BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Latin America: Case Studies . Richard G. Boehm and Sent Visser Locality and Rurality: Economy and Society in Rural Regions . Tony Bradley And Philip Lowe The City and the Grassroots . Manuel Castells Geopolitics and Conflict in South America. Quarrels among Neighbors . Jack Child Post-Industrial America: A Geographical Perspective . David Clark Coastal Research: UK Perspectives . Malcolm W. Clark A Rural Policy for the EEC? Hugh Clout Peasant Agriculture in Assam: A Structural Analysis . M. M. Das . Environmental Change and Tropical Geomorphology . I. Douglas and T. Spencer Advances in Abandoned Settlement Analysis: Application to Prehistoric Anthrosols in Colombia, South America . Robert C. Eidt Measuring Culture . Jonathan L. Gross and Steve Rayner North America: A Human Geography . Paul Guinness and Michael Bradshaw A Geographical Bibliography for American Libraries . Chauncy D. Harris et al. Geography and the Urban Environment: Progress in Research and Applications, Vol. VI . D. T. Herbert and R. J. Johnston Changes in Global Climate: A Study of the Effect of Radiation and Other Factors During the Present Century . K. Ya . Kondrat'ev . Rural Development and the State: Contradictions and Dilemmas in Developing Countries . David A. M. Lea and D. P. Chaudhri The Martial Metropolis: U.S. Cities in War and Peace . Roger W. Lotchin The Climate of the Earth . Paul E. Lydolph . Weather and Climate . Paul E. Lydolph . Spatial Divisions of Labor: Social Structures and the Geography of Production . Doreen Massey . Panorama of the Soviet Union . N. Mikhailov . Soviet Armenia . K. S. Demirchian . USSR: Geography of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period . K. Spidchenko . Planung und Verwirklichung der Wiener Ringstrassenzone (Planning and Materialization of the Ringstrasse-Zone of Vienna). Kurt Mollik , Hermann Reining , Rudolf Wurzer . The American West Transformed: The Impact of the Second World War Gerald D. Nash . An Overview of the Survey of Income and Program Participation . Dawn Nelson , David Mc Millen, and Daniel Kasprzyk . Phenomenology, Science and Geography: Spatiality and the Human Sciences . John Pickles . Biological Diversification in the Tropics . Ghillean T. Prance Die Wanderviehwirtschaft im gebirgigen Westen der U.S.A. und ihre Auswirkungen im Naturraum . Gisbert Rinschede . Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal: Considerations for Institutional Management . World-Wide Weather . K. Takahashi Coastal Geomorphology in Australia . B. G. Thom Settlement System in Rural India: A Case Study of the Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab . Ram Chandra Tiwari . Computer Programming for Geographers . David J. Unwin and John A. Dawson . Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union . A. A. Velichko, ed . H. E. Wright , Jr. and C. W. Barnosky Ethics in Planning . Martin Wachs     

Utilization of fly ash as engineering pellet aggregates

It has been recognized that there exists a serious need for recovery and reuse of industrial wastes. Agglomeration by pelletization method can alleviate the problems associated with fly ash. The objective of this study was to evaluate the material properties of manufactured aggregates produced from fly ash and cement mixing by pelletization method. Engineering properties of the manufactured aggregates were evaluated experimentally. Crushing strength, specific gravity, water absorption, particle size distribution, surface characteristics and shear strength properties of the manufactured aggregates were evaluated. For all practical purposes, the study showed that the manufactured aggregates are a good alternative for wide range civil engineering applications.     

污染物的固化/安定化处理的种类和研究应用现状

污染物的固化／安定化技术处理可归纳为6大类,即基于水泥的固化技术、基于石灰的固化技术、矿物吸附技术、热固技术、热塑技术和玻璃化技术等。其中有机聚合物固化剂（热固、热塑材料）一般用于处理固态有机污染物;玻璃化技术一般用于处理污染土、城市垃圾焚烧物和放射性物质。因无机胶结剂操作方便、成本低、能处理的无机污染物范围很广,因此使用频率较高（90％以上）,而有机胶结剂固化技术和废物玻璃化处理技术成本高,仅被用于特殊污染物的处理。     

Arsenic and metal contamination of water resources from mining wastes in Korea

 Water resources near a gold-mine waste site were studied for the distribution and contents of contaminants, and their behavior in the surface and groundwater systems. Arsenic, cadmium, and manganese were identified with levels exceeding the drinking water guidelines of WHO (World Health Organization), and their distribution depended upon the differences in source materials and in spatial pH variations. Originating from arsenopyrite, concentrations of dissolved arsenic were controlled by sorption with amorphous iron (Fe(OH)₃) and carbonate minerals. Cadmium and manganese were derived from the mineral phase including sphalerite (ZnS), otavite (CdCO₃), and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃); their concentrations in water resources were limited by the solubility of mineral phases. All of these processes are significantly pH-dependent, implying that a small decline in pH could result in a drastic increase in contaminant concentrations and become a pollution threat to the water resources of the Gubong area. Received: 13 December 1999 · Accepted: 21 March 2000     

