西昆仑新藏公路118～323km段基性、酸性岩脉K—Ar年龄

在西昆仑西段新藏公路沿线广泛发育数量众多的岩脉，野外出露有煌斑岩脉、辉绿岩脉、闪长岩脉、花岗岩脉。对以上岩脉进行了全岩K-Ar同位素测年，其侵位年龄与该区的地质构造事件有很好的对应关系：辉绿岩脉273～280Ma的侵位年龄对应着弧后扩张的时间，闪长岩脉和花岗岩脉230～244Ma的侵位年龄对应着碰撞造山的时间。     

辽河断陷古潜山古生界的厘定及其地质意义

辽河断陷以碳酸盐岩和砂页岩为主的古潜山地层一直全部划归中、新元古界。由于在该套地层的部分岩石薄片中发现交代残余的动物化石碎片，因此提出辽河断陷有古生界存在的新观点。通过牙形石、微古植物、动物化石和岩性组合的研究，对这套地层进行了重新厘定，建立了古生代寒武纪、奥陶纪、石炭纪和二叠纪地层层序。研究成果表明，辽河断陷存在古生界储层，古生代潜山并非单斜．而是由被断裂改造的褶皱组成的断块。这一成果为重新认识潜山的内幕构造特征和油气储层分布规律奠定了基础。     

太原西山七里沟晚古生代腕足动物群落及其古环境意义

太原西山七里沟晚古生代剖面含有丰富的腕足动物化石，共可识别出13个底栖生物群落。个体生态、行为习性、群落结构和岩性、岩相组合特征的研究表明，这些群落的生态位介于BA1-BA3之间。控制腕足动物群落分布和相互取代的最主要因素是相对海平面变化。由于海平面升、降变化的速度、幅度和持续时间的不同，群落之间的这种相互更替既有突变的，也有渐变的，既可以发生在不同的旋回之间，也可以发生在同一个海水进、退旋回内。根据这些底栖生物群落生态位所显示的水深变化和剖面相序结构，该剖面本溪期至山西期共经历了11次海水进、退旋回，其中以庙沟期海侵规模最大，最大估水深10-20m，毛儿沟下灰岩与庙沟灰岩均为这一旋回的产物。     

武汉沿长江、汉江Cd高值带成因初探

在1999—2000年第一轮多目标区域地球化学调查中,湖北省地质调查院在武汉市辖区的沿江(长江、汉江)冲积成因土壤中发现了重金属元素Cd的高值带,长江和汉江冲积土中Cd含量分别为0.33×10-6和0.27×10-6。研究结果表明:①长江和汉江冲积成因土壤的化学组成有明显的差异;②两江冲积物化学组成分别受扬子陆块和秦岭造山带表壳岩系化学组成的制约;③两构造单元表壳岩系相对富Cd岩石的风化产物是两江沿江冲积成因土壤Cd高值带的主要来源之一;④沿江冲积成因土壤中Cd的富集与其表生地球化学性质有关。     

浙江桐庐地区船山组多重地层划分

桐庐沈村剖面船山组，主体为深灰色泥晶灰岩，厚138．77m，与下伏地层黄龙组、上覆地层梁山组均呈整合接触，是一个跨系的岩石地层单位。在该组中划分出5个化石带：下部为①Streptognathodus elegantulus牙形刺带和②Triticites subcrassulus（ting）带，归属逍遥阶；中部为③sphoeroschwagerina subrotunda（ting）带，归属紫松阶；上部为④EoparcoCusulina pseudosimplex（ting）带和⑤Sweetognathus paraguizhouensis牙形刺带，归属隆林阶。石炭系与二叠系的界线位于Triticites subcrassulus带与sphaeroschwagerina subrotunda带之间，即沈村剖面第15层与16层之间。船山组可划分出3个正层序（Os）和7个四级层序（Ss），主要成岩环境为潮坪相、台地相和台地边缘相3种类型。对船山组中-上部高频旋回研究显示，每个米级旋回层时限约0．3Ma，主要受地球偏心率长周期400ka的控制。     

藏北双湖地区上三叠统肖茶卡群的重新厘定及其地质意义

在双湖地区肖茶卡一带上三叠统肖茶卡群中发现2套砾岩，根据岩石组合、生物化石和界面特征，以2套砾岩为标志层。将原肖茶卡群分解为3个组级岩石地层单位，由下至上分别为肖切堡组、角木茶卡组和日干配错组。从岩石地层、生物地层和层序地层方面阐述了3个组级地层单位的特征和划分的意义。     

Population structure and reproductive characteristics of the gulf pipefish,Syngnathus scovelli, in Mobile Bay, Alabama

The gulf pipefish,Syngnathus scovelli, is the dominant syngnathid found in coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico and is the only species in this region known to occur in both freshwater and saltwater habitats. Relatively little is known about the population and reproductive cycles ofS. scovelli, particularly for those found in low salinity environments. The focus of the current study was to collect population structure and reproductive data forS. scovelli from a low salinity habitat, Meaher Park, located at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Sampling was conducted twice a month from January 2003 to January 2004. Environmental parameters, as well as population and reproductive parameters, were collected. Water temperature was the primary abiotic factor associated with both the appearance ofS. scovelli and their breeding cycle. Based on gonadosomatic (GSI) and brood pouch somatic indices (BPSI), females and males were reproductively active throughout the summer. Peaks in male GSI and BPSI were consistent with the subsequent appearance of a large number of juveniles in early fall. These event coincided with the higher temperatures seen during late summer and early fall. Sex ratios (male : female 1 : 1.64) and operational sex ratios (1 : 4.09) indicated that this was a female biased population. Although there was no difference in the average size of males and females in this population, the largest individuals collected were female. The female-biased sex ratio supports previous genetic analyses suggesting thatS. scovelli exhibits true sex-role reversal and that operational sex ratios are a reliable indicator of the intensity of mating competition and sex roles.     

Economic Hotspots: Visualizing Vulnerability to Flooding

We simulate a large-scale flooding in the province of South-Holland in the economic centre of the Netherlands. In traditional research, damage due to flooding is computed with a unit loss method coupling land use information to depth-damage functions. Normally only direct costs are incorporated as an estimate of damage to infrastructure, property and business disruption. We extend this damage concept with the indirect economic effects on the rest of the regional and national economy on basis of a bi-regional input output table.We broaden this damage estimation to the concept of vulnerability. Vulnerability is defined as a function of dependence, redundancy and susceptibility. Susceptibility is the probability and extent of flooding. Dependency is the degree to which an activity relates to other economic activities in the rest of the country. Input–output multipliers form representations of this dependency. Redundancy is the ability of an economic activity to respond to a disaster by deferring, using substitutes or relocating. We measure redundancy as the degree of centrality of an economic activity in a network. The more central an activity is, the less it encounters possibilities to transfer production and the more vulnerable it is for flooding. Vulnerability of economic activities is then visualized in a GIS. Kernel density estimation is applied to generalize point information on inundated firms to sectoral information in space. We apply spatial interpolation techniques for the whole of the province of South-Holland. Combining information of sectoral data on dependency and redundancy, we are able to create maps of economic hotspots. Our simulation of a flood in the centre of Holland reveals the vulnerability of a densely populated delta.