污染源强度与雨量之间关系的研究

1.绪言在四十年代发现印地安纳州拉波特城(Laporte)年降水量的突然增加,是与芝加哥地区烟日和霾日天数的增加相对应的。这就引起了这样一种推测:空中的污染物质可能以某种方式使得拉波特的降水量增加。随后出现了一些讨论气溶胶与雨量关系的文章。人们把雨量的增加或减少,都归因于气溶胶浓度、     

白垩纪末期生物大批死亡引起的环境变化及其演化意义

DSDP 524区中生代最晚期和第三纪最早期的沉积物中,保存着白垩纪末期环境变化和生物演化的详细纪录。我们对该孔进行了加密取样,样品间距大致相当于100年或1000年的时间间隔,同时对样品进行了碳酸盐含量、微量元素成分及碳氧同位素分析。我们所得到的数据可以解释为白垩纪末期生物大批死亡的结果,当时大量远洋地区的生物扫地以尽。养料锐减导致部分从河流带来的溶解CO_2转移到大气圈,致使在长达40,000年的时间内,空气中的CO_2剧增。由此产生的温室效应就是氧同位素所揭示的温度升高的原因。 第三纪最早期沉积物中,包括来自“白垩纪生物群”中的化石,有的已经过再沉积作用,有的则是这场灾难的最后幸存者。我们的资料表明,大量远洋生物的灭绝是在第三纪最早期的不利环境中发生的。而这种异常的环境则是生物大批死亡的结果,且持续有几千年之久。恐龙就是因为温度灾难性升高产生的热异常而灭绝的。 大洋中生物大批灭绝的原因,与巨大的天外星体的陨落有关,界线附近的铱异常即其标志,我们的资料与许靖华不久前发表的彗星冲击说是不抵触的。     

论花岗岩化

人工模拟花岗岩的试验能产生重合现象,例如,人造花岗质物质虽与自然界花岗岩相似,但其形成条件却与自然界花岗岩完全不同。因此,通过熔化湿的砂质粘土和食盐获得类似花岗岩的产物是可能的。但由此认为在自然界形成花岗岩时曾发生相似的作用,所以我们能将人工合成的数据作为自然界这种作用的条件,这样的结论则是完全不可取的。此外,这种相应的自然界作用的时间甚至到今天仍一无所知。这个例子表明,把重合现象当作实际研究的结果来看待是非常危险的。对此,NieuwenKamp 于1966年就已提出。特别是在研究花岗岩时,犯这种错误的危险性很大。长期以来,人们认为花岗岩不是一般的含义的熔浆产物,而是成因非常复杂的超变     

塞拉利昂太古宙基底中不一致的Rb—Sr和Pb—Pb全岩等时年龄的意义

英国地质科学研究所一个研究队(I.G.S),通过对塞拉利昂北部的野外制图和构造研究,建立了西非克拉通太古宙地层层序,划分出一个较老的利欧尼亚(Leonian)花岗岩—绿岩区,它在利比里亚构造—变质事件结束时形成的,一个花岗岩—绿岩区之前就经受过一次构造—变质事件。在法杜古区,在具有利欧尼亚构造的花岗片麻岩中,得到在统计学上是合理的但不一致的Pb—Pb和Rb—Sr全岩等时年龄分别为2959±50百万年和2753±61百万年(误差2σ)。这些年龄是和塞拉利昂其他地区的利欧尼亚和利比里亚构造放射年龄可对比,可以认为,法杜古区的Rb—Sr全岩等时年龄已受到利比里亚事件的影响。法杜古片麻岩的Pb—Pb全岩等时年龄和一个先前测定的(经重新计算并作部分检查)取自塞拉利昂东南花岗片麻岩中的Rb—Sr全岩等时年龄为2980±80百万年,为利欧尼亚构造—变质事件提供了一个确切的年龄,约2970百万年。利欧尼亚花岗岩类的。~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr初始值和现代单阶段模式U~(238)/Pb~(204)值很难与地幔的值相区分,但并不排除这种可能性,即这些花岗岩类是来自地壳或下部地壳只经历了一个短暂时期的那些母质中。法杜古区花岗片麻岩的2753±61百万年的Rb—Sr全岩等时年龄为塞拉利昂北部的利比里亚事件提供了一个确切的年龄。在野外划分出比利欧尼亚更老的(即老于2970百万年)一套岩石,但还没有测定同位素年龄。     

对铀矿勘探中所用分析方法的评价

本文的目标是集中研究已为国家和私人实验室实践过了的各种测铀方法。这里讨论的常用测铀方法有:(1)常规的荧光测量法;(2)中子活化分析法、缓发中子计数测量法;(3)X射线光谱法;(4)裂变径迹法;(5)激光激发荧光法;(6)分光光度法;(7)其他方法。这些常规方法中,荧光法和用缓发中子     

Effects of pollution on zooplankton abundance and distribution in two estuaries of the Basque coast (Bay of Biscay)

