Progress in isotope paleohydrology using lake sediment cellulose

Recent advances in sample preparation techniques and mass spectrometry have fostered more routine oxygen isotope analysis of aquatic cellulose in lake sediment cores, a proxy for lake water oxygen isotope history. These methodological developments have significantly increased the feasibility of incorporating this approach into high-resolution, multi-site, and multi-proxy studies, which are frequently necessary to answer complex hydrological, hydroecological and hydroclimatic questions requiring a paleoenvironmental perspective. Direct translation of lake sediment aquatic cellulose oxygen isotope composition into lake water oxygen isotope composition offers appreciable opportunity for quantitative paleohydrological reconstructions, as evidenced by studies conducted over the past 15 years that span Holocene and pre-historical timescales.     

Archaeomagnetic secular variation in the UK during the past 4000 years and its application to archaeomagnetic dating

This paper examines the limitations and deficiencies of the current British archaeomagnetic calibration curve and applies several mathematical approaches in an attempt to produce an improved secular variation curve for the UK for use in archaeomagnetic dating. The dataset compiled is the most complete available in the UK, incorporating published results, PhD theses and unpublished laboratory reports. It comprises 620 archaeomagnetic (directional) data and 238 direct observations of the geomagnetic field, and includes all relevant information available about the site, the archaeomagnetic direction and the archaeological age. A thorough examination of the data was performed to assess their quality and reliability. Various techniques were employed in order to use the data to construct a secular variation (SV) record: moving window with averaging and median, as well as Bayesian statistical modelling. The SV reference curve obtained for the past 4000 years is very similar to that from France, most differences occurring during the early medieval period (or Dark Ages). Two examples of dating of archaeological structures, medieval and pre-Roman, are presented based on the new SV curve for the UK and the implications for archaeomagnetic dating are discussed.     

A Least-squares Window Curves Method for Interpretation of Magnetic Anomalies Caused by Dipping Dikes

We have developed a least-squares method to determine simultaneously the depth and the width of a buried thick dipping dike from residualized magnetic data using filters of successive window lengths. The method involves using a relationship between the depth and the half-width of the source and a combination of windowed observations. The relationship represents a family of curves (window curves). For a fixed window length, the depth is determined for each half-width value by solving one nonlinear equation of the form f (z) = 0 using the least-squares method. The computed depths are plotted against the width values representing a continuous curve. The solution for the depth and the width of the buried dike is read at the common intersection of the window curves. The method involves using a dike model convolved with the same moving average filter as applied to the observed data. As a result, this method can be applied to residuals as well as to measured magnetic data. Procedures are also formulated to estimate the amplitude coefficient and the index parameter. The method is applied to theoretical data with and without random errors. The validity of the method is tested on airborne magnetic data from Canada and on a vertical component magnetic anomaly from Turkey. In all cases examined, the model parameters obtained are in good agreement with the actual ones and with those given in the published literature.     

铼—锇同位素分析中试样化学预处理方法进展

评述了用于Re-Os同位素体系分析的化学前处理技术的发展。简要介绍了卡洛斯管熔样法、Os的CCl4提取、溴提取和微蒸馏方法。卡洛斯管封闭熔样方法，有效地防止了Os的挥发损失和保证了Os同位素平衡，是一种很有发展前景的熔样方法。蒸馏法仍是分离和纯化Os的有效方法，溶剂（CCl4)提取和溴提取法在许多实验室里应用，而微蒸馏则是Os的二次纯化的主要方法。Re的化学分离和纯化仍是离子交换和萃取法。引用主要文献29篇。     

利用地基双通道微波辐射计遥感青藏高原大气云水特征

利用1997年春季西宁市地基双通道（22．235和35．3GHz)微波辐射计观测的资料，分析了不同月份、不同天气条件下的大气总含水量（V）和云中液态水积分含量（L）的分布规律。结果表明，在相同天气条件下，L值3－5月均呈逐渐递增的趋势，增加幅度一般为20％－40％，V值变化幅度很小；春季高原L值大约只有V的1%。与河北省的资料进行对比后发现，L值基本相当，而V值高原只有平原地区的30％－50％。     

低本底液闪仪计算机控制系统的改进

新研制改进的低本底液闪计算机控制系统，具有数据获取和数据处理、实时能谱测量、谱显示选取工作点以及测量中断后继续测量等功能，从而使液闪仪的自动化和智能化程度得到了进一步提高。     

硫化物固—液界面电化学效应实验探讨

硫化物作为一类重要的常见矿物，目前国内外对其表面矿物学特征研究有限。具体到硫化物固－液界面处的行为机理，前人的研究程度就更低了。笔者自行设计了一个Fe1-xS-Cr^6 原电池，通过实测电动势（E），t-E关系曲线，溶液可见光吸收谱及其λ－A关系曲线，阐明硫化物与Cr^6＋溶液间的界面行为机理。认为其界面行为过程为；硫化物溶解→离子反应（氧化还原）→吸附Cr^3 。该原电池与一般原电池结构不同，其主要差别在于将反应电极和测量电极分开，从而解决电极反应过程中的浓度极化问题，提高了电化学实验的精度。该研究成果有助于揭示矿物－液体相互作用机理，完善和丰富表面矿物学研究内容，深化化界面成矿理论，并对环境治理，矿物材料应用等开发领域具有重要的参考价值。     

青海拉鸡山构造带是裂谷还是构造窗——与王二七研究员商榷

拉鸡山构造带东西长逾650km,展布于由元古宇组成的结晶地块内部，是一条早古生代火山岩极为发育的构造带。长期以来众多学者对拉鸡山进行大地构造学、岩石学研究。作者曾在拉鸡山从事多年野外调查工作，研究认为该地区无论在区域地质学、岩石学、构造变形学还是在大地构造演化方面其早古生代构造演化史皆具典型的裂谷带特征。晚古生代以来，经历了陆内多阶段造山过程，而为后期多阶段抬升的构造窗观点值得商榷。     

煤岩及煤岩加不同介质的热模拟地球化学实验--气态和液态产物的产率以及演化特征

对塔里木盆地侏罗系煤岩以及煤岩加不同介质等 4个系列以 50℃为一温阶,从 250～550℃进行热模拟实验,并对其气体产物、液态有机质进行了系统分析。结果表明:煤岩成烃过程是一个综合作用的过程,它的生气、生油与外界环境如水,粘土矿物等的辅助作用有关。随着热模拟温度的升高,各产气率呈增长趋势。介质的加入可降低有机质成烃温度,有利于液态物的产出。