Seasonal occurrence and growth of benthic algae in the Patos Lagoon estuary, Brazil

The seasonal occurrence of 94 benthic algal species, including Cyanophyta, was observed on a monthly basis over one year in the Patos Lagoon estuary (32°S, 52°W), Brazil, and showed three patterns of algal periodicity. An aseasonal group of 46 species was present throughout the year and two groups of 24 species each occurred either during summer and fall or winter and spring. The seasonal growth of 55 green, brown and red algae was correlated with monthly variations of salinity, water temperature, daylength and light radiation energy, which were measured daily in the estuary. Summer/fall peak growth was observed in 15 algae most of which correlated significantly with high salinities alone or in combination with other factors during this period. Growth peak of 11 species in winter/spring was principally a function of low water temperatures alone or together with a reduced light regime.Both periodicity of benthic algae and their seasonal growth, as a more sensitive measure of their floristic affinity, demonstrated the presence of cool temperate and tropical elements in this flora typical for warm temperate biogeographic regions. Correlations between seasonal variation of algal growth and selected environmental parameters aided in the evaluation of causal factors for algal seasonality.     

能量桩单桩工作特性简化分析方法

基于荷载传递法,建立了热力耦合作用下能量桩单桩工作特性的简化分析方法。该方法中将桩-土荷载传递函数取为双曲线,采用曼辛法则模拟温度循环过程中桩-土界面的卸载和再加载特性,通过再加载过程中刚度的折减近似考虑塑性变形的积累。利用矩阵位移法求解控制方程组后可直接得到任意温度-力学组合作用下的桩体变形、桩身轴力、桩侧阻力和桩端阻力,无需事先假设温度位移零点的位置。通过与试验数据的对比分析,验证了所提方法的可靠性。结合算例,研究了能量桩的长期工作特性。结果表明,温度循环会造成自由桩的桩顶沉降增加,固定桩的桩顶应力减小,温度循环的影响与桩顶静力荷载水平和土体刚度的衰减程度密切相关。     

准噶尔盆地玛18井区百口泉组基准面旋回及其对砂体的控制

三叠系百口泉组是新疆油田的主要储集层之一。应用高分辨率层序地层学基准面旋回原理,依据4 口井的岩芯资 料、122 口井的录井、测井等资料,对准噶尔盆地玛湖西斜坡玛18 井区百口泉组各级次基准面旋回界面进行了系统分析, 将百口泉组划分为1 个长期基准面旋回的上升半旋回、3 个中期基准面旋回和18 个短期基准面旋回层序。百口泉组下部发 育扇三角洲前缘亚相,上部发育前扇三角洲亚相。基准面旋回内砂体特征研究表明：百口泉组底部,可容纳空间增长速率 与沉积物供给通量的比值远远小于1 （A/S≤1）,水下分流河道砂体大面积连片展布,主要以进积的切叠式为主;百口泉组 中部,随着基准面上升,A/S 增加,砂体以接触式分布;百口泉组上部,河水动力减弱,河道砂体进一步向后退积,发育 远砂坝砂体,砂体以孤立式分布为特征。长期旋回的早中期发育水下分流河道砂体形成了主要的岩性储集砂体;末期湖侵 作用形成的湖泛泥岩为油气圈闭提供了良好的盖层。     

Groundwater arsenic biogeochemistry-Key questions and use of tracers to understand arsenic-prone groundwater systems

Over 100,000,000 people worldwide are exposed to high arsenic groundwater utilised for drinking or cooking.The consequent global avoidable disease burden is estimated to be of the order of 100,000 avoidable deaths or more per annum from just direct exposures — i.e.excluding indirect exposure(from rice and other foods)and excluding morbidity.Notwithstanding 1000 s of papers published on arsenic(hydro)(bio)geochemistry,there remain a number of key outstanding questions to be addressed in relation to arsenic geoscience-these include questions related to:(i)the role of human activities —irrigation,agriculture and other land uses — on arsenic mobilisation in groundwaters;(ii)the specific sources,nature and role of organics,minerals and microbial communities involved in arsenic mobilisation;(iii)the relationship to microscopic to macroscopic scale geological(including tectonic)and evolution processes;(iv)unravelling the over-printing of multiple processes in complex highly heterogeneous aquifer systems and(v)using increasing understanding of the controls of arsenic mobility in groundwaters systems to informing improved locally-relevant remediation and mitigation approaches.This article further summarises how the 9 further papers in this Special Issue address some of these questions through the use of chemical and/or isotopic tracers.     

