Education as a determinant of fertility: a case study of Kullu Town

Using a sample of 885 females (1/2 of all married women of reproductive age), this study examines the role of education as a determinant of fertility among couples in Kullu town of Himachol Pradesh, India. Of the 885 respondents, only 149 were illiterate. The average family size was 2.88. Findings reveal that 1) the average family size was largest for illiterate respondents (3.57) and for illiterate males (3.76); 2) average family size declined consistently after the middle level of education to 1.29 for post graduate respondents and 2.33 for post graduate males; 3) a negative correlation exists between fertility and education of both husband and wife, with the wife's education having a stronger negative correlation with fertility; and 4) couples with an educational level of matriculation and above have a distinctly smaller family size than those less educated.     

Changing population concentration in India: a macro-regional scenario

There are great spatial variations in the distribution of the fast growing populations of India. About 70% of the 1981 population is concentrated in only 40% of the geographical area. Such a pattern of population concentration, with its spatio-temporal dimension, can be understood better if examined at the macro-regional level considering the physico-climatic and socio-economic diversity of the country. This is done by way of analyzing district level data for India as a whole and also for its various macro-regions. The study reveals that the Great Plains and Coastal Plains and Islands have a homogenous distribution and a higher population increase. The Deccan Plateau shows the most homogenous dispersion of population. The population is declining in the Northern Mountains and the Great Plains but accentuating in the Coastal Plains and Islands and the Deccan Plateau. The north and south of India are showing opposite trends in population concentration.     

Population and geography in India

The field of population geography was first introduced during the 1960s in India and advanced under the direction of Gosal at the Punjab University. Teaching and research in population geography were introduced by Chandigarh at Punjab University, which today is the main center of research activity. Population geography in India has followed the main tenets of geography in general and is based on spatial perspectives. Deficits are apparent in the paucity of research on socioeconomic implications of spatial distributions, but there is infrastructural feedback to support theory development. Theoretical advances moving from theory to fact or from empirical fact to theory are limited. Comprehensive training in methodology and quantitative techniques is needed for further development of population theory: multivariate analysis, factor analysis, principal component analysis, model building, hypothesis testing, and theory formulation. Methodological sophistication will also help in understanding and interpreting the diverse and complex Indian demographic situation. The analysis of population geography in the Indian spatial, cultural, political, and historical context may be applied to other less developed countries of similar sociocultural background. The Indian Census has contributed over the 100 years of its existence reliable and efficiently produced data on a wide variety of measures at assorted scales down to the village level. Field work among geographers has not achieved a level of development commensurate with population censuses. Recent doctoral research has focused on qualitative studies of local situations. Research topics range from the distribution and structure of population, mortality, fertility, and migration to peripheral issues of social segregation. Popular topics include urbanization, labor force, sex composition, literacy, and population growth. Distribution of population and density studies have amounted to only 2 in 30 years. Population texts are in abundance. The Punjab University is the headquarters of the Association of Population Geographers, which publishes the journal "Population Geography." Many advances are still needed in a timely fashion.     

Origin of Gold—Bearing Fluid and Its Initiative Localization Mechanism in Xiadian Gold Deposit,Shandong Province

The composition of quartz inclusions and trace elements in ore indicate that gold-bearing fluid in the Xiadian gold deposit,Shandong Province,stemmed from both mantle and magma,belonging to a composite origin.Based on theoretical analysis and high temperature and high pressure experimental studies,gold-bearing fluid initiative localization mechanism and the forming environment of ore-host rocks are discussed in the present paper.The composite fluid extracted gold from rocks because of its expanding and injecting forces and injecting forces and flew through ore-conducive structures,leading to the breakup of rocks.The generation of ore-host faults and the precipitation of gold-bearing fluid occurred almost simultaneously.This study provides fur-ther information about the relationships between gold ore veins and basic-ultrabasic vein rocks and intermediate vein rocks,the spatial distribution of gold ore veins and the rules governing the migration of ore fluids.     

幔源流体判别标志及多层循环成矿作用动力学——以山东夏甸金矿床为例

山东夏甸金矿床成因一直有变质热液、岩浆热液和天水之争。经研究表明:尚有幔源流体加入成矿,其主要判别标志有:(ⅰ)深大断裂标志;(ⅱ)基性脉岩与矿脉交切和相伴标志;(ⅲ)稳定同位素地球化学标志;(ⅳ)流体包裹体地球化学标志;(ⅴ)幔源流体多层循环沟通标志。针对幔源流体总体循环系统特征与岩浆热液和天水的有机联系,将含矿流体划分3个子循环系统:(ⅰ)地幔富C,H,O,CO_2流体循环子系统;(ⅱ)中-下部地壳富硅流体循环子系统;(ⅲ)浅-表部富硫流体循环子系统。各自成矿功能主要受制于构造动力背景。     

构造层次与大陆壳动力学机制转变关系

针对构造层次研究现状和存在的问题，把大陆壳划分为深部，中部，浅部和浅－表部四个构造层次。依据各自所处特定的构造位置、组成构造岩类型、形成的制约因素和地质时代等方面的区别，各构造层次分别是壳－幔间滑动，大陆张裂、隆－滑构造和变质核杂岩构造等多种大陆壳动力学机制转变过程中的产物。构造层次与大陆壳动力学机制转变关系的确定，更有利于古老板构造连续性、整体性的研究以及多期、多层次、多旋回大陆地壳演化模式的建     

铜陵矿集区印支-燕山期盖层形变场三维结构的实验重塑

在野外观测和流变学分析的基础上, 通过相似物理实验重塑了铜陵矿集区印支-燕山期的构造格架; 并采用“切片”与“剥层”的方法, 分解透析了矿集区盖层的这一三维变形结构. 其中, 垂直于褶皱枢纽的系列切面观察, 显示了实验模型与钻孔的剖面结构相似性; 逐层剥离分析表明, 模型各层的变形特征也与野外景观定性吻合. 通过对模型与野外现象之间平面景观和垂向结构的对比分析, 还发现此套构造格架有如下主要特征, 即: (1)三套北东向“S”型褶皱群组成了区域构造平面格局的基本框架; (2)在整体一致的统一应力场中, 不同部位、不同方位和不同层位中普遍可见不协调褶皱的分布; (3)与褶皱幅度向深部逐步衰减对应, 断裂系统的发育是由下而上逐步扩张, 且以低角度顺层滑脱断层为主体; (4)志留系层内流褶皱和劈理化高度发育的现象, 反映印支-燕山期构造层的变形效应在此层趋于中止. 这有可能暗示着志留系是该期脆-韧性变形转化的分界层次, 其下伏岩系当属另一套不同性质变形产物的事实.