RMJG Rutile: A New Natural Reference Material for Microbeam U‐Pb Dating and Hf Isotopic Analysis

Matrix‐matched reference materials are necessary for accurate microbeam U‐Pb dating and Hf isotopic determination. This study introduces the RMJG rutile as a new potential reference material, which was separated from Palaeoproterozoic pelitic granulites collected in Hebei Province, China. LA‐ICP‐MS measurements indicate the RMJG rutile has extremely low Th (< 0.003 ± 0.01 µg g^?1) and common Pb contents, but high Hf (102 ± 34 µg g^?1), U (61 ± 11 µg g^?1), and radiogenic Pb (~ 20 µg g^?1) contents. Moreover, the rutile yields relatively constant U‐Pb ages and Hf isotopic data. The LA‐ICP‐MS analyses suggest that this rutile has a concordant U‐Pb age with a statistical mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U and ²⁰⁷Pb/²³⁵U ages of 1749.9 ± 32.1 Ma and 1750.0 ± 26.4 Ma, respectively (2s), which are statistically indistinguishable from its ID‐TIMS ages (1750.6 ± 8.4 and 1750.1 ± 4.7 Ma). Precise determination of the ¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf ratio by MC‐ICP‐MS in solution mode (0.281652 ± 0.000006) is in good agreement with the statistical mean of the LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS measurements (0.28166 ± 0.00018). Therefore, the limited variations of RMJG U‐Pb age and Hf isotopic composition together with its extremely low common Pb and high Hf, U and Pb contents make it an ideal calibration and monitor reference material for LA‐ICP‐MS measurements.     

Basin-scale seawater lead isotopic character and its geological evolution indicated by Fe-Mn deposits in the SCS

Abstract

The geochemical characteristics and Pb isotope variations in Fe-Mn deposits collected from the South China Sea (SCS) were studied in this paper. The mineralogical and chemical composition data indicate that the deposits are almost all hydrogenetic in origin. Compared with the Fe-Mn deposits in other oceans, the SCS Fe-Mn deposits have a significantly higher Pb content because of higher material supply in addition to a lower growth rate of the deposits. Pb isotope ratios in the surface of the SCS Fe-Mn deposits are relatively uniform, with a characteristic of relatively lower ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratio. The Pb isotopic compositions of the SCS Fe-Mn deposits are controlled by the Pacific Deep Water and local inputs, which include eolian dust from the Asian continent and weathering products from Taiwan, Luzon and SCS submarine volcanic rocks. The continuously increasing ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios along the transect of nodule D581 over the past 3.5?Ma are affected by the stepwise closure of the Luzon Strait that reduced volcanic material supply and the deep current strengthen at the same time.     

乡村聚落空间重构的理论解析

快速城镇化进程中中国传统乡村聚落空间面临剧烈分化和重组。在阐释乡村聚落空间重构的概念内涵基础上,基于宏观和中微观层面、客体和主体系统探讨了乡村聚落空间重构的机理,并提出了乡村聚落空间重构过程中需关注的要点。结论如下:① 乡村聚落空间重构即为适应城乡发展要素的变化,行为主体采取经济、技术、政策等手段调整村镇空间等级体系及干预单体聚落内部土地资源配置,以协调乡村地域人地关系的过程,具有重构内容复合性、重构目标多元性和重构过程复杂性的特点。② 乡村聚落空间重构折射着现代社会生产方式、经济结构、社会结构、制度演化、技术发展等宏观环境的变迁,并根植于所在乡村地域自然-经济-社会等客体系统的约束框架之内,凝聚着利益行为主体间的博弈、对抗、竞争与合作关系。③ 乡村聚落空间重构应正确处理人口-土地-产业关系,充分重视聚落的文化和生态价值,有效发挥政策和制度的支撑作用,以促进新时期乡村地域系统的全面振兴。     

