Holocene palaeoflood events recorded by slackwater deposits along the lower Jinghe River valley,middle Yellow River basin,China

Palaeoflood slackwater deposits (SWDs), are the natural record of overbank flooding and are often found within aeolian loess‐soil profiles along the river valleys of the middle Yellow River basin. These pedo‐stratigraphic sequences are studied using a multi‐disciplinarily approach to reconstruct Holocene hydro‐climatic variations. Our field investigations along the lower Jinghe River valley have identified palaeoflood SWDs at several sites along the riverbanks based on sedimentological criteria. Analytical results, including magnetic susceptibility, particle‐size distribution and concentrations of chemical elements, indicate that these well‐sorted palaeoflood SWD beds were deposited from the suspended sediment load in floodwaters. We identify two episodes of extraordinary palaeoflood events along the Jinghe River valley. These hydro‐climatic events were dated to 4200–4000 and 3200–2800 a BP, by using the optically stimulated luminescence method in combination with archaeological dating of retrieved anthropogenic remains, and with pedo‐stratigraphic correlations with the previously studied Holocene pedo‐stratigraphy in the Jinghe River drainage basin. The flooding events are therefore considered to be a regional expression of known climatic events in the northern hemisphere and demonstrate Holocene climate was far from stable. This study provides important data in understanding the interactions between regional hydro‐climatic systems and global change in semi‐arid and sub‐humid regions. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

蓝身大斑石斑鱼染色体核型分析

为了解蓝身大斑石斑鱼(Epinephelus tukula)的细胞生物学特征,作者采用体内注射PHA培养肾细胞法对蓝身大斑石斑鱼染色体核型进行了研究。结果表明,其染色体核型为2n=48t,属于石斑鱼属鱼类典型的高位类中原始类群,是石斑鱼属进化过程中出现较早的物种。     

基于GIS的南宁市细网格立体农业气候资源分析研究

根据气象台站最新30年的气候观测资料和台站地理信息,建立了南宁市主要气候要素的空间分析模型。在GIS的支持下,对无测站地区500 m×500 m网格单元上的气候要素值进行了推算,并利用反距离权重插值法进行残差订正,制作了南宁市农业气候资源的细网格立体分布图,分析了南宁市气候资源的特点及时空分布规律,为该市气候资源的合理开发利用提供了科学依据。     

标准太阳紫外光谱辐射计

在中国气象局新技术推广项目"紫外观测技术标准"的支持下,经与中国计量科学研究院光学处的科技人员合作,开发研制了标准太阳紫外光谱辐射计,现已完成整机加工、调试和测试工作.该仪器由辐射接收器(采用积分球和余弦修正石英半球配合的接收方式)、光栅单色仪和探测器(包括波长扫描驱动机构、探测器和放大器等)、计算机及其控制软件以及校准系统等部分组成(图1).     

郑州地区周代农作物资源利用研究:以荥阳官庄为例

夏商周时期,黄河流域地区的农业经济出现了新变化,即史前时期传人中国的小麦冲击了粟类作物的主导地位,在这一大背景下对中原地区进行农业考古研究具有重要意义.环嵩山地区是中原的腹地,对官庄遗址的浮选研究丰富了这一地区植物利用的资料.官庄遗址(34°51′06″N,113°22′28″E)是位于河南省荥阳市高村乡官庄村的一处周...     

基于硫酸盐还原菌作用的油菜秆固定床处理模拟含Cr（Ⅵ）废水

探讨了固定床除Cr工艺以油菜秆为微生物生长的缓释碳源,含SRB的混合微生物和油菜秆对Cr（Ⅵ）的还原和固定的共同作用。动态实验分2阶段开展：初始2周的驯化阶段和梯度增加Cr（Ⅵ）浓度的除Cr实验阶段。除Cr实验中,间歇对固定床出水pH、氧化还原电位、SO42-及硫化物浓度、DOC、Cr（Ⅵ）浓度进行测试,实验结束后对固定床中固体产物进行SEM、EDS和XPS等分析。结果表明,油菜秆固定床处理模拟含Cr（Ⅵ）废水效果明显。当进水Cr（Ⅵ）浓度ρ[Cr（Ⅵ）]〈19.52 mg/L时,出水Cr（Ⅵ）和Cr（Ⅲ）浓度均低于排放标准（0.05 mg/L）;Cr（Ⅵ）被还原为Cr（Ⅲ）,Cr（Ⅲ）以氢氧化物的形式沉淀附着于油菜秆和其它固体物质之上。分析认为,油菜秆在固定床处理模拟含Cr（Ⅵ）废水中所起的作用主要包括3方面（作为微生物生长的缓释碳源;吸附Cr（Ⅵ）,降低其对微生物的毒性;作为Cr（Ⅲ）矿化产物的沉淀附着界面）;Cr（Ⅵ）主要通过SRB的直接作用及H2S的作用被还原为Cr（Ⅲ）;以油菜秆为碳源的固定床处理Cr（Ⅵ）的浓度上限介于15.05～19.52mg/L之间。     

