Gene abundances of AOA,AOB, and anammox controlled by groundwater chemistry of the Pearl River Delta,China

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), and anaerobic ammoniaoxidation (anammox) bacteria are very important contributors to nitrogen cycling in natural environments. Functional gene abundances of these microbes were believed to be well relevant to N-cycling in groundwater systems, especially in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) groundwater with unique high intrinsic ammonia concentrations. In this research, 20 sediment samples from two in the PRD were collected for porewater chemistry analysis and quantification of N-cycling related genes, including archaeal and bacterial amoA gene and anammox 16S ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid (rRNA) gene. Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) results showed that gene abundances of AOA, AOB, and anammox bacteria ranged from 3.13×10⁵ to 3.21×10⁷, 1.83×10⁴ to 2.74×10⁶, and 9.27×10⁴ to 8.96×10⁶ copies/g in the sediment of the groundwater system, respectively. Anammox bacteria and AOA dominated in aquitards and aquifers, respectively, meanwhile, the aquitard-aquifer interfaces were demonstrated as ammonium-oxidizing hotspots in the aspect of gene numbers. Gene abundances of nitrifiers were analyzed with geochemistry profiles. Correlations between gene numbers and environmental variables indicated that the gene abundances were impacted by hydrogeological conditions, and microbial-derived ammonium loss was dominated by AOA in the northwest PRD and by anammox bacteria in the southeast PRD.© 2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

Allende(CV3)陨石中一种特殊蠕虫状橄榄石集合体的矿物岩石学特征及其成因探讨

在通过对Allende(CV3)碳质球粒陨石的4个光薄片中发现的5个特殊蠕虫状橄榄石集合体(AOA)的岩石学和矿物化学特征研究,证实它们的矿物组合以富橄榄石和霞石为特征,可见少量的金属硫化物。橄榄石颗粒Fa(Fe/(Fe Mg)原子百分比)值范围在34.1 mol%～42.2 mol%,百分标准平均方差(PMD)值为6.1,表明这些颗粒达到了一定的热力学平衡。AOA可能属于星云直接凝聚形成,AOA和细粒CAI(FTA和富尖晶石-辉石型CAI)可能代表了太阳星云从高温到低温连续凝聚的产物。认为AOA的蚀变作用发生在太阳星云中,霞石和铁橄榄石可能是后期水化蚀变的产物,霞石可能替代了AOA中原始的矿物——钙长石和黄长石等。AOA可能在星云中还经历了热蚀变作用的过程,橄榄石和霞石颗粒均具有高的FeO质量分数(29.1%～34.4%,4.04%～9.70%),表明蚀变反应发生在高逸氧度的星云环境下。     

三维AOA/TDOA被动定位及其迭代融合算法

对辐射源的三维被动定位是电子支持测量系统（electronic support measure system，ESM）的重要内容，特别是在军事上，是侦察定位、监视监测的重要方面。到达时间差（time difference of arrival，TDOA）、到达角度（angle of arrival，AOA）是被动雷达普遍采用的两种定位方法。本文基于分别安装于不同运动平台上的两个传感器的AOA和TDOA测量，给出了迭代最小二乘（iterative least squares，ILS）融合算法。其中，传感器的位置、速度以及状态等参量由集成GPS／INS系统估计得到，AOA／TDOA测量方程由运动平台的位置、姿态以及传感器的AOA、TDOA测量数据构成。本方法首先将ISL用于对两个传感器的AOA融合，然后将得到的估计结果作为AOA／TDOA的ILS融合的初始值。仿真结果显示采用AOA／TDOA融合算法，使定位精度得到有效提高。     

Granoblastic olivine aggregates in magnesian chondrules: Planetesimal fragments or thermally annealed solar nebula condensates?

Granoblastic olivine aggregates (GOA) have been discovered in some Type I magnesian chondrules within carbonaceous chondrites by Libourel and Krot [Libourel, G., Krot, A.N., 2007. Evidence for the presence of planetesimal material among the precursors of magnesian chondrules of nebular origin. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 254, 1–8], who proposed an origin from pre-existing planetesimals. Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOA), generally considered as aggregates of solar nebula condensates and found within similar carbonaceous chondrites, display similar equilibrium texture, though on a finer scale. For these reasons, we conducted experiments to determine if annealing of olivine required time scales appropriate to planetesimal or nebular heating. Pressed < 43 µm and < 63 µm San Carlos olivine powder (Fo_88.4) was isothermally heated at temperatures ranging from 1350–1550 °C for 1–100 h. The 100 h runs yield olivine aggregates with well-developed granoblastic texture at all temperatures, manifest as a network of randomly-oriented and sutured olivine grains with 120° triple junctions. Individual olivine grains are 4–6 sided and polygonal by 1450 °C and equigranular texture is developed at high temperature (1500–1550 °C). Melting of olivine commences at 1450–1500 °C and aids in ‘ripening’ and suturing (grain coarsening and grain boundary migration). Textural equilibrium is clearly met at 1550 °C. A planetesimal origin cannot be ruled out; however, the experimental evidence reveals that granoblastic texture can be reproduced in an interval not inconsistent with heating times for nebular objects. GOA may have experienced higher degrees of thermal processing than the finer-grained AOA. If the precursors were the same, grain coarsening would have to be accompanied by modification to bulk and isotopic compositions. However, the precursors could have been olivine condensates formed later than AOA. Annealing may have been a widespread process operating in the primordial solar nebula responsible for thermal processing and formation of GOA prior to their incorporation into chondrules.