Short-term and interannual variability of redox-sensitive chemical parameters in hypoxic/anoxic bottom waters of the Chesapeake Bay

A combination of CTD casts, discrete bottle sampling and in situ voltammetric microelectrode profiling was used to examine changing redox conditions in the water column at a single station south of the Bay Bridge in the upper Chesapeake Bay in late July/early August, 2002–2005. Short-term (2–4 h) fluctuations in the oxic/suboxic/anoxic interface were documented using in situ voltammetric solid-state electrodes. Profiles of dissolved oxygen and sulfide revealed tidally-driven vertical fluctuations of several meters in the depth and thickness of the suboxic zone. Bottom water concentrations of sulfide, Mn²⁺ and Fe²⁺ also varied over the tidal cycle by approximately an order of magnitude. These data indicate that redox species concentrations at this site varied more due to physical processes than biogeochemical processes. Based on analysis of ADCP data, tidal currents at this station were strongly polarized, with the principal axis of tidal currents aligned with the mainstem channel. Together with the chemical data, the ADCP analysis suggests tidal flushing of anoxic bottom waters with suboxic water from north of the site. The present study is thus unique because while most previous studies have focused on processes across relatively stable redox interfaces, our data clearly demonstrate the influence of rapidly changing physical mixing processes on water column redox chemistry.Also noted during the study were interannual differences in maximum bottom water concentrations of sulfide, Mn²⁺ and Fe²⁺. In 2003, for example, heavy spring rains resulted in severe hypoxia/anoxia in June and early July. While reported storm-induced mixing in late July/early August 2003 partially alleviated the low-oxygen conditions, bottom water concentrations of sulfide, Mn²⁺ and Fe²⁺ were still much higher than in the previous year. The latter implies that the response time of the microbial community inhabiting the suboxic/anoxic bottom waters to changing redox conditions is slow compared to the time scale of episodic mixing events. Bottom water concentrations of the redox-sensitive chemical species should thus be useful as a tracer to infer prior hypoxic/anoxic conditions not apparent from ambient oxygen levels at the time of sampling.     

恭城—栗木断裂带的应变特征与变形环境探讨

通过系统的有限应变测量与差异应力估算,探讨了恭城—栗木断裂带的应变特征与变形环境,以其推动该断裂带的研究向更深层次发展。结果表明：①付林指数K的变化范围为0.32～1.67;应变主轴平均方位为276°∠21°,与断裂带的整体逆冲方向基本一致;断裂带的平均应变程度为2.26～3.00,属中等应变程度;断裂带的应变类型属压扁型应变与单剪型平面应变的一种复合叠加类型。②断裂带的差异应力值为40～80 MPa,变形深度小于10 km,属半脆性—半韧性的变形域。③断裂带的应变特征与变形环境及宏观构造样式基本吻合。     

雾化雨入渗影响下岩质边坡的流固耦合分析

借鉴不饱和渗流的研究方法,参考考虑雾化雨入渗的数学模型和应用有限元软件ABAQUS,分析了雾化雨入渗影响下边坡位移场和渗流场的变化,以及雾化雨入渗对岩体高边坡稳定性的影响。将该方法应用于某水电站大型岩体高边坡工程,得到具有重要工程指导意义的结论和建议。结果表明,雾化雨入渗使得坡体发生了较为明显的变形,且入渗量越大边坡的变形越大,应加强坡面的保护,最大限度地减小雨水入渗,降低雾化雨入渗对边坡的影响。     

龙永聚煤盆地构造演化与富煤带展布的相关性分析

通过龙永聚煤盆地构造演化及富煤带赋存层段机理分析,发现聚煤盆地构造演化与富煤带展布有一定的相关性,主要表现在一定时期、一定空间、一定样式的构造与一定层段的富煤带在走向、倾向上,具有一定的相关性,即一定的富煤带产生在一定的滑覆、推覆构造及其组合中。龙永煤田西部主要产生印支期的滑覆断层,应寻找走向上的富煤带;龙永煤田东部主要产生燕山期的推覆断层,应寻找倾向上的富煤带;龙永煤田中部主要产生印支期及燕山期的组合滑脱断层,应寻找上推下留型、上滑下留型、滑褶集中型的走向、倾向的富煤带。此项研究为龙永煤田进一步寻找富煤带指明了方向,同类型的勘探区可以参考。     

