A preliminary case study of potential ceramic raw materials in the Aileu area of Timor Leste     

J.V. Lisboa  J.M.F. Carvalho  A. Oliveira  C. Carvalho  J. Grade 《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》2007,29(5-6):593-603

The newly independent country of Timor Leste is located in the eastern half of Timor Island (Indonesian archipelago). Geological studies of the country’s mineral resources and extractive activities are practically non-existent. There is evidence of the exploitation of ceramic raw materials at outcrop level and two small brick kilns, nowadays inactive, in the Dili and Aileu areas. Near Aileu, there are light-coloured silt-rich deposits, interpreted as overbank deposits, interbedded with ancient river terraces (post-Pliocene) overlying metamorphic bedrock. These sediments are the subject of this study, which encompassed geological mapping and preliminary characterisation. Tectonically, the area is a graben, preserving alluvium and colluvium deposits. Five channel samples representative of the silt-rich deposits were collected. Semi-quantitative mineralogical analysis shows that the samples are made of illite, quartz and kaolinite clays, with accessory illite/vermiculite interstratified minerals and K-feldspar. The chemical data show agreement with the estimated mineralogical composition. The grain size distribution points to a silt-dominated assemblage. Most samples have a satisfactory extrudability but deficient moulding properties. After firing, the sampled raw materials form a final product with possible ceramic capability for whiteware production.  相似文献   

The appraisal of seven economic zones in China     

胡兆量 《中国地理科学(英文版)》1998,8(4):326-334

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Maquiladora Myths: Locational and Structural Change in Mexico's Export Manufacturing Industry     

Ian MacLachlan  Adrian Guillermo Aguilar 《The Professional geographer》1998,50(3):315-331

Trends in location, labor force, and procurement practices in maquiladoras are examined using recent data sources. A growing proportion of maquiladoras are selecting interior locations, south of the borderlands. Once dominated by young women, the labor force is rapidly approaching gender parity. While far below prevailing rates in the United States, maquiladora wages are comparable with equivalent manufacturing sectors in Mexico. Majority ownership of maquiladoras is split almost evenly between Mexico and the U.S., however, maquiladoras have failed to develop domestic sources of materials and parts and remain dependent on imported material inputs. As the North American Free Trade Agreement is phased in, the regulatory environment of maquiladoras will change but their role as low cost assembly specialists will persist.  相似文献   

Factor analysis of trends in energy and metals production and consumption in developed and developing countries     

Saul B. Suslick 《Natural Resources Research》1998,7(3):211-224

This paper presents a methodology used to combine energy and mineral market variables between Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and Developed Countries (OECD) over the past 24 years (1966–1990). LDCs include all countries, except OECD and central planned economies (CIS) and other countries in Eastern Europe. This period permits a comprehensive view of the impact of the energy crisis and the changes in economic growth patterns, correlated with changes in trends of production and consumption of energy and metals in both country blocs. This complex relationship was evaluated by a factor model of consumption and production variables using the aluminum, copper, lead, and zinc industries. The following variables are used in the factor model: export dependence, geographic concentration of mining production, geographic concentration of refined demand, geographic concentration of refined production, import dependence, refined demand growth, stability of demand, income elasticity of refined demand, price stability, intensity of use, and intensity of energy. The model for all commodities shows that the factor scores projections for LDCs and OECD blocs depicted a clearly divergent trend after the two oil shocks (1973–1979), when the intensity of energy variable presents high loading in the factor. The results are in substantial agreement with findings that the demand for energy, as well as for metals, is growing more rapidly in LDCs than OECD.  相似文献   

我国城市测量技术发展现状与成就   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

洪立波 《测绘工程》1998,7(3):1-6

介绍我国城市测量技术发展的现状,着重介绍测绘新技术在城市测量中的应用与实际效果,阐述测量技术基础建设的成就。  相似文献   

论旅游业和交通业的互动与整合   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

沈中印  史术光 《云南地理环境研究》2006,18(6):84-87

交通是决定旅游业发展是否具有竞争力的基本要素，而旅游业对交通的贡献率高，二者的互动作用非常明显，其互动作用表现在：旅游业拉动了交通业的发展，交通的改善为旅游业的发展提供了基础，二者相互促进，良性发展。通过理论阐述旅游业和交通业的互动关系，提出了旅游业和交通业的整合途径。  相似文献   

福建省花卉产业发展SWOT分析及对策研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

曹辉  陈平留 《云南地理环境研究》2007,19(2):79-83

福建省的花卉产业发展存在着一定的优势(Strengths)、劣势(Weaknesses)、机遇(Opportunities)、威胁(Threats)因素,优势和劣势、机遇和威胁之间也存在着相互转化的互动关系,利用福建省近几年的花卉产业发展资料,运用SWOT法分别对福建省花卉产业发展的优势、劣势、机会和威胁进行具体分析,结合福建省的实际情况,在花卉生产管理、区域特色优势品种规划、花卉生产和经营思路、花卉基地、花卉协会的行业指导、花卉发展环境等方面提出了一些的具体对策和建议.  相似文献   

论当前我国劳动密集型产业的发展     

陈伟  卢秀容 《广东海洋大学学报》2007,27(5):43-48

我国目前正处于工业化中期,发展劳动密集型产业对促进就业、提高劳动者收入、发挥潜在经济增长力、实现社会稳定等方面都具有重要的意义。我国目前发展劳动密集型产业符合比较优势,但比较优势并不等于竞争优势。当前我国劳动密集型产业仍然存在附加值低、劳动生产率低、企业自身竞争力弱、贸易磨擦频发、价格贸易条件恶化等一系列问题,严重影响了我国外贸的可持续发展。通过对上述问题的剖析,阐述了劳动密集型产业与技术进步、资本技术密集型产业以及国际贸易之间的关系,认为应该实现劳动密集型产业的比较优势向竞争优势的转换,并从不同的角度提出了政府、企业为实现这种转变应采取的措施。  相似文献   

湛江工业化与工业支柱产业的选择   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈万灵  张士海 《广东海洋大学学报》2004,24(5):39-45

工业化一直是湛江经济发展的重要问题。经过计算和比较得出了一个判断———湛江工业化一直处于比较低水平 ,其关键问题是工业支柱产业不明确。按照支柱产业基准对湛江工业行业进行定量计算与定性分析 ,提出湛江工业支柱产业的选择方案。  相似文献   

INTERSTATE HIGHWAY EXIT MORPHOLOGY: NON-METROPOLITAN EXIT COMMERCE ON 1-75*     

Darrell A. Norris 《The Professional geographer》1987,39(1):23-32

The commercial non-metropolitan exit clusters of America's interstate highway system exhibit regularities of basic form, scale, mix of services provided, and the ordinal placement of establishments relative to the exit proper. An examination of 354 exits serving 1-75 indicates the typical morphology of interstate exit clusters.  相似文献