Biomass of meiobenthic in the Bohai Sea, China

IorasMeiOfauna is a vmp imprtant pep in benthic small bo web energetica1ly duo to theirarell aize and high turnovr rates. A nde Of meMauna op be the recireulaton of nutrient8*Marine nemathe mey keep the bacterial chnies on sand grains in active phase Of gorth byfeding on bacteria, thus enhancing the recirculation Of nutrients (McIntyre, l969; Feller andWrmick, l988; MOntagna et al., l995). But energetics studie8, no matter tfor conductedon the energybudgt level for individua sPeCies or a…     

Gradients of excitation in the nuclei of starburst galaxies

This article forms a part of a wider study of the nuclear and circum-nuclear zones of moderately active galaxies. The use of long-slit spectroscopy at high spectral and spatial resolution has enabled us to measure gradients of gaseous excitation and also velocity fields in a sample of four bright nuclear starburst galaxies selected from the sample of Balzano (1983). We find variations not only in the intensity but also in the quality of the emission spectra (line ratios and line widths) of the interstellar gas between regions separated by relatively short distances. We stress the need for studies with at least the present degree of angular and spectral resolution if physical sense is to be made of the interstellar excitation regimes in external galaxies, as well as to investigate a possible evolutionary link between nuclei of intermediate activity.     

Addressing the issue of fog and haze: A promising perspective from meteorological science and technology

正Fog and haze are two kinds of weather phenomena.Fog is referred to as water droplets suspended in the air near earth’s surface,which reduces the visibility to less than 1 km.A fog consisting of ice crystals is called ice fog.Haze is the particles suspended in the air that reduce visibility by scattering the light,and is usually a mixture of aerosol and photochemical smog.Fog and haze usually coexist.The occurrence and evolution of haze and fog are closely related with meteorological conditions.     

Agricultural land use and hydrology affect variability of shallow groundwater nitrate concentration in South Florida

South Florida's Miami‐Dade agricultural area is located between two protected natural areas, the Biscayne and Everglades National Parks, subject to the costliest environmental restoration project in history. Agriculture, an important economic activity in the region, competes for land and water resources with the restoration efforts and Miami's urban sprawl. The objective of this study, understanding water quality interactions between agricultural land use and the shallow regional aquifer, is critical to the reduction of agriculture's potentially negative impacts. A study was conducted in a 4‐ha square field containing 0·9 ha of corn surrounded by fallow land. The crop rows were oriented NW–SE along the dominant groundwater flow in the area. A network of 18 monitoring wells was distributed across the field. Shallow groundwater nitrate–nitrogen concentration [N‐NO₃^?] was analyzed on samples collected from the wells biweekly for 3 years. Detailed hydrological (water table elevation [WTE] at each well, groundwater flow direction [GwFD], rainfall) and crop (irrigation, fertilization, calendar) data were also recorded in situ. Flow direction is locally affected by seasonal regional drainage through canal management exercised by the local water authority. The data set was analyzed by dynamic factor analysis (DFA), a specialized time series statistical technique only recently applied in hydrology. In a first step, the observed nitrate variation was successfully described by five common trends representing the unexplained variability. By including the measured hydrological series as explanatory variables the trends were reduced to only three. The analysis yields a quantification of the effects of hydrological factors over local groundwater nitrate concentration. Furthermore, a spatial structure across the field, matching land use, was found in the five remaining common trends whereby the groundwater [N‐NO₃^?] in wells within the corn rows could be generally separated from those in fallow land NW and SE of the crop strip. Fertilization, masked by soil/water/plant‐delayed processes, had no discernible effect on groundwater nitrate levels. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fine-grained landuse characterization using ground-based pictures: a deep learning solution based on globally available data

ABSTRACT

We study the problem of landuse characterization at the urban-object level using deep learning algorithms. Traditionally, this task is performed by surveys or manual photo interpretation, which are expensive and difficult to update regularly. We seek to characterize usages at the single object level and to differentiate classes such as educational institutes, hospitals and religious places by visual cues contained in side-view pictures from Google Street View (GSV). These pictures provide geo-referenced information not only about the material composition of the objects but also about their actual usage, which otherwise is difficult to capture using other classical sources of data such as aerial imagery. Since the GSV database is regularly updated, this allows to consequently update the landuse maps, at lower costs than those of authoritative surveys. Because every urban-object is imaged from a number of viewpoints with street-level pictures, we propose a deep-learning based architecture that accepts arbitrary number of GSV pictures to predict the fine-grained landuse classes at the object level. These classes are taken from OpenStreetMap. A quantitative evaluation of the area of Île-de-France, France shows that our model outperforms other deep learning-based methods, making it a suitable alternative to manual landuse characterization.     