中国大陆西部地区现今的块体运动

根据中国地壳运动ＧＰＳ监测网１９９２～１９９６年３次复测结果,分析了我国大陆西部地区现今块体运动的基本特征,结果表明：印度板块向北推挤是我国西部块体褶皱运动和变形的根源;由於内部次级断块的边界条件和受力方式不同,块体边界和内部构造形变亦具有明显的差异。块体运动主要特点表现为：（１）喜马拉雅向南弯曲的弧形边界东西两端,印度板块推挤运动方向不同,导致了弧前方的亚板块和构造块体的运动方向呈扇形散开;（２）青藏高原主体在南北向缩短、东西向延伸的同时存在着明显向东的物质侧向滑移;（３）重要块体分界带和褶皱带两侧运动矢量的比较表明,阿尔金断裂为左旋走滑,天山、祁连山均呈压性;（４）由设置在不同块体的ＧＰＳ测站南北向和东西向运动速率及速率的平均值得到的块体运动速率和方向,呈有规则的变化,其变化规律与地质、地球物理结果具有较好的一致性。     

A New Lithostratigraphic Framework for the Cretaceous Colorado Group in the Cold Lake Heavy Oil Area,East-Central Alberta,Canada

The Albian to Santonian Colorado Group in the heavy oil area of Cold Lake, east-central Alberta represents a relatively condensed section of shale-dominated sedimentation within the Western Interior Sea. These shales form the cap rock to the underlying Clearwater and Grand Rapids formations that are exploited for bitumen extraction. Two cores covering the entire Colorado Group provide a unique opportunity for establishment of a stratigraphic reference in an area that has received attention only for its heavy oil-bearing Mannville Group. Based on sedimentology, geochemistry, micropaleontology, nannofossils, and wireline log data, the Colorado Group was subdivided into the Joli Fou, Viking, Westgate, Fish Scales, Belle Fourche, Second White Specks, and Niobrara formations. The Niobrara Formation was subdivided further into the Verger Member, informal Cold Lake member, and First White Specks Member. Because of this region’s small accommodation space and distance to sources of coarse clastic sediment, disconformities are indicated lithologically by bioclastic layers and missing biozones. Foraminiferal subzones revealed two erosional boundaries associated with the Viking Formation. Faunal and floral evidence coupled with wireline log correlations suggest that the Middle to Upper Turonian Carlile Formation, as described from southeastern Alberta, is missing. That extends the Middle Turonian to Coniacian unconformity, as recognized in central Saskatchewan, westwards into Alberta.     

自动雨量站降雨资料质量评估方法研究

利用19种不同型号的自动雨量站2005年6—9月在北京 (54511)、宜昌 (57461) 和南京 (58238) 3站的实测对比观测资料, 进行降雨资料质量评估, 不同的评估方法将会导致评估结果的差异。结果表明:采用自动气象站降雨资料和雨量筒人工定时观测记录作为降雨量参考标准对自动雨量站进行评估时, 由于降雨量参考标准本身存在的不确定性, 或多或少影响了评估结果的准确性。在广泛试验的基础上, 提出了采用基于各自动雨量站观测结果的拟合降雨量作为降雨量参考标准的新思路, 并对拟合降雨量的可行性、适用性以及计算方法进行了详细论述。     

Trends in chemical composition of precipitation in Nanjing, China, during 1992–2003

