9000 years of changes in peat organic matter composition in Store Mosse (Sweden) traced using FTIR-ATR     

Antonio Martínez Cortizas  Jenny K. Sjöström  Eleonor E. Ryberg  Malin E. Kylander  Joeri Kaal  Olalla López-Costas  Noemi Álvarez Fernández  Richard Bindler 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2021,50(4):1161-1178

Store Mosse (the ‘Great Bog’ in Swedish) is one of the most extensive bog complexes in southern Sweden (~77 km²), where pioneering palaeoenvironmental research has been carried out since the early 20th century. This includes, for example, vegetation changes, carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peat decomposition, atmospheric metal pollution, mineral dust deposition, dendrochronology, and tephrochronology. Even though organic matter (OM) represents the bulk of the peat mass and its compositional change has the potential to provide crucial ecological information on bog responses to environmental factors, peat OM molecular composition has not been addressed in detail. Here, a 568-cm-deep peat sequence was studied at high resolution, by attenuated reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR) in the mid-infrared region (4000–400 cm^–1). Principal components analysis was performed on selected absorbances and change-point modelling was applied to the records to determine the timing of changes. Four components accounted for peat composition: (i) depletion/accumulation of labile (i.e. carbohydrates) and recalcitrant (i.e. lignin and other aromatics, aliphatics, organic acids and some N compounds) compounds, due to peat decomposition; (ii) variations in N compounds and carbohydrates; (iii) residual variation of lignin and organic acids; and (iv) residual variation of aliphatic structures. Peat decomposition showed two main patterns: a long-term trend highly correlated to peat age (r = 0.87), and a short-term trend, which showed five main phases of increased decomposition (at ~8.4–8.1, ~7.0–5.6, ~3.5–3.1, ~2.7–2.1 and ~1.6–1.3 ka) – mostly corresponding to drier climate and its effect on bog hydrology. The high peat accumulation event (~5.6–3.9 ka), described in earlier studies, is characterized by the lowest degree of peat decomposition of the whole record. Given that FTIR-ATR is a quick, non-destructive, cost-effective technique, our results indicate that it can be applied in a systematic way (including multicore studies) to peat research and provide relevant information on the evolution of peatlands.  相似文献   

Effects on UDP glucuronosyl transferase, glutathione transferase, DT-diaphorase and glutathione reductase activities in rainbow trout liver after long-term exposure to PCB     

Lars Frlin  Sonja Blom  Malin Celander  Joachim Sturve 《Marine environmental research》1996,42(1-4)

In the present study, long-term exposure to PCB resulted in marked induction of the xenobiotic biotransformation enzymes UDP glucuronosyl transferase, glutathione transferase and DT-diaphorase (measured as menadione reductase and DCPIP reductase) in rainbow trout 15 or 20 weeks post-injection during the experimental period. The increase of the phase II enzymes were paralleled by a marked increase of the glutathione reductase activity. These results indicate that prolonged exposure to PCB results in increased production of organo-radicals.  相似文献   

发展地理学研究进展与展望   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

邓祥征  金贵  何书金  王成新  李兆华  王占岐  宋马林  杨庆媛  张安录  陈建成 《地理学报》2020,75(2):226-239

本文回顾和总结了20世纪以来发展地理学的研究进展,涉及发展地理学内涵和理论、领域和方法及其发展趋势。系统梳理了发展地理学在欠发达国家或地区发展收敛、发达地区或国家生活品质提升过程中的收敛及其路径等研究内容。通过分析国外研究进展,指出了发展地理学在中国的发展条件与学科优势,并着眼于国际学术前沿最新动向与国家宏观战略需求,提出了今后中国发展地理学研究需重点关注的领域。未来发展地理学研究应以可持续发展理论为指引,以提升欠发达地区可持续生计能力与区域绿色发展水平为核心,以构建发展地理学理论和跨学科综合集成研究体系为目标,聚焦区域发展的空间格局、扩散特征与收敛研究,探索出服务于区域经济建设与产业发展的调控政策与科学路径。  相似文献   

The use of principle component analyses in characterising trace and major elemental distribution in a 55 kyr peat deposit in tropical Australia: Implications to paleoclimate     

Joanne Muller  Malin Kylander  Antonio Martinez-Cortizas  Dominik Weiss  Kevin Blake  Raquel Garcia-Sanchez 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2008,72(2):449-463

