Total and methylmercury in a Brazilian estuary,Rio de Janeiro

Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro state, is impacted by organic matter, oil and heavy metals. The present study evaluated the total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations and the MeHg to THg ratio (%MeHg) in water samples from different points of the bay and in 245 organisms of three different trophic levels sampled between 1990 and 2000. Dissolved mercury concentration in estuarine water samples ranged from 0.72 to 5.23 ngl(-1). THg and MeHg in mussel, ranging from 11.6 to 53.5 microg THg kg(-1) wet wt. and 4.5-21.0 microg MeHg kg(-1) wet wt., varied according to sampling point and water quality. Planktivorous fish and mussel presented similar MeHg concentrations, meanwhile THg in planktivorous fish were lower than in mussel. Carnivorous fish showed higher THg and MeHg concentrations (199.5 +/- 119.3, 194.7 +/- 112.7 microg kg(-1) wet wt. respectively) than organisms from other feeding habits and lower trophic levels. There was a significant difference in the %MeHg among trophic levels: mussel presented lower MeHg percentage (33%) than planktivorous fish (54%) and carnivorous fish (98%).     

Sediment contamination in floodplains and alluvial terraces as an historical record of gold exploitation in the Carmo River basin,Southeast Quadrilátero Ferrífero,Minas Gerais,Brazil

This paper describes the geochemistry of sediment samples placed in floodplains and alluvial terraces downstream from gold mines in the Carmo River basin, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The geochemistry signature Na₂O, K₂O, SiO₂, CaO, MgO, Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, TiO₂, P₂O₅, Mn, As, Cu, Zn, Ba, Ni, Cr, S, Co were analyzed in different facies from stratigraphic profiles. As, Cu, Zn, and Mn anomalies are mainly associated with the clayed facies deposited in floodplains and oxbow lakes, and with coarse‐sediment facies deposited in the channel. The facies were accumulated by the gold exploitation activity in the region. The contamination of As, Cu, and Zn was controlled by minerals such as iron oxides and hydroxides (hematite, magnetite, and mainly goethite), manganese oxides, and sulfide‐rich minerals. The As‐bearing sediments of the region characterize one of the most As contaminated area of Brazil. Their main source is associated with gold exploration in the last three centuries.     

基于改进遗传算法的公路桥梁损伤程度标定的两阶段法

提出了基于改进遗传算法的公路桥梁损伤程度标定的两阶段法。第一阶段:应用静应变残差进行损伤定位;第二阶段:基于已经识别出的损伤位置,利用改进的遗传算法进行损伤程度的标定。两阶段方法有效地克服了同时进行常规的损伤位置识别和损伤程度的标定的收敛速度慢、存储空间大及可能误标定等问题。某三跨连续桥梁应用分析发现,在已知很少实测数据的情况下,对损伤程度的识别取得较理想的效果,证实了基于改进遗传算法的两阶段法用于损伤程度的识别具有更高的效率,更好的灵敏度、稳定性和可靠性。     

工作状态下梁及桥梁模态与损伤识别的新方法

工作状态下桥梁结构的模态参数识别是桥梁损伤识别的重要环节,考虑桥梁检测的实用性,桥梁检测一般应建立在环境激励的基础上,已有的环境激励下模态参数识别的方法对模态频率的识别的精度较高,而对位移模态的识别则误差较大。提出了一种利用移动质量块在不同位置时对桥梁的模态频率进行多次测量,用各次测得的频率值确定位移模态的新方法,使得位移模态识别的精度接近频率识别的精度,建立了该方法的初步模型,推导了频率与位移模态关系的理论公式,并通过数值模拟对该方法的有效性进行了说明。     

基于分布式计算模式的GIS的设计与实现

介绍了分布式GIS和分布式计算模式的概念,探讨了基于分布式计算模式的地理信息系统的体系结构、运作机制、关键技术和实现方法,最后对未来的分布式地理信息系统发展进行了展望。     

四川美姑河牛牛坝水电站库区泥石流成因分析

牛牛坝水电站是美姑河流域“一库五级开发方案”的龙头电站。牛牛坝库区为泥石流多发段。泥石流具有规模较大、分布范围广、发育密度大(1.33条/km)、发生频率高、致灾作用强烈的特点。泥石流灾害是库区重大地质灾害之一。通过系统分析工程区陡峻的地貌条件、发育的区域构造、软硬相间的岩层、广泛分布的堆积体、降雨集中的气候条件及不合理的人类活动等因素对泥石流的影响,揭示了美姑河牛牛坝水电站库区泥石流的成因。     

GIS在1∶5万榆关镇幅区域地质调查中的应用

讨论ＧＩＳ系统在１∶５万区调中的应用,阐述ＧＩＳ系统在区调过程中对各种资料的处理与编辑,包括野外资料的采集、图层的划分及图形与图像图件的编制。建立了榆关镇幅综合信息库。     

Comparison of the SFI peculiar velocities with the IRAS 1.2-Jy gravity field

We present a comparison between the peculiar velocity fields measured from a recently completed l -band Tully–Fisher survey of field spirals (SFI) and that derived from the IRAS 1.2-Jy redshift survey galaxy distribution. The analysis is based on the expansion of these data in redshift space using smooth orthonormal functions, and is performed using low- and high-resolution expansions, with an effective smoothing scale which increases almost linearly with redshift. The effective smoothing scales at 3000 km s⁻¹ are 1500 and 1000 km s⁻¹ for the low- and high-resolution filters. The agreement between the high- and low-resolution SFI velocity maps is excellent. The general features in the filtered SFI and IRAS velocity fields agree remarkably well within 6000 km s⁻¹. This good agreement between the fields allows us to determine the parameter β = Ω^0.6 / b , where Ω is the cosmological density parameter, and b is the linear biasing factor. From a likelihood analysis on the SFI and IRAS modes we find that β = 0.6 ± 0.1, independently of the resolution of the modal expansion. For this value of β, the residual fields for the two filters show no systematic variations within 6000 km s⁻¹. Most remarkable is the lack of any coherent, redshift-dependent dipole flow in the residual field.     

Biostratigraphic ages of tertiary basalts on the East Greenland continental margin and their relationship to plate separation in the Northeast Atlantic

Palynological evidence indicates that the 4?5 × 10⁵ km³ pile of tholeiitic basalts on the central east Greenland coast was erupted in latest Palaeocene (late Landenian) and earliest Eocene (early Ypresian) time. Assignment of a precise numerical age of this interval is not yet possible, but it is evident that the eruptive episode was completed within about 3 m.y. The effusion rate was at least an order of magnitude faster than the current Icelandic rate. Marine horizons at the base and top of the pile show that its build-up was accompanied by concomitant crustal depression. It is argued that this major volcanic episode marks the initiation of plate separation between Greenland and northwest Europe. Implications with regard to spreading chronology and the magnetic polarity time scale are discussed.