钙钛矿型硅酸盐的热膨胀及地幔分层

位于地下670公里深处的地震不连续带是上、下地幔的分界面,其压强为24GPa,温度为2—3千K。在这样的条件下,上地幔的主要矿物——橄榄石〔(Mg、Fe)_2SiO_4〕、辉石〔(Mg、Fe)SiO_3〕和石榴石〔(Mg、Fe、Ca)_3Al_2Si_2O_2〕将转变为斜方畸变的具钙钛矿结构的〔(Mg、Fe)SiO_3〕矿物或以钙钛矿为主的矿物组合。由于钙钛矿型的硅酸盐至少在70GPa压力下还是稳定的,因而它被认为是下地幔(或许是整个地球)中最主要的矿物。尽管钙钛矿型的硅酸盐很重要,但直到1976年才被发现,而且由于合成这种矿物所需的压力和温度条件很难达到,所以对其物理性质还不甚了解。例如,钙钛矿热膨胀系数对下地幔可能存在的成分模式起着重要的制约作用。最近我们合成了足够量的钙钛矿型的(Mg_0.9,Fe_0.1)SiO_2以便用X射线衍射法测定其在温度达840K时的无压热膨胀。在高温下测得的平均热膨胀系数为4×10~(-6)K~(-1)。这么大的热膨胀系数表明:根据土地幔组分(如地幔岩或石榴石橄榄岩,Mg值≈0.89)的标准模式求得的无压密度,要比推断的下地幔在无压条件下的密度低大纣2%。这一结果显示:上地幔与下地幔的化学性质是不同的;这与地幔热对流的分层模式是一致的。     

有关森林天然火灾的低层风和温度廓线

1.引言对负责森林火险天气预报人员来说,查看一下简单的气象图表,并确定气象条件是否有利于星星之火发展到不可控制的大火那将是非常必要的。由于近地面天气状况是受制于高层天气过程的,而火灾又是一种三度空间现象,与大气的铅直剖面关系密切。风和温度随高度变化影响大气对流的强弱,也影响林火的发生和发展。近年来,人们一直在探讨这些因素对森林天然火灾的影响。 1954年,拜厄姆(Byram)提出了在“点燃”林火的上空是某些特殊的风廓线。其要点之一是在火场的上空,风力由近地面的最大值一直到大约2400米附近的高度,而后随高度递减。他认为这样有利于火场上空对流柱的发展,由此能增强在地面火势的强度。     

美国国家天气局地面观测自动化现状与展望

当前,一个限制或削减全部工作和费用的压力正漫延着整个美国联邦政府,国家天气局在八十年代期间必须对此有所准备。同时,又要尽可能地满足广大公众对预报准确率和提高天气服务方面提出的要求。国家天气局准备在以下几方面进行努力:1.国家气象中心计算机的更换和继续改进指导产品;2.改进国内通讯(AFOS)和传递;3.提高卫星、雷达(RADAP,多普勒)和地面观测水平;4.改组预报组织。现就地面观测自动化概述如下:目前,国家天气局(NWS)现有人员1,200人,260多个地面观测站提供地面天气观测资料。观测方法仍以人工操作为主。随着各种先进传感器的出     

古代海洋沉积物中沉积速度与有机碳总量间的关系(上)

沉积盆地的碳氢化合物潜量取决于是否存在良好的生油岩。石油勘探中的一个主要问题就是要在边远地区的陆上或海洋盆地中建立用于评价生油岩潜力的准则。     

温度自动预报系统——英国气象局数值天气预报模式输出统计的应用

1.引言 MOS(模式输出统计)方法,是用来预报那些数值天气预报(NWP)模式不直接表示的气象变量,它的基础是建立固定等压面分散网格点上高度、温度、湿度和风等直接表示变量的数值预报值和地面温度、云高云量及能见度等观测值之间的关系。通常使用多变量线性回归模型来确定这种关系。 PP(完全预报)方法,是建立观测得到的大气变量和感兴趣的“天气”特征之间的关系,在预报时使用数值预报代替观测变量作为预报因子。美国研究组进行了大量的MOS方面的工作,将这一技术方法应用于预报很多天气变量,取得不同程度的成功。其中所设计的地面温度自动预报业务系统,在很大程度上推动了本文所描述的试验。     

1976年8月松潘—平武地震的预报

本文由R、E华莱士和邓大亮所著,发表于Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,Vol.70,No.4。原著分绪论、预报、非仪器异常和前兆的解释、评论和结论四部分,现就绪论、评论和结论二部分的译文刊出。)     

