Palaeomagnetism of the Macaronesian Insular Region: The Cape Verde Islands

Palaeomagnetic pole positions have been determined for a collection of igneous rocks, comprising nearly five hundred samples, from the Cape Verde Islands of Santa Antao, Sao Vicente, Sao Nicolao and Sao Tiago. Limited data from the islands of Sal, Maio and Fogo are also presented. Stratigraphic control suggusts that the lavas are overwhelmingly Miocene in age on Sao Tiago and Sao Nicolao. Similarity in the palaeomagnetic pole positions indicates that Miocene lavas are also dominant on Santa Antao and Sao Vicente.
Substantial areas within two of the islands are of reversed polarity only, suggesting either a rapid extrusion rate, or the existence of a long reversed polarity epoch during the Miocene period. The palaeomagnetic pole positions for each island are close to the present geographic pole, excluding the possibility of Post-Miocene differential crustal spreading (or rotation about a vertical axis) in this part of the Atlantic. The palaeomagnetic pole position for the entire survey is consistent with the Miocene geographic pole being removed from, but close to, the present geographic pole; and is in harmony with the European polar wandering curve.     

Cambro-Ordovician palaeomagnetic and geochronologic data from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: revision of the Gondwana apparent polar wander path

We present new palaeomagnetic and isotopic data from the southern Victoria Land region of the Transantarctic Mountains in East Antarctica that constrain the palaeogeographic position of this region during the Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician. A new pole has been determined from a dioritic intrusion at Killer Ridge (⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar biotite age of 499 ± 3 Ma) and hornblende diorite dykes at Mt. Loke (21°E, 7°S, A 95 = 8°, N = 6 VGPs). The new Killer Ridge/Mt. Loke pole is indistinguishable from Gondwana Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician poles. Previously reported palaeomagnetic poles from southern Victoria Land have new isotopic age constraints that place them in the Late Cambrian rather than the Early Ordovician. Based upon the new palaeomagnetic and isotopic data, new Gondwana Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician mean poles have been calculated.     

塔里木河中游近200年的温度序列和变化

本文利用塔里木河中游的胡杨年表,重建了该区沙雅气象站近200年胡杨生长季的温度序列,分析表明,它可作为塔里木河中游近百年冷暖变化的参考依据。     

青藏高原地区臭氧总量与温度场关系初探

分析NCEP-NCAR逐月再分析温度场资料和ECMWF逐月再分析臭氧浓度混合比资料,得出了青藏高原不同层次上的臭氧总量与温度变化关系。研究结果显示:(1)青藏高原地区200 hPa臭氧总量春季最大,秋季最小,比北半球臭氧总量变化趋势提前一个月。(2)青藏高原地区200 hPa臭氧总量变化与500 hPa温度变化规律恰好相反,呈现了明显的反相关。(3)5～8月,这一反相关更为明显。具体为5～7月高原西部相关系数高于其他区域,6～8月高原东部相关系数高于其他区域。(4)300 hPa处,AO与BMI小波变换谱能量大致成正相关分布,只有在高频部分略表现为反相关。(5)在对应的13～15年周期频段有一区域通过了0.05显著性检验,年代际变化较为明显。这一特征大约从1982～1994年维持了10多年之久。     

TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND IMPLICATIONS IN SEDIMENTS ACROSS THE ALLERØD–YOUNGER DRYAS BOUNDARY IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Younger Dryas cooling occurred between 12.8 and 11.7 ka bp . This cooling is thought to have been the result of an abrupt change in atmospheric and oceanic circulations. One of the hypotheses explaining such a change suggests that just before the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling, multiple airbursts/impacts occurred over the Northern Hemisphere. We studied the late Pleistocene sediments from the Netherlands and Belgium to check whether a sudden short event might have taken place just before the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling. The geochemical features revealed suggest that such events might have occurred. The presence of products of biomass burning is suggested on the basis of trace element features of sediments from the lower Younger Dryas boundary. The presence of a volcanic component and a component resulting from extensive biomass burning in the sediments of c. 12.9 ka bp are indicated on the basis of trace element features. The volcanic component may be related to the Laacher See volcano eruption, whereas the cause of the extensive biomass burning remains unclear.     

