Assessment of wetland fragmentation in the Tarim River basin, western China

The wetlands in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River are a rich area of biodiversity and natural resources in the inland arid region of China. However, this wetland area has decreased in size during the past several decades. Water quality and biodiversity has declined due to expanded agricultural activities since 1960s. Using remote sensing (RS), geographic information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) techniques, we investigated the dynamics, spatial patterns and fragmentation of the wetlands in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River from 1980 to 2000. We found that the total area of the wetlands was reduced by 45.8% and the density of the patches increased four times from 1980 to 1990. From 1990 to 2000, though the total area of the wetlands slightly increased the number of the patches increased three times and the density of the patches doubled. Based on the analyses of transition matrixes, diversity and fragmentation indexes, and spatial distribution alternation of the wetlands, we found the landscape diversity and fragmentation indices increased while wetland dominance index decreased dramatically. Among the wetland types, the areas of the river-channel, reservoir and pond wetlands increased while the areas of the lake and marsh wetlands decreased continuously.     

Phase Chemistry Study of the Dangxiongcuo Salt Lake Brine:Isothermal Evaporation at 25℃

正Production of lithium carbonate from brines has become the dominate trend in the world from the beginning of this century.Dangxiongcuo,a carbonate-type salt lake,is located in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau,China.As a salt lake deposit,rich in Li,B,K and other useful trace     

末次盛冰期以来兴凯湖的古环境演变——基于地磁场长期变化的年龄框架

对小兴凯湖内一根长6m的钻孔（XKH1）进行了沉积物颜色、粒度、古地磁和总有机碳、总氮分析。通过与贝加尔湖和琵琶湖沉积岩芯磁倾角记录的对比,建立了该岩芯的时间序列;基于多指标综合分析,重建了24ka以来兴凯湖区域古环境和古气候演化历史,讨论了湖区环境对东亚季风和北半球温度变化的响应;通过粒级-标准偏差方法获得的环境敏感粒级组分9.29~63.00μm能作为降水量的指标。末次盛冰期时（24.0~19.5ka B.P.）,东亚冬季风盛行,XKH1岩芯沉积物平均粒径相对较粗,亮度（L*）和磁化率（χ）值高,有机质含量低,反映湖区气候冷湿,湖泊缓慢扩张,湖面比现在低。19.5~18.4ka B.P.,东亚夏季风逐渐减弱,使流域降雨量减少,湖泊收缩,沉积物有机质含量显著增加,可能在湖滨区域发育了沼泽沉积。18.4~15.1ka B.P. 沉积物中植物茎碎片含量高,砂含量波动频繁,指示了湖面进一步降低。冰消期（15.1~11.4ka B.P.）,沉积物磁化率（χ）升高,色度值（a*）减小,反映东亚夏季风逐渐增强,湖区降雨量增加,湖泊扩张,为高湖面时期,沉积层底部和顶部砂含量增加明显,环境敏感粒级组分9.29~63.00μm的含量呈现减小-增大-减小的变化规律,可很好的对应于 OD/B-A/YD气候波动事件。进入全新世,夏季风进一步增强,11.2~10.6ka B.P. 时,XKH1沉积物平均粒径增加,指示降雨量的增加为湖区带来大量沉积物,开始在近岸发育砂坝,大、小兴凯湖被隔开;3.80~0.58ka B.P. 时,色度值（a*）剧烈升高,发育虫穴构造并被黄褐色结核充填,指示湖面变浅,气候干旱。     

REE Geochemistry of the Lead—Zinc Ores from the Jinding Lead—Zinc Deposit,Lanping,Yunnan

Nineteen volcanic and magmatic rock samples were collectecd from the Jinding leadzinc deposit and its surrounding areas in Yunnan.The ICP and AES analyses,feferred to the previous results,show that the metal minerals and altered rocks in the Jinding lead-zinc deposit display a decreasing trend of ∑REE from the early to late stages of mineralization,and similarities in REE distribution patterns,indicating that the ore fluids are characterized by high LREE enrichment,markedly negative δCe anomaly and slight δEu anomaly.These REE distribution paterns exhibit striking similarities to those of the Pliocene trachyte in the study area,both of which are similar in ∑REE,LREE/HREE ratio,δEu and δCe.The ore fluids besides the basin fluids in the deposit are also closely related to those associated with Pliocene trachyte magmas.     

