A history of the global understanding of the Earth

The author contributes to the development of a history of the global understanding of the Earth. He summarizes the main steps in the knowledge of the Earth's interior from antiquity to the present time and draws some lessons from this history.     

全球气候变化研究与科学数据简

By illustrating the relationship between the climate system and the scientific data, a requirement of scientific data for the earth system research has been proposed to be paid more attention to climate change studies. The research progresses of global climate change in China for the recent 10 years have been reviewed and the important role of observation datasets and assimilated production in the global climate change has been pointed out. Furthermore, the meteorological data sharing situation     

苏锡常地区地面沉降防控最新进展评述

苏锡常地区是长江三角洲平原地面沉降最为严重的地区之一,2000年以来,通过监测、勘查研究结合地下水限采禁采管理,有效地控制了灾害的进一步蔓延。以多年的监测研究工作（水准测量、GPS测量、D-InSAR测量）为基础,通过对大量实测数据的分析,总结了这一过程中地面沉降、地裂缝、地下水位的动态变化规律,所有证据都表明了地面沉降的减弱或停止。同时指出浅部沉降、局部区块地下水位漏斗与地面沉降依然严重。     

遥感地质解译路线在西藏羌塘地区1∶5万区域地质调查中的应用

区域地质遥感调查是近几年来一直采用的一种新的地质调查方法,最大特点是充分利用遥感图像的空间宏观优势,结合地面调查工作进行多层次的影像地质解译,在整体上提高对工作区区域地质特征的全面认识,解决突出的基础地质问题和与成矿有关的关键问题,加快填图速度,提高成图质量。目前,可应用的遥感数据种类多、波段丰富、分辨率高,遥感数据处理的技术和方法越来越先进,为高质量成图和深入解译奠定了基础。本文在总结了工作中遥感数据的采集、处理、解译、应用的基础上,提出了遥感地质解译路线的必要性和方法,进一步规范了遥感地质解译路线的内容和样式,为区域地质调查遥感地质解译路线编制提供参考。     

粤港澳大湾区红树林长时间序列遥感监测

随着遥感数据量的爆发式增长,对变化过程分析的精细化要求与本地算力不足之间的矛盾日益突出。GEE（Google Earth Engine）地理云平台的出现,解决了用户算力紧张的行业痛点。本文以粤港澳大湾区为研究区,在GEE的支持下,构建1987年—2020年年度湿地分类数据集,分析大湾区红树林的时间阶段性特征和空间扩张过程,结合连续长历时分析对变化时间点的准确识别,揭示了保护区设立与滩涂造林等工程在红树林保护与修复中的积极成效。主要结论有：（1）截止到2020年,大湾区共有红树林2174 ha,81%的红树林集中在深圳湾、淇澳岛和镇海湾;（2）大湾区的红树林经历了由平稳发展（1987年—2003年）到快速增长（2003年—2020年）的变化过程,其主要增量来源于镇海湾（40%）和淇澳岛（28%）;（3）淇澳岛和镇海湾的红树林仍处于快速增长期,但淇澳岛增速最快,从2002年至今面积翻了30倍,深圳湾则在早期的快速增长（1987年—2009年）后进入平稳期（2009年—2020年）;（4）由于保护区设立时间较早,深圳湾成为大湾区唯一一个形成稳定核心区的红树林分布区,镇海湾虽然拥有最大的红树林面积,但林道狭窄,景观破碎,生态系统反而更加脆弱;（5）设立自然保护区和滩涂造林都对红树林面积增长起到了积极作用。本研究为大湾区海岸带湿地生态系统保护与修复提供科学的证据支持,对沿海生态屏障建设具有一定的指导作用。     

High resolution local Moho determination using gravity inversion: A case study in Sri Lanka

The seismic data incorporated in global Moho models are sparse and therefore the interpolation of global Moho depths on a local area may give unrealistic results, especially in regions without adequate seismic information. Gravity inversion is a useful tool that can be used to determine Moho depths in the mentioned regions. This paper describes an interactive way of local Moho depth determination using the gravity inversion method constrained with available seismic data. Before applying inversion algorithms, the Bouguer gravity data is filtered in various stages that reduce the potential bias usually expected in Moho depth determination using gravity methods with constant density contrast assumption. A test area with reliable seismic data is used to validate the results of Moho computation, and subsequently the same computation procedure is applied to the Sri Lankan region. The results of the test area are in better agreement with seismically determined Moho depths than those obtained by global Moho models. In the Sri Lankan region, Moho determination reveals a fairly uniform thin crust of average thickness around 20 km. The overall result suggests that our gravity inversion method is robust and may be suitable for local Moho determination in virgin regions, especially those without sufficient seismic data.     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711200148X

