简介:AnearthquakewithMS5.8occurredon10March2011inYingjiangcounty,westernYunnan,China.Thisearthquakecaused25deathsandover250injuries.Inordertobetterunderstandtheseismotectonicsintheregion,wecollectedthearrivaltimedatafromtheYunnanseismicobservationalbulletinsduring1Januaryto25March2011,andpreciselyhand-pickedthearrivaltimesfromhigh-qualityseismogramsthatwererecordedbythetemporaryseismicstationsdeployedbyourInstituteofCrustalDynamics,ChinaEarthquakeAdministration.Usingthesearrivaltimes,werelocatedalltheearthquakesincludingtheYingjiangmainshockanditsaftershocksusingthedouble-differencerelocationalgorithm.OurresultsshowthattherelocatedearthquakesdominantlyoccurredalongtheENEdirectionandformedanupside-downbow-shapedstructureindepth.ItisalsoobservedthataftertheYingjiangmainshock,someaftershocksextendedtowardtheSSEoverabout10km.TheseresultsmayindicatethattheYingjiangmainshockrupturedaconjugatefaultsystemconsistingoftheENEtrendingDaYingjiangfaultandaSSEtrendingblindfault.Suchstructuralfeaturescouldcontributetoseverelyseismichazardsduringthemoderate-sizeYingjiangearthquake.
简介:Amutant(GQQ-M6)ofaSponge-Derivedstreptomycessp.GQQ-10obtainedbyUV-inducedmutationwasusedforproducingprodiginines(PGs).Singlefactorexperimentsandorthogonalarraydesign(OAD)methodswereemployedformediumoptimization.Inthesinglefactormethod,theeffectsofsolublestarch,glucose,soybeanflour,yeastextractandsodiumacetateonPGsproductionwereinvestigatedindividually.InthesubsequentOADexperiments,theconcentrationsofthese5keynutritionalcomponentscombinedwithsalinitywerefurtheradjusted.ThemutantstrainGQQ-M6gavea2.2-foldhigherPGsproductionthanthatoftheparentstrain;OADexperimentsofferedaPGsyieldof61mgL-1,whichwas10timeshigherthanthatoftheinitialGQQ-10strainundertheoriginalcultivationmode.
简介:AWRF-Chemmodelincludingacomprehensivegas-phasenitrogenchemistrymodulewasusedtosimulateaseveredusteventappearingintheeasternChinaon19-25March,2002.ThemodelingresultwellreproducedPM10concentrationsinvariousdistancesfromthedustsourcesandthetransportpathwayoftheduststrom.TheresultsshowedthatboththeconcentrationsandthedrydepositionfluxesofPM10increasedovertheChinaseasduringthedusteventfollowingthepassageofacoldfrontsystem.ThemaximumfluxesofPM10intheYellowSeaandtheEastChinaSeaduringthedusteventwere5.5and8.4timesofthosebeforetheevent,respectively.However,thetemporalvariationsofthedrydepositionfluxesofparticulateinorganicnitrogendifferedovertheYellowSeafromthoseovertheEastChinaSea.NitrateandammoniuminthewholenorthernChinarapidlydecreasedbecauseoftheintrusionofdust-loadedairon19March.ThedustplumearrivedintheYellowSeaon20March,decreasingtheparticulateinorganicnitrogeninmassconcentrationaccordingly.TheminimumdrydepositionfluxesofnitrateandammoniumintheYellowSeawereabout3/5and1/6ofthosebeforethedustarrival,respectively.Incontrast,whenthedustplumecrossedovertheYangtzeDeltaarea,itbecameabundantinnitrateandammoniumandincreasedtheconcentrationsanddrydepositionfluxesofparticulateinorganicnitrogenovertheEastChinaSea,wherethemaximumdrydepositionfluxesofnitrateandammoniumincreasedapproximatelyby4.1and2.6timesofthosepriortothedustarrival.