磷灰石中磁黄铁矿出溶结构的发现

中国东部苏鲁地区(江苏赣榆)出露大理岩-榴辉岩块体,其菱镁矿大理岩中保存的白云石分解结构表明地壳物质俯冲深度达到-200公里。在与该大理岩共生的榴辉岩中,我们发现了磷灰石的磁黄铁矿出溶结构。磷灰石是该榴辉岩的主要副矿物,其自形程度较高,与石榴石共生。样品中几乎所有磷灰石均发育出溶结构,至少存在两组相互垂直的出溶棒,它们各自严格沿同一个方向分布。出溶棒形状规则,宽度相近(<1μm),但长度变化大(5-50μm)。利用高分辨能谱仪测定其能谱,结果表明,出溶棒主要由Fe和S两种元素组成,但不能准确地确定其Fe/S比值。我们把这种出溶棒初步确定为磁黄铁矿(Fe1-xS)。磷灰石由于含大量稀土元素和挥发性组分如OH、F、Cl等以及我们所观察到的S,它的深循环因此可能对地球的水、硫以及其它挥发性组分的全球平衡具有重要影响。本文报道的磷灰石中磁黄铁矿出溶结构为深入探讨这个基本科学问题提供了一个新的突破口。     

新疆阿拉套山东部后碰撞岩浆活动的时代、地球化学性质及其对陆壳垂向增长的意义

新疆阿拉套山南坡分布有大量花岗质岩浆岩,其中东部博乐地区的花岗质岩浆岩可以分为北部花岗岩、南部花岗岩、晚期岩脉和流纹岩四类。激光探针单颗粒锆石微区U-Pb同位素定年分析确定,北部岩体、南部岩体的侵位时代分别为 298．4±5．7Ma、292．4±4．9Ma,流纹岩喷出时代为270．7±6．5Ma,而岩脉的全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄为285±13Ma(MSWD =0．52)。这四类花岗质岩石总体的地球化学性质相似,都属于准铝质到过铝质的后碰撞高钾钙碱性花岗岩,均以高的正εNd(T)值为特征。地球化学特征显示,这四类花岗质岩石具有同源岩浆分异演化的特点。从早到晚,前三类花岗岩中Ba、Sr、 P、Eu和Ti亏损程度增加,(La/Yb)n比值下降到接近1,岩浆温度逐渐降低,而εNd(T)值呈升高趋势。最晚形成的流纹岩中 Ba、Sr、P、Eu和Ti亏损程度减小,(La／Yb)n比值升高,岩浆温度再次升高,而εNd(T)值降低,ISr值升高,可能代表另一期岩浆活动的开始。这些花岗质岩石均具有高的εNd(T)值(2．10-5．18)和较年轻的Nd同位素模式年龄(TDM2=0．60-0．87 Ga), 显示该区花岗质岩石地幔物质组分含量较高。地幔物质的加入导致博乐地区大陆地壳的垂向增长．这与新疆北部300Ma 左右地壳垂向增长的过程是一致的。     

邯郸市地热资源评价

通过对邯郸市的地热地质条件、热储赋存条件的分析与研究，阐述了该区具有经济价值的上第三系热储层的地热赋存特征，并对发育良好、遍布全区、水量丰富、水质好、埋深适中、具有开发利用价值的上第三系明化镇和馆陶组两个热储层其地热资源量进行了计算，就本区地热资源的开发前景进行了评价。     

中天山北缘干沟蛇绿混杂岩带的地质地球化学

中天山北缘干沟蛇绿混杂岩带主要由属于弧前火山-沉积岩系的混杂基质及其襄胁的构造岩块组成,后者主要包括蛇绿岩残块、岛弧火山岩残块,以及大理岩、花岗岩等外来构造岩块。并因蛇绿岩及岛弧火山岩的出露而成为古板块缝合带的标志。干沟蛇绿岩岩石组合出露较为齐全,包括变质橄榄岩(蛇纹岩)、辉长岩、辉绿岩、玄武岩等构造岩块,但几乎均呈零散的构造岩块,散布于混杂基质中。变质橄榄岩以相对低SiO_2、TiO_2、Al_2O_3和CaO、高MgO为特征,类似于大洋中脊二辉橄榄岩主元素化学组成；∑REE低,LREE亏损,富集Cr、Ni,与世界典型蛇绿岩的超镁铁单元岩石地球化学特征类似。玄武岩的地球化学研究表明其以中等TiO_2、高MgO,不具有Nb、Ta亏损和Th富集为特征；与MORB相比较,高场强元素(HSFE)丰度低且平坦不分异；与原始地幔相比较,具有类似于N-MORB的亏损地幔特征,主、微量元素的地球化学特征显示岩石应形成于洋中脊构造环境。岛弧型火山岩出露于混杂岩带南部,主要为橄榄粗安岩；主元素以高MgO、Al_2O_3、K_2O、Na_2O、K_2O/Na_2O≈1、低TiO_2和CaO含量,富含挥发份为特征。同时,富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、zr、Th、U和LREE等,并以Nb、Ta亏损和Th富集显示其成因与消减作用有关,形成于板块俯冲过程中的活动大陆边缘火山弧环境。干沟区段的混杂岩因存在蛇绿岩和与俯冲作用有关的火山岩而厘定为蛇绿混杂岩带,并指示沿中天山北缘曾存在古洋盆及其俯冲消减作用。     

