Pattern of abrupt climatic fluctuation in the East Asian Monsoon during the Last Glacial: Evidence from Chinese loess records

Records of two loess sections located in mid-eastern and western margins of the East Asian Monsoon area captured 20 Dansgaard-Oescher events and six Heinrich events. All these suggested that the climate in the East Asian Monsoon area fluctuated rapidly on millennial to century timescales during the whole Last Glacial. We found that these loess-based events of rapid climate fluctuations were generally synchronous with those of GRIP records, but that there were differences between the Shagou loess section in the west and the Wangguan loess section in the east: the former was more sensitive to climate change than the latter. Compared with earlier studies on loess records covering the Last Glacial from neighboring areas, we discovered that the magnitude of Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles decreased gradually from west to east and we suggest that it resulted from the combined effect of the Westerlies and the East Asian Monsoon.     

The Taihua group on the southern margin of the North China craton: further insights from U–Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions of zircons

The "Taihua Group" is a collective term for a series of old terranes scattered along the southern margin of the North China Craton. The timing of formation and thermal overprinting of the Taihua Group have long been contentious, and its relationship with the Qinling orogenic belt has been unclear. In this study, new data from integrated in-situ U–Pb dating and Hf isotope analysis of zircons from an amphibolite (from the Xiong’ershan terrane) and a biotite gneiss (from the Lantian-Xiaoqinling terrane) indicate that the Upper Taihua Group formed during the Paleoproterozoic (2.3–2.5 Ga) and thus was originally part of the southern edge of North China Craton, detached during the Mesozoic Qinling orogeny and displaced about 100 km north from its original location. This suggests that the Taihua Group became part of the tectonic terrane associated with the Qinling orogeny and now forms part of the overthrust basement section of the Qinling belt. Before the Qinling orogeny, the Taihua Group was metamorphosed at 2.1 Ga. The initial Hf-isotope compositions of zircons, together with positive εNd(t) values for the whole-rocks, imply that the original magmas were derived from a juvenile source with some assimilation of an Archean crustal component.     

普若岗日冰原毗邻地区风沙地貌及其环境演变

冰川作用形成的大面积的冰碛物沉积及寒冻风化是高寒区风沙沉积的主要物质来源.风沙地貌的发育与高寒区环境密切相关,冻结作用使沙丘发育以加积作用为主,形成了高大的新月形沙丘.沙丘的侵蚀与移动主要发生在暖季,新月形沙丘运动速度相当缓慢,年平均水平移动量约1.8～0.5cm·a^-1,加积速率约0.3～0.08cm·a^-1.普若岗日冰原毗邻地区的环境变化主要受温度条件制约,沙丘腐殖质层沉积年代与我国东部沙区古沙丘、敦德冰芯具有一定的相关性,可以认为西南季风的强度对本区具有重要的作用.高原下垫面的变化造成太阳辐射差异,是引起西南季风强弱,造成高原腹地温度与降水随之变化的重要原因.     

硅灰石、透辉石在陶瓷中的基本反应和作用

本文以硅灰石和高岭石、透辉石和高岭石为端元组分,推导了二元假相图。根据这两个假相图,提出了四个基本固相反应。用这些基本反应以及硅灰石、透辉石的矿物学性质,说明了它们对陶瓷坯体工艺性能的作用。     

有害赤潮与原生动物相互作用的研究进展

近年来有害赤潮在全世界频繁爆发,规模也呈逐渐增大的趋势,其对海洋生态系统结构和功能的影响,引起了广泛关注。原生动物是海洋生态系统中微食物环的重要组分,通过其摄食,可以将中型浮游动物难以摄食的有机颗粒、微型浮游植物和微微型浮游生物连接到高级消费者。由于形成有害赤潮的浮游植物大都是细胞较小的微型浮游植物,因此,有害赤潮和原生动物的关系密切。     

