含软弱夹层岩质边坡的模态分析及其对边坡地震动力响应影响的初步研究

本文以含软弱夹层岩质边坡作为研究对象,基于数值软件ANSYS的模态分析给出了含不同倾角与厚度软弱夹层边坡的前5阶固有频率与振型,并分析了夹层倾角和厚度对边坡固有模态的影响。接着,结合已有的大型振动台模型试验结果,在小应变范围内讨论了边坡的固有模态与其动力响应特性之间的关系。结果表明:(1)在夹层倾角相同时,含较厚软弱夹层边坡固有频率低于含较薄软弱夹层边坡;(2)在夹层厚度相同时,随着倾角增加,夹层从反倾变化到顺倾,低阶(1、2)固有频率也逐渐增加,而高阶(3、4、5)固有频率则呈下降趋势;(3)从第3、4阶开始,边坡变形受夹层影响增强;(4)基于加速度傅里叶谱比分析得出的边坡响应放大频率与边坡前5阶固有频率范围接近,加速度和位移响应在夹层及以上部位响应强烈,与边坡前5阶振型较为一致,预示了边坡的共振响应。需要指出的是,本文得出的结论尚且不能用于准确解释边坡在大变形及破坏阶段的动力响应特征,但可为边坡动力特性及共振响应的深入研究提供思路。     

南海北部陆坡水合物分解引起海底不稳定性的定量分析

分析了天然气水合物分解引起海底斜坡不稳定性的原因,探讨了水合物分解引起沉积物层孔隙压力变化规律.以南海北部神狐海域水合物样品钻获区为研究对象,应用极限平衡法探讨了海底无限斜坡的稳定性问题,计算了设定的不同滑动面的安全系数,建立了目标不稳定区相关参数条件下的水合物分解与海底斜坡不稳定的模式图,模拟计算了不同程度的水合物分解对海底斜坡失稳的影响作用.结果表明：在假设条件下,南海神狐海域当水深为1200 m,沉积物层厚度为200 m,对于20°的较大坡角,沉积物层中5%水合物分解将引起海底斜坡失稳;斜坡坡角为5°时,沉积物层中15%水合物分解后,将会引起海底斜坡失稳;当斜坡坡角为3°或更小时,沉积物层中25%水合物分解后,将会引起海底斜坡失稳.     

海底天然气水合物中甲烷逸出对全球气候的影响

全球气候变化会降低海底天然气水合物的稳定性导致水舍物失稳分解,反过来天然气水合物分解释放出的大量甲烷气,又会对全球气候变化产生巨大的影响,地质历史上许多重大地质事件(如LPTM事件)都可能与天然气水合物的分解释气作用有关．除了地质历史上强烈的甲烷突然释放事件,现代海底的渗漏或喷口也连续不断地向海水甚至大气输入甲烷,从而影响着全球气候变化．由于天然气水合物中甲烷逸出对全球气候影响的研究刚刚起步,还缺乏海洋沉积物和海水中甲烷传输的恰当模式,甲烷在海水中的溶解度、甲烷的氧化作用及上升流等因素对其的影响程度,以及它对大气甲炕和二氧化碳浓度变化的具体贡献等目前还很不清楚,亟需深化研究．     

天然气水合物体系动态演化研究(Ⅲ):水合物的产生、聚集和分解

从天然气水合物的产生、聚集和分解，分析天然气水合物的动态演化过程，沉积压实、地温梯度、构造运动以及深部流体对水合物产生的效率起决定作用，根据流体的运移和天然气水合物在水合物稳定带中的分布状况，天然气水合物的聚集可以分为构造聚集、地层聚集和混合聚集三种模式，当由于各种原因引起海底温压条件变化时，天然气水合物会发生分解，水合物也会在水体中上浮，在这个过程中，水合物的分解速率能高出其溶解速率二至三个数量级，海底泥火山、甲烷气柱、甲烷气裂缝、双似海底反射等大量的证据，都有助于揭示天然气水合物体系的动态演化的特征，弄清楚天然气水合物的动态演化过程对于我们未来对这种潜在能源的开发利用，并分析其在全球变化、碳循环以及海底滑坡中所起的作用有着相当重要的意义。     

