Genesis of secondary uranium minerals associated with jasperoid veins,El Erediya area,Eastern Desert,Egypt

Uranium mineralization in the El Erediya area, Egyptian Eastern Desert, has been affected by both high temperature and low temperature fluids. Mineralization is structurally controlled and is associated with jasperoid veins that are hosted by a granitic pluton. This granite exhibits extensive alteration, including silicification, argillization, sericitization, chloritization, carbonatization, and hematization. The primary uranium mineral is pitchblende, whereas uranpyrochlore, uranophane, kasolite, and an unidentified hydrated uranium niobate mineral are the most abundant secondary uranium minerals. Uranpyrochlore and the unidentified hydrated uranium niobate mineral are interpreted as alteration products of petscheckite. The chemical formula of the uranpyrochlore based upon the Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA) is . It is characterized by a relatively high Zr content (average ZrO₂ = 6.6 wt%). The average composition of the unidentified hydrated uranium niobate mineral is , where U and Nb represent the dominant cations in the U and Nb site, respectively. Uranophane is the dominant U⁶⁺ silicate phase in oxidized zones of the jasperoid veins. Kasolite is less abundant than uranophane and contains major U, Pb, and Si but only minor Ca, Fe, P, and Zr. A two-stage metallogenetic model is proposed for the alteration processes and uranium mineralization at El Erediya. The primary uranium minerals were formed during the first stage of the hydrothermal activity that formed jasperoid veins in El Eradiya granite (130–160 Ma). This stage is related to the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous phase of the final Pan-African tectono-thermal event in Egypt. After initial formation of El Erediya jasperoid veins, a late stage of hydrothermal alteration includes argillization, dissolution of iron-bearing sulfide minerals, formation of iron-oxy hydroxides, and corrosion of primary uranium minerals, resulting in enrichment of U, Ca, Pb, Zr, and Si. During this stage, petscheckite was altered to uranpyrochlore and oxy-petscheckite. Uranium was likely transported as uranyl carbonate and uranyl fluoride complexes. With change of temperature and pH, these complexes became unstable and combined with silica, calcium, and lead to form uranophane and kasolite. Finally, at a later stage of low-temperature supergene alteration, oxy-petscheckite was altered to an unidentified hydrated uranium niobate mineral by removal of Fe.     

近百年ElNino/LaNina事件与北京气候相关性分析

通过对近百年El Nino/La Nina事件与北京气候相关性研究发现，El Nino/La Nina事件与北京夏季（6－8月）降水、平均最高气温（7月）和冬季（1月）平均最低气温之间相互关系显著。El Nino事件与夏季降水、冬季平均最低气温呈负相关，与夏季平均最高气温呈正相关，造成降水减少，气温年较差较大，大陆性增强的气候特点。La Nina事件与夏季降水、冬季平均最低气温呈正相关，与夏季平均最高气温呈负关，使降水增加，气温年较差减小，大陆性减弱的气候特点。     

Gravity recovery using COSMIC GPS data: application of orbital perturbation theory

 COSMIC is a joint Taiwan–US mission to study the atmosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) occultation technique. Improved formulas are developed for the radial, along-track, and cross-track perturbations, which are more accurate than the commonly used order-zero formulas. The formulas are used to simulate gravity recovery using the geodetic GPS data of COSMIC in the operational phase. Results show that the EGM96 model can be improved up to degree 26 using 1 year of COSMIC data. TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data are used to derive a temporal gravity variation. COSMIC cannot reproduce this gravity variation perfectly because of data noise and orbital configuration, but the recovered field clearly shows the gravity signature due to mass movement in an El Ni?o. Received: 3 March 2000 / Accepted: 10 November 2000     

热带太平洋表面水中CO2对El Niño事件响应的数值模拟

文中用一个带生物泵的三维全球海洋碳循环模式模拟了热带太平洋表面水中CO2总量(TCO2)在ElNi     

1987年El Nino后期（9—11月）西太平洋大气静力能的收支

本文利用中科院1987年西太平洋考察资料和中央气象局出版的太平洋、大西洋资料反演出了一套利用温度和高度求算湿度的方法。通过该方法并利用美国国家气象中心的KWBC(5°N×5°S网格点资料)的温度和高度资料,计算了1987年厄尔尼诺期间9—11月西太平洋海域(0—30°N,120—170°E)大气静力能量的变化及其与周围的交换。结果表明,在这个时期,该区域上空大气是强的能源区,区域向周围输出能量。     

