Geological and biogeochemical prerequisites for high Fe and Mn contents in the Amur River water

The role of natural and anthropogenic factors in the seasonal dynamics of the Fe and Mn ion migration in the Amur River water is examined. The contribution of the biogeochemical processes in the migration of the Fe and Mn ions at the water-river bed and groundwater-surface water contact zone is substantiated. The causes of the anomalously high Mn content in the Amur River water at the beginning of the 2005 freezing after the technogenic accident in China are discussed.     

A preliminary discussion on the geochemical role of country-rock media in cassiterite-polymetallic sulphide mineralization,Dachang ore field,Guangxi, China

Our metallogenic studies of the Dachang ore field show that the country-rock media have great influence on the process of mineralization. They can not only contribute part of the ore-forming material, but also have influence on the geochemical evolution of granitic magma and ore fluids. The Dachang ore field can be taken as a typical example to show the influence of country-rock media on mineralization. Geological field investigations indicate that where granites intruded weakly alkalic country rocks (e.g. middle Devonian limestones and silicorites of platform facies in the Dachang), instead of carbonaceous shales of reducing basin facies, Sn would be able to enter rock-forming minerals in large quantities to form cassiterite-sulfide ore deposits of commercial value. So, it may be concluded that the process of magmatic differentiation-evolution, mineralization and tectonic settings of ore deposits are, more or less, controlled by their country-rock media.     

On the impact of cloudiness on the characteristics of nocturnal downslope flows

The effects of cloud cover amount and the height of cloud base on nighttime thermally induced downslope flow were investigated using analytical and numerical model approaches. The conclusions obtained with the analytical and the numerical model evaluations agreed. It was concluded that, (i) as cloud cover increases and/or the height of cloud base decreases, the depth and the intensity of nighttime thermally-induced downslope flows may decrease by a factor reaching one sixth and one tenth, respectively, in the case of overcast low cloud; (ii) when skies suddenly cloud over around midnight, the development of the downslope flow is altered in different ways: a reduction in intensity; or a cessation of further development, depending on the fraction of cloud coverage, and (iii) with a sudden clearing of overcast low cloud around midnight, the depth and the intensity of the downslope flow increases significantly.On leave from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China.On leave from CSIRO, Division of Atmospheric Research, Private Bag No. 1, Mordialloc, Victoria 3195, Australia.     

武汉市陆家街地面塌陷的形成机制

发生于武汉市陆家街的地面塌陷,是隐伏岩溶区的一种地质灾害,由于它与人类工程及社会经济活动有关,所以也是一种环境工程地质问题。用潜蚀机制解释这种现象较为合理,它是一个累进变形破坏过程。地面塌陷的发生与一定的地质、地貌条件密切相关。在搞清地面塌陷的形成机制、地质背景和发生条件的基础上,这种地质灾害是可以预测和防治的。     

钙钛矿型结构亚硝酸盐和氰化物的分子体积

绝大部分的亚硝酸盐和氰化物属于钙钛矿型结构,但有部分化合物为“反”钙钛矿型结构,充填空洞A位的阳离子的拓扑体积为0。阴离子团NO₂^-和CN^-的拓扑体积都近乎常数,分别为41.73ų和40.03ų,标准方差σ_n-1=1.516和σ_n-1=1.25。由此,进一步证明了原来的一套离子拓扑体积数值的普适性。“反”钙钛矿型结构中A位阳离子的平均半径r_A>1.00Å时,三价阳离子会产生扩容效应,其扩容系数大约是其本身拓扑体积的2倍;正钙钛矿型结构中,当A位是由半径较大的Cs⁺充填时,Cs⁺也会产生扩容效应,其扩容系数约为24ų。氰化物中结晶水分子的拓扑体积近乎常数,为24ų或0。     

皖江中东部雾的客观预报自动化业务系统

介绍了一种雾的客观预报方法，并研制了一个与ＳＴＹＳ接口的雾的客观预报自动化业务系统，对雾有一定的预报能力。     

福建省东部火山岩地区银矿成矿地质条件及找矿方向

通过对该区银矿床地质特征、成矿地质条件和成矿规律的研究，将区内银矿按成因、成矿作用、矿床地质特征等划分为三类六型。指出了火山－次火山热液型银矿是本区银矿的重要类型。总结了银矿的找矿标志，提出了本区银矿的主攻类型和主攻地区。     

Ultra-high pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie-Su-Lu region, China: Their formation and exhumation

Abstract Based on petrological, structural, geological and geochronological research, the authors summarize the progress of ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rock study since 1989 by Chinese geoscientists and foreign geoscientists in the Dabie-Su-Lu region. The authors introduce and discuss a two-stage exhumation process for the UHP metamorphic rocks that have various lithologies; eclogite, ultramafics, jadeitic quartzite, gneiss, schist and marble. The metamorphic history of UHP metamorphic rocks is divided into three stages, that is, the pre-eclogite stage, coesite eclogite stage, and retrograde stage. Prior to UHP metamorphism, the ultramafics had a high temperature environment assemblage of mantle and others had blueschist facies assemblages. The granulite facies assemblages, which have recorded a temperature increase event with decompression, have developed locally in the Weihai basaltic rocks. Isotopic ages show a long range from > 700 Ma to 200 Ma. The diversity in protoliths of UHP metamorphic rocks may be related to the variation of isotopic ages older than 400 Ma. The Sm-Nd dating of ~ 220 Ma could reflect the initial exhumation stage after the peak UHP metamorphism in relation to the collision between the Sino-Korean and Yangtze blocks and subsequent events. Petrological and structural evidence imply a two-stage exhumation process. During the initial exhumation, the UHP metamorphic rocks were sheared and squeezed up in a high P/T regime. In the second exhumation stage the UHP metamorphic rocks were uplifted and eventually exposed with middle crustal rocks.