Recent Observations of PMS δ Scuti Stars

We present time series observations of the intermediate mass Pre-Main Sequence star H254 belonging to the young star cluster IC 348 and of the Herbig Ae star V351 Ori.Both these stars present light variation on short time scale (a few hours) typical of the Scuti pulsation. The new data are briefly described together with the plan for future observational campaigns on PMS Scuti stars.     

Chemistry of Late Early Triassic Siliceous Claystone ('Toishi-type' Shale) from the Oritate Area, Sambosan Belt, Kyushu, Southwest Japan

Abstract. Inorganic chemical compositions are determined for late Early Triassic siliceous claystone ('Toishi-type' shale) and associated chert from Oritate area, Sambosan Belt, Kyushu, southwest Japan. The siliceous claystone is similar in chemical composition to Post-Archean Australian Shale (PAAS), but is depleted in Ca, Sr, Mn, and Fe and slightly enriched in Cu, Zn, P, and rare earth elements (REEs). The siliceous claystone and associated chert have flat REE patterns with positive Eu anomalies and no distinct Ce anomaly. The siliceous claystone and associated chert have largely constant Ti/Al, Th/Al, and Nb/Al ratios compared to the variable ratios found in siliceous shale and sandstone deposited close to land in a trench setting. This suggests that the claystone and chert were deposited in a deep-sea pelagic environment and were derived mainly from the suspended fraction, including eolian dust and material transported from distant lands, rather than from turbidity currents that occurred close to land. The low Ca contents of the analyzed rocks indicate deposition below the calcium-carbonate compensation depth. The depletion of Mn and Fe, and no distinct Ce anomaly in the Oritate siliceous claystone are also evident, being similar to those in samples from the Sasayama and Kinkazan sections in the Mino-Tanba Belt, where oceanic anoxia developed during the Late Permian to earliest Triassic. This might suggest that oceanic anoxia prevailed through to the late Early Triassic.     

地下水中苯并[a]芘来源探讨

采用色谱质谱法对2000~2002年地下水中苯并[a]芘含量进行了分析,在分析苯并[a]芘在地下水环境中迁移特征的基础上,初步探讨了地下水中苯并[a]芘的来源。结果表明,苯并[a]芘在潜水含水层、200m的承压含水层以及500m的煤系地层和1000m以上的岩溶水中都有检出,含量低,为数个ng/L;由于苯并[a]芘的辛醇-水分配系数kow很大,为106个数量级,具有很强的憎水性,会强烈地被吸附在土壤颗粒物的有机碳上,因此苯并[a]芘很难从表层土壤中迁移进入地下水,土壤和沉积物是其主要的环境归宿;从理论上看,地下水中的苯并[a]芘是天然来源。     

Se-hyperaccumulator found for the first time in Enshi, Hubei, China

The Enshi area, Hubei Province in China, is a typical seleniferous environment, where seleniferous carbonaceous shale and carbonaceous siliceous rocks of Permian widely occur. In the 1960＇s, the first selenosis case in the human population in the world had even brought out at Yutangba Village, Shuanghe community, which resulted in move-off all local residenters The Enshi area possesses the advantageous natural conditions to develop Se-hyperaccnmulator. The selenosis case of human population may be related to having eaten the wild vegetable hyperaccumulating selenium. Mao Dajun （1997） found that the most seleniferous plant was cabbage in the Enshi area which contains Se 224.30 mg/kg. In order to find out Se-hyperaccnmulator in China as soon as possible, the present research made a lot of work on many numbers of wild plants which grow in Enshi, Hubei Province, China. Finally, we found Thlaspi arvenst L., the first Se-hyperaccumulator of China at Yutangba Village. In this plant, Thlaspi arvenst L., the contents of selenium （DW） are 802-870 mg/kg （the average 843 mg/kg） for the whole plant, 1121 mg/kg for root, 511 mg/kg for stem and 1427 mg/kg for leaf, respectively. The newly found Thlaspi arvenst L. by us is the most seleniferous plant which has been found in China up to now, whose Se in its leaf is higher than the international criterion of 1000 mg/kg for Se-hyperaccnmulator.     

核磁共振T2分布评价岩石孔径分布的改进方法

岩芯核磁共振（NMR）T2分布和毛管压力分析数据均在一定程度上反映了岩石的孔隙结构,理论分析表明,这两组数据具有相关性.应用NMR T2分布研究岩石孔径分布，关键是在分析两者的相关性的基础上，从T2分布构造出可靠的毛管压力曲线.但以前用饱和水T2分布构造的毛管压力曲线的方法与实际毛管压力曲线匹配性差.事实上，薄膜束缚水部分的存在引起T2分布反映的孔隙空间与毛管压力曲线反映的孔隙空间有差异.本文提出一种改进方法，在消除薄膜束缚水对T2分布的贡献后，用自由水T2分布构造毛管压力曲线.应用本文方法,对24块岩芯数据自由水T2分布构造的毛管力曲线及其孔喉半径分布与隔板毛管压力分析结果进行了对比.结果表明，改进方法对于毛管压力曲线的构造精度有明显改进，从而为NMR T2分布研究孔隙结构提供了可靠的理论和方法上的支持.     