人为地质作用刍议

本文阐述了人为地质作用的概念及研究人为地质作用的意义、方法和任务,并就开展人为地质作用研究工作提出建议。以因果关系划分,人为地质作用可分为人力地质作用、人力诱发地质作用和人力诱导地质作用三类。人为地质作用具有作用速度快、强度大、范围广、效果明显、分布与人类活动场所相关、具有正负两方面效应、可人为重复、可控制等特点。研究人为地质作用是人类可持续发展的需要,是现代地质学发展的需要,是破除迷信、树立科学发展观的需要。研究人为地质作用在防灾、减灾、除灾,维护人类生存环境,利用地质作用规律借助大自然的力量造福人类,破除迷信等方面具有重要意义。人为地质作用研究要解决的是现在和将来的问题,大多数情况下不能再用“今天是过去的钥匙”。研究人为地质作用的发生过程、发展规律、作用后果和形成机制,研究人为地质作用的控制技术,研究人为矿床的开发利用技术,是人为地质作用研究的三大任务。本文建议：(1)加强人为地质作用研究力量,从深度和广度两个方面加强对人为地质作用的研究;(2)加强人为地质作用知识的普及。     

矿物聚合材料:研究现状与发展前景

矿物聚合材料是以铝硅酸盐矿物或工业固体废物为主要原料 ,以高岭石作配料 ,硅酸钠作结构模板剂 ,氢氧化钠作激活剂而制成的一类新型无机非金属材料。其形成过程为 :铝硅酸盐固体组分的溶解络合、分散迁移、浓缩聚合和脱水硬化。由铝硅酸盐凝胶相形成的基体相 ,其化学组成与沸石相近 ,微结构极可能与蛋白石类似 ,物理形态上呈三维网络结构 ,将未溶解的固体颗粒胶结为坚硬块体 ,是材料获得良好力学性能和化学稳定性的结构基础。矿物聚合材料的性能主要受配料组成和聚合反应的动力学过程所控制 ,其抗压强度随固化时间的延长而呈抛物线式发展。系统研究配料组成和固化条件对铝硅酸盐聚合反应的影响 ,建立表征矿物聚合材料组成结构性能的物理模型 ,是对其进行结构性能设计的理论基础 ,也是利用铝硅酸盐聚合反应实现工业固体废物资源化的技术关键。     

Chemistry of acid production in black coal mine washery wastes

Column leaching tests on black coal mine washery wastes were performed, to determine the chemistry of acid generation. Coal mine coarse rejects and tailings were subjected to wet and dry cycle dissolution and subsequently column leached. The rates of iron sulphide oxidation and carbonate mineral dissolution were determined based on the drainage chemistry. The kinetic data from column leach experiments are used to predict the time required to deplete the acid producing and acid consuming minerals in the mine wastes. The acid production in the mine rejects was found to depend upon iron chemistry, carbonate chemistry, diffusion of oxygen, and permeability. The chemistry of the drainage from two different coal mines is compared.     

植物修复技术在污染治理中的应用现状

植物修复技术是利用活的植物对污染土、污染地下水等介质进行修复。植物对金属元素的净化机理是植物积累、根系过滤、植物根系对土的稳定作用;植物对有机物的净化机理是植物降解、生物刺激和植物的蒸发作用;此外植物的水力控制也是控制污染的主要途径。目前国外在利用植物修复卤代烃、农药、汽油、柴油、重金属、放射性物质、废旧炸药、处理污染填土淋滤液、利用植物分解处理空气中的污染物质或将氧化氮转化为氮气等多方面的研究已取得很多重要成果,而其中最为显著的是利用杂交植物对卤代烃污染地下水进行修复和研究利用转基因植物吸收土壤中的甲基汞。我国在植物修复技术方面的研究也取得重大成果,如利用凤眼莲修复污水中的某些农药、利用蜈蚣草叶片富集砷,利用印度芥菜对土壤中难溶态镉的吸收等。     

内蒙古高庙子膨润土作为高放废物处置库回填材料的可行性

本文简述高放废物处置工程要求和缓冲／回填材料在高放废物深地质处置库中的作用及要求，介绍了内蒙古兴和县高庙子膨润土的性能，认为内蒙古兴和县高庙子膨润土矿床可作为高放废物处置库回填材料的供给基地。