晋北娄烦吕梁群变质相带的划分及其成因研究

晋北娄烦吕梁群由一套经受过两期不同性质变质作用的泥砂质岩、基性火山岩和酸性流纹岩组成。早期为吕梁期变质作用,其结果使该区地层构造形迹总体上呈NE走向;晚期为西川河韧性剪切断裂所产生的区域变质作用,其结果使该区地层走向由早期的NE向扭转为近SN向,且使地层层序发生倒转,并与递增变质带的形成关系密切。选取该区中对变质温度和压力变化反映较敏感的原岩为泥砂质岩石的袁家村组和裴家庄组地层为研究对象,采用电子探针微区分析(EPMA)对沿地层走向上连续分布的特征变质矿物及矿物共生组合特征进行研究,并利用矿物对地质温度计估算该区不同采样点的变质温度和压力条件,对研究区进行变质相带的划分,确定各变质相带的变质温、压条件,并探讨其成因。研究结果表明,袁家村组和裴家庄组为等化学系列地层。沿该地层走向上:西川河断裂以北地区,从北向南,特征变质矿物绿泥石、黑云母、石榴石、十字石和蓝晶石依次规律出现;西川河断裂以南地区,红柱石和夕线石依次规律出现。根据特征变质矿物的空间分布规律、首次出现的地点及矿物共生组合特征,划分出5个变质带:绿泥石带、黑云母带、石榴石带、十字石-蓝晶石带和红柱石-夕线石带。这一完整的递增变质带可与苏格兰高地的巴罗型相媲美。矿物对地质温度计估算结果。     

从成矿和变形时代的不耦合现象探讨康古尔金矿的成因

位于塔里木盆地北缘的康古尔金矿出露于秋格明塔什-黄山巨型韧性剪切带中部，长期以来被当作剪切带型金矿加以研究。通过初步的同位素年代学研究却发现了成矿和变形时代的不耦合现象：康古尔金矿成矿时代在290Ma左右，而秋格明塔什-黄山韧性翦切带剪切变形时代在225～236Ma。如果认定康古尔金矿成矿作用发生在海西期，则发生于印支中-晚期的韧性剪切变形作用不仅不是康古尔金矿成矿作用的主因，而且对金矿的改造作用也是有限的。因此，康古尔金矿不能被称为剪切带型金矿。     

渤海湾盆地垦利断裂带构造与油气关系研究

本文在分析垦利断裂带断裂构造特征的基础上,探讨了该地区断裂构造对油气运聚的控制作用。研究表明,垦利断裂带油气沿断层运聚主要有2种模式：①沿断层垂向运移和聚集;②横穿断层的运移和聚集。油气大规模地横穿断层的运移和聚集主要发生在垦利和垦东6断层的深部和浅部层段。根据在垦利断裂带已发现的油田(藏)总结出4种成藏模式,即同层成藏、潜山成藏、跨断层成藏和沿断层成藏,认为该地区的油气分布受构造因素控制,并对该地区隐蔽圈闭(油气藏)的勘探前景作了分析。     

智利外海茎柔鱼(Dosidicus gigas)耳石外部形态特征分析

根据2008年1—5月智利外海茎柔鱼资源调查中随机采集的663尾样本(雌性464尾,雄性199尾),对其耳石形态特征进行观察与测量。观测表明,茎柔鱼耳石具有长窄的吻区和宽大的翼区。对耳石10项形态参数进行主成分分析,结果显示,耳石总长(TSL)、吻侧区长(RLL)、翼区长(WL)可以作为耳石长度特征的代表,最大宽度(MW)则可代表耳石宽度特征。雌性个体TSL、RLL、WL和MW与胴长(ML)之间为线性关系(Y=a+b×ML)(P0.05),生长系数b在1.9358—2.9607间,其中MW的最小,WL的最大,耳石各区为均匀生长。雄性个体TSL、RLL、WL和MW与ML之间为幂函数关系(Y=c×MLd)(P0.05),生长系数d在0.9165—1.1877间,其中TSL生长速度慢于ML,RLL和MW基本与ML一致,WL则快于ML,耳石各区为非均匀生长。     

基于Mann-Kendall方法的胶东半岛海岸带归一化植被指数趋势分析

利用1998—2008年SPOT/VEGETATION逐旬共372期归一化植被指数时间序列影像数据,引入Mann-Kendall非参数趋势检验方法,分析了胶东半岛最近10 a来的归一化植被指数变化趋势。结果表明,最近10 a来,胶东半岛归一化植被指数变化趋势以衰减区域居主导地位,其中有明显衰减变化趋势的区域占半岛总面积的19.3%,有明显增强变化趋势的区域仅占半岛总面积的2.8%。归一化植被指数衰减区域在空间上沿海岸线呈环状分布,从沿海岸到远离海岸,归一化植被指数增强趋势逐渐明显,衰减最明显的区域大部分位于半岛沿海30 km以内,植被增强趋势最明显区域位于半岛中部山地及沿海防护林地区。人类活动及其空间分布是归一化植被指数变化的主要因素,其中沿海城市化、工业化和海岸湿地开发利用程度的提高导致归一化植被指数衰减,而山地植被保护和海岸防护林建设导致归一化植被指数增强。     