The Earth was born from a giant impact at 4.56 Ga. It is generally thought that the Earth subsequently cooled, and hence shrunk, over geologic time. However, if the Earth's convection was double-layered, there must have been a peak of expansion during uni-directional cooling. We computed the expansion-contraction effect using first principles mineral physics data. The result shows a radius about 120 km larger than that of the present Earth immediately after the consolidation of the magma-ocean on the surface, and subsequent shrinkage of about 110 km in radius within about 10 m.y., followed by gradual expansion of 11 km in radius due to radiogenic heating in the lower mantle in spite of cooling in the upper mantle in the Archean. This was due to double-layered convection in the Archean with final collapse of overturn with contraction of about 8 km in radius, presumably by the end of the Archean. Since then, the Earth has gradually cooled down to reduce its radius by around 12 km. Geologic evidence supports the late Archean mantle overturn ca. 2.6 Ga, such as the global distribution of super-liquidus flood basalts on nearly all cratonic fragments (>35 examples). If our inference is correct, the surface environment of the Earth must have undergone extensive volcanism and emergence of local landmasses, because of the thin ocean cover (3–5 km thickness). Global unconformity appeared in cratonic fragments with stromatolite back to 2.9 Ga with a peak at 2.6 Ga. The global magmatism brought extensive crustal melting to yield explosive felsic volcanism to transport volcanic ash into the stratosphere during the catastrophic mantle overturn. This event seems to be recorded by sulfur mass-independent fractionation (SMIF) at 2.6 Ga. During the mantle overturn, a number of mantle plumes penetrated into the upper mantle and caused local upward doming of by ca. 2–3 km which raised local landmasses above sea-level. The consequent increase of atmospheric oxygen enabled life evolution from prokaryotes to eukaryotes by 2.1 Ga, or even earlier in the Earth history.     

盐湖卤水体系的热力学模型及其应用Ⅲ：在Li^＋，Na^＋，K^＋，Mg^2＋／Cl^-，SO4^2- -H2O体系加工工艺方面的应用

在第 1报告和第 2报告中介绍了获得全部Pitzer参数的“盐湖卤水体系”Li+ ,Na+ ,K+ ,Mg2 + Cl-,SO2 -4-H2 O( 2 98 1 5K)在溶液物理化学方面和相平衡预测方面的应用后 ,在这一报告中简要报道模型在卤水加工工艺方面的应用。主要包括卤水在 2 5℃等温蒸发中析盐顺序的理论预测 ;蒸发量与析盐量、成卤量间关系的计算 ;含锂复盐加工问题等     

Hydroxyl airglow on Venus in comparison with Earth

Hydroxyl nightglow is intensively studied in the Earth atmosphere, due to its coupling to the ozone cycle. Recently, it was detected for the first time also in the Venus atmosphere, thanks to the VIRTIS-Venus Express observations. The main Δν=1, 2 emissions in the infrared spectral range, centred, respectively, at 2.81 and 1.46 μm (which correspond to the (1-0) and (2-0) transitions, respectively), were observed in limb geometry (Piccioni et al., 2008) with a mean emission rate of 880±90 and 100±40 kR (1R=10⁶ photon cm⁻² s⁻¹ (4πster)⁻¹), respectively, integrated along the line of sight. In this investigation, the Bates-Nicolet chemical reaction is reported to be the most probable mechanism for OH production on Venus, as in the case of Earth, but HO₂ and O may still be not negligible as mechanism of production for OH, differently than Earth. The nightglow emission from OH provides a method to quantify O₃, HO₂, H and O, and to infer the mechanism of transport of the key species involved in the production. Very recently, an ozone layer was detected in the upper atmosphere of Venus by the SPICAV (Spectroscopy for Investigation of Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Venus) instrument onboard Venus Express (Montmessin et al., 2009); this discovery enhances the importance of ozone to the OH production in the upper atmosphere of Venus through the Bates-Nicolet mechanism. On Venus, OH airglow is observed only in the night side and no evidence has been found whether a similar emission exists also in the day side. On Mars it is expected to exist both on the day and night sides of the planet, because of the presence of ozone, though OH airglow has not yet been detected.In this paper, we review and compare the OH nightglow on Venus and Earth. The case of Mars is also briefly discussed for the sake of completeness. Similarities from a chemical and a dynamical point of view are listed, though visible OH emissions on Earth and IR OH emissions on Venus are compared.