New Research Results on Mechanism, Surface Rupture, Deep Controlling Factors and Stress Measurements of the Wenchuan Earthquake-Earth Scientists' Post-quake Actions

It has been a year since the devastating Wenchuan earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China on May 12, 2008, which caused tremendous casualties, geological disasters and economic losses. With a deep feeling of grief at the sight of the shattered world in quake-stricken areas, geologists and geophysicists once again profoundly felt their heavy responsibilities for geo-hazard prevention and reduction, and resolved to make their due contributions--what we, as scientists, could do for the quake relief efforts and post-quake reconstruction and what scientific explanations we could offer to the public for the occurrence of the devastating natural disaster.     

Apatite fission track geochronology of the Southern Hunan province across the Shi-Hang Belt: insights into the Cenozoic dynamic topography of South China

The Shi-Hang Belt is a Mesozoic tectonic zone and has always been regarded as the boundary between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks. It occupies a key tectonic location and attracts considerable attention due to its dynamic formation mechanism. However, its Cenozoic dynamic process is poorly constrained. The Cenozoic activation of the Shi-Hang Belt, as well as its cooling and exhumation, aids in dating the onset time of the formation of the mountain ranges and reveals the deformation process of the South China Block. To uncover the history of its Cenozoic cooling and denudation, apatite fission-track (AFT) thermochronology was applied to batholiths and strata spread across the Shi-Hang Belt in the Hunan Province. Twenty-three samples are dated with ages ranging from 23.6 ± 1.5 to 45.8 ± 3.0 Ma. Except for two older ages (42.1 ± 2.6 and 45.8 ± 3.0 Ma), the other ages range from 23 to 36 Ma with less variation on both sides of the Chenzhou–Linwu fault. The thermochronological modelling of 15 measured samples demonstrates that rocks rapidly passed through the AFT partial annealing zone to the near surface at different onset times from 36 to 23 Ma. The regional AFT cooling pattern is unrelated to the internal structures of the Shi-Hang Belt characterized by a Mesozoic fold-thrust feature. We attribute the Cenozoic exhumation of the Shi-Hang Belt to the dynamic topography of the South China Block, which is related to mantle downwellings and upwellings due to several episodes of quick subduction of the Pacific Plate underneath Eurasia during the Late Cretaceous–early Cenozoic and the Oligocene–early Miocene. The far-field effect of the India–Tibet collision may have contributed to the exhumation of the Shi-Hang Belt.     

Dynamics of saline-alkali land and its ecological regionalization in western Songnen Plain,China

As the important reserve land resources for food production,saline-alkali land should play a significant role to ensure the national food security in the context of global food crisis. The western Songnen Plain is one of main distribution regions of saline-alkali land in China,with great potential in agricultural development. In this study,the extent,transformation,spatial distribution and temporal change of saline-alkali land in the western Songnen Plain during 1954–2005 were investigated by using remote sensing and GIS spatial analysis methods. Saline-alkali land change was detected from a temporal series of topographic maps in 1954,satellite images of Landsat MSS in 1976,Landsat TM/ETM in 1988,2000 and 2005 through artificial visual interpretation. The results indicated a significant expansion in saline-alkali land area and aggravation in salinization. The area of saline-alkali land had increased from 401.48×103 ha in 1954 to 1 097.45×103 ha in 2005. While the ratio of light,moderate and serious salinized land areas changed from 6.72︰2.92︰1.00 to 1.25︰1.06︰1.00 in the study period. Grassland,cropland,swampland and water body were the major land use and land cover types from which saline-alkali land transformed. And the secondary salinization occured mainly in Da′an City,Tongyu County,Changling County,Daqing City,Dorbod Mongolian Autonomous County and Zhaoyuan County. Finally,seven large ecoregions and 14 corresponding sub-ecoregions were delineated out based on spatio-temopral dynamic characteristics of saline-alkali land and geo-relational environmental attributes. According to the results,measures of amelioration and ways of development of saline-alkali land in the western Songnen Plain were put forward.     

The antioxidant effects of complexes of tilapia fish skin collagen and different marine oligosaccharides

An excess of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leads to a variety of chronic health problems.As potent antioxidants, marine bioactive extracts containing oligosaccharides and peptides have been extensively studied.Recently, there is a growing interest in protein-polysaccharide complexes because of their potential uses in pharmaceutical and food industries.However, only few studies are available on the antioxidant activities of such complexes, in terms of their ROS scavenging capability.In this study, we combined different marine oligosaccharides (isolated and purified) with collagen peptides derived from tilapia fish skin, and evaluated the an-tioxidant activity of the marine peptide-oligosaccharide complexes vis-à-vis the activity of their original component molecules.Bio-chemical and cellular assays were performed to measure the scavenging effects on 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl and superoxide radicals, and to evaluate the influences on the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) in UV-induced photoaging models.The results indicated that the antioxidant activities of all the complexes were stronger than those of their individual components.Among the 11 complexes tested, two complexes, namely MA1000+CP and κ-ca3000+CP, turned out to be highly effective antioxidants.Although the detailed mechanisms of this improved scavenging ability are not fully understood, this work provides insights into the design of highly efficient peptide-oligosaccharide complexes for potential applications in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.     

