琼南晚白垩世基性岩墙群的年代学、元素地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素研究

系统的年代学、元素地球化学和Sr—Nd同位素地球化学研究表明，琼南晚白垩世基性岩墙群形成于81Ma，富K(K20约为1．95％～3．63％，K20／Na20约为0．61～1．12)、大离子亲石元素、轻稀土元素和Pb，亏损高场强元素，具高的^87Sr／86Sr初始值(0．7078～0．7084)和负的εNd(t)值(—3．2～—2．3)，为典型的钾玄质系列岩石，类似于与俯冲环境相关的高K／Ti—低Ti钾质岩石。该岩墙群形成于“后碰撞弧”的板内拉张环境，源自与俯冲作用有关的富钾和大离子亲石元素的交代地慢，并经历了明显的以单斜辉石为主的结晶分异作用。此外，琼南基性岩墙群和粤北及福建沿海地区晚白垩世基性岩脉的对比表明，晚白垩世中国东南部岩石圈地慢组成存在区域性的差异，这种差异很可能与区域构造演化历史的不同有关。     

A thick lens of fresh groundwater in the southern Lihue Basin,Kauai, Hawaii,USA

A thick lens of fresh groundwater exists in a large region of low permeability in the southern Lihue Basin, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. The conventional conceptual model for groundwater occurrence in Hawaii and other shield-volcano islands does not account for such a thick freshwater lens. In the conventional conceptual model, the lava-flow accumulations of which most shield volcanoes are built form large regions of relatively high permeability and thin freshwater lenses. In the southern Lihue Basin, basin-filling lavas and sediments form a large region of low regional hydraulic conductivity, which, in the moist climate of the basin, is saturated nearly to the land surface and water tables are hundreds of meters above sea level within a few kilometers from the coast. Such high water levels in shield-volcano islands were previously thought to exist only under perched or dike-impounded conditions, but in the southern Lihue Basin, high water levels exist in an apparently dike-free, fully saturated aquifer. A new conceptual model of groundwater occurrence in shield-volcano islands is needed to explain conditions in the southern Lihue Basin. Electronic Publication     

Pleistocene raised marine deposits on Wrangel Island, northeast Siberia and implications for the presence of an East Siberian ice sheet

Two previously undocumented Pleistocene marine transgressions on Wrangel Island, northeastern Siberia, question the presence of an East Siberian or Beringian ice sheet during the last glacial maximum (LGM). The Tundrovayan Transgression (459,000–780,000 yr B.P.) is represented by raised marine deposits and landforms 15–41 m asl located up to 18 km inland. The presence of high sea level 64,000–73,000 yr ago (the Krasny Flagian Transgression) is preserved in deposits and landforms 4–7 m asl in the Krasny Flag valley. These deposits and landforms were mapped, dated, and described using amino acid geochronology, radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence, electron spin resonance, oxygen isotopes, micropaleontology, paleomagnetism, and grain sizes. The marine deposits are eustatic and not isostatic in origin. All marine deposits on Wrangel Island predate the LGM, indicating that neither Wrangel Island nor the East Siberian or Chukchi Seas experienced extensive glaciation over the last 64,000 yr.     

琼北火山喷发物风化特征的研究与应用

通过X光衍射、扫描电镜和能谱分析发现 ,琼北雷虎岭 -马鞍岭地区火山喷发物风化形成的次生黏土主要是球状和不规则球状富铁埃洛石 ,随着风化时间的增长 ,埃洛石的转变顺序为 10 埃洛石→ ( 10 + 7 )埃洛石→ 7 埃洛石 ,据此推测该地区火山喷发的先后顺序为雷虎岭东南→儒红村北→儒红村东。喷发年代在 6 0 0 0～ 12 0 0 0aBP之间     

海南岛保亭地区南好组的地质时代

海南岛保亭地区南好组选层型剖面新发现腹足类 H ormotoma、 Raphistomina ,腕足类 Ferganella?、Xinanospirif er ?、 strophomenids,竹节石 Tentaculites?和珊瑚 Favosites?等化石 ,表明其时代属志留纪而非早石炭世。以往报道该地区南好组的 Tenticospirif er、 Ptychomaletoechia等腕足类化石应为晚泥盆世 ,而非早石炭世。岛北部含有典型的早石炭世早期化石的岩关阶以碳酸盐岩及细碎屑岩交互成层为特征 ,与保亭地区南好组层型剖面岩性迥异 ,不宜用南好组表示 ,应另建新的组名。     

海南岛沙老岸礁区滨珊瑚氧、碳同位素对气候的记录

通过对海南岛沙老岸礁中正在连续生长的澄黄滨珊瑚骨骼进行氧，碳同位素的测定，对9年生长的珊瑚骨骼依次分析了352个样品，平均每旬有1－2个控制样品，以此来分析珊瑚生长期间的气候变化。首先分析出每年雨季和旱季的差别，得到雨季和旱季曲线的特征，并得出雨季在每年夏季，旱季在每年的秋冬季，表明海南岛礁区是典型的季风气候区。同时将珊瑚骨骼的氧同位素分析数值与相关记录的气温资料做比较，它们的相关系数为0．97和0．79，并得出以氧同位素分析数值求气温的公式。     