Thermal and Alternating Magnetic Field Demagnetization Experiments on Cainozoic Basalts from Victoria, Australia

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A re-examination of the palaeomagnetism of the Older Cainozoic Volcanics of Victoria has indicated that these rocks possess temporary unstable components of magnetization. Thermal demagnetization experiments show the magnetic mineral in these basalts is a titanomagnetite. A.c. cleaning experiments to remove the unstable components of magnetization are also described.     

OLR揭示的北太平洋副热带高压的气候学特征

本文利用NOAA卫星观测的射出长波辐射(OLR)资料,分析了北太平洋副热带高压的气候学特征,揭示并解释了北太平洋副高的位置和强度显着东西向振荡的年循环现象,探讨了用卫星资料研究副高的新途径。     

亚暴等待时间的统计学分析:IMAGE卫星观测

利用IMAGE卫星FUV极光图像数据,对北半球极光椭圆带2760个亚暴事件进行统计分析,得到亚暴等待时间的统计分布,并利用简单的数学模型对卫星轨道的影响进行了讨论,得到以下结论:(1)亚暴等待时间在2-3h附近有一个峰值,较低纬度( MLat＜ 65°)发生的亚暴事件,其等待时间略长于较高纬度(MLat≥65°)发生的...     

南极温度的时空特征及其与我国夏季天气的关系

本文利用南极地区20个站1958—1983年逐年逐月温度资料和同期南方涛动指数、北半球高度场资料及我国大范围温度和降水资料,对南极地区冷暖变化规律及其与北半球大气环流和我国夏季降水的关系进行了初步分析。发现南极地区的温度和南方涛动都存在准3年振荡,我国华北地区的夏季温度与前期和同期南极大陆的温度存在显著的遥相关。 当南极大陆夏季温度偏高时,翌年我国华北地区夏季降水往往偏多,东北地区夏季温度偏低,反之亦然。     

NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION ALKENONE RECORD OF LAST GLACIAL TO HOLOCENE SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN THE EAST-EQUATORIAL SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

ABSTRACT. A new high-resolution, alkenone-de-rived record of sea-surface temperature (SST) change covering the last 26000 years was obtained from the east-equatorial Atlantic off the Congo River. Temperature fluctuations correspond to climate change recorded in other marine and terrestrial archives of the region. The maximum temperature difference between 26000 years BP ago and the Holocene climate optimum around 6000 years BP was 4.3°C, corroborating other SST estimates from the same area. The coldest conditions were followed by a warming that began at 24000 calendar years BP, a time when Northern Hemisphere ice sheets were still at their maximal position. This comparatively early warming is in agreement with previous findings from the east-equatorial South Atlantic. After a relatively stable period between 21500 and 14500 calendar years BP, a second warming began at 14500 calendar years BP which coincides with the onset of the African Humid Period. A cool period at 11500 calendar years BP halted this warming but the trend of increasing temperatures began again at 10000 calendar years BP, this time through large-scale oscillations. The warmest time, around 6000 calendar years BP, was followed by a modest cooling that coincides with the end of the African Humid Period and the onset of Neoglaciation on the African continent. Following this the record shows two distinct warming-cooling cycles during the late Holocene.     

