Lop Nur is located at the eastmost end of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang,Northwestern China.This study reviews the hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of underground brine in Lop Nur,based on analytical data from...Lop Nur is located at the eastmost end of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang,Northwestern China.This study reviews the hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of underground brine in Lop Nur,based on analytical data from 429 water samples(mainly brine).It is found that in the NE-SW direction,from the periphery to the Luobei sub-depression,while the hydrochemical type varies from the sodium sulfate subtype(S)to the magnesium sulfate subtype(M),the corresponding brine in the phase diagram transfers from the thenardite phase(Then)area,through the bloedite phase(Blo),epsomite phase(Eps),picromerite phase(Picro),finally reaching the sylvite phase(Syl)area.As for the degree of evolution,the sequence is the periphery<Luobei horizontally and the overlying glauberite brine<the underlying clastic brine vertically.It is concluded that the oxygen and hydrogen isotopic compositions of the brine have evidently been affected through the effects of evaporation and altitude,as well as the changes in local water circulation in recent years.Boron and chloride isotopic compositions show that the glauberite brine is formed under more arid conditions than the clastic one.The strontium isotopic composition indicates that the Lop Nur brine primarily originates from surface water;however,deep recharge may also be involved in the evolution of the brine,according to previous noble gas studies.It is confirmed that the brine in Lop Nur has become enriched with potassium prior to halite precipitation over the full course of the salt lake's evolution.Based on chemical compositions of brine from drillhole LDK01 and previous lithological studies,the evolution of the salt lake can be divided into three stages and it is inferred that the brine in Lop Nur may have undergone at least two significant concentration-dilution periods.展开更多
Objective Quaternary saline lakes are significant for paleoclimatic reconstruction due to the high sensitivity of salt minerals to environmental changes. However, salts in these areas with great thickness such as hal...Objective Quaternary saline lakes are significant for paleoclimatic reconstruction due to the high sensitivity of salt minerals to environmental changes. However, salts in these areas with great thickness such as halite or potash representing extreme environments have severely blocked the application of traditional chronological methods. This is typified by Lop Nut, since accurate age to constrain salt sequences is very limited hindering further exploration for climatic changes and genetic mechanism of potash resources. For the first time, this work used MC-ICP-MS U-series to date halite of Lop Nur. The obtained results combined with previous age data will provide new age constrains on salt sequences in this area and improve our understanding of phased evolution of saline lake and the formation of potash deposits on a time scale.展开更多
A new descriptor, called vector of topological and structural information for coded and noncoded amino acids (VTSA), was derived by principal component analysis (PCA) from a matrix of 66 topological and structural var...A new descriptor, called vector of topological and structural information for coded and noncoded amino acids (VTSA), was derived by principal component analysis (PCA) from a matrix of 66 topological and structural variables of 134 amino acids. The VTSA vector was then applied into two sets of peptide quantitative structure-activity relationships or quantitative sequence-activity modelings (QSARs/ QSAMs). Molded by genetic partial least squares (GPLS), support vector machine (SVM), and immune neural network (INN), good results were obtained. For the datasets of 58 angiotensin converting en-zyme inhibitors (ACEI) and 89 elastase substrate catalyzed kinetics (ESCK) , the R2, cross-validation R2, and root mean square error of estimation (RMSEE) were as follows: ACEI, R2cu≥0.82, Q2cu≥0.77, Ermse≤0.44 (GPLS+SVM); ESCK, R2cu≥0.84, Q2cu≥0.82, Ermse≤0.20 (GPLS+INN), respectively.展开更多
基金The Major Projects of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China(Grant Nos.2020A03005-2 and 2022A03009-2)from the Chinese governmentthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40830420)provided the funding for this study。
文摘Lop Nur is located at the eastmost end of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang,Northwestern China.This study reviews the hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of underground brine in Lop Nur,based on analytical data from 429 water samples(mainly brine).It is found that in the NE-SW direction,from the periphery to the Luobei sub-depression,while the hydrochemical type varies from the sodium sulfate subtype(S)to the magnesium sulfate subtype(M),the corresponding brine in the phase diagram transfers from the thenardite phase(Then)area,through the bloedite phase(Blo),epsomite phase(Eps),picromerite phase(Picro),finally reaching the sylvite phase(Syl)area.As for the degree of evolution,the sequence is the periphery<Luobei horizontally and the overlying glauberite brine<the underlying clastic brine vertically.It is concluded that the oxygen and hydrogen isotopic compositions of the brine have evidently been affected through the effects of evaporation and altitude,as well as the changes in local water circulation in recent years.Boron and chloride isotopic compositions show that the glauberite brine is formed under more arid conditions than the clastic one.The strontium isotopic composition indicates that the Lop Nur brine primarily originates from surface water;however,deep recharge may also be involved in the evolution of the brine,according to previous noble gas studies.It is confirmed that the brine in Lop Nur has become enriched with potassium prior to halite precipitation over the full course of the salt lake's evolution.Based on chemical compositions of brine from drillhole LDK01 and previous lithological studies,the evolution of the salt lake can be divided into three stages and it is inferred that the brine in Lop Nur may have undergone at least two significant concentration-dilution periods.
基金supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(gratn No.40830420)the open fund of MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment(grant No.ZS1705)
文摘Objective Quaternary saline lakes are significant for paleoclimatic reconstruction due to the high sensitivity of salt minerals to environmental changes. However, salts in these areas with great thickness such as halite or potash representing extreme environments have severely blocked the application of traditional chronological methods. This is typified by Lop Nut, since accurate age to constrain salt sequences is very limited hindering further exploration for climatic changes and genetic mechanism of potash resources. For the first time, this work used MC-ICP-MS U-series to date halite of Lop Nur. The obtained results combined with previous age data will provide new age constrains on salt sequences in this area and improve our understanding of phased evolution of saline lake and the formation of potash deposits on a time scale.
基金the Foundations of National High Technology (863) Programme (Grant No. 2006AA02Z312)State New Drug Project (Grant No. 1996ND1035A01)+4 种基金Fok- Yingtung Educational Foundation (Grant No. 980706)State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics Foundation (Grant No. KLCB005-0012)Chongqing University Innovation Fund (Grant No. CUIF030506)Chongqing Mu-nicipality Applied Science Fund (Grant No. CASF01-3-6)Momentous Juche Innovation Fund for Tackle Key Problem Items (Grant No. MJIF 06-9-9)
文摘A new descriptor, called vector of topological and structural information for coded and noncoded amino acids (VTSA), was derived by principal component analysis (PCA) from a matrix of 66 topological and structural variables of 134 amino acids. The VTSA vector was then applied into two sets of peptide quantitative structure-activity relationships or quantitative sequence-activity modelings (QSARs/ QSAMs). Molded by genetic partial least squares (GPLS), support vector machine (SVM), and immune neural network (INN), good results were obtained. For the datasets of 58 angiotensin converting en-zyme inhibitors (ACEI) and 89 elastase substrate catalyzed kinetics (ESCK) , the R2, cross-validation R2, and root mean square error of estimation (RMSEE) were as follows: ACEI, R2cu≥0.82, Q2cu≥0.77, Ermse≤0.44 (GPLS+SVM); ESCK, R2cu≥0.84, Q2cu≥0.82, Ermse≤0.20 (GPLS+INN), respectively.
