Distribution and sequential extraction of some heavy metals in urban soils of Guiyang City,China

Sixty-two soil samples collected from different functional zones of Guiyang were analyzed for total concentrations and sequential extraction of Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd by ICP spectrometry. The average total concentrations ofCr, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in the soils of Guiyang were 92.9, 51.6, 44.1,139.3 and 0.28 mg/kg, respectively. The soils have been polluted by Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd to some extent in comparison with the background values of Guiyang. Significant differences were recognized in the concentrations of Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in different functional zones. As for the sequential extraction, Cr, Cu and Zn were present mainly in the residual fraction, and Pb was present mainly in the oxidizable fraction. The reducible fraction of Cd accounts for 47.5%, and the residual fraction is lowest. The mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals follow the order of Cd〉Pb〉Cu〉Cr〉Zn.     

后乌克兰危机背景下的北极国际合作:以“复合相互依赖”为视角

对于后危机时期对立国家间在特定领域的合作关系的延续,“复合相互依赖”模式提供了有力的理论解释力。正如乌克兰危机陷入僵局后,西方国家对俄罗斯采取经济制裁,与俄罗斯的政治和军事关系也全面破裂;然而,俄罗斯与西方国家的合作关系却并未完全中断,至少在北极地区的搜救、渔业、航运、北极理事会等功能性领域的合作依然继续,使得北极国际合作呈现出断裂性和连续性的动态组合。现阶段的北极地区关系反映了一个事先存在的“复合相互依赖”状态,通过联系战略、议程设置和国际机制等政治进程,避免国家间关系的全面破裂并抑制危机的外溢,同时为冲突各方保有在有限领域的沟通渠道,推动信任关系的重塑。     

Coupling mobile phone and social media data: a new approach to understanding urban functions and diurnal patterns

Understanding urban functions and their relationships with human activities has great implications for smart and sustainable urban development. In this study, we present a novel approach to uncovering urban functions by aggregating human activities inferred from mobile phone positioning and social media data. First, the homes and workplaces (of travelers) are estimated from mobile phone positioning data to annotate the activities conducted at these locations. The remaining activities (such as shopping, schooling, transportation, recreation and entertainment) are labeled using a hidden Markov model with social knowledge learned from social media check-in data over a lengthy period. By aggregating identified human activities, hourly urban functions are inferred, and the diurnal dynamics of those functions are revealed. An empirical analysis was conducted for the case of Shenzhen, China. The results indicate that the proposed approach can capture citywide dynamics of both human activities and urban functions. It also suggests that although many urban areas have been officially labeled with a single land-use type, they may provide different functions over time depending on the types and range of human activities. The study demonstrates that combining different data on human activities could yield an improved understanding of urban functions, which would benefit short-term urban decision-making and long-term urban policy making.     

Experimental study on the effects of the moisture content of bituminous coal on its gas seepage characteristics

Moisture content is the main factor affecting the occurrence and flow of gas in bituminous coal and restricts the gas permeability of the coal seam, which affects the effectiveness of gas extraction from the coal seam directly. In order to study the influence of moisture content on the gas seepage characteristics of bituminous coal, this paper focused on bituminous coal from the Xutuan coal mine and used a bespoke laboratory unit called a Gas Flow and Displacement Testing Apparatus (GFDTA). The moisture content of bituminous coal was measured, and the axial and radial gas seepage experiments of bituminous coal under different moisture content conditions were carried out. The average original moisture content (1.3%) and the average saturated moisture content (2.4%) of the bituminous coal sample were obtained. It was observed that, with the increase of time, the original moisture content of the coal decreased with a negative exponential function and the wetting moisture content increased with an Exponential Association function. The gas axial seepage experimental results showed that when the moisture content was lower, the coal adsorbed CH₄; when the moisture content was higher than M_ad, the two fields of gas and liquid are coupled and affect the axial flow of the CH₄, decreasing the moisture content. With higher moisture content, the interaction between the two is more readily evident and the diffusion behavior of the CH₄ has a greater impact on the moisture content. Axial and radial gas seepage experiments, under the same gas pressure, axial pressure, and confining pressure, revealed that with the increase of moisture content, the axial and radial permeability of bituminous coal first increased and then decreased. This phenomenon is analyzed by the water lock effect, the effects of sorption on gas seepage and moisture content on gas adsorption effects. Among them, critical moisture content of approximately 1% exists when the axial and confining pressures are loaded or unloaded at the same time as well as the axial pressure loading or unloading alone. However, the critical moisture content is about 0.5% under confining pressure loading or unloading alone. In addition, in radial seepage experiments, it was observed that the volumetric strain of the coal decreased with the increase in the moisture content.     

