新近降落的鄄城球粒陨石

根据新近降落的鄄城球粒陨石的岩石学和矿物学特征 ,Fa 19.2 ,δFa0 .4 6 ,Fs 16 .9,δFs0 .4 ,将其划分为H5(S2 )球粒陨石.鄄城球粒陨石中斜长石富集CaO组分,可能与其母体经历了更高的热变质温度有关.     

地球大气太空来

科学家最近发现,取自地球内部深处的氪元素和氙元素的原始样本,跟古陨石的化学构成完全一致。此前公认的观点是,地球大气是由地球火山不断喷发而逐渐累积形成的。但从最新证据来看,地球大气实际上很可能是源于一连串的彗星。换句话说,今天我们呼吸的大部分气体都起源于太阳星云——后来形成太阳及太阳系行星的尘埃和气体云团。     

全球岩石圈板块为什么会运移?

全球岩石圈板块运移的动力学机制,长期以来始终是一个议而不决的难题。地质演化历史的大量信息都埋藏在岩石圈内部,很少出露地表。然而,近2亿年来的地质信息出露比较多,资料也比较可靠,学者可对此问题进行探讨。根据全球中、新生代7次板块运动模式的变化,可以认为岩石圈板块的运动是由巨大的陨石撞击地球表层诱发的,而不是如流传很广的"地幔传送带模式"假说所认为的那样产生的。每隔3 300万年左右,地球都会随太阳系一起穿越一次星际物质较密集的银道面,引起引力场的巨变。引力场的改变使一些小行星改变其原来的运行轨道,从而导致地球表层受到来自陨石的不同角度的撞击,诱发地球岩石圈板块运动方向或模式的改变。     

七大最重陨石

国外一家博客网站近日对坠落于地球的最重的陨石进行了盘点,纳米比亚重约60吨的霍巴陨石问鼎。以下就是迄今发现的七大最重陨石。     

一石激起千层浪——趣谈陨石

流星是常见的自然现象。受地球引力的影响,宇宙中每时每刻都会有一些天体碎片被地球引力“俘获”并进入大气层,这就是我们看到的流星,那些没有燃烧分解完的微缩版小行星落到地球表面就形成了陨石。     

Type distribution pattern and pairing of ordinary chondrites from Grove Mountains, Antarctica

Twenty-eight meteorites were collected on blue ice in the Grove Mountains region, Antarctica, by the 16th Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE). 26 out of the stones are ordinary chondrites, and their chemical-petrographic types are assigned based on electron probe microanalyses, petrography and mineralogy. 6 of them are unequilibrated L-chondrites, and the other 20 chondrites are equilibrated, including 6 H-group (3 H4, 1 H5 and 2 H6), 9 L-group (3 L4, 1 L5 and 5 L6) and 5 LL-group (2 LL4 and 3 LL5). Detailed comparative study suggests that 10 of them (including other 2 chondrites collected by the 15th CHINARE) could be paired, and represent 5 individual fall events. Hence, all 32 meteorites collected from the Grove Mountains probably belong to 27 fall events, suggestive of meteorite transferring and concentrating processes. The Grove Mountains are likely a new meteorite-enriched region. Distribution patterns of chemical-petrographic type and mass of the Grove Mountains meteorites are significantly distinct from those found in other regions, indicative of their unique sources and/or concentration mechanism. However, more studies are required in order to clarify these differences.     

Recent discovery of handaxes associated with tektites in the Nanbanshan locality of the Damei site,Bose basin,Guangxi, South China

This paper reports the recent discovery of 176 stone artifacts, including two handaxes （bifacial large cutting tools）, which are preserved in the laterized sediments of terrace 4 of the Youjiang River at the Nanbanshan locality of the Damei site in the Bose basin, south China. Their characteristics are similar to Paleolithic stone artifacts discovered from other sites in this basin. The handaxes, picks and other stone artifacts are associated with 155 tektite pieces found in the same horizontal layer. These fresh, unabraded and sharp-edged tektites were buried immediately after the airfall event. This provides fur-ther evidence that the Bose stone artifacts and the tektites were deposited simultaneously around 0.8 Ma. More stone artifacts were also unearthed above the tektite layer, indicating that early humans in the area survived the event.     

Re-Os isotope geochemistry of three Chinese chondrites

Three Chinese ordinary chondrites,including Jilin (H5),Boxian (LL3.8) and Lujiang (LL6),have been studied for their Re and Os abundances and Os isotopic composition in whole-chondrite samples,separated magnetic and nonmagnetic fractions,and nodules. The results indicate that the Re and Os abundances of the whole-chondrite samples are in the ranges of corresponding H-and LL-Groups,respectively. The Re and Os abundances of magnetic fraction from Boxian and Lujiang are within the range of high-Os ⅡAB and ⅢAB irons,whereas those of nonmagnetic fractions of Boxian and Lujiang are lower than the whole-chondrite values. The Re and Os abundances of nodules in Jilin are in the range of the LL-Group. 187Re/188Os and 187Os/188Os ratios of the three whole chondrites are in the range of ordinary chondrites which locate around the isochron of ⅡAB ⅢAB irons. 187Re/188Os and 187Os/188Os ratios of the magnetic and nonmagnetic fractions from Boxian have a larger difference. The nonmag-netic fraction of Lujiang may contain a recent addition of Re,which causes deviation of the 187Re/188Os ratio from the irons isochron. The Re and Os abundances of nodules in Jilin are lower than those of the whole-chondrite,but their 187Os/188Os ratios are higher than that of the whole chondrite.     

沈阳东陵公园与陨石山森林公园SO_2污染及树木含硫量的比较分析

通过实测分析,东陵公园的SO2含量超标1.58倍,环境质量恶化,树木含硫量也明显增高;陨石山公园则是基本没有污染的游览地.主要乔木树种平均含硫量低于前者91.5%,可作为植物污染生理生态研究的参照区;阔叶乔木的含硫量>阔叶灌木>针叶乔木,为城市环城林营造提供了乔灌混合的实验依据.