Lateral flow thresholds for aspen forested hillslopes on the Western Boreal Plain,Alberta, Canada

To predict the long‐term sustainability of water resources on the Boreal Plain region of northern Alberta, it is critical to understand when hillslopes generate runoff and connect with surface waters. The sub‐humid climate (P ≤ ET) and deep glacial sediments of this region result in large available soil storage capacity relative to moisture surpluses or deficits, leading to threshold‐dependent rainfall‐runoff relationships. Rainfall simulation experiments were conducted using large magnitude and high intensity applications to examine the thresholds in precipitation and soil moisture that are necessary to generate lateral flow from hillslope runoff plots representative of Luvisolic soils and an aspen canopy. Two adjacent plots (areas of 2·95 and 3·4 m²) of contrasting antecedent moisture conditions were examined; one had tree root uptake excluded for two months to increase soil moisture content, while the second plot allowed tree uptake over the growing season resulting in drier soils. Vertical flow as drainage and soil moisture storage dominated the water balances of both plots. Greater lateral flow occurred from the plot with higher antecedent moisture content. Results indicate that a minimum of 15–20 mm of rainfall is required to generate lateral flow, and only after the soils have been wetted to a depth of 0·75 m (C‐horizon). The depth and intensity of rainfall events that generated runoff > 1 mm have return periods of 25 years or greater and, when combined with the need for wet antecendent conditions, indicate that lateral flow generation on these hillslopes will occur infrequently. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

New Experimental Platform for Studies of Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing in Accelerating and Rotating Fluids at High Reynolds Numbers

We present a new experimental platform for studies of turbulence and turbulent mixing in accelerating and rotating fluids. The technology is based on the ultra-high performance optical holographic digital data storage. The state-of-the-art electro-mechanical, electronic, and laser components allow for realization of turbulent flows with high Reynolds number (>10⁷) in a relatively small form-factor, and quantification of their properties with extremely high spatio-temporal resolutions and high data acquisition rates. The technology can be applied for investigation of a large variety of hydrodynamic problems including the fundamental properties of non-Kolmogorov turbulence and turbulent mixing in accelerating, rotating and multiphase flows, magneto-hydrodynamics, and laboratory astrophysics. Unique experimental and metrological capabilities enable the studies of spatial and temporal properties of the transports of momentum, angular momentum, and energy and the identification of scalings, invariants, and statistical properties of these complex turbulent flows.     

滇西马厂箐铜钼多金属矿床成矿流体来源及演化过程——来自石榴子石原位微量元素及H- O同位素组成的限定

滇西马厂箐铜钼多金属矿床位于三江特提斯成矿域,是一个与喜马拉雅期富碱斑岩侵入有关的多金属矿床。前人研究表明,马厂箐铜钼多金属矿床形成于斑岩-矽卡岩成矿系统,但由于缺乏系统矿物学研究,目前对矽卡岩矿化过程和成矿效应仍不清楚,限制了对该矿床成矿过程的全面认识。因此,本文以马厂箐矿床矽卡岩型矿化中的石榴子石为研究对象,利用H-O同位素、电子探针(EPMA)以及LA-ICP-MS原位微区技术开展了同位素及成分分析,限定成矿流体来源以及反演成矿流体演化过程。石榴子石可分为早期自形石榴子石(Grt I)和晚期他形石榴子石(Grt II)。Grt I与辉石共生,并伴有黄铁矿、黄铜矿等金属矿物组合,属于钙铝-钙铁榴石固溶体(And_{49.37～99.58}Gro_0～49.79);Grt II更富Fe,属钙铁榴石系列(And_{67.50～99.85}Gro_0～31.84)。两期石榴子石均富含Th、U、Nd,亏损Ba、Sr、Hf、Nb,富轻稀土。基于石榴子石矿物化学特征认为,Grt I可能是在弱酸性、氧化、低水岩比(W/R)条...     

Intertidal sand‐dwelling Peracarid fauna of North Island,New Zealand

Abstract

Substrate and infauna samples were taken at four tidal levels (mean high water springs, high mid beach, low mid beach, and mean low water neaps) with a 0.0625 m² quadrat at 14 North Island beaches in New Zealand. The distributions of Peracarida (Crustacea) were correlated with sediment type, tidal height, and degree of exposure; sampling began in March 1972 and was completed in November 1973.

