Annual pattern of brooding and settlement in a population of the flat oyster Ostrea chilensis from central New Zealand

Temporal patterns of larval brooding and settlement were investigated in a flat oyster (Ostrea chilensis) population in Tasman Bay, central New Zealand. The proportion of the population brooding larvae and larval settlement rates were monitored over 26 months. A peak period of brooding activity began in late spring and continued through summer. Maximum rates of 17% and 23% of adult oysters brooding larvae occurred in November and December, and an estimated 55–78% of adult oysters incubated larvae over the entire summer breeding period. These proportions of brooders are higher than those previously reported for Tasman Bay. A very low level of brooding activity (1%) occurred during winter. Temporal trends in larval settlement closely tracked brooding patterns. Settlement was greatest between November and January, and there were very low rates in winter. The seasonal breeding pattern in the population was intermediate between northern and southern populations, confirming a latitudinal gradient of reproductive behaviour for O. chilensis in New Zealand. Results are useful in optimising the timing of substrate deployment in an enhancement programme for the oyster fishery.     

琼东南盆地中央峡谷体系东段形态-充填特征及其地质意义

通过对琼东南盆地东部水深数据和高精度地震资料的综合分析,对盆地东段中央峡谷体系的形态特征和内部充填结构进行了详细的描述和刻画。研究结果显示:琼东南盆地中央峡谷体系东段呈NEE向分布于长昌凹陷中央,峡谷具有相对笔直的通道,较为狭窄,剖面上表现为明显的“V型”形态,两侧发育陡峭的峡谷侧壁;东段峡谷的内部充填沉积物由滞留沉积体、块体流-席状砂复合体、浊流沉积体和垮塌沉积体构成,垂向上显示出多期的形成演化过程。形态特征和充填结构表明,盆地东段峡谷主要受到该区域古地貌特征的影响和控制,形成于晚中新世早期的长条状负地形为中央峡谷的形成提供了有利的空间,限制了盆地东段峡谷的形态特征,该地貌特征将持续影响峡谷内部的沉积物输送和堆积样式。更新世以来充分的沉积物供给在陆架坡折处形成了大量的陆坡峡谷,沉积物以垂向输送的方式沿着坡降向下运移,在下陆坡位置形成现代深水扇,并被现今中央峡谷的头部区域所捕获,在地貌特征的限制下,沉积物将发生转向输送,沿着盆地东段峡谷的走向,自西向东发生轴向运移。盆地东段构造控制型峡谷是造成琼东南盆地东西部中央峡谷体系在形态和充填上具有明显差异的原因。研究区内3种不同的现代沉积物输送方式,对于更好地理解盆地西部沉积物运移和西段峡谷的形成过程也具有一定的指示和对比意义。     

湘中—湘南地区寒武纪岩相古地理*

湘中—湘南地区位于扬子陆块与华夏陆块之间的过渡区域。根据研究区寒武系沉积特征,识别出4种沉积相类型:碳酸盐陆棚亚相、深水盆地相、碎屑陆棚亚相及混积陆棚亚相。纽芬兰世—第二世早期(梅树村期—沧浪铺期),深水盆地分布范围广,占据了湘中及湘南大部分地区,湘东南发育碎屑陆棚沉积。第二世中晚期(龙王庙期),相对海平面下降,深水盆地范围略有减小,研究区西北部碳酸盐沉积逐渐占主导,碎屑陆棚面积变化不大。第三世(毛庄期—崮山期),海平面持续下降,碳酸盐陆棚及碎屑陆棚由两侧向中间推进,深水盆地面积急剧减小;湘西北一带发育混积陆棚亚相,沉积物以碳酸盐沉积为主混有陆源碎屑。芙蓉世(长山期—凤山期),碳酸盐陆棚范围迅速增大,深水盆地面积继续锐减,碎屑陆棚与碳酸盐陆棚毗邻发育,湘南区发育混积陆棚亚相。总之,寒武纪扬子陆块与华夏陆块间沉积相带连续完整,存在碳酸盐岩与碎屑岩混积的过渡沉积物,推测两者处于同一浅海海域,为由北西、南东向中部变深的沉积格局。     

