A Paddock to reef monitoring and modelling framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Paddock and catchment component

Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on progress towards the targets set a program has been established that combines monitoring and modelling at paddock through to catchment and reef scales; the Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program (Paddock to Reef Program). This program aims to provide evidence of links between land management activities, water quality and reef health. Five lines of evidence are used: the effectiveness of management practices to improve water quality; the prevalence of management practice adoption and change in catchment indicators; long-term monitoring of catchment water quality; paddock & catchment modelling to provide a relative assessment of progress towards meeting targets; and finally marine monitoring of GBR water quality and reef ecosystem health. This paper outlines the first four lines of evidence.     

划分重磁区域异常与局部异常的一种方法泛克立格法

在重（磁）资料的分析处理中,经常需要划分区域异常与局部异常。本文对用于矿床品位预测的方法—泛克立格法加以改进、完善,使其适合于求重（磁）资料的区域异常与局部异常。根据某点周围若干个信息点上的重（磁）观测数据估计出该点处的区域异常值,而且这种估计是在满足线性、无偏、最小估计方差条件下求得的。从重（磁）观测数据中减去区域异常就可得到局部异常,这就是泛克立格法。它比经常用来划分区域异常与局部异常的方法—趋势分析方法有许多优点。趋势分析方法只是泛克立格法的一个特例。在本文中,作者还提出在小范围内,重力区域异常适合于用一次多项式拟合;而磁法区域异常适合于用二次多项式拟合的观点     

吉林中部晚三叠世和早侏罗世两期铝质A型花岗岩的厘定及对吉黑东部构造格局的制约

高精度同位素年代学和岩石学、元素地球化学研究结果表明,吉林省中部地区存在晚三叠世和早侏罗世两期铝质A型花岗岩。其中三道河正长花岗岩的锆石LA ICPMS年龄为(216±3) Ma,形成于晚三叠世,受控于华北板块和其北侧板块在晚二叠世—早三叠世沿西拉木伦河—长春—延吉缝合带碰撞拼合后的岩石圈伸展作用,标志古亚洲洋构造域的演化结束。天桥岗碱长花岗岩的锆石SHRIMP和TIMS年龄分别为(182±3) Ma和(188±4) Ma,全岩Rb Sr等时线年龄为(185±4) Ma,形成于早侏罗世,可能是与佳木斯板块和松嫩—张广才岭板块在早侏罗世早期沿嘉荫—牡丹江缝合带碰撞拼合有关的伸展作用的产物。这次板块碰撞作用很有可能标志着东北地区东部此时已经开始进入滨太平洋构造域的演化阶段。更详细的研究显示,两期A型花岗岩岩浆都来源于年轻的基性玄武质下地壳的部分熔融,岩浆经历了分离结晶作用。     

Morphological and Phylogenetic Studies of a Copepod Species,Irodes parupenei Ho and Lin (2007), Infecting Parupeneus rubescens in Saudi Arabia

Dammam City is one of the gorgeous coastal areas in the Arabian Gulf of Saudi Arabia.The present study aimed to ex-amine one of the copepod species infecting the rosy goatfish that represents a highly consumed fish species by the local population in the Arabian Gulf.The copepod species isolated from the infected fish specimens belong to the family Taeniacanthidae and was iden-tified as Irodes parupenei Ho and Lin(2007),primarily based on its morphological,morphometric,and ultrastructural characteris-tics,especially the structures of the dorsal cephalic area,segmentation of the first antenna,the absence of the maxilliped claw in the fe-male specimens,and the setation and spinulation of the legs 2-4 for the adult females are of great significance in the taxonomic iden-tification.The 18S rRNA gene sequence was analyzed to ensure the precise identity and exact taxonomic status of the copepod species.The result showed that this copepod species belong to Taenicanthidae and closely related to Irodes sauridi(gb|JF781550.1)in the same taxon.More details on the specificity of the goatfish for Irodes species and identifying these parasitic taxa using molecular analysis are given in the present study.     

