Characterization of Water Constituents Spectra Absorption in Chagan Lake of Jilin Province, Northeast China

Research on the optical characteristics of water color constituents in Chagan Lake of Jilin Province,Northeast China was carried out in order to investigate the variability of the spectra absorption parameters as inputs to bio-optical models and remote sensing algorithms for converting observed spectral signals into water quality information.Samples of total particulates,non-algal particles and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were first prepared by quantitative filter technique (QFT) and then absorption coefficients of these color producing agents were determined by spectrophotometry.Spectral characteristics of absorption coefficients by total particulate matter,spectral specific absorption dependency on chlorophyll concentration (Chl-a) of phytoplankton,spectral absorption slopes variation for CDOM and non-algal particles and their corresponding reasons were examined and clarified over five months of 2009 and 2010 in this study.Results suggest that total particulate spectral absorption in Chagan Lake is mainly dominated by non-algal particles in most cases,but phytoplankton could be the dominant contributor when chlorophyll concentration is high (up to 84.48 mg/m3 in autumn 2010).The specific absorption coefficients of phytoplankton particulate (a*ph(λ)) dependency on Chl-a is significantly variable due to relative contributions of package effect and accessory pigments,and the parameters of power function are clearly biased on a long time span.The sources of variability in spectral absorption slopes of CDOM and non-algal particles are mainly attributed to the changing proportions of high molecular weight humic acids and mineral suspended sediments in waters,respectively.

Some conifers from Aptian in Yanbian area of Jilin, Northeast China

Some well-preserved conifer leafy shoots and female cones from the Lower Cretaceous Changcai For- mation near Fudong of Helong, eastern Jilin, Northeast China are studied. Based on gross morphological and cuticular study, a new species, Elatides helongensis Sun et Zhao （ sp. nov. ） is described systematically. The new species is characterized by persistent, linear or slightly falcate leaves with obtusely acute apex, attached helically on the shoots. Female cones of the new species are terminal and oval, composed of persistent helically- arranged rhomboidal scales and erect seeds. One erect seed is growing on each scale. Leaf cuticles are hyposto- matic. Monocylic stomata are ellipse, composed of 2 sunken guard ceils and 4-8 subsidiary cells. Moreover, the cuticles of a young female cone of Pityostrobus yingchengensis Yang are described for the first time.

Water content of the Xiaogulihe ultrapotassic volcanic rocks, NE China: implications for the source of the potassium-rich component

Water has become an effective means to trace the mantle source of basaltic magmas recently. To investigate the source of the potassium-rich component in the Xiaogulihe ultrapotassic volcanic rocks of NE China, we measured the water content of clinopyroxene （cpx） phenocrysts by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and calculated the H2O content of the equilibrated melts according to the partition coefficients of H2O between cpx phenocrysts and basaltic melts. The estimated H2O content of the ＂primary＂ magmas is low （0.36 wt%-0.50 wt%）, within the range of mid-ocean ridge basalts and ocean island basalts, while it is obviously lower than that of backarc basin basalts and island arc basalts. The calculated H20/Ce ratio of the ＂primary＂ magmas is about 15, which might be similar to that of the dehydrated sediments （〈100）, but observably lower than that of the normal depleted mantle （DMM, H2O/Ce = 150-210）. The low water content and especially low H2O/Ce ratio of the ＂primary＂ magmas demonstrate that the K-rich component of these ultrapotassic volcanic rocks seems unlikely tooriginate from K-bearing hydrous minerals （such as phlogopite） in metasomatic subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Combined with the low 206pb/204pb ratios, moderately high 87Sr/86Sr ratios of the bulk rocks and the high δ18O values of olivine phenocrysts, we suggest that the K-rich component in the mantle source of the Xiaogulihe ultrapotassic volcanic rocks may come from ancient continental-derived sediments which dehydrated significantly during subduction （e.g., dry K-hollandite）.