呼图壁地下储气库部分区域地表垂直形变机理研究

利用在呼图壁地下储气库开展的2013~2015年7期二等水准测量获得的高差数据,对受地表气井压力变化影响而发生的地下储气库地表垂直变形进行了分析。研究表明,呼图壁地下储气库区的地表变形除了构造成因引起的盆地下沉以外,其他成因有2个方面:一个是呼图壁地区的地下水超采影响着该地区的地表垂直变化;另一个是储气库集采气期间受井口压力变化影响的地表沉降,根据计算,储气库每MPa气井压力变化影响到的地表变化为0.625~1.125mm。     

Timescales of interface-coupled dissolution-precipitation reactions on carbonates

In the Earth's upper crust, where aqueous fluids can circulate freely, most mineral transformations are controlled by the coupling between the dissolution of a mineral that releases chemical species into the fluid and precipitation of new minerals that contain some of the released species in their crystal structure, the coupled process being driven by a reduction of the total free-energy of the system. Such coupled dissolution-precipitation processes occur at the fluid-mineral interface where the chemical gradients are highest and heterogeneous nucleation can be promoted, therefore controlling the growth kinetics of the new minerals. Time-lapse nanoscale imaging using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) can monitor the whole coupled process under in situ conditions and allow identifying the time scales involved and the controlling parameters. We have performed a series of experiments on carbonate minerals (calcite, siderite, dolomite and magnesite) where dissolution of the carbonate and precipitation of a new mineral was imaged and followed through time. In the presence of various species in the reacting fluid (e. g. antimony, selenium, arsenic, phosphate), the calcium released during calcite dissolution binds with these species to form new minerals that sequester these hazardous species in the form of a stable solid phase. For siderite, the coupling involves the release of Fe²⁺ ions that subsequently become oxidized and then precipitate in the form of Fe^III oxyhydroxides. For dolomite and magnesite, dissolution in the presence of pure water (undersaturated with any possible phase) results in the immediate precipitation of hydrated Mg-carbonate phases. In all these systems, dissolution and precipitation are coupled and occur directly in a boundary layer at the carbonate surface. Scaling arguments demonstrate that the thickness of this boundary layer is controlled by the rate of carbonate dissolution, the equilibrium concentration of the precipitates and the kinetics of diffusion of species in a boundary layer. From these parameters a characteristic time scale and a characteristic length scale of the boundary layer can be derived. This boundary layer grows with time and never reaches a steady state thickness as long as dissolution of the carbonate is faster than precipitation of the new mineral. At ambient temperature, the surface reactions of these dissolving carbonates occur on time-scales of the order of seconds to minutes, indicating the rapid surface rearrangement of carbonates in the presence of aqueous fluids. As a consequence, many carbonate-fluid reactions in low temperature environments are controlled by local thermodynamic equilibria rather than by the global equilibrium in the whole system.     

Gastropods Associated with Fossil Traces from Yacoraite Formation(Maastrichtian-Danian),and its Paleoenvironmental Significance,Jujuy,Northwestern Argentina

Abstract: We present results tending to characterize the new records of invertebrates from the Yacoraite Formation (Maastrichtian-Danian). The fossils reported come from two stratigraphic sections exposed in the surroundings of Maimará and Jueya, province of Jujuy, northwestern Argentina. The selection was based on geological and paleontological evidence. The recovered fossils include gastropods and invertebrate fossil traces, including Planolites, Skolithos and Gastrochanoelites ichnogenus. As result of our review, we discussed the possibility of assigning the analyzed gastropods to the family Zygopleuridae (gene. et. sp. indet.), as an approximation to the taxonomic resolution of this fossil fauna. The trace fossils were assigned to the archetypical Glossifungites ichnofacies. The study of the fossil assemblage allowed us to define a shallow depositional environment, characteristic of a marine context with high-energy conditions.     

美国Cove Fort-Sulphurdale地热区地震震源机制和各向异性研究

Cove Fort-Sulphurdale位于美国犹他州中西部, 是一个地质特征独特的地热资源富集区． 为了有效开发地热资源, 有必要了解该地区的应力分布和裂缝分布． 本文在前人工作的基础上使用地震资料, 利用波形匹配、 P波极性和横纵波振幅比联合约束反演的方法, 研究该地区地震的震源机制解; 同时结合该地区的横波分裂分析研究, 确定该地区的应力分布和断层/裂隙走向． 波形反演结果显示, 实际数据与模拟数据的波形匹配度非常高, 且二者的P波初动极性和横纵波振幅比也都非常相近． 由震源机制分析得出的断层面走向大部分趋于南北向, 与美国区域应力图显示的最大水平主应力指向(南北方向), 具有较好的一致性, 符合目前研究对该地区的构造认知． 横波分裂分析结果也表明如果各向异性主要是由该地区的断裂构造所引起, 那么该地区的主要断层或裂缝的方向可能为南北向．      

