The 1997 El Niño,Indonesian Forest Fires and the Malaysian Smoke Problem: A Deadly Combination of Natural and Man-Made Hazard

The El Niño of 1997–1998 produced the most intenseimpact on the conterminous U.S.A., generating a seriesof powerful rain and wind storms off the coast ofCalifornia in early February 1998. The 1997–1998 ElNiño also produced severe flooding and extensive mudslides along the west coast of South America andprolonged drought conditions in northeast Brazil. Onthe other (west) side of the equatorial Pacific, the El Niño produced the worst drought in 50 years overIndonesia and helped spread the ongoing forest fireson the island of Borneo to well over one millionacres. In this paper, the smoke and pollution problem overMalaysia will be analyzed in the context of ongoingIndonesian forest fires and the severity of the 1997El Niño – a deadly combination which led to the mosthazardous smoke problem over Malaysia duringAugust–September 1997. The severity of the smokepollution is documented using media reports andavailable API (air pollution index) values overselected cities in Malaysia. The role of the El Niñoand its evolution in enhancing the smoke pollutionover Malaysia is further discussed and suitably documented.Some of the mitigation measures presently beingadopted in Malaysia to combat the smoke pollution arebriefly discussed.     

Amount and temperature effects responsible for precipitation isotope variation in the southern slope of Himalayas

Seasonal variation of stable isotopes in precipitation of Kathmandu Valley on the southern slope of Himalaya was carried out to understand the controlling mechanism of amount and temperature effect on the basis of one year stable isotope data from 2010 to 2011. Highly depleted isotope values in major rainy period are obtained just after the onset of precipitation in summer, which accounts for "amount effect" due to saturation isotopic compositions in high moisture condition, whereas, the higher values in winter are indicative to regional vapors (temperature effect) recycling of various sources. An abrupt depletion of isotope values in mid-June, indicates the onset date of monsoon precipitation, by the replacement of winter air mass with southern monsoon. Thus, precipitation isotopes are a tool revealing the onset date of summer monsoon and temporal features of variability, in local and regional monsoons precipitations. A comparison of long term monthly values of δ 18 O, temperature, and precipitation with GNIP δ 18 O data shows the temporal variations of stable isotopes are mostly controlled by amount and temperature effects. During summer monsoon, the amount effects are stronger for high values of precipitation (R=0.7) and altitude effect appears for low moisture in late rainy season, thus from December to June (winter to pre-monsoon) the controlling features of isotopes remains under the temperature effect. A temporal rate of temperature effect is derived as 0.04‰ per year which indicates a dry signal of atmospheric condition and a temperature relation δ 18 O=(0.371±0.08)T+(0.156±0.05) is obtained from this analysis. The meteoric water lines of Kathmandu before and after monsoon onset of 2011, are found as δD=(4.36±0.3)δ 18 O+(15.66±1.2) and δD=(6.91±0.2)δ 18 O (7.92±2.26) from lab samples result, and δD=9.2δ 18 O+11.725 and δD=8.53δ 18 O+16.65 from GNIP data, which lacks the consistency both for slopes and intercepts values for the study period. The mean lapse rate values of δ 18 O and δD from GNIP data are obtained as 0.002‰/m and 0.015 ‰/m, which indicate the altitudinal effects in regional precipitation of the southern slope of Himalayas. This study estimates new stable isotopes data in recent precipitation using simple methodology which can be important for regional precipitation monitoring systems, environmental change and paleo-climatic studies.     

回线源瞬变电磁测深快速反演方法

回线源瞬变电磁测深法(简称瞬变电磁法或TEM法)是以不接地回线为场源,在回线内、外测量电磁场的一种电磁测深方法,已经广泛用于固体矿产、工程地质和水文地质调查工作之中[1,2]。目前,回线源瞬变电磁法主要采用中心回线和重叠回线两种测量装置,测量回线内垂直磁场产生的感应电动势。“烟圈”反演方法是瞬变电磁反演的主要计算方法,“烟圈”反演利用地表瞬变电磁响应与某时刻电流源镜像等效原理,计算勘探深度和对应电阻率。这里给出了回线源瞬变电磁测深一维“烟圈”反演解释方法的基本原理、计算方法和应用实例。结果表明,一维“烟圈”反演解释结果纵向分辨率较高,能反映出地下电性变化情况,可以用于瞬变电磁测深资料解释工作。     

