在中国几个地区进行的大地电流法勘探工作

在中国,自从1957年起,与各种地球物理方法（解决石油地貭任务）广泛发展的同时,比較年輕的大地电流法也得到了很大的发展。大地中存在大地电流,这在一百多年前就知道了。以往的观測表明,大地电流具有脉动性貭,它的大小和方向随时間而变化,并在地球表面很多地区同时出現。大地电流的产生、它的变化以及与地磁場的关系,还沒有搞得相当清楚,这是一个需要进一步研究的問題。     

关于估量河流供水量变化的問題

关于河流供水量的多年变化問題,很多研究者都做过研究。而且,由于沒有估量年徑流量变化的成因分析方法,而几乎迫使所有研究者不得不应用概率理論来解决这一問題。但是这个理論只可能估算徑流量变化范圍及不同数值的流量出现的概率,而并沒有提供定出被研究现象在年序中的情况的可能性。为了对于河流年徑流量变化的特点,这种变化按年代次序演变的情况以及几条河流供水量变化过程同时发生的情况等等問題,获得比較明确的概念,到目     

金属矿物中分散元素分散情况简介

近几年来由于各工业部门迅速的发展,无线电技术,火箭制造、精密仪器制造、核技术、冶金等,对于具有极高物理性能的稀有和分散元素的需要就日渐增多了.这些元素的应用范围和消费是与年俱增的.为了保证这种需要,就要建立适当的原料基地.近几年来的工作经验证明,很多的分散元素多少与有色和稀有金属矿床的一定的矿物有关,因此就有更集中的研究这些矿床的矿石分布情形的可能性了.为了易于进行发现分散元素的原料资源的工作,兹将各种有益矿物的矿石某些元素的赋存形状和含量     

在第四纪研究委员会第一届学术会议上的讲话

在中国第四纪委具会成立以前, 在刊物上未见透露这一喜讯, 故苏联第四纪委员会事先不知道, 因之他们不能在大会上致以祝贺。     

PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING OF HISTORICAL LABORATORY DATA BASED ON FUZZY SET THEORY AS A TOOL FOR DECISION SUPPORT

A computer program(FEA)is presented for processing historical laboratory data.It performs on a list ofsample entries stored in a laboratory information management system.Using an algorithm which is basedon fuzzy set theory,FEA classifies the entries into a limited number of clusters called sample types.Theclassification is fully user-defined.The program transforms the historical data into a representation whichis more suitable for studying the performance of the laboratory or which can be used as preparation for asimulation project.     

Studies of the formation process of water-in-oil emulsions

This paper summarizes studies to determine the formation process of water-in-oil emulsions and the stability of such emulsions formed in the laboratory and in a large test tank. These studies have confirmed that water-in-oil mixtures can be grouped into four states: stable emulsions, unstable water-in-oil mixtures, mesostable emulsions, and entrained water. These states are differentiated by rheological properties as well as by differences in visual appearance. The viscosity of a stable emulsion at a shear rate of one reciprocal second is about three orders of magnitude greater than that of the starting oil. An unstable emulsion usually has a viscosity no more than about 20 times greater than that of the starting oil. A stable emulsion has a significant elasticity, whereas an unstable emulsion does not. A mesostable emulsion has properties between stable and unstable, but breaks down within a few days of standing. The usual situation is that emulsions are either obviously stable, mesostable, or unstable. Entrained water, water suspended in oil by viscous forces alone, is also evident. Very few emulsions have questionable stability. Analytical techniques were developed to test these observations.

The type of emulsion produced is determined primarily by the properties of the starting oil. The most important of these properties are the asphaltene and resin content and the viscosity of the oil. The composition and property ranges of the starting oil that would be required to form each of the water-in-oil states are discussed in this paper.     

Spatial and temporal trend of sewage pollution indicated by coprostanol in Macao Estuary,southern China

Bottom sediments and a ²¹⁰Pb dated sedimentary core in Macao Estuary were quantitatively analyzed with GC-MS for coprostanol and other sterols. Higher coprostanol concentrations were detected at Port Interior and Lower Qianshan River, indicative of serious sewage pollution from densely populated Macao Island and Zhuhai City. However, very low concentrations of coprostanol were detected around Coloane Island as well as Port Exterior and Maliuzhou River except sites adjacent sewage outlets. Coprostanol pollution in Macao Estuary originates mainly from locally direct discharge of untreated wastewater. The concentrations of coprostanol in ZJ-9 were mainly in range of 150–280 ng/g with an average of 210 ng/g for more than 20 years from early 1970s to early 1990s. However, it increased obviously since 1993, and reached the highest in 1995–1996. However, a sharp decrease of coprostanol concentration from 470 to 31 ng/g after 1996 was observed corresponding to the first wastewater treatment plant in Taipa Island going into action.     

The influence of diet on comparative trace metal cadmium,copper and zinc accumulation in Thais clavigera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) preying on intertidal barnacles or mussels

The influence of diet on comparative metal accumulation was investigated using a predatory muricid gastropod Thais clavigera. Individuals were fed for up to 56 days on either barnacles, i.e., Tetraclita squamosa, or mussels, i.e., Perna viridis, collected from metal-contaminated and clean sites. Barnacles and mussels have contrasting metal handling strategies and, therefore, different body concentrations, intracellular distributions and detoxification systems. Field collection of prey items that accumulated body metal concentrations over a lifetime of exposure allowed bioavailability to the predator, T. clavigera, to be assessed naturally, which may not be the case for prey exposed to metals for a short time in the laboratory. T. clavigera that was fed cadmium- and copper-contaminated barnacles or mussels ingested significantly greater amounts compared to those fed conspecifics collected from clean locations. T. clavigera body cadmium and copper concentrations were not, however, significantly different between individuals fed either contaminated or clean prey. Amount of zinc ingested was similar in mussels collected from clean and contaminated environments but much less when compared to the barnacle prey. The body concentrations of zinc in T. clavigera fed mussels collected from both sites fell. In contrast, the amount of zinc ingested from barnacle prey was significantly greater from those collected from the metal-contaminated site as compared to the clean one. This was reflected as significantly greater body zinc concentrations in T. clavigera fed contaminated barnacles compared to those fed clean individuals. Copper and zinc accumulation from prey was, therefore, complex. It varied between metal and between prey type, but appeared to be related to the amount ingested and the metal handling strategy of the prey.