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东天山黄山-镜儿泉地区位于康古尔弧后盆地闭合带东段,该盆地于石炭纪末因弧-陆碰撞而闭合.二叠纪时本区进入碰撞后伸展阶段,并形成了时代相近的、如下一组地质特征:1)20多个镁铁-超镁铁岩体(其中有一部分产有工业铜镍矿床);2)低压高温变质作用和混合岩化;3)形成深度较浅(8~12 km)的韧性剪切带;4)原地改造型片麻状花岗岩;5)块状过铝花岗岩;6)与过铝花岗岩有关的锂铍伟晶岩矿床.此外,黄山-镜儿泉位于一个被推测为巨大镁铁质岩体的区域布伽重力和航磁高值区的边部.该处在人工地震剖面上表现为一个波速为6.99 km/s的高速层,其厚约22 km.这些特征表明,该区在二叠纪时期是一个热穹窿,其面积约5000~8000 km18,而该热穹窿乃由地壳内部的一个幔源岩浆内侵体所引起.正是这个内侵体在黄山谎儿泉地区造成了地壳岩石的低压高温变质作用、混合岩化和部分熔融.在内侵体热量和流体的影响下,韧性剪切得以在壳内较浅层次发生.与内侵有关的变质-超变质作用所释放出的流体和熔体强烈改造韧性剪切和细粒化的地壳岩石,即形成了片麻状花岗岩.部分熔融所产生的过铝花岗岩形成了以锂、铍等稀有金属为特色的伟晶岩矿床.本区存在同时代的钙碱性-高钾钙碱性花岗岩,表明底侵与内侵曾在这里相伴发生.众多的锾铁-超镁铁岩是底侵和内侵岩浆在地壳浅部的显示.侵入岩的年龄数据似乎表明,本区直接来自幔源岩浆的镁铁-超镁铁岩就位最早,与底侵有关的钙碱性-高钾钙碱性花岗岩次之,而作为内侵产物的过铝花岗岩最晚.过铝花岗岩与镁铁-超镁铁岩之间的时差可能代表了从幔源岩浆结晶到由内侵产生的岩浆结晶之间的时差.康古尔断裂是一条超岩石圈断裂,在碰撞后伸展阶段为幔源岩浆提供了良好的上升通道,因此内侵很容易在此地此时发生.与底侵一样,内侵是壳幔相互作用和地壳垂向增生的重要方式,也是花岗岩浆生成的重要机制.区域重力和航磁异常、人工地震中部地壳高速层、时代相近的地表锾铁-超镁铁岩、低压高温变质岩、混合岩、浅层次韧性剪切带、原地改造成因片麻状花岗岩、异地过铝花岗岩和有关的稀有金属矿床,过铝花岗岩中的幔源岩石包体或幔源流体可以用作为内侵体的识辨标志.  相似文献   

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本文通过对西昆仑西段地区晚古生代—中生代花岗岩的岩石类型、形成时代和岩石地球化学资料的综合分析,探讨花岗质岩浆活动期次、岩石成因,结合区域资料,探讨构造-岩浆演化特征和碰撞造山过程。将该地区晚古生代—中生代构造-岩浆演化分为7个阶段:(1)388~324 Ma(特提斯Ⅰ、Ⅱ支洋向北俯冲消减阶段),具富钠贫钾特征的低温TTG岩石组合,形成于陆缘弧环境;(2)339~291 Ma(奥依塔格弧后盆地演化阶段),由于南部特提斯Ⅰ支洋持续往北俯冲,导致西昆仑北缘发生弧后扩展而形成弧后盆地,形成拉斑质具强烈富钠贫钾特征的低温大洋花岗岩;(3)258~241 Ma(特提斯Ⅰ支洋闭合、碰撞造山阶段),岩石中发育石榴子石和白云母,普遍具片麻状构造,属于S型花岗岩,陆壳部分熔融的产物;(4)234~210 Ma(特提斯Ⅰ后碰撞伸展阶段):岩体规模较大,为I型→A型花岗岩,伴随着地幔岩浆底侵和强烈的壳幔岩浆混合作用;(5)198~150 Ma(特提斯Ⅱ支洋向南俯冲消减阶段):类似TTG的岩石组合,形成于与洋壳俯冲有关的岩浆弧环境;(6)148~118 Ma(特提斯Ⅱ支洋闭合、碰撞造山阶段):弱片麻状二云二长花岗岩,属C型埃达克岩,为陆-陆碰撞过程中陆壳加厚发生部分熔融的产物;(7)111~75 Ma(特提斯Ⅱ后碰撞伸展阶段):发育规模较大,钾玄质系列,是古老地壳部分熔融的产物。根据各阶段花岗质岩浆活动特征和构造演化过程,初步提出了西昆仑西段晚古生代—中生代大地构造演化模式图。  相似文献   

