A high-resolution environmental change record since 19 cal ka BP in Pumoyum Co,southern Tibet

A 380-cm-long sediment core was acquired from the deep water area of Pumoyum Co, southern Tibet. Twenty-five plant residue samples were selected, and organic carbon stable isotopes were obtained using the AMS ¹⁴C chronological method. The ¹⁴C age and carbon reservoir effect were calibrated with surface sedimentation rate measurements using ²¹⁰Pb dating. Results showed that the core sediment deposited over 19 cal ka BP. Based on a multi-proxy analysis of TOC and IC contents, grain size and pollen assemblage data, the palaeoclimatic evolution of Pumoyum Co was reconstructed since the last glacial. Pumoyum Co was a shallow lake prior to 16.2 cal ka BP; although the glacier around the lake began to melt due to increasing temperatures, climate was still cold and dry. In the interval of 16.2–11.8 cal ka BP, the sedimentary environment fluctuated drastically and frequently. Two cold-events occurred at 14.2 and 11.8 cal ka BP, and these may correspond to the Older Dryas and the Younger Dryas events, respectively. After 11.8 cal ka BP, Pumoyun Co developed into the deep lake as it is now. The lake water temperature was relatively lower at that time because of influx of cold water from glacial meltwater entering the lake. As a result, the multi-proxy indicators showed no sign of warm conditions. Comparisons between the sedimentary record of Pumoyum Co with that of other lakes of the same age in southern Tibet indicate a warmer climate following the last deglaciation influenced the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. These results imply that the southwest Asian monsoon gradually became stronger since the deglaciation during its expansion to the inner plateau. The glacial-supplied water of the lake responded sensitively to cold-events. The entire southern Tibet region was dominantly influenced climatically by the southwest Asian monsoon during the Holocene.     

江苏如东近海绿潮藻分子检测与类群演替分析

2007 年以来, 中国青岛、连云港、如东等黄海沿海连续4 年爆发绿潮现象, 尤其2008 年青岛爆发了世界最大规模绿潮, 造成了严重的生态危害. 2009 年, 我们对江苏省如东海域绿潮藻进行了调查和监测, 选取紫菜养殖架和防波堤坝上的11 个固着样品以及海区15 个漂浮样品, 对其ITS及5.8S rDNA 和叶绿体rbcL 基因序列进行了分子系统发育和类群演替分析. 结果显示, 如东沿岸堤坝和紫菜养殖筏架具有大量固着生长的浒苔类绿潮藻, 其海区漂浮绿潮藻团出现时间也最早,并逐渐北移; ITS 序列分析将如东样品聚为5 个类群, 即Ulva compressa 类群(6 个样品)、Ulva linza-procera-prolifera (LPP)复合体类群(12 个样品)、Ulva flexuosa 类群(3 个样品)、Blidingia sp.类群(3 个样品)以及Urospora spp.类群(2 个样品), 而rbcL 序列较为保守, 26 个样品只聚为4 个类群.DNA 序列分析表明, 如东海区漂浮与固着绿潮藻类群构成相同, 亲缘关系较近, 漂浮绿潮藻优势类群先后出现次序为: U. compressa, U. flexuosa 及LPP, 最终漂浮种与2008 年黄海绿潮优势种的ITS 序列完全相同. 本研究为今后黄海绿潮溯源及其预测防控奠定了重要基础.     

Label-free and real-time detection of specific binding of IgG proteins by oblique-incidence reflectivity difference method

The entire interaction process between anti-mouse immunoglobulin-G (IgG) and mouse IgG with a concentration range from 1 to 0.25 mg/mL has been label-free detected by the oblique incidence reflectivity difference (OIRD) method.We achieved the two-dimensional scanning images of OIRD Re{△ p △s } intensities before and after interactions as well as the curves of reaction dynamic processes.The experimental results suggest that OIRD method not only can label-free distinguish the different concentrations of proteins and detect biological microarrays,but also can real-time monitor the kinetic processes of biomolecular interactions.     

Hydrodynamic process of Tibetan Plateau lake revealed by grain size: Case study of Pumayum Co

Under the background of global warming,some lakes on the Tibetan Plateau(TP) are potentially sensitive to temperature change.With a case study of Pumayum Co,where glacier meltwater is important to supply(we call this a glacier-fed lake hereafter),we analyze the sensitivity of lake sediment grain size to temperature change.This is done by resolving the modern hydrodynamic process,coupled with comparison of paleoclimatic proxies.According to the spatial distributions of parameters,percentage of grain size and the grain size frequency distribution curve,hydrodynamic processes are analyzed.Five clastic sedimentation types are thereby discriminated.In the open lake area,suspended load transport is the main transport agent.Grain Size Trend Analysis(GSTA),a sediment dynamics model,reveals a trend toward eastward transport.This indicates that the largest and glacier-fed river,the Jiaqu River,influences the entire lake(not just the subsurface alluvial fan),and that lake sediment grain size may serve as a temperature indicator.Time series comparison between grain size of a short core from the central lake and meteorological data confirms this temperature indication,which in turn shows reliability of the method discriminating the hydrodynamic process.This case study will improve the ability of paleoclimatic reconstruction using lake sediment in glacier-fed lakes on the Tibetan Plateau.     

