Comparative study by infrared spectroscopy of the organic matter of phosphate-rich (Oulad Abdoun basin) and black shale (Timahdit basin) series (Morocco)

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has been used to get quantitative information on the oxidation state of the organic matter of stable residues extracted from strata of the phosphate-rich basin of Oulad Abdoun and from oil shales of the Timahdit basin, Morocco.Throughout the respective filling of both basins the redox conditions have been more oxidizing in the top part of the sediments in Oulad Abdoun basin than in the Timahdit basin. This is interpreted as the result of the sedictural evolution of the basin Oulad Abdoun basin having evolved in stable platform conditions while the Timahdit basin evolved in subsiding ones.The phosphate-rich beds contain the more oxidized organic stable residues. Sedimentological evidence shows that the oxidation was associated reworking processes. These processes are responsible for the progressive concentration of the phosphatic grains and prove to be necessary for the P₂O₅ content to become higher than 10% this value being the highest encountered in the sediment within which the phosphatic grains form.     

Sedimentation Patterns of Photosynthetic Bacteria Based on Pigment Markers in Meromictic Lake La Cruz (Spain): Paleolimnological Implications

Sedimentation fluxes of photosynthetic pigments and their derivatives, focused on the anoxygenic bacteria populations, were determined in meromictic Lake La Cruz over a three-year period using sediment traps. Bacterial settling occurs in pulses in response to lake dynamics. Two main annual events affect particle settling in Lake La Cruz: (1) Following an event of massive calcium precipitation in summer that caused water whiting, a maximum flux of chlorophyll a and derivatives towards the sediment was registered. Although whiting is accompanied by massive phytoplankton biomass sinking, it was not followed by concomitant photosynthetic bacterial sinking. (2) In contrast, the disruption of the chemocline and the contact of bacterial populations with oxygenated waters during autumn overturn provoked a destruction of the sulfur bacterial plate, causing mass mortality, registered in the settling material as photosynthetic pigments and their derivatives from phototrophic bacteria. Among the bacteriochlorophyll a oxidation products, bacterioviridin (bvir) was detected in high relative abundance in the settled material collected by sediment traps. The much increased flux of bvir after thermal overturn, associated with mass mortality of the purple sulfur bacterium, Amoebobacter purpureus, confirms the suitability of this molecule as a useful paleoindicator of the degree of oxygen exposure experienced by the purple sulfur bacteria population.     

福建河田高分异花岗岩的矿物和全岩地球化学找矿标志研究

我国的华南地区是一个钨、锡、钼、铋、铀、铌钽、铅锌、稀有、稀土多金属成矿区。近年来,高精度年代学数据表明上述矿产集中爆发形成于晚侏罗世的165~150Ma。野外和实验证据表明,花岗岩可以划分为高分异花岗岩、低分异花岗岩和未分异花岗岩。从目前的研究结果来看,钨、锡、铌钽、锂、铍等成矿作用都与高分异花岗岩密切相关。建立与这些矿产有关高分异花岗岩的普适性的矿物学、矿物地球化学和全岩地球化学的指标,有助于判断植被覆盖严重和风化严重地区、数据积累较少的岩体的成矿潜力。位于福建省长汀县境内的河田花岗岩体新鲜露头少,大部分岩体都掩盖在厚厚的风化层下,且植被覆盖严重,但是该岩体中已发现多处锡、钨、铅锌矿(化)点。本研究发现,该岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄、石榴子石和全岩地球化学特征与江西西华山第二期成矿花岗岩具有高度相似性,因此推断河田岩体可能具有成钨锡多金属(超)大型矿的成矿潜力。此外,当花岗岩向高分异阶段不断演化的过程中,某些元素比值(例如Rb/Sr、Zr/Hf和Nb/Ta)可以作为衡量岩浆的结晶分异程度的参数;西华山和河田花岗岩在达到熔体-流体相互作用阶段时,全岩Zr含量和Zr/Hf比值大概在Zr=50×10-6和Zr/Hf=15处发生转折。同时,与不成矿花岗岩中的石榴子石相比,成矿花岗岩中石榴子石的Sn、Y和Yb元素含量明显升高,可达2~10倍,因此,高分异花岗岩的石榴子石的微量元素特征可能是重要的找矿标志之一。     

