Petrogenesis of the earliest Early Cretaceous mafic rocks from the Cona area of the eastern Tethyan Himalaya in south Tibet: Interaction between the incubating Kerguelen plume and the eastern Greater India lithosphere?

The relationship between the breakup of eastern Gondwanaland and the Kerguelen plume activity is a subject of debate. The Cona mafic rocks are widely exposed in the Cona area of the eastern Himalaya of south Tibet, and are studied in order to evaluate this relationship. Cona mafic rocks consist predominantly of massive basaltic flows and diabase sills or dikes, and are divided into three groups. Group 1 is composed of basaltic flows and diabase sills or dikes and is characterized by higher TiO₂ and P₂O₅ content and OIB-like trace element patterns with a relatively large range of Nd(T) values (+ 1.84 to + 4.67). A Group 1 diabase sill has been dated at 144.7 ± 2.4 Ma. Group 2 consists of gabbroic sills or crosscutting gabbroic intrusions characterized by lower TiO₂ and P₂O₅ content and “depleted” N-MORB-like trace element patterns with relatively higher, homogeneous Nd(T) values (+ 5.68 to + 6.37). A Group 2 gabbroic diabase dike has been dated at 131.1 ± 6.1 Ma. Group 3 basaltic lavas are interbedded with the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous pelitic sediments; they have compositions transitional between Groups 1 and 2 and flat to slightly enriched trace element patterns. Sr–Nd isotopic data and REE modeling indicate that variable degrees of partial melting of distinct mantle source compositions (enriched garnet–clinopyroxene peridotite for Group 1 and spinel-lherzolite for Group 2, respectively) could account for the chemical diversity of the Cona mafic rocks. Geochemical similarities between the Cona mafic rocks and the basalts probably created by the Kerguelen plume based on spatial–temporal constraints seem to indicate that an incubating Kerguelen plume model is more plausible than a model of normal rifting (nonplume) for the generation of the Cona mafic rocks. Group 1 is interpreted as being related to the incubating Kerguelen plume–lithosphere interaction; Group 2 is likely related to an interaction between anhydrous lithosphere and rising depleted asthenosphere enriched by a “droplet” originating from the Kerguelen plume, while Group 3 may be attributed to thermal erosion resulting in the partial melting of lithosphere during the long-term incubation of a magma chamber/pond at a shallow crustal level. The Cona mafic rocks are probably related to a progressively lithospheric thinning beneath eastern Gondwanaland from 150–145 Ma to 130 Ma. Our new observations seem to indicate that the Kerguelen plume may have started its incubation as early as the latest Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous period and that the incubating Kerguelen plume may play an active role in the breakup of Greater India, eastern India, and northwestern Australia.     

黄河流域县域碳排放的时空格局演变及空间效应机制

利用空间面板模型、空间自相关分析和以区域背景与最近邻状况为空间滞后的空间马尔科夫链对2000—2017年黄河流域县域碳排放时空格局与空间效应进行分析,结果表明：① 2000年以来黄河流域碳排放量激增,由山东全域和陕甘宁蒙交界的高值区向外圈层与轴向扩张,形成东高西低碳排放格局;② 存在“俱乐部趋同”现象,高碳排放县集聚于山东全域和陕甘宁蒙交界,低碳排放县集聚于西南部;2000年与2017年对比发现县域碳排放类型稳定性强,较高碳排放变为较低碳排放的县集中在东南部区域,而相反方向转变的县集中在内蒙古;③ 高碳溢出效应与低碳锁定效应是塑造时空格局的重要作用力,前者作用力更强;区域背景增强了“俱乐部趋同”与被包围异常值趋同,作用力强于最近邻状况,不显著区域内碳排放类型转变概率提高。④ 空间面板模型结果显示年轻人口结构、大经济规模、二产为主产业结构、高生活水平和高公共支出促进了碳排放量增加与空间效应作用,其中经济规模与产业结构是重要驱动因素。     

Fuzzy chance-constrained linear fractional programming approach for optimal water allocation

A fuzzy chance-constrained linear fractional programming method was developed for agricultural water resources management under multiple uncertainties. This approach improved upon the previous programming methods, and could reflect the ratio objective function and multiple uncertainties expressed as probability distributions, fuzzy sets, and their combinations. The proposed approach is applied to an agricultural water resources management system where many crops are considered under different precipitation years. Through the scenarios analyses, the multiple alternatives are presented. The solutions show that it is applicable to practical problems to address the crop water allocation under the precipitation variation and sustainable development with ratio objective function of the benefit and the irrigation amount. It also provides bases for identifying desired agriculture water resources management plans with reasonable benefit and irrigation schedules under crops.     