Experimental investigation of propagation and run-up of rockslide- generated impulse waves in a curved mountain reservoir

Natural Hazards - Propagation and run-up of impulse waves generated by rockslides in curved channels are investigated by carrying out three-dimensional laboratory tests. The objective is to study...     

Identification of different types of harzburgites and their lithofacies zonation in ophiolites : Evidence from the special geological survey of Dingqing ophioliteSCIEI北大核心CSCD

The ophiolite is an ancient oceanic lithosphere remnant emplaced on the continent, and it is the direct carrier to record the ancient ocean basin from formation to demise. Therefore, the study of ophiolite can provide strong evidence for revealing and restoring the tectonic system and evolution history of ancient oceans and continents. The field geological survey and mapping for ophiolite are the basis for the research on the petrogenesis of chromite, peridotite and oceanic crust units. According to the characteristics of mineral composition, structure and mineral chemistry of harzburgites in Dingqing ophiolite, it is divided into massive, inhomogeneous, pyroxene-oriented, spherulitic and mylonitized harzburgite. Five types of harzburgite were discovered for the first time in the Laraka survey area through 1 : 50000 special geological mapping, and there were obvious lithofacies zoning characteristics in the area of five types of harzburgites. The massive harzburgite lithofacies belts are distributed in the middle of the Laraka survey area, and the inhomogeneous harzburgite lithofacies appear symmetrically on both sides. A small amount of pyroxene-oriented harzburgite lithofacies is distributed in the interior or edge of massive harzburgite facies belt in a lenticular shape, and the production of a very small amount of spheroidal harzburgite is related to basic intrusive rocks. The mylonitized harzburgite lithofacies belt is a slender strip outcropping on the southern margin of the peridotite massif. There is a certain spatial correlation between the distribution, type and scale of chromite deposits or mineralization points and the peridotite facies zoning. More than 20 high -chromium -type chromite deposits are distributed in the inhomogeneous harzburgite, but the massive harzburgite lithofacies have few chromite deposits or mineralizations. The A -A' peridotite lithofacies measured profile in the Lallaka survey area and its corresponding mineral chemical profile further confirm the existence of lithofacies zoning. Cr-spinels in different types of harzburgites show different mineral chemical characteristics. The Cr-# of Cr-spinel in massive harzburgite, in inhomogeneous harzburgite, in pyroxene oriented harzburgite and in the spheroidal harzburgite is 65. 59 similar to 69. 37, 49. 99 similar to 57. 86, 75.19 similar to 85.24 and 57.66 similar to 80.04, respectively. The Cr# of Cr-spinel in inhomogeneous -> massive -> pyroxene-oriented harzburgite gradually increases from 49. 99 to 85.24, indicating that these harzburgite have experienced 23% similar to 43% medium -high partially melted. The mineral chemistry data of massive and pyroxene-oriented harzburgite in the mineral chemistry diagram both fall in the fore -arc peridotite environment, and the inhomogeneous harzburgite falls in the overlapping area of deep-sea and fore -arc peridotite. The Fo of olivine in the spherulite harzburgite is 86.43% similar to 87.05%, and the En of orthopyroxene is 84.66% similar to 85.78%, which are bronzite, indicating magmatic origin. The mylonitized harzburgite is the result of tectonic emplacement of the massif. Different types of peridotite and their lithofacies zoning were identified in the Dingqing ophiolite, which provides a new idea for us to deeply study the multi -stage magmatism of the oceanic lithosphere and the genesis of peridotite and chromite.     

