Air-Sea Gas Transfer Velocity in Stormy Winter Estimated from Radon Deficiency

Thirteen vertical profiles of ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn in the near-surface water were obtained in the western North Pacific in winter, and the gas transfer velocities across the air-sea interface were estimated. The transfer velocities found by applying a steady state model varied widely from 2.1 to 30.2 m day⁻¹ with a mean of 9.4 m day⁻¹. The mean value is almost 5 times higher than that in summer in other oceans, and the maximum value is a record high for world oceans. This is partly due to the inadequacy of the steady state model, which overestimates when stronger winds blow in more recent days than the ²²²Rn half-life of about 4 days. In fact, a strong low pressure zone passed through the station about 2 days earlier, which was one of the low pressure zones that with a period of develop once a week or so in the northwestern North Pacific in winter. Instead of steady-state removal, if half of the radon removal occurred sporadically every 7 days, and the last removal took place two days before the observation, the transfer velocity would be 26 m day⁻¹. Our mean transfer velocity, which is less than 20% different from the steady state value including both overestimated and underestimated values, 9.4 ± 4.8 m day⁻¹, seems to represent the mean state of this region in winter. This suggests that the gas exchange fluxes under extremely rough conditions in the open ocean are larger than those estimated by using a transfer velocity equation with a linear or quadratic relationship with wind speed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Petrography,chemical composition,and Raman spectra of chrome spinel: Constraints on the diamond potential of the No. 30 pipe kimberlite in Wafangdian,North China Craton

Conventional diamond exploration seldom searches directly for diamonds in rock and soil samples. Instead, it focuses on the search for indicator minerals like chrome spinel, which can be used to evaluate diamond potential. Chrome spinels are preserved as pristine minerals in the early Paleozoic (∼465 Ma), hydrothermally altered, Group I No. 30 pipe kimberlite that intruded the Neoproterozoic Qingbaikou strata in Wafangdian, North China Craton (NCC). The characteristics of the chrome spinels were investigated by petrographic observation (BSE imaging), quantitative chemical analysis (EPMA), and Raman spectral analysis. The results show that the chrome spinels are mostly sub-rounded with extremely few grains being subhedral, and these spinels are macrocrystic, more than 500 µm in size. The chrome spinels also have compositional zones: the cores are classified as magnesiochromite as they have distinctly chromium-rich (Cr₂O₃ up to 66.56 wt%) and titanium-poor (TiO₂ < 1 wt%) compositions; and the rims are classified as magnetite as they have chromium-poor and iron-rich composition. In the cores of chrome spinels, compositional variations are controlled by Al³⁺-Cr³⁺ isomorphism, which results in a strong Raman spectra peak (A_1g mode) varying from 690 cm⁻¹ to 702.9 cm⁻¹. In the rims of chrome spinel, compositional variations result in the A_1g peak varying from 660 cm⁻¹ to 672 cm⁻¹. The morphology and chemical compositions indicate that the chrome spinels are mantle xenocrysts. The cores of the spinel are remnants of primary mantle xenocrysts that have been resorbed, and the rims were formed during kimberlite magmatism. The compositions of the cores are used to evaluate the diamond potential of this kimberlite through comparison with the compositions of chrome spinels from the Changmazhuang and No. 50 pipe kimberlites in the NCC. In MgO, Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ versus Cr₂O₃ plots, the chrome spinels from the Changmazhuang and No. 50 pipe kimberlites are mostly located in the diamond stability field. However, only a small proportion of chrome spinels from No. 30 pipe kimberlite have same behavior, which indicates that the diamond potential of the former two kimberlites is greater than that of the No. 30 pipe kimberlite. This is also supported by compositional zones in the spinel grains: there is with an increase in Fe³⁺ in the rims, which suggests that the chrome spinels experienced highly oxidizing conditions. Oxidizing conditions may have been imparted by fluids/melts that have a great influence on diamond destruction. Here, we suggest that chrome spinel compositions can be a useful tool for identifying the target for diamond potential in the North China Craton.     

