Agricultural sustainability for economic development is important and a complex issue throughout the world; however,it is difficult to synthetically evaluate its use in the policy making process. The objective of this...Agricultural sustainability for economic development is important and a complex issue throughout the world; however,it is difficult to synthetically evaluate its use in the policy making process. The objective of this study was to evaluate sustainable agriculture in the red soil hill region of Southeast China through a newly proposed method combining four separate sub-systems: regional population (P), resource (R), environmental (E), and socio-economic (S). This new index system was proposed to appraise synthetically the agricultural sustainability of the red soil hill region from 1988 to 1996 with a two-step method assessing: a) the agricultural sustainability in each province independently and b) the relative sustainability of each province to the whole region. The first step only provided a development trend for each province based on its original situation, while the second step provided additional information on the comparative status of each province in agricultural development to the region as a whole. Higher index scores were found for the economy and resource categories denoting improvement. However, lower scores in the environment category indicated the improvement was achieved at the cost of deteriorating ecological surroundings due to an increasing population that demanded more from the agro-ecosystem and put heavier pressures on it. Results also showed that water and soil losses in this region were the major obstacles encountered in sustainable agriculture development. The assessment results were verified when compared with results from another method. This suggested that the new assessment system was reliable and credible in evaluating agricultural sustainability on a regional scale.展开更多
A comparison of the management models of protected areas between China and the African south region allows reading and evaluating the similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool fo...A comparison of the management models of protected areas between China and the African south region allows reading and evaluating the similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for protected areas and specifi- cally some positive and negative features of the management approaches in these two regions. Previous to this study it verified the designation of protected areas as increasing at a faster rate than ever before, comparatively much faster now in China than southern Africa regions. With the aim of evaluating similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for pro- tected areas in China and southern Africa Region, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Qualitative data were mainly from policy documents, scientific articles and magazine reports, whereas quantitative (secondary data) statistical data from Interna- tional Union for Conservation of Nature Resources (IUCN) and World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). In view of the data sources above, the study found that in China all the protected areas are state owned whilst in southern Africa regions there are some protected areas that are privately owned; also that the models or typology of governance applied are successful for the fact that they both combine co-management or collaborative management, community-conserved areas and private protected areas that are subject to greater success and can help design planning and management than those who use exclusively government management. To this, the study concluded that the use of management model is influenced by the type of governance a country applies to its reserved areas.展开更多
High-silica(SiO_(2)>70 wt.%)granites(HSGs)are the main source of W,Sn,and rare metals.However,abundant HSGs,temporally,spatially,and genetically associated with Pb-Zn mineralization,in the Lhasa terrane(LT),provide...High-silica(SiO_(2)>70 wt.%)granites(HSGs)are the main source of W,Sn,and rare metals.However,abundant HSGs,temporally,spatially,and genetically associated with Pb-Zn mineralization,in the Lhasa terrane(LT),provided an ideal opportunity to study the key factors responsible for Pb-Zn enrichment,instead of W-Sn enrichment.Here we contribute to this topic through U-Pb dating of zircon and garnet,and whole-rock and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic geochemistry of ore-related quartz porphyries in the Bangbule deposit and compared these results with published data from large and giant Pb-Zn and W deposits in the LT.The magmatism-alteration-mineralization event in the Bangbule deposit was recorded by robust zircon U-Pb ages of 77.3±0.9 Ma and hydrothermal garnet U-Pb ages of 75.7±4.8 Ma,which is 10-15 Ma earlier than the main Paleocene metallogenic event and the first record of late Cretaceous Pb-Zn polymetallic mineralization in the LT.The late Cretaceous-Paleocene magmatism and mineralization events are a response to the subduction of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere,which occurred as a result of the collision of the Indian and Asian plates.These HSGs related to Pb-Zn mineralization,with high totalalkalis and low magnesian contents,are enriched in Ba,Th,and Rb,but depleted in Ti,Eu,Sr,and P.They belong to either the S-type,or I-type granites.The Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions of the Pb-Zn mineralized granites demonstrate that they were generated by the partial melting of Proterozoic basement with or without mantle-derived melt input.This was consistent with the postulated source of W enrichment in the LT.The Pb-Zn and W related granites have similar zircon-Ti-saturation temperatures,comparable low whole-rock Fe_(2)O_(3)/FeO ratios,and zircon oxygen