Holocene lake-level fluctuations and beach-ridge development along the northern shore of Lake Michigan, USA

Geomorphology of a beach-ridge complex and adjacent lake basins along the northern shore of Lake Michigan records fluctuations in the level of Lake Michigan for the last 8000 to 10 000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. (radiocarbon years Before Present). A storm berm at 204.7–206 m (671.6–675.9 ft) exposed in a sandpit provides evidence of a pre-Chippewa Low lake level that is correlated with dropping water levels of Glacial Lake Algonquin (c. 10 300–10 100 ¹⁴C yr B.P.). Radiocarbon dates from organic material exposed in a river cutbank and basal sediments from Elbow Lake, Mackinac Co., Michigan, indicate a maximum age of a highstand of Lake Michigan at 6900 ¹⁴C yr B.P., which reached as high as 196.7 m (645 ft), during the early-Nipissing transgression of Lake Michigan. Basal radiocarbon dates from beach swales and a second lake site (Beaverhouse Lake, Mackinac Co.) provide geomorphic evidence for a subsequent highstand which reached 192.6 m (632 ft) at 5390±70 ¹⁴C yr B.P.Basal radiocarbon dates from a transect of sediment cores, along with tree-ring data, and General Land Office Surveyor notes of a shipwreck, c. A.D. 1846, reveal a late-Holocene rate for isostatic rebound of 22.6 cm/100 radiocarbon years (0.74 ft/100 radiocarbon years) for the northern shore of Lake Michigan, relative to the Lake Michigan-Lake Huron outlet at Port Huron, Michigan. Changes in sediment stratigraphy, inter-ridge distance, and sediment accumulation rates document a mid- to late-Holocene retreat of the shoreline due to isostatic rebound. This regression sequence was punctuated by brief, periodic highstands, resulting in progressive development over the past 5400 ¹⁴C yr of 75 pairs of dune ridges and swales each formed over an interval of approximately 72 years. Times of lake-level fluctuation were identified at 3900, 3200, and 1000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. based on changes in inter-ridge spacing, shifts in the course of Millecoquins River, and reorientation of beach-ridge lineation. Soil type, dune development, and selected pollen data provide supporting evidence for this chronology. Late-Holocene beach-ridge development and lake-level fluctuations are related to a retreat of the dominant Pacific airmass and the convergence of the Arctic and Tropical airmasses resulting in predominantly meridional rather than zonal air flow across the Great Lakes region.This is the 13th in a series of papers published in this special AMQUA issue. These papers were presented at the 1994 meeting of the American Quaternary Association held 19–22 June, 1994, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Dr Linda C. K. Shane served as guest editor for these papers.     

Contamination of a well in a uniform background flow

In this paper we describe the transport of pollution in groundwater in the neighbourhood of a well in a uniform background flow. We compute the rate at which contaminated particles reach the well as a function of the place of the source of pollution. The motion of a particle in a dispersive flow is seen as a random walk process. The Fokker-Planck equation for the random motion of a particle is transformed using the complex potential for the advective flow field. The resulting equation is solved asymptotically after a stretching transformation. Finally, the analytical solution is compared with results from Monte Carlo simulations with the random walk model. The method can be extended to arbitrary flow fields. Then by a numerical coordinate transformation the analytical results can still be employed.     

刘家坪杂岩体的岩石特征及时代

刘家坪杂岩体出露于扬子准地台西北边缘。该区扬子期岩浆活动,早期为刘家坪组海底喷发的中～酸性火山岩系,晚期先后侵入有角闪辉长岩—石英闪长岩—斜长花岗岩—辉绿岩脉。岩浆岩具有幔源岩浆及造山带地区火山岩的特征。据震旦系覆于刘家坪杂岩体之上,其底部砂砾岩的砾石中有杂岩体成分,以及杂岩体侵入于同位素年龄值为6.43亿年的刘家坪组之中,认为刘家坪杂岩体时代为前震旦纪。     

冀北水泉沟偏碱性杂岩体中云辉闪长岩的发现及其地质意义

作者在冀北水泉沟偏碱性杂岩体中发现了一种钙碱性岩石──云辉闪长岩。根据其矿物组成，可能为一种新的岩石类型。该岩石由黑云母（约占１５％）、普通辉石（约占１５％）、更一中长石（约占６５％）、钾长石（约占５％）以及其它一些副矿物（＜１％）组成。与水泉沟杂岩体的其它岩类相比，该岩石以相对高含量的ＬＲＥＥ、高场强元素和Ｆｅ、Ｍｇ、Ｃａ等元素以及相对低的ＳｉＯ＿２、Ｋ＿２Ｏ＋Ｎａ＿２Ｏ和Ａｌ＿２Ｏ＿３为特征。     

Dynamic stress concentration and scattering of SH-wave by interface elliptic cylindrical cavity

In this paper, the dynamic stress concentration and scattering of SH-waves by bi-naterial structures that possess an interface elliptic cavity are investigated. First, by using the complex function method, the Green‘s function is constructed. This yields the solution of the displacement field for an elastic half space with a semi-elliptic canyon impacted by an anti-plane harmonic line source loading on the horizontal surface. Then, the problem is divided into an upper and lower half space along the horizontal interface, regarded as a harmony model. In order to satisfythe integral continuity condition,the unknown anti-plane forces are applied to the interface. The integral equations with unknown forces can be established through the continuity condition, and after transformation, the algebraic equations are solved numerically. Finally, the distribution of the dynamic stress concentration factor (DSCF) around the elliptic cavity is given and the effect of different parameters on DSCF is discussed.     

