Scientific prospects for spectroscopy of the gamma-ray burst prompt emission with SVOM

SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) is a Sino-French space mission dedicated to the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the next decade, capable to detect and localise the GRB emission, and to follow its evolution in the high-energy and X-ray domains, and in the visible and NIR bands. The satellite carries two wide-field high-energy instruments: a coded-mask gamma-ray imager (ECLAIRs; 4–150 keV), and a gamma-ray spectrometer (GRM; 15–5500 keV) that, together, will characterise the GRB prompt emission spectrum over a wide energy range. In this paper we describe the performances of the ECLAIRs and GRM system with different populations of GRBs from existing catalogues, from the classical ones to those with a possible thermal component superimposed to their non-thermal emission. The combination of ECLAIRs and the GRM will provide new insights also on other GRB properties, as for example the spectral characterisation of the subclass of short GRBs showing an extended emission after the initial spike.     

北京西山地区岩溶发育史及岩溶环境变迁

根据地壳运动所遗留的地貌形态,本区可划分为古生代和新生代二个岩溶发育期。由于本区新构造运动的特点决定了岩溶发育既具有阶段性又具有继承性。据此,新生代岩溶发育期又可划分为三个亚期:早第三纪岩溶发育亚期、晚第三纪岩溶发育亚期、第四纪岩溶发育亚期。本文根据不同时期形成的岩溶形态组合特征、洞穴化学沉积物和碎屑沉积物及具有代表性的洞外沉积物的性状、所含化石、孢粉组合、粘土矿物和重矿物组合及其化学成分和扫描电镜分析、稳定同位素和古地磁测定以及大量的测年资料,综合研究了本区晚第三纪以来的岩溶形成环境及其历史变迁。      

论江西双桥山群的底界问题

１∶５万庐山地区区域地质调查和专题研究,在星子县黄岭一带发现一套巨厚层状复成分的变质砾岩。根据该变质砾岩的砾石成分、变形组构及区域分布特点,以及上部（双桥山群）与下部（星子岩群）地层在变质与变形方面存在明显差别,认为变质砾岩应属于双桥山群的底部层位,是中元古界双桥山群与下伏下元古界星子岩群不整合关系的佐证。由于受后期构造叠加改造的影响,现今二者呈断层或隐蔽不整合接触关系。     

含水层中海水入侵的数学模型

提出了考虑过渡带的适合潜水含水层和承压含水层的海水入侵数学模型,导出了相应的方程和定解条件.经实例验证,模型是合理和可靠的.     

新疆坡十铜镍硫化物含矿岩体岩浆源区特征及构造背景探讨

新疆坡北辉长岩体位于塔里木古陆东北缘的北山裂谷带中,坡一和坡十铜镍硫化物含矿超镁铁岩体位于坡北岩体内.尽管坡十超镁铁岩体与坡北辉长岩呈侵入接触,但两者的微量元素和同位素组成显示良好 的一致性,表明两岩相虽然分不同阶段侵入就位,但仍为同源岩浆的产物.MnO-TiO2-R2O5及Th-Hf-Ta判别图解显示坡北及坡十岩体的...     

甘肃新生代气候环境变化与哺乳动物群演替

甘肃省境内新生代沉积中富含动物化石,以早渐新世晚期、晚渐新世、早中新世早期、中中新世晚期、晚中新世、早更新世和晚更新世的哺乳动物化石最为丰富.新生代青藏高原形成、快速隆升,改变了东亚的大气环流和中国的地理格局,使甘肃的气候和地理面貌发生了巨变.甘肃省境内的哺乳动物群在这些变化背景下发生了一次次的更替.本文通过对不同时代...     

Analysis of Some Characteristics of the Fault Activities in Eastern China by Satellite Images

Active faults have special electromagnetic effect and remote sensing characteristics, and exhibit unique im-agery marks in satellite images. A comprehensive comparison of images of active faults in eastern China and ananalysis of geologic and geomorphic data can tell us some characteristics of fault activity in the area during theneotectonic period: 1) The fault activities of the north-south tectonic zone, North China and Taiwan werestronger than those of southeastern and northeastern China; 2) the faulting in the north-south tectonic zone,North China and Taiwan has continued up to now, and most of the fault activites in southeastern andnorth-eastern China have become weaker since the Middle Pleistocene; 3) the activity is unsteady in time, mostbeing intermittent, or episodic, i.e. alternately strong and weak; 4) most active faults of a definite size can be di-vided into several segments which somewhat differ from each other in the characteristics of the activity.     

Adsorbed silica in stalagmite carbonate and its relationship to past rainfall

Despite considerable work on other trace elements, the incorporation of dissolved silicon from cave waters into speleothems has not been previously investigated. In this study, the controls on dissolved Si in cave waters and on adsorbed Si in resulting speleothems are therefore investigated. Bedrock (dolomite), soil water, dripping water, and cave carbonates were retrieved from Heshang Cave situated in the central Yangtze valley of China and were subjected to analysis of dissolved Si content (plus accompanying Ca and Fe analyses). Soil waters have Si/Ca of 45.5 mmol/mol, compared to only 3.2 mmol/mol in the dolomite bedrock, demonstrating that >80% of the dissolved Si must come from dissolution of silicate minerals in the soil. Drip waters have a dissolved Si concentration of ≈4.2 μg/mL, similar to that in the overlying soil water. Actively growing cave carbonates have a Si/Ca of 0.075 mmol/mol suggesting a partition coefficient for incorporation of dissolved silicon of 0.0014, in good agreement with previous laboratory studies. Extrapolating the results of these laboratory studies to the cave environment suggests that changes in Si/Ca in cave carbonates are likely to be primarily controlled by changes in drip-water Si/Ca. The drip-water Si/Ca will, in turn, be controlled by the rate of wind-blown silicate supply; by soil weathering rates; by rainfall dilution; and by precipitation of calcite. The general expectation is that these effects combine to produce high Si/Ca in speleothems during times of low rainfall. A δ¹⁸O record from a Heshang Cave stalagmite which grew between 20 and 11 thousand years ago allows these controls to be tested. Correlation of high Si/Ca with high δ¹⁸O demonstrates that regional rainfall exerts significant (but not complete) control on speleothem Si/Ca. With further understanding, speleothem Si/Ca may provide a proxy for past rainfall to complement existing proxies such as δ¹⁸O and Mg/Ca.