fugacity.This indicated that the Pb-Zn-W enrichment in the high-silica magma system could be attributed to a relatively reduced magma.The Pb-Zn related HSGs,abundant quartz and feldspar phenocrysts,and weak fractionation of twin-elements in wholerock analysis,can be used to reconstruct a model of the magma reservoir.We postulate that these features could be reproduced by silica-rich crystal accumulation in a magma reservoir,with a loss of magmatic fluids.The magma associated with W mineralization exhibited a higher level of differentiation compared to the Pb-Zn related magma;however,different groups of zircon texture with varying rare earth elements and concomitance of rare earth elements tetrad effect and high fractionation of twin-elements in wholerock are formed by a magmatic-hydrothermal transition in highly evolved system.As the source and oxygen fugacities of the Pb-Zn and W related magmas are similar,the absence of a giant W-Sn deposit in the LT may indicate that parent magmas with a low degree of evolution and magmatic-hydrothermal transition are not conducive to their formation.This implies that the rocks that originated as highly evolved silicaterich parent magmas,with a high degree of magmatic-hydrothermal alteration,would need to be targeted for W-Sn mineral exploration in the LT.In summary,our results emphasize that variations in chemical differentiation and the evolution of high-silica magmatic-hydrothermal systems can lead to differences in Pb-Zn and W enrichment.This has implications for the evaluation of the mineral potential of high-silica granites and hence their attractiveness as targets for mineral exploration.展开更多
The intraseasonal oscillation(ISO) in the South China Sea summer monsoon(SCSSM) and its influence on regionally persistent heavy rain(RPHR) over southern China are examined by using satelhte outgoing long wave r...The intraseasonal oscillation(ISO) in the South China Sea summer monsoon(SCSSM) and its influence on regionally persistent heavy rain(RPHR) over southern China are examined by using satelhte outgoing long wave radiation,NCEP/NCAR reanalysis,and gridded rainfall station data in China from 1981 to 2010.The most important feature of the ISO in SCSSM,contributing to the modulation of RPHR,is found to be the fluctuation in the western Pacific subtropical high(WPSH),along with a close link to the Madden-Julian oscillation(MJO).Southern China is divided into three regions by using rotated empirical orthogonal functions(REOFs)for intraseasonal rainfall,where the incidence rate of RPHR is closely linked to the intraseasonal variation in rainfall.It is found that SCSSM ISOs are the key systems controlling the intraseasonal variability in rainfall and can be described by the leading pair of empirical orthogonal functions(EOFs) for the 850-hPa zonal wind over the SCS and southern China.Composite analyses based on the principal components(PCs) of the EOFs indicate that the ISO process in SCSSM exhibits as the east-west oscillation of the WPSH,which is coupled with the northward-propagating MJO,creating alternating dry and wet phases over southern China with a period of 40 days.The wet phases provide stable and lasting circulation conditions that promote RPHR.However,differences in the ISO structures can be found when RPHR occurs in regions where the WPSH assumes different meridional positions.Further examination of the meridional-phase structure suggests an important role of northward-propagating ISO and regional air-sea interaction in the ISO process in SCSSM.展开更多
Landscape and quality attributes are major ecosystem characteristics closely associated with soil conservation service(SCS).However,the intrinsic mechanisms by which these two attributes influence SCS are still unclea...Landscape and quality attributes are major ecosystem characteristics closely associated with soil conservation service(SCS).However,the intrinsic mechanisms by which these two attributes influence SCS are still unclear.Therefore,this study quantitatively analyzed the landscape pattern,ecological quality,and SCS in the Lianshui River watershed(a typical soil and water loss area of red soil in southern China)and its sub-watersheds in 2019.The boosted regression tree model was used to explore the influence of 15 factors(i.e.,landscape and quality attributes)on SCS at the sub-watershed scale.According to the results,compared with the landscape attribute,the quality attribute of the watershed ecosystem could better explain the spatial heterogeneity of SCS across 66 sub-watersheds.The overall degree of influence of five quality factors on SCS reached 57.81%,with the highest being the normalized differential build-up and bare soil index(NDBSI),at 25.11%.Among 10 landscape factors,aggregation had the greatest influence on SCS,at 28.64%.The relationships between key influencing factors and SCS were nonmonotonic and non-linear,with threshold effects.For example,NDBSI values of 0.18e0.41 had a positive influence on SCS,while NDBSI values of 0.41e0.65 had a negative influence on SCS.The findings broaden our understanding of the response of SCS to changes in landscape and quality attributes at the sub-watershed scale,and could offer comprehensive support for soil erosion management in the watershed ecosystem.展开更多
The loessal hill region in southern Ningxia is a semiarid and severe eroded area with developed agriculture and animal husbandry. It has long been an argument whether there might be more potentiality of farming and wh...The loessal hill region in southern Ningxia is a semiarid and severe eroded area with developed agriculture and animal husbandry. It has long been an argument whether there might be more potentiality of farming and whether food production can be sustained at a level of local sufficiency.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 49631010).
