Evolution of the South China Sea and monsoon history revealed in deep-sea records

As the third summary report of ODP Leg 184 to the South China Sea (SCS), this paper discusses the evolution of the East Asian monsoon and the SCS basin. A multi-proxy approach, involving geochemistry, micropale-ontology, pollen and other analyses, was adopted for reconstructing the evolutionary history of the East Asian monsoon, which was characterized by a series of paleo-climate events especially at 8, 3.2, 2.2 and 0.4 Ma. The new record indicates similar stages in the development of the East and South Asian monsoons, with an enhanced winter monsoon over East Asia being the major difference. The rich spectrums of monsoon variability from the southern SCS also reveal other characteristic features of the low latitude ocean. Evidence for the evolution of the SCS includes the hemipelagic Oligocene sediments, implying the existence of deep water environments during the early seafloor spreading stage of the SCS basin. The four major unconformities and some remarkabl ediagenetic features in upper Oligocene deposits indicate the strongest tectonic events in the region. From a careful comparison of lithologies and sedimentation rates, we conclude that the prominent differences in sedimentary environments between the southern and northern SCS were established only by ～3 Ma.     

Deep-water Earliest Oligocene Glacial Maximum （EOGM） in South Atlantic

The most prominent cooling event of the Earth surface during Cenozoic in the long-term transition from a non-glaciated planet, or “green-house world”, to a polar, glaciated planet, or “ice-house world”, is the Earliest Oligocene Glacial Maximum (EOGM) above the Eocene/Oligocene boundary at about 33.7 Ma. Planktonic and benthic foraminiferal oxygen and carbon isotopes, carbonate content, and coarse fraction, along with high-resolution color reflectance and magnetic susceptibility records during 35-30 Ma, from deep-water Sites 1262 and 1265, Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 208 in South Atlantic, reveal the global cooling event occurring in both surface and deep oceans. The results show that the earliest Oligocene δ^18O values during 33.5-33.1 Ma represent the magnitude of continental ice sheets on east Antarctica and indicate the large decrease in both surface and deep water temperatures of worldwideoceans. The δ^13C records show the large excursion during the period of EOGM event and indicate some types of shift in global carbon reservoir, probably demonstrating the sudden increase in organic carbon burial rates and the changes in the distribution and timing of production. At the same time, lithologic composition, carbonate content, color reflectance, and coarse fraction brought about significant changes close to the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, reflecting the abrupt deepening in the carbonate compensation depth (CCD). Changes in carbonate content were revealed from the color reflectance identify periodicities associated with eccentricity of the Earth‘s orbit (100 and 400 ka), further indicating orbitally forced global climate variations in the Early Oligocene.     

中国地级及以上城市综合竞争力空间分布模式

为了揭示城市体系的空间分布规律,在城市综合竞争力分析的基础上,采用GIS的空间分析功能结合空间自相关模型,对中国地级及以上城市的综合竞争力进行了定量分析和定性评价,并从空间角度,结合地理特性、经济和人口属性对中国整个国家范围内城市的空间分布模式进行了深入研究.研究结果表明,城市竞争力在整体上呈现显著的空间集聚现象,在区域上城市空间关联具有明显的规律性.该成果丰富了城市体系空间特性的研究内容,为城市的空间布局和发展决策提供一定的决策依据.     

Carbon isotopic record of foraminifers in surface sediments from the South China Sea and its significance

Since the 1990s, the papers and data involved withthe South China Sea (SCS) have been emerging in largenumbers in the world as people pay more attention to thepaleoceanography of the SCS. There have been more than100 cores mentioned in papers containing p…     

五种豆科植物的核型分析

报道了五种豆科植物的染色体数目及核型,结果如下:苦马豆(Swainsonia salsula Taub.)的核型公式为2n=2x=16=2m 8sm 6st;野小豆(Phaseolus minimus Roxb.)为2n=2x=22=18m 4sm;总状花序山蚂蝗(Desmodium spicatum Rehd.)为2n=2x=22=12m(2SAT) 10sm;圆菱叶山蚂蝗(Desmodium podocarpum DC.)为2n=2x=22=16m 6sm;狼牙刺(Sophora viciifolia Hance)为2n=2x=18=10m 8sm。五种植物的染色体数目均为首次报道。     

Sonodynamically induced anti-tumor effect with protoporphyrin IX on hepatoma-22 solid tumor

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate sonodynamically induced anti-tumor effect of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in mice bearing hepatoma-22 (H-22) solid tumors, and the possible in vivo cell damage mechanism was also investigated.

