Marine mammals from northeast Atlantic: relationship between their trophic status as determined by delta13C and delta15N measurements and their trace metal concentrations

The relationship between trophic position through delta13C and delta15N and trace metal concentrations (Zn, Cd, Cu and Hg) was investigated in the tissues of six marine mammal species from the Northeast Atlantic: striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba, common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus, harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena, white beaked-dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris, grey seal Halichoerus grypus stranded on French Channel and Irish coasts. White-beaked dolphins, harbour porpoises, white-sided dolphins, common and striped dolphins display the same relative and decreasing trophic position, as measured by delta15N values, along both the Irish and French channel coasts, reflecting conservative trophic habits between these two places. Hepatic and renal Cd concentrations were significantly correlated to muscle delta13C and delta15N values while Hg, Zn and Cu did not. These results suggest that Cd accumulation is partly linked to the diet while other factors such as age or body condition might explain Hg, Zn or Cu variability in marine mammals. Combined stable isotope and trace metal analyses appear to be useful tools for the study of marine mammal ecology.     

同位素地球化学、岩石地球化学——密坑山锡矿同位素年代学研究的启示

密坑山锡矿田位于江西省会昌县西南约40km处。该区为一晚中生代破火山，火山岩为上侏罗统鸡笼嶂组流纹质凝灰熔岩及火山碎屑岩，火山口周围环状及放射状断裂发育，火山口中心为浅成相的密坑山似斑状钾长花岗岩中央岩株侵入体所充填。上世纪80年代以来，在该岩体与流纹质凝灰熔岩的内外接触带相继发现了岩背、淘锡坝、苦竹岽、矿背、上湾等一批大、中型锡多金属矿床或矿点，表明这一岩体对成矿具有重要的制约作用。     

Selenium contamination in the Colorado River Basin, western USA： Remediation by leaching and nanof＇dtration membranes

Selenium （Se） is an essential micronutrient to biota, but can become a potent toxicant at elevated concentrations. The natural sources and chemical properties of Se species make the boundary between deficiency and toxicity narrow for some biota, with both phenomena common around the globe. Large areas of farmland in the Colorado River Basin （CRB） generate salinized drainage water with Se concentrations much higher than 5 μg/L, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chronic water-quality criterion for the protection of aquatic life. We have carried out detailed field and laboratory studies to investigate Se geochemistry and remediation in two of these areas： the Middle Green River Basin, Utah and the Salton Sea Basin, California, located respectively in the Upper and Lower CRB. Results from these and other studies show that approximately 90% of the dissolved Se in the Colorado River and its tributaries originally is derived from the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale and equivalent pyritic marine units that outcrop in the Upper CRB. Selenium is mobilized commonly by biogeochemical oxidation of this pyritic shale and is concentrated mainly as selenate （SeO4^2-） in soils and agricultural drainage water of dry climates by evaporation. Minor （0%-5%） amounts of Se are present as the selenite species （HSeO3^-） and （SEO3^2-）, but these species and the more reduced species, elemental Se （SeO） and selenide （Se^2-）, have much lower solubility and/or have high sorptive affinity towards organic matter, clay minerals and iron oxyhydroxides. The concentration of dissolved Se （-2.5 μg/L） and salinity in the Lower Colorado River water are among the highest of the world major rivers. Because of low precipitation （7 cm/a） and extreme evapotranspiration （-1.8 m/a） rates in the Salton Sea Basin, California, Se values in irrigation water imported from the Colorado River increase to 〉300 μg/L in drainage wastewater. Removal of Se from contaminated wastewater by nanofiltration membranes was demonstrated in laboratory and pilot-scale field experiments.     

