THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING OF CALCITE IN THE GOUGE OF F-20 FAULT AT ERTAN DAM SITE

The thermoluminescence of calcite in basalt from Ertan dam site is studied in this paper. The calcite is product of mesothermal action in late Permian. The deformation of the calcite crystals occurred during neofaulting. Experimental study indicates that the natural thermoluminescence of calcite declines under the action of pressure till exhaustion. On this basis, the age of the latest fault activity can be determined by the natural thermoluminescence accumulated since deformation of the calcite from Ertan dam site. By this method, it has been obtained that the deformation event of the calcite under pressure occurred between 1.403 and 1.155m.y. ago. Based on these results, it can be inferred that the active time of F-20 fault was not later than 1.155 m.y. ago.     

A MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE IN NORTH CHINA IN THE LAST 700 YEARS

A scheme in Fig. l is used to simulate the earthquake sequence in North China in the last 700 years. With a postulated fault system, a mechanical parameter distribution and suitable boundary tractions, the stress field is computed by finite element method in plane strain. The fault zones are treated as elastic-perfectly plastic medium which flows according to Coulomb's criterion and its associated flow rule. An earthquake is simulated by lowering the static coefficient of friction to a kinetic one at the epicenter to cause a slip there and arrived at a new equilibrium position. The differences in displacement, stress, etc. before and after the lowering are considered to be due to the earthquake and compared to observations. After adjustments of parameters and boundary tractions, the results are satisfactorily compared with the major earthquake sequence of 14 events M_s≥7 and regions of seismic risk in the last 700 years. Possible localities of future earthquake risk after the Tangshan earthquake and ef     

ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF RADIUS OF GYRATION OF CHAINS IN THE MELT IN THE CRYSTALIZATION OF POLY(1-BUTENE)

Crystallization in polymer systems actually is a process that transfers the entangled melts into a semi-crystallinelayered structure. Whether or not a chain disentangles may result in different crystallization mechanism. When compared tothe crystal thickness (d_c), the volume occupied by the chain in the melt, i.e., the radius of gyration (R_g), plays a veryimportant role in polymer crystallization. When d_c≤R_g, crystallization does not necessitate a chain disentangling. Theentanglements are just shifted into the amorphous regions. However, as d_c>R_g, i.e., as the crystal thickness ges larger thanthe radius of gyration of the chain in the melt, it becomes necessary for a chain to disentangle. Then a change ofcrystallization mechanism occurs. Such change has been experimentally observed in the crystallization of poly(1-butene). Achange in the crystal morphologies from spherulite to quadrangle, is seen via PLM, as crystalliation temperatures increase.Even more, such a change is molecular weigh dependent and shifts to lower temperature as molecular weigh decreases.There exists a jump of crystal thickness and crystallinity associated with morphological change, as seen via SAXS. A changeof crystallization kinetics and crystallinity is further evidenced via dilatometry. The unique feature of P1b crystallization hasbeen discussed based on the radius of gyration of chain in the melt (R_g), and very good agreement is obtained.     

STRESS AND DEFORMATION FIELDS ABOUT A LOCKED FAULT IN DEPTH

In this paper the stress and deformation fields about a locked fault in depth have been imitated using 3-dimensional finite element method and their time-space variation features have been analysed. The authors consider tentatively that the horizontal stresses about an active fault decrease slightly near the fault. The distributions of stress increasing and decreasing regions due to the locking of a fault are skew-symmetrical about the fault. The stresses about the locked region are increased in a larger range, where great elastic strain energy is accumulated and a stronger earthquake is more easily developed than at the ends of the fault. Reverse variations of crustal stress and deformation may be related to the different stages of the seismogeny of an earthquake focus.     

THE HISTORICAL CLIMATIC RECORDS IN ICE CORES FROM THE SURFACE LAYER OF WILKES LAND, ANTARCTICA

The information preserved in the surface layer of the Antarctic ice sheet is so abundant and detailed that in the areas with a high accumulation rate the annual climatic changes in the past can be distinguished. After conducting an investigation into the stratigraphical features of ice cores from two typical shallow boreholes in the Wilkes Land, one inland and another near the margin, analyzing δ(~18)O and the gross β radioactivity in the cores, as well as anslyzing the power spectra of δ~(18)O, the authors present some important assessments on the climatic information in the past several decades therein such as the annual mean temperature and precipitation, and suggest that there is a period of 11 years with which the climate changes cyclically in East Antactica. Such a studying method will be of value in both theory and practice to the inland Antarctica, where direct meteorological observation is deficient.     

