Presence of microplastics in the tube structure of the reef-building polychaete Gunnarea gaimardi (Quatrefages 1848)

The prevalence of microplastics in the marine environment has resulted in a need to understand their association with various fauna. The aim of this study was to assess whether microplastic particles are present in the tube structure of the indigenous reef-building polychaete Gunnarea gaimardi, which occurs along the coast of South Africa. Sampling was conducted at nine stations along the west and southeast coastlines of South Africa, in July 2016 and April/May 2017. Microplastic particles were recorded in all tube structures of G. gaimardi, with the density ranging between 0.056 and 1.113 microplastic particles g^–1 dry weight (dwt). There were no significant differences between sites (p > 0.05), resulting in an overall average of 0.275 (SD 0.215) microplastic particles g^–1 (dwt). To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to show that synthetic polymers are found in the tubes of reef-building polychaetes along the coast of South Africa.     

Simulating Crop Net Primary Production in China from 2000 to 2050 by Linking the Crop-C model with a FGOALS's Model Climate Change Scenario

Net primary production(NPP)of crop represents the capacity of sequestrating atmospheric CO_2 in agro-ecosystem,and it plays an important role in terrestrial carbon cycling.By linking the Crop-C model with climate change scenario projected by a coupled GCM FGOALS via geographical information system (GIS)techniques,crop NPP in China was simulated from 2000 to 2050.The national averaged surface air temperature from FGOALS is projected to increase by 1.0℃over this period and the corresponding atmospheric CO_2 concentration is 535 ppm by 2050 under the IPCC AIB scenario.With a spatial resolution of 10×10 km~2,model simulation indicated that an annual average increase of 0.6 Tg C yr~(-1)(Tg=10~(12)g) would be possible under the AIB scenario.The NPP in the late 2040s would increase by 5%(30 Tg C) within the 98×10~6 hm~2 cropland area in contrast with that in the early 2000s.A further investigation suggested that changes in the NPP would not be evenly distributed in China.A higher increase would occur in a majority of regions located in eastern and northwestern China,while a slight reduction would appear in Hebei and Tianjin in northern China.The spatial characteristics of the crop NPP change are attributed primarily to the uneven distribution of temperature change.     

大气湍流能谱的精细结构及能量级串

利用小波变换和傅里叶分析对近地层大气湍流脉动资料进行了分析,发现波数空间能谱著名 的“-5/3”标度律成立的区间中存在突变点;还发现对应于小波变换时间尺度2j,j=1, 2,…,j0,高频分量按照2(j-2)-1(j>1)的方式级串,这符合同步级串的物理图象 ;在标度区间内高频分量作用于幂律局部特征的效果是平均的,不存在影响标度指数的特征 频谱. 利用不同高度大气湍流资料和不同小波基函数作变换,结果是一致的. 我们还对H= 1/3的分形布朗运动产生的随机序列进行了对比实验,发现从能谱角度,实际发达大气湍流 偏离高斯分布的程度很小,二者的差别只在高阶标度律时明显.      

WAVE-FLOW INTERACTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATION OF BLOCKING PATTERN

Through a simple review of low-frequency variation of blocking pattern and diagnoses ofobservational data and combining some experience in forecast practice,we put forward somethought about the mechanism of formation and maintenance of the blocking flow pattern from thesynoptic/climatological point of view,It is emphasized that eastward moving and deepening oftroughs in the upstream of the blocking high,the SST anomalies and topography effect are themain factors of impelling the variation of the blocking high.During the maintenance of Uralblocking high wave-flow interactions are studied through disposition of baroclinic trough(transientwave)and the blocking flow.This study will offer a primary basis for the further theoretical studyon the formation mechanism of the blocking high.     

北极斯瓦尔巴德地区近地层大气观测研究 I.平均场特征

利用“中国科学探险协会2002年北极科学探险考察”期间, 在斯瓦尔巴德地区政府所在地朗伊尔宾城架设的两个自动气象站记录的气象资料, 分析了该地区气象要素平均值的日变化, 给出了这一极端环境区夏季近地层气象要素的基本物理图像: 太阳辐射、大气温度、地表温度和大气湿度等气象要素的日变化都呈单峰分布; 地气温差因地而异, 不同下垫面类型大气能量的源汇不同; 局地环流多种多样, 冰川风、海陆风、山谷风相互叠加, 主导风向各地不一。     

Origin of silicic volcanism in the Panamanian arc: evidence for a two-stage fractionation process at El Valle volcano

