Ecology of beach wrack in northern New England with special reference to Orchestia platensis

The northern New England beach wrack community with special reference to the cosmopolitan amphipod crustacean, Orchestia platensis, was examined at estuarine and open coastal habitats. Beach wrack was dominated by the plant genera Ascophyllum, Zostera, Spartina and Chondrus, and was most abundant during spring and late summer. Animal community numbers, biomass and frequency in fresh to moderately decomposed wrack were dominated by O. platensis throughout the year at all habitats; oligochaetes and Collembola were also important. The abundance of O. platensis showed high spatial and temporal variability, with low abundance generally associated with decreased amounts of wrack during colder months. An exception was the winter presence of the species at one estuarine habitat, in patchy aggregations within gravel-cobble refuges. The abundance of O. platensis averaged 1280 (0.04 m²)⁻¹, with a maximum of 7040 (0.04 m²)⁻¹. The life cycle of O. platensis is bivoltine, with summer-hatched young reaching maturity within 1 month. Laboratory studies indicate females with up to 4 broods (30 days)⁻¹, averaging 18 eggs brood⁻¹.Orchestia platensis is omnivorous, eating fresh plant tissue, live oligochaetes, Limulus eggs and diatom ‘fuzz’. The rate of laboratory consumption of algae and Zostera was 0.05 mg plant mg⁻¹ wet body weight day⁻¹. Presumptive predators of O. platensis are juvenile green crab, Carcinus maenus, and the earwig. Anisolabis maritima. The mobility, aggregation and aggressiveness of O. platensis assist the species in establishing and maintaining populations in the rigorous wrack habitat. The general competitive superiority of O. platensis over its congener, O. gammarella, and the co-occurrence of these species on both eastern and western Atlantic shores is discussed.     

西天山北部地区成矿规律初探

西天山北部地区可分为7个成矿带:阿拉套钨、锡、铜、铁、金成矿带;温泉—别珍套铜、铌钽成矿带;汗吉尕铅锌成矿带;赛里木铜多金属成矿带;科古琴铜多金属成矿带;博罗霍洛金成矿带;精河南阿勒坦金、锑成矿带。区域矿床成矿物质来源的复杂性和多源性以及区域成矿演化的控制,常常表现为矿床的共生叠加性和矿床分布的不均匀性。     

GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANT OF SPOROPOLLEN ASSEMBLAGE IN THE XUESHAN FORMATION

GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANT OF SPOROPOLLEN ASSEMBLAGE IN THE XUESHAN FORMATION     

黔北务川丰乐铝土矿床地质特征及沉积环境探讨

丰乐铝土矿床位于黔北务正道铝土矿成矿带的南东端,是近年在铝土矿勘查的空白区新探明的中型矿床。勘查发现矿床中含矿岩系顶部拥有不含或偶含炭质岩系的地质特征,与务正道地区其它铝土矿床存在差异性。微量元素Cr/Ni判别显示了含矿岩系的多物源性,V/Zr及Sr/B揭示该区具有海相―陆相或过渡相―海相的沉积特征。结合前人研究成果综合分析认为,该区沉积环境为受海侵影响的近滨海湖泊―沼泽相环境。     

对陕北地区石油储量计算中扩边问题的讨论

针对陕北地区油藏类型的特殊性,依据容积法计算模型,对控制储量计算中确定含油面积时的扩边问题进行了讨论,并提出了新的认识.     

青藏高原北缘古近纪石英砂表面特征及其古环境意义

中国西北干旱化和风成记录的研究已取得重要进展,但对亚洲内陆干旱化和亚洲冬季风开始时间的认识目前仍存在分歧。利用扫描电镜,通过对青藏高原北缘广大典型地区古近系中类似风成堆积的红色砂层石英砂微形态详细研究,发现这些红色砂层中绝大部分石英砂颗粒表面具有流水搬运和改造的磨光面与V型坑微形态特征组合,与现代塔克拉玛干沙漠、阿尔金山北缘洪积扇上的现代风沙沉积物石英砂颗粒表面的麻面与蝶形坑组合不同。粒度分析也显示这些沉积物的粒度曲线特征与风成黄土和现代沙丘粒度曲线有明显差别。结合沉积特征认为青藏高原北缘古近纪期间不存在大范围的风沙沉积物,推断亚洲冬季风此时可能尚未激发,而该期的干旱环境可能是由行星风系副热带高压控制的干旱炎热气候以及全球变冷事件造成。     