吉林省东部煤田地震资料解释精度低的原因分析

在地震资料解释过程中,吉林省东部聚煤盆地地震资料同相轴频率相对其他地区同一反射时的同相轴频率普遍偏低,通过提频处理也难与其他地区相比,其小断层解释符合率比较低。通过对比分析,正确地认识地震资料有利于小构造的划分和断定。     

MJO prediction in the NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2

The Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) is the primary mode of tropical intraseasonal climate variability and has significant modulation of global climate variations and attendant societal impacts. Advancing prediction of the MJO using state of the art observational data and modeling systems is thus a necessary goal for improving global intraseasonal climate prediction. MJO prediction is assessed in the NOAA Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) based on its hindcasts initialized daily for 1999–2010. The analysis focuses on MJO indices taken as the principal components of the two leading EOFs of combined 15°S–15°N average of 200-hPa zonal wind, 850-hPa zonal wind and outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere. The CFSv2 has useful MJO prediction skill out to 20 days at which the bivariate anomaly correlation coefficient (ACC) drops to 0.5 and root-mean-square error (RMSE) increases to the level of the prediction with climatology. The prediction skill also shows a seasonal variation with the lowest ACC during the boreal summer and highest ACC during boreal winter. The prediction skills are evaluated according to the target as well as initial phases. Within the lead time of 10 days the ACC is generally greater than 0.8 and RMSE is less than 1 for all initial and target phases. At longer lead time, the model shows lower skills for predicting enhanced convection over the Maritime Continent and from the eastern Pacific to western Indian Ocean. The prediction skills are relatively higher for target phases when enhanced convection is in the central Indian Ocean and the central Pacific. While the MJO prediction skills are improved in CFSv2 compared to its previous version, systematic errors still exist in the CFSv2 in the maintenance and propagation of the MJO including (1) the MJO amplitude in the CFSv2 drops dramatically at the beginning of the prediction and remains weaker than the observed during the target period and (2) the propagation in the CFSv2 is too slow. Reducing these errors will be necessary for further improvement of the MJO prediction.     

Incorporating stakeholders’ knowledge into assessing vulnerability to climatic hazards: application to the river basin management in Taiwan

There is a growing research interest on the transdisciplinary measurement of vulnerability to climatic hazards from the perspective of integrated river basin management. However, the incorporation of stakeholders’ participation, local knowledge and locally spatial characteristics into the process of such vulnerability assessment is one of the challenges faced by decision-makers, especially in developing countries. This article proposes a novel methodology for assessing and communicating vulnerability to policymaking at the river basin level through a case study of Tachia River basin in Taiwan. The authors used a multicriteria decision analysis to develop an integrated vulnerability index applied to a participatory geographic information system (GIS) to map vulnerability to climatic hazards. Using a GIS-based spatial statistics technique and multivariate analysis, we test the degree to which vulnerabilities are spatially autocorrelated throughout the river basin, explain why clustering of vulnerable areas occurs in specific locations, and why some regions are particularly vulnerable. Results demonstrate that vulnerable areas are spatially correlated across the river basin. Moreover, exposure, biophysical sensitivity, land uses and adaptive capacity are key factors contributing to the formation of localized ‘hot spots’ of similarly and particularly vulnerable areas. Finally, we discuss how the findings provide direction for more effective approaches to river basin planning and management.     

Identification of anthropogenic radionuclides in the Song Hong (Red) and Song Da (Black) river basins of Vietnam

The concentration and distribution of U were measured in zircon samples separated from the streambed sediments collected at different sites along the rivers of northern Vietnam using semiconductor alpha spectrometry and alpha- and fission-track autoradiography. Based on the absolute U content and distribution, we distinguished two groups of zircon grains of different origin. Group 1 zircons have relatively low and uniform U contents ranging from 280 to 440 μg/g. Group 2 zircons are characterized by heterogeneous U distribution and U contents ranging from 490 to 2040μg/g. The determination of absolute alpha activity values and alpha spectrometric characteristics for a number of group 2 zircon grains indicated the presence of relatively short-lived alpha-emitters. These radionuclides are probably ²¹⁰Po, ²³²U, ²³⁶Pu, ²⁴¹Am, and ²⁴³Am, and all of them can originate exclusively from anthropogenic sources. A comparison of the observed alpha activity values for group 2 zircons with those of group 1 zircons and zircons separated from the suspended colloids in river water samples provided conclusive evidence for traces of anthropogenic radioactive contamination in the Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Thac Ba, Viet Tri, and Hanoi streams flowing in the Song Hong (Red) and Song Da (Black) river basins of northern Vietnam and sourced in the southern regions of the neighboring state.     

Evaluation of an anisotropic elastoplastic–viscoplastic bounding surface model for clays

An anisotropic time-dependent bounding surface model for clays is developed by generalizing a previous time-independent model that adopts a flexible bounding surface. It is based on the framework for coupled elastoplasticity–viscoplasticity for clays and Perzyna’s overstress theory. Three viscoplastic parameters were introduced and explained in detail. The model was validated against undrained creep tests for both isotropically and anisotropically consolidated clays, undrained and drained stress relaxation tests on some undisturbed clays, and undrained triaxial tests with varying strain rates on natural Hong Kong marine deposit clay. The general agreement between the model simulations and test results was satisfactory. The varying effects of lower-level parameters were discussed on the undrained multistage stress relaxation response for normally consolidated soils which had been ignored in literature. The flexibility of the model in capturing the shear strengths, which is the unique feature of the current model, was shown in the simulations of time-dependent triaxial tests on Taipei silty clay. All the simulations show that the proposed model is a relatively practical model considering both anisotropy and time dependency of clays.