Genesis of Kaolinite Deposits in the Jungar Coalfield,NorthChina: Petrological,Mineralogical and Geochemical Evidence

Petrological, mineralogical and geochemical studies carried out on kaolinite deposits in Haerwusu surface mine,Jungar Coalfield, northern Ordos Basin, North China, define their characteristics, ore genesis and economic interest. Based on the crystalline size, two different types of kaolinite rocks, cryptocrystalline and grainy, were identified under the microscope. XRD data show that kaolinite is the predominant mineral, associated with boehmite, magnesite, anatase, pyrite,diaspore and calcite. However, high boehmite content(mean 70%) shows up in the middle layers. Kaolinite minerals present homogeneous shape and a good crystallinity(HI = 0.96–1.26). Geochemical studies show that the SiO2/Al2 O3 molar ratio of kaolinite is close to the theoretical value, and the contents of Na2 O, K2 O, CaO, MgO are less, suggesting a strong chemical weathering environment. The REE and Eu anomalies show a close relationship between kaolinite and the Yinshan Oldland granite. A Ce anomaly reflects a continental sedimentary environment with shallow water. A temperature range of26.7–34℃ was calculated on the basis of the isotopic signatures(δ18 O, δD) of the kaolinite rocks. All these data indicate that the formation of the kaolinite is caused mainly by the dissolution, coagulation, precipitation and recrystallization of aluminosilicate clastics in acidic conditions. The formation of boehmite in the middle layers indicates that the source rocks have changed. Boehmite is mainly formed by dehydration and compaction of an aluminum-rich colloid which transported into peat swamp during diagenesis. In addition, it formed by desiliconization of kaolinite under acidic conditions. Due to its high kaolinite content(up to 90%) and low iron mineral content(less than 1%), and good crystallinity, kaolinite deposits occurred at Haerwusu surface mine probably have great economical value in the future.     

Analysis and simulation of mesoscale convective systems accompanying heavy rainfall: The goyang case

We investigated a torrential rainfall case with a daily rainfall amount of 379 mm and a maximum hourly rain rate of 77.5 mm that took place on 12 July 2006 at Goyang in the middlewestern part of the Korean Peninsula. The heavy rainfall was responsible for flash flooding and was highly localized. High-resolution Doppler radar data from 5 radar sites located over central Korea were analyzed. Numerical simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model were also performed to complement the high-resolution observations and to further investigate the thermodynamic structure and development of the convective system. The grid nudging method using the Global Final (FNL) Analyses data was applied to the coarse model domain (30 km) in order to provide a more realistic and desirable initial and boundary conditions for the nested model domains (10 km, 3.3 km). The mesoscale convective system (MCS) which caused flash flooding was initiated by the strong low level jet (LLJ) at the frontal region of high equivalent potential temperature (θ_e) near the west coast over the Yellow Sea. The ascending of the warm and moist air was induced dynamically by the LLJ. The convective cells were triggered by small thermal perturbations and abruptly developed by the warm θ_e inflow. Within the MCS, several convective cells responsible for the rainfall peak at Goyang simultaneously developed with neighboring cells and interacted with each other. Moist absolutely unstable layers (MAULs) were seen at the lower troposphere with the very moist environment adding the instability for the development of the MCS.     

15~30d延伸期逐日预报在线显示平台的设计与实现

延伸期逐日预报是近年来涌现出的新兴气象业务。详细介绍了浙江省气候中心研发的15~30 d延伸期逐日预报在线显示平台。该平台以CFSv2和DERF2.0两个气候模式的预报产品为依托,基于5日集合平均方案,运用双线性插值技术形成0.25°×0.25°格点预报产品和省、市、县(市、区)三级行政区域站点预报产品,通过绝对误差和空间相关系数两种方法开展预报检验。针对县级气象部门的精细化服务需求,设计了15~30 d预报时间序列显示界面,并通过"包络线法"和"误差线法"分别给出平均气温和降水预报的上下限。业务平台测试版试运行以来表现出较好的预报性能,以2016年4月两次持续性强降水过程为例分析了平台的预报表现,结果表明平台分别提前20 d和16 d预报出这两次过程。针对存在的问题和不足进行了探讨,指出大力发展数值模式解释应用技术和概率预报是业务平台不断走向深入的技术基石。     