华北克拉通中元古代下马岭组地质特征及研究进展——下马岭组研究百年回眸

从1920年叶良辅在北京西山命名"下马岭页岩"到现在的近百年时间里,下马岭组研究取得了诸多进展。本文从岩性组成、沉积序列及环境、分布范围及区域变化、年代地层学、古生物学、含油气性、古海洋演化、基性岩床、盆地性质及演化等多个视角,对下马岭组的地质特征及相关地质、科学问题进行了总结与分析。这有利于我们对下马岭组及其内涵更为全面、细致、深刻的了解,也为探索华北乃至整个地球中元古代时期的演化提供更多信息。     

北补连蛇绿岩的特征,形成环境及其构造意义

文中总结了北祁连蛇绿岩的特征，指出北祁连蛇绿岩大多具有ＭＯＲＢ的性质，有玻安岩产生，形成在弧后和岛弧环境，北祁连蛇绿岩大多侵位在岛弧增生楔或活动陆缘地体之上，蛇绿岩属于科迪勒拉型，早古生代的北祁连造山带属于科迪勒拉型造山带，部分蛇绿岩之上整合产出一套沉积一火山岩系，称为蛇绿岩的上覆岩系，指出蛇绿岩及其上覆岩系的枕状熔岩分别来自不同的源区，具有不同的构造意义，还讨论了北祁连早古生代板块构造格局，认为     

地震非均匀度在华北地震中短期预报中的应用

利用空间扫描方法研究了华北地区中强以上地震前地震非均匀度GL值的中短期异常变化特征，结果表明在中强地震前1年左右，未来震中周围的GL值中期异常区通常出现明显的收缩或消失，一些地震临震前数月还再次出现GL值异常区，讨论了使用GL值进行地震中短期预报的有关问题。     

早古生代北阿尔金HP/LT混杂岩片——一个“化石”俯冲隧道

北阿尔金高压/低温（HP/LT）变质岩呈构造岩片分布在俯冲-增生杂岩中,主要由强变形的变质沉积岩（泥质片岩、钙质片岩和石英片岩）和少量呈透镜状分布在变沉积岩中的蓝片岩和榴辉岩组成,与相邻的蛇绿混杂岩呈断层接触。榴辉岩主要矿物为绿辉石、石榴子石、多硅白云母、石英、冻蓝闪石,含少量蓝闪石、绿泥石、方解石、钠长石、榍石。蓝片岩主要矿物为蓝闪石、石榴子石、碳酸盐类矿物、阳起石、绿帘石、钠云母、绿泥石、钠长石和石英,偶见多硅白云母,其中在部分蓝片岩的石榴子石中有少量硬柱石和绿辉石包体。本文对蓝片岩（样品A06-16-7）和榴辉岩（样品A03-3-5.3）开展了岩石学和相平衡模拟研究,得到它们形成的压力峰期的温压条件分别是：T=~524℃、P=~2.1GPa和T=~527℃、P=~2.2GPa,并均经历了后期蓝片岩相的退变质叠加。结合区域上已有的研究表明,北阿尔金HP/LT混杂岩片中不同类型岩石可能经历了不同的变质演化历史,反映了古俯冲隧道的不均匀性,并在俯冲隧道的较浅部混杂在一起,共同经历了蓝片岩相或蓝片岩-绿片岩过渡相条件下的透入性变形作用。

     

