CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE RATIO F685/F735 IN BROWN ALGAE AND ITS VARIATION UNDER EXCITATION BY TWO TYPES OF LIGHT AND DEHYDRATION

Calculation and comparative study of the chlorophyll fluorescence ratio F685/F735 in brown algae (Laminaria japonica, Underia pinnatifida and Padina crassa) excited by blue and green light showed that the fluorescence ratios were higher when the algae were excited by blue light (440 nm), but reduced obviously under green light (540 nm) excitation. The values also reduced under dehydration but could recover during rehydration if the stress was not serious. The variation of the fluorescence ratio under dehydration was mainly because changes in fluorescence emission at 735 nm were always sharper than those at 685 nm. The ratio was sensitive to stress and has potential as a stress indicator in phycological research. Measurement of the fluorescence excitation spectra showed that the only peak at 540 hm changed apparently during dehydration. It meant that the function of the Chl a /Fucoxanthin protein complex for energy transfer was easily inhibited by water stress. However, no variation of the ratio was foun     

Chemistry of alkali extraction of brown coals—I. Kinetics, characterisation and implications to coalification

Three Australian brown coals have been separated into humin and humic acid fractions and studied by high resolution solid state ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and Fourier transform IR spectroscopy. The aromatic rings of the humic acids are highly substituted showing that extensive cross linking must have occurred during formation from wood lignin and tannin. However, the humins contain more aliphatic carbon and hydrogen than the corresponding humic acids. This shows that little cross linking has occurred with other components of the brown coal such as resins, waxes cutin and algal detritus, and cross linking has not rendered the aromatics alkali insoluble. The kinetics of extraction are complex and not simple first order. This is reflected in the chemical composition of the humic acid which is extraction temperature dependent. We also observed that there is a conversion of aromatic carbon to aliphatic carbon and gas during extraction, probably by alkaline oxidation, resulting in ring opening. A range of suitable model compounds have been studied to confirm this finding. Such a mechanism may account for the modification of lignin in oxidising environments such as those occurring in the initial stages of coalification (lignite or brown coal formation) and in soils.     

甲基红褪色光度法测定地质样品中痕量锰

本文研究了MnO_4~-对甲基红的褪色作用,并借此分光光度法测定Mn。在1.0—2.0mol/L的H_2SO_4介质中,测定波长为515nm,Mn浓度在0—80μg/50ml范围同吸光度的减少值呈线性关系,灵敏度比MnO_4~-比色法高10倍。用于测定地质样品中的痕量Mn时,结果满意。     

Structural relationships between a brown coal and its kerogen and humic acid fractions

A South Australian Tertiary brown coal is fractionated into humic acid and kerogen fractions. These related samples are then subjected to a number of different analytical techniques including infrared and¹³C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopies and pertrifluoroacetic acid oxidation. Structural conclusions are drawn from an integrated consideration of the data. Brown coal aliphatic structure is concentrated in the kerogen and the solvent soluble polar acid fractions. The humic acids are the most aromatic and contain a high degree of hydrogen bonding. Only very minor amounts of long polymethylene chain structures are observed in the humic acids, in complete contrast to the kerogen fraction. Different organic detrital origins are proposed for the coal fractions.     

Magnetostratieraphy of the Red Beds in the Hengyang Basin

This paper discusses the Cretaceous-Tertiary magnetic polarity sequence of the the Hengyang Basin on the basis of magnetostratigraphic study. The age of each stratigraphic unit has been determined with the magnetic polarity time scale combined with 39Ar/40Ar dating, thus providing evidence for determining the geological ages of different formations. The authors assign the age of the Dongjing Formation of the Hengyang Basin to Early Cretaceous, the Shenhuangshan Formation to Early-Late Cretaceous, the Daijiaping Formation to Late Cretaceous, and the Dongtang and Xialiushi formations to Palaeocene.     

Palynostratigraphy of the Erkovtsy field of brown coal (the Zeya-Bureya sedimentary basin)

The Erkovtsy brown coal field in the northwestern Zeya-Bureya sedimentary basin (129°–130° E, 46°–47° N) is structurally confined to southern flank of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic Belogor’e depression. The verified stratigraphic scheme of the coalfield sedimentary sequence is substantiated by palynological data on core samples from 18 boreholes sampled in the course of detailed prospecting and by paleobotanical analysis of sections in the Yuzhnyi sector of the coalfield (data of 1998 by M.A. Akhmetiev and S.P. Manchester). Sections of the Erkovtsy, Arkhara-Boguchan, and Raichikha brown-coal mines are correlated. Stratigraphic subdivisions distinguished in the studied sedimentary succession are the middle and upper Tsagayan subformations (the latter incorporating the Kivda Beds), Raichikha, Mukhino, Buzuli, and Sazanka formations.     

凯里地区红粘土的工程特性与评价

凯里地区红粘土是一种较好的建筑物地基土，它除具有一般红粘土的通性外，其最大的特点是胀缩性小，塌陷概率低，如果对它做出客观的工程地质评价并加以利用将会产生重大的经济效益。     

陆相红层盆地1:5万区调中的遥感应用研究

本文采用遥感地质方法,对陆相红层盆地的沉积岩相、沉积体系界面、盆地充填序列、岩相变化以及地层格架影像特征进行了识别研究,取得了较好效果,为遥感在红层盆地1:5万区调中的应用,开辟了新思路。     

白垩纪红层冰筏沉积的古气候及古地理意义

冰筏沉积是负载沉积物的冰块进入海洋或湖泊中，冰块融化沉积物附落所形成的，它们可形成于高海拔具有明显气候垂直分带的低纬度地区或者是高纬度地区。我们在研究松辽盆地白垩纪古气候时，首次在泉头组层中发现冰筏沉积。根据泉头组孢粉组合的研究透明，它们除了具有热带－亚热植物的孢粉以外，还有少量喜冷分子混生现象。     

横断事件:亚洲东部晚新生代的一次重大构造事件

新近研究结果表明,吉尔伯特世与高斯世的界面附近(距今约340万年)存在着一次重大构造事件,主要证据在横断山系,故称横断事件。由它引发我国第四纪断陷盆地的发育与青藏高原的块状隆起,使横断山系新的地貌过程得以起步,从此我国地壳构造演化进入一个崭新的阶段,青藏高原隆起是横断事件以来亚洲大陆新构造运动的代表性显现,建议以该事件为起点的地壳构造运动称为青藏高原运动。