POPs and their ecological risk in sewage sludge of waste water treatment plants in Beijing, China

The concentrations of three classes of persistent organic compounds (POPs) in the sewage sludge from 12 Beijing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were investigated and their ecological risks were assessed. The concentrations of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 27 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners (PCBs) and 15 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sewage sludge were measured using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (GC–MS/MS) technique. Total PAHs concentrations ranged from 445.1 to 3,586.4 ng g^?1 dry weight (dw), and the sum of the phenanthrene (Phe), anthracene (Ant), naphthalene (Nap), fluoranthene and chrysene accounted for 69.3–97.0 % of the total PAHs. The most abundant compounds present were 2-ring and 3-ring Ant, Phe and Nap, indicating a possible petrogenic source. Total PCBs concentrations were ranged between 3.2 and 21.8 ng g^?1 dw. Total OCPs concentrations ranged from 38.0 to 143.3 ng g^?1 dw, and the sum of total DDT, HCB and HCHs accounted for 69.6–97.7 % of the total OCPs. The levels of PAHs, PCBs and OCPs in this study were comparable to or lower than those reported in relatively WWTPs from other regions. In addition, they were also shown to have various distribution patterns, possibly due to their different wastewater sources. The 12 WWTPs may be classified into 4 groups because of their different sources of waste water based on cluster analysis. The ecological risk assessment shows that the concentrations of Ant or Fla at two sites, p,p′-DDE and ∑DDT at 83 % of the 12 sites may cause adverse ecological effects.     

南北地震带及邻近区域强震时空分布特征

搜集整理南北地震带区域自史料记载（公元前193年）到2012年9月的强震（Ms≥6.0）资料,初步分析南北地震带及附近区域的地震发震构造活动性和时空分布规律.结果表明,地震一般发生在断层带上,具有空间分布的集群性特征和时间群集性质.研究发现,地震带南段发生6.0≤Ms≤7.9地震次数明显高于北段和中段,而发生Ms≥8.0地震的可能性较低,中段与南段较接近,与北段有明显差异;南北地震带存在明显的纬向、经向强震活动迁移现象,纬向尤其明显;1900年以来,南北地震带已经有4次明显的能量释放阶段,并给出Ms≥6.0地震的震级-频度统计关系式.     

唐山地区基岩地震动峰值衰减特征研究

基于搜集的唐山地区的强震记录数据,采用考虑地震动峰值加速度、近距离和震级的三种衰减模型,然后利用数理统计回归的方法对这些模型的结果进行了对比和分析,获得了唐山地区基岩场地峰值加速度衰减关系.并用2012年5月28日的唐山4.8级地震对此衰减关系进行了验证.     

New magnetic data of the southern East China Sea and some geological interpretations

In September and October of 2011, a marine magnetic survey was conducted in the southern East China Sea between 120° and 126°E, 26° and 28°N with the research vessel Kexue-3. New magnetic maps with 5 × 5 km grid spacing were generated after meticulous data processing. Based on an analysis of magnetic anomaly features and further calculation results, including the total horizontal derivatives (THD), second order vertical derivatives (SVD) and analytic signal amplitude (ASA), several new tectonic insights on magnetic sources, basement structures and fault properties were obtained. The NE-SW or NNE-SSW oriented magnetic anomaly highs have different sources: (1) The high amplitude, short wavelength magnetic anomalies of the Zhemin Uplift are caused by shallow buried igneous rocks intruded along NE-NEE oriented faults. (2) The high amplitude, moderate wavelength magnetic anomalies of the Diaoyudao Uplift are caused by the metamorphic basement intruded by magmatic rocks. (3) The magnetic sources of the Yandang Uplift and Taibei Uplift in the shelf basin are shallow buried metamorphic basements and deep buried volcanic bodies, respectively. Several NW-SE or NWW-SEE oriented dextral strike-slip fault belts were identified as important tectonic boundaries. Each is composed of several en echelon and partly overlapping secondary faults. Initially formed in the Cretaceous, these fault belts have evolved through multiple periods, propagated seaward with the migration of the basement rifting and accommodated local stress fields in the Cenozoic.     

Shape and position of Earth’s bow shock near-lunar orbit based on ARTEMIS data

Earth’s bow shock is the result of interaction between the supersonic solar wind and Earth’s magnetopause. However, data limitations mean the model of the shape and position of the bow shock are based largely on near-Earth satellite data. The model of the bow shock in the distant magnetotail and other factors that affect the bow shock, such as the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) B_y, remain unclear. Here, based on the bow shock crossings of ARTEMIS from January 2011 to January 2015, new coefficients of the tail-flaring angle α of the Chao model (one of the most accurate models currently available) were obtained by fitting data from the middle-distance magnetotail (near-lunar orbit, geocentric distance -20R_E>X>-50R_E). In addition, the effects of the IMF B_y on the flaring angle α were analyzed. Our results showed that: (1) the new fitting coefficients of the Chao model in the middle-distance magnetotail are more consistent with the observed results; (2) the tail-flaring angle α of the bow shock increases as the absolute value of the IMF B_y increases. Moreover, positive IMF B_y has a greater effect than negative IMF B_y on flaring angle. These results provide a reference for bow shock modeling that includes the IMF B_y.     