文摘Agricultural sustainability for economic development is important and a complex issue throughout the world; however,it is difficult to synthetically evaluate its use in the policy making process. The objective of this study was to evaluate sustainable agriculture in the red soil hill region of Southeast China through a newly proposed method combining four separate sub-systems: regional population (P), resource (R), environmental (E), and socio-economic (S). This new index system was proposed to appraise synthetically the agricultural sustainability of the red soil hill region from 1988 to 1996 with a two-step method assessing: a) the agricultural sustainability in each province independently and b) the relative sustainability of each province to the whole region. The first step only provided a development trend for each province based on its original situation, while the second step provided additional information on the comparative status of each province in agricultural development to the region as a whole. Higher index scores were found for the economy and resource categories denoting improvement. However, lower scores in the environment category indicated the improvement was achieved at the cost of deteriorating ecological surroundings due to an increasing population that demanded more from the agro-ecosystem and put heavier pressures on it. Results also showed that water and soil losses in this region were the major obstacles encountered in sustainable agriculture development. The assessment results were verified when compared with results from another method. This suggested that the new assessment system was reliable and credible in evaluating agricultural sustainability on a regional scale.
文摘A comparison of the management models of protected areas between China and the African south region allows reading and evaluating the similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for protected areas and specifi- cally some positive and negative features of the management approaches in these two regions. Previous to this study it verified the designation of protected areas as increasing at a faster rate than ever before, comparatively much faster now in China than southern Africa regions. With the aim of evaluating similarities and differences in the use of management model as a management tool for pro- tected areas in China and southern Africa Region, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Qualitative data were mainly from policy documents, scientific articles and magazine reports, whereas quantitative (secondary data) statistical data from Interna- tional Union for Conservation of Nature Resources (IUCN) and World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). In view of the data sources above, the study found that in China all the protected areas are state owned whilst in southern Africa regions there are some protected areas that are privately owned; also that the models or typology of governance applied are successful for the fact that they both combine co-management or collaborative management, community-conserved areas and private protected areas that are subject to greater success and can help design planning and management than those who use exclusively government management. To this, the study concluded that the use of management model is influenced by the type of governance a country applies to its reserved areas.
基金Fundamental Research Funds for the National Foundation of China(42102058)open fund from the Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resource,Institute of Geology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (No. J1901-16)Central Universities,and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)(No.2019132)。
文摘High-silica(SiO_(2)>70 wt.%)granites(HSGs)are the main source of W,Sn,and rare metals.However,abundant HSGs,temporally,spatially,and genetically associated with Pb-Zn mineralization,in the Lhasa terrane(LT),provided an ideal opportunity to study the key factors responsible for Pb-Zn enrichment,instead of W-Sn enrichment.Here we contribute to this topic through U-Pb dating of zircon and garnet,and whole-rock and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic geochemistry of ore-related quartz porphyries in the Bangbule deposit and compared these results with published data from large and giant Pb-Zn and W deposits in the LT.The magmatism-alteration-mineralization event in the Bangbule deposit was recorded by robust zircon U-Pb ages of 77.3±0.9 Ma and hydrothermal garnet U-Pb ages of 75.7±4.8 Ma,which is 10-15 Ma earlier than the main Paleocene metallogenic event and the first record of late Cretaceous Pb-Zn polymetallic mineralization in the LT.The late Cretaceous-Paleocene magmatism and mineralization events are a response to the subduction of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere,which occurred as a result of the collision of the Indian and Asian plates.These HSGs related to Pb-Zn mineralization,with high totalalkalis and low magnesian contents,are enriched in Ba,Th,and Rb,but depleted in Ti,Eu,Sr,and P.They belong to either the S-type,or I-type granites.The Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions of the Pb-Zn mineralized granites demonstrate that they were generated by the partial melting of Proterozoic basement with or without mantle-derived melt input.This was consistent with the postulated source of W enrichment in the LT.The Pb-Zn and W related granites have similar zircon-Ti-saturation temperatures,comparable low whole-rock Fe_(2)O_(3)/FeO ratios,and zircon oxygen fugacity.This indicated that the Pb-Zn-W enrichment in the high-silica magma system could be attributed to a relatively reduced magma.The Pb-Zn related HSGs,abundant quartz and feldspar phenocrysts,and weak fractionation of twin-elements in wholerock analysis,can be used to reconstruct a model of the magma reservoir.We postulate that these features could be reproduced by silica-rich crystal accumulation in a magma reservoir,with a loss of magmatic fluids.The magma associated with W mineralization exhibited a higher level of differentiation compared to the Pb-Zn related magma;however,different groups of zircon texture with varying rare earth elements and concomitance of rare earth elements tetrad effect and high fractionation of twin-elements in wholerock are formed by a magmatic-hydrothermal transition in highly evolved system.As the source and oxygen fugacities of the Pb-Zn and W related magmas are similar,the absence of a giant W-Sn deposit in the LT may indicate that parent magmas with a low degree of evolution and magmatic-hydrothermal transition are not conducive to their formation.This implies that the rocks that originated as highly evolved silicaterich parent magmas,with a high degree of magmatic-hydrothermal alteration,would need to be targeted for W-Sn mineral exploration in the LT.In summary,our results emphasize that variations in chemical differentiation and the evolution of high-silica magmatic-hydrothermal systems can lead to differences in Pb-Zn and W enrichment.This has implications for the evaluation of the mineral potential of high-silica granites and hence their attractiveness as targets for mineral exploration.