Thermal and rheological structures of the Xisha Trough, South China Sea

The Xisha Trough, located in the northwest of the South China Sea (SCS) mainly rifted 30 Ma ago, has been a failed rift since the cessation of the seafloor spreading of the NW subbasin. Based on the velocity–depth model along Profile OBH-4 across the Xisha Trough, a seven-layer density–depth model is used to estimate density structure for the profile. The relationship between seismic velocity and radiogenic heat production is used to estimate the vertical distribution of heat sources in the lower crust. The 2-D temperature field is calculated by applying a 2-D numerical solution of the heat conduction equation and the thermal lithosphere thickness is obtained from the basalt dry solidus (BDS). The rheology of the profile is estimated on the basis of frictional failure in the brittle regime and power-law steady-state creep in the ductile regime. Rheological model is constructed for a three-layer model involving a granitic upper crust, a quartz diorite lower crust and an olivine upper mantle. Gravity modeling supports basically the velocity–depth model. The Moho along Profile OBH-4 is of relatively high heat flow ranging from 46 to 60 mW/m² and the Moho heat flow is higher in the trough than on the flanks. The depth of the “thermal” lithospheric lower boundary is about 54 km in the center, deepens toward two sides, and is about 75 km at the northern slope area and about 70 km at the southern Xisha–Zhongsha Block. Rheological calculation indicates that the two thinnest ductile layers in the crust and the thickest brittle layer in the uppermost mantle lie in the central region, showing that the Xisha Trough has been rheologically strengthened, which are mainly due to later thermal relaxation. In addition, the strengthening in rheology during rifting was not the main factor in hampering the breakup of the Xisha Trough.     

^40Ar／^39Ar Fast Neutron Activation Ages of Quartz from the Jinman Vein Copper Dposit in Western Yunnan and Their Significance

Quartz samples collected from the Jinman vein copper deposit in the Lanping Basin of western Yunnan were determined by⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar fast neutron activation techniques, and the spectra are characterized as being saddle-shaped. The samples yielded a plateau age of 58.05 ± 0.54 Ma, a minimum appearance age of 56.76 ±0.81 Ma and an isochron age of 54.30 ± 0.15 Ma, the three ages being close to each other, indicating that the ages of the quartz samples so far determined are true and reliable. The plateau age represents the time of formation of Cu-bearing quartz veins, which is corresponding to Early Himalayan. This age is also consistent with the time at which a tectonically thermal event (60 Ma) took place within the Lanping Basin, Yunnan Province. In consideration of the fact that copper ore and other ore types in the vast area of western Yunnan are concentrated mainly in the Early Himalayan strata, the authors believe that there must have existed some indispensable key factors leading to metallogenesis on a large scale during the Early Himalayan period in western Yunnan and also constraining in union the formation of ore deposits there.     

Investigation of highly efficient algorithms for solving linear equations in the discontinuous deformation analysis method

Large‐scale engineering computing using the discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) method is time‐consuming, which hinders the application of the DDA method. The simulation result of a typical numerical example indicates that the linear equation solver is a key factor that affects the efficiency of the DDA method. In this paper, highly efficient algorithms for solving linear equations are investigated, and two modifications of the DDA programme are presented. The first modification is a linear equation solver with high efficiency. The block Jacobi (BJ) iterative method and the block conjugate gradient with Jacobi pre‐processing (Jacobi‐PCG) iterative method are introduced, and the key operations are detailed, including the matrix‐vector product and the diagonal matrix inversion. Another modification consists of a parallel linear equation solver, which is separately constructed based on the multi‐thread and CPU‐GPU heterogeneous platforms with OpenMP and CUDA, respectively. The simulation results from several numerical examples using the modified DDA programme demonstrate that the Jacobi‐PCG is a better iterative method for large‐scale engineering computing and that adoptive parallel strategies can greatly enhance computational efficiency. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

乌鲁木齐河源冰川的消融强度函数

通过对天山乌鲁木齐河源１号冰川各物质平衡观测断面近１０年的观测资料和相应的气象资料进行统计分析，得出１号冰川东、西支消融期各月的消融强度函数。统计结果表明，消融强度与气温的关系随着月份的不同而异，同时由于１号冰川东、西两支冰川的朝向差异导致这一关系也有差别     

浅论水平定向钻进敷设管材

水平定向钻进铺设技术在国内应用日益广泛,但是现行相关管材标准严重滞后,难以满足实际需要。本文对现行水平定向钻进铺设所涉及到的管材进行简要论述,建议相关部门尽快制定相关的水平定向钻进铺设管材标准,并与现行水平定向钻进技术规范协调一致,以促进水平定向钻进工程在国内的健康发展。     

基于无偏灰色马尔可夫链的吉林省降水量预测

为了更准确地对吉林省降水量进行预测,分析其时空变化特征,应用无偏灰色马尔可夫链模型对8个具有代表性的雨量站进行降水量预测,并根据预报结果讨论历史数据波动性与预报精度的关系。其中：83%以上预测结果合格,白城、乾安、长春、蛟河、四平、通化6个地区降水量多年呈递减趋势,减幅分别为0.23%、0.09%、0.24%、1.01%、0.51%、0.54%;延吉、靖宇2个地区降水量多年呈递增趋势,增幅分别为2.60%、0.54%。结果表明：无偏灰色马尔可夫链模型预测精度较高,说明该方法适用于吉林省的降水量预测;吉林省中西部地区降水量呈递减趋势,东部地区呈递增趋势,但变幅不大;在波动性与预报精度的关系方面,时间序列的波动性越大预测所产生的误差越大。