Sm-Nd ISOTOPIC AGE OF LAMPROPHYRES IN THE GEZHEN GOLD-BEARING SHEAR ZONE ON HAINAN ISLAND AND ITS GEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of eight lamprophyre samples, which come from the Gezhen gold-bearing shear zone on western Hainan Island, are measured. The Sm-Nd isochron age is 495.98±13.14 Ma, (143Nd/144Nd) 0=0.512094, εNd(t) ranges from +1.80 to +2.00 and TDM from 982 Ma to 1196 Ma (average: 1060 Ma). The authors point out that the whole-rock Sm-Nd isochron age (495.98 ± 13.14 Ma) really represents the petrogenetic age of lamprophyre and the time of magmatism during subsequent subduction.     

Sediment movement rates and processes on cinder cones in the maritime Subantarctic (Marion Island)

Sediment transport in the scoria areas of Marion Island is primarily the result of needle‐ice‐induced frost creep associated with diurnal soil frost cycles. Clasts move most rapidly in ?ne textured areas (532 mm a^?1; SD 382), more slowly in stony areas (161 mm a^?1; SD 179), and most slowly in blocky areas (26 mm a^?1; SD 23). Movement rates increase with increasing frost susceptibility of sediments, slope angle and altitude. The heave of dowels indicates that frost heave is active in all the scoria areas examined. The depth of effective frost heave increases with increasing altitude, with frost heave being restricted to the upper 100 mm of the soil in low altitude areas (<200 m). The heave of 150 mm dowels at the higher altitude sites provides evidence for segregation ice formation at depths greater than those associated with needle ice and diurnal soil frost cycles. Vertical movement pro?les show a concave downslope pro?le, with sediment movement rates being most rapid at the soil surface and decreasing rapidly with depth. This pro?le shape is typical of areas dominated by diurnal freeze–thaw cycles and needle ice. The capture of sediments moving downslope in troughs and the sampling of material lifted by needle ice, suggest that sediment transport by needle ice under present conditions is extremely effective. Observations suggest that although both ?ne material and clasts are transported downslope, some preferential transport of clasts occurs. Experiment results and observations of soil frost processes suggest that frost creep associated with needle ice activity is the dominant slope process in the scoria areas of Marion Island. Other slope processes such as slopewash and debris ?ows appear to play a relatively minor and localized role in sediment transport. It is suggested that needle ice activity is likely to be the dominant geomorphic agent in other areas of the Subantarctic with similar climatic characteristics to Marion Island. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Longwave Measurements for the Coast of British Columbia and Improvements to the Tsunami Warning Capability

A few years ago the Canadian Hydrographic Service initiated a major upgrade toall tide gauges and tsunami stations on the coast of British Columbia (B.C.). Thisprogram was undertaken to address shortcomings of the earlier digital systems andwas driven by concerns about emergency response continuity in the year 2000. By1999, thirteen tide gauge stations had been installed and were operational. Three ofthese stations (Tofino, Winter Harbour, and Langara) were selected for use as tsunamiwarning stations. Several years of continuous, high quality data have now been collectedat these stations and used for analysis of long waves in the tsunami frequency band.Careful examination of these data revealed two weak tsunamis recorded by severalB.C. stations: a distant tsunami of June 23, 2001 generated by the Peru Earthquake(M_w = 8.4), and a local tsunami of October 12, 2001 induced by the Queen Charlotte Earthquake (M_w = 6.3$). Spectral characteristics of these two tsunamis are compared with the spectral characteristics of long waves generated by a strong storm (October, 2000) and of ordinary background oscillations. The topographic admittance functions (frequency responses) constructed for all stations showed that most of them (in particular, Winter Harbour, Tofino, Bamfield, Port Hardy, and Victoria) have strong resonance at periods from 2.5 to 20 min, indicating that these locations are vulnerable to relatively high-frequency tsunamis. The Winter Harbour station also has two strong resonant peaks with periods of 30 and 47 min and with amplification factors of about 7. The estimated source functions show very clear differences between long waves associated with the seismic source (typical periods 10–30 min) and those generated by a storm, which typically have shorter periods and strong energy pumping from high-frequencies due to non-linear interaction of wind waves.     

美国大沼泽地国家公园的自然保护效益

岛屿生物地理学理论团将物种的生存数量与其生存面积为相关因素加以分析，而受到重视，成为自然保护区研究领域的重要基础理论之一。本文运用岛屿生物地理学理论的基本观点，系统地分析了美国大沼泽地国家公园的自然保护成效和存在的问题，提出了岛屿生物地理学理论的两个重要内涵：物种生存的有效面积，和以生物群落中的核心物种作为确定保护区面积的依据。