Genetic parameter estimation for juvenile growth and upper thermal tolerance in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus Linnaeus)

Twenty-six half-sib groups(53 full-sib families) of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus Linnaeus, were obtained by artificial insemination. We measured growth in the offspring(40–50 individuals/family) and subjected them to a thermal tolerance challenge over a period of 34 d. There was no significant difference in daily mortality(range: 0.580%–1.391%) between Days 1–13 during the thermal tolerance challenge. However, daily cumulative mortality increased rapidly between Days 14 and 29, especially on Days 15 and 16(20.232% and 34.377%, respectively). Mortality was highest on Day 16(14.145%). We estimated the genetic parameters using the average information restricted maximum likelihood method. We used a likelihood ratio test to evaluate the significance of effects in models with and without identity as an effect, and compared the final log-likelihoods(maximum log L). Lastly, we estimated phenotypic and genetic correlation between the upper thermal tolerance limit(UTT) and body weight(BW). In this study, the positive phenotypic correlation was low between UTT and BW(0.093±0.029). The genetic correlation between UTT and BW was negative(-0.044±0.239). The heritability for upper thermal tolerance was low(0.087±0.032), which is of approximately moderate heritability. The heritability for body weight was high(0.303±0.074). Our results suggest there is significant potential for improvement in the culture of turbot by selective breeding.     

High Pressure-Differential Thermal Analysis and Ultrasonic Wave Amplitude Analysis of Ice-Water Equilibrium at 1.5-5.0GPa

Water is the most active component in all geological systems.It has an important effect on the physical properties of minerals and melts.It also plays a key role in the evolution of the Earth.Accurate thermodynamics data on water are currently confined to pressures below 1.0GPa and temperatures below 900℃.Presented in this paper are new data available on the P-T properties of water at pressures up to 5.0GPa,develoged from differential thermal analysis and ultrasonic wave amplitude analysis.It has been found that there may exist another ternary point at 3.0GPa and that ultrasonic wave amplitude change of ice-water transition shows two inflection points above 2.0GPa, consistent with the two peaks of differential thermal curves above 2.0GPa .It may be a new phenomenon which needs further study.     

Numerical Simulation on Coseismic Effect of the November 14,2001 Great Kunlun Earthquake,Northern Tibet,China

The November 14, 2001 Ms8.1 Kunlun Mountains earthquake in northern Tibet is the largest earthquake occurring on the Chinese mainland since 1950. We apply a three-dimensional （3-D） finite element numerical procedure to model the coseismic displacement and stress fields of the earthquake based on field investigations. We then further investigate the stress interaction between the Ms8.1 earthquake and the intensive aftershocks. Our primary calculation shows that the coseismic displacement field is centralized around the east Kunlun fault zone. And the attenuation of coseismic displacements on the south side of Kunlun fault zone is larger than that on the north side. The calculated coseismic stress field also indicates that the calculated maximal shear stress field is centralized around the east Kunlun fault zone; the directions of the coseismic major principal stress are opposite to that of the background crustal stress field of the Qinghai-Xizang （Tibet） Plateau. It indicates that the earthquake relaxes the crustal stress state in the Qinghai-Xizang （Tibet） Plateau. Finally, we study the stress interaction between Ms8.1 earthquake and its intensive aftershocks. The calculated Coulomb stress changes of the Ms8.1 great earthquake are in favor of triggering 4 aftershocks.     

古尔班通古特沙漠南缘大沙鼠的食性

2009年9月～2010年9月在新疆古尔班通古特沙漠南缘采集了15个大沙鼠洞区的粪样和研究区域内所有植物标本,采用粪便显微组织学分析方法分析了不同季节大沙鼠的食性,并初步探讨了其食性与周围环境的关系.结果表明大沙鼠食性广,采食植物种类共计13科25种.春季大沙鼠的主要食物是囊果苔草(Carex physodes)(45.21％)和尖喙牻牛儿苗(Erodium oxyrrhynchum)(15.25％),夏季的主要食物是虫实(Corispermum sp.)(28.16％)、沙漠绢蒿(Seriphidium santolinum)( 17.98％)、沙蒿(Artemisia desertorum)(12.32％)、膜果麻黄(Ephedra przewalskii)(11.91％)和对节刺(Horaninowia ulicina)(10.29％),秋季和冬季的主要食物是梭梭(Haloxylon ammodendron),所占食物组成比例分别为81.53％和79.95％.对大沙鼠食物组成季节间相似指数统计结果表明,仅在秋冬季节间相似性很高(0.99),其余季节间相似性均相对较低(0.23 ～0.28).大沙鼠以栖息环境中的大宗植物为主要食物,其食性随不同分布区建群植物不同而变化.大沙鼠食物组成的季节性变化与其栖息环境中植物物候的季节性变化规律相吻合.梭梭仅在秋冬季成为大沙鼠的主要食物,而在春夏季节鲜被采食.