The Lynch’s Crater peat deposit in NE-Australia is a sensitive environmental archive located in the tropical Southern Hemisphere. This unique deposit illustrates that local and regional changes had a profound effect on the local Australian ecosystem over the past 55 kyr. To obtain a proxy of past climate changes, trace and major element geochemistry analyses were applied to a 13 m peat core from the crater. Principle component analysis (PCA) was used to identify the main factors that control elemental distribution in the peat and to add interpretative strength to the geochemical behavior of selected major and trace elements. For example, Sc, Al, Cu, and Pb were found to be related to increased erosion of the basin soils, and from this, several periods of significant flux from atmospheric input and/or terrigenous run-off were identified. Geochemically mobile elements during rock weathering and pedogenesis, such as Mg, Ca, and Sr helped to identify the peat ombrotrophic-minerotrophic boundary at ∼1.5 m depth and offered important information about fluxes of these nutrients to the mire and their dynamics within the deposit. Arsenic and V comparisons between the peat record (high concentrations in some peat sections) and in local basin rocks (very low concentrations), suggested the presence of a long range, atmospheric dust source early in the formation of the mire. The Lynch’s Crater peat record presents a continuous record of environmental change in tropical Australia and contributes new understanding to geochemical processes in peatlands.  相似文献   

Research progress and prospect on development geography     

Deng  Xiangzheng  Jin  Gui  He  Shujin  Wang  Chengxin  Li  Zhaohua  Wang  Zhanqi  Song  Malin  Yang  Qingyuan  Zhang  Anlu  Chen  Jiancheng 《地理学报(英文版)》2021,31(3):437-455

In this paper,we review the research progress in development geography since the 20th century,focusing on its connotation and theory,fields,methods,and development trends.Specifically,we systematically review the research and applications of development geography,comprising fields such as the convergence of underdeveloped countries and re-gions,and the convergence of the process of improving the quality of life in developed coun-tries and regions.Then,based on an analysis of research progress in development geogra-phy in foreign countries,we examine the development conditions and disciplinary advantages of development geography in China.Further,we highlight that future development geography research in China should focus on the latest international academic research and China's national macro-strategic needs.Future research in development geography should be guided by the theory of sustainable development,the core of which is to improve sustainable liveli-hood capacity and regional green development levels in underdeveloped regions.This core includes the construction of industrial policy and development geography theory,as well as an interdisciplinary integrated research system.The focus must be placed on researching the spatial patterns,diffusion characteristics,and the convergence mechanism of regional de-velopment.Such a focus will facilitate exploration of the regulatory policies and scientific paths that serve regional economic construction and industrial development.  相似文献   

The Solar and Luni-Solar Daily Variations of the Geomagnetic Field at Hartland during the IGY     

S. R. C. Malin  B. R. Leaton 《Geophysical Journal International》1967,13(1-3):359-361

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Luni-Solar Daily Variations of the Geomagnetic Field at Observatories in the British Isles During the IGY     

S. R. C. Malin 《Geophysical Journal International》1967,13(4):397-401

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The Sq current system during the International Geophysical Year     

S. R. C. Malin  J. C. Gupta 《Geophysical Journal International》1977,49(2):515-529

Summary. The daily variation for the mean of the eight most quiet days of the IGY is represented as a function of latitude, longitude and UT by means of a spherical harmonic model. The most appropriate choice of Sq baseline is investigated, on the assumption that the external electric currents deduced from the model should be negligible at local midnight. The properties of the final model are discussed, particularly with regard to the external current foci, and are compared with those of previous models.  相似文献   

Induction in arbitrarily shaped oceans – V. The circulation of Sq-induced currents around land masses     

D. Beamish  R. C. Hewson-Browne  P. C. Kendall  S. R. C. Malin  D. A. Quinney 《Geophysical Journal International》1980,61(3):479-488

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Geomagnetic secular acceleration     

D. R. Barraclough  S. R. C. Malin 《Geophysical Journal International》1979,58(3):785-793

Summary. A spherical harmonic model of the second time-derivative of the geomagnetic field is determined, for the first time, directly from measures of the secular acceleration based on observatory annual mean data. The data span the interval 1964.5–1975.5, and 165 observatories are included. The model comprises the 32 coefficients of degree and order up to 6 that are significant at the 5 per cent level. Its primary purpose is to aid in the reduction of data to epoch for the 1980 series of navigational charts. The model is compared with earlier estimates of secular acceleration, derived by less direct methods.  相似文献