Contribution of atmospheric processes to the degradation of air quality: case study (Sohar Industrial Area,Oman)

The impact of the air pollution generated by any industrial activities may be further aggravated if the location of the industrial area is exposed to certain atmospheric characteristics. Under such conditions, the likelihood of accumulation of local air pollution is high. This paper uses two approaches (statistical and numerical simulation) to investigate the contribution of atmospheric processes towards degradation of air quality. A case study of the two approaches was conducted over Sohar Industrial Area in the Sultanate of Oman. Measured wind data were used to account for specific atmospheric characteristics such as stagnation, ventilation, and recirculation using the statistical approach. In the second approach, numerical weather prediction model was used to simulate mesoscale circulation phenomena such as sea breeze and its contribution to the processes affecting the air quality. The study demonstrates that the atmospheric processes appear to contribute substantially to the degradation of air quality in the Sohar Industrial Area. The statistical analysis shows that the atmospheric dilution potential of Sohar Industrial Area is prone to stagnation and recirculation, rather than ventilation. Moreover, model simulation shows that there is a seasonal variation in the contribution of atmospheric processes to the degradation of the air quality at Sohar Industrial Area.     

Denitrification potential of marsh soils in two natural saline-alkaline wetlands

Little information is available on denitrification potential of marsh soils in natural saline-alkaline wetlands. The denitrification potentials of an open wetland in the floodplain(Erbaifangzi wetland) and a closed wetland(Fulaowenpao wetland) in backwater areas in Jilin Province of Northeast China were monitored by an anaerobic incubation at 30℃ for 25 days. Our results showed that the relative denitrification index(RDI) increased gradually with incubation time, and showed a rapid increase in the first 5 days of incubation. The RDI values declined quickly from surface soils to subsurface soils and then kept a small change in deeper soils along soil profiles over the incubation time. Denitrification proceeded much faster in the top 20 cm soils of open wetland than in the closed wetland, whereas no significant differences in RDI values were observed in deeper soils between both wetlands. The RDIs were significantly negatively correlated with bulk density and sand content, while a significantly positive correlation with clay content, soil organic matter, total nitrogen and phosphorous. The maximum net NO–3-N loss through denitrification in 1 m depth were higher in the open wetland than the closed wetland with higher soil pH values. Future research should be focused on understanding the influencing mechanisms of soil alkalinity.     

石源龙地区岩浆岩的稀土元素和同位素地球化学

本章系统研究石源龙地区流纹质熔结凝灰岩、粒状碎斑熔岩、英安岩、星村中细粒黑云母花岗岩的铷锶同位素地质年龄，并根据锶、氧同位素和稀土元素含量讨论其地质意义     

九龙江口鳗苗溯河生态与资源研究

九龙江口Ｌｉ苗１９９４￣１９９６年溯河期为１９９４年１１月２０至１９９５年４月底。１９９５年１２月２０日至１９９６年５月底。鳗苗溯河期水温范围１１．５￣２２．５℃,盐度１．９８￣２５．００,透明度０．２￣１．１ｍ,九龙江口打石坑－嵩屿断面溯河鳗苗资源量１９９５年１９３ｋｇ,１９９６年２０８ｋｇ;海澄断面１９９５年３５ｋｇ,１９９６年５５ｋｇ。     

华北地区一次连续大雾的诊断分析

对2004年11月29日到12月4日华北地区一次连续大雾过程进行了分析.结果表明:高空西北气流以及西南暖湿气流是大雾发生的重要条件;大雾期间地面上的相对湿度达到了94%以上,华北地区先后被稳定的大陆高压和鞍形场控制.低层充沛的水汽、稳定的层结条件以及低空风速较小导致该地区水汽不能及时随大气扩散;高层下沉以及低层有弱的上升气流在低空的某层高度上易形成稳定层结,导致大雾的形成.     