Substrate samples were sieved and median diameter of the particles ranged from very coarse sand of — 0.60? to very fine sand of + 3.259?. Substrates were variously sorted: ? quartile deviation ranged from 0.14? to 0.66?, skewness from ‐ 0.08? to + 0.07?.

Peracarid fauna was moderately abundant; the maximum value was 720 animals per square metre on a fully exposed beach. Highest average abundance (303 per square metre) for the 14 beaches was recorded from the mean low water neap station. Amphipoda was the dominant group (54% of all Peracarida recorded), followed by Isopoda (33%) and Cumacea (13%). Frequency of occurrence at the 56 stations was headed by Amphipoda (64%), followed by Isopoda (46%), and Cumacea (20%).

The results are compared with data from Stewart Island beaches, and the biogeographical distributions of recorded Peracarida are discussed. An unexpectedly high degree of endemism exists for a warm‐temperate region, caused by the isolation of New Zealand, which has no direct shallow water contact with tropical or cold temperate regions.     

松辽盆地白垩系火山岩储层岩石物理声学特性分析

采集松辽盆地徐家围子地区9口探井57块营城组火山岩石样品,在模拟实际地层温度、压力条件下进行岩石物理参数测试,以期逐步实现火山岩储层流体的地球物理直接识别。采用超声脉冲透射法测定岩样的声学参数(纵波速度和横波速度),进行了不同流体状态下岩样的岩石物理参数特征分析。结果表明,在双参数域空间,特别是在体性-剪性双参数空间,火山岩含气储层与含水储层较易区分。     

粤北302铀矿床同位素地球化学研究

位于粤北诸广山岩体东南部的302铀矿床是我国规模较大、埋藏较深的花岗岩型铀矿床之一。该矿床产于印支期油洞岩体和燕山早期长江岩体的断裂蚀变带内,矿区内NWW向基性岩脉十分发育,矿体呈似脉状、扁豆状或透镜状。同位素研究表明,矿石的沥青铀矿Sm-Nd和U-Pb等时线年龄（70 Ma）与油洞岩体（232 Ma）、长江岩体（160 Ma）的年龄相差巨大;主成矿期成矿流体的δDH2O值为-65‰～-82‰（平均为-75‰）,δ18OH2O值为6.8‰～0.6‰（平均为3.9‰）,反映出成矿流体主要由地幔流体组成;方解石的δ13C值为-8.4‰～-5.3‰,表明矿化剂ΣCO2也来自地幔;矿区内辉绿岩的（87Sr/86Sr）i值为0.70861～0.70882,花岗岩的（87Sr/86Sr）i值为0.73519～0.77152,萤石的（87Sr/86Sr）i值为0.71474～0.71697,表明成矿组分Sr可能来源于基性脉岩（幔源）与赋矿花岗岩体（壳源）,并呈不同程度的混合,而主成矿组分铀主要来源于赋矿花岗岩体。     

Modeling seasonal variations of subsurface chlorophyll maximum in South China Sea

In the South China Sea(SCS), the subsurface chlorophyll maximum(SCM) is frequently observed while the mechanisms of SCM occurrence have not been well understood. In this study, a 1-D physical-biochemical coupled model was used to study the seasonal variations of vertical profiles of chlorophyll-a(Chl-a) in the SCS. Three parameters(i.e., SCM layer(SCML) depth, thickness, and intensity) were defined to characterize the vertical distribution of Chl-a in SCML and were obtained by fitting the vertical profile of Chl-a in the subsurface layer using a Gaussian function. The seasonal variations of SCMs are reproduced reasonably well compared to the observations. The annual averages of SCML depth, thickness, and intensity are 75 ± 10 m, 31 ± 6.7 m, and 0.37 ± 0.11 mg m-3, respectively. A thick, close to surface SCML together with a higher intensity occurs during the northeastern monsoon. Both the SCML thickness and intensity are sensitive to the changes of surface wind speed in winter and summer, but the surface wind speed exerts a minor influence on the SCML depth; for example, double strengthening of the southwestern monsoon in summer can lead to the thickening of SCML by 46%, the intensity decreasing by 30%, and the shoaling by 6%. This is because part of nutrients are pumped from the upper nutricline to the surface mixed layer by strong vertical mixing. Increasing initial nutrient concentrations by two times will increase the intensity of SCML by over 80% in winter and spring. The sensitivity analysis indicates that light attenuation is critical to the three parameters of SCM. Decreasing background light attenuation by 20% extends the euphotic zone, makes SCML deeper(~20%) and thicker(12% – 41%), and increases the intensity by over 16%. Overall, the depth of SCML is mainly controlled by light attenuation, and the SCML thickness and intensity are closely associated with wind and initial nitrate concentration in the SCS.     