FROM CRYSTALLINE BLOCK SLIPS TO DOMINANCE OF NETWORK STRETCHING——MECHANISMS OF TENSILE DEFORMATION IN SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS

The mechanism of tensile deformation in semi-crystalline polymers was studied based on true stress-strain curvesobtained with the aid of a video-controlled tensile set-up. The deformation is affected by both the crystalline and theamorphous phases. However, the relative weights of the two portions change with the deformation stage. At lowdeformations the coupling and coarse slips of the crystalline blocks dominate the mechanical properties, which allows thesystem to maintain a homogeneous strain distribution in the sample. As the stretching increases, at a critical strain the forcegenerated from entangled fluid portions reaches a critical value to destroy the crystallites. The dominant deformationmechanism then changes into a disaggregation - recrystallization process.     

THE APPLICATION OF ION EXCHANGERS IN THE PREPARTION OF WHEAT AGGLUTININ

In order to refine the products of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) , several ion exchangers, such as D261,732, DEAE - cellulose -32 and CM - cellulose - 32, have been used to removed proteins and pigments with different colors, such as brown, red, yellow, green and black, in the extracts of wheat germ. The WGA obtained from this procedure has higher hemagglutination activity than that available from sigma Co. The minimum hemagglutination dose of the purified WGA for an equal volume of a 2% type A red blood cells is 4μg/ml. WGA is a mixture of isolectins with different isoelectric points, 5. 9, 6. 2 and 6. 8. Their molecular weight identified by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis are 15 ,000 dalton , 18,000 dalton and 35,000 dalton, respectively.     

A NEW SPIROPLASMA FROM THE SURFACE OF PLANT FLOWER IN CHINA

The strain CCH, isolated from the surface of the plant flower in China, is a wall- less,helical prokaryote which passes through a microfilter 0. 22 μm in diameter. Cholesterol isrequired for its growth. The strain CCH could metabolize glucose, fructose, maltose, treha-lose and arginine, but not urea. Its electrophoresis pattern of cell proteins is distinct fromthat of other spiroplasmas. The guanine-plus-cyrosine content of its DNA determined bymelting temperature is 29. 15 mol%. No relation with any known spiroplasmas was found inenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and deformation tests. According to these results, thestrain CCH is referred to a new species in the genus of Spiroplasma or the representative ofa new spiroplasma group.     

GEOCHEMISTRY OF PETROLEUM MIGRATION DURING THE FORMATION OF KARAMAY OIL FIELD

The phenomena of geochemical migration during the formation of the Karamay Oil Field have been revealed by correlating the compositions of non-hydrocarbon, asphaltene, steranes and terpanes from between oils and rocks. The study on abnormal compaction observed in a deep well, which is located between the source area and the oil field, and the corresponding depletion of hydrocarbons further clarifies the conditions of the migration of oil and gas. Results show that the necessary condition for the formation of this giant oil field is a long distance of lateral migration of oil and gas followed by a redistribution along Ka.-Ur. large fault before accumulation in a large uplift.     

THE CALCULATION OF CHEMICAL SHIFTS IN DISUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENES

<正> The principle and method for calculating the chemical shifts of substituted benzenes have been extended to the calculation of chemical shifts in disubstituted naphthalenes. We have set up a series of empirical parameters for the calculation of chemical shifts. The calculated results of 439 8 values from 78 compounds show that the standard deviation between the calculated and the experimental values is 0.08 ppm. The combination of this calculation with that of the coupling constants can be used to provide a criterion .for the determination of molecular structure in disubstituted naphthalenes as well as to assign NMR parameters for the experiment of proton simulated spectra of disubstituted naphthalenes.     

