Electrification of volcanic plumes

Volcanic lightning, perhaps the most spectacular consequence of the electrification of volcanic plumes, has been implicated in the origin of life on Earth, and may also exist in other planetary atmospheres. Recent years have seen volcanic lightning detection used as part of a portfolio of developing techniques to monitor volcanic eruptions. Remote sensing measurement techniques have been used to monitor volcanic lightning, but surface observations of the atmospheric electric Potential Gradient (PG) and the charge carried on volcanic ash also show that many volcanic plumes, whilst not sufficiently electrified to produce lightning, have detectable electrification exceeding that of their surrounding environment. Electrification has only been observed associated with ash-rich explosive plumes, but there is little evidence that the composition of the ash is critical to its occurrence. Different conceptual theories for charge generation and separation in volcanic plumes have been developed to explain the disparate observations obtained, but the ash fragmentation mechanism appears to be a key parameter. It is unclear which mechanisms or combinations of electrification mechanisms dominate in different circumstances. Electrostatic forces play an important role in modulating the dry fall-out of ash from a volcanic plume. Beyond the local electrification of plumes, the higher stratospheric particle concentrations following a large explosive eruption may affect the global atmospheric electrical circuit. It is possible that this might present another, if minor, way by which large volcanic eruptions affect global climate. The direct hazard of volcanic lightning to communities is generally low compared to other aspects of volcanic activity.     

CL植物胶复合无固相冲洗液在复杂地层绳索取心钻进中的应用与研究

为满足复杂地层绳索取心钻探技术的需要,寻找、配制了既能代替泥浆具有良好的护壁堵漏性能,又能满足绳索取心钻进技术要求的CL植物胶复合无固相冲洗液。详细介绍了CL植物胶复合无固相冲洗液的配方和配制工艺、性能指标测试与评价、护壁机理认识及应用效果。     

北京石花洞第四纪钟乳石剖面的年代学研究

北京石花洞位于房山花岗岩体边缘向形带的东北扬起端,与北京猿人遗址南北相望。地层为460Ma前形成的中奥陶统马家沟组石灰岩,洞穴大形态从25Ma前的上新世开始形成,洞内钟乳石从0.37Ma前的中更新世开始形成。在中国岩溶洞穴中,北京石花洞的层数最多,洞穴钟乳石种类齐全,裂隙渗透水沉积的石盾多、体积大,滴水沉积的石笋叠置关系明显,池水沉积的月奶石发育好,全新世石笋微层理发育清晰。该洞的大形态反映了北京西山新构造运动的期次,可以同华北地文期和永定河阶地对比,洞内钟乳石记录了中更新世以来北京西山古环境的变化,可以建立第四纪剖面,与周口店洞穴群碎屑沉积物剖面进行对比。钙板的铀系年龄为334.99～366.74ka,可定名钙板组。粗犷石笋的铀系年龄为169～235ka,粗犷石笋的电子自旋共振年龄为130～518ka,为中更新世沉积,可定名云水洞组。杆状石笋的铀系年龄为14.9±2.1～100.3±11.1ka,为晚更新世沉积,可定名石花洞组。在全新世石笋中,微层与微层之间存在厚约1μm的条带状纹线,是划分微层层数的标志,具有微层理的石笋14C年龄为为0.58～2.50ka,AMS14C年龄为为130±100～670±130a,可定名守备支洞组。     

柴达木盆地西缘阿尔金山南坡上干柴沟组大古植物化石的发现及其地质意义

阿尔金南坡干柴沟地区上干柴沟组新发现Podagonium-Quercus大古植物化石组合,该组合指示上干柴沟组中下部地层的时代为新近纪中新世,与我国华北板块、华南板块和青海乌兰、泽库等地区比较,显示出低分异度和低丰度的特点。从该植物组合相伴产出的Austrocypris分析,表明该地区纬向气候带属高温少雨、干湿交替的疏林草原环境,有利于柴西陆相成油盆地主力油源层的发育。     

大型沉水植物狐尾藻不同盖度的光谱特征

地物特征与其光谱特征的关系是解译遥感影像的关键。本研究利用ASD便携式地物光谱仪对上海崇明国际湿地公园人工湖中的沉水植物狐尾藻的反射光谱进行了初步研究。结果表明,随狐尾藻盖度的增加,其光谱反射率、一阶和二阶导数红边斜率的峰值也相应增加,不同盖度狐尾藻的光谱反射率的差异主要表现在500—650nm和700—900nm波段范围。分别对狐尾藻盖度与这些波段的光谱反射率及根据一阶和二阶导数获得的光谱指数进行回归分析,得到了较好的线性关系。应用回归分析得到的线性方程,可以根据测定的光谱反射率定量反演水体中的狐尾藻盖度。研究结果可为监测大型沉水植物的高光谱遥感影像解译和分类提供技术支撑,为大尺度遥感监测沉水植物的分布和动态变化提供科学依据。     