Petrogenesis of ore-bearing porphyry of a porphyry Cu deposit at Mujicun in the North China Craton and its geological implicationsSCIEI北大核心CSCD

国内外学者对发育于弧环境和碰撞造山环境的斑岩铜矿成岩机制已取得了深刻的理解,但对产出在克拉通内部的斑岩铜矿成岩机制在认识上还有所欠缺。本文报道了侵位于144Ma木吉村斑岩铜矿内的含矿闪长玢岩的岩石地球化学资料,以揭示木吉村斑岩铜矿的含矿斑岩成因。岩石地球化学资料显示:含矿闪长玢岩具有较低的(^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr)i值(0.70599~70690)和εNd(t)值(-19.4~-14.9),富集轻稀土元素(LREEs)和大离子亲石元素(LILEs),相对亏损元素Y和Yb。木吉村含矿斑岩与王安镇杂岩体镁铁质岩(辉石岩、角闪石岩、辉长岩、辉长闪长岩、安山岩)具有相似的微量元素配分模式、Sr-Nd同位素组成及亲EMⅠ地幔特征,这些岩浆岩呈现持续性的成份演化趋势,反映出它们的同源性。木吉村含矿斑岩及相关的镁铁质岩石具有相对较低的(^(87)Sr/^(86)Sr)i值(0.70564~706897)和εNd(t)值(-19.4~-13.8),显著区别于中上地壳同位素区域。含矿斑岩起源于伸展背景下富集地幔部分熔融形成的玄武质岩浆,其上升过程中遭受了一定程度的下地壳混染。玄武质岩浆在深部岩浆房发生堆晶作用形成具典型堆晶结构的角闪石岩等基性岩,随后在浅部岩浆房经历两阶段辉长岩-辉长闪长岩、安山岩-闪长玢岩系列分离结晶作用形成含矿斑岩。此过程可能是形成华北克拉通木吉村斑岩铜矿含矿斑岩的机制和动力诱因。     

北极冰海耦合模式对两种不同大气再分析资料响应的分析

本文中我们比较了Climate Forecast System Reanalysis(CFSR)高分辨率的再分析数据集和低分辨率的Japanese 25-year Reanalysis Project(JRA25)再分析数据集在向下短波辐射、向下长波辐射、10m风场、近地面气温、降水、湿度上的不同,发现二者差异最大的为降水数据,其次为向下短波辐射数据、向下长波辐射数据。用这两个数据集驱动同一冰海耦合模式,CFSR强迫的海冰、北冰洋中层水和加拿大海盆温盐结构与实测相比有很大差距,等密度面上的地转流速在加拿大海盆和欧亚海盆比JRA25强迫的结果高20%,同时等密度面的深度偏深、位温偏高,在弗拉姆海峡的流通量也比海洋再分析数据Simple Ocean Data Assimilation(SODA)偏多。CFSR的向下辐射数据更加接近实测,采用此数据的敏感性实验模拟结果与实测符合的更好。对于海冰的模拟,云量起着至关重要的作用,降水带来的淡水通量通过影响大西洋入流水携带的热量进而影响到冰区。此外,CFSR过量的降水也是二者对于北冰洋温盐结构、弗拉姆海峡流通量以及地转流强度模拟产生偏差的主要原因。尽管风场的分辨率不同,在海盆尺度上对于海冰和海水温盐结构的影响并不大。     

北黄海微表层细菌丰度与可培养细菌群落结构分析

为分析海洋微表层这一特殊生境中的细菌类群,于2010—2011年4个航次对北黄海微表层和次表层海水中的总菌丰度、可培养细菌丰度和群落结构进行了分析。采用流式细胞仪测定总菌丰度,平板计数法测定可培养细菌丰度,PCR-16SrDNA分析可培养细菌的群落结构。结果表明,调查海域微表层海水总菌均值为1.76×106 cell/mL,次表层海水总菌均值为1.07×106 cell/mL。可培养细菌丰度范围是1.00×102~1.70×106 CFU/mL,微表层和次表层可培养细菌所占总菌数量的百分比分别为13.05%和0.45%。微表层对总菌的富集因子(EF)均值为2.02,可培养细菌的EF均值为74.16。PCR-16SrDNA序列分析结果表明,该海域可培养细菌分属变形菌门(Proteobacteria)(94.34%)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)(1.89%)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)(1.89%)和放线菌门(Actinobacteria)(1.89%)4个类群。本研究初步发现,微表层对细菌具有较强的聚集作用,尤其对可培养细菌聚集作用更为明显。微表层中可培养细菌的群落结构与次表层有所不同,其种类丰富,来源和功能多样。由此可见,微表层独特的生境成就了其独特的微生物类群,其生态功能有待于进一步研究。