Stability of loess

Lutenegger, A.J. and Hallberg, G.R., 1988. Stability of loess. Eng. Geol., 25: 247–261.

The natural stability of loess soils can be related to fundamental geotechnical properties such as Atterberg limits, water content and void ratio. Field observations of unstable conditions in loess deposits in the upper midwest, U.S.A. show relationships between instability and the in situ moisture content and the liquidity index of the loess. Unstable loess can attain natural moisture contents equal to, or greater than, its liquid limit. Implications of these observations for applied engineering works are described.     

Overconsolidation effects of ground freezing

Temporary ground freezing is a valuable technique for stabilizing soft soils during construction. It imparts large increases in strength and bearing capacity to most soils. However, freezing can cause significant changes in soil structure and density which can lead to adverse settlement during thaw.

Settlement of clay soils after freezing and thawing is the result of the suction forces that draw pore water to the freezing front. These suction forces cause an increase in the effective stress on the clay beneath the freezing front, and thus cause an overconsolidation of the clay. As these suction forces often exceed 1 atm, their direct measurement is not easy.

A technique for indirectly determining the maximum suction occurring during freezing is presented which utilizes the apparent memory that clay soils have for maximum past (preconsolidation) pressures. Suctions as large as 532 kN m⁻² were observed after freezing and thawing a clay soil which was initially consolidated to 128 kN m⁻².

The volume changes resulting from the freezing and thawing of clays were related to the plastic limit and were observed in the laboratory to be as high as 25%. If provisions are not made to account for these volume changes in a ground freezing project, considerable damage to structures can occur from settlement and the resulting stresses.     

开采状态下河北平原孔隙热储地热水资源的构成——以辛集集中开采区为例

地热水属于承压水,其储存量包括容积储存量和弹性储存量两部分,当水位处于含水层顶板以上时,已开采出的地热水只能是弹性储存量。在河北平原区进行区域地热资源评价时,地热水可开采量按照开采系数法、解析法等不同方法计算,与弹性储存量存在巨大差距。为研究地热水开采资源的构成并更加准确评价集中开采区地热水的可开采量,采用地下水均衡法对辛集集中开采区地热水开采资源量进行了计算,结果显示: 侧向补给量为126×10⁴ m³,占开采资源量的60.9%; 越流补给量为19.7×10⁴ m³,占开采资源量的9.55%; 弹性释水量为33.1×10⁴ m³,占开采资源量的16.1%; 弱透水层压密释水量为27.4×10⁴ m³,占开采资源量的13.3%。研究结果说明,集中开采区地热水的开采资源量不仅仅来自于热储层的弹性释水量,还包括侧向补给量、越流补给量和弱透水层的压密释水量。研究成果对于科学合理地开发地热资源、更好地遏制和缓解地热水开采引发的地质环境问题具有一定意义。     

三峡水库运用对鄱阳湖调蓄能力的影响

鄱阳湖调蓄能力受“五河”(赣江、抚河、信江、饶河、修水,以下简称五河)及长江干流的双重影响,三峡水库运用后,干流水文情势变化影响鄱阳湖与长江之间的水量交换。基于实测资料统计和湖口出流影响因素分析,建立了一种新的鄱阳湖出流及临界调蓄水位的计算公式,进而对三峡水库运用前后鄱阳湖各月调蓄水量的变化情况进行了定量分析。研究结果表明,长江干流和五河来流通过改变星湖落差和湖口水位来影响湖口出流及湖泊调蓄水量,但影响过程及影响量有所差异,若湖口水位不变,五河入流每增加1000m^3/s,湖口出流约增加304m^3/s,九江流量每增加1000m^3/s,湖口出流约减小723m^3/s。三峡水库运用会改变湖泊调蓄水量,年内各月相比,9月鄱阳湖水量减小约49.4%,5月鄱阳湖水量增加约47.7%。     

陆地表层水贮量变化对海平面上升贡献的综合评估

由于气候变暖和人为活动的加剧，大陆表面水贮量正在发生着显著的变化，这必将引起海平面的变化。然而，陆地表层水贮量的变化是非常复杂的。主要讨论了地下水、人工水库、天然湖泊和森林退化对海平面影响的主要研究结果，重新评估了这些因素对海平面贡献的程度，尤其是考虑了中国相关因子的作用。还就一些不确定的因素，如水库深层渗透水、土壤水贮量变化、灌溉蒸腾等对海平面的影响也进行了讨论。     

沁水盆地阳泉区块太原组煤系页岩孔隙结构特征

页岩孔隙结构是影响页岩气赋存与储集的基本因素之一.为研究高演化海陆过渡相煤系页岩的孔隙结构和评价页岩气储集能力,主要运用扫描电子显微镜、高压压汞、低温N2和CO2气体吸附实验方法,对沁水盆地阳泉区块太原组海陆过渡相煤系页岩孔隙微观特征与孔隙结构进行了研究,并分析了太原组煤系页岩孔隙发育的影响因素.研究结果表明:沁水盆地...     