组合支护结构作用下反倾层状岩质边坡加速度响应振动台试验研究

设计并完成一个1∶30的大比例尺高陡反倾层状岩质边坡的振动台模型试验,坡体内部有6个软弱泥化夹层,研究在组合支护体系作用下EL Centro地震波和汶川-清屏地震波激振下泥化夹层含水量发生变化时边坡的加速度动力响应规律。试验结果表明:(1)坡面X、Z向加速度放大系数均具有非线性高程放大效应,但前者大于后者;(2)泥化夹层含水量的变化对坡面加速度放大效应影响显著,注水后X向减小而Z向增大;(3)支护体系作用下边坡临空面放大效应的现象受限制,预应力锚索抗滑桩以下边坡基本不存在加速度放大效应;边坡分级支护可有效降低X向加速度放大系数的高程增大效应,但对Z向会产生不利作用;(4)边坡的破坏模式为上部受软弱夹层滑动牵引而发生倾倒-拉裂变形,导致顶部框架梁有可能最先发生破坏,且破坏类型可能以绕坡顶为支点向坡体内侧转动,引起上部的锚索产生拔出破坏。     

水合物分解对桩基础应力和变形影响的研究

赋存于海底沉积物中的天然气水合物与固体颗粒相互胶结,增加了沉积物的强度,一旦水合物分解,会引起沉积物剪切强度降低,如果在含有水合物层上面或附近存在桩基础,必然影响其稳定性。本文采用应力释放法,通过数值计算,分别讨论了桩基础底部位于含水合物地层不同深度时,水合物分解对桩基础应力和变形的影响规律。计算结果表明,随着水合物分解过程中的模量软化和强度衰减,桩基础的水平和竖向位移增大,由于地基水平,土体没有驱动剪应力,水平位移增加不大,地基和桩基础主要表现为竖向沉降;桩底部位于水合物层中间的桩基础的沉降变形,比桩底穿过水合物层的桩基础大,在桩基础及其附近的土体产生较大的应力。     

岩层倾角对顺倾向边坡地震效应的影响

利用FLAC3D软件模拟地震作用下不同岩层倾角的顺倾向边坡,对比坡面峰值加速度放大系数、峰值位移、地震作用结束后坡体剪应变增量的变化规律,探讨岩层倾角对顺倾边坡地震效应的影响。研究表明:(1)在水平地震波作用下,坡面水平峰值加速度放大作用随岩层倾角增大而线性减小;(2)当岩层倾角小于软弱岩层内摩擦角时,坡面峰值位移较小且变化规律受岩层倾角影响不明显,当岩层倾角大于软弱岩层内摩擦角且小于30°时坡面峰值位移增大,大于60°时减小;(3)岩层倾角小于坡角时,残余剪应变增量最大值集中在坡面中下部软弱岩层处,反之,剪应变增量最大值出现在整个坡面并呈弧形区。     

地震作用下含软弱夹层顺层岩质边坡表面放大效应研究

为了研究地震作用下含软弱夹层顺层岩质边坡表面的放大效应,借用FLAC3D软件,建立了含软弱夹层顺层岩质边坡动力分析数值模型;在合理考虑地震动输入、边界条件、网格划分与模型参数的基础上,分析了地震动峰值、频率、持时以及初动方向等因素影响下的边坡表面放大效应。研究结果表明：①地震动峰值、频率和初动方向对边坡表面放大效应的影响较显著,而地震动持时对边坡表面放大效应的影响微小;②随着地震动峰值的增加,放大效应由软弱夹层之上的坡面及坡顶面向坡肩点逐渐增大,坡肩点的放大效应最大;③当输入地震动频率小于边坡的自振频率时,边坡表面加速度放大倍数较小,且频率越小,放大倍数越小,当输入地震动频率大于边坡的自振频率时,边坡表面加速度放大倍数较大,且频率越大,放大倍数亦越大。     

