Sediment geochemistry of ODP Holes 206-1256B and 206-1256C

We measured the chemical composition of 100 samples from the 250-m sediment sequence retrieved from Ocean Drilling Program Site 1256 in the Guatemala Basin using a newly developed microwave-assisted acid digestion protocol followed by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analysis. We compared these data gathered onshore to the results from the flux fusion prepared samples analyzed by shipboard ICP-AES during the leg and published in the Leg 206 Initial Reports volume, as well as to 35 randomly selected samples that were prepared by flux fusion at Boston University and analyzed by ICP-AES. Comparison of the newly developed acid digestion protocol to shore-based flux fusion demonstrates that the microwave-assisted acid technique yields a complete digestion, and because this procedure includes boric acid, it is safe for use with HF acid as boric acid neutralizes excess HF. The precision for nearly all elements in shore-based acid digestions is better than 3% of the measured values, including for elements such as Ni, Cr, and V, which are typically difficult to measure in biogenic-rich sediments. The shore-based flux fusions, while better than shipboard reported precision values (as expected), has precision better than 3% of their respective measured values for all major elements (Si, Al, Ti, Fe, Mn, Ca, Mg, Na, and K) and several trace elements (Ba and Sr). Results for P, Cr, Ni, V, Sc, and Zr are better than 5% of their measured values. Not only does the newly developed acid digestion provide better analytical results than the typical flux fusion method, the shore-based acid procedure also exhibits downhole lithologic and chemical characteristics similar to the shipboard flux fusion prepared results. These results confirm that the current shipboard methods are adequate for first-order geochemical interpretations and that the microwave-assisted acid digestion holds great potential to be the primary technique of preparing sediments on future Integrated Ocean Drilling Program expeditions.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 206]

O Ministro da Fazenda Bresser Pereira reuniu-se com os constituintes para tentar alterar o texto do substitutivo sobre a reforma tributária. Mas os parlamentares disseram que é difícil modificar o aumento de 33 para 50% da transferência de recursos da União para os Estados e Municípios. O Deputado Bernardo Cabral (PMDB-AM) foi ao Plenário defender-se das críticas sobre a quebra do acordo realizado com as Forças Armadas no texto do substitutivo referente à anistia. O Relator disse que não se comprometeu com ninguém, logo não houve traição. A Comissão das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente está no Brasil para apresentar aos constituintes o relatório "Nosso Futuro Comum", que foi entregue ao Presidente da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC), Deputado Ulysses Guimarães. A representante da ONU Margarita Marino relata que é muito importante para a Comissão estar neste momento histórico no Congresso, quando aqui se prepara a Carta Magna. O Deputado Fábio Feldmann (PMDB-SP) considera importante que haja uma visão ampla de meio ambiente, que se incorpore ao planejamento nacional do desenvolvimento do país. Artistas foram à Assembleia Nacional Constituinte para reivindicar o fim de qualquer tipo de censura. A atriz Lélia Abramo informa que o povo brasileiro é livre e deve ter o direito de escolher o que lhe convém ou não. Sindicalistas apresentaram ao relator Bernardo Cabral diversas sugestões, que incluem a discordância com a retirada da estabilidade no emprego no texto do substitutivo e a reivindicação da jornada de 40 (quarenta) horas semanais. O Presidente da CNTI José Calixto informa sobre a exclusão de alguns direitos dos trabalhadores no projeto. O Deputado Paulo Paim (PT-RS) sugere que cada parlamentar apresente sua posição e vote sobre a estabilidade no Plenário da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte.

Genetic variability in spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), determined with microsatellite DNA markers

Variation in the allele frequencies of five microsatellite loci was surveyed in 1256 individual spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) obtained from 12 bays and estuaries from Laguna Madre, Texas, to Charlotte Harbor, Florida, to St. John’s River on the Florida Atlantic Coast. Texas and Louisiana collection sites were resampled each year for two to four years (1998−2001). Genetic differentiation was observed. Spotted seatrout from Florida waters were strongly differentiated from spotted seatrout collected in Louisiana and Texas. The greatest genetic discontinuity was observed between Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, and Charlotte Harbor seatrout were most similar to Atlantic Coast spotted seatrout. Texas and Louisiana samples were not strongly structured within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and there was little evidence of temporal differentiation within bays. These findings are contrary to those of earlier analyses with allozymes and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) where evidence of spatial differentiation was found for spotted seatrout resident on the Texas coast. The differences in genetic structure observed among these markers may reflect differences in response to selective pressure, or may be due to differences in underlying genetic processes.

~(206)At的[лh_(1/2)vi_(13/2)~(-1)]10~-同质异能态研究(英文)

利用能量为６０－８０ＭｅＶ的~(１２)Ｃ束流，通过~１９７Ａｎ（~(１２)Ｃ，３ｎ）~２０６Ａｔ反应研究了~２０６Ａｔ核的高自旋能级结构．用７台ＢＧＯ（ＡＣ）ＨＰＧｅ探测器和一台用于探测低能γ射线的平面型ＨＰＧｅ探测器进行了γ射线的激发函数、γ－γ－ｔ符合及γ射线的角分布测量．基于这些测量，首次建立了包括２５条γ跃迁的~２０６Ａｔ高自旋能级纲图．确定了一个半寿命为（９０８±４００）ｎｓ、自旋和宇称为１０的同质异能态．基于较重的双奇核~(２０８，２１０ )Ａｔ能级结构的系统性，对~(２０６)Ａｔ的１０~－同质异能态进行了讨论．

MILHO BR 206: híbrido duplo para a Região Sul do Brasil.

1990

Characterizing Pb mobilization from upland soils to streams using (206)Pb/(207)Pb isotopic ratios

Anthropogenically deposited lead (Pb) binds efficiently to soil organic matter, which can be mobilized through hydrologically mediated mechanisms, with implications for ecological and potable quality of receiving waters. Lead isotopic ((206)Pb/(207)Pb) ratios change down peat profiles as a consequence of long-term temporal variation in depositional sources, each with distinctive isotopic signatures. This study characterizes differential Pb transport mechanisms from deposition to streams at two small catchments with contrasting soil types in upland Wales, U.K., by determining Pb concentrations and (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratios from soil core profiles, interstitial pore waters, and stream water. Hydrological characteristics of soils are instrumental in determining the location in soil profiles of exported Pb and hence concentration and (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratios in surface waters. The highest Pb concentrations from near-surface soils are mobilized, concomitant with high dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exports, from hydrologically responsive peat soils with preferential shallow subsurface flows, leading to increased Pb concentrations in stream water and isotopic signatures more closely resembling recently deposited Pb. In more minerogenic soils, percolation of water allows Pb, bound to DOC, to be retained in mineral horizons and combined with other groundwater sources, resulting in Pb being transported from throughout the profile with a more geogenic isotopic signature. This study shows that (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratios can enhance our understanding of the provenances and transport mechanisms of Pb and potentially organic matter within upland soils.