃ对ＬａＣｌ３·７Ｈ２Ｏ，ＰｒＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ，ＳｍＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ有盐折作用这一结论，提出了一种制备ＬａＣｌ３·７Ｈ２Ｏ，ＰｒＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ，ＳｍＣｌ３·６Ｈ２Ｏ的新方法．     

大河三角洲河口海岸演化机理模型研究:(II)模型构建与实证

本文以z坐标下的三维斜压海洋动力学数值模式为基本模式原型 ,在整理渤海基本数据并诊断计算风生环流和热盐环流作为背景环流场基础上 ,初步建立了渤海海域动力环境数值模式。模式采用了经校正的Bagnold型方程来计算渤海底移质沉积物输运 ,悬移质计算则是取二维深度平均悬移质输运方程和河床变形方程 ,计算含沙量分布以及由悬移物引起的冲淤厚度。利用这种方法建立的沉积物输运模式 ,定量模拟了渤海沿岸和海底的沉积物输运方向和冲淤分布。模拟结果与通过多年实测水深估算获得的渤海海底沉积物的冲淤变化分布相比较 ,两者之间在基本结论上是比较一致的