Evaluation of210Pb dating in lake sediments using stable Pb,Ambrosia pollen,and137Cs

We used sediment chronology data from fourteen published studies of lake cores across much of North America and Scandinavia in order to make a large scale comparison of the different dating techniques. The uncertainty of²¹⁰Pb derived dates was determined using common sediment event markers: the stable Pb rise, the¹³⁷Cs rise, and theAmbrosia pollen rise. For all data combined, the 95% confidence intervals for the stable Pb rise and theAmbrosia rise, were approximately 30 years. These 95% confidence intervals are slightly higher than those derived by First-Order Error analysis performed by others on²¹⁰Pb derived dates. When comparing the concordance of two²¹⁰Pb models (CRS and CIC) against markers of known history, we found that the CRS model dates (constant rate of supply) had consistently better agreement than the CIC model dates (constant initial concentration). Major discrepancies between¹³⁷Cs and²¹⁰Pb were common, but were consistently more severe in sediments of soft water lakes pointing to an inability of sediments with low mineral content to immobilize Cs.This is the ninth of a series of papers to be published by this journal following the 20 ^th anniversary of the first application of²¹⁰Pb dating of lake sediments, Dr. P. G. Appleby is guest editing this series.     

酸前法合成羧甲基淀粉的研究

本文采用酸前法合成工艺,探讨了木薯淀粉羧甲基化反应的一般规律;考察了反就绎产物取代度和粘度的影响,通过正交试验,找到了最佳工艺条件,并对产物的性能与羟甲基纤维素进行了对比测试。     

地幔粘度结构的研究

地幔的流变性质已成为认识地球内部结构及动力学过程的核心问题之一。本文总结了近年来地幔粘度结构研究的方法,其中包括利用地球物理观测资料进行反演计算和实验室试验研究,重点讨论了利用冰期后回跳,板块运动速度和大地水准面异常资料反演地幔粘度结构２的方法和结果以及地幔矿物的实验结果,并对不同方法进行了比较总结。最后简单讨论了地幔粘度结构研究存在的问题和未来的研究方向。     

太阳常数的微小变化在气候变化中的作用

将复杂的气候系统抽象为含有云辐射动态反馈过程的高度非线性气候模型,利用分岔理论,分析了该模型的平衡态及其稳定性。计算结果表明,云反照率反馈、地表反照率反馈和水汽反馈是气候系统呈现多平衡态结构的主要因素,是气候变化复杂性根源,而云放射率反馈对系统结构的影响,只有在强烈的水汽放射率反馈条件下才表现明显。较强的地表反照率反馈和水汽放射率反馈,均可在太阳常数仅有微小变化时就能导致全球气候突变。     

均质椭球体的引力位以及调和延拓在边值问题中的应用

本文作者首次推导均质椭球体的内部和外部引力位的数学表达式 ,由此应用调和延拓的思想引入外大地水准面和外部位函数的概念 ;建立了关于外扰动位的边值问题 ,该问题的界面规则而且具有 O( T2 )的精度 ;作为一个整体 ,讨论了外正高的计算和将地面点的重力测量值在 O( T2 )精度下归算到外大地水准面的方法     

A Lagrangian Decorrelation Time Scale in the Convective Boundary Layer

A new method for deriving the Lagrangian decorrelation time scales for inhomogeneous turbulence is described. The expression for the time scales here derived for the convective boundary layer is compared to those estimated by Hanna during the Phoenix experiment. Then the values of C₀, the Lagrangian velocity structure function constant, and of B_i, the Lagrangian velocity spectrum constant, were evaluated from the Eulerian velocity spectra and from the Lagrangian time scales derived, under unstable conditions, from Taylor's statistical diffusion theory. The numerical coefficient of the lateral and vertical Lagrangian spectra in the inertial subrange was found equal to 0.21, in good agreement with previous experimental estimates.     

地球物理学方法在区分多年冻土区咸水层和淡水融化层中的应用

Direct current resistivity and ground penetrating radar surveys were employed to obtain the value of the resistivity and dielectric constant in the brine near the Barrow, Alaska. The geophysical surveys were undertaken together with the permafrost drilling program for the measuring of the ground temperature regime and for the core sampling. The sampled cores were measured for their physical and chemical properties in the laboratory under different temperature conditions (-60 to 20 ℃). Laboratory results support field observations and led to the development of a technique for distinguishing freshwater taliks and brine layers in permafrost. These methods were also employed in freshwater taliks near Council,Alaska. The electrical resistivity is a powerful and sensitive parameter for brine detection. However, the resistivity is a less sensitive indicator of the soil type or water content under highly saline conditions.High frequency dielectric constant is an ideal second parameter for the indication of the soil type, liquid water content and other physical properties. The imaginary part of the dielectric constant and resistivity have a significant dependence upon salinity, i.e. upon freezing temperature. The ground temperature regime and the freezing point of the brine layer are important parameters for studying the electric properties of permafrost terrain.     

Linear Stability of a Double Diffusive Layer of an Infinite Prandtl Number Fluid with Temperature-Dependent Viscosity

An infinite horizontal layer, with vertically stratified temperature and solute concentration, is considered in the case where the viscosity is exponentially dependent on temperature, and the Prandtl number is infinite. Its linear stability is investigated when the destabilizing thermal gradient acts against a stabilizing solute gradient. The analysis is performed using horizontal Fourier and vertical Chebyshev polynomial expansions. For the constant viscosity case, the laws well established in the free boundary configuration are seen to be directly suitable for the rigid one. In the variable viscosity case, characterised by a given viscosity contrast c, the scaling laws with c are settled extrapolating to the double diffusive situation the approach initiated by Stengel et al. (1982). In contrast with the constant viscosity case, the critical wave number is found to be strongly dependent on the solutal Rayleigh number in the marginal oscillatory obtained at large contrast values.