ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SCENARIOS OF URBANIZATION IN ARID AREA——A Case Study in Wuwei City of Gansu Province

1IN T R O D U C T IO N The western China isfacinggrowing problems of eco- logicaland economic development. The disparitiebse- tween the socio-economy of the western and eastern China were enlarging, and the major ecologicalprob- lems stilelvolve as past(H…     

Bacterial productivity in the Prydz Bay and its adjacent waters,Antarctic

1　IntroductionBacteriaandtheiractivitiesplayanimportantroleintheelementalbiogeochemicalcyclesandenergytransformingintheocean (Zhenetal.1 997) .DortchandPackard(1 989) proposedthatfoodwebsintheeutrophicwatersaredominatedbythebiomassofprimaryproducerswhilefoodwebsintheoligotrophicwatersaredominatedbythebiomassofmicrobes.Heterotrophicbacteriahadbeenshowntoplayanimportantroleinthedecompositionoflarge ,rapidlysinkingorganicparticleswithinandbelowtheeuphot iczone ,andfurthertoaffecttheelementaldyn…     

中国西部发现资源量百余吨的超大型金矿

中国武警黄金部队日前在甘肃省文县阳山矿区探明一个资源量达百余吨的超大型金矿。目前，这个地处岷山山脉和秦岭山脉交汇处的金矿，已发现66条黄金矿脉，累计可为国家提交黄金资源量达156吨。     

戍海固边 任重道远

一场新的“蓝色圈地运动”正在世界各大洋、海域间展开，世界开始进入一个全面争夺瓜分海洋、开发利用海洋的新时期。     

中国明年实施战略石油储备计划

中国将于明年正式实施战略石油储备计划，目前正在浙江镇海兴建石油储备基地，明年一期工程完成后，石油储量超过500万立方米。     

Geochemical survey of thermal system in Northeast China and their geothermometric characters

The chemical composition of several thermal springs around Changbaishan area has been investigated. Cenozoic basaltic rocks are widely distributed in Northeast China and geothermal characteristics have been described. About one hundred hot springs exist around Changhaishan Volcano at the border between China and D.P.R.Korea with high temperature about 82~C. The pH values of the spring water range from 6.9 to 7.1 and the total flow rate is about 4.8 L/sec. The chemical composition of the thermal springs is sodium carbonate; the high-mineral contents of thermal water are believed to have medicinal properties. Bathhouses are already built along the hot springs to take the advantage of the supposed healing properties. The high quality of those hot springs is believed to be utilitized for mineral water. The chemical equilibrium temperatures were estimated at about 160℃ based on the Na-K-Ca geochemical thermometer.     

Mineral Resources of Chinese Altay and Tianshan： Metallogeny and Related Tectonic Processesm—A field workshop of IGCP-473

A workshop of the IGCP-473 was held in Xinjiang, northwestern China, from August 9-21. It was attended by more than 70 scientists, including 29 from outside of China, i.eUnited States, Canada, Australia, Japan,Russia, United Kingdom, South Africa,Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Khazakstan. The workshop was superbly organized by a team led by Prof. Mao Jingwen of Institute of     

9月“国房景气指数”为104．83

9月份，“国房景气指数”为104．83，比8月份下降O．33点。其中，土地开发面积分类指数为107．97，比8月份下降1．61点，比去年同月下降6．89点。今年1到9月份，全国房地产开发企业完成土地开发面积1．22亿平方米，同比增长8．1％，增幅同比回落30．8个百分点。前三季度累计完成土地开发面积2519万平方米，同比增长33％。     

全国唯一国家级黄土地质公园正式开园

全国唯一的国家级地质公园——陕西洛川黄土国家地质公园10月23日正式开园。2003年度国家最高科学技术奖获得者、中科院院士刘东生为公园题词：“洛川黄土是认识全球气候环境变化的三大支柱之一的标准地点，对它进行保护对世界的科学研究具有重大的意义。”