一种嵌入式空间数据引擎的设计与实现

空间数据引擎是实现高效空间数据访问和管理的关键技术之一。本文提出一种基于内存映射文件和改进堆组织表方式的嵌入式空间数据引擎设计与实现方法,分析了该数据引擎的组成部分和关键算法,并在其基础上讨论了日志及事务的实现方法。通过对实际数据的实验对比,其结果表明:基于本文方法开发的系统和目前主流嵌入式数据库相比,具有数据访问速度快,占用内存少的特点,适合于空间数据的编辑环境。     

FAULT ACTIVITY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN SEGMENT OF THE EASTERN BRANCH OF XINYI-LIANJIANG FAULT ZONE IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE

The NE-trending Xinyi-Lianjiang fault zone is a tectonic belt, located in the interior of the Yunkai uplift in the west of Guangdong Province, clamping the Lianjiang synclinorium and consisting of the eastern branch and the western branch. The southwestern segment of the eastern branch of Xinyi-Lianjiang fault zone, about 34km long, extends from the north of Guanqiao, through Lianjiang, to the north of Hengshan. However, it is still unclear about whether the segment extends to Jiuzhoujiang alluvial plain or not, which is in the southwest of Hengshan. If it does, what is about its fault activity? According to ‘Catalogue of the Modern Earthquakes of China’, two moderately strong earthquakes with magnitude 6.0 and 6.5 struck the Lianjiang region in 1605 AD. So it is necessary to acquire the knowledge about the activity of the segment fault, which is probably the corresponding seismogenic structure of the two destructive earthquakes. And the study on the fault activity of the segment can boost the research on seismotectonics of moderately strong earthquakes in Southeast China. In order to obtain the understanding of the existence of the buried fault of the southwestern segment, shallow seismic exploration profiles and composite borehole sections have been conducted. The results indicate its existence. Two shallow seismic exploration profiles show that buried depth of the upper breakpoints and vertical throw of the buried fault are 60m and 4~7m(L5-1 and L5-2 segment, the Hengshan section), 85m and 5~8m(L5-3 segment), 73m and 3~5m(Tiantouzai section), respectively and all of them suggest the buried fault has offset the base of the Quaternary strata. Two composite borehole sections reveal that the depth of the upper breakpoints and vertical throws of the buried segment are about 66m and 7.5m(Hengshan section) and 75m and 5m(Tiantouzai section), respectively. The drilling geological section in Hengshan reveals that the width of the fault could be up to 27m. Chronology data of Quaternary strata in the two drilling sections, obtained by means of electron spin resonance(ESR), suggest that the latest activity age of the buried fault of the southwestern segment is from late of early Pleistocene(Tiantouzai section) to early stage of middle Pleistocene(Hengshan section). Slip rates, obtained by Hengshan section and Tiantouzai section, are 0.1mm/a and 0.013mm/a, respectively. As shown by the fault profile located in a bedrock exposed region in Shajing, there are at least two stages of fault gouge and near-horizontal striation on the fault surface, indicating that the latest activity of the southwestern segment is characterized by strike-slip movement. Chronology data suggest that the age of the gouge formed in the later stage is(348±49) ka.     

玉田东吉庄饮用天然矿泉水成因分析及水质评价

东吉庄矿泉水是１９８９年由地质矿产部环境管理司会同卫生部、轻工业部等有关单位的国家饮用天然矿泉水技术评审组鉴定通过，符合ＧＢ８５３７－８７的国家标准要求，属含锶重碳酸镁·钙·钠型低矿化度中性饮用天然矿泉水，已于同年建立了奥玉饮料厂，生产瓶装矿泉水及奥玉饮料。为了保护矿泉水资源免遭环境污染，对该矿泉水水源地进行了水源地保护规划。     

火山活动与沉积盆地的形成和演化

我国大陆地壳进入中生代以来,发生了较其他陆壳更为强烈的构造运动,印支,燕山,喜马拉雅运动都是发生在我国大陆地壳以裂陷作用为主的典型运动,在中生代板块构造的特定时代和以裂陷作用主主的构造运动作用下,岩浆活动沿断穿骨石圈和地壳的深断裂发生,上涌至地壳地面形成火山岩带和地层格架中的火山岩层,上涌至地壳内部形成壳内流体相央浆房而成为高导层,火山活动是由中生代生成的太平洋板块和我国大陆地壳俯冲,使大陆地壳深