晋南地区仰韶至东周时期人地关系研究

基于晋南地区全新世黄土剖面样品的光释光(OSL)测年和磁化率数据,恢复该区全新世以来的古温度和古降水,并结合该区仰韶至东周时期文化发展特性及各时期考古聚落在不同地貌类型上的分布比例,探讨晋南地区全新世以来环境演变与人类活动的关系。研究表明,仰韶早期和中期,气候较为暖湿,古土壤发育,利于文化的产生和发展。仰韶晚期气候由暖湿向温干转换,可能对文化发展有一定影响。龙山时期温度和降水较之前有所下降,但气候仍较现今暖湿,又因相对干旱的气候促使先民积聚在水源地附近,以及农业生产技术水平的不断进步,该时期文化快速繁荣发展。夏、商和西周时期气候持续干凉化,文化发展受到制约。东周时期气候仍然较干凉,但随着人类社会的发展和农业生产效率的提高,环境因素对文化的影响越来越小。晋南地区仰韶到东周时期聚落主要分布在耕作条件较好的冲积平原、台塬和山前倾斜平原上,在丘陵和山地上分布较少;随着气候的干凉化,仰韶到东周时期聚落在山前倾斜平原和台塬的分布比例有减小趋势,而在冲积平原的分布比例有增大趋势。     

Application of food waste based diets in polyculture of low trophic level fish: Effects on fish growth,water quality and plankton density

Food waste was collected from local hotels and fish feed pellets were produced for a 6 months long field feeding trial. Three types of fish feed pellets (control diet: Jinfeng® 613 formulated feed, contains mainly fish meal, plant product and fish oil; Diet A: food waste based diet without meat and 53% cereal; Diet B: food waste based diet with 25% meat and 28% cereal) were used in polyculture fish ponds to investigate the growth of fish (grass carp, bighead and mud carp), changes in water quality and plankton density. No significant differences in the levels of nitrogen and phosphorous compounds of water body were observed between 3 fish ponds after the half-year feeding trial, while pond receiving Diet A had the highest density of plankton. The food waste combination of Diet B seems to be a better formulation in terms of the overall performance on fish growth.     

Effects of the modified Huanglian Jiedu decoction on the disease resistance in grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) to Lactococcus garvieae

Lactococcosis is prevalent on grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) in Hong Kong aquaculture resulting in serious economic loss. A compound formulation of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) (modified Huanglian Jiedu decoction (HLJDD)) comprising Rhizoma coptidis, Radix scutellaria, Cortex phellodendri, Fructus gardeniae, Fructus forsythiae and Flos lonicerae japonicae (in a ratio of 3:2:2:3:3:5) were applied as feed supplements to deal with the disease. The Nitroblue tetrazolium activity in blood, bactericidal activity and total immunoglobulin in plasma were significantly enhanced after feeding 1% of this TCM for 28 days. The disease resistances to Lactococcus garvieae in 1% and 2% TCM feeding groups were significantly enhanced. In the in vitro study, the modified HLJDD also activated the plasma bactericidal activities (p < 0.01). Based on this study, 1% modified HLJDD feeding for 28 days may be an optimal dose to prevent L. garvieae infection and could be used in aquaculture industries.     

Verification of an ENSO-Based Long-Range Prediction of Anomalous Weather Conditions During the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics

A brief review of the anomalous weather conditions during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and the efforts to predict these anomalies based on some preceding El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signals are presented. It is shown that the Olympic Games were held under extraordinarily warm conditions in February 2010, with monthly mean temperature anomalies of +2.2 °C in Vancouver and +2.8 °C in Whistler, ranking respectively as the highest and the second highest in the past 30 years (1981–2010). The warm conditions continued, but became less anomalous, in March 2010 for the Paralympic Games. While the precipitation amounts in the area remained near normal through this winter, the lack of snow due to warm conditions created numerous media headlines and practical problems for the alpine competitions. A statistical model was developed on the premise that February and March temperatures in the Vancouver area could be predicted using an ENSO signal with considerable lead time. This model successfully predicted the warmer-than-normal, lower-snowfall conditions for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.     

川东南隔挡式构造区隧道空间展布影响下岩溶涌突水特征简析

隔挡式构造区隧道工程涌水特征研究多局限于某个具体隧道工程及对应的特定岩溶水系统,缺乏关于隧道空间展布影响下涌突水问题的系统研究。文章提出以隧道穿越区岩溶发育及岩溶水水平与垂直分带差异作为隧道空间布置类型划分的主要标准,将隧道空间展布区的岩溶水文地质特征分为七类,对不同类型中岩溶含水介质空间结构特征、岩溶发育差异以及岩溶水在此区域流动的特点进行分析,并对八种类型的隧道涌突水的特征进行比较。据此,结合研究区拟建渝万客专铜锣山隧道和明月山隧道案例,分析此两隧道展布区域的岩溶水文地质特征,分别属于补给-垂直入渗型类型及补给径流-水平径流型类型。进一步对此两隧道可能遭遇的岩溶涌突水进行定性评价和涌水量计算,认为铜锣山隧道主要出现雨季涌水现象,水量大小受降雨强度控制,而明月山隧道涌水量较大。      

用小波-超限率分析提取宁陕台汶川地震体应变异常

姑咱台观测的汶川地震应变异常变得越来越显著.同时,在龙门山断裂带的另一端,原来不好判别的宁陕台钻孔体应变观测异常也逐渐清晰起来.利用小波分解和改进的超限率分析方法,可以将细微的地震异常变化精细地提取出来.一般地,小波分解得到的某个带通信号,可以分为正常背景和异常"坏点"两部分.通过对这两部分界线划分的研究,找到了客观、惟一确定超限率分析的阈值的方法.分析结果表明:沿整个汶川地震发震构造带,应变异常影响范围比我们以前知道的大很多;特别是,这种异常变化明显受固体潮影响,这对进一步揭示其机制提供了新的重要线索.