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东天山平顶山巨眼球状片麻状花岗岩特征及成因   总被引:7,自引:4,他引:7  
本文以东天山平顶山岩体为例,探讨中天山晋宁旋回晚期巨眼球状片麻状花岗岩的特征及其形成机制。野外地质关系、岩相学、岩石化学、稀土元素、微量元素和同位素研究表明,平顶山岩体是岛弧钙碱性火山-沉积岩系经原地改造的产物,其Rb-Sr等时线年龄为927 Ma。花岗岩形成作用的动力、热力来源可能与碰撞后天山岩石圈的拆沉有关。拆沉导致的底侵和内侵引发了地壳岩石的韧性剪切,剪切后的岩石有利于部分熔融、熔体-流体运移和化学反应,而熔体和流体的作用反过来又会促进韧性剪切,并将较浅层次的变形变质岩石改造为片麻状花岗岩。平顶山岩体的成岩作用体现了部分熔融、韧性剪切和流体作用的相互反馈,也是这些作用的共同产物。这种原地片麻状花岗岩的成岩过程主要为深源熔体和流体与原岩的相互作用,并使原岩发生不同程度的部分熔融,因而其地球化学特征同时受到原岩和外来熔体-流体的控制。底侵和内侵是造山过程晚期-期后挤压-拉张转折期地壳垂向增生的重要方式,而平顶山这类片麻状花岗岩则是这种垂向增生的产物。  相似文献   

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东天山咸水泉片麻状花岗岩特征、年龄及成因   总被引:2,自引:7,他引:2  
野外地质关系及岩相学、地球化学、同位素和年代学研究表明,成水泉片麻状花岗岩是典型的原地改造型花岗岩,其原岩(即围岩)为糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩。本次锆石 LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 定年获得其原岩糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩~(206)Pb/~(238)U 加权平均年龄为369.9±5.6Ma(MSWD=36),片麻状花岗岩锆石核部年龄为367.9±5.4Ma(MSWD=2.2),此年龄与其原岩年龄在误差范围内一致,为片麻状花岗岩原地改造成因提供了年代学证据。此外,还获得其锆石热液增生边不一致线下交点年龄254±10Ma(MSWD=1.4),该年龄代表了片麻状花岗岩的形成时间。片糜状花岗岩在地球化学上继承了许多原岩的特征,同时又受到了深源流体-熔体的显著影响。将原岩糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩改造成片麻状花岗岩的流体-熔体具有富硅富钾和正ε_(Nd)(t)值的特征,表明这种流体-熔体可能主要地来自幔源岩浆内侵体,以及在内侵岩浆热量作用下的初生地壳岩石的变质和熔融。原岩糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩及其派生的片麻状花岗岩ε_(Nd)(t)值分别为 3.87及 3.05~ 6.09,表明糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩源自于年轻的陆壳,而片麻状花岗岩除继承了其原岩糜棱岩化花岗闪长岩的高ε_(Nd)(t)值这一特征外,还可能受到了深源流体-熔体中幔源组分的影响。咸水泉岩体的实例研究表明,原地改造型片麻状花岗岩不但可以形成于造山带的挤压-伸展转折阶段,还可以形成于碰撞后进一步伸展的时期,而经过强烈韧性剪切的岩石是转变为片麻状花岗岩的最有利原岩。东天山咸水泉、平顶山和天湖东等原地改造型片麻状花岗岩的形成均与内侵有关,因而片麻状花岗岩可被看作是内侵的重要产物。  相似文献   