放射性碳同位素在土壤碳循环中的应用

文中介绍了放射性碳同位素方法在土壤碳循环中的应用,分析了在土壤有机质、土壤CO2气体研究中的主要方法和模型,并指出土壤有机质的放射性测定可以研究较长时间尺度的碳循环(十几年、几十年至更长时间尺度),而土壤CO2气体的放射性测定可以研究短期(季节变化和年变化)内碳的动态。放射性碳同位素用于土壤中细根周转时间的计算、土地利用变化等方面的研究成果及方法也在文中分别作了介绍和分析。最后提出了国内研究应加强的领域和未来利用放射性碳同位素方法研究土壤碳循环的重点研究方向和发展趋势。     

Signature of long supercycles in the Pleistocene history of Asian limnic systems

The analysis of sediment chemistry and biota in drill cores from Lake Khubsugul in Mongolia (KDP-01) and Lake Baikal in Siberia (BDP-96/1), two great Eurasian freshwater lakes, detected prominent climate and biological events at 460–420 and 670 kyrs BP in addition to the orbital cycles of precession, tilt and eccentricity. The revealed long-term events were associated with notable changes in biodiversity and geography/landscapes, mainly in water budgets and weathering patterns. The span between 460–420 and 670 kyrs BP was the time when the climate and geographic conditions differed from those before and after these events. The corresponding 33–24 m (670–460 kyr) interval of the Khubsugul core lacked the usual signature of the Milankovitch glacial/interglacial cycles. Events of approximately these ages were found in some other continental ecosystems and in oceanic δ¹³C records. The two events may mark the phases of a 300–500-kyr long supercycle (or megastadial) in the evolution of continental ecosystems. Among other causes (e.g., regional tectonic events), this periodicity, being globally correlated, may be associated with the 400-kyr cycle of the Earth’s orbital eccentricity.     

冻融作用下水泥及石灰改良土静力特性研究

为扩大季节冻土区高速铁路路基填料的使用范围,对不同冻融次数、冷却温度和围压下水泥及石灰改良土的应力-应变关系、静强度参数和破坏图像进行了研究。试验结果表明,水泥土的应力-应变关系为加工软化型,冻融作用下石灰土的应力-应变关系为加工硬化型;水泥土以脆性破坏为主,而石灰土的破坏形式为塑性破坏;围压对改良土应力-应变关系曲线形式影响不明显,随着围压的增加,改良土的峰值强度增大;改良土的黏聚力随冻融次数的增加而逐渐减小,而内摩擦角与冻融次数的关系无规律可循;冷却温度对改良土黏聚力的影响不明显;反复冻融作用下水泥土的改良效果要优于石灰土。     

High-resolution dating of Co-rich crusts: A comparative study using the methods of orbital pacing and <Superscript>230</Superscript>Th<Subscript>ex</Subscript>/<Superscript>232</Superscript>Th dating

Due to their slow growth rates, seamount Co-rich crusts are very difficult to date with high resolution and precision. This paper is to test the use of orbital pacing on the growth profile of crusts to determine high-resolution age and growth rate. Crust CB14 from the central Pacific Ocean was selected for this study. We first examined the growth pattern in detail under a reflected-light microscope and ascertained that the growth environment was stable for the sub-layer 1 (0–3 mm). We then used electron microprobe line-scanning to obtain elemental profiles. The pattern of the power spectrum analysis of the Al-profile revealed that there are significant cycles of 113.9, 87.8, 51.5, 42.2 and 25.8 μm. These cycles correspond to the Milankovitch cycles of 53.1, 41, 24, 19.7 and 12 ka, respectively, and yield the growth rate of about 2.14 mm/Ma and an age of about 1.40 Ma for the boundary between the sub-layer 1 and sub-layer 2. We also used a drilling machine with a numerically controlled drive to obtain high-resolution samples at 0.1mm intervals, and used the ²³⁰Th_ex/²³²Th method to date the samples. For the uppermost 1.3 mm, the growth rate was about 2.15 mm/Ma, and the age for the layer at the depth of 3 mm was about 1.40 Ma, which coincides perfectly with the results obtained from orbital pacing. Thus, it is considered that orbital pacing is a new and effective method to determine the growth rate of the seamount Co-rich crust. This method is applicable for establishing a high-resolution age frame for the crusts of the world’s oceans. Supported by China Ocean Mineral Resources R & P Association (Grant No. DY105-01-01-08) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40106005, 40476050)     

High-resolution dating of Co-rich crusts: A comparative study using the methods of orbital pacing and ~(230)Th_(ex)/~(232)Th dating

Due to their slow growth rates, seamount Co-rich crusts are very difficult to date with high resolution and precision. This paper is to test the use of orbital pacing on the growth profile of crusts to determine high-resolution age and growth rate. Crust CB14 from the central Pacific Ocean was selected for this study. We first examined the growth pattern in detail under a reflected-light microscope and ascertained that the growth environment was stable for the sub-layer 1 (0-3 mm). We then used electron mic...