一个新的NMR测井发展方向

在电缆核磁共振（NMR）测井中，CPMG T2回波串测量已成为NMR测井的工业标准.随着水平井、多分支井的发展和测井硬件的突破，随钻核磁共振测井技术得到很大的促进，对钻柱运动造成的影响不敏感且低能耗的T1回波的测量方法得到成功应用，为NMR测井技术的发展提供一个新的途径.     

Groundwater Inflow Controls Acidity Fluxes in an Iron Rich and Acidic Lake

To ascertain the influence of hydrological boundary conditions on acidity fluxes in lakes influenced by acid mine drainage, acidity budgets were developed for two sediments in areas of differential groundwater inflow (approx. 1 L m^?2 d^?1 and 10 L m^?2 d^?1). In both sediments iron was deposited as schwertmannite leading to iron(III) enriched sediments (3.9…6.2 mmol g^?1, referred to dry weight). Compared to the surface water, the inflowing groundwater had higher pH (4.5 vs. 3), ferrous iron (6…20 mmol L^?1 vs. 0.8…2.0 mmol L^?1), and sulfate (5…60 mmol L^?1 vs. 8…13 mmol L^?1) concentrations. The inflow changed the sediment pore water chemistry and triggered a further increase in pH to above 5.5. In both sediments acidity generation in the surface water (10…30 mol m^?2 a^?1) strongly prevailed over acidity consumption in the sediments (> ?0.6 mol m^?2 a^?1). With advective groundwater inflow, however, more acidity was consumed due to TRIS formation (?0.12 mol m^?2 a^?1 vs. ?0.017 mol m^?2 a^?1), iron carbonate burial (upper estimate: ?0.14 mol m^?2 a^?1 vs. ?0.022 mol m^?2 a^?1), and unspecific ferrous iron retention (?0.39 mol m^?2 a^?1 vs. ?0.08 mol m^?2 a^?1). Also, less acidity was generated due to schwertmannite transformation (?2.4 mol m^?2 a^?1 vs. ?0.11 mol m^?2 a^?1). The acidity balance of internal processes in the sediment with groundwater inflow was negative, whereas it was positive in the other sediment. The study demonstrates that in acidic and iron rich lakes the hydrological boundary conditions strongly affect geochemical processes as subsumed in acidity fluxes.     

水平定向钻进铺管水平孔段软土孔壁稳定性分析

通过对水平钻孔孔壁弹塑性力学分析 ,分析了水平钻孔软土段孔壁在土压力与泥浆压力的作用下受力状态 ,提出了最优泥浆压力的概念 ,给定向钻进铺管技术的施工可靠性提供了一定的理论依据。     

Co-Phased Median Filters, Some Peculiarities of Sweep Signal Processing

Median filters are nonlinear and a theoretical analysis of their behavior is very difficult and so are rarely used for the processing of seismic data. However, they are able to preserve steps, sharp discontinuities and edges that are lost using most other standard filters. As seismic data are mostly harmonic or frequency modulated signals in the frequency range 1 to 10 Hz, the median filter must be adapted so as to suppress noise but not unduly distort the signal. This can be accomplished by using a median filter whose length is n times that of signal period where n is even. By use of weighted-order statistics, samples of the signals closest in phase can be obtained. To illustrate the method, a signal from a frequency band of 6.3–7.5 Hz was processed and the quality of the signal enhanced two fold over the quality of the signal without processing.     

Mineral evolution of a garnet-pyroxenite nodule within eclogite, eastern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane, East China

Detailed microtextural observations and bulk chemical analysis were undertaken on a garnet‐pyroxenite nodule within retrograde eclogites from the NE Sulu ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic (UHPM) terrane. The results suggest that the protolith was a cumulate from a gabbroic body. The nodule consists primarily of coarse clinopyroxene grains with a very high content of the Ca‐Tschermakite molecule. Microscopic observations and back‐scattered electron images (BSE) demonstrate a complicated intergrowth of clinopyroxene, garnet and ilmenite, which represents the peak metamorphic assemblage. The primary clinopyroxene grains are armoured with a thin garnet corona up to 0.5 mm wide that forms an interconnected network. Within the clinopyroxene grains, four sets of garnet lamellae are distributed along crystallographic planes; locally, a vermicular intergrowth of garnet and diopside is developed. Besides the garnet, parallel arrays of ilmenite blebs are common within the clinopyroxene. Hydrous minerals such as amphibole, zoisite and titanite formed at later stages, and replaced diopside, garnet and ilmenite respectively. The P–T conditions determined for the formation of the garnet lamellae indicate that the garnet pyroxenite experienced UHP metamorphism at the same peak P–T condition as its host eclogite. The very high Ca‐Tschermakite content (31–34 mol.%) of the primary clinopyroxene indicates crystallization at about 9–17 kbar and 1250–1450 °C, and together with the microtextural observations, suggests that the protolith of the garnet pyroxenite was a cumulate from a former gabbroic body, in which case, the host eclogite might represent the gabbroic body.