Collapse of loess upon wetting

Feda, J., 1988. Collapse of loess upon wetting. Eng. Geol., 25: 263–269.

The results of a series of tests conducted on loess samples from one locality, tested under the condition of confined and hydrostatic compression are presented and analyzed. The samples are of different water content and saturation and display different degrees of collapse upon wetting.

Based on the experimental results, a collapse surface is depicted and the phenomenon hypothetically generalized for other types of collapse. The structural collapse causes the mechanical behaviour of samples to be more uniform.

The effect of the hydrostatic stress conditions is reflected in the tendency of samples to deform isotropically, although, originally, they are anisotropic. The phenomenon of collapse cannot be explained by the principle of effective stresses.     

复杂防洪系统联合优化调度模型

建立以水库群系统安全度最大、行蓄洪区系统损失最小为目标函数,将河道堤防安全行洪考虑为约束条件的复杂防洪系统多目标递阶优化调度模型(MoHOOM),以行蓄洪区总分洪流量为协调变量,将河道水流连续方程解耦,基于大系统分解协调法建立协调层和基于粒子群算法求解底层子系统优化问题,形成三级递阶分解协调结构和相应求解方法。以淮河中游防洪系统为背景进行了实例研究,给出了水库群泄流和行蓄洪区分洪最优方案,在相同初始计算条件下,优化模型结果比实际调度降低了鲇鱼山和梅山水库0.37和0.01的安全度指标,减小下游蒋家集和润河集河段超过安全泄量以上100 m3/s和720 m3/s的洪峰流量,启用南润段行洪区致损1 256.1万元;比规则调度降低了鲇鱼山和梅山水库0.24和0.21的安全度指标,减小下游蒋家集河段超过安全泄量以上750 m3/s的洪峰流量,避免南润段行洪区损失341.6万元。模型有利于挖掘上游水库群的防洪能力,在保障河道堤防安全行洪条件下,减少下游不必要的行蓄洪区分洪损失,以系统全局寻优方式进行复杂防洪系统联合调度。     

Investigation of Kinnekulle K-bentonite aimed at assessing the long-term stability of bentonites under repository conditions

Müller-Vonmoos, M., Kahr, G., Bucher, F. and Madsen, F.T., 1990. Investigation of Kinnekulle K. bentonite aimed at assessing the long-term stability of bentonites under repository conditions. Eng. Geol., 28: 269–280.

The mineral formula, the content of fixed potassium and the average interlayer charge of the montmorillonite–illite mixed layer part of four Ordovician K-bentonite samples from Kinnekulle (Sweden) were investigated. The content of fixed potassium was found to decrease from 84% to 50% with increasing depth and distance from the Permian basalt intrusion about 100 m above the bentonite beds. The interlayer charge of the mixed layer is smectitic, i.e. below 0.5 charges per formula unit. The swelling pressures of air-dried, gently grinded and uniaxially compressed specimens with dry densities between 1.5 Mg/m³ and 2 Mg/m³ range from 1 N/mm² to 15 N/mm². This is about 20% of the swelling pressure values of identically treated Ca-montmorillonite. Following ultrasonic treatment, air-drying, gently grinding and compaction, increased swelling pressures of of about 70% of those Ca-montmorillonite were obtained. The reason for this increase in swelling pressure was investigated by dispersion experiments and determinations of water vapour adsorption isotherms of ultrasonically treated and untreated material.     