CRYSTALLIZATION OF NaY ZEOLITE IN THE PRESENCE OF “CRYSTAL DIRECTION AGENT”AND RECRYSTALLIZATION OF NaA INTO NaY IN THE REACTION MIXTURE

The process of nucleation and crystal growth of NaY zeolite over a temperature rangeof 55°--100℃ in the presence of "crystal direction agent " are studied. The apparent ac-tivation energy for nucleation and that for crystal growth are evaluated. The mechanism ofthe recrystallization of NaA into NaY is investigated by adding NaA zeolite to the reactionmixture in which the crystallization of NaY zeolite is proceeding. The recrystallization ofNaA zeolite does not occur until the NaY crystallization from the reaction mixture is com-pleted. Thus the process of recrystallization of NaA into NaY might be shown as follows: Amorphous aluminosilicate gel→NaY NaA→NaY NaA Scanning electron microscopic observations and the recrystallization curves show that therecrystallization of NaA into NaY is getting n with a degradation and dissolution of surfacecrystals on the NaA zeolite and that the nucleation and crystal growth of NaY take placeimmediately at the surface of NaA crystals.     

STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSES OF THE QUATERNARY DEPOSITS IN THE THREE-LAKE REGION OF QAIDAM BASIN

The Qaidam Basin is a larger sedimentary basin in western China where the thickness of the Quaternary deposits is in the range of 2000-3000 m at its subsiding center. This paper first dates palaeomagnetically the cores obtained from the five continuously sampled intervals and those from a typical profile, determineds the age of the index fossil zones, and calculates the deposition rates for the varve deposits based on the sedimentological analysis. As a result, we can calculate the ages of the various characteristic beds (including fossil zones, seismic reflection beds, and marker layers of electrical properties) for any given borehole-section when it was divided into facies, and check the validity of the chronology. According to all those studies, the stratigraphic and geochronologic analysis program of the Quaternary deposits in the Qaidam Basin has permitted a detailed discussion to be made in this paper.     

MECHANICAL AND THERMAL STRUCTURE OF A CYLINDRICAL PLUME IN THE EARTH'S MANTLE

A mantle plume is understood as a hot, narrow, upwelling flow in the earth's mantle and accompanied by an efficient transfer of mass and energy from deep to upper layer of the earth. The cylindrical plume in earth's mantle plays an important role in explaining the origin of the surface hot spots and linear island chains. From the basic hydrodynamical equations, the detailed mechanical and thermal structure of a cylindrical plume of Newtouian fluids with temperature and pressure-dependent viscosity are given in the present paper. For two sets of rheological parameters the radial profiles of upward velocity, temperature and viscosity in the plume and radiuses of the plume at various depths have been calculated.     

RATE OF INTRAMOLECULAR CONTACT FORMATION IN PROTEINS

In this paper, we estimate the rate of contact formation between two residues in the interior of the proteins using the Szabo, Schulten, and Schulten formula with the probability distribution P(r) based on 375 proteins from PDB (Protein Data Bank). The probability distribution for residue pair in proteins is different from the Gaussian distribution, especially for short distance between two residues in proteins. The rate of contact formation in the interior of protein is discussed as a function of distance n (=|j-i|) between two residues, and it decreases monotonically with n and follows the scaling relationship of k∞n-γwithγ= 1.43 for the contact radius a= 0.40 nm andγ= 1.05 for a = 0.50 nm. The diffusion coefficient for the relative diffusion of two residues in the interior of proteins is estimated as D = 6.4×10-6 cm2/s, which is close to the result that is found for monomer diffusion.     

THE EXPERIMENTS OF SEASONAL PREDICTION USING THE ANALOGY-DYNAMICAL MODEL

From the viewpoint of dynamics, it is convenient to regard the field to be predicted as a small disturbance superposed on the historical analogous field, and thus the statistical technique can be used in combining with the dynamics. Along this line, a coupled atmosphere-earth surface analogy-dynamical model is formulated and applied to making eight seasonal predictions. All of the predictions were initiated from January and have been made from February to August of 1981 to 1988. The experiments of eight-year predictions show certain skill in seasonal prediction, and the skill scores of prediction are greater than those of single statistical analogy forecast.     