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周辰傲  宋述光 《地球科学》2023,(12):4481-4494
碰撞后岩浆活动对于了解造山带垮塌和去根过程及陆壳生长具有重要意义.总结了柴北缘超高压变质带中形成于400~360 Ma的碰撞后花岗岩-辉长岩侵入体和镁铁质岩脉的年代学和地球化学特征.其中,花岗岩侵入体具有典型的I-型花岗岩特征,形成于壳幔相互作用的岩浆混合.来自地幔的镁铁质岩脉可以划分为两组:(1)392~375 Ma中基性岩脉;(2)约360Ma超基性岩脉.其地球化学特征表明,镁铁质岩脉的微量元素和同位素随形成时间的变新而逐渐亏损,地幔源区从岩石圈地幔变为软流圈地幔.这种源自地幔的镁铁质岩浆活动是碰撞后岩浆活动开始和造山带垮塌的关键指标.结合碰撞后岩浆作用的特征,提出了一个地球动力学模型来解释柴北缘约35百万年(Ma)的造山带垮塌去根过程,在395~375 Ma发生缓慢的岩石圈地幔侵蚀,360 Ma前岩石圈发生拆沉作用,岩石圈地幔垮塌,同时软流圈地幔上升.地幔岩浆的加入表明碰撞后阶段是大陆生长的重要时期.  相似文献   

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青藏高原巨厚地壳:生长、加厚与演化   总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5  
大陆地壳约占地表面积的40%, 其成因与生长, 是一个关乎人类生存和资源供给的基础地学问题。人们普遍认为, 大洋俯冲通过岛弧拼贴和幔源岩浆底侵形成造山带新生陆壳,大陆碰撞过程只对现存地壳进行再造,不产生新生地壳。青藏高原经历古/新特提斯大洋俯冲和印 亚大陆强烈碰撞, 拥有全球最厚的陆壳(65~80km), 是研究大陆地壳的形成、生长、加厚、演化与保存的天然实验室。我们研究表明, 古/新特提斯大洋的相继俯冲消减, 产生多期次的幔源镁铁质弧岩浆(270~66Ma), 在弧地壳下部底侵和上部侵位, 导致地壳侧向加积和垂向生长并加厚约10km。在同(软)碰撞期(65~41Ma), 印度大陆岩石圈俯冲导致俯冲前缘的洋壳板片回转和断离, 诱发软流圈地幔熔融及其幔源岩浆上升侵位, 在冈底斯碰撞带形成新生地壳, 并导致地壳加厚6~9km。在晚(硬)碰撞期(40~26Ma), 冈底斯碰撞造山带内不同地壳块体(地体)间发生逆冲叠覆, 导致中深层次地壳缩短加厚10~20km; 在碰撞带的后陆区, 印度大陆岩石圈地幔俯冲诱发软流圈沿地幔通道上涌, 侵蚀和吞噬地幔岩石圈, 并诱发其部分熔融, 向地壳注入大量幔源镁铁质岩浆, 形成新生地壳, 维持高原生长。在后碰撞期(<25Ma), 碰撞带和后陆区均发生地壳伸展与有限减薄, 伴有新生地幔组分少量注入和高原陆表强烈剥蚀。粗略估计:形成并保存于大陆碰撞造山带的新生地壳量占整个陆壳的28%, 大洋俯冲与大陆碰撞分别为青藏高原贡献了75%和25%的新生地壳。我们提出, 青藏高原巨厚地壳的形成发育, 实际上是幔源岩浆向地壳注入添加与中下地壳缩短加厚连续或交互作用的结果。伴随大洋俯冲与大陆碰撞, 巨厚地壳物质组成发生以新生地壳形成和古老地壳再造为特征的动态演变。镁铁质新生下地壳的大规模重熔与长英质岩浆大量侵位可能是巨厚地壳长英质化的主要机制。  相似文献   

