One‐dimensional consolidation with a threshold gradient: a Stefan problem with rate‐dependent latent heat

During the process of one‐dimensional consolidation with a threshold gradient, the seepage front moves downward gradually, and the problem is indicated as a Stefan problem. The novel feature in this Stefan problem is a latent heat that varies inversely with the rate of the moving boundary. An exact solution for the external load that increases in proportion to the square root of time is constructed using the similarity transformation technique. Computational examples concerning the effect of different parameters on the motion of the seepage front are presented. The exact solution provides a worthwhile benchmark for verifying the accuracy of numerical and approximate methods. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Passive microwave remote sensing of the historic February 2010 snowstorms in the Middle Atlantic region of the USA

The snowfall in the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area during the winter of 2009/2010 was unprecedented and caused serious snow‐related disruptions. In February 2010, snowfall totals approached 2 m, and because maximum temperatures were consistently below normal, snow remained on the ground the entire month. One of the biggest contributing factors to the unusually severe winter weather in 2009/2010, throughout much of the middle latitudes, was the Arctic Oscillation. Unusually high pressure at high latitudes and low pressure at middle latitudes forced a persistent exchange of mass from north to south. In this investigation, a concerted effort was made to link remotely sensed falling snow observations to remotely sensed snow cover and snowpack observations in the Baltimore/Washington area. Specifically, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer onboard the Aqua satellite was used to assess snow water equivalent, and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit‐B and Microwave Humidity Sounder were employed to detect falling snow. Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer passive microwave signatures in this study are related to both snow on the ground and surface ice layers. In regard to falling snow, signatures indicative of snowfall can be observed in high frequency brightness temperatures of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit‐B and Microwave Humidity Sounder. Indeed, retrievals show an increase in snow water equivalent after the detection of falling snow. Yet, this work also shows that falling snow intensity and/or the presence of liquid water clouds impacts the ability to reliably detect snow water equivalent. Moreover, changes in the condition of the snowpack, especially in the surface features, negatively affect retrieval performance. Copyright © 2011. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.     

一种快速鉴定商品性钨矿石的方法

本文介绍了商品性钨矿样品的溶矿、染色试验方法和理论原理。该方法简便、快速,能准确地取得钨矿体积的百分数,较精确地计算WO_3的百分含量,满足钨矿商品性指标的要求。经检验证实,方法具有实用性,可以把住钨矿收购的质量关,并已收到了显著的经济效益。     

城门山铜、钼矿床的稳定同位素地质

城门山铜、钼矿床由斑岩型铜、钼矿床,矽卡岩型铜矿床和块状硫化物型铜矿床组成。本文从锶、铅、硫、氢、氧、碳等多种稳定同位素的组成特征,讨论矿床中成矿物质和热液的来源。     

Hydrostatic compression of γ-Mg2SiO4 to mantle pressures and 700 K: Thermal equation of state and related thermoelastic properties

P-V-T equations of state for the γ phase of Mg₂SiO₄ have been fitted to unit cell volumes measured under simultaneous high pressure (up 30 GPa) and high temperature (up to 700 K) conditions. The measurements were conducted in an externally heated diamond anvil cell using synchrotron x-ray diffraction. Neon was used as a pressure medium to provide a more hydrostatic pressure environment. The P-V-T data include 300 K-isothermal compression to 30 GPa, 700 K-compression to 25 GPa and some additional data in P-T space in the region 15 to 30 GPa and 300 to 700 K. The isothermal bulk modulus and its pressure derivative, determined from the isothermal compression data, are 182(3) GPa and 4.2(0.3) at T=300 K, and 171(4) GPa and 4.4(0.5) at T=700 K. Fitting all the P-V-T data to a high-temperature Murnaghan equation of state yields: K _TO=182(3.0) GPa, K _TO=4.0(0.3), ?K _T /?T)₀=?2.7(0.5)×10^?2 GPa/K and (?² K _T /?P?T)₀=5.5(5.2)×10^?4/K at the ambient condition.     

内蒙古东乌珠穆沁旗至辽宁东沟地学断面综合地球物理特征

综合地球物理探测与研究是地学断面的重要内容和基本依据,本断面的综合地球物理研究表明:这里的地壳可分为上、中、下三层,在某些部位中层地壳可进一步分为两层,其上层在断面东南端的辽河断陷东侧及燕山台褶带的义县、朝阳地区呈现为低速层;地壳厚度在断面东南端薄,为31—35km,而在西北端厚,达38—40km;辽河裂谷东侧存在壳内高导层,整个断面上地幔高导层发育,在辽河断陷及朝阳、义县地区反映为上地幔隆起区,在西拉木伦河一带出现落差达50km左右的台阶;确认析木断裂、郯—庐断裂北段、朝阳—北票断裂、赤峰—开原断裂和西拉木伦河等断裂为壳幔深断裂;发现海城地区、朝阳—北票地区及西拉木伦河地区为地壳与上地幔结构异常区,这里也正是地震较活跃的地区。     

线性连续变化非弹性介质中地震波射线轨迹与走时研究

地球内部非弹性介质广泛存在,垂向线性连续变化非弹性介质模型具有重要理论与实际意义,本文利用复速度概念推导得到了复速度随深度线性连续变化的非弹性介质中地震波射线轨迹与等时线方程.理论结果表明:在线性连续变化非弹性介质中,射线轨迹呈圆形,等时面的形状为椭圆.最后对射线轨迹与等时线方程的适用性条件进行了讨论.