BRI 0021-0214: Another Surprise at the Bottom of the Main Sequence

We report the detection of an Halpha flare on the low-luminosity M9.5 dwarf BRI 0021-0214. This star has rapid rotation, vsin&parl0;i&parr0; approximately 40 km s-1, but generally shows no significant chromospheric emission. Our detection of the flare shows that a magnetic field is present, although the level of activity at maximum is 3 times lower than the mean quiescent level in early- and mid-type M dwarfs. Based on data available in the literature, we estimate that the star is in outburst for no more than 7% of the time.     

The infrared emission bands. II. A spatial and spectral study of the Orion Bar

We have studied the spectral and spatial distribution across the Orion Bar of the 3-14 micrometers emission, including hydrogen Brackett alpha and 12.8 micrometers [Ne II] emission lines and several "dust" emission features. The data indicate that the "dust" consists of three components; (1) "classical" dust with a temperature of approximately 60 K accounting for emission longward of 20 micrometers, (2) amorphous carbon particles or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) clusters (approximately 400 C atoms) which produce broad emission features in the 6-9 and 11-13 micrometers bands, and (3) free PAHs which emit in sharper bands (most strongly at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, and 11.3 micrometers). The 3.3 and 11.3 micrometers features, which are due to C-H modes, are well correlated spatially, while the 7.7 micrometers band, due to C=C modes, has a different distribution than the 3.3 and 11.3 micrometers bands. We conclude that the sharp emission bands arise in the photodissociation transition region between the H II region and the molecular cloud and are not present in the H II region. The broad continuum feature extending from 11-13 micrometers is strong in both regions. Previous broad-band observations of the 10 and 20 micrometers flux distributions, which show that the 10 micrometers radiation extends farther into the neutral gas to the south than the 20 micrometers radiation, suggest that some of the 10 micrometers flux is supplied via a nonthermal mechanism, such as fluorescence.     

基于文献计量的国际虚拟水研究发展态势分析

为全面了解国际虚拟水研究的整体状况和研究热点,基于SCIE和SSCI数据库,采用文献计量分析方法,对1990—2016年国际虚拟水研究相关文献进行统计分析。分析结果显示,美国、荷兰、瑞士等国的研究实力较强,荷兰特温特大学等机构在全球虚拟水研究中处于核心引领地位。全球虚拟水研究的国际合作呈现一定地缘合作特点。中国虚拟水研究已经初具规模,但研究成果的影响力与国际最高水平仍有差距,其质量和综合影响力仍有待提高。     

The influence of sediment resuspension on the degradation of phenanthrene in flow-through microcosms

The effect of sediment resuspension on the mineralization of phenanthrene was examined in microcosms and sediment slurries. In computer-controlled, flow-through microcosms, 14C-phenanthrene-amended sediments were resuspended into overlying oxic water at frequencies of 12, 4, 1, 0.25 and 0 d(-1). In slurry bottle experiments 14C-phenanthrene-amended sediments were continuously resuspended under oxic (excess air headspace) and anoxic (N2 headspace) conditions and mineralization was measured at periods from 2 h to 7 days. Our main findings were: (1) mineralization rate constants from the microcosms ranged from 0.001 to 0.01 d(-1) and increased with frequency of resuspension, (2) these rates fell between those measured in oxic and anoxic slurries and were predicted within a factor of 2.5 by a model in which mineralization depended on the degree of oxygen exposure, and (3) the phenanthrene-degrading bacterial community was more active in resuspended sediments incubated in the microcosms than in sediments which were not resuspended, or which were stored under refrigeration. We conclude from these experiments that the effects of sediment resuspension on phenanthrene degradation are consistent with a primary role of average oxygen exposure, and also an alteration in the PAH-degrading activity of microbial populations.     

