透明矿物作画新技法的探讨

透明矿物绝大多数属于造岩矿物.本方法是从透明矿物中选取色泽纯正、易采集、便于加工的矿物作原材应用于玉板画工艺中,将其加工后与粘合胶液混合调配出能适应石板填充作画的填料,随之进行画面刻绘、填充、打磨、抛光等工序.工艺中采用雕刻深浅变化使画面显现出似透非透的,与石板背景色形成交相辉映、约隐约现如出天然之韵味的效果.这种透明矿物作画的新技法,给玉板画工艺带来了勃勃生机,从而可实现了在石板上作画的挥洒飘逸,也增加了复杂画面的工艺处理手段,可充分利用和开发许多非金属矿产资源,前景十分广阔.     

Mitigation of Soil Liquefaction Using Stone Columns: An Experimental Investigation

The risk of liquefaction and associated ground deformation may be reduced by using various ground-improvement methods, including the stone column technique. To examine the effects of stone columns, a shaking table experimental study using four models (two containing saturated sand and two containing stone column composite foundations) was conducted to measure the development and dissipation of excess pore water pressure and the acceleration response during a simulated earthquake. The test results demonstrate that the effectiveness of stone columns for mitigation of soil liquefaction during an earthquake depends on the following three aspects: (1) the densification of the surrounding soils; (2) drainage along the stone column; and (3) reduction in the total cyclic shear stress of the soil (because the cyclic shear stress is partially shared by the stone column). The first factor (the densification of the surrounding soils) is the most prominent factor among these three. The drainage and re-distribution of the shear stress can only develop fully for sand ground with a considerably higher density; thus, the effectiveness of the last two factors are only significant for dense sand ground.     

基于数学形态学的点状石头目标检测

及时发现和处理山坡上小的点状石头目标，对于行人、车辆的安全具有重要意义。利用数学形态学，文中提出了一种从遥感影像上检测山坡上点状石头目标的方法，并进行了试验。研究结果表明，文中所述的方法具有好的效果。     

邯郸石龙群的成因与年代研究

在野外调查的基础上,从地质学的角度对河北省南部邯郸县姜窑村出土的石龙群的成因及其形成年代进行了分析。结果表明,由1条大龙和9条小龙组成的石龙群是钙质胶结的洺河古河道沙体,形成于距今4万年前的晚更新世晚期,对应于玉木早冰期华北平原第Ⅲ古河道发育期。石龙沙体上的横切V形裂口是古河道沙体在干缩过程中形成的横切裂隙,沿古河道沙体下泄的富含碳酸钙的地下水在此渗出是形成裂隙两侧脊状突起和"龙爪"的直接原因,新构造运动可能是造成紫山断块隆升并迫使洺河改道和石龙群整体向北东方向翘首的直接原因。     

Urban Biogeographical Analysis of Spontaneous Tree Growth on Stone Retaining Walls

Stone retaining walls in urban Hong Kong provided vertical habitats for spontaneous colonization by a diversified humid-tropical flora with large trees. A citywide survey assessed wall and tree characteristics to understand wall-tree relationships and identify conservation candidates. Nonparametric correlations were computed between 28 wall attributes versus tree count, tree biomass, and species-vegetation factors. Most of the 245 walls, with 1275 trees, were in residential areas. Moraceae dominated the 30 tree species, predominantly genus Ficus, and especially F. microcarpa. Natives formed the overwhelming majority, largely with pioneer and ruderal traits. The positive effect of adjacent built-up land use and negative effect of wall exposure indicated sheltering from wind could facilitate tree growth. Wall height was a key determinant as taller walls furnished more surfaces free from human disturbance and conducive to seed deposition by frugivorous birds and bats. Stone width offered more horizontal microsites for seeds to lodge. Stone roughness operated at the microscale to encourage nonarboreal vegetation. Joint attributes exerted strong influence on tree growth and less so on nontree affiliates. The walls-cum-vegetation, many older than 100 years, presented a precious natural-cum-cultural heritage, deserving protection as an urban ecological asset.     

