Homochirality of Organic Matter – Objective Law or Curious Incident?

Of the many hypotheses on the origin of biological homochirality on the Earth, the combination of the notion of subatomic particles composing a homochiral pool of primary matter, on the one hand, with the suggestion of the synthesis of chiral organic molecules in the plasma torch generated by super-high-velocity impacts (SHVI) of meteorites, on the other hand, was chosen as the working assumption.     

中国观赏石

将中国观赏石分为造型石、纹理石、矿物晶体、古生物化石、事件石、纪念石及文房石７种类型。并阐述了各类观赏石的基本特征、鉴赏标准、国内外贸易特点及其开发前景。     

Leading Lady: Monica Pidgeon,Editor of Architectural Design, 1946 to 1975

Peter Murray pays tribute to Monica Pidgeon (1913-2009). Editor of Architectural Design for almost three decades, Monica was responsible for establishing Architectural Design as the premier international architectural magazine. Murray highlights her immense contribution to architecture over the years, as well as evoking the experience of working for Monica as one of her ‘boys’, or technical editors. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

岩体力学参数的变化对陨石撞击形变场影响规律的探讨

运用目前流行的ANSYS／LS-DYNA非线性有限元程序，针对苍山陨石撞击事件，选择对称罚函数法，研究分析撞击作用区域岩体力学参数的变化是如何影响陨石撞击形变场的形成、发展和演化，并得到弹性模量等几个典型参数与撞击形变场的关系曲线。     

Atomic force microscopy imaging of fragments from the Martian meteorite ALH84001

A combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) techniques, as well as atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods has been used to study fragments of the Martian meteorite ALH84001. Images of the same areas on the meteorite were obtained prior to and following gold/palladium coating by mapping the surface of the fragment using ESEM coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. Viewing of the fragments demonstrated the presence of structures, previously described as nanofossils by McKay et al . (Search for past life on Mars — possible relic biogenic activity in martian meteorite ALH84001. Science , 1996, pp. 924–930) of NASA who used SEM imaging of gold-coated meteorite samples. Careful imaging of the fragments revealed that the observed structures were not an artefact introduced by the coating procedure.     

阿伦德陨石中壳层球粒的仪器及放射化学中子活化分析

本文中介绍了对阿伦德(Allende)陨石中4个壳层球粒的核部和壳部所做的仪器中子活化分析和放射化学中子活化分析工作,测定了8个(4对)样品的25个痕量元素。分析结果表明,元素在球粒核部和壳部具有不同的分布特征,这一结果为研究球粒的成因提供了进一步依据。     

论宇宙动力地质作用

在地球演化过程中,除了内、外动力地质作用外,宇宙动力地质作用也是一个不容忽视的重要类型。本文讨论了宇宙动力地质作用有别于其他外动力地质作用的几个主要特点,建议将其从外动力地质作用中划分出来,与内动力地质作用、外动力地质作用并列,成为第三种动力地质作用。     

陨星撞击的地学意义与撞击构造的判识标志

陨星撞击是太阳系各行星及卫星演化、地质历史中导致古气候环境灾变与生物灭绝和新生的主要营力之 一,在地球演化早期是一种较为普遍发生的事件。研究陨星撞击作用及其影响是探讨地球演化的有机组成部 分,无论在基础理论方面还是在实际应用方面,都具有重大的意义。目前对于陨星撞击的地学意义研究,主要集 中在撞击事件与地球环境灾变、地球生命更替、板块构造动力学、富集成矿(藏)等关系方面。撞击构造是判识陨 星撞击事件最明显和最直接的记录,其形态和规模、岩石学、矿物学、地球化学、构造和地球物理等特征是判识撞 击构造的重要标志。