A simulating experiment on the geochemical variation trend at the initial period of meteoric waters converting to underground waters and ore fluids

Experimental studies were undertaken on leaching of sedimentary rocks （ dolomite and sandstone） and Hg, Sb ores by distilled water under the condition of a completely open system （room temperature and room pressure）. The aim is to find whether the halogen elements or metal elements first enter the solution at the early stage of meteoric waters converting to groundwaters and ore fluids, and, at the same time, to understand how and when they enter distilled water solutions from the rocks. The experimental resuhs have shown that F and Cl began to enter the fluids in the initial period of thirty days. With increasing leaching duration, the amounts of the elements that entered the fluids increased steadily. During the period from 120 days to 150 days the amounts increased more drastically, followed a slow increase. It is found that the capability of Cl entering the solutions is much greater than that of F. Hg and Sb were found not to have entered the solutions till 120 days later. During this period of time the pH value of the solutions began to drop. As for Hg and Sb ores, Hg and Sb began to enter the solutions on the 60th or 90th day, greatly ahead of schedule, but the two metallic elements in the rock samples began to enter the solutions 150 days later. Relatively speaking, Hg is more easily leached out than Sb from the rocks. In some rock samples, Sb could be detected in the solutions at the end of the experiment. However, Cu, Pb and Zn had not been detected in the leaching solutions from the beginning to the end of the experiment. In the whole leaching process the pH value of the solutions tend to decrease slowly from 7.1 at the beginning to 6.5 at the end. That is to say, in the interaction between pure water and rock the halogen elements in the rocks were preferentially leached out and then entered the fluids. With increasing water/rock reaction duration and amount of halogen-group elements in the solution and with decreasing pH value of the solution, some active metallic elements began to release in small amounts. This experimental result can explain the source and mechanism of volatile components and trace metals in underground waters. Meanwhile, as for those ore deposits produced by ore fluids derived from meteoric waters, the experimental result is also helpful to the understanding of the geochemical variation trend at the initial stage of conversion of meteoric waters to ore fluids.     

柴达木盆地跃进地区下干柴沟组上段藻丘灰岩储层特征

柴达木盆地跃进地区下干柴沟组上段 (E3 2 )为一套碳酸盐岩与泥岩互层或夹层的地层。研究揭示这套碳酸盐岩形成于滨浅湖环境,岩石类型有陆屑泥晶灰岩、藻团块灰岩、藻泥晶灰岩、颗粒灰岩、藻纹层灰岩及藻叠层灰岩。其中,藻纹层灰岩及藻叠层灰岩 (藻丘 )储集物性极佳并含油,混合水白云化及大气淡水淋溶是该套储层形成的主要原因。特大孔 +(微 )细喉组合、大孔 +(微 )细喉组合是主要的孔喉组合类型。自然电位高负值、视电阻率极高值、过井地震剖面强反射特征是追踪这套含油藻丘灰岩时空展布的重要依据。上述研究成果对跃进地区的油气勘探和开发均具重要意义。     

济阳拗陷第三纪玄武岩的氧同位素

研究了山东刘阳拗陷29个第三纪玄武岩样品的氧同位素组成。结果表明，这些玄武岩的全岩氧同位素组成变化明显，δ^18○值为6．3‰－12．2‰。其中，蚀变轻微的晚第三纪玄武岩的δ^18○值为6．3‰－7．9‰，与正常大陆玄武岩的值（5．0‰－7．4‰）相似；而蚀变明显的早第三纪玄武岩的δ^18○值为6．3‰－12．2‰，并且90％以上样品的δ^18○值都大于7．5‰。结合岩石学与岩石化学研究，是第三纪玄武岩δ^18○值不同程度升高是由低温雨水热液蚀变（碳酸盐化）作用造成的。     

Deformation mechanisms and fluid behavior in a shallow, brittle fault zone during coseismic and interseismic periods: Results from drill core penetrating the Nojima Fault, Japan

