Source ambiguity from an estimation of the scaling exponent of potential field power spectra

An analysis of the field scaling power spectrum yields useful information about the source distribution, but it is uncertain whether deterministic, random, fractal or mixed approaches have to be used for the interpretation. To this end, the scaling properties of potential field spectra are analysed for a number of different source models of geological interest. Besides the models of Naidu (purely random sources) and Spector and Grant (gross block statistical ensembles) we consider other types of density and magnetization distributions with spectral exponents in the fractal range, such as a single homogeneous body with a random white source distribution. Spectral slopes in the fractal range are obtained.
We also study the effects of important natural sources, such as salt domes and sedimentary basins, representing them with simple Gaussians or combinations of Gaussian signals. The same spectral slopes as for gravity signals generated by 3-D fractal source distributions are found for them. Hence the power law decay of the field is not a characteristic only of fractal source models.
If a 3-D fractal source distribution is assumed a priori , a way of verifying the goodness of the model is to examine the whitened field at source level. The probability that the whitened field derives from a random white population is estimated for synthetic and real anomalies by applying the usual statistical tests.     

How galaxies disguise their ages

We calculate the contribution to Balmer line indices from far ultraviolet component sources. We find that this is significant, and may lead to identification of spurious age differences of the order of a total span of ∼6 Gyr or ∼15 per cent size bursts observed a few Gyr after star formation stops. We suggest that claims for intermediate-age populations in early-type galaxies may need to be reconsidered in the light of this new evidence.     

几种理化因子对斑节对虾白斑杆状病毒(WSBV)感染力的影响

将部分纯化的ＷＳＢＶ暴露于不同理化条件下,通过人工感染的方法测定ＷＳＢＶ的感染力。结果表明,病毒在纯水中１ｈ能保持感染活性,全在３ｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮａＣｌ的高盐溶液中１ｈ失去感染力;ＷＳＢＶ在３０℃中４ｈ感染活性丧失,在７０～９０℃中１０ｍｉｎ均失去感染力;当环境ｐＨ值为５以下或１２．６以上时,ＷＳＢＶ在１ｈ后丧失感染活性;ＮＰ０－４０,Ｔｒｉｔｏｎ－Ｘ－１００,ＣｌＯ２或甲醛等均能灭活ＷＳＢＶ。     

配电网GIS的一种开发模式探讨

开发配电GIS主要有3种组织: GIS厂商及GIS二次开发商、配电自动化厂商、电力系统单位.分析了他们在开发中的优势与劣势, 提出一种把配电GIS系统分层, 由GIS厂商开发配电GIS平台, 自动化厂商及电力系统单位在该平台上进行2次开发的模式.论述了配电GIS平台的功能范围及海量数据管理、拓扑关系管理、设备库、按设备分层的拓扑关系模型、组件技术等关键技术, 并介绍了这种模式的一个实例.      

长沙市防洪建设中若干重要问题探讨

探讨了全国重点防洪城市长沙市防洪建设中的若干重要问题:防洪标准、设计洪水位、防洪大堤高度等的确定;建设方针与程序、整体防洪能力建设、防洪建设与基础设施建设和景观建设协调发展等。长沙设计洪水位的确定应综合考虑以下几个方面:湘江长沙段洪水与其支流和东洞庭湖洪水不存在高标准洪水同期遭遇问题,更不存在同频率洪水遭遇问题;湘江洪水流量与水位关系不是长沙洪水设计的主要依据;而南洞庭湖洪水位顶托和河道槽蓄量减少是影响长沙洪水位高低的动、静态因素。目前,长沙城市堤防设防高度偏高,减少了大堤的稳定性,造成了无效投资,影响了城市景观。防洪工程建设应分期实施、先除险后加固、注重整体防洪能力的提高,并处理好与城市基础设施建设和景观建设的关系。     

本世纪西北气候可能转型的依据和原因分析

西北气候是否正在或已经转型不仅是个科学问题,它也与该地区甚至全国的生态建设和国民经济的可持续发展密切相关.从地球系统科学的角度出发,对西北地区气候转型问题进行了探讨.利用太阳活动周期长度、孢粉及冰芯等资料,在分析了西北气候变化的周期规律后指出,西北气候已经完成了由冷到暖的“转型”;推测西北的“千年湿期”将从22世纪开始;西北东部气候转为湿型可能要发生在2020年以后.     

