Are There Magnetars in High-mass X-Ray Binaries?

Magnetars form a special population of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields and long spin periods.About 30 magnetars and magnetar candidates known currentl...     

Contribution of Hydrothermal Processes to the Enrichment of Lithium in Brines: Evidence from Water–Rock Interacting Experiments

Aquatic Geochemistry - Over the world, the available lithium (Li) resources are reserved mainly in closed-basin brines, with high Li concentration (>?150 mg/L) and low Mg/Li...     

异构环境下地理空间信息网格计算模式及体系结构研究

与机群系统相比,地理空间信息网格计算模式的优势在于可以更好地解决资源的异构性问题,支持资源的柔性伸缩及多种并行编程环境,支持科学计算库与工具软件,支持可视化动态人机交互。地理空间信息网格计算模式的体系结构是具有一定智能的分层结构。本文参考五层沙漏结构思想和前人的研究成果,研究设计了具有资源底层、安全调度层、抽象接口层、中间件层、应用接口层和应用层等六个层面的地理空间信息网格计算系统多层体系结构。     

利用复测水准资料寻求反映地壳纯形变的定量指标

地壳纯变形分为剪切变形和扩张变形。在前人研究的基础上提出了仅利用复测水准资料求出描述地壳剪切变形和扩张变形指标的方法和步骤，所得的定量指标不受基准的影响，受测量累积误差的影响亦很小，能客观地反映地壳变形的特征。通过理论和实例证明：以一点周围变形分量的最大值代表该点周围垂直面的变形程度比其平均值更能突出变形信息。最后根据实例计算结果分析了剪切变形分量、扩张变形分量与形变速率、构造地震的关系。     

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of attached Ulvaceae species and free-floating <Emphasis Type="Italic">Enteromorpha</Emphasis> from Qingdao coasts in 2007

Based on the sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1, 5.8 S, and ITS 2, the molecular phylogeny was analyzed on Ulvaceae species collected from Qingdao coasts in summer of 2007, including 15 attached Ulva and Enteromorpha samples from 10 locations and 10 free-floating Enteromorpha samples from seven locations. The result supported the monophyly of all free-floating Enteromorpha samples, implying the unialgal composition of the free-floating Enteromorpha, and the attached Ulvaceae species from Qingdao coasts were grouped into other five clades, suggesting that they were not the biogeographic origin of the free-floating Enteromorpha in that season. Supported by NSFC (40506030); the Innovative Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-209); Science & Technology Project of Qingdao City (06-2-2-12-JCH)     

BDS多路径效应特征及其对静态基线解精度的影响

为研究BDS载波相位多路径效应的特征,在强多路径环境下进行连续多天短基线静态数据采集,并计算双差观测值残差序列,分GEO、IGSO、MEO 3类卫星分析BDS多路径重复性,在此基础上研究多路径效应对BDS静态基线解精度的影响。结果表明,BDS多路径误差具有较强的重复性,其中GEO及IGSO卫星的多路径误差重复周期为1 d,MEO卫星的多路径误差重复周期为7 d;GEO卫星的多路径误差具有系统性偏移,但不是一个常数,而是随时间发生缓慢变化,因此长时间的静态观测并不能平滑该误差,从而导致在较强多路径环境下,BDS多路径误差对其静态解的影响可达cm级。     

Experimental study of motion characteristics of rock slopes with weak intercalation under seismic excitation

In order to investigate the effect of a weak intercalation on slope stability, a large-scale shaking table model test was conducted to study the dynamic response of rock slope models with weak intercalation. The dynamic response of the prototype slopes were studied in laboratory with the consideration of law of similitude. The initiation failure was observed in the rock slope model with a counter-tilt thin-weak intercalation firstly, not in the slope model with a horizontal thin-weak intercalation. Furthermore, it was interesting that the fracture site is shifted from crest top to the slope surface near the weak intercalation, which is different with the location of failure position in a normal layered slope. We also discussed the effect of the dip angle and the thickness of weak intercalation on the failure mechanism and instability mode of the layered rock slope. From the experimental result, it was noted that the stability of the slope with a counter-tilt weak intercalation could be worse than that of the other slopes under seismic excitation. The findings showed the difference of failure in slopes with a horizontal and counter weak intercalation, and implicated the further evaluation of failure of layered slopes caused by seismic loads.     

Livelihood changes and evolution of upland ethnic communities driven by tourism: a case study in Guizhou Province,southwest China

As an effective livelihood approach to alleviate poverty without rural population migration, ethnic tourism has become the primary choice of economic development in ethnic areas worldwide in addition to traditional livelihood approaches. This article applies the theories of livelihood to study the community evolution driven by tourism livelihood and examine three mountainous tourism communities in different stages of tourist area life cycle. Drawing on the methods of GIS spatial analysis, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, this article proposes a sustainable livelihood framework for ethnic tourism to explore the evolution of ethnic tourism communities by identifying changes in livelihood assets (natural, financial, social, cultural and human capitals) in the process of tourism development. The results show that the development of ethnic tourism has led to changes in the increase of building land, and the diversification of land use functions with a trend of shifting from meeting local villagers' living needs to satisfying tourists, income composition and uneven distribution of tourism income spatially. Ethnic tourism also led to the deterioration of traditional social management structure, collapse of neighboring relationship, the over- commercialization and staged authenticity of ethnic culture, as well as the gradual vanish of agricultural knowledge with a trend of increasing modern business knowledge and higher education. In addition, these changes, involving livelihood assets from natural, economic, human, social and cultural aspects are interrelated and interactive, which form new evolution characters of ethnic community. This study reveals the conflicts over livelihood approaches which have formed new vulnerabilities to impact on sustainable evolution of ethnic communities. This research provides implications for achieving the sustainable development of ethnic communities with the driving force of tourism livelihood.     

EVIDENCE FOR ABRUPT CLIMATIC CHANGES ONNORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF EAST ASIAN MONSOON REGION DURING LAST DEGLACIATION

Based on investigations of the Zhongwei Nanshan aeolian section situated in the southeastern margin of Tengger Dcsert, carbon-14 and TL (thermoluminescence) dating results and paleoclimatic proxies such as magnetic susceptibility and grain size, we inferred that the northwestern margin of East Asian monsoon region experienced abrupt climatic changes during the last deglaciation. Six oscillation events were identified: Oldest Dryas, Belling, Older Dryas, AllerФd, lntra-AllerФd Cold Period (1ACP) and Younger Dryas (YD). The summer monsoon was weaker during Oldest Dryas and Younger Dryas when the winter monsoon was stronger. However, during the B/A (BФlling/AllerФd) period, the summer monsoon strengthened, reflected by magnetic susceptibility, when the winter monsoon also became strong, which is different from the paleoclimatic pattern established in the East Asian monsoon region. Furthermore,the summer monsoon was nearly in phase with the climate changes inferred from the oxygen isotopic records of Greenland ice cores. It could be speculated that the variations of the sea ice cover in the high latitudes of the North Hemisphere affected the high pressure of Asian continent and the changes of the winter monsoon inland. On the other hand,the sea ice cover variations might have indirectly caused the occurrence of ENSO events that has tightly been related to the summer monsoon in northwest margin of East Asian monsoon region.