Pb and Th in settling particles in the western Northwest Pacific Ocean: Particle flux and scavenging

A mooring of three conical time-series sediment traps was deployed at two sites in the western Northwest Pacific Ocean for 9 months. Total mass fluxes and activities of ²¹⁰Pb and ²³⁰Th were determined for the settling particles to elucidate their scavenging and transport processes. Sediment samples also were analyzed for ²¹⁰Pb activities. Total mass fluxes, ²¹⁰Pb fluxes and ²³⁰Th fluxes showed large seasonal variations and their weighted mean fluxes tended to increase with depth, with an especially large increase near-bottom. The ratios of the observed ²¹⁰Pb fluxes to the ²¹⁰Pb deficiency fluxes in the upper traps at the two sites were only 0.02 and 0.12, and were attributable to advective export of ²¹⁰Pb from the surface waters. Those ratios in the near-bottom traps ranged between 1.22 and 2.63. This suggests that these high ratios are due to effective particle scavenging, large lateral ²¹⁰Pb import and input of resuspended particles that have not become incorporated into the sediments. The mean total ²³⁰Th fluxes at the near-bottom traps were 4.2–6.7 times higher than that expected from production in the overlying water column. The ²¹⁰Pb activities in the surficial sediments were much lower than those in the near-bottom traps. The ²¹⁰Pb accumulation rates estimated from the excess ²¹⁰Pb inventory in the sediment column were 40–70% higher than the mean ²¹⁰Pb fluxes at the near-bottom traps. The ratios of the ²¹⁰Pb accumulation rates to the ²¹⁰Pb deficiency fluxes at the near-bottom traps ranged between 2.0 and 3.7. The high fluxes of particulate ²¹⁰Pb and ²³⁰Th at the near-bottom traps reflected a combination of enhanced scavenging of dissolved nuclides and the lateral redistribution of particulate matter by downslope and alongshore transports. However, it was not possible to discriminate among the various processes contributing to high nuclide fluxes.     

关于西北开发中的几个水资源问题

分析了西北水资源的特点,就生态环境用水、生态环境治理以及植树造林与沙漠治理等西部开发中的突出问题提出了一些认识。指出:西北开发必须以水为度,充分考虑区域水资源的承载能力;保护和改善西北地区生态环境的基本途径是偿还已被人类逐步夺占而本该属于自然生态系统的那一部分水源。     

滇西北独龙江花岗岩及岩浆作用特征

滇西北独龙江地区的燕山期花岗岩可划分为6个单元，归并为早，晚2个序列。早期－龙岗不若序列由巴坡，东哨启等2个单元组成，生成于晚侏罗世－早白垩世，为壳幔混源岩浆形成，属火山弧花岗岩，是班公湖－东巧－怒江结合带俯冲消减的产物，晚期－独龙江序列由机独，其期，麻毕当，斯拉罗等4个单元组成，生成于晚白晋世，为壳源花岗岩，形成于同碰撞环境。是班公湖－东巧－怒江结合带碰撞造山的物质记录。     

中国西北大旱年发生概率的统计推断

根据中国西北近500a旱涝等级资料，用Bernoulli试验等理论模式，对大旱年发生的概率特征进行了研究，得出大旱年发生的统计规律。在全球气候变暖的大背景下，给出了21世纪中国西北大旱年发生概率的统计推断结果。     

甘宁青地区强震孕育的深部电性和力学环境

以200多点次的大地电磁测深资料和6条人工地震测深剖面的资料为根据，结合重力测量和地热流观测资料，分析研究了甘肃、宁夏和青海地区的强震孕育的深部环境。认为强震孕育在增厚的低阻层的顶部，低速层的上方以及介质在横向上电性和力学性质均剧烈变化的环境之中。这些条件的实质是在地应力作用下纵、横向地层变形不一致，在这不协调之处极有利于应力集中。     

中国西北部分地区大地电磁测点布设条件探讨

根据多年来在中国西北地区进行大地电磁测深工作的实践，从仪器、野外地形和干扰因素3个方面探讨了测点的布设条件。对仪器的布设方式进行了分析；分析了山区和盆地大地电磁测深资料的差异，提出了测点布设应注意的问题；给出了2个测点受电磁干扰的具体资料，和避开干扰源重新选择测点的观测效果。认为仪器抗干扰能力是有限度,如果干扰信号和大地电磁频谱相接近，则很难被仪器的抗干扰能力所抑制。     

论西北地区生态环境建设问题与战略

分析评价了西北地区生态环境的基本现状，指出了影响生态环境改善的最大制约因素。在反思了过去生态环境建设的教训的基础上，提出了西北地区生态环境建设的目标。分析了当前大规模的生态环境建设中面临的亟待研究和解决的有关问题，并指出对这些问题的有效解决有助于构建生态建设的科学和社会支撑体系。最后，提出了生态建设和保护的若干对策建议。     

赣西北修水—永修地区滑脱构造的基本特征

赣西北修水-永修地区的盖层系统中具备多层次、多级别滑脱构造，本文重点阐述了该滑脱构造的基本特征，并对其形成时代及形成了探讨，认为该区早期属于挤压体制，晚期则属于伸展状态下的重力滑脱体制，并提出印支-燕山期板块碰撞寺形差异及九岭山体不对称挤压是诱发滑脱构造形成的主要因素。     

For a Europe of flexible regions and not of region-states divided by ethnicity

Discussion of the future of Europe continues to be a marginal political issue, partly because of the resistance of states, on both the practical (bureaucratic) and conceptual levels, created by the government leaders and heads of state. In turn, the nation-states are challenged from within by independent and separatist movements that have laid bare the fundamental hypocrisy of rhetorical discussions of the principle regarding the self-determination of peoples; interfering with states (and their borders) has proven to be a taboo for Europe. The growing flexibility of the globalised economy should be paralleled by a growing flexibility in the conception of the division and political organisation of territory, but this is not the case. Further inflexibility stems from the socio-economic inequity that we accept in our daily lives as normal, in particular as regards inequality in the use and division of territory. Equality, or better egaliberté (equality and liberty), is a sufficiently dynamic and flexible concept to be taken as a point of reference in envisaging the society, Europe, and world of tomorrow. It is only through the concept of egaliberté that we can imagine a Europe based on relations between regions that are conceived and organised on multiple scales and not as region-nations conceived on the basis of ethnicity or in the name of supposed cultural homogeneity.     

Seasonal Forecasting for Climate Hazards: Prospects and Responses

One of the most promising developments for early warning of climate hazards is seasonal climate forecasting. Already forecasts are operational in many parts of the tropics and sub-tropics, particularly for droughts and floods associated with ENSO events. Prospects for further development of seasonal forecasting for a range of climatichazards are reviewed, illustrated with case studies in Africa, Australia, the U.S.A. and Europe. A critical evaluation of the utility of seasonal forecasts centres on vulnerability, communicationchannels, and effective responses. In contrast to short-term prediction, seasonal forecasts raise new issues of preparedness and the use of information.