Composition and fluxes of particulate organic matter in a temperate estuary (Winyah Bay, South Carolina, USA) under contrasting physical forcings

To understand the role that physical processes play on the biogeochemical cycles of estuaries, we conducted intense field studies of the turbidity maximum region within a partially mixed estuary (Winyah Bay, SC, USA) under contrasting conditions of river discharge, tides and wind. Water samples and hydrographic data were collected at different depths and locations along the main channel over several tidal cycles during several cruises to Winyah Bay. Tidal variations in current speed, salinity, total suspended solid concentrations were measured within each cruise and were consistent with estuarine circulation processes. Salinity and total suspended solid concentrations ranged from 0 to 32 and from 20 to over 500 mg L⁻¹, respectively, with the highest salinity and total suspended solid values measured during periods of low river discharge. In fact, comparison of tidally averaged salinity and total suspended solid concentrations revealed marked differences among cruises that were negatively correlated to river discharge and SW wind speed. Moreover, significant contrasts in the chemical compositions of suspended particles were evident among periods of contrasting river discharge and wind regime. For example, the weight percent organic carbon content of suspended particles ranged from 1 to over 6% and displayed a positive correlation with river discharge. Similarly, both the molar carbon to nitrogen ratios (10 to 20 mol:mol) and stable carbon isotopic compositions (−25 to −29%) of the suspended organic matter varied significantly as a function of discharge and wind. Such trends indicate that in Winyah Bay low river discharge and steady SW winds promote resuspension of bed sediments from shallow regions of the estuary. These materials contain highly altered organic matter and their incorporation into the water column leads to the observed trends in suspended particle concentrations and compositions. Furthermore, these conditions result in net landward fluxes of salt, sediment and particulate organic matter throughout most of the water column, promoting efficient trapping of materials within the estuary. Our results illustrate the fundamental connection between physical forcings, such as discharge and wind, sediment transport processes and the cycling of biogeochemical materials in estuarine environments.     

Larval dispersion of the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata in coastal marine waters of the Southwest Atlantic

The estuarine brachyuran crab Neohelice granulata export their larvae from the parental intertidal population of the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, and probably other populations, to marine waters. The degree of larval dispersion or self-recruitment of populations is unknown. We evaluated the presence of all larval stages of N. granulata in coastal waters of Argentina between 37.9° and 35.8° S, at two different spatial scales: a broad scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers from the Río de la Plata estuary in the north, to Mar Chiquita lagoon in the south, and a small scale of hundreds of meters to some kilometers around the mouth of Mar Chiquita, during spring and summer. Additionally, we registered the larval composition and density at San Clemente creek population, in Samborombon Bay (Río de la Plata estuary), every 3 h along a 30-hour period. Evidence indicates that larval release of N. granulata is temporally synchronized with nocturnal ebb tides and all development from Zoea I to Zoea IV occur in areas close to the parental population, even with very different oceanographic characteristics. A possible mechanism based on salinity selection and wind-driven transport is proposed for such behavior, and some considerations related to the connectivity of present populations are made.     

Short time-scale wind forced variability in the Río de la Plata Estuary and its role on ichthyoplankton retention

The Río de la Plata Estuary presents a strong bottom salinity front located over a submerged shoal. Apparently favored by retention processes, it is a spawning ground for several coastal fishes. This estuary is very shallow and essentially wind driven and, moreover, in time scales relevant to biota, estuarine circulation is wind dominated and highly variable. Two intriguing questions are, therefore, how this system can favor retention and what the involved mechanisms are. This paper qualitatively explores mechanisms involved in the estuary where retention is favored applying numerical simulations in which neutral particles – simulating fish eggs and early larvae – are released along the bottom frontal zone and tracked for different wind conditions. Results suggest that retentive features can be a consequence of estuarine response to natural wind variability acting over bathymetric features. For winds from most directions, particles either remain trapped near their launching position or move northeastward to southwestward along the shoal. As alternation of winds that favor along-shoal motion is the dominant feature of wind variability in the region, a retentive scenario results from prevailing wind variability. Additionally, winds that tend to export particles with a poor chance of being restored to the front are neither frequent nor persistent. Results show, therefore, that physical forcing alone might generate a retentive scenario at the inner part of this estuary. The physical retention mechanism is more effective for bottom than for surface launched particles. Wind statistics indicate that the proposed mechanism has different implications for retention along the seasons. Spring is the most favorable season, followed by summer, when particles would have a larger propensity to reach the southern area of the estuary (Samborombón Bay). Fall and winter are increasingly less favorable. All these features are consistent with patterns observed in the region in organisms having different life history traits.     

Field investigation of ridge–runnel dynamics on an intertidal mudflat

Flow-parallel linear ridge–runnel (R–R) bedforms composed of mainly cohesive sediments have been investigated at an intertidal site located at Hills Flats in the Severn Estuary, UK. It is argued that the sequences of sand–mud laminae in the ridge sediments indicate strongly that R–R are depositional bedforms. Faint R–R topography scoured in the underlying soft bedrock and parallel rows of coarser particle now found at the base of ridges are evidence of secondary vortices that may have provided a catalyst for mud ridge growth. Bed shear stress remains below the erosion threshold for all but the most recent and weak surficial mud deposits which are removed by evorsion [mechanical erosion by turbulent flows that may also carry sand and/or gravel] during Spring tidal flow ca. 60 cm/s. Differences in flow characteristics between ridges and runnel are minor. Corrasion [to erode or be eroded by abrasion] by sparse coarse sediment largely prevents net deposition in the runnels. Over time a slight imbalance between mud deposition and erosion rates allows slow growth of the ridges suggesting that these mudflats may be especially sensitive to slight changes in the local hydrodynamic regime and/or sediment supply.     

