Mercury and lead tolerance in hypersaline sulfate-reducing bacteria

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) HSR1, HSR4, and HSR14 isolated from the salt pans of Goa grew best at 90-100/1000 salinity on substrates like formate, acetate, lactate, butyrate, ethanol and benzoate. They were gram negative, non-sporulating, non-motile rods lacking in desulfoviridin and cytochromes. Examination of these isolates for heavy metal tolerance and response studies in terms of growth and sulfate-reducing activity (SRA) were carried out using HgCl2 and Pb(NO3)2 at final concentration of 50, 100, and 200 and 100, 200 and 500 microg ml(-1) respectively. With Hg, HSR1 showed approximately 80% of the control's growth at 100 and 200 microg ml(-1) but SRA reached only 60% of the control values at the end of 14 days. HSR14 could reach >100% of the control's growth at 200 microg ml(-1) but the SRA reached only up to 60% of the control without metal at 100 microg ml(-1). Though the concentration of Pb was double that of Hg, HSR4 could grow and respire better than the control, the growth being stimulated by 160% and respiration by 170% in the presence of 500 microg ml(-1) of Pb(NO3)2. It is probable that some hypersaline SRB are more tolerant to heavy metals than the mesohaline counterparts and could be more effectively used for precipitating these metals in bioremediatory measures. Further examination of their responses to varied concentration of metals under different salinities would indicate their range of applicability.     

波动分析约束下的原型盆地剥蚀量恢复——以惠民凹陷为例

为准确的恢复原型盆地剥蚀量,提出在波动分析法约束下,恢复原型盆地剥蚀量的新思路。即通过波动分析法界定剥蚀的区域和厚度范围,再精确计算原型盆地剥蚀量。并以惠民凹陷新生代为例,首先运用波动分析原理,得出反映凹陷形成与发展的主周期波为57,27和7．5Ma,根据7．5Ma的周期波反映凹陷内不同沉积期间断面的剥蚀情况,来确定区域的剥蚀范围。然后根据惠民凹陷的地质特点及资料情况,采用沉积速率法、镜质体反射率差值法、地层对比法等来恢复局部地层的剥蚀量。在波动分析法的约束下,参考地质沉积史和构造演化分析的结果,综合加权平均得到最终的地层剥蚀厚度,以确保计算结果精确。研究结果表明：受波动旋回的影响,沙四段和孔店组地层普遍存在剥蚀,剥蚀厚度较大的区域主要集中在凹陷边缘或靠近隆起区,剥蚀量最小的区域是阳信洼陷,说明该区沙四上亚段和孔二段烃源岩没有遭受破坏,具有较大的勘探潜力。     

华北地区韧性剪切带几种岩石的波速各向异性高温高压实验研究

对华北地区韧性剪切带几种代表上、中、下地壳深度的糜棱岩及其围岩在高温高压条件下进行纵波速度测定及各向异性研究．对实验样品的纵波速度测定得到以下结果：１．沿糜棱岩面理方向的纵波速度大于与面理垂直方向的纵波速度,差值为０．１５—０．３０ｋｍ／ｓ,各向异性为３％—５％;２．糜棱岩的纵波速度低于其围岩的纵波速度,差值为０．１０—０．４５ｋｍ／ｓ;３．中地壳角闪岩相糜棱岩的纵波速度各向异性高于上地壳绿片岩相糜棱岩和下地壳麻粒岩相糜棱岩的各向异性;４．地震波速各向异性与糜棱岩矿物优选定向有关．     

东秦岭岩石层的地电模型

根据大地电磁测深结果,东秦岭河南叶县—湖北南漳地区的岩石层由4个电性单元组成,其中华北地块南缘为相对高温的低阻区;秦岭北部为低温的高阻异常区;南秦岭为高温的低阻区,岩石层平均厚度仅80km,南秦岭的南部推覆到扬子地块之上达40—50km;扬子地块为相对低温的中等电阻率区,岩石层厚度150—200km．利用秦岭地区地壳上地幔岩石样品高温高压条件下电阻率的测定结果推断了各单元岩石层内电性层可能的岩石组成类型,并建立了剖面通过地区岩石层的地电模型．