基于SPOT5影像自动提取水体的新方法

针对基于SPOT5影像提取水体时易受地形阴影、居民地等因素影响提取精度的问题,本文构建了一种新的水体提取方法。该方法以水体的遥感图像本底值研究为基础,通过构建能够同向增强的水体指数及多指数集成计算模型,实现水体灰度值的极化,在此基础上利用改进的阈值自动选取算法、数学形态学滤波及细化等算法,实现了水体的高精度自动提取。经过试验比较表明,该方法能够有效地提取较细水体,且能够有效去除地形阴影、居民地及河流边滩等的影响。     

以土地整治视角的联合都市区农村居民点空间格局分析

随着“增减挂钩”和“人地挂钩”等政策的实施,农村居民点的合理布局对缓解建设用地供需矛盾意义重大。本研究以吉林省2010年土地利用变更调查数据和2011年统计年鉴数据,运用ArcGIS空间分析和景观指数定量分析相结合的方法,研究了长吉都市区农村居民点空间格局现状特征及其影响因素。同时,用多因子综合评价法确定农村居民点的区位适宜性,将农村居民点划分为不同的整治规划类型,为该区域国土综合开发整治提供理论支持和参考。研究表明：（1）长吉都市区内农村居民点在区内分布不均衡,数量和密集度差异大;（2）地形条件（坡度）、水源条件（河流）、交通状况（公路和铁路）,对研究区农村居民点的空间格局均有影响,另外,不同等级的公路（干线和支线）、不同形式的铁路（铁路线和站点）,对居民点的作用程度也不同;（3）在此基础上,评价农村居民点图斑的区位适宜性,将农村居民点分为优先发展型、保留发展型和限制发展型,以确定不同类型农村居民点的整治规划方向。     

贮量集中有限元方法在渗流计算中的优点

普通有限元方法和有限差分方法是渗流计算中常用的数值方法,而贮量集中有限元方法则很少被实际应用。为了使渗流计算者全面了解贮量集中有限元方法,并能够较多地应用这种方法,本文将渗流计算中的贮量集中有限元方法、普通有限元方法和有限差分方法进行了对比,具体比较和分析了有限元方程组的系数矩阵特征、计算工作量,通过具体的算例分析了它们的计算精度,由此指出:贮量集中有限元方法的计算精度与有限差分法基本相同,而远好于普通有限元法,它的计算工作量小于其他二种方法      

TTG岩石组合及其成因的实验模拟

对ＴＴＧ岩石组合及其时空分布特征,成因假说,部分熔融实验模拟进行了综述。ＴＴＧ岩石重稀土元素分馏模式和亏损重稀土元素的特征表明其源区为铁镁质地壳;部分熔融实验结果显示,ＴＴＧ岩石最可能的成因机制是角闪岩或榴辉岩在高压下通过较高程度的部分熔融形成的,其残留相为呈悬浮状的榴辉才块。     

拉萨地块火山岩系内早—中侏罗世双壳类动物群及其古生物地理

在拉萨以东约１００ ｋｍ 处的下波郎和得中等地, 广泛出露着以火山岩系沉积为主体的叶巴组, 新近从中发现了大量的双壳类化石, 以Ｋｏｂａｙａｓｈｉｔｅｓ ｈｅｍｉｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｉｃｕｓ Ｈａｙａｍｉ, Ｐｒｏｐｅａ ｍｕｓｓｉｕｍ （ Ｐｒｏｐｅａｍｕｓｓｉｕｍ） ｌａｅｖｉｒａｄｉａｔｕｍ （ Ｗａａｇｅｎ） , Ｐｒｏｎｏｅｌｌａ ｐｉｎｄｉｒｏｅｎｓｉｓ Ｃｏｘ 和Ｃｏｒｂｉｃｅｌｌｏｐ ｓｉｓｌａｅｖｉｓ （Ｓｏｗｅｒｂｙ） 为代表, 共计１９ 属２０ 种。双壳类动物群古生物地理面貌同北侧羌塘—印支地块早—中侏罗世双壳类动物群以及欧洲和日本同期双壳类动物群有极大的相似性, 在某种程度上又具有东亚区、欧洲区以及埃塞俄比亚区的某些特征属, 在一定程度上显示出不同生物地理区动物群的混生面貌。从生物地理区系的角度来看, 班公湖—怒江缝合带虽然有可能是侏罗纪一度出现的洋盆, 但其张开的幅度和持续的时间不足以导致其南、北两侧产生独立的生物地理区系