地震作用下分层土边坡多滑面变形破坏的数值模拟研究

地震引起的滑坡对生命、环境和经济造成了巨大的威胁。目前,对于地震作用下边坡稳定性的研究主要集中在单一滑动面破坏模式,对于具有多个潜在滑动面边坡的地震稳定性研究比较欠缺。基于此,利用有限差分软件FLAC对不同边坡进行地震稳定性数值模拟,对比分析不同强度地震动作用下均质土体、分层土体和含软弱夹层土体边坡的滑动面演化过程和永久变形分布特征。结果表明：对于均质边坡,地震引起的滑动面为单一的整体滑动面,地震动强度的增加仅导致沿滑动面的永久变形量增大;对于非均质边坡,在地震作用下还可能形成通过土层交界面的局部滑动变形,且地震作用下最先形成和发生变形的滑动面与静力条件下得到的最小安全系数对应的最危险滑动面一致;同时,地震引起的边坡浅层和深层变形破坏存在复杂的相互影响,当局部浅层滑动先发生时,地震动的进一步增大很容易诱发更深层的坡体滑动,而当深层滑动先发生时,由于塑性变形影响地震惯性力向上部坡体的传播,浅层坡体的进一步滑动变形相对较难被触发。     

天然气水合物诱因的深水油气开发工程灾害风险——以墨西哥湾深水钻井油气泄漏事故为例

随着深水油气资源的大力开发,与水合物有关的海洋工程安全问题日益增多.天然气水合物分解使得海底地层产生超孔隙压力,同时导致沉积物结构强度下降,容易引发气体泄漏、海底滑塌等工程事故,增加了海洋深水工程的灾害风险.2010年4月20日在美国墨西哥湾海域作业的BP公司“深水地平线”钻井平台爆炸并沉没,这一事故引发了墨西哥湾海域...     

南海北部陆坡稳定性定量分析

随着海洋工程的发展,海底滑坡作为一种潜在的地质灾害逐渐成为人们关注的热点.本文采用二维极限平衡法计算并分析了海底斜坡稳定性问题.通过对斜坡模型在各种条件下安全系数的计算,定量分析了斜坡内在因素(如斜坡角度、主要土力学参数)和主要触发机制(地震、快速堆积等)对安全系数的影响.理论计算表明,静态条件下,均质斜坡角度小于20°时,均处于稳定状态;对于含软弱层的斜坡,快速堆积等引起的不排水状态下斜坡安全系数明显降低,斜坡角度大于14°时就会发生失稳.拟静态条件下,当地震动峰值加速度(PGA)小于0.15g时,对于角度小于20°的均质斜坡处于稳定状态,但PGA大于0.25g时,角度大于13°的斜坡即处于失稳状态;对于含软弱层斜坡,PGA为0.1g时,角度大于10°的斜坡即处于不稳定状态;当PGA大于0.3g时,3°以上的海底斜坡即处于失稳状态,发生海底滑坡.结合南海北部陆坡海底地形、地貌特征,在静态条件下,均处于稳定状态;但在地震加载的拟静态下,根据南海北部地震动峰值加速度分布,台湾浅滩段则处于不稳定状态.这解释了该区域大陆坡折带处海底滑坡广泛发育的原因,也表明了地震是引发南海北部滑坡最主要的触发机制之一.     

线性波浪加载下海底斜坡失稳机制的数值分析

基于大型有限元软件ABAQUS中的荷载模块,添加一阶波浪力载荷模式,并结合强度折减技术,实现波浪力作用下海底斜坡稳定性与失稳机制的弹塑性有限元数值分析。引入典型算例,利用先前提出的波浪荷载下海底斜坡稳定性的极限分析上限方法开展数值解的对比验证;在此基础上,通过深入地变动参数比较分析,探讨不同波长、波高和水深等波浪参数对计算结果的影响以及波浪力影响下海底斜坡潜在滑动面的变化规律,获得波浪荷载下海底斜坡失稳滑动机制的初步认识。     

Effects of regional slope on viscous flows: a preliminary study of lava terrace emplacement at submarine volcanic rift zones

To understand how large submarine lava terraces form and why they are not commonly observed on land, we developed an isoviscous gravity flow model on an inclined surface to simulate the evolution and emplacement of lava flows under submarine conditions. By solving this preliminary model using a finite difference method, we are able to quantify how lava viscosity, pre-existing topographic slope, effusion rate, and lava volume affect meso-scale lava morphology. Our simulations show that, in general, high lava viscosity, gentle regional slope, and low effusion rate favor the formation of large terraces, but environmental conditions also play an important role. A gravity flow spreads more slowly underwater than subaerially. We also conclude that for low viscosity basaltic lava, the cooling of the lava body is one of the most critical factors that affect its shape. This study shows that the isoviscous model, though oversimplified, provides a quantitative tool to relate lava morphology to eruption characteristics. To gain a better understanding of the controls on submarine lava terrace formation, future models must take into account the temporal and spatial variation of lava viscosity, especially the effects of a brittle outer shell.     