华北板块北缘中段二叠纪岩浆岩年代学、地球化学及锆石Hf同位素测试数据集

华北板块北缘中段位于华北板块与白乃庙弧的结合处,以赤峰-白云鄂博断裂为界,南、北归属不同的大地构造单元,并且具有不同的基底属性。二叠纪岩浆岩在华北板块北缘广泛分布,断裂带两侧均有出露,源区组成十分复杂,制约着对其岩石成因及构造背景的深刻认识。本文通过对横跨赤峰–白云鄂博断裂的“北柳图庙幅等4幅区调”和“乌兰布拉格幅等2幅区调”2个项目的1∶50 000区调工作,共计6个1∶50 000图幅内的二叠纪岩浆岩的年代学、地球化学及锆石Hf同位素测试数据进行整合、分析,为进一步研究华北板块北缘中段二叠纪岩浆岩的源区及构造-岩浆演化过程提供详实的数据支撑。区内二叠纪侵入岩广泛出露,岩石类型以花岗闪长岩、（石英）闪长岩及二长花岗岩为主,并含有少量的正长花岗岩。二叠纪火山岩主要分布在断裂带以南,岩性包括安山质、英安质及少量流纹质火山岩。锆石U–Pb测年表明工作区内二叠纪岩浆岩的形成时代主要为中–晚二叠世,断裂带南北两侧的岩浆岩具有截然不同的锆石Hf同位素特征,总体而言,南侧相对富集,北侧相对亏损。本数据集包括3个.xls类型文件（Zircon U–Pb dating data.xls,Zircon Hf isotope data.xls,Whole-rock geochemistry data.xls）,分别记录了104件样品的地球化学数据、16件样品的锆石U–Pb测年数据和12件样品的锆石Hf同位素数据。本数据集测试样品主要在中国地质调查局天津地质调查中心实验测试中心完成,数据质量可靠。     

秋季长江口北支表层海水pCO2变化特征

根据2009年9月首次获得的长江口北支海水pCO2实测数据,结合温度、盐度等参数,对长江口北支海水pCO2时空分布、变化特征及其影响因素进行了研究.研究结果表明,长江口北支海水pCO2总体呈现出淡水端高,咸水端低的特点;在同等盐度条件下,长江口北支海水pCO2明显高于长江口南支;长江口北支南段海水pCO2与盐度之间有着...     

Linking past flood frequencies in Norway to regional atmospheric circulation anomalies

Analysis of two continuous, high‐resolution palaeo‐flood records from southern Norway reveals that the frequency of extreme flood events has changed significantly during the Holocene. During the early and middle Holocene, flood frequency was low; by contrast, it was high over the last 2300 years when the mean flood frequency was about 2.5–3.0 per century. The present regional discharge regime is dominated by spring/summer snowmelt, and our results indicate that the changing flood frequency cannot be explained by local conditions associated with the respective catchments of the two lakes, but rather long‐term variations of solid winter precipitation and related snowmelt. Applying available instrumental winter precipitation data and associated sea‐level pressure re‐analysis data as a modern analogue, we document that atmospheric circulation anomalies, significantly different from the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), have some potential in explaining the variability of the two different palaeo‐flood records. Centennial‐scale patterns in shifting flood frequency might be indicative of shifts in atmospheric circulation and shed light on palaeo‐pressure variations in the North Atlantic region, in areas not influenced by the NAO. Major shifts are found at about 2300, 1200 and 200 years ago (cal. a BP). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Economics of climate change: risk and responsibility by world region

The impacts of predicted climate change will not be distributed evenly around the world. As post-Kyoto negotiations unfold, relating the geographical distribution of projected impacts to responsibility for emissions among world regions is essential for achieving an equitable path forward. This article surveys the current knowledge of regional climate consequences, and delves into the regional predictions of economic assessment models to date, examining how the uncertainties, assumptions and ethical dimensions influence the portrayal of risk at this scale. The few studies that quantitatively compared regional risk and responsibility are reviewed, and the analytical framework from one such study is applied to the 2006 Stern Review's projections to give the first regional comparison to take purchasing power and welfare considerations into account. Synthesizing burden and blame in this way is informative for policy makers; the world's most vulnerable communities—in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Latin America, and small island states—accounted for less than 33% of global greenhouse gas emissions over the period 1961–2000, but may experience more than 75% of the ensuing climate damages this century. This analysis reinforces the call for industrialized nations to lead mitigation efforts, and to do so decisively and swiftly.