Abstract This paper describes the results of petrographical and meso- to microstructural observations of brittle fault rocks in cores obtained by drilling through the Nojima Fault at a drilling depth of 389.52 m. The zonation of deformation and alteration in the central zone of the fault is clearly seen in cores of granite from the hanging wall, in the following order: (i) host rock, which is characterized by some intragranular microcracks and in situ alteration of mafic minerals and feldspars; (ii) weakly deformed and altered rocks, which are characterized by transgranular cracks and the dissolution of mafic minerals, and by the precipitation of zeolites and iron hydroxide materials; (iii) random fabric fault breccia, which is characterized by fragmentation, by anastomosing networks of transgranular cracks, and by the precipitation of zeolites and iron hydroxide materials; and (iv) fault gouge, which is characterized by the precipitation of smectite and localized cataclastic flow. This zonation implies that the fault has been weakened gradually by fluid-related fracturing over time. In the footwall, a gouge layer measuring only 15 mm thick is present just below the surface of the Nojima Fault. These observations are the basis for a model of fluid behavior along the Nojima Fault. The model invokes the percolation of meteoric fluids through cracks in the hanging wall fault zone during interseismic periods, resulting in chemical reactions in the fault gouge layer to form smectite. The low permeability clay-rich gouge layer sealed the footwall. The fault gouge was brecciated during coseismic or postseismic periods, breaking the seal and allowing fluids to readily flow into the footwall, thus causing a slight alteration. Chemical reactions between fluids and the fault breccia and gouge generated new fault gouge, which resealed the footwall, resulting in a low fluid condition in the footwall during interseismic periods.     

Simulations of Stable Isotopic Fractionation in Mixed Cloud in Middle Latitudes―Taking the Precipitation at ürǖmqi as an Example

The introduced mathematical model takes into account the role of the kinetic fractionation effect in a supersaturation environment at the ice surface as liquid and solid phases coexist in mixed cloud. Using the model, the temperature effect of stable isotopes in precipitation is simulated under different cooling conditions. The rate of change of δ18O against temperature in the process of wet adiabatic cooling is smaller than in the process of isobaric cooling under the same humidity. The increasing supersaturation ratio at the ice surface, Si, leads to the strengthening of the kinetic fractionation effect. The kinetic fractionation function makes the synthesis fractionation factor decreased and the change of δ18O with temperature flatted, compared with that in the equilibrium state. The simulated results show that the slope parameter b and the intercept d of the meteoric water line (MWL), δD = bδ18O+d, in wet adiabatic cooling are both greater than those in isobaric cooling. The global MWL lies between the two MWLs simulated under wet adiabatic and isobaric cooling processes, respectively. The magnitudes of b and d are directly proportional to Si. The greater the Si, the stronger the kinetic fractionation effect, and thus the greater the b and d, and vice versa. However, b and d have low sensitivity to the liquid-water contents in the cloud. Using the kinetic fractionation model, the variation of stable isotopes in precipitation at Urumqi is simulated. The simulated stable isotopic ratio vs temperature and the δD vs δ18O curves are very consistent with the actual regressions and MWL at Uruimqi, respectively.     

云南宁蒗地区巴打湾沉积-构造改造型重晶石矿床地质特征

云南宁蒗地区巴打湾重晶石矿床是原生沉积重晶石矿受喜山期强烈的构造运动和岩浆活动的影响，在固相条件下改组和改造，重新富集而形成的。区内ＮＮＷ向构造带是主干控矿构造体系，它控制着改造型矿体的形态、产状及空间分布。改造型矿床的形成还受原矿性质控制。本区沉积 构造改造型重晶石矿床特征具典型的纵向、横向、垂向三维空间分带变化规律。     

焦炉烟气中复杂有机污染物采样技术研究

报道了自行设计的收集、吸附、吸收多级串联采样装置，成功地用于一次采集焦炉烟气中以三种形态存在的有机污染物。经ＧＣ／ＭＳ检测出２９３神有机污染物，其中７１种为重点污染物。此项技术能够全面真实地反映焦炉烟气中全量多环芳烃和其它复杂有机污染物的状况。