武当群成岩年龄新资料兼讨论

武当群现有同位素年龄资料４８件,但对这些测试成果地质意义的解释有些混乱。作者通过对武当群的所有年龄测定数据重新作了综合分析之后认为：１．变酸性火山岩的下限年龄大于１９００Ｍａ;２．单颗粒锆石获得郧西群年龄为１５２７Ｍａ,表明该群应相当于武当群中的上部地层;３．变基性火山岩年龄大于１７００Ｍａ;４．变沉积岩的底界年龄小于１２５０Ｍａ;５．变火山岩的年龄间隔在１９００─１２００Ｍａ,而变沉积岩的年龄时限为１０００─８００Ｍａ。     

河北丰宁县大草坪钼矿区岩体锆石U-Pb年龄研究

大草坪钼矿属冀北上黄旗构造岩浆岩带钼多金属成矿带,对其赋矿围岩的年龄、矿床成因及类型一直存在争论。通过对岩浆结晶锆石及捕虏晶锆石U-Pb年龄研究,表明大草坪花岗岩岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄为(220.0±1.7)Ma、(224.0±1.5)Ma和(232.7±1.5)Ma,作者据此重新厘定大草坪花岗岩成岩期为印支期,有别于1989年《河北省、北京市、天津市区域地质志》中厘定的燕山期。根据大草坪花岗闪长岩中岩浆结晶锆石U-Pb年龄(134.3±1.2)Ma和(140.0±1.5)Ma,重新厘定大草坪花岗闪长岩成岩期为燕山期,有别于前人厘定的海西期。表明本区含矿岩体来源于古老基底就地多期改造重熔。     

Migrating to learn and learning to migrate: a study of the experiences and intentions of international student migrants

"The research reported here evaluates whether students come to the UK mainly for educational reasons, and therefore perceive their stay as temporary, or whether emigration for study is being used as part of a conscious strategy by people intending to become future labour migrants.... The simplest interpretation of the results appears to be that migration, experienced as a result of international moves for study purposes, does not influence planning of further migration moves. But the research also indicates that migration for education is closely tied to other types of population redistribution and should be treated by population geographers as an integral part of international migration systems." Data were collected by questionnaire survey from 349 engineering students at Hong Kong universities and 82 Hong Kong students studying engineering in the UK.     

Array technology as a tool to monitor exposure of fish to xenoestrogens

A variety of anthropogenic chemicals are capable of binding to the estrogen receptor of vertebrate species. Binding of these compounds can interfere with homeostasis by disrupting normal gene expression patterns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of applying array technology as a monitoring tool for detecting the presence and distribution of estrogenic compounds in coastal habitats using sheepshead minnows as our model. cDNA clones that were isolated from differential display, including vitellogenin alpha and beta, vitelline envelope protein (ZP2), and transferrin, among others, were spotted on the macroarray. The results of these experiments demonstrate a characteristic expression pattern of estrogen responsive genes in sheepshead minnows exposed to 17 beta-estradiol (E2).     

Compound response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to varying climate: pre-anthropogenic perspective from bivalve shell growth increments and tree-rings

Annual growth increments were examined from shells of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica L.) from northwest Norway and from tree-ring samples of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) from nearby coastal areas. The reconstructed annual growth increments were used to compare growth variability in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Spatiotemporal comparison of the growth records showed statistically significant correlation during the 19th century A.D., indicative of ecosystem-independent response to pre-anthropogenic climate variations. Geographical correlation between marine and terrestrial records was only observed at the local scale. Years with particularly low winter or high summer North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) indices showed the best synchronization of marine and terrestrial growth. Despite strong correlation during historical time, our palaeoecological evidence suggests that marine and terrestrial ecosystems may show dissimilar growth reaction to recently observed positive winter-NAO phases.     

Recovery of polluted ecosystems: the case for long-term studies

Recovery of marine ecosystems from pollution has tended to receive less attention than the study of new or continuing impacts, but such studies are important in charting recovery from acute incidents and following legislation to deal with chronic contamination. Recovery is inevitably a long-term process, and where such studies have been made they are often too short-lived. Interest quickly wanes following an acute incident and governmental bodies rapidly switch to new legislative priorities for chronic inputs. We review three case studies: recovery of dogwhelk populations after local extinction by tributyl tin leachates from anti-fouling paints; recovery of rocky shore communities from oil spills; and recovery of estuarine ecosystems from industrial and urban development. We then make some generalisations about recovery processes before making a plea for long-term studies of polluted areas.