Observational limits to source confusion in the millimetre/submillimetre waveband

The first observations to detect a population of distant galaxies directly in the submillimetre waveband have recently been made using the new Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). The results indicate that a large number of distant galaxies are radiating strongly in this waveband. Here we discuss their significance for source confusion in future millimetre/submillimetre-wave observations of both distant galaxies and cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) anisotropies. Earlier estimates of such confusion involved significant extrapolation of the results of observations of galaxies at low redshifts; our new estimates do not, as they are derived from direct observations of distant galaxies in the submillimetre waveband. The results have important consequences for the design and operation of existing and proposed millimetre/submillimetre-wave telescopes: the Planck Surveyor survey will be confusion-limited at frequencies greater than 350 GHz, even in the absence of Galactic dust emission; a 1σ confusion noise limit of about 0.44 mJy beam⁻¹ is expected for the JCMT/SCUBA at a wavelength of 850 μm; and the subarcsecond resolution of large millimetre/submillimetre-wave interferometer arrays will be required in order to execute very deep galaxy surveys.     

Kuiper带小天体动力演化

Kuiper带是指太阳系内位于离太阳 30～ 50AU一个区域。 1 992年该区域陆续发现了一群半径在几十到几百公里的小天体。这些小天体在Kuiper带的分布是极其不均匀的。Kuiper带小天体的发现对人们认识太阳系的形成与演化有重要的意义。本文回顾了近年来国际上在Kuiper带小天体动力演化方面的研究 ,着重分析了目前国际上几种用以解释其非均匀分布的动力学机制 ,并提出目前该领域的一些尚未解决的问题。     

甘肃北山古岛弧期后张裂带及海相火山岩金矿

甘肃北山地区古生代处于塔里木、哈萨克斯坦与西伯利亚三大板块聚合部位。晚古生代(D2-D2)形成岛弧带和弧后盆地,之后又处于板内构造演化时期,石炭纪-二叠纪有拉张-闭合构造运动,形成规模较大的火山喷发活动和岩浆侵入作用,对金矿的形成提供了有利条件。本区划分出4条张裂带,每条张裂带控制着金矿床(点)的分布。从金矿成矿构造环境,成矿机制及矿床地质特征分析,本区金矿床属于海相火山岩型金矿。     

鄂尔多斯盆地早期构造演化与沉积响应——以姬塬地区长8～长6油层组为例

通过对姬塬地区晚三叠世延长组的长8～长6油层组岩石组分特征、沉积相特征、震积岩及凝灰岩发育规律的分析,探讨了鄂尔多斯盆地早期构造演化与沉积响应过程。研究表明,秦岭隆升时间大致在长8沉积早期,而六盘山的隆升则是稍晚的长7沉积期,长8～长6沉积期可视为中生代鄂尔多斯盆地的早期成形阶段。姬塬地区长8沉积期构造相对稳定,砂岩中不含碳酸盐岩岩屑,无震积岩发育,主要发育浅水三角洲沉积;长7沉积期盆地西南缘的挤压导致了湖盆强烈坳陷,砂岩中开始出现碳酸盐岩岩屑,大量发育的震积岩与频繁出现的凝灰岩共生,研究区以发育水下扇的半深湖为特征;长6沉积期火山活动减弱,但盆地西部断裂带的构造活动仍较强烈,地层中常有震积岩出现,沉积环境以湖泊三角洲为主。由姬塬地区长8～长6沉积期古地理演化,证明以长7沉积期为界,之前鄂尔多斯盆地的演化主要受南缘构造活动控制,自长7沉积期开始同时受盆地南缘和西缘构造活动影响,但以西缘的构造活动控制更强烈。     

雅鲁藏布中新生代深水沉积盆地形成和演化(Ⅰ)——喜马拉雅造山带沉积特征及演化

通过对喜马拉雅三叠纪到第三纪区域沉积特征分析,阐明了雅鲁藏布喜马拉雅特提斯造山带从裂谷—被动大陆边缘—前陆盆地的沉积盆地演化史。随着以雅鲁藏布带为代表的喜马拉雅特提斯打开,三叠纪到早侏罗世为特提斯早期裂开的大陆边缘裂谷盆地。早期裂谷中心部位不是现在大陆缝合线的雅鲁藏布一带,而在低分水岭带。晚侏罗世到早白垩世,雅鲁藏布江南测为典型被动大陆边缘,其沉积盆地沉降、海平面变化与沉积作用相吻合。晚白垩世到第三纪为前陆盆地演化阶段,从沉积作用可以识别出晚白垩世晚期为造山第一暮,第三纪初为第二幕。     

Origin of the ocean on the Earth: Early evolution of water D/H in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere

The origin of the Earth's ocean has been discussed on the basis of deuterium/hydrogen ratios (D/H) of several sources of water in the Solar System. The average D/H of carbonaceous chondrites (CC's) is known to be close to the current D/H of the Earth's ocean, while those of comets and the solar nebula are larger by about a factor of two and smaller by about a factor of seven, respectively, than that of the Earth's ocean. Thus, the main source of the Earth's ocean has been thought to be CC's or adequate mixing of comets and the solar nebula. However, those conclusions are correct only if D/H of water on the Earth has remained unchanged for the past 4.5 Gyr. In this paper, we investigate evolution of D/H in the ocean in the case that the early Earth had a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, the existence of which is predicted by recent theories of planet formation no matter whether the nebula remains or not. Then we show that D/H in the ocean increases by a factor of 2-9, which is caused by the mass fractionation during atmospheric hydrogen loss, followed by deuterium exchange between hydrogen gas and water vapor during ocean formation. This result suggests that the apparent similarity in D/H of water between CC's and the current Earth's ocean does not necessarily support the CC's origin of water and that the apparent discrepancy in D/H is not a good reason for excluding the nebular origin of water.     

晚更新世以来内伶仃洋河口湾的地层层序和沉积演化

通过对内伶仃洋河口湾22个钻孔沉积物的高分辨14C测年、古生物鉴定、沉积物粒度及地球化学分析,开展了晚更新世地层划分,探讨了晚更新世以来的沉积演化过程。内伶仃洋河口湾地层被含花斑黏土层的风化层隔开,划分为上下2组,侵蚀面上下分别为全新统和上更新统地层。受晚更新世以来2次海侵的影响,内伶仃洋河口湾沉积演化分成了6个阶段,详细阐述了每个阶段的气候变化、海平面波动、沉积特征和沉积过程。     

海阳砂质海岸岸滩演化

基于海阳近岸海域的水深地形、表层沉积物粒度以及遥感影像等资料,利用泥沙起动流速和沿岸输沙数理公式以及岸滩演化数学模型,探讨了海阳近岸海域岸滩演化特征及主要控制因素。研究结果表明,研究区总体处于动态平衡状态,潮流很难使泥沙发生直接起动,波浪造成的沿岸输沙总体向ENE方向运移。影响研究区冲淤变化的因素主要有河流来沙、波浪以及人工构筑物。河流径流量减小,导致研究区泥沙来源减少,加剧了局部海岸侵蚀;近岸人工构筑物的建设,改变了泥沙输运趋势,并导致局部冲淤环境发生变化;波浪是控制研究区泥沙运移、沉降的关键因素,控制着研究区冲淤演化的整体格局。     

西非塞拉利昂—利比里亚盆地深水岩性油气藏成藏特征

立足于大西洋的构造演化,划分了盆地构造演化阶段,明确了不同演化阶段的构造、沉积特征,分析了漂移期岩性油气藏的成藏特征,建立油气成藏模式,指出了油气勘探的方向。研究表明,塞拉利昂—利比里亚盆地经历了裂陷期和漂移期两个演化阶段,早白垩世裂陷期,构造活动强烈,以陆相沉积为主;晚白垩世至今的漂移期构造活动弱,以海相沉积为主。赛诺曼—土伦阶海相烃源岩是漂移期岩性油气藏的主要油气来源,是油气成藏的基础;盆地漂移期广泛发育大型深水沉积体,深水沉积体是漂移期储层和岩性圈闭形成的关键;油气运移控制了岩性油气藏的成藏模式,漂移期构造活动弱,缺少油源断裂,赛诺曼—土伦阶成熟烃源岩生成的油气就近运移至烃源岩层内的岩性圈闭中聚集成藏,形成自生自储的油气成藏模式;寻找赛诺曼—土伦阶烃源岩灶内大型沉积体是盆地未来深水区油气勘探的重要方向。     

三亚湾海岸动力演变的数值模拟研究

近年来,海岸侵蚀呈现不断加剧的趋势,给沿海地区经济社会的发展造成了极大危害。关于三亚湾海岸侵蚀过程及其动力学研究多停留在定性或半定量阶段。从海岸动力地貌学角度出发,基于沉积物迁移理论,利用数值模拟方法,定量研究了三亚湾海岸在波浪和潮流作用下的动力演变过程。计算结果重现了海水波浪的传播形态及动态特征:涨潮时,波高极值相对较大,水位随之升高,波动现象明显,波动形态复杂;落潮时,波高极值相对减小,水位也随之降低,海面相对较平静,波形态在离岸区域较单一,仅在近岸区域相对多样化。同时,数值模拟结果也很好地显示了三亚湾岸线附近的沉积或侵蚀过程特征:三亚湾西段海洋动力条件较强,沉积或侵蚀现象明显,沉积/侵蚀能力由三亚湾西段逐渐向东段减小。此外,以海洋动力学机制为基础,定量模拟了三亚湾海岸侵蚀与演变物理过程,为该地区海岸开发利用、海岸环境保护提供科学依据。