光释光测年揭示浑善达克沙地中世纪暖期和小冰期环境变迁与人类活动的关系

为了深入了解中世纪暖期和小冰期浑善达克沙地环境变迁与人类活动的关系,对沙地5个具有代表性的风成砂——砂质土剖面序列进行了光释光测年研究。结合粒度、磁化率、烧失量等气候替代性指标及地层中的文化遗存分析,得到了浑善达克沙地近2ka来的环境变迁记录: 距今1.45~1.10ka和0.83~0.58ka,浑善达克沙地发育砂质土层,气候温暖湿润,与中国唐朝暖期和元朝暖期相对应,欧洲此时经历了中世纪暖期,该地自然环境条件比较优越,旱作农业文化发展。距今1.10~0.83ka和0.58~0.20ka,浑善达克沙地发育浅黄色砂层,气候干旱寒冷,沙丘活化,分别与我国宋辽和清朝冷期相对应,其中宋辽冷期是中世纪暖期的气候波动,清朝冷期则对应于欧洲小冰期,游牧文化发展。浑善达克沙地地层序列、气候替代性指标及其所保存的人类文化遗存揭示了自然环境与人类活动的相互关系。2ka以来,气候经历了暖湿与冷干的交替变化,自然环境变化影响了人类生产生活方式。沙地气候事件可能对我国相应时期朝代的兴亡产生过重大影响。     

论运城市地下水超采与保护策略

本文论述了2002年运城市地下水超采状况及其引起的环境地质等一系列问题.并遵循可持续发展的思想,提出了地下水资源保护的几点意见.     

Moving bed biofilm reactor to treat wastewater

This review carries out a comparative study of advanced technologies to design, upgrade and rehabilitate wastewater treatment plants. The study analyzed the relevant researches in the last years about the moving bed biofilm reactor process with only attached biomass and with hybrid biomass, which combined attached and suspended growth; both could be coupled with a secondary settling tank or microfiltration/ultrafiltration membrane as a separation system. The physical process of membrane separation improved the organic matter and NH₄ ⁺-N removal efficiencies compared with the settling tank. In particular, the pure moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor showed average chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand on the fifth day and total nitrogen removal efficiencies of 88.32, 90.84 and 60.17%, respectively, and the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor had mean chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand on the fifth day and total nitrogen reduction percentages of 91.18, 97.34 and 68.71%, respectively. Moreover, the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor showed the best efficiency regarding organic matter removal for low hydraulic retention times, so this system would enable the rehabilitation of activated sludge plants and membrane bioreactors that did not comply with legislation regarding organic matter removal. As the pure moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor performed better than the hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor concerning the total nitrogen removal under low hydraulic retention times, this system could be used to adapt wastewater treatment plants whose effluent was flowed into sensitive zones where total nitrogen concentration was restricted. This technology has been reliably used to upgrade overloaded existing conventional activated sludge plants, to treat wastewater coming from textile, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, paper mill or hospital effluents, to treat wastewater containing recalcitrant compounds efficiently, and to treat wastewater with high salinity and/or low and high temperatures.     

基于钻孔数据的三维地层建模关键技术

在基于钻孔数据进行三维地层建模方法中,钻孔样本间地层层序不一致导致建模时难以确定各地层的拓扑关系,快速准确地确定各地层层序和充分利用钻孔数据是建模的关键难点之一。拟通过综合考虑区域内所有钻孔数据,基于地质解释方法理论,以地层出现次数频率高原则进行全自动确定地层层序。首次引入子钻孔递归思想,利用表面建模方法,自下而上逐层创建三维地层模型,可确保钻孔数据不丢失且准确地应用于地层建模中,并能适应地层尖灭、地层超覆、透镜体等复杂地质构造。该方法地学意义明确,具有鲁棒性好、运行效率高及可操作性强等特点,算法已在同济曙光软件中实现,并已在多个实际地质建模工程中得到了验证。研究结果表明,该算法能充分利用已有钻孔信息,建模过程全自动完成,对复杂地层建模亦具有较强的适应性。