The crustal structures of the central Longmenshan along and its margins as related to the seismotectonics of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

In 2010, a 500-km-long wide-angle reflection/refraction seismic profile was completed, running northwest from the central Sichuan Basin. This profile orthogonally crosses the meizoseismal area of great Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, which occurred in the central part of the Longmenshan. The profile also passes through the northwestern Sichuan Plateau, along which a new deep seismic sounding observation system was set up that was much improved over previous datasets and enabled abundant observations to be recorded. Seismic wave phase records that reflect the structural characteristics of different tectonic blocks, especially the complicated phase features associated with the Wenchuan earthquake, were calculated and analyzed in detail. A 2D crustal P-wave velocity model for the orogenic belt in the central Longmenshan and its margins was determined, and crustal structure differences between the stable Sichuan Basin and the thickened northwestern Sichuan Plateau were characterized. Lithological variations within the upper and lower crust in the interior of the plateau, especially a great velocity decrease and plastic rheological properties associated with strong lithologic weakening in lower crust, were detected. From west to east in the lower crust beneath the orogenic belt lying between the Sichuan Basin and the northwestern Sichuan Plateau, a giant shovel-like upwelling is observed that dips gently in the lower part and at higher angles in the upper part; this is inferred to be related to the fault systems in the central Longmenshan. An upwelling in the upper-middle crust along the eastern margin of the orogenic belt is associated with steeply dipping thrusts that strongly uplift the upper crust and crystalline basement beneath a central fault system in the Longmenshan. The data, combined with an understanding of the regional tectonic stress field and previous geological results, enable a discussion of basin-and-range coupling, orogenic tectonics, the crustal fault system, and the seismogenic tectonic environment of the central Longmenshan along the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.     

清代河西走廊的水利制度和技术

清代河西走廊年降水量平均约200 mm,靠天然降水不能满足农业生产,农业灌溉主要依靠石羊河、黑河和疏勒河三大内陆河。为了高效利用水资源,实行了一些较为合理的水利制度,如四级负责制、农闲时的修渠制、浇地时的红牌制、计粮均水制、计亩均水制、计工均水制、奖罚严明制和流域统一管理制,并总结出了一些先进的水利技术。如引水时凿洞通水,飞槽渡水,偃水上流;行水时衬砌防渗,植树固沙;灌溉时串灌、漫灌、块灌、畦灌、沟灌综合运用,灌溉不足时相地移坵;验苗察土晴晒泡水法;保护水源涵养森林等。总结历史的经验和教训,今天河西走廊应实行全流域管理制,在不适宜水利开发的地区,坚决实行退耕还林或退耕还草,争取建立一个“资源节约型,环境友好型”的河西社会。     

滇中前震旦纪地层内铅锌矿床硫、铅同位素特征及对成矿物质来源指示

滇中前震旦系主要位于扬子地块西南缘,元谋-绿汁江断裂以东、普渡河-滇池断裂以西,岩浆活动强烈导致该区地壳结构复杂,具有"多层结构"的特点。据统计,赋存在昆阳群中的铅锌矿床(点)有近20处,其赋矿地层主要为:大龙口组(Pt_2d)、黑山头组(Pt_2hst)、鹅头厂组(Pt_2e)。本文优选大笑、热水塘硫铅同位素进行系统分析对比,总结指示成矿流体与指示物质来源。研究结果显示:赋存在前震旦纪铅矿矿床~(34)S值变化范围在6.33‰~14.99‰,成矿流体的总硫同位素值(δ~(34)SΣS)12.17‰。由此可见,赋存在前震旦纪地层中铅锌矿床硫化物主要为混合硫来源,硫同位素的来源具有多源性的特点。东川大笑铅锌矿:~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb变化范围为18.282~18.391,~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb变化范围为15.491~15.515,208Pb/204Pb变化范围为38.287~38.326,主要分布于地幔、造山带演化线。热水塘铅锌矿:~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb变化范围17.702~18.512,~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb变化范围15.626~15.72,~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb变化范围37.504~38.528,主要分布在造山带演化线附近。μ、ω值的变化范围表明所分析样品铅同位素均属于异常铅,说明其成矿物质多来源。因此,铅同位素主要来自地幔、上地壳和造山带,暗示成矿物质来源具有多源型特点。     