单台Lg尾波Q_(Lg)~c的测量研究

将单台记录叠加频谱比法（简称SSR法）应用于震中距小于500km的区域地震Lg尾波为lHz下的值,n是与频率f有关的指数）的提取之中·为了检验方法的稳定性和可靠性,我们选用两组发生在不同地区的地震记录．一组是1989-10-18大同主震（ML＝5．9）的15个余震,北京遥测地震台网记录到的信噪比较高的Lg尾波序列。另一组是秦岭造山带数字流动地震观测台网记录到的1995年甘肃平凉两次地震信噪比较高的Lg尾波序列．每一组地震的震源参数基本相同,即它们到某一特定台站的路径几乎相同,得到的　可以认为是不受震源影响的地震一台站路径上的平均衰减效应·两区域　的测量结果表明：（1）尽管两个地震观测台网所用观测仪器不同,每个台站的观测条件不同,所记录的地震也不尽相同,但对Q_0和,的拟合结果线性程度都比较高,说明SSR法是稳定的;（2）同一震群的不同地震到某一特定台站测得的结果基本一致,即Q_0值及其平均值大都在其标准差范围之内,说明SSR法是可靠的。（3）对同一地震不同方位各台站的Lg尾波测量结果可以看出,穿过不同构造区的Q_0值存在明显差异,如果这些差异可以看作是构造上横向差异的表现,那么,如果选择方位分布好的一定数量的地震,而记录台站在研究区又具有合适分布,利用这些观测得到的     

Evaluation of anthropogenic and biogenic inputs into the western Mediterranean using molecular markers

Aliphatic hydrocarbons (AHs), sterols (ST), and lipid classes were determined in suspended particles collected in the Catalan Sea, northwestern Mediterranean. Principal Component Analysis of the data set revealed a clustering of samples depending on the sources of organic matter, i.e., coastal influenced, open sea and frontal zone. Terrestrial inputs were recognized in particles collected in the surface waters, at the vicinities of river outflow (i.e., Rhône and Ebro), by a predominance of C₂₉ and C₃₁ n-alkanes, 24-ethylcholest-5-en-3β-ol (S12), and the anthropogenic 5β(H)-cholestan-3β-ol, coprostanol (S1). Phytoplanktonic molecular markers (n-C₁₇, 27-nor-24-methylcholesta-5,22E-dien-3β-ol, cholesta-5,22-dien-3β-ol and 24-methylcholest-5-en-3β-ol) were widespread but relatively more apparent in the open sea and frontal zones. A similar distribution was observed for lipid classes, with higher concentrations of phospholipids, and an enrichment in free fatty acids in the areas influenced by river discharges. Total sterol, the unresolved complex mixture of hydrocarbons and the pristane–phytane ratio were highest at a persistent frontal zone, possibly reflecting the combination of a higher primary productivity and fossil hydrocarbon absorption on to suspended particles. Moreover, vertical profiles exhibited a subsurface concentration maximum at 20–30 m water depth, concurrently with the chlorophyll.     

Total alkyl dibenzothiophenes content tracing the filling pathway of condensate reservoir in the Fushan Depression,South China Sea

