The First Observation on Plant Cell Fossils in China

For a long time, paleontologists have been focusing on hard parts of organisms during different geological periods while soft parts are rarely reported. Well-preserved plant cells, if found in fossils, are treated only as a rarity. Recent prowess in research on fossil cytoplasm indicates that plant cytoplasm not only has excellent ultrastructures preserved but also may be a quite commonly seen fossil in strata. However, up to now there is no report of plant cell fossils in China yet. Here plant cell fossils are reported from Huolinhe Coal Mine （the early Cretaceous）, Inner Mongolia, China. The presence of plant cytoplasm fossils in two cones on the same specimen not only provides further support for the recently proposed hypothesis on plant cytoplasm fossilization but also marks the first record of plant cytoplasm fossils in China, which suggests a great research potential in this new area.     

Numerical Study on Impact of the Boundary Layer Fluxes over Wetland on Sustention and Rainfall of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

Numerical studies have been carried out to investigate the sustention and intensification of Typhoon Nina (7503), and the impacts of saturated wetland on the sustention and rainfall of tropical cyclone (TC) over land through sensitivity experiments, using the PSU/NCAR non-hydrostatic mesoscale model MM5v3 and its TC bogus scheme. The results show that the vertical transfer of fluxes in the boundary layer over saturated wetland has significant influence on the intensity, structure, and rainfall of a landfalling TC. The latent heating flux and the sensible heating flux are both favourable for TC sustaining and intensification on which the latent heating transfer is more favourable than the sensible heating transfer. They are also favourable for the maintenance of the spiral structure, and have an evident effect on the distribution of TC rainfall. The momentum flux weakens the TC vortex wind fields significantly, and is the dominant factor to dissipate and fill in a low pressure system, while it increases the local precipitation induced by a typhoon.     

Comparison of the Double Summer Monsoon Troughs over East Asia

Based on NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, an investigation has been carried on the comparison of the double summer monsoon troughs over East Asia, which refer to the subtropical summer monsoon trough (subtropical-trough) and the South China Sea summer monsoon trough (SCS trough), respectively. The results show that the SCS trough is stronger than the subtropical-trough either in convergence or convection. The subtropical-trough extends up to higher levels and inclines northward with altitude, while, the SCS trough extends up to a lower level, and its position is seldom changed. The SCS trough establishes early and abruptly with the low level positive relative vorticity appearing suddenly, and retreats slowly, but the subtropical-trough establishes step by step with the positive relative vorticity initially over the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Guangxi areas spreading gradually northeastward, and withdraws rapidly. The onset of SCS trough is obviously indicated by the reverse of the easterly, but the establishment of the subtropical-trough is characteristic of the westerly enhancement. The subtropical-trough has clearly frontal property, yet the SCS trough has not.     

中国大陆科学钻探（CCSD）主孔石榴石橄榄岩中发现Fe2P合金矿物

在东海大陆超深钻(CCSD)的钻孔橄榄岩岩屑(孔深603-683米深部)中,分离出的矿物有硅酸盐、氧化物、硫化物、碳化物、自然元素、金属互化物和合金,计50-60种矿物。多种特征表明其中有一些不寻常矿物,并且有些矿物具有球状外形,如自然铁、镍纹石、铁镍合金、磁铁矿等。本文报道通过成分和结构分析鉴定出的铁磷合金矿物(Fe,P),成分中含少量Cr,Ni和Co,成分均一,分子式为(Fe1.80Ni0.05Cr0.02)P。EDXD数据表明该矿物的晶系属六方晶系;格子类型为P;空间群为P62m;晶胞参数a=b=5.877Ac=3.437A,a:c=1:0.5848。通过ICDDPDF-2x射线粉晶衍射数据库2004年公布的最新版本搜索查询,发现与人工合成的同种矿物Fe2P(ICDD83-2337,Barringerite.syn)十分接近,类似的矿物已在陨石中发现(FeNi)P,故确定本文报道的铁磷合金(Fe2P)为地球上首次发现的天然合金矿物。其成因和形成条件的研究正在进行中。     