基于InSAR技术的喀什-乌恰交汇区地壳垂直形变特征分析

利用喀什-乌恰交汇区2004—2010年间的ENVISAT ASAR数据,采用层叠InSAR技术获得了喀什-乌恰交汇区地壳垂直形变速度场,并结合研究区GPS观测数据结果,分析了喀什-乌恰交汇区地壳形变特征。结果显示,喀什-乌恰交汇区地壳垂直形变速率约为?1—2mm/a,其中,乌恰南边的山区形变量最大,形变速率达到2mm/a,是整个研究区中隆升最明显的区域;而喀什、阿图什一带形变量比较小,基本在0—1mm/a。卡兹克阿尔特和阿图什南翼断裂为乌恰以南的隆升区域到喀什、阿图什垂直形变平稳区域的梯度带,这个区域吸收了1—2mm/a的垂直形变能量和7—9mm/a的水平形变能量,是喀什-乌恰交汇区中主要的地壳形变能量消耗地带。     

夏季青藏高原及其周边地区卫星MLS水汽、臭氧产品的探空检验分析

根据Aura卫星微波临边探测(MLS)2.2,3.3版水汽和臭氧廓线,采用线性内插方法,将夏季在青藏高原(西藏的那曲和拉萨)及其周边地区(云南腾冲)通过冷冻霜点仪(CFH)和电化学反应池型(ECC)探空仪分别测得的水汽和臭氧数据插值到与卫星产品规定的气压高度进行比较分析,以检验MLS水汽和臭氧廓线产品.结果表明:MLS 2.2和3.3版水汽相对误差在100 h Pa的对流层顶附近分别为(9.8±46.0)%(n=18),(23.0±45.8)%(n=17);在小于并包含82.5h Pa在内的下平流层则分别为(-2.2±15.7)%(n=74),(0.3±14.9)%(n=75);而在对流层316~121h Pa高度则分别为(21.5±90.6)%(n=104),(6.0±83.4)%(n=99).相应MLS 2.2,3.3版臭氧的误差分别为:(-3.5±54.4)%(n=27),(-8.7±41.6)%(n=38)(100 h Pa);(-11.7±16.3)%(n=135),(15.6±24.2)%(n=305)(下平流层);(18.0±79.1)%(n=47),(34.2±76.6)%(n=160)(对流层上层).MLS水汽和臭氧的误差垂直分布在对流层上层-平流层低层振荡和离散分布明显,部分误差可能由于此高度层水汽和臭氧浓度梯度大和比较用线性插值探空数据引起."臭氧低谷"期间,拉萨地区70 h Pa高度以下MLS卫星臭氧浓度误差明显增加;腾冲、那曲与拉萨三地的MLS臭氧误差的垂直分布特征较一致.卫星产品与探空测值的初步关系表明,MLS廓线的灵敏度与水汽和臭氧在大气中垂直分布有密切联系,3.3版水汽产品的灵敏度在82.5 h Pa以上高度略有提高,臭氧产品灵敏度没有明显变化.文中还讨论了导致MLS水汽和臭氧廓线产品误差的可能因素.     

Fast clogging problem of open check dams and a new type suggestion:curved footed type open check dam

Driftwood is one of the important physical components in mountainous rivers which causes severe hazards due to the clogging of bridges, culverts,and narrow sections during floods. Therefore, the understanding of driftwood dynamics and mitigation measures are crucial for managing wood in rivers.Open check dams are the most commonly used engineering measure for preventing driftwood from reaching downstream areas. Nevertheless, these open check dams frequently lose their sediment transport function...     

Altitude as environmental filtering influencing phylogenetic diversity and species richness of plants in tropical mountains

Elucidating how multiple factors affect biodiversity and plant community assembly is a central issue in ecology, especially in vulnerable ecosystems such as tropical mountains. These studies are more relevant in global warming scenarios that induce the upward displacement of plant species towards reduced habitats and hostile environments in tropical mountains. This study aimed to analyze how altitude affects taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities of tropical mountains. Thus, w...     

Detecting exoplanets with FAST?

We briefly review the various proposed scenarios that may lead to nonthermal radio emissions from exoplanetary systems(planetary magnetospheres, magnetosphere-ionosphere and magnetospheresatellite coupling, and star-planet interactions), and the physical information that can be drawn from their detection. The latter scenario is especially favorable to the production of radio emission above 70 MHz. We summarize the results of past and recent radio searches, and then discuss FAST characteristics and observation strategy, including synergies. We emphasize the importance of polarization measurements and a high duty-cycle for the very weak targets that radio-exoplanets prove to be.     

Development versus conservation: evaluation of landscape structure changes in Dem?novská Valley,Slovakia

This paper presents the changes of landscape structure in the Dem?novská Valley which ranks among the most valuable protected areas of Slovakia. The area was selected on the basis of changes associated with the rapidly growing tourism industry and the rise of an important destination in the center of Low Tatras National Park, Slovakia. To document any changes, we visually interpreted data from aerial and satellite images in three periods(1949, 2007 and 2013) and for predicting future changes we used land use planning documentation. Interpreted data were analyzed using overlay analysis and landscape metrics. Results showed extensive changes in the landscape structure mainly connected with the development of tourism infrastructure. We also identified long-term changes whose causes stem from the transformation of society and forest management in the past. The dynamics and extent of these changes may increase in the future. We propose to stop future development of ski slopes and expansion of related infrastructure, to focus on sustainability and environmentally friendly operation of the existing ski resort and to invest a substantial portion of profits to support projects aimed to preserve surrounding lands and wildlife.