In this study, variations of the chemical composition of precipitation in Nanjing, China, over a 12-year period (1992–2003) are presented. The average annual concentration of pH value was 5.15, ranging from 4.93 to 5.36, and there was no significant trend in the acidity of precipitation. SO₄²⁻, Cl⁻ and NO₃⁻ were the main anions, while Ca²⁺, NH₄⁺ and Mg²⁺ were the main cations. The concentrations of these main ions were very high compared to those reported in many other areas around the world. Most of the ions came from anthropogenic and crustal sources. High correlations were found among dust-derived cations Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺and K⁺, between Cl⁻ and SO₄²⁻, between Cl⁻ and NH₄⁺ and between acidic anions and dust-derived cations, such as SO₄²⁻ and Ca²⁺, SO₄²⁻ and K⁺, Cl⁻ and Ca²⁺, Cl⁻ and K⁺, F⁻ and Mg²⁺ and F⁻ and K⁺. A significant decreasing trend was observed in concentration of SO₄²⁻ because of the abatement strategies for SO₂ emissions and energy policy change, while a significant increasing trend was found in the contribution of NO₃⁻ to acidification due to the rapidly growing number of motor vehicles. A significant decreasing trend was found in dust-derived cation Ca²⁺ due to more stringent controls of industrial dust emissions and rapid urbanization reducing the amount of open land, while the contribution of NH₄⁺ to neutralization increased relatively.     

塔中117井储层烃包裹体研究及油气成藏史

将一个烃包裹体视为一个小小的“油气藏圈闭”。若已知油气藏烃组分,应用 PVTpro4.0油藏烃类流体相态平衡软件,可以获取油气藏圈闭的组分 PVT 相图及捕获压力参数。本文首先对 TZ117井盐水包裹体和烃包裹体进行观察分析,将TZ117烃包裹体分成三期,然后在-170℃条件下利用喇曼测定烃包裹体中烃组分的相对含量,并输入 PVTpr04.0油藏烃类流体相态平衡软件中做出烃包裹体 PVT 相图,确定烃包裹体捕获压力。根据烃包裹体捕获压力,恢复三期烃包裹体形成时的深度,结合 TZ117埋藏史,研究 TZ117井油气成藏史。     

Effects of fungal infection on lipid extract composition of higher plant remains: comparison of shoots of a Cenomanian conifer, uninfected and infected by extinct fungi

The lipid fraction extracted from uninfected shoots of a fossil conifer, Frenelopsis alata, was analysed by gas-chromatography–mass-spectrometry, and compared with shoots of the same conifer infected by extinct epiphyllous fungi, so as to study the effects of fungal infection on the chemical composition of extracts from higher plant remains. The extracts from the uninfected shoots appeared to be composed of (i) common constituents of higher plant lipids such as n-alkanes and fatty acids, (ii) elemental sulphur, and (iii) substantial amounts of terpenoids characteristic of conifers, such as cadalene, beyerane, dehydroabietane and related compounds. Comparison of this extract with that of fungal-infected shoots revealed, in addition to the aforementioned compounds, the presence of substantial amounts of hydroxysuccinic acid and functionalised benzoic compounds that were interpreted as degradation products of lignin by fungi. This study afforded preliminary indications of the composition of extracts from higher plant remains infected by fungi.     

黄土高原β中尺度致洪暴雨特征及成因

利用MICAPS资料、多普勒气象雷达资料和NCEP资料等,对2012年7月26日20:00至27日20:00黄土高原发生的一次β中尺度致洪暴雨过程的特征及成因做了分析。结果表明:近地层能量比低值舌的活动是两次强降水产生的触发机制之一;暴雨过程两个强降水时段都对应邻近暴雨区的北方1 km以内的边界层大于20 m·s~(-1)偏东风相对风暴气流的建立,而邻近暴雨区的北方1 km以内的边界层大于15 m·s~(-1)偏东风相对风暴气流减弱消失、或范围大幅度缩小,则对应强降水的减弱或停止;涡度收支分析表明,第一次强降水前,由于水平平流项的作用在300 hPa附近形成很强的负涡度收支;第二次强降水前,主要是扭转项和垂直输送项的作用,同时在450~300 hPa形成很强的正涡度收支;视热源与视水汽汇分析表明:第一次强降水前,视热源在300 hPa附近出现比较强的冷却层;第二次强降水前,800~500 hPa视水汽汇远大于视热源,形成正的加热层;500~200 hPa视热源远大于视水汽汇,形成峰值接近11 K·(6 h)~(-1)的很强的加热层;而在200~130 hPa由于视热源的作用,形成冷却层。