穿过俄勒冈州图拉丁山脉的重力研究：波特兰都市区地壳结构的解释和地震危险性

穿过波特兰市区西部图拉丁山脉（波特兰山）的高分辨率重力测量，展现出以前根据地表地质学和航磁测绘识别出的断层的证据。本次重力测量是在1996年沿着长4．5km的双孔隧道进行的，该隧道在当时的建设中及现在一直在波特兰市区与波特兰山以西的居民区之间通轻便火车。在隧道内的重力从西到东逐渐增加，这种情况反映了隧道位于西边的图拉丁盆地低密度沉积物与其东边高密度大部分隐蔽的始新世玄武岩之间。叠加在这一梯度之上的是几个阶梯状异常，我们将其解释为密度明显差异的岩石之间断续接触的证据。这些异常的最大值发生在西尔万克里克之下，这里存在一条以前测绘出的断层。另一异常发生在距西洞口1200m处，大约是隧道与航磁异常相交汇的部位，航磁异常与西尔万断层（原来称为奥特菲尔德断层）有关。以这些重力资料为依据的岩石学横剖面显示出阶梯状异常与陡倾逆断层相一致，虽然走滑位移也许同样重要。与上方地形洼地相对应的3个重力低异常可能反映存在着剪切带。几个中等地震（M≥3．5）1991年发生在隧道当前的位置，说明这些断层中的几条或波特兰山断层带的其他断层是地震活动断层。     

A model of cells as practical approach to simulate spring flow in the Itxina karstic aquifer, Basque Country, Spain

The aim of this study is to apply a parsimonious hydrologic model to the Itxina karstic aquifer that can predict changes in discharge resulting from variable inputs (recharge). The Itxina Aquifer was divided into four cells corresponding to different recharge areas. Each cell was treated as a tank to characterize the conditions within the cell. In the model, when the reservoir boundaries coincide with the position of the siphons, the signal simulated is sensitive to input pulses of the recharge. This supports the hypothesis that the siphons are the controlling mechanism in the flow system of the aquifer. The good agreement between predicted and measured discharges demonstrates the ability of the model to simulate the flow in the Itxina Aquifer. These results demonstrated that the hydraulic conductivity increases downstream within the aquifer. The hydraulic conductivities obtained by calibration varied between 4.2 x 10(-3) m/s upstream of the aquifer, 6.0 x 10(-2) m/s in the central region, and 9.5 x 10(-1) m/s in the lower region of the aquifer. These values seem reasonable because the underground features in the principal caves show that the density of caves increases downstream in the Itxina Aquifer. The simple representation of the system produced results comparable to traditional ground water models with fewer data requirements and calibration parameters.     

各国地壳上地幔深地震反射研究计划与进展

当前世界上采用的深部探测地球物理技术主要是地震学方法，七十年代以来，美、英、法、德、加拿大、澳大利亚等发达国家相继开展了各自的深地震反射研究计划ＣＯＣＯＲＰ、ＢＩＲＰＳ、ＥＣＯＲＳ、ＤＥＫＯＲＰ、ＬＩＴＨＯＰＲＯＢＥ＆ＡＣＯＲＰ。共完成深地震反射测线４万公里左右，获得了岩石圈的形成与演化，地球动力学过程，及地球深部构造等方面重要信息，从八十年代开始，我国在不同构造带上实施了１５００公里左右的深地震     

Effect of size, tissue parts and location on six biochemical markers in the green-lipped mussel, Perna viridis

The effect of size and tissue parts as well as site locations on a suite of six anti-oxidative biochemical markers, viz. the enzyme degrading neural transmitters acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the Phase II transforming enzyme glutathione-S-transferase (GST), the anti-oxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), the lipid metabolite malondialdehyde (MDA) and the ratio of CAT/MDA, in the bivalve mollusc, Perna viridis, was studied. Field mussels were collected from the piers of University of Science and Technology (UST), Pak Sha Wan or Hebe Haven (PS) and Sai Kung (SK) in Port Shelter, Hong Kong. Statistically, ANOVA showed that the activity of all six biochemical markers were generally tissue dependent, size independent and location dependent. Tukey multi comparison test indicated that the biochemical activities fell into two groups, with SK the highest activity group in most cases. The significance of these findings in relation to long-term coastal water biomonitoring is discussed.     

A trophic model for the Danshuei River Estuary, a hypoxic estuary in northern Taiwan

The estuary of the Danshuei River, a hypoxic subtropical estuary, receives a high rate of untreated sewage effluent. The Ecopath with Ecosim software system was used to construct a mass-balanced trophic model for the estuary, and network analysis was used to characterize the structure and matter flow in the food web. The estuary model was comprised of 16 compartments, and the trophic levels varied from 1.0 for primary producers and detritus to 3.0 for carnivorous and piscivorous fishes. The large organic nutrient loading from the upper reaches has resulted in detritivory being more important than herbivory in the food web. The food-chain length of the estuary was relatively short when compared with other tropical/subtropical coastal systems. The shortness of food-chain length in the estuary could be attributed to the low biomass of the top predators. Consequently, the trophic efficiencies declined sharply for higher trophic levels due to low fractions of flows to the top predators and then high fractions to detritus. The low biomass of the top predators in the estuary was likely subject to over-exploitation and/or hypoxic water. Summation of individual rate measurements for primary production and respiration yielded an estimate of −1791 g WW m⁻² year⁻¹, or −95 g C m⁻² year⁻¹, suggesting a heterotrophic ecosystem, which implies that more organic matter was consumed than was produced in the estuary.     

Metaphors and models: the ASR bubble in the Floridan aquifer

Studies at the intersection of cognitive science and linguistics have revealed the crucial role that metaphors play in shaping our thoughts about phenomena we cannot see. According to the domains interaction theory of cognition, a metaphoric expression sets up mappings between a target domain that we wish to understand and a familiar source domain. The source domain contains elements ("commonplaces") that we manipulate mentally, like parts of an analogue model, to illuminate the target domain. This paper applies the structure of domains interaction theory to analyze the dynamics of a metaphor in hydrogeology: the so-called bubble formed by water injected into an aquifer during aquifer storage and recovery (ASR). Of the four commonplaces of bubbles--(1) they are discrete; (2) they are geometrically simple; (3) they rise; and (4) they burst--we focus on the first two using both displacement and dispersion (tracer) models for both homogeneous and heterogeneous storage zones patterned from geological studies of the Suwannee Limestone of Sarasota County, Florida. The displacement model easily shows that "bottle brush" better represents the geometric complexity predicted from the known and inferred heterogeneity. There is virtually no difference, however, in the prediction of recovery efficiency using the dispersion model for a bubble (homogeneous flow zone) vs. bottle brush (heterogeneous flow zone). On the other hand, only the bottle brush reveals that unrecovered tracer is located preferentially in the low-permeability layers that lie adjacent to high-permeability channels in the flow zones.