木化石连续切片方法

初步结果表明,一些保存较好的木化石材料(或渗矿化材料),可先经过酸浸解,使其矿质杂屑离解并暴落出原实体材料,然后用金属刀进行连续切片。     

Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber

Flask-shaped microfossils are reported from bracts of a moss in Eocene-Oligocene amber from the northern Dominican Republic. These microfossils are identical with the thecae of certain living moss-dwelling rotifers in the genusHabrotrocha (Bdelloidea), which have previously been reported as fossils only from Holocene peat. What may be an egg and a rotifer body fossil are associated with these thecae and further support the identification of these fossils withHabrotrocha; the fossils are almost identical to extantH. angusticollis. The parthenogenetic bdelloid rotifers have a longer evolutionary history than was previously thought; habrotrochid rotifers seem to have persisted for 35 million years with very little change in morphology or ecological role.     

广州城市河段和湖泊轮虫群落结构的研究

2005年12月-2006年11月,对珠江广州河段及天河、流花公园内湖泊轮虫群落结构进行了初步研究.经鉴定,共发现轮虫21属77种(包括亚种).其中湖泊的优势种分别为暗小异尾轮虫(Trichocerca pusilla)、微型多突轮虫(Liliferotrocha subtilis)、裂痕龟纹轮虫(Anuraeopsis fissa)和剪形臂尾轮虫(Brachionus forficula),而广州河段则是微型多突轮虫(Liliferotrocha subtilis)、裂痕龟纹轮虫(Anuraeopsis fissa)、暗小异尾轮虫(Trichocerca pusilla)、角突臂尾轮虫(Brachionus angularis)和尾突臂尾轮虫(Brachionus caudatus).轮虫数量的两次高峰分别出现在春末夏初和8月份.全年最高密度为5 494 ind./L(中大采样点,2005年12月),最低密度为117 ind./L(中大采样点,2006年7月).枯水期,轮虫密度较高,丰水期,轮虫密度较低.4个采样点轮虫年平均密度以天河采样点最高(1 260 ind./L),中大采样点次之(1 123 ind./L),黄埔采样点再次(737 ind./L),流花采样点最低(718 ind./L).径流量、盐度、温度是造成河口和湖泊轮虫密度以及种类组成区别的重要因素.研究结果表明轮虫在河流和湖泊生态系统中具有重要作用.     

用离析法研究化石木材

本文首次报道用离析方法研究湖北省新洲县的被子植物化石木材的情况.实验证明,经该方法处理后的木化石、导管、木射线、纤维等清晰可见,这对化石木材的研究是有意义的,并提供了一种新的辅助手段.     

贵阳乌当古生代腕足动物化石壳质成份的初步研究

通过对乌当古生代五组腕足动物化石壳和围岩的光谱半定量及红外光谱测试扫描,发现化石壳的化学成份、矿物成份和围岩关系密切,说明石化过程中,置换、交代作用进行得比较完全,这种研究有明显意义。     

文化冲突与《圣经》话语的戏剧化——对张资平小说《冲积期化石》的考察

张资平的“文字”能力一直被文人所称道。从《冲积期化石》中可以看出，在张资平独具魔力的文字背后，隐含着其独特的文化心理。中国传统文化和西方基督教文化对他都有一定的影响，他在坚持欲望自由的道德立场时，对两种文化规范都有一定程度的抗拒。他在批评社会现实时广泛借用《圣经》话语，而传统文化美学又不时地影响他的审美心理，两种文化美学规范的潜在作用使他的话语表达取得了戏剧性的效果。     

杉科化石植物角质层的研究

化石角质层是地质史上真正生活过的植物活体上的原物，其表皮细胞和气孔的特征以及气孔的分布与排列可作为杉科植物属种分类的依据．本文简要讨论了角质层在杉科化石植物研究上的重要性．     

Bdelloid rotifers in Dominican amber: Evidence for parthenogenetic continuity

Recently discovered representatives of the Class Bdelloidea from Tertiary amber from the Dominican Republic represent the oldest known fossils of the Phylum Rotifera. Assuming that the fossil bdelloids had a similar mode of reproduction as present day members of the Class (apomictic thelytoky), then contrary to current thought, some lines of parthenogenetic organisms are not doomed to an early extinction and have evolved built-in mechanisms for genetic diversity.     

中国大别山双子叶植物化石木材（Ⅱ）：橄榄科,山茱萸科

湖北省新州县大别山下阳逻镇双子叶植物硅化木系列报道之二，在前文里我们描述了樟科一种化石木。本文增加二科进行描述，它们是橄榄科植物化石新种小节橄榄木和山茱萸科植物化石新种湖北山茱萸木。这些木化石的解剖学特征都显示了大别山地区在第三纪时气候更倾温暖湿润。     

Fitting of growth curves over time when the data are obtained from a single realization

This paper focuses on the general problem of forecasting the maximum value of a time series which by the nature of the data must approach an asymptotic value. Examples of such series include the growth of organisms, the concentration of a chemical reagent during a reaction occurring over time or the amount of a fossil fuel resource which has been discovered or produced as a function of time. The approach taken below differs from the usual models for this type of data in that it assumes that an unobserved time series is actually driving the process, and that the observed data series is a function of the unobserved process. In the case of fossil fuels the unobserved series might be a measure of the exploratory drilling, the number of production days in a given time period or even the amount of fiscal resources devoted to exploratory activities. A maximum likelihood method is developed for estimating the parameters of the process, especially the maximum S, and the covariance structure of the estimators is developed. The methodology is illustrated on an example of oil production. Finally, methods are developed for forecasting the data into the near future.