The photolysis of NH3 in the presence of substituted acetylenes: a possible source of oligomers and HCN on Jupiter

Photolysis of NH3 in the presence of propyne yields dimethylketazine (4) as the main product along with dimethylketimine, isopropylamine, and propioazine (7). Dimethylketazine and isopropylamine are the principal reaction products when the photolysis is performed at 198 K. The conversion to dimethylketazine is about 35 times greater at 198 K because it is not volatile and condenses on the wall of the photolysis cell out of the UV flux. Photolysis of dimethylketazine at 185 nm yields acetonitrile and small amounts of N-methyldimethylketimine (8). Photolysis of 8 gives acetonitrile. Photolysis of NH3 in the presence of 2-butyne gives the cis and trans isomers of 2-butene as the principal products along with the corresponding azine (9). Photolysis of azine 9 yields acetonitrile and propionitrile. Photolysis of hydrazine in the presence of propyne yields acetonitrile and isopropylamine but no azines were detected as reaction products. Quantum yields and percentage conversion to products are reported. These studies show that acetylenic hydrocarbons formed by the photolysis of methane in the stratosphere of Jupiter may react with radicals formed by NH3 photolysis to give nonvolatile yellow-brown polymers, dialkylazines, alkylnitriles, and eventually HCN. This scenario accounts for the observation of both HCN and chromophores on Jupiter.     

The Two-Component Virial Theorem and the Physical Properties of Stellar Systems

Using eigenmode expansion of the Mark III and SFI surveys of cosmological radial velocities, a goodness-of-fit analysis is applied on a mode-by-mode basis. This differential analysis complements the Bayesian maximum likelihood analysis that finds the most probable model given the data. Analyzing the surveys with their corresponding most likely models from the CMB-like family of models, as well as with the currently popular LambdaCDM model, reveals a systematic inconsistency of the data with these "best" models. There is a systematic trend of the cumulative chi(2) to increase with the mode number (where the modes are sorted by decreasing order of the eigenvalues). This corresponds to a decrease of the chi(2) with the variance associated with a mode and hence with its effective scale. It follows that the differential analysis finds that on small (large) scales the global analysis of all the modes "puts" less (more) power than actually required by the data. This observed trend might indicate one of the following: (1) the theoretical model (i.e., power spectrum) or the error model (or both) have an excess of power on large scales, (2) velocity bias, or (3) the velocity data suffers from systematic errors that have not yet been corrected.     

转换-伸展盆地——莺歌海的演化

在系统研究莺歌海盆地沉降史、变形史、充填史和埋藏史和基础上，确定了莺歌海盆地的演化阶段和分地类型，并建立了转换－－伸展盆地的演化模式，莺歌海盆地演可分为４个主要发展阶段；（１）初始断陷；（２）裂陷；（３）拗陷（４）再次裂陷，盆地的沉降机理是：初始断陷为岩石圈刚性体的简单伸展；裂陷为与先期切断裂带重新活动腾的走滑－－伸展；拗陷走滑－伸展相对较弱，叠加热沉降；再次裂陷以走滑－伸展为离，叠加重力沉降和压     

Evaluation of nonwoven polypropylene oil sorbents in marine oil-spill recovery

Mechanical recovery of oil by oil sorbents is one of the most important countermeasures in marine oil-spill response. Polypropylene is the ideal material for marine oil-spill recovery due to its low density, low water uptake and excellent physical and chemical resistance. Different forms of polypropylene nonwoven sorbents were evaluated in this study in terms of initial oil-sorption capacities and oil-retention properties. The investigation revealed that the fibre diameter, sorbent porosity and oil property are the most important factors in the oil-sorption performance of polypropylene nonwoven sorbents.     

Trace metal retention in mangrove ecosystems in Guanabara Bay,SE Brazil

Along contrasting environmental conditions (e.g., degree of trace metal contamination and mangrove forest structural development), sediments of Laguncularia racemosa-dominated mangrove stands in Guanabara Bay (SE Brazil) presented a trend of trace metal accumulation in forms with low potential of remobilization and biotic uptake. Concurrently, a relatively low transfer of sediment-bound metals to L. racemosa leaves was observed, which may moderate the metal export from the forests via leaf litter transport and the metal availability to enter in food chains based on leaf consumption.     

Consistent fractionation of 13C in nature and in the laboratory: growth-rate effects in some haptophyte algae

The carbon isotopic fractionation accompanying formation of biomass by alkenone-producing algae in natural marine environments varies systematically with the concentration of dissolved phosphate. Specifically, if the fractionation is expressed by epsilon p approximately delta e - delta p, where delta e and delta p are the delta 13C values for dissolved CO2 and for algal biomass (determined by isotopic analysis of C37 alkadienones), respectively, and if Ce is the concentration of dissolved CO2, micromole kg-1, then b = 38 + 160*[PO4], where [PO4] is the concentration of dissolved phosphate, microM, and b = (25 - epsilon p)Ce. The correlation found between b and [PO4] is due to effects linking nutrient levels to growth rates and cellular carbon budgets for alkenone-containing algae, most likely by trace-metal limitations on algal growth. The relationship reported here is characteristic of 39 samples (r2 = 0.95) from the Santa Monica Basin (six different times during the annual cycle), the equatorial Pacific (boreal spring and fall cruises as well as during an iron-enrichment experiment), and the Peru upwelling zone. Points representative of samples from the Sargasso Sea ([PO4] < or = 0.1 microM) fall above the b = f[PO4] line. Analysis of correlations expected between mu (growth rate), epsilon p, and Ce shows that, for our entire data set, most variations in epsilon p result from variations in mu rather than Ce. Accordingly, before concentrations of dissolved CO2 can be estimated from isotopic fractionations, some means of accounting for variations in growth rate must be found, perhaps by drawing on relationships between [PO4] and Cd/Ca ratios in shells of planktonic foraminifera.     

杭州湾地区浅层气成藏条件分析

杭州湾地区浅层天然气主要赋存于全新世和晚更新世地层中。该区天然气属甲烷型生物成因气,生物气气源层具强至较强的还原环境,同时具有较高的有机质丰度、较好的有机质类型等有利条件,而持续沉降、快速沉积作用和有利的沉积环境是生物气形成的重要地质条件。良好的储盖条件有利于浅层气的聚集和保存。结合钻井资料可知,该区储气层以细砂为主,埋藏浅,时代新,岩石疏松,未固结成岩。本区全新世主要生气层为近岸浅海相,受海侵影响的河漫滩相和河口湾相的灰、灰黑色淤泥质亚黏土,粉砂质黏土与亚黏土,系良好的区域盖层。