Nitrous oxide production and denitrification rates in estuarine intertidal saltmarsh and managed realignment zones

Increasing concerns over habitat loss and rising costs of sea defence maintenance due to rising sea levels, has seen increases in the practice of managed realignment and reflooding of former reclaimed areas of intertidal saltmarsh and mudflat around the world. These practices are taking place with little knowledge of their impact on soil biogeochemical processes. Rates of denitrification (using the acetylene inhibition technique) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) production were measured from a long-established saltmarsh (SM) and an adjacent, recently re-flooded managed realignment (MR) site comprising former arable land in the estuary of the River Torridge, Devon, UK. Incubations were carried out in closed chambers in which patterns of tidal flooding were simulated automatically. Measurements were made during periods of flood and non-flood over a total of four tidal inundations with estuarine water. During the latter two flooding episodes floodwater was amended with nitrate (NO₃⁻). Nitrous oxide production in the SM soil generally was lower than in the MR soil, with mean values and standard errors over the whole incubation of 0.27 ± 0.16 mg N₂O-N m⁻² h⁻¹ and 0.65 ± 0.15 mg N₂O-N m⁻² h⁻¹ respectively. Denitrification rates demonstrated a similar trend although generally were an order of magnitude higher than N₂O production, with mean rates and standard errors of 2.88 ± 1.12 mg N₂O-N m⁻² h⁻¹ in the SM soil and 3.39 ± 1.16 mg N₂O-N m⁻² h⁻¹ in the MR soil. The data suggest that both soils are net sinks for NO₃⁻ and net sources for N₂O. Both patterns of tidal inundation and floodwater chemistry affect the process rates in each soil differently. The impact of flooding with NO₃⁻ – amended water was greater on the SM soil than the MR soil, and it is likely that decomposing vegetation buried in the accreting sediments following reflooding at the MR site were supplying a source of N in the soil, and so process rates were less dependent upon external supplies. The act of managed realignment in intertidal zones could therefore result in an increase in mean production of N₂O in intertidal zones, at least in the short term.     

Calibration and use of continuous heat-type automated seepage meters for submarine groundwater discharge measurements

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) assessments were conducted both in the laboratory and at a field site in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, using a continuous heat-type automated seepage meter (seepmeter). The functioning of the seepmeter is based on measurements of a temperature gradient in the water between downstream and upstream positions in its flow pipe. The device has the potential of providing long-term, high-resolution measurements of SGD. Using a simple inexpensive laboratory set-up, we have shown that connecting an extension cable to the seepmeter has a negligible effect on its measuring capability. Similarly, the observed influence of very low temperature (≤3 °C) on seepmeter measurements can be accounted for by conducting calibrations at such temperatures prior to field deployments. Compared to manual volumetric measurements, calibration experiments showed that at higher water flow rates (>28 cm day⁻¹ or cm³ cm⁻² day⁻¹) an analog flowmeter overestimated flow rates by ≥7%. This was apparently due to flow resistance, turbulence and formation of air bubbles in the seepmeter water flow tubes. Salinity had no significant effect on the performance of the seepmeter. Calibration results from fresh water and sea water showed close agreement at a 95% confidence level significance between the data sets from the two media (R² = 0.98). Comparatively, the seepmeter SGD measurements provided data that are comparable to manually-operated seepage meters, the radon geochemical tracer approach, and an electromagnetic (EM) seepage meter.     

Changes in Venice Lagoon dynamics due to construction of mobile barriers

The MoSE project (construction of mobile barrier to safeguard the Lagoon of Venice) entails changes to the structure of the lagoon's inlets. This could have consequences for the areas near the inlets and for the dynamics of the lagoon ecosystem as a whole. In order to predict the effects of the proposed alterations on the hydrodynamics of the lagoon, a well-tested hydrodynamic-dispersion model was applied. Simulations were carried out considering both idealised and realistic tide and wind scenarios.     

A joint distribution of significant wave height and characteristic surf parameter

The paper provides a joint distribution of significant wave height and characteristic surf parameter. The characteristic surf parameter is given by the ratio between the slope of a beach or a structure and the square root of the characteristic wave steepness in deep water defined in terms of the significant wave height and the spectral peak period. The characteristic surf parameter is used to characterize surf zone processes and is relevant for e.g. wave run-up on beaches and coastal structures. The paper presents statistical properties of the wave parameters as well as an example of results corresponding to typical field conditions.