鳗鲡目鱼类线粒体蛋白质编码基因易位及系统演化关系分析

鳗鲡目鱼类线粒体基因组的基因组成较为保守,在58个线粒体基因组中,仅有3个物种存在基因数量的差异。在19个鳗鲡目鱼类线粒体基因组中存在主编码基因的重排。主编码基因的变异位点分析结果支持nad5、nad4和nad2基因作为cox1和lrRNA基因辅助的分子标记。鳗鲡科Anguillidae的20个种(亚种)聚在一起,强烈支持鳗鲡科为单系群(BPP=100)。鳗鲡科下属的3个类群(大洋洲类群、大西洋类群和印度洋-太平洋类群)也同时得到有力的验证(BPP均为100)。线鳗科Nemichthyidae和锯齿鳗科Serrivomeridae亲缘关系最近,二者聚类后,与鳗鲡科Anguillidae构成姊妹群(BPP=100)。在囊喉鱼亚目Saccopharyngoidei中,宽咽鱼科Eurypharyngidae与囊鳃鳗科Saccopharyngidae聚类(BPP=100),同时,单颌鳗科Monognathidae与月尾鳗科Cyematidae聚类(BPP=100),4个科聚在一支,支持囊喉鱼亚目为单系群(BPP=100)。在囊喉鱼亚目线粒体基因组中,3个物种(吞鳗Eurypharynx pelecanoides、拉文囊鳃鳗Saccopharynx lavenbergi和杰氏单颌鳗Monognathus jesperseni)存在主编码基因的重排。16种鳗鲡(细美体鳗Ariosoma shiroanago、短吻颈鳗Derichthys serpentinus、凯氏短尾康吉鳗Coloconger cadenati、鸭颈鳗Nessorhamphus ingolfianus、龟草鳗Thalassenchelys sp.、粗犁齿海鳗Cynoponticus ferox、百吉海鳗Muraenesox bagio、巨斑花蛇鳗Myrichthys maculosus、大吻沙蛇鳗Ophisurus macrorhynchos、几内亚副康吉鳗Paraconger notialis、哈氏异康吉鳗Heteroconger hassi、小头鸭嘴鳗Nettastoma parviceps、弱头鳗Leptocephalus sp.、斑点长犁齿鳗Hoplunnis punctata、尖吻小鸭嘴鳗Facciolella oxyrhyncha和星康吉鳗Conger myriaster),与鳗鲡目线粒体主编码基因的原始排列相比,共享nad6基因的易位。同时,基于线粒体基因组13个蛋白质编码基因构建的系统演化树,强烈支持这16个物种聚为一支(BPP=100)。然而,由此而带来的海鳗科Muraenesocidae、拟鯙科Chlopsidae和糯鳗科Congridae是否为单系群的问题,值得今后深入探究。     

东海表层水体中的多环芳烃及其沉积通量估算

以东海陆架水体中溶解态多环芳烃(PAHs)含量为基础,引入颗粒相-水相间的物质吸附系数(Koc)计算悬浮颗粒物中PAHs有机碳归一化含量,结合陆架沉积物有机碳的年埋藏通量,估算东海陆架沉积物中PAHs沉积通量。结果显示:水体中溶解态的15种PAHs总含量为(701±392)ng/L,变化范围为412~1 032ng/L,PAHs组成以3环为主。计算得到的悬浮颗粒物中15种PAHs有机碳归一化含量为20~28μg/g,对应的PAHs沉积通量为150~210t/a。估算结果与实测沉积物中PAHs含量和沉积通量结果基本吻合,表明实验室模拟实验获取的化合物Koc值适用于东海颗粒相-水相间的分配模型,证实悬浮颗粒物有机碳含量在控制PAHs两相分布过程中起着重要作用。同时,该方法为海洋沉积物中PAHs沉积通量的估算提供一种新途径。     

南极低温降解菌Shewanella sp. NJ49羟化酶分离纯化及最适产酶条件研究

羟化酶是细菌降解烷烃的关键酶,本文以南极低温降解菌Shewanella sp.NJ49为研究对象,通过硫酸铵沉淀、超滤浓缩及葡聚糖凝胶Sephadex G-75柱层析方法,分离纯化NJ49的羟化酶,获得了单一羟化酶组分,研究了温度、p H、表面活性剂和盐度等环境因素对NJ49羟化酶酶活活性影响。结果表明,羟化酶组分由α、β、γ三个亚基组成,分子质量分别为56,45和36 k D。NJ49最适产酶条件为:温度15℃、p H7.2、盐度55;不同类型表面活性剂对酶的活性影响效应不一,两性离子表面活性剂、阳离子表面活性剂、非离子表面活性剂对酶活没有作用,阴离子表面活性剂+非离子表面活性剂混和剂和阳离子表面活性剂+非离子表面活性剂混和剂能提高羟化酶的活性。