1. Aoyitake plagiogranite in western Tarim Block, NW China: Age, geochemistry, petrogenesis and its tectonic implications

   • Zhang Chuanlin
   • Yu Haifeng
   • Zhang Dongsheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1121 - 1134

2. Discovery of seismites in Upper Sinian stratiform lead-zinc deposits in Dadu River valley, Sichuan, China: Implication for ore genesis

   • Lin Fangcheng
   • Pan Guitang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1135 - 1146

3. Sediment mass and distribution in the South China Sea since the Oligocene

   • Huang Wei
   • Wang Pinxian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1147 - 1155

4. Impacts of permafrost changes on alpine ecosystem in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

   • Wang Genxu
   • Li Yuanshou
   • Wang Yibo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1156 - 1169

5. Thermal regimes and degradation modes of permafrost along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway

   • Jin Huijun
   • Zhao Lin
   • Jin Rui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1170 - 1183

6. Multi-agent systems for simulating spatial decision behaviors and land-use dynamics

   • Liu Xiaoping
   • Li Xia
   • Anthony Gar-On Yeh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1184 - 1194

7. Optimum segmentation of simple objects in high-resolution remote sensing imagery in coastal areas

   • Chen Jianyu
   • Pan Delu
   • Mao Zhihua

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1195 - 1203

8. A new algorithm for microwave radiometer remote sensing of sea surface salinity and temperature

   • Yin Xiaobin
   • Liu Yuguang
   • Xiu Peng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1204 - 1211

9. A three-dimensional variational ocean data assimilation system: Scheme and preliminary results

   • Zhu Jiang
   • Zhou Guangqing
   • You Xiaobao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1212 - 1222

10. Possible mechanism of the effect of convection over Asian-Australian “land bridge” on the East Asian summer monsoon onset

    • He Jinhai
    • Wen Min
    • Zhang Renhe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1223 - 1232