THE 'LITTLE ICE AGE': RE-EVALUATION OF AN EVOLVING CONCEPT

ABSTRACT. This review focuses on the development of the ‘Little Ice Age’ as a glaciological and climatic concept, and evaluates its current usefulness in the light of new data on the glacier and climatic variations of the last millennium and of the Holocene. ‘Little Ice Age’ glacierization occurred over about 650 years and can be defined most precisely in the European Alps (c. AD 1300–1950) when extended glaciers were larger than before or since. ‘Little Ice Age’ climate is defined as a shorter time interval of about 330 years (c. AD 1570–1900) when Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures (land areas north of 20°N) fell significantly below the AD 1961–1990 mean. This climatic definition overlaps the times when the Alpine glaciers attained their latest two highstands (AD 1650 and 1850). It is emphasized, however, that ‘Little Ice Age’ glacierization was highly dependent on winter precipitation and that ‘Little Ice Age’ climate was not simply a matter of summer temperatures. Both the glacier‐centred and the climate‐centred concepts necessarily encompass considerable spatial and temporal variability, which are investigated using maps of mean summer temperature variations over the Northern Hemisphere at 30‐year intervals from AD 1571 to 1900. ‘Little Ice Age’‐type events occurred earlier in the Holocene as exemplified by at least seven glacier expansion episodes that have been identified in southern Norway. Such events provide a broader context and renewed relevance for the ‘Little Ice Age’, which may be viewed as a ‘modern analogue’ for the earlier events; and the likelihood that similar events will occur in the future has implications for climatic change in the twenty‐first century. It is concluded that the concept of a ‘Little Ice Age’ will remain useful only by (1) continuing to incorporate the temporal and spatial complexities of glacier and climatic variations as they become better known, and (2) by reflecting improved understanding of the Earth‐atmosphere‐ocean system and its forcing factors through the interaction of palaeoclimatic reconstruction with climate modelling.     

Pollution Transport in the Southwest Pacific

The impacts of long range transport of pollutants from anthropogenic and natural sources play a major role in atmospheric chemistry and may have an impact on global climate change. Although atmospheric transport in the Northern Hemisphere is recognised as an essential feature on aglohalscale, longrange transport in the Southern Hemisphere may have important regional implications.     

三门峽水库淤积末端位置确定和预估的地貌学方法

本文主要用地貌学的方法来研究三门峡水库淤积上延的问题。运用河床沉积物法和纵剖面抛物线法,确定了渭河下游淤积末端的位置在渭汗21-22断面附近,并作了综合性预估;实践证明,在目前水库运用方式下不会影响西安。用同样的方法还确定了北洛河的淤积末端在洛淤17-18断面附近,北干流的末端在黄淤59断面附近,这与水利部门用断面法、同流量水位和体积法所得的结论基本一致。由于洛淤17-18断面和北干流黄淤59断面附近正处于纵剖面的坡折,所以淤积末端再继续上延比较困难。     

Seasonal Variability of Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Using Visible Satellite Data

In this paper we use a satellite‐derived data set to explore spatial and temporal variations of snow extent across Northern Hemisphere continents during the last three decades. These weekly visible‐wavelength satellite maps of Northern Hemisphere snow extent produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration constitute the longest consistently‐derived satellite record of any environmental variable. We document the considerable intra‐annual variability of snow extent, and show that during each month, fluctuations over relatively small areas are responsible for the majority of the year‐to‐year variability. Regions that cover less than 6% of Northern Hemisphere lands north of 20°N explain 62% Ã Â Ã Â 92% of the interannual variance across the continents. On average, snow was more extensive across both Eurasia and North America from the 1970s to middle 1980s than during the late 1980s to late 1990s. During late winter, spring and summer, snow extent has decreased since the middle 1980s, while during fall to middle winter, snow extent has remained relatively constant. Accurate information on continental snow extent is critical for weather and hydrologic forecasting; for understanding hemispheric‐scale atmospheric circulation, thermal variations, and regional snow extent; and for using snow as a credible indicator of climate variability and change.     

冰雪覆盖与气候变化

引言冰雪覆盖是地球—大气系统中一个活跃的成员,也是地理环境中的一个重要组成部分。因此,多年来冰雪覆盖就是地理学家及气候学家的研究对象。冰雪覆盖的变化,对气候有很大影响,小至海冰与大陆积雪的季节与年际变化,大到冰河期大陆冰盖的巨大改变,都在不同尺度的气候变化中留下了不可磨灭的痕迹。     

信阳茶区生态环境分析与评价

通过对信阳茶区与全国茶区生态环境对比分析,本文认为:（1）温度是影响茶叶质量最关键的因素之一,北亚热带的温度条件是生产优质名茶的最佳条件之一;（2）信阳茶区地处北亚热带,区内水分条件优越,云雾条件良好,是优质茶叶的适生区;（3）信阳茶区的地貌类型以低山丘陵为主,宜茶地面积广阔,耕作强度小,发展茶叶生产的潜力较大;（4）信阳茶区茶树病虫害较少,农药使用量很少。因此,若经营得当,信阳茶区不仅会成为我国优质茶叶的产区,而且信阳茶叶也可在国内外市场上占据一定的优势。     