Influence of ferric iron on phase equilibria in greenschist facies assemblages: the hematite‐rich metasedimentary rocks from the Monti Pisani (Northern Apennines)

We have investigated the effects of different Fe₂O₃ bulk contents on the calculated phase equilibria of low‐T/intermediate‐P metasedimentary rocks. Thermodynamic modelling within the MnO–Na₂O–K₂O–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–H₂O–TiO₂–O (MnNKFMASHTO) chemical system of chloritoid‐bearing hematite‐rich metasedimentary rocks from the Variscan basement of the Pisani Mountains (Northern Apennines, Italy) fails to reproduce the observed mineral compositions when the bulk Fe₂O₃ is determined through titration. The mismatch between observed and computed mineral compositions and assemblage is resolved by tuning the effective ferric iron content by P–XFe₂O₃ diagrams, obtaining equilibration conditions of 475 °C and 9–10 kbar related to a post‐compressional phase of the Alpine collision. The introduction of ferric iron affects the stability of the main rock‐forming silicates that often yield important thermobaric information. In Fe₂O₃‐rich compositions, garnet‐ and carpholite‐in curves shift towards higher temperatures with respect to the Fe₂O₃‐free systems. The presence of a ferric‐iron oxide (hematite) prevents the formation of biotite in the mineral assemblage even at temperatures approaching 550 °C. The use of P–T–XFe₂O₃ phase diagrams may also provide P–T information in common greenschist facies metasedimentary rocks.     

藏北高原地区地表辐射出支和能量平衡的季节变化

对青藏高原地区地表能量的研究是一个十分重要的问题.基于中日合作项目"全球协调加强观测计划之亚澳季风青藏高原试验"(CAMP/Tibet)在2001年8月至2002年9月的观测数据资料,分析研究了青藏高原藏北地区地表能量,即净辐射通量、感热通量、潜热通量和土壤热通量等的变化规律,获得了有关藏北高原地表能量的新认识.     

Patterns of pH change inferred from chrysophyte microfossils in Adirondack and northern New England lakes

The silica-scaled chrysophytes are being used increasingly in paleolimnological studies of lake acidification. This study compares the distribution of scaled chrysophytes in the surface sediment of a calibration set of lakes from the Adirondack Park and from northern New England. With the exception of two taxa, species distributions with respect to pH are similar in the two regions. The stratigraphic distribution of chrysophytes is then compared in five Adirondack and three New England lakes. All the presently acid lakes indicate recent lake acidification, with more acid tolerant chrysophytes increasing in relative frequency in the recent sediments. Because the timing of these species changes is unrelated to any watershed disturbances that may have occurred in the lakes' catchments, atmospheric deposition of acids is believed responsible for these recent pH changes.This is the seventh of a series of papers to be published by this journal which is a contribution of the Paleoecological Investigation of Recent Lake Acidification (PIRLA) project. Drs. D. F. Charles and D. R. Whitehead are guest editors for this series.     

辽西地区燕山板内造山带早中生代构造变形的年代学限定

在辽西进行的构造研究确认了这里曾经在早中生代期间发生过几次重要的构造变形事件,地质上,这几次构造变形的时代被限定在中三叠世老虎沟组沉积之后到晚侏罗世髫髻山/蓝旗组火山岩喷发之前.期间,第一期逆冲推覆构造被水泉沟组不整合覆盖,第二期逆冲推覆构造被髫髻山组/蓝旗组不整合覆盖.本文通过对水泉沟组火山岩、邓杖子组火山岩砾石、髫髻山组底部火山岩以及侵位到逆冲构造岩片中的安山玢岩脉体进行锆石SHRIMP法U-Pb定年,比较准确地限定了燕山板内造山带早中生代几次构造变形的时代.这对于研究燕山板内造山带早期变形特征和变形历史、研究整个燕山造山带的变形过程都具有重要的意义.