The Influences of NAO and the Hudson Bay sea-ice on the climate of eastern Canada

Sea-ice cover over the Hudson Bay (HB) exhibits large variability in the freeze-up season normally starting in November. Its influence on the climate over eastern Canada has been studied with the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM) in three steps. First, a 30-year continuous simulation from 1970 to 1999 was performed as a control run to evaluate the simulated climate variability over eastern Canada, in particularly variability associated with the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO). Then, 50 additional 1 month experiments were performed with modified sea-surface conditions prescribed over the HB. These integrations allowed us to quantify the contribution of HB sea-ice anomalies versus large scale NAO atmospheric variability (as defined by prescribed lateral boundary conditions) in inducing climate variability over eastern Canada. Results show that the NAO is the dominant factor controlling climate variability over eastern Canada. The contribution of HB sea-ice anomalies is significant only in the immediate coastal region. Under the influence of different phases of NAO, HB sea-ice anomalies do co-vary with temperature and precipitation anomalies downstream of the HB over eastern Canada. The ultimate cause of this co-variability is NAO variability which forces variability in both HB sea-ice cover as well as temperature/precipitation over eastern Canada.     

大山片麻岩地质特征及侵位机制研究

大山片麻岩的原财为奥长化岗石,呈不规则状侵入柳树河子片麻岩中,年龄２７亿年左右,太古代阜平运动晚期侵位的。侵位与当时区域上大规模的韧性剪切作用密切相关。由于剪切带各相关位置的位移量的差异,形成空间,给岩浆被动就位了有利场所,形成大山片麻岩古深成岩体。     

国土资源电子政务中GIS与工作流的集成应用研究

图文一体化已成为电子政务信息化建设的一项基本要求。基于模型级图文一体化的集成方式基本上解决了电子政务建设过程中GIS图形系统和工作流审批系统的开发相对独立的问题。模型级图文一体化的集成方式代表了GIS与工作流技术集成的发展趋势。本文以江苏省国土资源电子政务基础平台中GIS与工作流的集成为实例,研究了该电子政务平台中GIS的体系结构及GIS功能的划分,并从数据集成、用户权限角色集成、功能集成、用户界面集成等四个方面对国土资源电子政务平台实现图文的一体化。并在模型层次对GIS与工作流的集成进行了初步尝试。     

Algal Dynamics in Relation to Physico-Chemical Factors in a High Altitude Pond of Shillong,India

A one year phycological study of a high altitude pond has been made with a view to studying the algal dynamics as affected by physico-chemical characteristics of the water. This has revealed the presence of 34 genera of algae belonging to Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Cyanophyta, and Euglenophyta. Chlorophytes were the most dominant and diatoms the most frequent representatives of algae. The community diversity along with water chemistry are indicative of the oligotrophic nature of this pond.     

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Sur les transformations adiabatiques réversibles d'une goutte de solution en suspension dans l'atmosphère

Résumé On considère, dans ce travail, une goutte de solution au repos dans l'air ou entraînée avec l'air mais sans mouvement propre par rapport à celui-ci. Après avoir défini le système à étudier et montré que son évolution au cours d'une transformation adiabatique réversible est déterminée par une variable indépendante, on établit l'équation de cette transformation donnant la variation de la température du système en fonction de la pression atmosphérique.

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Summary A drop of a solution is considered, which is without movement in the air or carried with the air without an own movement. This system is defined and it is shown that its evolution in the course of an adiabatic reversible transformation is determined by an independent variable. An equation of this transformation is drawn up which gives the variation of the temperature of the system as a function of the atmospheric pressure.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Lösungstropfen untersucht, der gegenüber der Luft im Ruhezustand ist oder ohne Eigenbewegung gegenüber der Luft von dieser mitgeführt wird. Das zu betrachtende System wird definiert und es wird gezeigt, daß seine Entwicklung im Laufe einer adiabatischen, reversiblen Umwandlung durch eine unabhängige Variable bestimmt wird; schließlich wird die Gleichung dieser Umwandlung aufgestellt, durch die die Temperaturänderung des Systems als Funktion des Luftdruckes ausgedrückt wird.