ELEMENTARY VIEW OF GREENHOUSE EFFECT OF THE ATMOSPHERES OF VARIOUS PLANETS

The global mean temperatures of the atmosphere and the surface of various planets of the solar system are deter-mined by taking the system as in radiative equilibrium,with the atmosphere taken as transparent to solar radiation butwith an albedo α,and composed of N layers each of which absorbs all infrared radiation that falls on it,and a top layerof partial absorptivity a,while the surface is taken as black.It is found that,for the earth's atmosphere with α=0.33,N=0,a=0.83,it gives the current observed mean surface temperature T_s=15℃ and the effective mean radiative temper-ature of the atmosphere T_a=242.6K.On the other hand;the atmosphere of Venus is characterized by α=0.70 andN=70,which yields a surface temperature of about 700K.It is also found that surface evaporation and absorption of solar radiation by the atmosphere tend to lower the sur-face temperature.     

内蒙古阿巴嘎旗奥陶纪岩体的发现及地质意义

阿巴嘎旗格日敖包岩体位于贺根山断裂带北侧,为一个复式岩体,由石英闪长岩、花岗闪长岩和黑云母二长花岗岩组成,主体为二长花岗岩。采用LA--MC--ICP--MS 锆石U--Pb 定年方法,获得黑云母二长花岗岩206Pb /238U 年龄为449 ± 3. 0 Ma,形成时代为晚奥陶世。岩石为高钾钙碱性系列,轻稀土富集,微量元素Ba、Sr、Nb、Ta 、P、Ti 亏损,Rb 、Th、U、K、Nd、Zr 等元素富集,表明其形成于活动大陆边缘环境。其形成可能与苏尼特左旗南侧俯冲事件有关。     

Power laws of high Rayleigh number convection

Previous theoretical and observational investigations have shown that vertical plumes are formed in the high Rayleigh number convection field over heated horizontal surfaces and that these plumes become unsteady and turbulent when the Rayleigh number is higher than about 20 times its critical value R _c. Based on these results, we conclude that the dissipation of kinetic energy takes place mainly in the surface boundary layer in high Rayleigh number laminar convection and mainly in the vertical plumes in turbulent convection, while the conversion of eddy potential energy into kinetic energy is accomplished mainly in the well-mixed main body of the fluid. On making use of these rather general conclusions concerning the kinetic energy generation and dissipation processes in the energy integrals, we are able to derive the well known 5/4 and 4/3 power laws of upward heat transfer by laminar and turbulent convections theoretically.     

吉南新太古代高镁安山岩及其地质意义

吉南张三沟岩组和金银别岩组发育一套高镁安山岩类,SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年为（2 493±12）Ma,形成于新太古代。高镁安山岩类属于钙碱性系列,w(SiO₂)为 53.93%～57.90%,富MgO(w(MgO)为6.54%～8.82%）,高Mg^#值(0.68～0.71, 平均0.69),高铬(w(Cr)为(270.66～1 117.30)×10^－6,平均443.62×10^－6）,高镍(w(Ni) 为(141.74～542.98)×10^－6,平均250.50×10^－6）,这种高MgO、Cr、Ni的特征表明其成因与地幔部分熔融有关。另一方面,该岩石富集大离子亲石元素（如Sr、Cs、K、Pb、Rb和Ba）,亏损高场强元素（如Nb、Ta、Ti、P）,富集LREE（w(Ce)为(38.34～59.34)×10^－6）,亏损HREE（w(Yb)为(1.38～1.57)×10^－6）,显示弧火山岩的特点。上述地球化学特征表明,岩石可能是消减板片脱水流体或者消减板片部分熔融的熔体与地幔橄榄岩相互作用的结果,揭示它们形成于消减带的构造环境,表明新太古代已经存在现代类型的板块构造。     