The condensates are generally characterized by high maturity,low concentration of steranes and ter-panes biomarkers and low content of non-hydrocarbon fraction. In this case commonly used steranes,terpanes and carbazoles parameters cannot be effectively applied in the reservoir-filling tracing. The hydrogen bond formed by sulfur atom in the dibenzothiophenes (DBTs) results in molecule adsorption and fractionation during oil migration in reservoir. Like carbazoles,total DBTs content decreases with the increasing of oil migration distance. Therefore,a new parameter——total DBTs content is proposed to be used to trace the oil migration orientation and filling pathway. In present study,total DBTs con-tents of condensates and light oils are obtained by adding internal standard——eight deuterium atoms substituted DBT during Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analysis of aromatic fraction. Except for a few samples with much lower content of non-hydrocarbon fraction,the total DBTs content shows a fine positive correlation with that of carbazoles. Large errors can be caused in the process of pyrrolic nitrogen compounds separation. The application of this new parameter in the Fushan Depression of Beibu Gulf Basin,South China Sea indicates that this parameter is a reliable one to trace filling pathway in condensate reservoirs. Combined with other DBTs-related parameters,such as 4-/1-methydibenzo-thiophene and 2,4-/1,4-dimethyldibenzothiophene,oil migration orientation and filling pathway of the Fushan Depression was determined. The accumulations of Huachang oil field in the Fushan Depres-sion are mainly migrated and charged from northeast to southeast along the Huachang uplift. It can be predicated that the light oil and condensates in the Huachang oil field should be sourced from the source kitchen at the Bailian Sag. It shows that total DBTs content is an effective parameter to tracing oil migration orientation and filling pathway.     

Testing geomorphic signal of active normal faulting: The case of the Cittanova Fault (Calabria,southern Italy)

Extracting tectonic signals from the landscape is an important challenge for constraining the style and rate of deformation associated with active faults, especially where their displacement history cannot be independently determined. Based on previous paleoseismological data coupled with new geomorphological field work and ¹⁴C dating of geomorphic markers, we analysed the geomorphic signal of the along‐strike differential throw of the Cittanova Fault in southern Calabria (Italy), the recent activity of which is already well documented and constrained. Through DTM‐derived stream power law parameters (SL and χ), we provide evidence of drainage network disequilibrium and reorganization in response to fault growth and deformation style. Furthermore, a methodological test of the reliability of the χ metric as a proxy for the differential throw along the strike of active normal faults provided good preliminary results, consistent with a strong inverse linear correlation with fault throw. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于SSR信息的GPS实时精密单点定位性能分析

连续接收10 d CNES实时播发的以状态空间表示的数据流信息,数据流的完整性可达91.769%;结合卫星广播星历实时恢复精密卫星轨道与钟差得出,CNES播发的实时数据流轨道三维位置精度优于4.5 cm,钟差精度优于0.09 ns。用得到的卫星轨道和钟差对10个IGS测站10 d观测数据进行精密单点定位解算,得出基于SSR信息的RTPPP可以实现23 min收敛到10 cm精度的定位性能,单天解三维点位精度优于3 cm。     

淇河鲫的RAPD标记及遗传多样性

利用40条随机引物对淇河鲫种群进行了RAPD扫描，并与彭泽鲫、普通野鲫鱼进行了比较；共有31条引物有扩增产物，扩增的DNA片段长度在250～1000bp之间；引物S42、S50和S184对三种群的扩增产物有显著差异，可作为其分子遗传标记。用10条引物对10尾淇河鲫鱼的遗传多样性进行了分析，其平均遗传相似率为0．782。     

Molecular and isotopic characterization of the particulate organic matter from an eutrophic coastal bay in SE Brazil

The present work aimed at studying the origin of particulate organic matter in Guanabara Bay and in some rivers of the Guanabara basin by using elemental composition, isotopic ratios (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) and molecular markers (sterols) in samples collected in two periods (winter and summer). Elemental and isotopic compositions were determined by dry combustion and mass spectrometry, respectively, while sterols were investigated by GC–FID and GC–MS. Higher sterol concentrations were present in the north-western part of the bay in winter (5.10–23.5 μg L^–1). The high abundance of algal sterols (26–57% of total sterols), the elemental composition (C/N=6–8) and the isotopic signatures (δ¹³C=−21.3‰ to −15.1‰ and δ¹⁵N=+7.3‰ to +11.1‰) suggested the predominance of autochthonous organic matter, as expected for an eutrophic bay, although seasonal variation in phytoplankton activity was observed. Coprostanol concentration (fecal sterol) was at least one order of magnitude higher in the particulate material from fluvial samples (4.65–55.98 μg L^–1) than in the bay waters (<0.33 μg L^–1). This could be ascribed to a combination of factors including efficient particle removal to sediments in the estuarine transition zone, dilution with bay water and bacterial degradation during particle transport in the water column.