青海可可西里地区综合科学考察初报

本区至今还是综合科学考察的空白区。为查明基本情况,1989年夏以乘汽车路线考察方式穿行该区而作了预查,搜集了当地地质、地理、生物等基本资料。经考察发现,区内野生动物资源丰富,上新世以来火山活动普遍,湖泊众多,矿产资源可能有良好前景;所在区又为自然地域和地质构造的重要界线,对青藏高原研究具有重大科学价值。     

Revisiting Sustainable Development of Dry Valleys in Hengduan Mountains Region

Dry valleys are a striking geographic landscape in Hengduan Mountains Region and are characterized by low rainfall, desert type of vegetation and fragile environment. Past efforts and resources have been concentrated mainly on rehabilitation of degraded ecosystem and fragile environment, particularly reforestation, while socio-economic development has been largely overlooked. Despite successes in pocket areas, the overall trend of unsustainability and environmental deterioration are continuing. It is important to understand that uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is the root cause of development of dry valleys, and development and formation of dry valleys is a natural process. Human intervention has played a secondary role in development of dry valleys and degradation of dry valleys though human intervention in many cases has speeded up environmental degradation of the dry valleys. It is important to understand that dry valleys are climatic enclaves and an integrated approach that combines rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems and socio-economic development should be adopted if the overall goal of sustainable development of dry valleys is to be achieved. Promotion of niche-based cash crops, rural energy including hydropower, solar energy, biogas and fuelwood plantation is recommended as the priority activities.     

22nd IAS Meeting of Sedimentology

The 22nd IAS Meeting of Sedimentology was held in the Convention Centre of the Grand Hotel Adriatic, in a small touristic town Opatija, located on the eastern Adriatic coast where Central Europe and the Mediterranean meet. It was the second IAS Meeting held in Croatia--the first one, 4th IAS Regional Meeting of Sedimentology, was held in Split in 1983. The Meeting in Opatija was organized by the Institute of Geology (Zagreb) and the Croatian Geological Society. The sponsor was Ministry of Science and Technology of the Reoublic of Croatia.     

风沙路基施工技术初探

路基施工中保证路基填筑密实度，通常沙土路基采用水夯；普通路基采用振动碾、羊角碾等重型机具振密夯实。但在缺电、缺水，高气温、大风沙的沙漠气候等恶劣的施工条件下，风沙路基的施工如何保证路基填筑的密实度和施工机械在风沙路基上作业而不陷车的问题，就目前没有合适的经验可借鉴，也没有规范可参考。因此把在包西线神木北至延安北段的铁路工程建设中风沙路基施工所取得的经验和施工技术作一介绍。     

国际地图学协会第20届年会国家与区域地图集专业委员会学术会开幕辞（英文）

Today, we hold the Seminar for ICA Commission on national and regional Atlases in Beijing , just before the opening of the 20th International Conference of Cartography. As a member of the International Cartographic Association Commission on National and Regional Atlases, I am honored to be the host for this Seminar and to warmly welcome all of you.     

青海省沙漠现状及形成与发展趋势

本文根据遥感调查的结果,论述了青海省沙漠的类型、面积及分布规律特征。并通过不同时期的遥感图象,研究了青海湖等地区近三十年沙漠化环境的动态变化规律,从自然和人为因素两方面分析探讨了沙漠形成及发展趋势。     

大地构造和海陆起源的内波假说（Ⅱ）──建立假说的大地构造学与运动学基础

介绍建立大地构造内波假说的根据，即：（１）全球海陆分布的低阶球谐特征；（２）全球大洋中脊体系的存在；（３）大陆永存及生长的事实；（４）地壳均衡及莫霍面的化学分界面性质；（５）地槽活动的现象、规律等。在分析以在事实的基础上，研究了大地构造运动中主要的物质运动过程，认为从薄地壳底部向厚地壳底部迁移的地壳物质流，引起地壳厚度的自激波动，推动地槽运动和大陆生长。     

地学大师，学界楷模——纪念著名矿床学家、地球化学家涂光炽院士逝世一周年

今年7月31日是我国著名矿床学家、地球化学家涂光炽院士逝世一周年纪念日,本刊特组织专刊纪念我国地学界的这位大师和我国地球化学的奠基人.