Numerical models of continental and submarine erosion: application to the northern Ligurian Margin (Southern Alps,France/Italy)

We present a new numerical surface process model allowing us to take into account submarine erosion processes due either to submarine landslides or to hyperpycnal currents. A first set of models show that the frequency of hyperpycnal flows influences the development of submarine canyons at the mouth of continental rivers. Further experiments show that an increase in submarine slope leads to faster regressive canyon erosion and a more dentritic canyon network, whereas increasing the height of the unstable sediment pile located on the shelf break leads to wider and less dendritic canyons. The models are then applied to the western segment of the north Ligurian margin (northwestern Mediterranean), which displays numerous submarine canyons with various sizes and morphologies. From west to east, canyon longitudinal profiles as well as margin‐perpendicular profiles progressively change from moderately steep, concave‐up shapes to steeper linear to convex‐up shapes suggesting increasing eastward margin uplift. Moreover, the foot of the margin is affected by a marked slope increase with evidences of mass transport due to landslides. Numerical models which reproduce well the North Ligurian margin morphologic features indicate that the western part of the margin is submitted to rather low (i.e. 0.4 mm yr^?1) uplift and intense submarine erosion due to frequent hyperpycnal currents, whereas the eastern part bears more rapid (i.e. 0.7 mm yr^?1) uplift and has little or no hyperpycnal currents. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Origin of Taiwan Canyon and its effects on deepwater sediment

The continental slope of the Taiwan Shoal, which has cultivated numerous submarine canyons, is located in a passive continental margin environment. However, the trend of the Taiwan Canyon, with its 45° intersection angle, is obviously different from that of the erosion valley downward along the continental slope. A distinct break is present in the lower segment of the Taiwan Canyon, which then extends from west to east parallel to the continental slope until finally joining the Manila Trench. By utilizing multiple-beam water depth data, high-resolution seismic data, and sediment cores, this study describes the topographic characteristics of the Taiwan Canyon and provides a preliminary discussion on the origin of the Taiwan Canyon and its effect on deepwater sediment. The terrain, landform, and sediment of the Taiwan Canyon exhibit segmentation characteristics. The upper segment is characterized primarily by erosion, downward cutting with a V shape, and wide development of sliding, slumping, and other gravity flow types. The middle segment is characterized mostly by U-shaped erosion-sedimentation transition and development of an inner levee. The lower segment is characterized primarily by sedimentation and development of a sediment wave. The bottom current has a significant reworking effect on the interior sediments of the canyon and forms reworked sands. The formation and evolution of the Taiwan Canyon is closely related to sediment supply, gravity sliding(slumping), faulting activities, and submarine impaling. Given the sufficient terrigenous clastic supply, the sediments along the continental shelf edge continuously proceed seaward; gliding and slumping in the front edge provide driving forces for the formation of the canyon. Faulting activities result in stratum crushing, and the gravity flow takes priority in eroding the relatively fragile stratum. Thus, the direction of the extension of the canyon crosses the surrounding erosion valley obliquely. Seamounts are formed through submarine impaling. Owing to seamount blocking, the lower segment of the canyon is turned toward the east–west direction. Large amounts of sediments overflow at the turning, forming sediment waves.     

Comprehensive constraint on the tectono-sedimentary setting of Late Paleozoic turbidites of the Kamuste area, eastern Junggar, Xinjiang