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青藏高原碰撞造山带:Ⅲ. 后碰撞伸展成矿作用   总被引:97,自引:20,他引:97  
“后碰撞”作为大陆碰撞造山作用的特定过程,以其重要的构造演化标示性特征和强烈的爆发式金属成矿作用,受到人们的高度重视。但涉及后碰撞的一系列重要地质问题,如后碰撞期的构造特征与演化历程、岩浆发育序列和岩石构造组合、伸展成矿作用与矿床系列组合等,尚未得到清楚完好的识别、理解和阐示。文章系统研究和总结了青藏高原后碰撞造山与成矿作用特征,提出了后碰撞伸展成矿作用的构造控制模型。研究表明,现今处于后碰撞阶段的青藏高原,中新世以来主要经历了两阶段发育历史。后碰撞早期阶段主要发生下地壳流动与上地壳缩短(>18Ma):下地壳塑性流动并向南挤出,在藏南地区形成EW向延伸的藏南拆离系(STD)和高喜马拉雅,上地壳强烈逆冲推覆,在拉萨地体发育EW向展布的逆冲断裂系;晚期阶段主要发生地壳伸展与裂陷(<18Ma):垂直碰撞带的EW向伸展,形成一系列横切青藏高原的NS向正断层系统(≤13·5Ma)及其围陷的裂谷系和裂陷盆地。后碰撞岩浆作用以形成钾质_超钾质火山岩、钾质埃达克岩、钾质钙碱性花岗岩与淡色花岗岩为特征,集中发育于冈底斯构造_岩浆带和藏南特提斯喜马拉雅。淡色花岗岩与藏南拆离构造有关,其他钾质_超钾质岩浆活动则与EW向地壳伸展有关。青藏高原后碰撞成矿作用强烈而复杂,主要形成斑岩型Cu矿、热液脉型Sb_Au矿、矽卡岩型和热液脉型Ag_Pb_Zn矿以及现代热泉型Cs_Au矿等重要矿床类型。斑岩型Cu矿及矽卡岩型多金属矿床形成于后碰撞伸展环境,岩浆起源于加厚的镁铁质新生下地壳;热液脉型Sb_Au矿发育于藏南拆离带及变质核杂岩周围,系中新世地热田浅成低温热液活动产物。热液脉型Ag_Pb_Zn矿主要产于拉萨地体内部的逆冲构造带内,与地壳流体的迁移汇聚过程有关。青藏高原后碰撞成矿作用在上地壳层次受3大构造系统控制,即①东西向伸展形成的近NS向正断层系统及裂谷裂陷带,②南北向地壳缩短形成的EW向展布的逆冲构造带和③EW向展布的拆离构造带,但在中下地壳/地幔层次上,则受中下地壳物质流动_挤出过程以及俯冲大陆板片断离_拆沉过程控制。  相似文献   

