Influence of reclamation works on the marine environment in a semi-enclosed bay

1Introduction GamakBay,anegg shapedseasurfaceareaofap proximately112km2,isasemi enclosedshallowwaterareawithameandepthof9mandhasbotheastandsouthchannelstoreceiveseawaterfromoutside(seeFig.1).Similarscalesoftidalwavesalmostsimultane ouslyenterorexitthrough…     

翼龙前肢元素的异速生长比率

Pterosaurs exhibit a large size range with the smallest approximately the size of a sparrow and the largest about the size of a small airplane. Based on studies of extant flying vertebrates and principles of allometry (Norberg & Rayner, 1987; Rayner, 1988), a reasonable assumption is that pterosaurs of different sizes used their wings differently during flight.     

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Paleoproterozoic orthogneisses and granitoids of the Banded Gneissic Complex,central Rajasthan,NW India: Implications for crustal reworking processes

Granitoids and orthogneisses(1.7 Ga) from the northern part of the Banded Gneissic Complex(BGC-II domain), Aravalli Craton(NW India) are geochemically analyzed to understand the geodynamic condition and crustal evolution processes. The samples are metaluminous to peraluminous(molar A/CNK: 0.74±2.12), and characterized by Eu-anomaly ranging from 0.17 to 1.06, Fe₂O₃^T/(Fe₂O₃^T+MgO) from 0.8 to 0.9 and high magmatic zircon saturation t...     

重新评估新马德里地震带

以新马德里地震带(以下简称NMSZ，图1)而知名的美国大陆中部地区，尽管远离板块边界，但却频繁发生特大地震，其发震机制一直是个未解之谜。NMSZ地区并没有大多数活动形变地区构造运动特征的显著地形起伏，但当面对该整个地区地震危险性在某些概率水平上可以与旧金山湾地区相比的证据时，我们多数人感到需要“拧自已一下以看看我们是否在做梦”。尽管在很多方面，评估NMSZ地区的危险性比评价美国西部地区更具挑战性，不确定性更大，但经过细致地科学研究，已经在地震危险性评估的最关键问题上达成了共识。[这里给出的一致性看法反映了美国地质调查局和美国中部地震中心(一个由国家科学基金会资助的大学协会组织)2000年1月主办的一次讨论会上与会的二十几位科学家在会上及会后在国际互联网和专业会议上公开发表的一些看法。]     

八十年代非洲状况

1985年的非洲饥荒引起了世界对这块大陆特别是对撒赫勒地区和埃塞俄比亚的关注。人们可以回忆起,早在十二年前,这些地区曾闹过旱灾和饥荒。干旱是否还在持续?过去几年来,情况有何变化?为防止将来发生类似旱灾和饥荒应该做些什么?在解决这些问题时,地理学家该做些什么?研究者通常把他们的研究局限在情况的有限的几个方面,也许这是明智的作法,但结论常差强人意。在此,本文试图提供一个多方面的见解。     

USE OF THE WRONSKIAN DETERMINANT IN THE STUDY OF MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS

The Problem of studying eomPlex multicomPonent systems without seParation of theeomPonents 15 well known.Generally,the situation arises whenever interaetions betweeneomPonents are essential in determining the funetion of the system,notably in biochemiealsystems and in eatalysis.In eases sueh as these,the ultimate aim 15 to deduee the role of eaehof the eomPonents as well as the interaetions between them by