Deposition of bio-mimicking graphene sheets with lotus leaf-like and cell-like structures on the nickel substrate

Bio-mimicking graphene films,deposited on textured nickel substrates,were synthesized by the following method:replicating the surface textures of the lotus leaf by polymer duplication,fabricating textured nickel substrates by electroplating on the polymer coated with a Au film,preparing bio-mimicking graphene oxide films on the nickel substrates by vacuum filtration,and electrochemical reduction.By controlling the vacuum filtration,this replica method can not only replicate the lotus leaf structure by a graphene film,but also can achieve a novel cell-like graphene film.     

A preliminary study of chronology for a newly-discovered ancient city and five archaeological sites in Lop Nor,China

In the past century, it has long been debated in the archeological, historical, geographical, and many other related communities where the capital of the Luolan and Shanshan states was in the Lop Nor region. This paper presents three AMS radiocarbon ages from a newly-discovered ancient city at about 6.3 km to the northwest of the Xiaohe Graveyard, and fifteen new radiocarbon ages from the Loulan (LA), LE, Qieerqiduke, Milan, and Tuyin sites in Lop Nor. The new investigation shows that the age of newly-disco...     

不同粗糙度平面上静止颗粒堆底的切应力分布

在两种不同粗糙底面上测量了用从固定点以相同流量落下颗粒的方法制备而成的圆锥堆底的切向应力分布. 结果显示, 粗糙度大的底面有相对较大的切向应力. 利用一般的力平衡方程、库仑不等式、圆锥堆侧面的自由边界条件以及测量的数据可以验证, 堆底面切向应力强度与法向应力分布出现中心凹陷现象有关, 切向应力越大凹陷现象越明显. 另外, 提出了一个颗粒堆的非线性应力关系唯象模型.     

Direct assimilation of satellite radiance data in GRAPES variational assimilation system

Variational method is capable of dealing with observations that have a complicated nonlinear relation with model variables representative of the atmospheric state, and so make it possible to directly assimilate such measured variables as satellite radiance, which have a nonlinear relation with the model variables. Assimilation of any type of observations requires a corresponding observation operator, which establishes a specific mapping from the space of the model state to the space of observation. This paper presents in detail how the direct assimilation of real satellite radiance data is implemented in the GRAPES-3DVar analysis system. It focuses on all the components of the observation operator for direct assimilation of real satellite radiance data, including a spatial interpolation operator that transforms variables from model grid points to observation locations, a physical transformation from model variables to observed elements with different choices of model variables, and a data quality control. Assimilation experiments, using satellite radiances such as NOAA17 AMSU-A and AMSU-B （Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit）, are carried out with two different schemes. The results from these experiments can be physically understood and clearly reflect a rational effect of direct assimilation of satellite radiance data in GRAPES-3DVar analysis system.     

The carbon isotopic compositions of Non-methane Hydrocarbons in atmosphere

Carbon isotopic compositions of atmospheric Non-methane Hydrocarbons(NMHCs) in the urban areas of Taiyuan and Lanzhou in summer were reported and the sources of NMHCs are discussed.Carbon isotopic ratios(δ 13C) of vehicle exhaust,coal-combustion exhaust,fuel volatiles and cooking exhaust were also measured with thermal desorption-gas chromatography-isotope ratio-mass spectrometry(TD-GC-IR-MS).δ 13C values of NMHCs in the urban areas of Lanzhou and Taiyuan range from-32.3‰ to-22.3‰ and from-32.8‰ to-18.1‰.δ ...     

Tunable multiple-channel filters based on photonic heterostructures using single-negative materials

We studied the multiple-channel filters based on photonic heterostructures consisting of single-negative permittivity and single-negative permeability media. The results showed that the number of resonance modes inside the zero-φeff gap increases as the number of heterogenous interface M increases. The number of resonance modes inside the zero-φeff, gap is equal to that of heterogenous interface M, and it can be used as M channels filter. This result provides a feasible method to adjust the channel number of multiple-channel filters. When losses are involved, the results showed that the electric fields of the resonance modes decay largely with the increase of the number of heterogenous interface and damping factors. Besides, the relationship between the quality factor of multiple-channel filters and the number of heterogenous interface M is linear, and the quality factor of multiple-channel filters decreases with the increase of the damping factor. These results provide feasible methods to adjust the quality factor of multiple-channel filters.