简介：At06:34(CST)onNov.18,2017,anM6.9earthquakeoccurredintheMainlingCounty,NyingchiRegionofXizangAutonomousRegion,China.Theepicenterislocatedat95.02°E,29.75°Nandthefocaldepthisabout10km(Figure1).Theepicenterisabout100kmfromtheMainlingCounty.Theaverageelevationwithin5kmisabout3100m.Thisearthquakehascausedwidespreadconcernamongmembersofgovernment,researchinstitutions,andpublicmedia.

简介：WhiletheAntarcticSlopeCurrent(ASC)hasbeenintensivelystudiedfortheEastAntarcticaslopeareaandtheWeddellSea,itsfateinthewesternAntarcticPeninsula(WAP)regionremainsmuchlessknown.DatafromtwocruisesconductedneartheSouthShetlandIslands(SSIs)andtheElephantIsland(EI),oneinaustralsummerof2004andoneinaustralwinterof2006,wereanalyzedtoprovideabroadpictureofthecirculationpatternoverthecontinentalslopeofthesurveyedarea,andaninsightintothedynamicalbalanceofthecirculation.Theresultsindicatethatsouthwestwardcurrentsarepresentovertheupperslopeinthestudyarea,indicatingtheASCintheWAPregion.NeartheShackletonGap(SG)northoftheEI,thesouthwestwardslopecurrentsneartheshelfbreakarecharacterizedbyawatermasscolderandfresherthantheambientwater,whichproducescross-slopedensitygradientsandthenverticalshearofthealong-slope(oralong-isobath)velocity.Theverticalshearisassociatedwithareversalofthealong-slopecurrentfromnortheastwardatsurfacetosouthwestwardindeeperlayers,oradepth-intensificationofthesouthwestwardslopecurrents.ThewatermasswithtemperatureandsalinitycharacteristicssimilartotheobservedcoldandfreshwaterisalsorevealedonthesouthernslopeoftheScotiaSea,suggestingthatthiscoldandfreshwaterisoriginatedfromtheScotiaSeaslopeandflowssouthwestwardthroughtheSG.OvertheshelfnorthoftheSSIs,thecoldandfreshwatermassisalsoobservedandoriginatesmainlyfromtheBransfieldStrait.Inthisarea,verticalstructureofthesouthwestwardslopecurrentsisassociatedwiththeonshoreintrusionoftheupperCircumpolarDeepWaterthatcreatescross-slopedensitygradients.

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简介：OnOctober18,2018,theChinaGeologicalSurveylaunchedaprojectoftheNationalKeyResearchandDevelopmentProgramofChina,entitled"PredictionandDeepExplorationDemonstrationofGoldPolymetallicDepositsintheJiaodongandLiaodongAreaswithintheNorthChinaCraton".Forthisproject,WulongandBaiyun-XiaotongjiapuyiinJiaodong,aswellasthenorthernZhaopingbeltsofLiaodong,werechosenasoreprospectingdemonstrationareas(Fig.1).