采用甘多菲X光技术鉴定流体包裹体的子矿物

流体包裹体是主晶从中生长的流体的样品,或是在主品形成后的某个时间但围主晶的流体样品。因为这些包裹体是成矿流体的实际的样品,如果能测定包裹休的组成,则可能得到伴生成矿的化学条件方面的有价值的信息。当然,不仅需要进行流体成分的测定,而且还应该进行所有固体相即从那些溶液沉淀出来的子矿物成分的测定。     

大陆内部的古缝合带

大陆内部的古缝合带是包括残余古海盆的变形地区.它们是在两个早先被海盆分开的大陆块或岛弧,在板块活动时期发生会聚碰撞时形成的。今天我们所得到的唯一记录,是这些地带的深海壳和古海底。它们代表了地球形成历史的94%。为了认识和解释这些古老地带,本文讨论了十条标准。为研究这些地带而制定的这个规划对美国具有很大的科学意义和较高的经济价值。比起其它大型国家科研项目来讲亦较为经济.     

Distribution functions of spring discharges according to their lithologies and the influence of lower limit to flow: an example from Spain

Specific functions of distribution of the number of springs and of their contributions according to flow for each of nine lithological groups are established. These functions confirm the suitability of a general type of distribution (Sanz 1996), which is a borderline case of the lognormal distribution. The statistical methods proposed for the lithological types presented can be applied to any region if data on flow and lithology of the aquifers drained by springs are available. These methods have been applied to Spain, a representative region with varied geology, climate and topography; 71.2% of spring flow is supplied by limestones, 19.17% by alluvial sediments and marls, 6.7% by conglomerates and sandstones, and 3% by slates, plutonic rocks, quartzites, and other groups. Springs with discharge rates exceeding 2000 L/s exist only in limestones. The majority of springs with low flow occur in marls. If we consider springs with flow greater than 0.5 L/s, alluvial sediments, sandstones, marls, and limestones have the greatest density of springs per surface area, although the average flow varies greatly from one lithology to the next. The cumulative estimated discharge and the estimated number of springs depend upon the definition of the lower limit of flow. For example, total discharge is reduced by 30% if we eliminate all springs with flow lower than 0.5 L/min.     

Impact of polychaetes (Nereis spp. and Arenicola marina) on carbon biogeochemistry in coastal marine sediments

Known effects of bioturbation by common polychaetes (Nereis spp. and Arenicola marina) in Northern European coastal waters on sediment carbon diagenesis is summarized and assessed. The physical impact of irrigation and reworking activity of the involved polychaete species is evaluated and related to their basic biology. Based on past and present experimental work, it is concluded that effects of bioturbation on carbon diagenesis from manipulated laboratory experiments cannot be directly extrapolated to in situ conditions. The 45–260% flux (e.g., CO₂ release) enhancement found in the laboratory is much higher than usually observed in the field (10–25%). Thus, the faunal induced enhancement of microbial carbon oxidation in natural sediments instead causes a reduction of the organic matter inventory rather than an increased release of CO₂ across the sediment/water interface. The relative decrease in organic inventory (G _b /G _u) is inversely related to the relative increase in microbial capacity for organic matter decay (k _b /k _u). The equilibrium is controlled by the balance between organic input (deposition of organic matter at the sediment surface) and the intensity of bioturbation. Introduction of oxygen to subsurface sediment and removal of metabolites are considered the two most important underlying mechanisms for the stimulation of carbon oxidation by burrowing fauna. Introduction of oxygen to deep sediment layers of low microbial activity, either by downward irrigation transport of overlying oxic water or by upward reworking transport of sediment to the oxic water column will increase carbon oxidation of anaerobically refractory organic matter. It appears that the irrigation effect is larger than and to a higher degree dependent on animal density than the reworking effect. Enhancement of anaerobic carbon oxidation by removal of metabolites (reduced diffusion scale) may cause a significant increase in total sediment metabolism. This is caused by three possible mechanisms: (i) combined mineralization and biological uptake; (ii) combined mineralization and abiogenic precipitation; and (iii) alleviation of metabolite inhibition. Finally, some suggestions for future work on bioturbation effects are presented, including: (i) experimental verification of metabolite inhibition in bioturbated sediments; (ii) mapping and quantification of the role of metals as electron acceptors in bioturbated sediments; and (iii) identification of microbial community composition by the use of new molecular biological techniques. These three topics are not intended to cover all unresolved aspects of bioturbation, but should rather be considered a list of obvious gaps in our knowledge and present new and appealing approaches.