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胡邦超  徐备  孟巍  邢凯 《岩石学报》2023,(5):1339-1352
俯冲和挤压过程将形成具有加厚地壳的岛弧带或造山带,而伸展过程则形成具有减薄地壳的伸展盆地,因此可以通过地壳厚度推测岩石组合形成时的大地构造背景,并揭示它代表的深部地球动力学过程。兴蒙造山带东部大石寨地区以著名的大石寨组火山岩为特征,其岩浆活动的性质、形成过程和构造背景一直备受争议,其中,该套岩石的构造背景的认识存在岛弧和陆内裂谷两种主要观点。本文根据岩性组合及年代学特征,将大石寨地区主要岩石组合从下到上分为晚石炭世火山岩、早二叠世寿山沟组和大石寨组、中二叠世哲斯组,并利用大石寨-霍林郭勒地区的火山岩和碎屑岩锆石的微量元素及火山岩的全岩微量元素数据,估算了晚石炭世-二叠纪地壳厚度的变化趋势。结果表明,360Ma到320Ma时期发生地壳加厚,320~300Ma地壳从加厚转为减薄;而在300~280Ma时期,地壳厚度减薄最明显且厚度最小。综合岩浆活动、沉积环境和地壳厚度变化曲线等特征,可将大石寨-霍林郭勒地区晚石炭世到二叠纪的构造演化分为4个阶段:第一阶段(360~320Ma),碰撞产生的挤压背景导致区域性隆升和早-中古生代造山带物质的堆叠,使地壳厚度增大,导致幔源岩浆上侵,引起部分熔融作用,形成以侵入岩为特征的地壳垂向增生;第二阶段(320~300Ma),由于碰撞后伸展使得地壳处于从加厚到减薄的转换过程,发育与伸展相关的岩浆活动;第三阶段为300~280Ma,软流圈上涌造成地壳发生强烈伸展,导致地壳厚度明显减薄和大规模岩浆活动,以大石寨组岩浆活动进入高峰期为标志。该时期大规模岩浆活动和裂谷沉积特征与地壳厚度减薄的地球动力学背景高度吻合,从而揭示大石寨-霍林郭勒地区早-中二叠世处于地壳伸展而非俯冲-碰撞过程。第四阶段为280~260Ma,由于蒙古-鄂霍茨克造山带和大别-秦岭中央造山带的远距离效应造成地壳加厚,形成陆内造山带。  相似文献   

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鲁西地区石门山岩体主要岩性为片麻状花岗闪长岩,原划为新太古代早期侵入岩。根据新测锆石SHRIMPU-Pb年龄为(2530±8)Ma,其形成时代确定为新太古代晚期。凤仙山岩体为中粒二长花岗岩,锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为(2513±12)Ma,并侵入片麻状花岗闪长岩。石门山岩体属峄山岩套,为TTG质花岗岩,是地幔岩浆侵入混入地壳物质形成的。凤仙山岩体属傲徕山岩套二长花岗岩,为上地壳物质重熔(深熔)作用形成的。峄山岩套TTG类岩石是2560~2530 Ma壳幔岩浆活动的产物,岩体普遍具有片麻状构造,表明经历变质变形作用。未受区域变质作用的傲徕山岩套大规模壳源花岗岩是2530~2500 Ma地壳物质部分熔融形成的,与华北克拉通新太古代末超大陆拼合有关,2530 Ma是鲁西地区重要的构造热事件发生时期。  相似文献   

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早石炭世末期,阿拉套山一带的洋盆由西往东逐渐闭合,310 Ma以后该地区进入后碰撞伸展阶段。察哈乌苏侵入体处在阿拉套山的西段,侵位于上泥盆统托斯库尔他乌组碎屑岩中,岩性以二长花岗岩为主,少量钾长花岗岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果和Hf同位素组成表明察哈乌苏岩体二长花岗岩的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为(312.7±3.6) Ma,岩体的形成时代属于晚石炭世初期阶段,岩浆可能来自亏损地幔的部分熔融,演化过程中遭受了地壳物质混染,可能为同碰撞挤压向后碰撞伸展转换阶段、张性构造环境下岩浆活动的产物。  相似文献   

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从榴辉岩与围岩的关系论苏鲁榴辉岩的形成与折返   总被引:4,自引:1,他引:4       下载免费PDF全文
位于华北和扬子两板块碰撞带中的苏鲁榴辉岩形成的温压条件不但是超高压,而且是高温。榴辉岩的PTt轨迹表明其为陆-陆磁撞俯冲带的产物。榴辉岩的区域性围岩花岗质片麻岩为新元古代同碰撞期花岗岩,榴辉岩及其他直接围岩皆呈包体存在于其中,并见新元古代花岗岩呈脉状侵入榴辉岩包体中。区域性围岩新元古代花岗岩的锆石中发现有柯石英、绿辉石等包裹体,表明新元古代花岗岩的组成物质也经受过超高压变质作用,且榴辉岩与围岩新元古代花岗岩的锆石U-Pb体系同位素年龄基本相同。但新元古代花岗岩所记录的变质作用和变形作用期次(或阶段)却少于榴辉岩。椐上述可得如下推断:超高压榴辉岩与新元古代花岗岩岩浆是同时在碰撞带底部(俯冲板块前部)形成的;榴辉岩的第一折返阶段是由新元古代花岗岩岩浆携带上升的,其第二折返阶段是和新元古代花岗岩一起由逆冲及区域性隆起而上升,遭受剥蚀。  相似文献   