Florogeography of mire plants in southern part of qinghai-xizang plateau and its adjacent areas

ＦＬＯＲＯＧＥＯＧＲＡＰＨＹＯＦＭＩＲＥＰＬＡＮＴＳＩＮＳＯＵＴＨＥＲＮＰＡＲＴＯＦＱＩＮＧＨＡＩＸＩＺＡＮＧＰＬＡＴＥＡＵＡＮＤＩＴＳＡＤＪＡＣＥＮＴＡＲＥＡＳＺｈａｏＫｕｉｙｉ（赵魁义）ＣｈａｎｇｃｈｕｎＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｇｒａｐｈｙ...     

秦岭珍稀濒危植物资源的利用价值与保护

秦岭分布着国家保护的珍稀濒危植物４２种,其中属国家一级保护１种,二级保护１５种,三级保护２６种．这些珍稀濒危植物在医药、木材、花卉、化工等方面具有较高的开发利用价值     

Holocone paleovegetation and paleohydrology of a prairie pothold in southern Saskatchewan, Canada

The Andrews site represents one of countless prairie potholes found in areas of hummocky moraine on the northern Great Plains. Sediments from a depth of 5.8 to 3.1 m at this 'kettle-fill' site in the Missouri Coteau upland of southern Saskatchewan, Canada, provides a record of vegetation, climate, and hydrologic changes within a small, ca 30 m diameter, closed-drainage basin from ca 10.2 to 5.8 ka. Plant macrofossil analyses of 67 samples, 6 ¹⁴C ages, and stratigraphy were used to identify 5 zones, representing the paleohydrological changes that followed deglaciation in southern Saskatchewan.Results of this study indicate that with the melting of residual stagnant ice a pond (>2 m deep) with abundant aquatic, emergent, and shoreline plants developed in the basin at ca 10.2 ka and persisted until at least ca 8.8 ka. During this time there was a shift in upland vegetation from a white spruce forest (Zone II) to a deciduous parkland at ca 10 ka (Zone III). As climate warmed, brackish and alkaline conditions developed coincident with shallowing of the pond at the end of Zone III. The perennial water phase ended at ca 8.8 ka and was followed by a low-water stand lasting ca 1100 years. Prairie fires and slopewash from unstable slopes were dominant sedimentological processes until ca 7.7 ka (Zone IV). Water levels began to rise and between ca 7.7 and 5.8 ka a semi-permanent pond was established in a grassland setting (Zone V). After ca 5.8 ka this prairie pothole wetland became ephemeral, to the point that plant macrofossils could not be preserved, a situation continuing today. Interactions between climate change, variability in local groundwater supply, and sedimentological processes likely account for the paleohydrologic events reconstructed at the Andrews site.     

Accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating of 1994 Lake Winnipeg cores

Conventional radiocarbon dating of Lake Winnipeg core samples has produced erroneously old ages due to the incorporation of pre-Quaternary carbon derived from carbonaceous rocks, soils and sediments in the watershed, as well as a hard-water effect resulting from leaching of calcareous rocks and soils. To circumvent these problems and develop a reliable chronology for the Lake Winnipeg core series, a total of 64 samples from the Lake Winnipeg core series were processed to isolate well preserved macrofossils suitable for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating. Here we report six radiocarbon ages derived from plant macrofossils and ostracodes, and reconstruct aspects of the depositional environment of each sample based on the associated macrofossil assemblage.     

早白垩世Ruffordia goepperti的原位孢子及与分散孢子的关系

海金沙特的Ｒｕｆｆｏｒｄｉａ ｇｏｅｐｐｅｒｔｉ（Ｄｕｎｋｅｒ）Ｓｅｗａｒｄ是世界上早白垩世极为重要的蕨类植物。通过对比发现,Ｒｕｆｆｏｒｄｉａ ｇｏｅｐｐｅｒｔｉ原位孢子的形态和细微纹饰与地层中分散孢子Ｃｉｃａｔｒｉｃｏｓｉｓｐｏｒｉｔｅｓ ａｕｓｔｒａｌｉｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｃｏｏｋｓｏｎ）Ｐｏｔｏｎｉｅ和Ｃ．ｍｉｎｏｒ（Ｂｏｌｃｈ．）Ｐｏｃｏｃｋ一致,而且大化石与分散孢子的地史、地理分布范围也相同,