Measuring and modeling vertical gradients in suspended sediments in the Solimões/Amazon River

Accurately measuring sediment flux in large rivers remains a challenge due to the spatial and temporal cross‐sectional variability of suspended sediment concentrations in conjunction with sampling procedures that fail to accurately quantify these differences. This study presents a field campaign methodology that can be used to improve the measurement of suspended sediment concentrations in the Amazon River or similarly large rivers. The turbidity signal and Rouse model are together used in this study to define the spatial distribution of suspended sediment concentrations in a river cross‐section, taking into account the different size fractions of the sediment. With this methodology, suspended sediment fluxes corresponding to each sediment class are defined with less uncertainty than with manual samples. This paper presents an application of this methodology during a field campaign at different gauging stations along a 3,000‐km stretch of the Solimões/Amazon River during low water and flood periods. Vertical concentration profiles and Rouse model applications for distinctive sediment sizes are explored to determine concentration gradients throughout a cross‐section of the river. The results show that coupling both turbidity technology and the Rouse model may improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of different sediments fractions sizes in the Solimões/Amazon River. These data are very useful in defining a pertinent monitoring strategy for suspended sediment concentrations in the challenging context of large rivers.     

Hydrology of hillslope‐wetland streams,Polar Bear Pass,Nunavut, Canada

Polar Bear Pass is a large High Arctic low‐gradient wetland (100 km²) bordered by low‐lying hills which are notched by a series of v‐shaped valleys. The spring and summer hydrology of two High Arctic hillslope‐wetland catchments, a first‐order stream, 0·2 km² Landing Strip Creek (LSC) and a larger second‐order basin, 4·2 km² Windy Creek (WC), is described here. A water balance framework was employed in 2008 to examine the movement of water from upland reaches into the low‐lying wetland. Snowcover was low in both basins (<50 mm in water equivalent units), but they both exhibited nival‐type regimes. After the main snowmelt season ended, runoff ceased in the smaller catchment (LSC), but not at the larger basin (WC) which continued to flow throughout the summer. Both basins responded to summer rains in different ways. At LSC, late‐summer continuous streamflow occurred only when rainfall satisfied the large soil moisture deficit in the upper bowl‐shaped zone of the basin. At WC, the presence of thinly thawed, ice‐rich polygonal terrain within the stream channel and in the upper reaches of the catchment likely limited infiltration in these near‐stream zones and enhanced runoff in response to both moderate and high rainfall. Subsequently, seasonal runoff ratios differed between the two sites (0·19 vs 0·68) as did the seasonal storage + residual (+16 vs ?50 mm). This suggests that the post‐snowmelt season runoff response to summer precipitation is very much modified by the unique basin characteristics (soil‐type, vegetation, ground ice) and their location within each stream order type. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Machine learning classifiers for attributing tephra to source volcanoes: an evaluation of methods for Alaska tephras

Glass composition-based correlations of volcanic ash (tephra) traditionally rely on extensive manual plotting. Many previous statistical methods for testing correlations are limited by using geochemical means, masking diagnostic variability. We suggest that machine learning classifiers can expedite correlation, quickly narrowing the list of likely candidates using well-trained models. Eruptives from Alaska's Aleutian Arc-Alaska Peninsula and Wrangell volcanic field were used as a test environment for 11 supervised classification algorithms, trained on nearly 2000 electron probe microanalysis measurements of glass major oxides, representing 10 volcanic sources. Artificial neural networks and random forests were consistently among the top-performing learners (accuracy and kappa > 0.96). Their combination as an average ensemble effectively improves their performance. Using this combined model on tephras from Eklutna Lake, south-central Alaska, showed that predictions match traditional methods and can speed correlation. Although classifiers are useful tools, they should aid expert analysis, not replace it. The Eklutna Lake tephras are mostly from Redoubt Volcano. Besides tephras from known Holocene-active sources, Holocene tephra geochemically consistent with Pleistocene Emmons Lake Volcanic Center (Dawson tephra), but from a yet unknown source, is evident. These tephras are mostly anchored by a highly resolved varved chronology and represent new important regional stratigraphic markers.