Petrography and geochemistry, combined with sedimentation analyses allow for a thorough evaluation of the tectono-sedimentary setting of late Paleozoic turbidites of the Kamuste area, eastern Junggar. Sandstones of the Alabiye¹⁾ Formation are composed mostly of volcanic and sedimentary detritus with lesser amounts of plagioclase and quartz. They were derived from an undissected magmatic-arc provenance. The geochemistry of sandstone-mudrock suites indicates a fesic-intermediate igneous provenance, and constrains the Alabiye Formation to have derived from a differentiated oceanic-continental margin island-arc tectonic setting. Likewise, geochemistry and sandstone petrography of the Kamuste Formation reflect a mixed provenance signature dominated by magmatic arc, basement uplift, and subduction-complex sources of a differentiated continental-island arc. Sedimentation analysis indicates that the Alabiye and Kamuste formations are two sets of turbidite sequences deposited on a submarine slope and a submarine fan and basin plain respectively. In conclusion, submarine slope turbidite deposition of the Alabiye Formation records the main sedimentary response to the development of early Devonian back-arc basins of the northern Junggar tectonic belt. Submarine fan and basin plain turbidite and background hemipelagic deposition of the Kamuste Formation record the main sedimentary response to the late Early Carboniferous development of an inter-arc relict ocean basin of the eastern Junggar composite terrane.     

Triggering Mechanisms of Slope Instability and their Relationship to Earthquakes and Tsunamis

— Submarine and shoreline slope failures that accompany large earthquakes and large tsunamis are triggered by several mechanisms. Triggering mechanisms range from direct effects, such as inertial forces from earthquake shaking, to indirect effects, such as rapid drawdown that occurs when an earthquake-generated tsunami first approaches a shoreline. Soil shear strength also plays an important role in earthquake-related slope failures. Earthquakes change the shear strength of the soil by inducing excess pore water pressures. These excess pore water pressures change with time after the earthquake, resulting in changes in shear strength and slope stability with time. This paper reviews earthquake-related triggering mechanisms for submarine and shoreline slope failures. The variation in shear strength with time following an earthquake is examined and it is shown that delayed slope failures after an earthquake can occur as a result of changes in earthquake-induced excess pore water pressures and shear strength with time.     

Discharge of pyroclastic flows into the sea during the 1996–1998 eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

Explosive eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat in the West Indies generated pyroclastic flows that reached the sea on the east and southwest coasts between November 1995 and July 1998. Discharge of the flows produced two pyroclastic deltas off of the Tar and White River valleys. A marine geological survey was conducted in July 1998 to study the submarine extensions of both deltas. Detailed profiles of depth and sub-bottom structure were obtained using a CHIRP II/bubble pulser system. These profiles were compared with pre-eruption bathymetric data in order to identify areas of recent deposition and erosion. Deposition off the Tar and White River valleys was thickest nearest the coastline and deltas, and extended into deeper water up to 5 km from shore. The total volume of submarine pyroclastic deposits as of July 1998 was 73×10⁶ m³ DRE. Submarine pyroclastic deposits off the Tar River valley made up more than two-thirds of the total volume (55×10⁶ m³ DRE) and covered an area of approximately 5.0 km², which included the delta. The volume of submarine pyroclastic deposits in the White River area (18×10⁶ m³ DRE) is probably underestimated due to the lack of precise pre-eruption bathymetric data in areas greater than 2 km from shore. Growth of pyroclastic deltas at the mouths of the Tar and White River valleys continued to the edge of the submarine shelf where there was a steep break in slope. In the Tar River area pyroclastic material was distributed down the steep shelf break and into deeper water at least a few kilometers from shore. The material spread out radially, forming a submarine fan, where distribution was primarily controlled by bathymetry and slope.Editorial responsibility; J. Stix     

Effects of beach slope breaks on nearshore groundwater dynamics

Interactions between fresh groundwater and seawater affect significantly the nearshore pore water flow, which in turn influences the fate of nutrients and contaminants in coastal aquifers prior to discharge to the marine environment. Field investigations and numerical simulations were carried out to examine the groundwater dynamics in the intertidal zone of a carbonate sandy aquifer on the tropical island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The study site was featured by distinct cross‐shore slope breaks on the beach surface. Measured pore water salinities revealed different distributions under the influences of different beach profiles, inland heads, and tidal oscillations. Fresh groundwater was found to discharge around a beach slope break located in the middle area of the intertidal zone. The results indicate a strong interplay between the slope break beach morphology and tidal force in controlling the nearshore groundwater flow and solute transport. The fresh groundwater discharge location was largely determined by the beach morphology in combination with the tidal force. The nearshore groundwater flow can be very sensitive to beach slope breaks, which induce local circulation and flow instabilities. As slope breaks are a common feature of beaches around the world, these results have important, general implications for future studies of nutrients transport and transformations in nearshore aquifers and associated fluxes via submarine groundwater discharge.