Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the peralkaline Pine Canyon caldera, Trans-Pecos Texas, USA

The Pine Canyon caldera is a small (6–7 km diameter) ash-flow caldera that erupted peralkaline quartz trachyte, rhyolite, and high-silica rhyolite lavas and ash-flow tuffs about 33–32 Ma. The Pine Canyon caldera is located in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, in the southern part of the Trans-Pecos Magmatic Province (TPMP). The eruptive products of the Pine Canyon caldera are assigned to the South Rim Formation, which represents the silicic end member of a bimodal suite (with a “Daly Gap” between 57 and 62 wt.% SiO₂); the mafic end member consists primarily of alkali basalt to mugearite lavas of the 34–30 Ma Bee Mountain Basalt. Approximately 60–70% crystallization of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, magnetite, and apatite from alkali basalt coupled with assimilation of shale wall rock (M_a/M_c = 0.3–0.4) produced the quartz trachyte magma. Variation within the quartz trachyte–rhyolite suite was the result of 70% fractional crystallization of an assemblage dominated by alkali feldspar with subordinate clinopyroxene, fayalite, ilmenite, and apatite. High-silica rhyolite is not cogenetic with the quartz trachyte–rhyolite suite, and can be best explained as the result of  5% partial melting of a mafic granulite in the deep crust under the fluxing influence of fluorine. Variation within the high-silica rhyolite is most likely due to fractional crystallization of alkali feldspar, quartz, magnetite, biotite, and monazite. Lavas and tuffs of the South Rim Formation form A-type rhyolite suites, and are broadly similar to rock series described in anorogenic settings both in terms of petrology and petrogenesis. The Pine Canyon caldera is interpreted to have developed in a post-orogenic tectonic setting, or an early stage of continental rifting, and represents the earliest evidence for continental extension in the TPMP.     

A modified Richards equation, its adjoint, and a new perspective on land data assimilation

Summary Richards equation, which is the key relationship for addressing basic soil hydrological processes within the rhizosphere and constitutes the basis for multiple-layer soil hydrology models for meteorological studies, is modified to include two vegetation processes: the transpiration (daytime) and hydraulic lift (nighttime). The analytical form of the adjoint system is derived and can serve as the guideline for discrete forms, as implemented in a variety of multiple layer land surface models. The modified equation and its adjoint model may be used to address at least two types of inverse problems: estimation of the initial soil moisture contents from sparse observations of related quantities; and retrieval of critical soil/vegetation parameters with observations of soil moisture contents (or other related quantities) distributed over a certain period of time. The former may be of more interest for numerical weather prediction studies, whereas the latter may be more valuable for longer time integration of climate models.     

引起大地电场变化的一些因素

对河北省4个电场台站3年多的大地电场资料进行了全面的分析、整理,总结出引起大地电场变化的一些因素,这对我们认识资料有所帮助。对分析和利用大地电场资料有一定意义。     

网格技术研究进展

介绍了网格的概念,以及网格体系结构、网格资源管理和网格应用等网格技术的研究现状, 最后对中国地震减灾仿真网格试验系统的研究概况进行了介绍。     

活动断裂对深埋隧洞影响的研究概述

简要叙述了南水北调西线工程面临的活动断裂的问题;介绍了活动断裂的运动方式、几何特征、运动的力学机制及其与地震的关系;详细讨论了活动断裂对隧洞工程的影响机理,并且总结了活动断裂的研究手段,系统地阐述了关于活动断裂的数值模拟方法并提出了有待进一步解决的问题。     

2005年世界和中国灾情和减灾盘点

2005年世界和中国灾害的一些指标明显超过2004年。在分析成因时,除了自然原因外,还存在人为因素。在抗击自然灾害中,世界各国协同救灾。2005年中国减灾的特色是重视突发性事件,政府重视预案、演练,群众的减灾意识有所提高。文章还分析了一些值得改进的地方。     

黄河的输沙量：过去、现在和将来——距今15万年以来的黄河泥沙收支表

黄河于150 ka BP切穿三门峡，东流入海。黄河泥沙90%来自黄土高原。黄土高原土地利用和植被的变化对黄河输沙有决定性的影响。15万年以来，黄河进入华北平原的泥沙约70 000×108 t，其中10 ka BP以前占80%。10 ka BP以后的输沙量中，最后1040年黄土高原滥垦时期占60%。黄河泥沙的归宿，建造华北大平原占73%，流入海洋占26%。现在，黄河每年流入北黄海的泥沙不足0.2×108  t，其输运主要受海洋环流系统的影响。现在黄海每年向东海输运悬浮沉积物0.2×108~0.3×108 t，主要为废黄河三角洲及水下三角洲受侵蚀再悬浮的黄河泥沙。1996—2000年黄河下游连年断流，利津站的年径流量和输沙量只有1950—1979年30年平均的19%左右。今后20~30年内，由于气候变暖、工业、城市等引黄水量增加，黄河的入海泥沙量仍将偏少。     

错位转换层位置对高层建筑抗震性能影响的研究

本文采用有限元程序对设有错位转换的高层结构进行了空间时程地震反应分析,论述了错位转换层整体位置、错位转换层相对位置对结构动力特性、动力反应及竖向构件内力的影响。分析结果表明,错位转换层整体位置的变动及相对变动对结构周期、主要振型和相对位移影响不大;随着错位转换层整体向上移动,在转换层处的层间位移角的突变会加剧;当两错位转换层相距3层左右时,高层结构地震反应最不利;错位转换层的存在会使两错位转换层附近的竖向构件内力发生突变,设计中应予以加强。     

应县木塔环境振动试验

对于复杂的塔状古建筑物,建立一个合适的简化的数学模型是不易实现的。与强迫振动试验相比,环境振动试验比较简单、方便,所确定出的小振幅水平下的木塔结构动力特性具有足够的精度。本文首先结合应县木塔结构环境振动测试实例对环境振动测试方法作了简要介绍,并采用随机信号数据频域分析方法对测试数据进行了分析,确定木塔结构的自振频率。同时,依据不同测点在固有频率处响应的比及零迟时互相关函数确定木塔结构的振型。最后,本文依据自功率谱和互功率谱采用半功率点法计算各振型的阻尼比。本文分析结果表明,在两水平方向上木塔的振动特性存在些微差异,第一振型阻尼比较第二振型阻尼比大。     

地铁交通引起的环境振动的实测与分析

本文根据现场实测数据,对某地铁交通1号线沿线典型区段引起的环境振动实况和振动特性及传播规律等进行了分析研究。结果表明,地面振动Z振级主要由测点到轨道中心的水平距离决定,并且在离开地铁隧道中心线一定距离范围内,地面振动Z振级存在振动放大区。此外,本文还根据实测资料和现有研究成果提出了该地铁1号线引起环境振动Z振级的统计回归公式。该式从数学表达式的角度反映了振动信号的放大效应,可为预测或估计地铁运营诱发的环境振动提供参考。