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program of China(2009BAC51B04)China Meteorological Administration Special Public Welfare Research Fund(GYHY201406022)
文摘The intraseasonal oscillation(ISO) in the South China Sea summer monsoon(SCSSM) and its influence on regionally persistent heavy rain(RPHR) over southern China are examined by using satelhte outgoing long wave radiation,NCEP/NCAR reanalysis,and gridded rainfall station data in China from 1981 to 2010.The most important feature of the ISO in SCSSM,contributing to the modulation of RPHR,is found to be the fluctuation in the western Pacific subtropical high(WPSH),along with a close link to the Madden-Julian oscillation(MJO).Southern China is divided into three regions by using rotated empirical orthogonal functions(REOFs)for intraseasonal rainfall,where the incidence rate of RPHR is closely linked to the intraseasonal variation in rainfall.It is found that SCSSM ISOs are the key systems controlling the intraseasonal variability in rainfall and can be described by the leading pair of empirical orthogonal functions(EOFs) for the 850-hPa zonal wind over the SCS and southern China.Composite analyses based on the principal components(PCs) of the EOFs indicate that the ISO process in SCSSM exhibits as the east-west oscillation of the WPSH,which is coupled with the northward-propagating MJO,creating alternating dry and wet phases over southern China with a period of 40 days.The wet phases provide stable and lasting circulation conditions that promote RPHR.However,differences in the ISO structures can be found when RPHR occurs in regions where the WPSH assumes different meridional positions.Further examination of the meridional-phase structure suggests an important role of northward-propagating ISO and regional air-sea interaction in the ISO process in SCSSM.
基金This work was supported by the Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program[grant number 31960331].
文摘Landscape and quality attributes are major ecosystem characteristics closely associated with soil conservation service(SCS).However,the intrinsic mechanisms by which these two attributes influence SCS are still unclear.Therefore,this study quantitatively analyzed the landscape pattern,ecological quality,and SCS in the Lianshui River watershed(a typical soil and water loss area of red soil in southern China)and its sub-watersheds in 2019.The boosted regression tree model was used to explore the influence of 15 factors(i.e.,landscape and quality attributes)on SCS at the sub-watershed scale.According to the results,compared with the landscape attribute,the quality attribute of the watershed ecosystem could better explain the spatial heterogeneity of SCS across 66 sub-watersheds.The overall degree of influence of five quality factors on SCS reached 57.81%,with the highest being the normalized differential build-up and bare soil index(NDBSI),at 25.11%.Among 10 landscape factors,aggregation had the greatest influence on SCS,at 28.64%.The relationships between key influencing factors and SCS were nonmonotonic and non-linear,with threshold effects.For example,NDBSI values of 0.18e0.41 had a positive influence on SCS,while NDBSI values of 0.41e0.65 had a negative influence on SCS.The findings broaden our understanding of the response of SCS to changes in landscape and quality attributes at the sub-watershed scale,and could offer comprehensive support for soil erosion management in the watershed ecosystem.
文摘The loessal hill region in southern Ningxia is a semiarid and severe eroded area with developed agriculture and animal husbandry. It has long been an argument whether there might be more potentiality of farming and whether food production can be sustained at a level of local sufficiency.