Methods

The pharmacokinetics of PPIX was analyzed in plasma, skin, muscle and tumor of H-22 bearing mice. Tumors were irradiated with ultrasound (1.43 MHz, I_SATA 3 W/cm², 3 min) for three times at 8, 12 and 24 h after 5.0 mg/kg PPIX administration, respectively. The anti-tumor effects of sonodynamic therapy (SDT) were estimated by the tumor inhibition ratio (volume and weight). The bio-effects of SDT were evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation, lipid peroxidation (LPO) measurement and anti-oxidative enzymes (glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD)) assay.

Results

A significant anti-tumor effect was obtained by PPIX-mediated sonodynamic therapy (PPIX-SDT). At the fifteenth day after PPIX-SDT, the tumor growth and tumor weight inhibition ratios were 53.84% and 45.86%, respectively. In addition, the structure of tumor tissues and the anti-oxidative enzymes were obviously destroyed after SDT treatment.

Conclusions

A biochemical mechanism was involved in PPIX-SDT in vivo, and the free radicals produced by the synergistic treatment destroying the anti-oxidative system of tumor cells in vivo may play an important role in this action. Also, the thermal effect could not be excluded in inducing damage of cellular structures, like membrane disruption and chromatin condensation under current evaluation in this paper.     

Synthesis of Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript>@TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> Heterojunction with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

A novel Bi₂O₄@TiO₂ heterojunction was constructed by a simple two-step method. The charges migration between Bi₂O₄ and TiO₂ via the heterojunction improves the electron/hole separation efficiency. Furthermore, Bi₂O₄@TiO₂ heterostructures exhibit better adsorption capability for methyl orange molecular due to their higher specific surface area than pure Bi₂O₄. As a result, Bi₂O₄@TiO₂ hybrids show an improved visible light photocatalytic activity and photostability for the degradation of methyl orange.     

巧解铅球最佳出手角

利用运动叠加原理通过对铅球运动的恰当分解, 提出了一种计算最佳出 手角的新方法, 并与传统方法就两种不同情形进行了对比, 说明了新方法的物理思想.     

长江水下三角洲YD0901孔记录的全新世以来的古环境信息

分析长江水下三角洲YD 0901孔的粒度、TOC(总有机碳)和TN(总氮),建立全新世以来高分辨率年代地层图(平均分辨率为20a).结果显示,"中全新世大暖期"(距今7ka～6ka)水下三角洲加速营造,同时闽浙泥质区开始缓慢形成.TOC和TN测试数据表明:在距今2.7ka左右,YD0901孔的TN含量逐渐增加,说明流域人类活动逐渐加剧;而TOC由于部分的成岩作用,含量并未明显增加.通过沉积相分析,得到最大海侵面的深度,为准确估算冰后期最大海侵以来水下三角洲沉积总量提供了可靠依据.     

Ultrasound exposure in the presence of hematoporphyrin induced loss of membrane integral proteins and inactivity of cell proliferation associated enzymes in sarcoma 180 cells in vitro

Ultrasonically induced effects of hematoporphyrin (HPD) on cell damage and membrane protein alteration of S180 isolated tumor cells in vitro were investigated, and the potential mechanisms of sonodynamic therapy (SDT) inhibiting tumor growth were discussed. Tumor cells suspended in air-saturated PBS (pH 7.2) were exposed to ultrasound at 1.8 MHz for up to 180 s in the presence and absence of HPD. The viability of cells was determined by a trypan blue exclusion test. To estimate the damage effects of SDT on plasma membrane of tumor cells primarily, membrane integral proteins (EGFR, Ras, Fas, FasL) and cell proliferation associated enzymes (adenylate cyclase and guanylate cyclase) were checked with immunochemical methods. The results indicated that the intensity threshold for ultrasonically induced cell damage at 1.8 MHz was 3 W/cm². At this condition, the expression of the integral proteins was obviously inhibited and the activity of the enzymes was decreased post ultrasound treatment in the presence of 20 μg/ml HPD. Loss of the membrane proteins and inactivity of AC and GC post SDT was time-dependent. This paper reveals SDT can cause the loss of tumor cell membrane integral proteins and inactivity of the enzymes associated with cell proliferation which might be attributed to a sonochemical activation mechanism. The mechanisms by that tumor growth is inhibited by SDT can be understood as that the growth signaling pathway is partially interdicted and the resistance of tumor cells to the specifically activated immune cells is weakened.