In the Central American Volcanic Arc, adakite-like volcanism has often been described as volumetrically insignificant. However, extensive silicic adakitic volcanism does occur in the Panamanian arc and provides an opportunity to evaluate the origin of this magma-type as well as to contrast its origin with other Central American silicic magmas. The Quaternary volcanic deposits of El Valle volcano are characterized by pronounced depletions in the heavy rare earth elements, low Y, high Sr, high Sr/Y, relatively high MgO, and low K₂O/Na₂O, when compared with other Quaternary Central American volcanics at similar SiO₂. These chemical features are also diagnostic of adakitic signatures. Our new ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of lava flows and ash flows that compose the volcanic edifice of El Valle volcano illustrate that the eruptive volume of adakitic-like volcanism is substantial during the Quaternary (~120 km³). Adakitic-like magmas dominate the stratigraphic record. Common to all models for the origin of an adakite geochemical signature is the involvement of garnet, as a residual or fractionating phase. The stability of garnet in hydrous magmas has been recently reevaluated with important consequences; garnet is a stable primary igneous phase at pressure and temperature conditions expected for magma differentiation at the roots of a mature island arc. Moreover, adakite-like volcanism erupted at El Valle volcano displays the middle rare earth element depletion observed in other Panamanian volcanic centers that has been attributed to significant amphibole fractionation. Extensive amphibole fractionation may have occurred in two stages. The first stage of fractionation, garnet + amphibole fractionation, occurs from hydrous basaltic–andesitic parental magmas that have ponded at the base of an overthickened crust. The second stage occurs at mid-lower crustal levels where abundant amphibole + plagioclase and minor sphene crystallized from water-rich magmas. These two stages combined may have resulted in an amphibole-rich cumulate layer. This amphibole layer is likely the source of the abundant amphibole-rich cumulate enclaves and blobs found in volcanic products across the Panamanian arc. Stalling of water-rich magmas during this two-stage fractionation process could drive the interstitial liquids to the evolved compositions typical of continental crust, while leaving behind amphibole-rich cumulate rocks that may eventually be returned to the asthenosphere. Differentiation of H₂O-rich magmas under the conditions appropriate for the roots of island arcs may therefore be a key process in developing a better understanding of the generation of continental crust in island arc environments.     

二氧化碳在海洋深层水中隔离的数值模拟

随着对大气中二氧化碳浓度的持续增加所产生的潜在全球气候变化问题的认识逐步加深,人们在进一步理解全球碳循环问题的同时,正在寻求遏止大气CO2浓度快速增加的方法。文章在讨论一些可能的途径后,着重探讨了作为其中一种选择的CO2海洋封存的有效性问题。使用北太平洋海洋环流模式,研究了人为隔离CO2在海洋中的行为。在北太平洋中选择了1个位置,在不同的深度人为投放CO2。模拟结果表明,隔离有效性随隔离的深度增加而增加。总的来说,当注入深度超过1500m,其海洋中隔离CO2在50a后仍可达注入量的95%以上。当隔离深度超过2000m后,深度增加对隔离效果的影响变小,50a后的差异均小于1%。     

Late Paleozoic deformation and exhumation in the Sierras Pampeanas (Argentina): 40Ar/39Ar-feldspar dating constraints

International Journal of Earth Sciences - Systematic 40Ar/39Ar feldspar data obtained from the Sierras Pampeanas are presented, filling the gap between available high-...     

New age constraints for a short pulse in Ross orogen deformation triggered by East–West Gondwana suturing

Constraints on the timing of deformation within the Antarctic Ross orogenic belt are important for understanding early Paleozoic tectonic activity accompanying the assembly of Gondwana. One of the best areas for constraining the tectonic evolution of the Ross orogenic belt is the Holyoake Range in the central Transantarctic Mountains where previous work shows an abrupt change in the stratigraphic succession of the Cambrian Byrd Group possibly related to the inception of tectonism within the orogen at  515 Ma. To further constrain deformational timing, we conducted ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar analyses on magmatic phases of the Holyoake Gabbro, which cross-cuts folded Lower Cambrian Shackleton Limestone of the Byrd Group. Our analyses yield average ages of 506.7 ± 3.6 Ma (2 sigma; MSWD = 0.9) and 504.1 ± 2.4 Ma (2 sigma; MSWD = 1.3) for hornblende from the early and late magmatic phases, respectively. Deformation of the Shackleton Limestone therefore occurred prior to 506.7 ± 3.6 Ma, which is  12 m.y. after the siliciclastic drowning of the carbonate platform inferred to record the start of Ross tectonism in the central Transantarctic Mountains. On a regional scale, the data are consistent with a short pulse of deformation, which was probably related to global plate motion changes following final suturing of East and West Gondwana.     

Incremental growth of a large volume,chemically zoned magma body: a study of the tephra sequence beneath the Rainier Mesa ash flow sheet of the Timber Mountain Tuff

The Rainier Mesa ash-flow is a large (1200 km³), 11.6 My old, chemically zoned unit that ranges in composition from 55 to 76% SiO₂ — one of the largest chemical ranges ever observed in a large volume ash-flow sheet. Two chemical trends occur in this sheet, a low silica (55–66% SiO₂) and a high silica (>66% SiO₂) trend. Ninety per cent of the Rainier Mesa sheet occurs in the high silica trend. Immediately beneath the Rainier Mesa sheet is a thick tephra sequence. The chemical variation of this sequence is nearly equivalent to the high silica portion of the Rainier Mesa ash-flow sheet (about 66–78% SiO₂). Throughout the tephra sequence numerous small ash-flow layers occur, and each ash-flow layer is chemically zoned from more evolved at the base to less evolved at the top. This is consistent with having been erupted from a zoned magma body. The lowest silica tephra units are at the base of the sequence and the highest silica units are at the top — that is, the large-scale chemical trend of the entire sequence is opposite to that of the individual ash-flow layers. These ash-flow layers are of very small volume. The tephra sequence provides a unique record of the incremental development of the zoned, high silica portion of the Rainier Mesa magma body.