The abundance and spatial distribution of mesozooplankton were compared in the euhaline region of the polluted Bilbao estuary and the unperturbed Urdaibai estuary. The environmental variables measured were salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen saturation, chlorophyll a, particulate organic matter and Secchi disk depth. Differences in the environmental variables and zooplankton between the estuaries and within the estuaries were tested statistically. Differences in the patterns of mesozooplankton abundance with salinity in each estuary indicated that they were affected by pollution in the Bilbao. Total mesozooplankton, and several mesozooplankton categories were more abundant in the Bilbao at higher salinities but in the Urdaibai at lower salinities. Therefore, we deduced that, in the Bilbao, zooplankton abundance was enhanced by the moderate pollution at the outer euhaline zone and limited by the poorer conditions of the inner zone. The response of the various zooplankton categories to the pollution is discussed.     

Genetic variation among age-classes of the mangrove Avicennia marina in clean and contaminated sediments

An examination was made of the genetic variation with age in mangrove populations in two estuaries in south-east Australia, one contaminated, the other uncontaminated. Sediment nutrient and metal levels, and isozyme/allozyme complements were measured in three age-classes in four stands in each estuary, to identify site and intergenerational genetic composition, and influences of sediment contamination. Within each river, there were greater genetic distances among the age-classes than among sampling sites. A downstream gradient of genetic distance was found in the uncontaminated river, but not the contaminated one, where genetic distances seemed to reflect site-specific factors, though apparently not the present sediment metal or nutrient levels. It appears that genetic distances in the polluted river may reflect past fluctuations in pollution pressures. In both rivers, genetic distances indicate that the mangroves within one estuary form one population, with 'neighbourhood' differentiation.     

Determining the permeability of fractured rocks based on joint mapping

A typical fractured rock mass is intersected by several sets of discontinuities, which provide the main flowpath for ground water. Due to the limitations of data obtained by conventional field measurements, it is often difficult to estimate the anisotropic permeability tensor associated with the joints existing in the rock mass. For that reason, determining permeability tensors for fractured rocks is an important topic in rock mass hydraulics. Based on field surveys, joint parameters can be analyzed by using probabilistic and statistical tools, and three-dimensional mapping of the jointed rock mass. Through analysis of a single joint's hydraulic characteristics, the principal value of the permeability tensor for the jointed rock mass can be determined by using Monte Carlo methods and the searching percolation trace method, which is developed in this paper. The study reports on practical examples demonstrating that results from the methods discussed in this paper are in agreement with those from field hydrogeological surveys and measurements.     

Colonization by aerobic bacteria in karst: laboratory and in situ experiments

Experiments were carried out to investigate the potential for bacterial colonization of different substrates in karst aquifers and the nature of the colonizing bacteria. Laboratory batch experiments were performed using limestone and PVC as substrates, a natural bacterial isolate and a known laboratory strain (Escherichia coli [E. coli]) as inocula, and karst ground water and a synthetic formula as growth media. In parallel, fragments of limestone and granite were submerged in boreholes penetrating two karst aquifers for more than one year; the boreholes are periodically contaminated by enteric bacteria from waste water. Once a month, rock samples were removed and the colonizing bacteria quantified and identified. The batch experiments demonstrated that the natural isolate and E. coli both readily colonized limestone surfaces using karst ground water as the growth medium. In contrast, bacterial colonization of both the limestone and granite substrates, when submerged in the karst, was less intense. More than 300 bacterial strains were isolated over the period sampled, but no temporal pattern in colonization was seen as far as strain, and colonization by E. coli was notably absent, although strains of Salmonella and Citrobacter were each observed once. Samples suspended in boreholes penetrating highly fractured zones were less densely colonized than those in the borehole penetrating a less fractured zone. The results suggest that contamination of karst aquifers by enteric bacteria is unlikely to be persistent. We hypothesize that this may be a result of the high flow velocities found in karst conduits, and of predation of colonizing bacteria by autochthonous zooplankton.     

Application of a Bayesian approach to stochastic delineation of capture zones

This paper presents a Bayesian Monte Carlo method for evaluating the uncertainty in the delineation of well capture zones and its application to a wellfield in a heterogeneous, multiaquifer system. In the method presented, Bayes' rule is used to update prior distributions for the unknown parameters of the stochastic model for the hydraulic conductivity, and to calculate probability-based weights for parameter realizations using head residuals. These weights are then assigned to the corresponding capture zones obtained using forward particle tracking. Statistical analysis of the set of weighted protection zones results in a probability distribution for the capture zones. The suitability of the Bayesian stochastic method for a multilayered system is investigated, using the wellfield Het Rot at Nieuwrode, Belgium, located in a three-layered aquifer system, as an example. The hydraulic conductivity of the production aquifer is modeled as a spatially correlated random function with uncertain parameters. The aquitard and overlying unconfined aquifer are assigned random, homogeneous conductivities. The stochastic results are compared with deterministic capture zones obtained with a calibrated model for the area. The predictions of the stochastic approach are more conservative and indicate that parameter uncertainty should be taken into account in the delineation of well capture zones.