2002年汤加序列中深源地震的远程触发

业已证实，发生在地壳中的地震能够’触发后续地震，但对于更深的地震这种触发机制是否存在还未见文献说明。浅断层相互作用的模型表明，静态(永久)应力变化能够触发附近的地震，一般在距原发地震几个断层长度的范围内(King et al，1994；Harris，1998；Stein，1993)。而由地震波携带的动态(瞬态)应力既可以触发附近的地震，也可以触发远震(Hill et al，1993；Harris and Day，1993；Belardinelli et al，1999；Kilb et al，2000；Gomberg et al，1997)。本文中，我们对2002年8月19日发生在汤加的深源地震序列做了深入的分析，并给出静态触发作用和动态触发作用的证据。一次深度为598km的7．6级地震发生后7min，在相距300km的以前无震区发生了一次7．7级的地震(深度664km)。我们发现在第一个主震后，附近的余震往往集中在主震引发的静态应力升高的地区。但是第二次主震和其他的被触发的地震发生在距离第一次地震很远的地方，在那里静态应力的增加可以忽略不计，因此这表明是动态应力触发机制在起作用。被触发地震的发震时间同主震的主要地震波到时并不对应，并且这种动态触发的地震通常发生在地震区下面或附近的无震区。我们认为这些地震是在接近临界状态的地区由瞬变效应触发的，而在这些地区，如果没有外部影响，地震起始非常困难。     

Concentration of selected radionuclides in seawater from Kuwait

No baseline existed for the radionuclides in Kuwait territorial water. With changing trend in the region to embrace nuclear energy, the baseline study is imperative to create a reference and to record the influence-functioning of upcoming power plants. The first one in Bushehr, Iran is ready to start and several more are likely to come-up in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The present baseline concentration of the four considered radionuclide's show low concentration of tritium, polonium, strontium and cesium; their concentration is comparable to most oceanic waters.     

一种基于GIS的矿产资源潜力评价的自动制图模型

在基于GIS技术的矿产资源评价工作中,矿产资源潜力评价的自动制图模型通常用来统计综合多源地学信息以便自动圈定成矿远景靶区。在本文中,笔者以人工智能研究领域中的一种不确定推理模型——确定性理论为基础,提出了一种新的矿产资源潜力评价的自动制图模型——合成有矿可信度模型。该模型可以根据研究区各种成矿有利和不利证据的空间分布图,统计生成对应于每一种证据的有矿可信度栅格图,然后,按照特定的有矿可信度合成规则,将所有的有矿可信度栅格图统计综合生成合成有矿可信度栅格图。以该图为依据,可以把研究区内合成有矿可信度相对较高的成矿远景区圈定出来。也可以生成研究区合成有矿可信度等值线图。应用该模型预测了新疆北部多拉纳萨依—阿舍勒地区的多金属成矿远景,并将预测结果与证据加权模型预测结果进行了比较,两种模型的预测结果基本相似,证明了该模型的有效性和实用性。     

SHRIMP Age and Geochemistry of the Bikou Volcanic Terrane: Implications for Neoproterozoic Tectonics on the Northern Margin of the Yangtze Craton

The Bikou volcanic terrane is predominated by subalkaline tholeiitic lavas. Rock samples display lower initial ratios of Sr and Nd, 0.701248-0.704413 and 0.511080-0.512341 respectively. 207Pb and 208Pb are significantly enriched in the lavas. Most samples have positive εNd, which indicates that the magma was derived from EM-type mantle source, while a few samples with negative εNd indicate that there was contamination in the magma evolution. Magma differentiation is demonstrated by variations of LREE and LILE from depletion to enrichment. Additionally, normalized REE patterns and trace elements showed that lavas from the Bikou volcanic terrane have similar characteristics to those of basalts in arc settings caused by subduction and collision. Analyses showed that the Bikou volcanic terrane is a volcanic arc. New evidence proved that the Hengdan Group, north of the Bikou arc, is a turbidite terrane filling a forearc basin. Consequently, the Bikou volcanic terrane and the Hengdan turbidite terrane const     

Quantum Instability of Magnetized Stellar Objects

The equations of state for degenerate electron and neutron gases are studied in the presence of magnetic fields. After including quantum effects in the investigation of the structural properties of these systems, it is found that some hypermagnetized stars can be unstable according to the criterion of stability of pressures. Highly magnetized white dwarfs should collapse producing a supernova type Ia, while superstrong magnetized neutron stars cannot stand their own magnetic field and must implode, too. A comparison of our results with a set of the available observational data of some compact stars is also presented, and the agreement between this theory and observations is verified.