南岭某些钨锡铍矿床中单个流体包裹体成分初步研究

使用激光拉曼光谱测定了南岭三个典型钨锡铍矿床的水晶、绿柱石、锡石和香花石中单个流体包裹体气、液相的成分,除H2O外,气、液相中均含有大量的CO2,烃类普遍存在,其中以丙烯最重要。南岭W—sn矿床成矿流体可能是花岗质岩浆在岩浆-热液过渡阶段不混溶的流体分离形成的。在成矿晚期,围岩热接触变质释放出的N2连同循环的大气水进入成矿流体。     

基于MS4W和GPRS／GSM的车辆综合监控系统设计与实现

GPS技术、WebGIS技术和GPRS／GSM技术的有机结合,为移动目标进行远程监控调度提供了手段。为实现对物流运输公司的车辆进行实时监控,设计并实现了基于MS4W和GPRS／GSM的车辆综合监控系统一系统涉及用于获取车辆GPS定位数据的通讯工作站、基于B／S四层模式的Web车辆监控平台等关键技术。实现的系统已经应用于上海多家物流运输公司,均取得良好效果,结果表明,系统具有实用性、安全性、可靠性和实时性,可以有效远程监控所有在GSM网覆盖范围内的移动目标：本文主要介绍该系统的总体设计思想、系统功能、关键技术和应用实例．     

Sanjiang Tethyan metallogenesis in S.W. China: Tectonic setting, metallogenic epochs and deposit types

Tectonically, the Sanjiang Tethyan Metallogenic Domain (STMD) is located within the eastern Himalayan–Tibetan Orogen in the Sanjiang Tethys, southwestern China. Although this metallogenic domain was initiated in the Early Palaeozoic, extensive metallogenesis occurred in the Late Palaeozoic, Late Triassic and Himalayan (Tertiary) epochs. Corresponding tectonic settings and environments in the domain are: an arc-basin system related to the subduction of the Palaeo-Tethyan oceanic slabs; a post-collision crustal extension setting caused by the lithospheric delamination or slab breakoff underneath the Sanjiang Tethys during the Late Triassic; large-scale strike-slip faulting and thrusting systems due to the Indo-Asian continent collision since the Palaeocene. In this metallogenic domain important gold, copper, base metals, rare metals and tin ore belts, incorporating a large number of giant deposits, were developed. The main types of deposits include: (1) porphyry copper deposits, controlled by a large-scale strike-slip fault system, (2) VHMS deposits, mainly occurring in intra-arc rift basins and post-collision crustal extensional basins, (3) shear-zone type gold deposits in the ophiolitic mélange zone along the thrusting–shearing system, (4) hydrothermal silver-polymetallic deposits in the Triassic intra-continental rift basins and Tertiary strike-slip pull-apart basins, and (5) Himalayan granite-related greisen-type tin and rare-metallic deposits. Within the metallogenic epochs of the Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic, the styles and types of the ore deposits changed from VHMS types in the Late Palaeozoic through exhalative-sedimentary type deposits in the Late Triassic, to porphyry-type copper deposits, shear-zone type gold deposits, hydrothermal vein-type silver-polymetallic deposits, greisen-type tin and rare-metal deposits in the Cenozoic. Correspondingly, ore-forming metals also changed from a Pb–Zn–Cu–Ag association through Ag–Cu–Pb–Zn, Fe–Ag–Pb and Ag–Au–Hg associations, to Ag–Cu–Pb–Zn, Cu–Mo, Au, Sn, and Li–Rb–Cs–Nb–Zr–Hf–Y–Ce–Sc associations.     

W型传压介质的研究及推广应用

介绍了Ｗ型传压介质的化学成分,物理特性及其矿物组成,研究了Ｗ型叶蜡石粉压块成型工艺和烘干、焙烧工艺及生产应用。     

兰坪-思茅拗陷西缘澜沧凹子寨发现斑岩铜矿

从区域成矿地质背景、岩石化学、斑岩体蚀变特征、岩石结构构造、岩石组合、地球化学异常特征等方面对思茅市澜沧县凹子寨地区出露的喜马拉雅期花岗斑岩的综合分析，认为该区发现的与喜山期侵入岩体有关的铜矿化，为斑岩型铜（银）多金属矿床。     

吉林福安堡钨钼矿床的发现及意义

在吉林省的吉林地区中部和北部大面积森林覆盖区,分布着大面积华力西期、印支期花岗岩类,受传统成矿理论的束缚,这一地区成为有色金属矿产勘查的"处女地"。新一轮1∶20万化探扫面之后,相继开展了不同方法的地球化学异常查证工作,从中发现了很有前景的福安堡钨钼矿床。实践证明,在东北森林覆盖区化探找矿方法十分有效,而且可以尽可能减少地质勘查过程中对植被的破坏,对保护生态环境起到积极的作用。