Bounds for mass and rotation of black holes in the observable universe

The bounds for the energy change rate of a Maxwell field in the outer space of a rotating black hole, calculated by de Vries (1994) and de Vries (1995), enable us to deduce limits for the rotation and the mass of black holes. For this purpose we assume that a certain part of the anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation is due to absorption or superradiance of black holes (Teukolsky, 1973, Starobinskii and Churilov, 1973). The knowledge of these anisotropies yields bounds for rotation and mass of the black holes in the observable universe.     

Multiscale finite-volume formulation for multiphase flow in porous media: black oil formulation of compressible,three-phase flow with gravity

Most practical reservoir simulation studies are performed using the so-called black oil model, in which the phase behavior is represented using solubilities and formation volume factors. We extend the multiscale finite-volume (MSFV) method to deal with nonlinear immiscible three-phase compressible flow in the presence of gravity and capillary forces (i.e., black oil model). Consistent with the MSFV framework, flow and transport are treated separately and differently using a sequential implicit algorithm. A multiscale operator splitting strategy is used to solve the overall mass balance (i.e., the pressure equation). The black-oil pressure equation, which is nonlinear and parabolic, is decomposed into three parts. The first is a homo geneous elliptic equation, for which the original MSFV method is used to compute the dual basis functions and the coarse-scale transmissibilities. The second equation accounts for gravity and capillary effects; the third equation accounts for mass accumulation and sources/ sinks (wells). With the basis functions of the elliptic part, the coarse-scale operator can be assembled. The gravity/capillary pressure part is made up of an elliptic part and a correction term, which is computed using solutions of gravity-driven local problems. A particular solution represents accumulation and wells. The reconstructed fine-scale pressure is used to compute the fine-scale phase fluxes, which are then used to solve the nonlinear saturation equations. For this purpose, a Schwarz iterative scheme is used on the primal coarse grid. The framework is demonstrated using challenging black-oil examples of nonlinear compressible multiphase flow in strongly heterogeneous formations.     

云南东部及邻区黑色岩系内的矿（化）特征与找矿设想

黑色岩系的找矿问题，早已引起人们的注意，近年来的找矿实践证明，无论在世界带是在国内，与黑色岩系有关矿床（化）种类多，分布广，其中不仅探明了诸多中一大型矿床，还有不少超大型矿床的发现，黑色岩系中包含的非传统型有潜在工业价值的矿床或矿化，近年见国内外陆续报导，去年在我省某地含煤黑色岩系中也发现了含Pt0.21w/10^-6的样品，这一发现，对在黑色岩系中探索铂族金属矿化新类型，无疑是有借鉴意义的。     

Changes and opportunities for integrated management of the Razim-Sinoe Lagoon System

The aim of this paper is to identify the general trend of changes and the basic requirements of the most important lagoon system of the Black Sea, on the basis of critical analysis of existing data. A more coherent set of data sampled after 1988 on the basis of some intensive and extensive study and research programmes, including the main trophic parameters and the most representative structural and functional features of this complex of ecotonal lakes, is comparatively analysed together with more fragmentary data previously existing. The structural and functional changes within this complex of lakes were analysed based on 31 most representative variables belonging to the main abiotic and biological compartments of the two main lakes, Razim and Sinoe: dissolved organic carbon, dissolved oxygen, trophic state index TSI, nutrient content and ratio, salinity, chlorophyll, phytoplankton, zooplankton, submerged macrophytes, zoobenthos, fish and birds. Two stages were distinguised in the main structural changes, including morphometric connections with the Danube River and the Black Sea and hydrochemistry and its effects on communities. These transitions were associated with two main driving forces, water desalinisation and rapid eutrophication, and with other two kinds of man-induced changes, local hydrotechnical buildings and long-distance variables operating over the entire Danube River watershed. The information support system for sustainable management of the Razim-Sinoe Lagoon Complex as a part of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, integrating existing data from research programmes and an integrated monitoring system for new data is a final conclusion on further needs.     

