BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviews in are this Article Northern Waters . Clive Archer and David Scivener , EDS. Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment . P. A. Burrough . The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book. Environment Canada , United States Environmental Protection Agency , Brock University , AND Northwestern University . Uneven Development in Southern Europe: Studies of Accumulation, Class, Migration and the State. Rays Hudson AND Jim Lewis , EDS. Hazards: Technology and Fairness. Robert W. Kates and Alvin M. Weinberg . The Price of War. Urbanization in Vietnam 1954–85. Nigel Thrift and Dean Forbes . Population Structures and Models: Developments in Spatial Demography. Robert Woods and Philip Rees , EDS. Evaluating Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Region-An Earth-Science Perspective. J. I. Ziony , ed .     

煤中有害物质及其对环境的影响研究进展

综述了煤中有害物质的种类、分布赋存特征及对环境的影响研究进展。探讨了煤中黄铁矿的形态、世代交替、有机硫的结构及煤中硫的地质成因。阐述了煤中微量元素的种类、地质分布、赋存状态、迁移聚集机制及其环境危害。并对煤及燃煤产物中多环芳烃的种类、赋存规律及对环境和人类健康的危害进行了详细阐述。最后指出了煤中有害物质研究中存在的问题与发展趋势。     

透岩浆流体成矿体系

根据透岩浆流体成矿理论,熔浆体系与含矿流体体系可以看作是两个相互独立的地质体系,它们因相互需要而耦合在一起形成一个复杂的混合体系。当熔浆与流体发生解耦时,可以在不同的边界条件下发生不同类型的成矿作用。因此,可以将透岩浆流体成矿体系进一步划分成正岩浆成矿体系、接触带成矿体系、远程热液成矿体系和火山热液成矿体系。如果熔浆具有很强的流体圈闭能力,所有的含矿流体都将被封存在岩浆体内,并随着岩浆的固结而析出成矿物质,形成正岩浆矿床。当岩浆具有较高的渗透率且含矿流体逸出岩浆体时,如果岩浆的直接围岩具有较强的捕获成矿物质的能力,即发生接触带成矿作用。否则,含矿流体将在岩浆热驱动下远离岩浆体,形成远程热液矿床。如果有利的流体通道直达岩浆体,含矿流体甚至可以喷出地表或其附近,形成火山热液矿床或水底喷流沉积矿床。这种理论分析似乎与许多成矿事实相吻合,可以有效地指导区域成矿预测和矿床勘探。     

The mystery of Pluto's mass

After a short presentation of the Pluto-Charon system and the history of its mass determinations some first reasons are presented that support the existence of a ring of billions of small satellites about Pluto up to tenths of millions of kilometers.The stability, the shape and the dimensions of such an heavy ring are discussed.Finally a general review of advantages and drawbacks of this ring theory is presented as well as the possibilities of detection of the eventual Pluto's ring.     

Additions to the Theory of the Rotation of Europa

In a previous paper (The Rotation of Europa, Henrard, Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astr., 91, 131–149, 2005) we have developed a semi-analytical theory of Europa, one of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. It is based on a synthetic theory of the orbit of Europa and is developed in the framework of Hamiltonian formalism. It was assumed that Europa is a rigid body and Jupiter a point mass. Several additional effects should be investigated in order to complete the theory. The present contribution considers the effect of the shape of Jupiter and of the gravitational pull of Io. The sensitivity of the main theory to a change in the values of the moments of inertia of Europa is also considered.     

Optical surveys for space debris

Space debris—man-made non-functional objects of all sizes in near-Earth space—has been recognized as an increasing threat for current and future space operations. The debris population in near-Earth space has therefore been extensively studied during the last decade. Information on objects at altitudes higher than about 2,000 km is, however, still comparatively sparse. Debris in this region is best detected by surveys utilizing optical telescopes. Moreover, the instruments and the applied observation techniques, as well as the processing methods, have many similarities with those used in optical surveys for ‘astronomical’ objects like near-Earth objects (NEOs). The present article gives a general introduction to the problem of space debris, presents the used observation and processing techniques emphasizing the similarities and differences compared to optical surveys for NEOs, and reviews the results from optical surveys for space debris in high-altitude Earth orbits. Predictions on the influence of space debris on the future of space research and space astronomy in particular are reported as well.     

太阳系行星系统的形成和演化

本文评述了星云和星子假说、太阳星云的崩塌、星盘的形成和演化、颗粒生长、星子增生、类地行星和类木行星的形成、行星迁移,以及太阳和行星的演化。     

河南秋树湾角砾岩型铜矿特征及成矿作用

秋树湾铜钼矿床位于北秦岭造山带南侧靠近商丹断裂,铜矿赋存于北山角砾岩筒中,黄铜矿发育于角砾岩胶结物中。金属矿物简单,主要为黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿、闪锌矿和辉钼矿。矿石铅、硫同位素等表明成矿物质与深源浅成小斑岩体有关。氢氧同位素以及包裹体成分指示大气降水参与了成矿作用。铜钼矿形成于统一的接触交代成矿作用体系,后期热液使早期形成的矽卡岩发生退化蚀变并形成铜矿。     

小型化体积式钻孔应变仪

给出了液压型小型化体积式钻孔应变仪优化设计中的计算式，并介绍了该应变仪ＴＪ－２型和ＴＪ－３型仪器的结构和特点。     

Mercury: the enigmatic innermost planet

The planet Mercury, a difficult object for study by astronomical observation and spacecraft exploration alike, poses multiple challenges to our general understanding of the inner planets. Mercury’s anomalously high uncompressed density implies a metal fraction of 60% or more by mass, an extreme outcome of planetary formational processes common to the inner solar system. Whether that outcome was the result of chemical gradients in the early solar nebula or removal by impact or vaporization of most of the silicate shell from a differentiated protoplanet can potentially be distinguished on the basis of the chemical composition of the present crust. Our understanding of the geological evolution of Mercury and how it fits within the known histories of the other terrestrial planets is restricted by the limited coverage and resolution of imaging by the only spacecraft to have visited the planet. The role of volcanism in Mercury’s geological history remains uncertain, and the dominant tectonic structures are lobate scarps interpreted as recording an extended episode of planetary contraction, issues that require global imaging to be fully examined. That Mercury has retained a global magnetic field when larger terrestrial planets have not stretches the limits of standard hydromagnetic dynamo theory and has led to proposals for a fossil field or for exotic dynamo scenarios. Hypotheses for field generation can be distinguished on the basis of the geometry of Mercury’s internal field, and the existence and size of a fluid outer core on Mercury can be ascertained from measurements of the planet’s spin axis orientation and gravity field and the amplitude of Mercury’s forced librations. The nature of Mercury’s polar deposits, suggested to consist of volatile material cold-trapped on the permanently shadowed floors of high-latitude impact craters, can be tested by remote sensing of the composition of Mercury’s surface and polar atmosphere. The extremely dynamic exosphere, which includes a number of species derived from Mercury’s surface, offers a novel laboratory for exploring the nature of the complex and changing interactions among the solar wind, a small magnetosphere, and a solid planet. Recent ground-based astronomical measurements and several new theoretical developments set the stage for the in-depth exploration of Mercury by two spacecraft missions within the coming decade.