Petrology of spinel harzburgite xenoliths from the Kishb Plateau,Saudi Arabia

Two spinel harzburgite xenoliths from a Pleistocene alkali basalt unit erupted at the northwestern corner of the Tertiary Kishb Plateau (Saudi Arabia) are characterized by an incipient transition from protogranular to porphyroclastic texture. Vermicular and interstitial spinels are closely associated with neoblasts of olivine, enstatite, and diopside. Sparse exsolution lamellae of high-Ca pyroxene occur in all the enstatite porphyroblasts. Olivine neoblasts are, in many cases, in contact with one another, with the triple grain junctions rarely approaching 120°. Chemical zoning is undetectable by microprobe in spinel and olivine, whereas zoning of Al in enstatite and diopside indicates that chemical equilibrium was not attained. Clear, palegreen glasses occur as veinlets about 10 microns or less in width along grain boundaries and cracks. Consistent counting rates for Na in these glasses were obtained only at 5 kV with a sample current of about 6 namps and counting time of less than 7 s. These glasses are chemically homogeneous and are characterized by relatively high contents of SiO₂ (55.8–58.7 wt%), Na₂O (6.4–7.6 wt%), and Al₂O₃ (20.0–21.6 wt%), with inferred volatile contents of less than 1 wt%. The glass is suggested to be of upper mantle origin rather than having developed from the host basalt or by decompressional melting upon ascent.Geothermometry and geobarometry indicate that the lithospheric upper mantle beneath the Arabian Shield had been locally heated to higher than 1,050° C during Miocene/ Pliocene, resulting in some degree of partial melting. Spinel was formed by reaction between aluminous pyroxenes and olivine during subsequent cooling, and intercrystalline Mg-Fe exchange reached a steady state at about 800° C. The geotherm beneath the Arabian Shield since Miocene is estimated to be somewhat lower than that representing the present oceanic upper mantle. The thermal history established is consistent with the tectonic history of the Red Sea area and indicates a two-stage magmatism in the Arabian Shield since Miocene.     

Seismic monitoring of western Pacific typhoons

Typhoons inflict large damage to societies, but are usually difficult to monitor in close proximity in real-time without expensive instruments. Here we study the possibility of using seismic waveforms on the seafloor and on land to monitor the turning of a far away or approaching typhoon. Up to 67% of the typhoons making landfall in Taiwan come from the eastern shore, so that we deployed broadband ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) offshore eastern Taiwan in 2006 to study ground motion in close proximity to a typhoon. Typhoons generate ocean waves, which generate pressure signals in the water column before being transmitted to the seafloor as seismic waves and recorded by the OBSs. The ground motions on the seafloor correlate with locally increased (ocean) wave heights and wave periods, suggesting that the ground motions are mostly induced by in situ or nearby pressure fields, as shown by coherence function analyses. When a typhoon turns and changes wave-wave interaction near the source region, a new set of en echelon patterns develops which can be observed by OBSs and land stations. Similar features occur when a typhoon crosses a landmass and re-enters the ocean. The energy level ratio between the single-frequency and double-frequency microseisms also changes abruptly when the typhoon turns. These features can potentially help near real-time early warning with little cost to complement other conventional typhoon early warning methods.     

The perturbation characterization of reverberation from awind-generated bubbly ocean surface. I. Theory and a comparison ofbackscattering strength predictions with data

A joint surface roughness/volumetric perturbation scattering theory is utilized to characterize bubbly ocean surface reverberation. Backscattering strength predictions are shown to be consistent with observed reverberation phenomena such as critical wind speeds, excess levels due to volumetric scattering, and saturation