Late Holocene environmental change in Celestun Lagoon,Yucatan, Mexico

Journal of Paleolimnology - Epikarst estuary response to hydroclimate change remains poorly understood, despite the well-studied link between climate and karst groundwater aquifers. The influence...     

贵州东部下寒武统杷榔组吐卓虫（Tuzoia）的发现

早、中寒武世广泛分布于全球的无腹大型双瓣壳节肢动物吐卓虫（Tuzoia），壳体由左右两壳瓣组成，多保存为单壳瓣，壳的中部有一具刺的侧脊，壳面多具网状的壳饰；吐卓虫（Tuzoia）生活于浅水或深水区，是一个广相性的节肢动物。凯里市西北郊翁岭塘下寒武统（或华南寒武系新地层系统的黔东统）杷榔组上部灰绿色粉砂质泥岩、页岩中产有与这个属的模式种Tuzoia retifera Walcott，1912非常相似的一相似种Tuzoia cf．T.retifera Walcott 1912．这是Tuzoia在较深水相杷榔组的初次发现，是目前所知在贵州的最低产出层位，丰富了杷榔组生物的组成面貌，也是中国华南地区早寒武世吐卓虫（Tuzoia）向东扩散并由浅水向深水迁移的证据。     

Can Jupiters be found by monitoring Galactic bulge microlensing events from northern sites?

In 1998 the EXPORT team monitored microlensing event light curves using a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on the IAC 0.8-m telescope on Tenerife to evaluate the prospect of using northern telescopes to find microlens anomalies that reveal planets orbiting the lens stars. The high airmass and more limited time available for observations of Galactic bulge sources make a northern site less favourable for microlensing planet searches. However, there are potentially a large number of northern 1-m class telescopes that could devote a few hours per night to monitor ongoing microlensing events. Our IAC observations indicate that accuracies sufficient to detect planets can be achieved despite the higher airmass.     

康山“古油藏”讨论之三——康山“沥青脉”的成因

通过对康山固体可燃脉体产状、脉石矿物性质、构造发展史的综合分析,认为其成因很可能是下寒武统荷塘组中的软沥青和有机质,在加里东运动期间,由于区域应力体系的变化而爆炸运移形成的。康山脉石矿物是沥青和有机质,不是煤和无机物。沥青的源岩为下寒武统荷塘组富有机质的黑色泥岩、硅质泥岩、硅质岩。康山脉中的固体沥青和有机质,当初挤入时应呈塑性流动状态,康山沥青系由石油经热演化而成。