Distribution and mass inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the south Bohai Sea, China

Recent occurrence, distribution and mass inventories of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) proposed by USEPA in the south Bohai Sea (BS) were studied based on the analytical data of 71 surface sediment samples. The concentrations of 16 PAHs varied from 37 to 537 ng g⁻¹ (dry weight). A clear difference was observed between the coastal Bohai Bay (CBB) and its adjacent BS (ABS) in the distribution and compositions of PAHs. The petrogenic source of phenanthrene in CBB was attributable to the industrial wastewater, fugitive fuel leakages from ships and offshore oil production. Four to six ring PAHs were predominantly from the coal and wood combustions in the whole area. The estimated PAH input to the south BS (43,000 km², 56% of BS in area) was 36.6 ton yr⁻¹, indicating that the study area was one of the important reservoirs of PAHs in world.     

斜入射地震作用下坡面形态对碎石土边坡稳定性影响研究

本文研究了在震源近场时,地震波斜入射条件下,不同坡面形态对碎石土边坡稳定性的影响。利用FLAC3D有限差分软件,建立了多种坡面形态的边坡模型。采用对比方法,分析了边坡在地震波作用下的稳定性。结果表明:临空坡面对输入地震波有放大效应;坡面的水平位移与加速度峰值随高度增加而增大,随坡度增加而增大;随着坡面凹度的增大,剪应力增量向坡肩处集中,坡肩愈加不稳定;随着坡面凸度的增大,剪应力增量向坡腰处集中,坡腰愈加不稳定;台阶对坡面的加速度放大效应有削弱作用,台阶数越多越稳定。同时给出了边坡防治的几点建议:减小坡面的坡度;对凹型坡加强坡肩位置处的防治,对凸型坡加强坡腰位置处的防治;对高边坡可设置多级台阶增加稳定性。     

基于Daubechies小波分析的南京数字化钻孔形变震前变化特征研究

应用小波分析理论及其时频分析方法,阐述了高低频信息的识别和小波基的选取,并对南京地区2006—2012年数字化应变观测整点值资料进行了小波多分辨率分析。结果表明,六合台体应变小波分解7—9阶是频率最低的部分,异常信号的周期在24—30天左右,持续时间在1—2个月之间,具有明显的短期、临震异常特征;江宁台四分量应变的整点观测值的第9阶小波分解表明,在发生2次地震前,四分量中至少有3个方向的分量出现了明显的异常情况,这种异常周期通常在20—30天左右,其与高淳台的异常周期时间相当,它可能是地震的前兆信号。     

A study on resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra of Humic Acid (HA)

This paper deals with the influences of pH, acidity and ionic intensity of the solutions on the resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra and fluorescence spectra of humic acid. When the pH value is low and the acidity and ionic intensity are high, the resonance Rayleigh spectra and fluorescence spectra both show a tendency of increasing, though the former’s intensity is much higher. In combination with the transmission electron microscope data, the factors leading to the occurrence and enhancement of the resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra of humic acid were explored. It is considered that particle enlargement caused by aggregation, the increase of heterogeneity, the increase of hydrophobility, the formation of interface, etc., are the factors leading to the occurrence and enhancement of the resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra of humic acid. As the intensity of the resonance Rayleigh scattering spectra of humic acid is much higher, resonance Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy can be used as a newly developed spectrum technology, which is more sensitive and simpler, to study humic acid and its complicated behaviors.     

EFFECT OF THE LINEAR BETA TERM ON MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL CYCLONE*

The dynamics of tropical cyclone is investigated in a nondivergent,barotropic model with no basic flow.The effect of linear beta term on the movement and development of tropical cyclone is emphatically demonstrated.The streamfunction tendency due to the symmetric component of linear beta term appears in a dipole-like pattern with an east-west symmetry,which maintains and intensifies the large-scale beta gyres and causes the tropical cyclone to have a westerly moving component.The streamfunction tendency due to the asymmetric component of linear beta term arises in an ellipse pattern with a north-south major axis,which weakens the tropical cyclone.The streamfunction tendency due to the asymmetric component of linear beta term and the intensity of large-scale cyclonic beta gyre synchronously vary in a fluctuating manner with time.