Calcium,Na, K and Mg Concentrations in Seawater by Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Atomic Emission Spectrometry: Applications to IAPSO Seawater Reference Material,Hydrothermal Fluids and Synthetic Seawater Solutions

We report a measurement procedure to determine simultaneously the major cation concentrations (Na, Ca, K and Mg) of seawater‐derived solutions by inductively coupled plasma‐atomic emission spectrometry. The best results were obtained when the IAPSO (‘standard’) seawater reference material was diluted by thirty times with Milli‐Q^® water. We obtained an average reference value r_K (the ratio of the mass fraction of potassium to that of chlorine, i.e., (g kg^?1)/(g kg^?1)) for IAPSO seawater of 0.0205 ± 0.0006 (2.9% RSD), not significantly different from 0.0206 ± 0.0005 (2.4% RSD) for seawater composition reported in the literature. The measured Na, Ca and Mg concentrations correspond to r_Na, r_Ca and r_Mg values of 0.5406 ± 0.0026 (0.5% RSD), 0.02192 ± 0.00048 (2.2% RSD) and 0.06830 ± 0.00047 (0.7% RSD), respectively, in line with previous values measured by wet‐chemistry and atomic absorption spectrophotometry or wet‐chemical titration. Our measurement procedure was used successfully on synthetic seawater solutions and high‐temperature hydrothermal fluids.     

中国内生钼矿床辉钼矿的微量元素特征研究

近年来,金属硫化物微量元素研究取得了重大进展,但主要局限于少数常见的硫化物,如黄铁矿。辉钼矿作为内生金属矿床最常见的金属硫化物之一,目前对其微量元素的研究成果还很少,对微量元素的赋存状态及其揭示的成因意义还不明。文章尝试性地对中国57个内生独立钼矿床或共伴生钼矿床中的辉钼矿进行了ICP_MS微量元素分析。结合元素的地球化学性质及前人的研究成果,认为除Re、Os等少数元素可成类质同象存在于辉钼矿中以外,推测大部分微量元素可能以固溶体出溶、机械混入物或流体包裹体等形式存在于辉钼矿中。各矿床中辉钼矿微量元素相对于中国陆壳富集Cu、Zn、Pb、W等常见的成矿元素,暗示不同地质环境下不同时代和矿床类型的成钼流体搬运的成矿元素具有一致性和普遍性,这是造成钼多金属矿床金属元素矿化分带的基础。辉钼矿的主要微量元素呈对数正相关,受矿床类型和产出环境影响不大;辉钼矿Co/Ni比值多数1,集中于0.01~0.57,不同矿床类型的Co/Ni比值具有一定规律性:当w(Co)30μg/g时,斑岩型和矽卡岩型矿床中辉钼矿的Ni含量比较稳定;当w(Co)30μg/g时,Ni含量比较高;石英脉型矿床的Co/Ni比值变化较大,且小于斑岩型矿床的Co/Ni比值。在内生金属矿床中,辉钼矿主要形成于还原性环境中,但石英脉型矿床的形成条件与斑岩型矿床相比,其氧化性明显增强。根据分析结果和前人研究成果,推测成钼流体应为富CO2和Cl-(个别还富含F-)以及部分还原性气体成分(H2、CO、CH4等)的成矿流体。