A paleomagnetic study of the Mull lava succession

Summary. A paleomagnetic study has been made of a succession of 139 non-overlapping basaltic lavas, representing 91 per cent of the longest remaining succession of flows associated with the Paleogene Mull volcano. All the lavas have experienced considerable hydrothermal alteration, probably at up to several million years after initial magnetization and frequently with alteration to the opaque minerals and the production of new potentially magnetic phases. The question of whether directional remagnetization has taken place while preserving within-unit directional consistency and discreteness of unit mean direction is discussed. Extensive directional remagnetization is excluded as an explanation for the data. If stable directions obtained by alternating field remanence cleaning coincide with original TRM directions then a mean pole position for all temporally independent lava directions from the British Tertiary igneous province is at 71.9° N, 167.2° E, with k:22 and α₉₅:3.0°. This pole is significantly different from the geographic pole. If the difference in palaeomagnetic and geographic poles is interpreted in terms of absolute plate motion, then 2010 km of northwards motion of the western part of the Eurasian Plate, at 3.7 cm/yr, has taken place over the last 55 Myr. This motion has implications for the geological history of the Arctic and for the complexity of mantle motions.     

A STUDY OF THE PALAEOMAGNETISM OF THE PILANSBERG DYKES

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A detailed study has been made of the remanent magnetization of five Pilansberg dykes, by means of measurements on oriented specimens of the rocks. Outcrops of the dykes prove to have suffered magnetic disturbance of their original thermo-remanent magnetization. Specimens from depths of a few thousand feet, taken in Witwatersrand gold mines, show highly consistent magnetisation of the basic parts of the dykes over considerable distances between sampling sites. The mean directions given by the five dykes agree well, and the mean direction from the five dykes gives a North-seeking magnetic pole with inclination +69.3 and azimuth N 24° E. Assuming thermo-remanent magnetisation by a geocentric dipole field, this places a North magnetic pole in latitude 71/2° N, longitude 421/ E at the time of intrusion of the dykes. The age of the dykes is uncertain, but is probably about 300 to 400 million years. Some of the specimens have been subjected to alternating magnetic fields in order to test the stability of their magnetisations. The basic specimens are found to be highly stable, being only slightly affected by fields of 100 to 300 oersteds. The possible implications of the results are discussed, in terms of hypotheses of polar wandering and continental drift.     

Analysis of satellite measurements of ozone, nitrous oxide and methane: intra-annual variations in the stratosphere

Peculiarities in the intra-annual variations of 0₃, N₂0 and CH₄ in the middle and upper stratosphere are analysed by different methods for the middle and polar latitudes of the Northern and the Southern hemispheres. In the middle stratosphere the phase of the O, annual harmonic shifts in the Northern Hemisphere from polar to lower latitudes, while in the Southern Hemisphere the downward shift is exhibited. The phase of the NiO annual harmonic shifts to the poles both in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, but in the Northern Hemisphere it is almost vertical with the horizontal spreading, while in the Southern Hemisphere the phase propagation has a remarkable downward component. The most similar shifts of the phase of the annual harmonic in the middle stratosphere of both hemispheres are exhibited for the CII" content in the middle and high latitudes. Remarkable differences are noted between the intervals with the increase of mixing ratios in the annual cycle at different latitudinal belts. In particular, these intervals are large in subtropical stratosphere, with a shorter and steeper decrease of the mixing ratios. The general decrease of these intervals is exhibited from middle to polar latitudes. The striking difference in temporal variations of the species exists between the northern polar and middle latitudes, where the month-to-month changes of the species are often opposite each to other. These peculiarities and interhemispheric differences are associated with the different stratospheric dynamics of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, particularly with different regimes of planetary wave activity in the northern and southern extratropical latitudes.     

四川森林的地域分异特点

四川的地形主要是山地,因而四川森林属山地类型,其中以松Pinaceae林和栎Fa-gaceae林为主。松林和栎林在四川森林中具有代表性。在地理分布上四川森林的地域分异极为明显。根据森林的地域分异特点,将四川林区划分为9个森林分布区。