东亚冬季风活动与厄·尼诺的关系

本文利用1951—1986年全球月平均海平面气压资料以及赤道东太平洋的海温资料,研究了东亚冬季风的年际变化与厄·尼诺的关系,主要结果有:(1)东亚冬季风盛行期(10—3)赤道东太平洋海温与海平面气压场的密切相关区,主要位于亚洲南部和西太平洋(正相关)、澳洲北部(正相关)以及阿留申群岛地区(负相关)。(2)海温的变化一般超前冬季风的变化1—2个季节,以11月的海温与之相关最密切。(3)厄·尼诺年冬季,东亚大陆冷空气南下路径偏东,我国南方多雨。反厄·尼诺年相反,冷空气南下路径偏西,我国南方少雨。     

DEBRIS FLOW STUDIES IN CHINA IN THE LAST 30 YEARS

I.ffistoricalRevicwChinais"an1oamaincoru1tryintheworld",l11orethantwo4hirdsofitstotalterritoryisoccupiedbylnotultains.Tlespecialgeologicalbackground,gcol11orpholOgicalcolnbinationandmonsoonclilnateprovidefavourableenvirOnlnel1talfaCtorsfortheoccurrenceand…     

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE IMPACT OF ANTARCTIC ICE COVER AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON CLIMATE VARIABILITY*

By using a three-level atmospheric general circulation model(AGCM),we have completed several numerical experiments to study the impacts of sea surface temperature anomaly(SSTA) and antarctic ice cover anomaly(AICA) during 1981-1983 on climate variability.The results show that during the El Nino period of 1982-1983 the impact of SSTA overrides that of AICA.SSTA mainly affects equatorial zonal circulation and produces PNA wave train,and SE-NW wave train in East Asia to influence the weather of China.AICA produces west-east anomalous vortex streets in the middle latitudes of both hemispheres and affects the intensity of the polar vortex of Southern Hemisphere.     

Cretaceous amber inclusions of Spain and Myanmar demonstrate early diversification and wide dispersal of Cephenniitae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

The taxonomic status of previously misplaced species of an ant-like stone beetle from Spanish amber (Albian) is clarified. Specimens of Kachinus magnificus (originally placed as incertae sedis within Scydmaenitae) were re-examined and their characters were found different from those of the type species of Kachinus from Myanmar amber. Consequently, Archeutheia gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate the Spanish species, resulting in Archeutheia magnifica comb. nov. Moreover, in a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis Archeutheia was placed as a sister group to extant Eutheia, within the tribe Eutheiini of Cephenniitae. A specimen of an undetermined genus from Myanmar amber clearly belonging in Cephenniini is also recorded. Both taxa represent the first definite Cretaceous Cephenniitae, a supertribe whose recent members are distributed on all continents but are especially diverse in the Oriental and East Palaearctic regions. This finding demonstrates a diversification of two presently most species-rich tribes of Cephenniitae already in Early Cretaceous. Archeutheia is strikingly similar to the extant species of Eutheia and Veraphis, showing male dimorphic characters (modified protrochanters) and antennal cavities characteristic of Palaearctic Eutheiini. This fact suggests a long morphological stability in the supertribe. A previously proposed hypothesis of an early presence of the Cephenniitae in the Northern Hemisphere is for the first time supported by the fossil record, and the palaeolocalities (western Europe and Southeast Asia) demonstrate a wide distribution of Cephenniitae in the Cretaceous and an early split of its ancestral lineage.     

The Cenomanian short snout enchodontid fishes (Aulopifomes,Enchodontidae) from Sierra Madre Formation,Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

In this paper the short snout Cenomanian enchodontids from the El Chango quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, are reviewed. Unicachichthys multidentata nov. gen. and sp. is named and identified as a new member of the Enchodontidae because it has the predorsal scute series that is the distinctive character of such family. This new genus resembles other short snout enchodontids, as Enchodus and Eurypholis; however, Unicachichthys differs from these and other members of the family because it shows characters ever observed, including a multitoothed dermopalatine, the presence of a basal sclerotic bone, and the serrations in the posterior edge of the preopercle vertical limb. The inclusion of Unicachichthys in two phylogenetic analyses, based on studies previously performed, suggests that this is a primitive representative of the family Enchodontidae. Additionally specimens of two different species of Enchodus from the El Chango quarry are also described; these specimens are so scarce and fragmentary that it is not possible to determine their specific taxonomic identity. The record of these Mexican fossils enrich the knowledge about the diversity of Cenomanian enchodontids in the North American domain of the Tethys Sea, which now contains new taxa that should be considered in future efforts to recognize the phylogenetic and biogeographic processes experienced by this fish group.