CCSD主孔揭示的东海超高压榴辉岩中的金红石：微量元素地球化学及其成矿意义

金红石是榴辉岩中的主要含钛副矿物。中国大陆科学钻探工程主孔100-2000m岩心样品中,金红石榴辉岩、多硅白云母榴辉岩和蓝晶石榴辉岩中都程度不等地含有金红石。金红石既可以与其它矿物一起包裹在主要变质矿物中,也可以呈粒间矿物,但在榴辉岩经受角闪岩相退变质作用过程中,金红石亦会退变为榍石。本文利用电子探针除了分析了金红石的主要元素外,还仔细测量了Nb、Cr、Zr含量。结果显示,Nb平均含量为147ppm,最高含量为670ppm,Cr的平均含量为614ppm,最高含量为3630ppm,低Nb特征(<1000ppm)显示榴辉岩原岩为镁铁质岩石;此外,三类榴辉岩也具有不同的金红石Nb、Cr地球化学特征,即金红石榴辉岩中的金红石表现为低Cr(<500ppm)、Nb变化大(0-670ppm)的特征,多硅白云母榴辉岩中的金红石以中等Cr含量(500-1200ppm)、Nb变化较大(0-480ppm)为特征,而蓝晶石榴辉岩中的金红石显著富Cr(2000-3630ppm),而Nb则非常贫乏(<140ppm)。在总共289个金红石Zr含量数据中,大部分Zr含量分布在150-240ppm之间,均值约为200ppm;利用Zacketal.(2004)提出的金红石温度计,计算得到金红石的形成温度介于690℃和7870℃之间。研究结果表明,金红石的微量元素分析是研究榴辉岩原岩特征及其钛成矿作用的实用方法之一。     

高温高压和控制氧逸度条件下透辉石电导率的各向异性实验研究

在1.0～4.0GPa 和1073～1373K 及控制氧分压条件下,借助于 YJ-3000t 紧装式六面顶固体高压设备和1260阻抗/增益-相位分析仪,就位测定了沿着不同晶轴方向的透辉石的电导率。氧逸度控制是由 Ni+NiO 固体缓冲剂完成的。实验结果表明:(1)在选择的频率范围,无论从复阻抗的模与频率还是从相角与频率关系上,部可以看出复阻抗对频率具有很强的依赖性;(2)随着温度升高,阻抗降低,电导率增大,Logo 与1/T 之间符合 Arrenhius 线性关系式;(3)随着压力升高,[001]方向的透辉石电导率降低,活化焓和指前因子亦随之减小,并首次获得了透辉石中主要载流子的活化能和活化体积分别为1.80±0.04eV 和0.035±0.015cm~3/mol;(4)在2.0GPa 下按照[001]、[100]、[010]的顺序,样品的电导率和指前因子降低,活化焓依次升高,高压下的透辉石电学性质存在各向异性;(5)小极化子导电机制可为透辉石在高温高压下的导电行为提供合理的解释。     

Sorption of Zr~(4+) and Hf~(4+) onto Hydrous Ferric Oxide and Their Fractionation Behaviors:An experimental Study

1 Introduction Coherent element pairs (Y3+-Ho3+, Zr4+-Hf4+, Nb5+-Ta5+ and Sr2+-Eu2+) have the same valences and very similar ionic radii. They are seldom fractionated during silicate mineral/melt interaction systems because the partitioning of these element pairs between melts and minerals is tightly controlled by charge valence and crystal structure (lattice site size) or ionic radius. The concentration ratios of these pairs in igneous rocks are close to the chondritic values (Y/Ho=28, Zr…     

十八烷的裂解动力学研究(I):气态烃组分及其碳同位素演化特征

本文通过对纯烃类化合物——正十八烷的动力学模拟实验,阐述了正十八烷裂解过程中气态烃组分及其同位素的演化特征,获得了产自正十八烷的甲烷生成动力学参数。运用动力学参数将模拟实验结果外推到地质条件下,表明由烷烃裂解形成的甲烷主要生成于150～200℃(Easy%Ro介于1.0%～2.0%)的范围,裂解产生的甲烷、乙烷、丙烷的碳同位素分馏效应与Easy%Ro的关系曲线受升温速率的影响,不能直接应用于地质条件。     

Geochronologic Constraints on the Magmatic Underplating of the Gangdisê Belt in the India-Eurasia Collision: Evidence of SHRIMP II Zircon U-Pb Dating

1 Introduction Mo et al. (2005) determined that magma mixing and mingling took place extensively in the Gangdisê magmatic belt around 50 Ma, and argued that magma mixing was genetically related to underplating of mantle-derived magmas beneath that belt. Underplating, as one of the major mechanisms for crustal growth, can occur in the environments of convergent plate boundaries, subduction and collision zones, and in intra-plate settings such as continental flood basalt provinces (Wilson, 19…     

REE and εNd of clay fractions in sediments from the eastern Pacific Ocean:Evidence for clay sources

The surface sediments from the eastern Pacific Ocean are mainly composed of biogenetic fossils, silicate detritus, ferromanganese spherolites and clay fractions. Among them, the clay fractions with grain size less than 2 μm (mainly clay minerals) are mostprevalent, especially in the non-calcareous sediments (the content of calcareous fossils is less than 5%), the clay fraction contents often exceed 70%[1―5]. Because of the influences of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), equatorial currents, …