土壤有机无机复合体的研究进展

对土壤有机无机复合体结构模型、有机无机复合体与团聚体的关系、有机无机复合体的肥力特征等方面的最新研究成果进行了综合评述。现代测试技术和计算机技术的应用为土壤有机无机复合体的研究提供了新的研究途径,发展形成了腐殖质胶体、有机无机复合体及有机质-异源生物物质复合体的结构模型,在纳米化学水平和三维分子结构模型上重新认识和阐明土壤有机无机复合体的结构和功能;有机无机复合体是土壤改良剂、营养源和重金属或有机有毒污染物过滤器;应在土壤科学、环境科学和生态学中,重视有机物质与矿物质相互作用和结构模型研究,加强土壤有机无机复合体环境化学行为和颗粒迁移动力学的研究。     

Matrix expression of thermal radiative characteristics for an open complex

The directionality of thermal radiance of a homogeneous isothermal non-black plane surface is totally decided by its directional emissivity, which depends on the complex dielectric constant and roughness of surface. It can be expressed by This paper proves that it is necessary to express emissivity by a matrix when a target becomes an inhomogeneous non-isothermal open complex with complicated inner geometric structure. The matrix describes the inner radiative interaction among components accurately and also expresses its thermal radiative directionality and structural characteristics completely. Advantages of matrix expression are as follows: first, the physical mechanics of effective emissivity of an open complex is described in a simple and perfect way; second, it becomes easy to understand the principle and method to retrieve components temperature from multi-angle thermal remotely sensed data; and third, the differences of directionalities between an open complex and a homogeneous isothermal non-black plane body are expressed by just using an effective emissivity matrix instead of an emissivity vector. Formula in classic physics is only the special case of matrix expression; therefore, the matrix is a universal unconditional expression to describe the directionality of thermal radiance.     

赣东北前寒武纪港边杂岩体的岩浆混合（和）作用及其地质意义

赣东北地区沿江绍断裂北缘和江南造山带南侧有大量的前寒武纪火山侵入杂岩呈带状分布,主要由大面积的陆相火山岩和若干长英质镁铁质火成杂岩体组成,后者中出露面积最大的港边杂岩体在填图尺度上可划分为长英质岩、镁铁质岩和过渡性岩3大组成部分,长英质岩颗粒锆石U_Pb谐和不一致曲线上交点年龄为822±4Ma,代表杂岩体中岩浆混合作用发生的时间。港边岩体中长英质岩石的Nd模式年龄为1·49~1·68Ga,镁铁质岩中玄武质岩石为1·51~2·21Ga,辉长岩的Nd模式年龄与玄武质岩石基本相同,为1·54~2·13Ga,经计算的过渡性岩石的Nd模式年龄为1·58~1·90Ga,因此认为镁铁质岩石从源区分离的时间要远早于长英质岩石,而过渡性岩石含有前两个端员岩浆相互混合(和)的信息。长英质岩石的εNd(t=822Ma)值为-0·8~-4·4,87Sr/86Sr(822)比值为0·70368~0·70549;玄武质岩石的εNd(822)值为-2·6~+2·3,87Sr/86Sr(822)比值为0·70387~0·70527,这反映了镁铁质岩浆的源区接近总地球,长英质岩浆则来自具壳幔混合性质的EMⅠ型地幔的源区。可以推测,赣东北前寒武纪也曾发生过岩浆底侵作用。底侵作用对港边火成杂岩体岩浆的形成起着重要的作用。底侵于壳幔边界的玄武质岩浆使地壳熔融形成长英质岩浆并聚集于浅部岩浆房。随着长英质岩浆房降温,长英质岩浆的结晶度和粘度增加,其物理状态发生液态→(固+液)混合态→固态的变化;当玄武质岩浆穿透下地壳并不断进入物理状态变化的长英质岩浆房时,持续地发生两种岩浆的化学混合作用或两岩浆的机械混合作用或玄武质岩浆的侵入,其混合作用的时间以长英质岩锆石的U_Pb谐和不一致曲线上交点年龄822±4Ma界定。根据Nd模式年龄(tDM)和Nd富集系数(fSm/Nd)分布特征,可以确定中元古代江南造山带为太古宙扬子古陆核的横向增生体,而新元古代陆相火山侵入杂岩带则横向增生于江南造山带南缘。至此,扬子古陆横向增生作用结束,开始与华夏古陆拼贴,包括港边火成杂岩体在内的新元古代火山侵入杂岩带则成为两古陆连结的纽带。     

全球观测资料质量监视评估

全球观测资料质量监视评估系统是为监视评估国家气象中心所接收的全球气象观测资料的质量而设计开发的。该系统以资料同化的6小时预报场为背景场，计算观测资料与背景场的偏差；运用质量控制技术排除观测资料中的可能是错误的资料；实时和非实时地统计分析各类观测报告的状况和观测资料的质量。采用的质量控制技术和统计分析方法都尽量和国际上发达气象中心相一致。所有产品都以图表形式在气象系统内部web网页上发布。该系统应用于日常观测资料质量监视评估及中国区域探空资料问题的详细分析、探空站综合评分、探空观测资料归档、探空观测资料偏差订正效果检验、L波段探空资料质量分析等，取得了显著效果。对加强观测业务管理、保证观测资料质量、改进观测技术发挥了积极的作用。