THE ROTATION BARRIER OF ELECTRON SPIN PROBE IN THE STUDY OF POLYMER SYSTEM

In the study of molecular motion of polymer by means of ESR in combination with spin probe, owing to that the ESR spectrum depicts only the behavior of spin probe, the information obtained is of indirect nature. Hence the relationship between them must first be investigated before any conclusion could be drawn. In this paper, two parameters T_R and C_R are introduced to characterize the changing of tumbling rate of spin probe, and the concept of rotation barrier of spin probe is proposed. It is considered that the magnitude of the rotation barrier is determined by the internal cavity size and distribution in polymer. When the temperature is raised, the size and distribution of the cavities change accordingly, thus the tumbling of spin probe changes gradually from a slower to a higher rate.     

CONSERVATION OF WAVE ACTION AND EVOLUTION IN THE EDDY

The conservation of wave action has been derived with WKB method when the back-ground flow of the eddy is symmetric for axis in a stratified rotative fluid. The necessarycondition of the turbulent evolution in the eddy has been obtained from this conservation.The necessary condition is that the tangent phase velocity of turbulent eddy is equal to therotative angular velocity of the basic flow, or that there is a common revelve circle some-where in the eddy. According to the principle mentioned above the generative and growing condition of thehurricane has been analysed. It has been shown from real data that the vertical circulationin the hurricane may have double circles, from which a possible explanation about the exist-ence of hurricane eye has been given.     

BINOCULAR RESPONSES IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF THE ALBINO RAT

The retinotopic map for the contralateral eye is similar to that found in the pigmentedrats and in other rodents. Cells which had ipsilateral responses were recorded in a fairlylarge area in tale rostral portion of the tectum. Their receptive fields lay from about 40°in the contralateral hemifield to about 40°in the ipsilateral hemifield. The ipsilateral re-sponse of a binocular cell is similar in almost every respect to its counterpart in the oppositeeye except being very weak and that the receptive field is usually smaller. Most binocularcells are distributed in the Stratmn grisemn superfieiale (SGS) and the Stratum optieum (SO).Less binocular cells recorded in the Stratum griseum intermediale (SGI) have moro scatter-ed distribution both in the size and in the position of the receptive field.     

A STUDY ON THE ZONING TYPES OF FAULTED ROCKS IN CHINA

On the basis of observatioal data of more than one hundred faults in China and the apparent correlation between fault and megascopic structure, we have studied the zoning of the cataclastic rocks caused by different kinds of faults, and their characteristic types in China. Four distinct zones are recognized in a compressive faults from the centre outwards: crush conglomerate (fault gouge and gravel zone); mylonite——compressed schistose zone; granulated rock——structural lens zone; cataclasite——closely apaesd fracture zone. In addition to the observations in the field, an analysis of the zoning in terms of mechanical principle, experimental determination and tectono-geochemistry has also been made. The zoning reveals the layering and banding of geological bodies, which are of some theoretical and practical significance in mineral exploration.     

TRANSAMIDATION IN THE in situ BLENDING OF POLYAMIDE 1212 WITH POLYAMIDE 6 THROUGH ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF CAPROLACTAM

20 wt% polyamide 12(PA1212)pellets were dissolved in molten caprolactam.The caprolactam was then catalyzed at 180℃and polymerized by means of anionic ring-opening polymerization to produce in situ blends of the resultant polyamide 6(PA6)and PA1212.Mechanical blends with same ingredient were prepared through melt blending on a twin-screw extruder.Scanning electron microscopy(SEM)observation revealed that contrary to the mechanical blends with small spherulites embedded in the matrix,no phase-separation existed in the in situ blends.The results of thermal analysis by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)showed that single melting peak and crystallization peak existed for the in situ blends,while two melting and crystallization peaks appeared for the mechanical blends.The in situ blend film and the mixed blend film,both cast from a dilute formic acid solution with a concentration of 0.5 g/L,remained similar crystallization and melting behavior as above.It is proved by solution ~(13)C-NMR analysis that transamidation took place during the in situ blending,and it is suggested that the combination of temperature increasing and the basic surrounding derived from NaOH during polymerization resulted in the occurrence of transamidation.Furthermore,it is proposed that the interchange reaction between PA1212 and PA6 also resulted from the degradative reaction during the anionic polymerization.