陕西神府煤田新民烧变区煤层自燃边界范围的遥感调查

本课题以可见光黑白航空像片为主要信息源,对陕西神府煤田新民烧变区进行了1:5万航空遥感地质调查,圈定了该区烧变岩分布范围及煤层自燃边界线。文中着重介绍了遥感调查煤层烧变区的技术方法与工作成果。调查区为煤层自燃死火区。调查首先从烧变岩的基本地质特征入手,划分了烧变岩的宏观类型,确定了烧变岩的主要形成时代,探讨了烧变岩的形成机理;第二,根据掌握资料选取已知区,研究烧变岩及煤层自燃边界线的影像特征,建立初步解译标志;第三,在全区范围内进行煤层自燃边界线的遥感调查,并对解译标志进行补充、修改与完善。在调查中,解译与调绘相结合,遥感与地面调查方法相结合,最终圈定了区内各煤层的自燃边界线,并经钻孔验证,精度达到要求。     

A densely feathered ornithomimid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation,Alberta, Canada

A recently discovered articulated partial skeleton of Ornithomimus from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada is remarkable in the extent and quality of preservation of integumentary structures including feathers. It is the first ornithomimid to preserve a tail bearing extensive plumaceous feathers that are slightly more elongate in comparison to those present on the remainder of the body. However, the underside of the tail and the hind limb distal to the middle of the femur appear devoid of plumage. Overall, the plumage pattern in Ornithomimus is similar to that of Struthio camelus (ostrich) and other large palaeognaths, indicating a probable function in thermoregulation. The specimen also preserves the body outline around the legs, including a skin contour anterior to the femur, analogous to skin webs in extant birds. Whereas the knee web of birds bridges the knee to the abdomen, in Ornithomimus it spans from the mid-femoral shaft to the abdomen, and is herein referred to as an anterior femoral web. This is the first report of such soft tissue structures in non-avian theropods. It may indicate that the resting position of the femur was positioned more anteroventrally in ornithomimids than in most theropods, and in that sense may have been transitional to the situation in modern birds.     

North Atlantic climatic events recorded in Aptian Naskapi Member cores,Scotian Basin

Early Aptian black laminated organic mudstones, including the Selli Level, are recognized over large areas of Tethys and western European basins. This interval was investigated in a 75 m-thick continuously cored section of varicoloured shale in the lower Naskapi Member from the Panuke B-90 well in the Scotian Basin, offshore eastern Canada. This study complements the palaeogeographic range of correlatable Selli black shales and provides information on their relationship to sea-level change and palaeoclimate. Total organic carbon (TOC) was measured on 127 discrete samples, chemical environmental proxies (Th/K, Mn/Ti, K/Ti, Th/Ti, V/Ti) were measured with a portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer, and colour parameters L*a*b* were measured by spectrophotometer. Several black shale levels are recognized and correlated with similar shales in Europe between the Barremian–Aptian boundary and the Selli Level. The Th/K ratio proxy for hinterland humid or arid climate conditions shows no systematic variation with black shale levels. Several sea-level lowstands are inferred from condensed sandy intervals with some brackish water biota and tidal sedimentary structures. Black shale intervals are found in highstand intervals, with no systematic relationship to inferred transgressions. The formation of black shales is related to palaeoceanographic changes that may be driven by conditions remote from the Scotian Basin.     

A comparison of the contribution of zooplankton and nekton taxa to the near-surface acoustic structure of three Turkish seas

The bioacoustics of upper waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, and the Mediterranean Sea were studied in October 1999 with an echosounder with 120 and 200 kHz dual‐beam transducers. Net tows were taken to ground‐truth the acoustic volume backscattering. A forward solution was applied to determine significant scatterers of the three seas with regard to detection limits of the frequencies and background noise measured in each sea. The noise was 4 dB higher in the Sea of Marmara than in the other two seas. 200 kHz data showed significant correlation between measured and calculated volume backscattering strength, and density (biomass and abundance) of the taxa. Large‐sized copepods and chaetognaths in the Black Sea, Aurelia, Beroe, chaetognaths and large‐sized and abundant appendicularians in the Sea of Marmara, and fish larvae in the Mediterranean Sea contributed most to the volume backscattering.     

中国对虾血淋巴蛋白质、葡萄糖含量的研究

于１９９２－１９９３年５月和１０月，在胶州湾捕捞中国对虾亲虾，９月在莱州和胶南采集的人工养殖中国对虾，采用双缩脲法测定其血淋巴中的血清总蛋白含量，用０－ＴＢ法测定血清葡萄糖含量，并研究注射灭菌海水、海洋弧菌后，对中国对虾血清总蛋白含量和血清葡萄糖含量的影响规律。