Characterising the present-day stress regime of the Georgina Basin

The onshore Georgina Basin in northern Australia is prospective for unconventional hydrocarbons; however, like many frontier basins, it is underexplored. A well-connected hydraulic fracture network has been shown to be essential for the extraction of resources from the tight reservoirs that categorise unconventional plays, as they allow for economic flows of fluid from the reservoir to the well. One of the fundamental scientific questions regarding hydraulic stimulation within the sub-surface of sedimentary basins is the degree to which local and regional tectonic stresses act as a primary control on fracture propagation. As such, an understanding of present-day stresses has become increasingly important to modern petroleum exploration and production, particularly when considering unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. This study characterises the regional stress regime in the Georgina Basin using existing well data. Wellbore geophysical logs, including electrical resistivity image logs, and well tests from 31 petroleum and stratigraphic wells have been used to derive stress magnitudes and constrain horizontal stress orientations. Borehole failure features interpreted from wellbore image and caliper logs yield a maximum horizontal stress orientation of 044°N. Integration of density log data results in a vertical stress gradient of 24.6 MPa km^–1. Leak-off and mini-fracture tests suggest that this is the minimum principal stress, as leak-off values are generally shown to be at or above the magnitude of vertical stress. The maximum horizontal stress gradient is calculated to be in the range of 31.3–53.9 MPa km^–1. As such, a compressional stress regime favouring reverse/reverse–strike-slip faulting is interpreted for the Georgina Basin.     

浙闽近岸与南黄海中部沉积物物理力学性质的差异性分析

本文对浙闽近岸和南黄海中部泥质区沉积物的物理力学性质,分别从基本物理性质、水理性质及力学性质进行对比分析,发现两个区域沉积物均以淤泥为主,含水率与密度、压缩系数与压缩模量均呈良好的幂函数负相关性,液限与塑限呈良好的幂函数正相关性,含水率与孔隙比呈较好的线性正相关,十字板剪切强度与微型贯入阻力呈较好的多项式函数关系。总体来说,南黄海中部泥质区沉积物相对于浙闽近岸泥质区沉积物具有含水率高、孔隙比大、密度小、塑性高,压缩性大,抗剪强度低等特征。从地形特征、物质来源、水动力条件、沉积速率和物质组成等方面进行两个区域沉积物物理力学性质差异性的成因分析。结果显示,与浙闽近岸相比,南黄海中部离陆较远、地势低洼、水动力条件较弱,能够扩散至此的物质较少并以极细的粘粒物质为主,沉积物中的蒙脱石和有机质含量高。这些因素使得南黄海中部沉积物的含水率高,塑性大,密度低,强度低。     

赣江南昌段江心洲沉积特征

通过赣江南昌段一江心洲的实地考察,分析了江心洲不同部位沉积物特征、落淤层发育特征、江心洲发育过程。江心洲头部水动力最强,沉积物较粗,连续性最好;侧翼也以粗粒沉积物为主,但含有大量泥砾;顶部和尾部发育横向连续的落淤层。落淤层易板结,边缘龟裂,被河水打碎搬运。保留下来的落淤层分布局限,头部和侧翼均不易保存,顶部和尾部保存较好。另外,保存下来的落淤层近于水平,对非均质性的影响主要为垂向的,侧向连通性好。     

基于GIS的中心地理论在新农村建设当中的应用——以云南省安宁市为例

为了贯彻落实科学发展观,实现社会主义新农村建设应确立九个标志,其中最首要的标志就是实现农民居住集约化。通过居住的集约才能陆续实现包括:生产方式合作化;生产工具机械化;农民医疗教育制度化;城乡服务一体化。在云南省安宁市八街镇新农村规划中,以实例运用地理信息系统(GIS)技术、经济地理学中CHRISTALLER W中心地理论,充分结合云南乡村"多民族、小聚居"等特点,研究集约化聚居对农村经济发展及空间布局模式改进的意义。同时,探索如何运用GIS硬科学技术与中心地理论软文化实施共同为社会主义新农村建设服务的示范。