     

Phase equilibria modelling and LASS monazite petrochronology: P–T–t constraints on the evolution of the Priest River core complex,northern Idaho

Phase equilibria modelling, laser‐ablation split‐stream (LASS)‐ICP‐MS petrochronology and garnet trace‐element geochemistry are integrated to constrain the P–T–t history of the footwall of the Priest River metamorphic core complex, northern Idaho. Metapelitic, migmatitic gneisses of the Hauser Lake Gneiss contain the peak assemblage garnet + sillimanite + biotite ± muscovite + plagioclase + K‐feldspar ± rutile ± ilmenite + quartz. Interpreted P–T paths predict maximum pressures and peak metamorphic temperatures of ~9.6–10.3 kbar and ~785–790 °C. Monazite and xenotime ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th dates from porphyroblast inclusions indicate that metamorphism occurred at c. 74–54 Ma. Dates from HREE‐depleted monazite formed during prograde growth constrain peak metamorphism at c. 64 Ma near the centre of the complex, while dates from HREE‐enriched monazite constrain the timing of garnet breakdown during near‐isothermal decompression at c. 60–57 Ma. Near‐isothermal decompression to ~5.0–4.4 kbar was followed by cooling and further decompression. The youngest, HREE‐enriched monazite records leucosome crystallization at mid‐crustal levels c. 54–44 Ma. The northernmost sample records regional metamorphism during the emplacement of the Selkirk igneous complex (c. 94–81 Ma), Cretaceous–Tertiary metamorphism and limited Eocene exhumation. Similarities between the Priest River complex and other complexes of the northern North American Cordillera suggest shared regional metamorphic and exhumation histories; however, in contrast to complexes to the north, the Priest River contains less partial melt and no evidence for diapiric exhumation. Improved constraints on metamorphism, deformation, anatexis and exhumation provide greater insight into the initiation and evolution of metamorphic core complexes in the northern Cordillera, and in similar tectonic settings elsewhere.     

Seismic characterization of switching platform geometries and dominant carbonate producers (Miocene,Las Negras,Spain)

The primary goals of seismic interpretation and quantification are to understand and define reservoir architecture and the distribution of petrophysical properties. Since seismic interpretation is associated with major uncertainties, outcrop analogues are used to support and improve the resulting conceptual models. In this study, the Miocene carbonates of Cerro de la Molata (Las Negras, south‐east Spain) have been selected as an outcrop analogue. The heterogeneous carbonate rocks of the Cerro de la Molata Platform were formed by a variety of carbonate‐producing factories, resulting in various platform morphologies and a wide range of physical properties. Based on textural (thin sections) and petrophysical (porosity, density, carbonate content and acoustic properties) analyses of the sediments, eleven individual facies types were determined. The data were used to produce synthetic seismic profiles of the outcrop. The profiles demonstrate that the spatial distribution of the facies and the linked petrophysical properties are of key importance in the appearance of the synthetic seismic sections. They reveal that carbonate factory and facies‐specific reflection patterns are determined by porosity contrasts, diagenetic modifications and the input of non‐carbonate sediment. The reflectors of the seismograms created with high‐frequency wavelets are coherent with the spatial distribution of the predefined facies within the depositional sequences. The synthetic seismograms resulting from convolution with lower frequency wavelets do not show these details – the major reflectors coincide with: (i) the boundary between the volcanic basement and the overlying carbonates; (ii) the platform geometries related to changes in carbonate factories, thus sequence boundaries; and (iii) diagenetic zones. Changes in seismic response related to diagenesis, switching carbonate producers and linked platform geometries are important findings that need to be considered when interpreting seismic data sets.