简介:Themultivariatestatisticalanalysisisprofitablyapplicabletothestudyofconodontmultielementtaxonomy.R-modeclusteranalysesofquantitativeand0-1dataarecarriedoutheretoclassifymorethan6000discreteLowerTriassicconodontspecimensbelongingto108kindsofconodontelementsfromWesternGuangxi.TheresultsofR—modeclusteranalysisrevealmoredirectlytherelationshipamongmanyisolatedconodontelements,andtheyalsoprovethatthere-sultsofthelogicalinferencearebasicallycorrect,i.e.108kindsofconodontelementscanbeidenti-fiedinto32speciesbelongingto11generaofconodonts.TheapplicationofR-modeclusteranalysismultielementtaxonomybythemethod,hasbroughtabout4significantconclusions,whichcanbeusedbyconodontresearchersasreference.
简介:Severalpre-andpost-congressfieldtripswereorganizedinconnectionwiththe32ndInternationalGeologicalCongressheldinFlorence,Italy,duringAugust,2004.Oneofthese,thePrestigeFieldTrip(PR01--AtraversethroughCentralAsiaranges,fromtheIndianplatetotheKarakorum)lastedfor16daysfrom21Juneto6July.M.GaetanioftheUniversityofMilan(Italy)actedasLeaderandoverallOrganizer,withA.Zanchi(Univ.Milano-Bicocca),M.Q.Jan(Univ.ofPeshawar,Pakistan)andM.N.Chaudhry(PunjabUniversity,Pakistan)asAssociateLeaders.LocallogisticsweretakencareofbytheAdventureTours,Pakistan.
简介:ThismeetingwasheldinthehistoriccityofDurham,northeasternEngland,8-10^thJuly,with145limestoneloversattendingfromallroundtheworld,somecamefromasfarafieldasAustralia,IndiaandJapan,andtherewere30fromNorthAmerica.ThisseriesofmeetingswasstartedbyRobinBathurstin1959andthefirst8wereheldinLiverpool,whereRobinwaslecturerandthenprofessorofgeology.Theaimhasalwaysbeentohaveasmallfocusedconferencewithplentyoftimefordiscussion.
简介:LakesinTibetPlateauwithlittleeffectsofhumanactivitiesserveasimportantindicatorsofclimatechange.ThisstudyanalysedremotesensingdataandlongtermclimatevariablestoexaminethehydrologicalresponseoflakesinNamCoBasin.TheareachangesoflakeswereextractedbyLandsatTM/ETM+andanalysedbySRTM3DEM.AndtheICESatelevationdatabetween2003and2009wereusedtoobservethelakeleveloftheNamCoLake.Theresultsshowthatthenumberofnewformedglacierlakesincreasedby36%andtheareaofglacierlakesincreasedby36.7%(0.97km~2)from1991to2011.Atthesametime,thesurfaceareaoftheNamCoLakeexpandedby3.71%(72.64km~2)oftheoriginalsizein1991,withatendencyvalueof3.63km~2peryear.ThelakeleveloftheNamCoLakeshowsanincreasetendencyof0.24mperyearduring2003–2009.Thesevariationsappeartoberelatedtoanincreaseinmeanannualtemperatureof0.06oCperyear,andanincreaseinannualprecipitationof2.1mmperyearinsummerinthelasttwodecades.Theincreasednumberoflakesandincreasedareaofglaciallakesreachedapeakatanaltitudeof5500–5600ma.s.l..Thenumberofnewformedglacierlakesandtheareaofglacierlakestendtohigheraltitudes.ClimatechangehasanimportantimpactonthevariationoftheglacierlakesandtheNamCoLake.
简介:全国第二次土地调查于2007年下半年启动,2009年完成,安徽省于2008年4月率先启动了芜湖县的试点工作,并自行购买了ALOS1B1级数据制作DOM,套合上矢量的原始土地利用现状图,以便于外业调绘的全面开展。下面,是笔者对利用ALOS1B1级数据制作正射影像图以及外业调绘用图的方法进行了探讨,研究发现,此方法易于