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某高速公路下伏煤矿采空区稳定性分析   总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10  
在论述某高速公路下伏砦脖煤矿采空区地质、采矿和工程地质特征的基础上,进行了稳定性数值模拟分析,定性与定量地分析与评价了该煤矿采空区的地表变形特征及稳定性。研究结果表明:该煤矿采空区的变形尚未完成,对拟建的高速公路将产生很大的危害,必须采取相应的工程治理措施。  相似文献   

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摩擦桩基桩土间极限摩阻力取值问题探讨   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
陈银生 《世界地质》1999,18(1):54-59
通过对广珠东线高速公路横沥大桥的试桩及土体的工程地质条件分析,总结出影响摩擦桩基桩土间极限摩阻力取值的一般问题以及解决问题的方法和措施。  相似文献   

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In order to characterise the influence of the heavyrains on the observed landslides during the 1996–1997hydrological cycle, rainfall records for the last 100years are analysed from 104 stations in easternAndalusia. Regarding the amounts of rain recordedbetween October 1996 and March 1997 in the 104stations studied, 31 presented new all-time records;15 presented values that were 80–100% of thepre-1995 record; 49 stations, 80–50%; and 9stations, < 50%. A map has been devised of thesusceptibility of the materials through which thesouth-eastern Andalusian road network crosses,together with an inventory of the damage caused byinstability phenomena on banks and cuttings of theroad network during the winter of 1996–1997. Therelationships between the rainfall during the studyperiod, the damage caused to the road network and thesusceptibility of the materials affected are analysed.The results indicate that there is a clearcorrespondence between the rainfall recorded and thesusceptibility of the materials with the inventorieddamage. It is concluded that the widespread seriousdamage caused in early 1997 to the roads andsurrounding areas in the Alpujarra region and thecoast of the Province of Granada was mainly caused bythe extraordinarily heavy rains. However, considerablyless damage was observed where the susceptibility ofthe terrain is low, thus highlighting the extremeusefulness of terrain-susceptibility maps for riskprevention and territorial planning.  相似文献   

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混凝剂处理钻井废泥浆液的研究   总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4  
通过烧杯搅拌实验对混凝剂处理钻井废泥浆液进行研究,从混凝剂适应PH值范围、混凝效果、沉降速度三方面研究比较,找出一种较为理想的混凝剂,并分析了影响混凝剂性能的主要因素,确定了混凝剂的最佳投放剂量。  相似文献   

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黄河源区水环境变化及黄河出现冬季断流的原因   总被引:12,自引:0,他引:12  
自1954年有水文观测资料以来,黄河曾在青海省玛多县黄河沿水文站发生过3次断流。本文在分析黄河源区水环境特征及其影响因素的基础上指出,鄂陵湖、扎陵湖的环湖融区调节能力低,当遇到连续干旱、冬季其调节水量不足以维系黄河径流时便会发生断流,这是断流的主因。湖水位降低、开采沙金、过度放牧等自然和人为因素也会对黄河发生断流产生影响。鄂陵湖口附近黄河上修建的水电站开始蓄水,提高了两湖及环湖融区的调节能力,今后黄河冬季出现断流的可能性将大为降低。  相似文献   

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International unity is becoming ever stronger in this country owing to an increasing similarity in the development of the cultural environment. This comprises the provision of all the country's republics with a sufficient number of schools, theatres, and other institutions and cultural information media in accordance with the needs of the population. An important part is played by the rise in ‘the general educational level, as well as the level of professional qualifications and skills. Among all the Soviet nations and nationalities, this rise being more rapid among formerly backward peoples. Prominent among the factors of internationalization is the progressive development of the nationalities’ cultural resources, while professional culture is being increasingly brought within the reach of the masses.The implementation of the nationalities policy promotes the all-round development of all Soviet nations and nationalities, their drawing together, the upsurge of the individual capabilities of every Soviet citizen.  相似文献   