Uptake and distribution of N, P and heavy metals in three dominant salt marsh macrophytes from Yangtze River estuary, China

We examined the variation in aboveground biomass accumulation and tissue concentrations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and lead (Pb) in Phragmites australis (common reed), Spartina alterniflora (salt cordgrass), and Scirpus mariqueter throughout the growing season (April-October 2005), in order to determine the differences in net element accumulation and distribution between the three salt marsh macrophytes in the Yangtze River estuary, China. The aboveground biomass was significantly greater in the plots of S. alterniflora than in the plots of P. australis and S. mariqueter throughout the growing season (P<0.05). In August, the peak aboveground biomass was 1246+/-89 gDW/m(2), 2759+/-250 gDW/m(2) and 548+/-54 gDW/m(2) for P. australis, S. alterniflora and S. mariqueter, respectively. The concentrations of nutrients and heavy metals in plant tissues showed similar seasonal patterns. There was a steady decline in element concentrations of the aboveground tissues from April to October. Relative element concentrations in aboveground tissues were at a peak during the spring sampling intervals with minimum levels during the fall. But the concentrations of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in the belowground tissues were relatively constant throughout growing season. Generally, trace metal concentrations in the aboveground tissues of S. mariqueter was the highest throughout the growing season, and the metal concentrations of S. alterniflora tissues (aboveground and belowground) were greater than those of P. australis. Furthermore, the aboveground pools of nutrients and metals were consistently greater for S. alterniflora than for P. australis and S. mariqueter, which suggested that the rapid replacement of native P. australis and S. mariqueter with invasive S. alterniflora would significantly improve the magnitude of nutrient cycling and bioavailability of trace metals in the salt marsh and maybe transport more toxic metals into the water column and the detrital food web in the estuary.     

国际海洋地质领域研究发展态势

为了解国际海洋地质领域研究的总体状况和研究热点,根据国际重要战略规划、行动及海洋地质领域发表的科技论文,采用战略规划解读及文献计量学的方法对海洋地质领域发展态势进行分析,基于研究结果得出中国海洋地质领域的研究与布局启示.分析结果表明,从20世纪90年代以来海洋地质领域发表科技论文数量看,保持了波动式增长趋势变化,海洋发...     

新疆十红滩层间氧化带型砂岩铀矿同位素地球化学研究

文章在对吐哈盆地十红滩层间氧化带型砂岩铀矿床地下水和粘土矿物的氢、氧同位素，钙质砂岩的碳、氧同位素，黄铁矿和长石的铅、硫同位素组成进行分析测试的基础上，系统总结了矿床的地球化学特征；认为形成层间氧化带和铀矿化的层间水主要来自大气降水，研究区水与有机烃类气体同位素交换、强烈的蒸发作用和水岩反应是控制地下水和矿物中同位素分馏的主要机制，层间氧化带和铀富集成矿是地下水在低温、常压下对围岩长期作用的结果，钙质砂岩的碳和黄铁矿的硫均主要为生物有机成因，盆地深部的煤成油、气也参与了成矿作用。     

梭菌对含镁方解石形态的控制及其可能机理

在 Mg/Ca 摩尔比为 4∶1 的 Lagoa Vermelha 培养基中对一株分离自青海湖底沉积物的梭菌 SN-1（Clostridium sp.）进行了为期 55 d 的碳酸盐矿物培养实验,同时还完成了一组无菌对照实验。利用扫描电子显微镜对沉淀物进行了系统的观察,用 X- 射线衍射仪对沉淀物的矿物成分进行了测定。结果表明：（1）SN-1 可以促进特殊形态含镁方解石的形成,而无菌对照实验产物中仅见不规则状的碳酸盐矿物;（2）特殊形态的含镁方解石可能是在细菌表面成核和生长的结果,它们的演化趋势是（杆状）→哑铃形→花菜状→球形。作者认为这是因为梭菌两端的带负电基团比菌体中间丰富,易聚集更多的 Ca²⁺和 Mg²⁺,Ca²⁺和 Mg²⁺离子作为“阳离子桥”吸引 CO32-,其结果是两端的晶体生长相对较快、中间生长相对较慢,进而形成哑铃形含镁方解石;“哑铃”继续生长,其两端会长成两个“花菜”或半球;若两个半球相接并闭合则发展为球状矿物。