Mussels document loss of bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the return to baseline conditions for oiled shorelines in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were measured in mussels (Mytilus trossulus) collected between 1990 and 2002 from 11 sites on the shores of Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, that were heavily oiled by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS). This study, utilizing the methods of the NOAA Status and Trends Mussel Watch Program, found that concentrations of PAH released from spill remnants have decreased dramatically with time and by 2002 were at or near the range of total PAH (TPAH) of 3-355 ng/g dry weight obtained for mussels from unoiled reference sites in PWS. Time-series TPAH data indicate a mean TPAH half-life in mussel tissues of 2.4 years with a range from 1.4 to 5.3, yielding an annual mean loss of bioaccumulated TPAH of 25%. The petroleum-derived TPAH fraction in mussel tissues has decreased with time, reflecting the decreasing release of EVOS residues in shoreline sediments. These results show that PAH from EVOS residues that remain buried in shoreline sediments after the early 1990s are in a form and at locations that have a low accessibility to mussels living in the intertidal zone.     

Aqueous alteration of the Bali CV3 chondrite: evidence from mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and oxygen isotopic compositions

A petrographic, geochemical, and oxygen isotopic study of the Bali CV3 carbonaceous chondrite revealed that the meteorite has undergone extensive deformation and aqueous alteration on its parent body. Deformation textures are common and include flattened chondrules, a well-developed foliation, and the presence of distinctive (100) planar defects in olivine. The occurrence of alteration products associated with the planar defects indicates that the deformation features formed prior to the episode of aqueous alteration. The secondary minerals produced during the alteration event include well-crystallized Mg-rich saponite, framboidal magnetite, and Ca-phosphates. The alteration products are not homogeneously distributed throughout the meteorite, but occur in regions adjacent to relatively unaltered material, such as veins of altered material following the foliation. The alteration assemblage formed under oxidizing conditions at relatively low temperatures (<100 degrees C). Altered regions in Bali have higher Na, Ca, and P contents than unaltered regions which suggests that the fluid phase carried significant dissolved solids. Oxygen isotopic compositions for unaltered regions in Bali fall within the field for other CV3 whole-rocks, however, the oxygen isotopic compositions of the heavily altered material lie in the region for the CM and CR chondrites. The heavy-isotope enrichment of the altered regions in Bali suggest alteration conditions similar to those for the petrographic type-2 carbonaceous chondrites.     

Time resolved simulation of lightning by lip

In this letter, we report results of time resolved spectra of lightning simulation in air by laser-induced plasma (LIP). The measured electron temperatures varied from (1.7 +/- 0.1)X10(4) K at 600 ns to (1.2 +/- 0.1)X10(4)K at 4 microseconds after the ignition of the plasma. Electron densities in the plasma varied from (7.0 +/- 1.4)X10(17)/cm3 to (9.0 +/- 1.8)X10(16)/cm3 for the above times. We also present, for the first time, a comparison of state variables for LIP and natural lightning. We find that immediately following the ignition both natural lightning and LIP reach temperatures in excess of 16,000K and relax to ambient pressure with different rates. They are expected to approach 2000 - 4000 K temperature range, which is important to chemical synthesis, in an asymptotically similar fashion.     

青海湟水盆地活动断裂构造格架激光散斑模拟试验研究

将最新研究的湟水盆地断裂构造格架设置于合理的试验材料之上，进行激光散斑模型模拟试验，取得了断裂活动特征的量化显示结果，并用于评价区域地壳稳定性．     

青海南山构造带东段化隆岩群中变质侵入体的形成时代及地球化学特征

化隆岩群作为青海南山构造带的基底岩系,对其形成时代还存在较大争议.笔者通过对侵入于华隆岩群的片麻状花岗岩进行岩石学、年代学和岩石地球化学研究,显示岩石具高硅、富铝、贫钾、低磷和钛的特征,SiO2含量为69.48％,K2O含量为2.35％,K2O/Na2O值为0.59,(Na2O+K2O)值为6.27％,MgO含量为1....     

分形方法在苏北盆地金湖凹陷石油资源评价中的应用

成熟勘探区剩余资源量的多少倍受关注。根据金湖凹陷的油藏规模分布特征,应用分形方法估计该区的石油地质资源。石油地质资源总量为12284×10⁴t,分布在507个油藏中;其中未发现的具有经济价值的石油地质资源量为2740×10⁴t,分布在126个油藏中。这反映了该区的油气勘探程度较高,但仍有一定的勘探潜力,大量中-小油藏是今后勘探的主攻目标。分形方法作为油气资源评价的一种新途径,计算过程简便,结果可靠,应用前景广阔。     

基于SWOT-AHP方法的海岛休闲产业发展策略研究——以舟山为例

文章采用SWOT-AHP分析法对舟山海岛休闲业的优势、劣势、机遇和挑战4方面设定指标14项,并进行研究分析,结果表明:舟山海岛休闲产业有良好的区位、资源和政策优势,舟山海岛休闲产业面临的形势,依次为:机遇、优势、劣势、威胁,产业优势和机遇处于利好位置,但同时面临着一系列如缺乏统一规划、产品特色不突出、缺乏完善的管理体制机制、竞争中同质化情况明显等问题。针对此现状及问题提出科学规划可持续发展、完善管理体制机制、强化市场宣传,提升知名度、倡导生态旅游,提升环保意识、加强产品创新及人才培养等建议,以促进舟山海岛休闲业的稳步发展,给舟山及我国海岛休闲业的发展提供一些参考,以实现我国海岛休闲产业的品质化与多元化,促进海岛休闲产业的蓬勃发展。     

重要的海洋测绘成果——南海重磁异常图

在前人工作基础上,校正、处理、整合升华了1987~2007年的南海海洋重磁调查成果,编制完成南海空间重力异常图、南海磁力ΔT异常图两份基础图件,探索了南海磁力ΔZ⊥异常的处理方法,并且获得了可信的南海磁力ΔZ⊥异常图。成果证实,本文编制的南海重力测量图件、磁力测量图件与南海多波束测深测量的结果匹配,这三种地球物理的成果可以互为验证、互为补充,并且与拖网获得的岩石地球物理性质一致,说明所编制的南海海洋测绘图件可信。提出开展多兵种联合的海洋测绘工作建议,这是海洋测绘发展的方向,互为验证、互为补充的海洋测绘成果才能踏实用于海洋资源、海洋地质灾害预测、海防等领域的基础研究,才能为决策提供客观依据。     

上海地区深部构造特征和地震活动趋势探讨

本文介绍由重磁资料计算上海地区居里面、莫霍面、均衡重力异常及地幔流应力场的方法和成果,并在对成果初步分析的基础上,探讨了深部地质构造特征及其与地震活动趋势的关系,其中着重讨论了居里面及其与地震活动的关系。文章最后提出了对上海地区地震活动趋势的几点认识。