根据Dobson和TOMS资料分析北京和昆明大气臭氧总量变化特征

用约２０年 Ｄｏｂｓｏｎ和ＴＯＭＳ资料来分析北京（３９.９３°Ｎ，１１６.４０°Ｅ）和昆明 （２５.０２°Ｎ，１０２．６８°）两地大气臭氧总量的变化特征，结果表明：（１）在１９７９－２０００年间北京大气臭氧长期变化趋势是－０．６４２ ＤＵ／年，而昆明在１９８０－２０００年间的趋势是－０.００９ ＤＵ／年；（２）北京和昆明两地大气臭氧都有很强的季节内变化（尤其冬季更强），与季节性变化强度相当；（３）在北京和昆明，由记录较短的大气臭氧资料分析得到的长期变化趋势，与较长记录得到的结果有显著差异；（４）在北京（中纬度）和昆明（低纬度）大气臭氧都有显著的准两年振荡信号；（５）两个站点大气臭氧的年际变化主要由长期趋势项和准两年振荡信号组成；（６）Ｄｏｂｓｏｎ仪测量得到的臭氧总量与ＴＯＭＳ资料非常一致。     

粘弹性应力转移延迟了1999年赫克托矿地震的触发

在某些情况下,由地震引起的地壳应力转移可以加快邻近断层的破裂,并引起地震序列的发生(Stein,et al,1992;King,et al,1994;Deng and Sykes,1996;Harris,et al,1995;Stein,1999)。1999年南加州赫克托矿地震(震级7.1)在1992年兰德斯地震(震级7.3)的7年后,在距其震中仅20km处发生。这表明赫克托矿地震是以某种方式被     

“全面禁止核试验条约”的数据宝藏

一个旨在检测核爆炸的传感器台网可以帮助科学家研究从鲸鱼到火山的一切事情。但它们被允许使用吗?     

地震的标度与孕震断层的强度

在构造学和地震力学方面，两个重要而又未解决的问题是孕震断层的强度和一次地震的地震矩随破裂面积或破裂长度的变化关系。本文将说明，通常分别处理的这两个问题从根基本上是相关的。按已有的报道，走滑和倾滑地震的地震矩与破裂面积和地震矩与破裂长度关系的数据是离散的，但本文论证了数据实际并不离散，只不过是反映了失稳破坏的断层的强度差异。本文推导出了表达大、小地震之间连续标度的关系式，并证明，断层带的孔隙压力是将走滑型和倾滑型地震联合起来归结为一种作用机制的标度参数。还论证了对于大地震，在大约15km之上断层带孔隙压力在静水压力与接近静岩压力之间连续变化，在此深度之下，有明确的向接近静岩孔隙压力过渡的证据。这些结果对板块构造学、震源物理学，以及从力学上作地震灾害评估均具有重要的意义。     

地震学中的统计学原理（二）

3.4 模型检验模型检验即检查选用模型的特征与实际样本特征是否一致。选择模型与检验模型采用不相交的数据集较为理想。在做不到这一点的地方,检验需要考虑到模型已被调整到尽可能与数据密切拟合的事实,至少在某种意义上如此。     

航空重力确定大地水准面的研究

随着近年来航空重力的发展,航空重力数据的精度和分辨率不断提高,其精度可达1 mGal,分辨率可达10km,这使得用航空重力数据计算精密大地水准面成为可能。本研究介绍利用满足一定条件的稳定、精确的航空重力数据计算大地水准面的一种新途径。它根据布隆公式,分离大地水准面与参考椭球,把航空重力观测值转换为大地水准面上的重力位,从而确定大地水准面。其具体步骤如下: 1.对重力扰动观测数据进行低通滤波,除去高频观测噪声; 2.利用全球重力场模型从低通滤波的重力     

从空间测量热点BRDF的构想(英文)

我们已经研究了从空间测量冠层热点ＢＲＤＦ的几个构想，其中最具前景的研究有主动光照和分置探测，以上二法可以从空间用探照灯模式进行热点的角度分布测量。构想中包含了一个可定向的光照源，如工作在大气窗波长的激光器，和一些固定在光源周围的高空间分辨率的探测器，用来接收几乎和原路反射方向同轴的光子。卫星微波控制和指令将允许激光定向和探测器聚焦，使整个系统象一个具有近于无限定向能力的探照灯一样工作。我们称这种构想中的卫星为热点探照卫星（ＨＳＳＬ）。卫星的标准高度为６００ｋｍ，这将可以测量热点ＢＲＤＦ达到１８度的相位角。分布的探测器可测量热点角度分布的强度方面，而无需复杂的成象探测器。为提高信噪比，系统可在夜间工作。这样，热点角度特征就能被量化和参数化得足够细，也就可以提取植被结构和生物物理信息。