Volcanic tuffs from Hesse (Germany) and their weathering behaviour

In the Hessian region of Germany numerous deposits of tuffs are known from which natural building stones were extracted. Many buildings show examples of the use of this material in the past. In contrast to their attractive appearance and ease of extraction from quarries, tuffs are liable to destruction by weathering. Most common damages are disintegration, crumbling, cracking, scaling and flaking. In this paper, the causes of damage of selected varieties have been analysed using petrographical and petrophysical methods. The measured values are disadvantageous in comparison to other natural building stones. Large amounts of swellable clay minerals, mostly forming the cementing material, cause scaling due to repeated humidification. High porosity including negative pore structures and high adsorption effects results in structural damages while freezing. Consequently, most varieties of the described tuffs possess a limited usage as an outdoor building material.     

STONE‐BANKED LOBES AS A PRODUCT OF MILD FREEZE–THAW ACTION: AN EXAMPLE FROM WESTERN TASMANIA,AUSTRALIA

This paper interprets a stone‐banked lobe on the upper western face of Mt Rufus, at an altitude of 1380 m in western Tasmania, Australia. The morphology of the deposit resembles that of a solifluction lobe. Field observations show vertical and downslope movement of pebbles, cobbles and small boulders over a single winter season. The movement is largely related to frost pull (10–15 cm) and shallow freeze–thaw processes promoting the downslope (up to 50 cm yr^–1) creep of material and the accumulation of coarse clasts at the lobe riser. The climate of Mt Rufus is strongly maritime and this is reflected in the limited duration and depth of penetration of frozen ground at this site during the 2013 winter. Despite the relatively mild climatic conditions, freeze–thaw processes are clearly the dominant geomorphic force operating at the site. These findings support observations of active stone‐banked lobes on sub‐Antarctic islands where intense freezing is absent. Both there and at Mt Rufus, movement is dominated by freeze–thaw processes operating in the upper c. 20 cm of the regolith. These are typical landforms of marginal freeze–thaw settings.     

Remaking South Beach: metropolitan gayborhood trajectories under homonormative entrepreneurialism

This paper contributes to research on metropolitan gayborhood trajectories and homonormative urban entrepreneurialism by assessing a South Florida case study. We probe allegations of gay men being displaced from South Beach and the opposing narrative of a sexually diverse city with undiminished appeal. To that end, we present expert informant interviews, participant observation, media archives, and census data showing that the remade gayborhood coexists and competes with other, more affordable LGBT nodes. While socioeconomic, demographic and cultural characteristics differentiate these clusters, exploratory spatial data analysis indicates that the majority of metropolitan same-sex households reside elsewhere. We acknowledge Miami Beach’s recent pro-equality efforts, yet argue that homonormative politics conditions them. Public–private actions adopt corporate formats, prioritizing tourist-oriented initiatives and spectacular events that promote nonthreatening, market-friendly forms of sexual dissidence. The conclusion discusses implications for queer community-building in metropolitan regions fragmented by socio-spatial inequality and competitive city-marketing catering to heterogeneous yet exclusive global audiences.     

路南石林红壤微生物含量对土壤CO2浓度的影响

Lunan stone forest is a kind of typical karst in China, which is mainly developed underred soil. In the winter of 1999, three study sites were chosen in stone forest national park accordingto vegetation cover, geomorphologic location and soil types. CO2 concentration was measured withGastec pump at different depths of soil (20, 40, 60 cm) and at the same time soil samples weregathered and soil properties such as soil moisture, pH, soil organic content were analyzed and thetotal number of viable microbes were counted in laboratory. In the study, dependent variable waschosen as the mean soil log (PCO2), and soil properties were chosen as the independent variables.Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the total amount of microbes and soil moisture arethe best indicators of the CO2 production, with the equation LOG(PCO2) = - 0.039(TNM) - 0.056(Mo) + 1.215 accounting for 86% of the variation of the soil CO2 concentration, where TNM is thetotal number of microbes in the soil and Mo is the moisture of soil sample.     

On the Relationship Between Queer and Feminist Geographies

Despite their diverse and contested characters, queer and feminist geographies have much in common historically, theoretically, empirically, and politically. Following a brief discussion of their connections and divergences, I discuss the distinctive contributions of queer geographies and their potential, in continuing conversation and alliance with feminist geographies, to enliven and enrich geographical inquiry more broadly. I focus particularly on the potential of feminist‐inspired and allied queer geographies to rethink a variety of spatial (and other) ontologies, including space, place, placelessness, movement, gender, homophobias and heterosexisms, generational cultures, and cultural politics.