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正Artemia cysts are an extremely important component of aquaculture diets.It is well established that the cultivation of fish and shellfish derive substantial health and growth advantages when Artemia are included in the diets of the  相似文献   

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Climate: Is the past the key to the future?   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
 The climate of the Holocene is not well suited to be the baseline for the climate of the planet. It is an interglacial, a state typical of only 10% of the past few million years. It is a time of relative sea-level stability after a rapid 130-m rise from the lowstand during the last glacial maximum. Physical geologic processes are operating at unusual rates and much of the geochemical system is not in a steady state. During most of the Phanerozoic there have been no continental ice sheets on the earth, and the planet’s meridional temperature gradient has been much less than it is presently. Major factors influencing climate are insolation, greenhouse gases, paleogeography, and vegetation; the first two are discussed in this paper. Changes in the earth’s orbital parameters affect the amount of radiation received from the sun at different latitudes over the course of the year. During the last climate cycle, the waxing and waning of the northern hemisphere continental ice sheets closely followed the changes in summer insolation at the latitude of the northern hemisphere polar circle. The overall intensity of insolation in the northern hemisphere is governed by the precession of the earth’s axis of rotation, and the precession and ellipticity of the earth’s orbit. At the polar circle a meridional minimum of summer insolation becomes alternately more and less pronounced as the obliquity of the earth’s axis of rotation changes. Feedback processes amplify the insolation signal. Greenhouse gases (H2O, CO2, CH4, CFCs) modulate the insolation-driven climate. The atmospheric content of CO2 during the last glacial maximum was approximately 30% less than during the present interglacial. A variety of possible causes for this change have been postulated. The present burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and cement manufacture since the beginning of the industrial revolution have added CO2 to the atmosphere when its content due to glacial-interglacial variation was already at a maximum. Anthropogenic activity has increased the CO2 content of the atmosphere to 130% of its previous Holocene level, probably higher than at any time during the past few million years. During the Late Cretaceous the atmospheric CO2 content was probably about four times that of the present, the level to which it may rise at the end of the next century. The results of a Campanian (80 Ma) climate simulation suggest that the positive feedback between CO2 and another important greenhouse gas, H2O, raised the earth’s temperature to a level where latent heat transport became much more significant than it is presently, and operated efficiently at all latitudes. Atmospheric high- and low-pressure systems were as much the result of variations in the vapor content of the air as of temperature differences. In our present state of knowledge, future climate change is unpredictable because by adding CO2 to the atmosphere we are forcing the climate toward a “greenhouse” mode when it is accustomed to moving between the glacial–interglacial “icehouse” states that reflect the waxing and waning of ice sheets. At the same time we are replacing freely transpiring C3 plants with water-conserving C4 plants, producing a global vegetation complex that has no past analog. The past climates of the earth cannot be used as a direct guide to what may occur in the future. To understand what may happen in the future we must learn about the first principles of physics and chemistry related to the earth’s system. The fundamental mechanisms of the climate system are best explored in simulations of the earth’s ancient extreme climates. Received: 7 November 1996/Accepted: 23 January 1997  相似文献   

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The Elder problem is an example of a density driven flow, motivated by experiments of a thermally driven convection in porous media. It is a mathematical benchmark problem used for code verification of density driven flow simulators and comparison of issues related to its numerical treatment. Its bifurcation diagram with respect to the Rayleigh number is investigated on a hierarchy of uniformly refined grids. Eleven stationary solutions are shown to exist for the Elder problem. Similar solutions can be found using the Boussinesq approximation. Despite this similarity the corresponding bifurcation diagrams are shown to be topologically not equivalent. This gives rise to serious doubts on the validity of Boussinesq approximation for this model problem. Grid convergence is investigated for the numerically obtained solutions.  相似文献   

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