Sandy desertification in the north of China

With the economic and social development, desertification exerted increasingly profound influences on natural environment and social development and attracted widespread attention of international communities. China, as one of the countries facing severe desertification problems, has witnessed some progress in understanding and combating the process of desertification through many years of hard work. Based on the experiences and research achievements, this paper briefly discusses the causes, developmental processes, damage assessment and control mechanism of desertification in the north of China so as to provide some basic experiences for the further study of desertification.     

The Lower Mantle Minerals in Ophiolite-hosted Diamond

<正>Ophiolites are fragments of ancient ocean lithosphere emplaced on continental margins,in island arcs or in accretionary prisms,and have long been studied to better understand the evolution of ocean basins and collision of tectonic plates,the processes of mountain building and the occurrence of valuable ore bodies,such as podiform     

西藏日多温泉水化学特征及其物质来源

热泉水的水化学特征包含其形成过程中地质、构造、断裂、蚀变以及环境变化等多种信息,是研究地热流体形成和物质来源最基本和最重要的特征之一。西藏日多温泉发育于古新统典中组（E1d）和下白垩统林布宗组（K1l）地层。水化学特征显示:日多温泉地下热储温度为97.5 ℃~110.1 ℃之间,pH值为中性,水化学类型为SO4·HCO3-Na型,阳离子以Na+、Ca2+、K+为主,阴离子以Cl-、SO42-、HCO3-为主,并富含HBO2、H2SiO3、F、Li、Sr、Cs、As,矿化度介于1 162 mg/L～1 245 mg/L之间,符合理（医）疗热矿泉水水质标准。温泉水富含多种矿物组分的特征,与温泉水循环深度大、地下滞留时间较长（推测大于48 a）、地下热水与火山岩水-岩作用强烈有直接关系。综合研究热矿水的水化学特征,有助于更好地认识热泉水的形成过程,为热泉资源的开发利用和保护提供科学依据。      

Characteristics of afferent activity of ampullary electroreceptors in catfish Parasilurus asotus

The spontaneous and evoked activity of electroreceptors were electrophysiologically studied. The results are:

Dynamic interaction analysis of a circular cylindrical shell of finite length in a half-space

A study on the transient response of a circular cylindrical shell of finite length embedded in a homogeneous, isotropic and linear elastic half-space is presented. The soil-structure system is subjected to suddenly applied explosion waves. The numerical method employed is a combination of the time domain semi-analytical boundary element method used for the semi-infinite soil medium and the finite strip method used for the circular cylindrical shell. The two methods are combined through equilibrium and compatibility conditions at the soil-structure interface. The dynamic responses at the interface between the soil medium and the structure for every time step are obtained. Numerical examples are presented in detail to demonstrate the use and versatility of the proposed method. The following parameters are found to affect the response: (1) the slenderness ratio of the length over the diameter of the shell, L/D; (2) the relative wall thickness, h/a; (3) the relative stiffness ratio between the shell and the medium, E_s/E_m; and (4) the incidence angle of the explosion wave, α.     

Climatological distribution of lightning density observed by satellites in China and its circumjacent regions

The 0.5°×0.5°grid resolution distribution of lightning density in China and its circumjacent regions have been analyzed by using the satellite-borne OTD (Apr 1995-Mar 2000) and LIS (Dec 1997-Mar 2003) databases. It is shown that: (i) Firstly, the variability of the lightning density (LD) is particularly pronounced over the different subareas, 9 times greater over the south than the north side of Himalayas Mountains, 2.5 times greater over the eastern than the western area of China. While the maximum and minimum LD are respectively 31.4fl/km2/a (in Guangzhou region) and less than 0.2fl/km2/a (in the desert of western China). Secondly, the LD of China's continent regularly varies with latitude and distance off coast, which is consistent with annual mean precipitation in varying trend. In conclusion, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the China's three-step staircase topography and the latitude are three important factors affecting macro-scale characteristics of the LD distribution, (ii) The regional differences     

河西经济带建设在大西北开发中的地位与作用

本文论述了建设河西经济带对开发大西北，维护社会稳定和国家统一，缩小东西部差异，减轻人口压力及发展边境贸易等方面的重大意义．     

红层地下水开发的经济技术条件

按照一般水文地质调查评价的标准,通常认为红层弱含水岩组中的地下水不具有开采利用价值。根据农村生活需水量小和红层含水层富水性普遍弱但分布广泛的特点,依据勘查示范项目的数据并结合前人已有的成果,重点探讨了红层地下水富水等级的划分和开发利用的经济技术条件,更新了红层地下水资源的价值观,使红层地下水开发具有普遍适用性、技术可行性及经济合理性,对解决红层地区的干旱缺水困难具有重要而普遍的意义。     

几种激光探测大气消光系数方法的比较

本文根据香河综合观测资料,讨论了几种计算大气消光系数的方法。结果表明,以激光地面水平探测的k_0作为整个探测路径上的消光系数与后向散射系数之比,在低层层结稳定的情况下将造成较大误差,而结合太阳光谱观测资料的分析计算方法以及根据激光扫角探测在消光量分层均匀假定下的计算方法结果较好。