Study of diclofenac removal by the application of combined zero-valent iron and calcium peroxide nanoparticles in groundwater

Diclofenac(DCF) is one of the most frequently detected pharmaceuticals in groundwater, posing a great threat to the environment and human health due to its toxicity. To mitigate the DCF contamination,experiments on DCF degradation by the combined process of zero-valent iron nanoparticles(nZVI) and nano calcium peroxide(nCaO_2) were performed. A batch experiment was conducted to examine the influence of the adding dosages of both nZVI and nCaO_2 nanoparticles and pH value on the DCF removal.In the meantime, the continuous-flow experiment was done to explore the sustainability of the DCF degradation by jointly adding nZVI/nCaO_2 nanoparticles in the reaction system. The results show that the nZVI/nCaO_2 can effectively remove the DCF in the batch test with only 0.05 g/L nZVI and 0.2 g/L nCaO_2 added, resulting in a removal rate of greater than 90% in a 2-hour reaction with an initial pH of 5. The degradation rate of DCF was positively correlated with the dosage of nCaO_2, and negatively correlated with both nZVI dosage and the initial pH value. The order of significance of the three factors is identified as pH value nZVI dosage nCaO_2 dosage. In the continuous-flow reaction system, the DCF removal rates remained above 75% within 150 minutes at the pH of 5, with the applied dosages of 0.5 g/L for nZVI and 1.0 g/L for nCaO_2. These results provide a theoretical basis for the nZVI/nCaO_2 application to remove DCF in groundwater.     

Cordilleran vein type Pb-Zn-polymetallic deposits of the Xidamingshan district, Guangxi, SW China: Fluid inclusion and geochemical studies

There are a lot of clastic-sedimentary-rock-hosted hydrothermal vein type polymetallic deposits in the Xidamingshan district, Guangxi, SW China. Two major ones of them, the Fenghuangshan Pb-Zn-Ag-Mn deposit and the Lujing Pb-Zn deposit, have been selected for fluid inclusion and geochemical research in this paper. From fluid inclusion microthermometry, it has been found that they were deposited from fluid with low salinities at medium to low temperatures and low pressures. From hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur and carbon stable isotope studies as well as some trace element composition of sulfides, we have got the conclusion that they were formed in an intrusion-related ore-forming system, which means that they belong to Cordilleran vein type deposits.     

河南栾川地区铅锌矿床地质和硫同位素地球化学

河南栾川地区是我国著名斑岩钼矿集区,近年铅锌矿勘查取得重要进展,但对铅锌矿成因认识分歧颇多。研究表明,栾川地区铅锌矿产在燕山期斑岩钼矿床外围,矿区地层为中元古界官道口群和新元古界栾川群碳酸盐岩-碎屑岩沉积变质建造,地层中侵入有晋宁期辉长岩、正长岩和燕山期酸性斑岩,铅锌矿呈脉状或透镜状,发育3种类型:受燕山期斑岩与元古界钙质地层接触带控制的夕卡岩型铅锌矿、受北西西向层间断裂构造控制的脉状铅锌矿和受北东或近南北向张-张扭性断裂控制的脉状铅锌矿。铅锌矿石中硫化物δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)为近零的正值(骆驼山0.37‰～4.20‰、赤土店-0.32‰～8.30‰、百炉沟-1.20‰～10.90‰、冷水北沟0.70‰～12.10‰),岩浆来源硫特征明显;夕卡岩型铅锌硫化物的δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)与本地斑岩型钼矿石中硫化物的δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)(1.24‰～3.30‰)极为相近,脉状铅锌硫化物的δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)与斑岩型钼矿石中硫化物重合,但有地层中硫(δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)为12.43‰～18.63‰)的影响。总体上δ~(34)S_(黄铁矿)>δ~(34)S_(闪锌矿)>δ~(34)S_(方铅矿),指示矿石中主要硫化物矿物硫同位素分馏基本达到平衡,赤土店铅锌矿石中共生方铅矿与闪锌矿的硫同位素温度计指示硫化物矿物沉淀温度较高(388.29℃)。河南栾川地区铅锌矿主体应为受燕山期构造-岩浆作用控制的中高温热液铅锌矿床。