天津平原区浅层地下水水化学特征及碳酸盐风化碳汇研究

大气 CO₂浓度在控制全球气候变化方面具有至关重要的作用,研究碳循环、CO₂收支平衡和精确评估是制定区域CO₂减排策略和寻找新的碳汇途径最重要的组成部分。碳酸盐风化碳汇是全球碳循环研究的一个重要方向。为此,本研究以天津平原区浅层地下水为研究对象,通过对地下水调查及水样的采集与分析,运用水化学分析方法分析了地下水水化学特征,并估算了地下水总储存量、DIC储量和碳酸盐风化碳汇量。研究结果表明:浅层地下水化学场自北部山前平原向南部冲积平原和滨海平原,呈现出自北而南和由北西向南东的水平水化学分带规律,地下水由低浓度的淡水、微咸水变为高浓度咸水,沿此方向水化学类型由HCO₃-Ca·Na·Mg→Cl·SO₄-Na→Cl·HCO₃-Na→Cl-Na型转变;淡水区、微咸水区和咸水区面积分别为733、3 034和6 564 km²。地下水水化学组分中Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺和 {\mathrm{HCO}}_3^{-}主要来源于碳酸盐的溶解作用。研究区浅层地下水总储存量为2 241 640万m³,总DIC储量为8.13×10⁶ t,总碳汇量为4.11×10⁶ t。研究区浅层地下水淡水区、微咸水区和咸水区地下水储存量分别为157 799万、6 245 936万和1 459 247万 m³,DIC浓度分别为19200、19200和19342 mg/L,DIC储量分别为0.67×10⁶、1.65×10⁶和0.58×10⁶ t,碳汇量分别为0.22×10⁶、0.90×10⁶和2.98×10⁶ t。沿地下水流向,DIC、储量和碳汇量的空间分布均呈现出由低到高的趋势。     

Research and Application of Cosmic-ray Fast Neutron Method to Measure Soil Moisture in the Field

It is very difficult to measure large region soil moisture. In recent years, measurement of surface soil moisture by the cosmic ray fast neutron probe has gradually attracted more attention. By this passive, non-invasive and intermediate scale measurement, soil moisture at a horizontal scale of around 300 m can be observed, which makes this method available to fill the gap between little scale of traditional point measurement and large scale of remote sensing in the measurement of soil moisture. In this paper, Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System (COSMOS) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) were used to observe field soil moisture in Zhangye Oasis. The results of the COSMOS soil moisture well reflected the variation trend of soil moisture at the field scale. There were some regular changes with the cosmic ray soil moisture during the irrigation period. Combined with irrigation data in cosmic-ray probe footprint, a bimodal change was showed in the cosmic-ray soil moisture figure during irrigation period. This was because that the order of irrigation of the three communities was different in cosmic-ray probe footprint. WSN data were used to validate this result and we found that root-mean-square error between cosmic-ray soil moisture and SoilNET average soil moisture was very large during irrigation periods because of the impact of cosmic-ray measurement theory. While root-mean-square error would decrease from 0.037 m³/m³ to 0.028 m³/m³ after we eliminated the data in irrigation period. So COSMOS can be used to measure field soil moisture under high heterogeneity condition and provide truly ground data for the validation of remote sensing     

The loess of north-central China: Geotechnical properties and their relation to slope stability

Loess is an aeolian deposit consisting of predominantly silt-sized quartz particles, and containing variable amounts of clay-sized minerals. Loess is generally classified as a water-softening material, because upon wetting the loess fabric rapidly weakens or collapses. The strain hardening of Malan loess and the brittle failure of Lishi and Wucheng loess are in strong contrast to the failure behaviour of these loess deposits in a remoulded state. From tests carried out on samples with varying moisture contents, using a modified Bromhead ring shear apparatus, it was found that the effective apparent cohesion gradually increases and the effective internal friction angle decreases with an increase in moisture content. When the moisture content reaches a material-specific threshold, the effective cohesion decreases rapidly and the effective internal friction angle stabilises at a residual value.

The frequent failure of loess slopes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau is closely related to progressive weathering along zones in these slopes, which causes a dramatic decrease in strength from the peak strength condition. Progressive weathering is common in the loess slopes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. During the process shear strength reduction along potential slip surfaces may be achieved by leaching of readily soluble salts, destruction of cementation bonds, and redistribution of particles. Localized collapse of the loess fabric causes internal deformation and consequently peak strength conditions are concentrated on a progressively smaller area of the failure plane. Therefore, the mode of failure of loess slopes is generally determined by brittle failure of the undisturbed, and unweathered, central parts of the slopes. It is important that both the weathered and unweathered strength of the loessmaterials in this area be established in order to analyze the stability of existing loessslopes, many of which are steepand lie directly above domestic and industrial urban areas.     

Construction of a large storage for critical waste

The paper describes the construction of a long-term storage for critical waste. The base impermeability layer consisted of natural clay, whereby an additional 130,000 m³ of clay were placed on the existing 70,000 m² clay stratum. The method of of placement and the permeability coefficients obtained are described.     

阿尔金山南缘中侏罗统页岩气有利区优选与资源潜力

阿尔金山南缘中侏罗统大煤沟组泥页岩发育,初步证实具有较好的页岩气生成和储集条件,但有利选区不落实,资源潜力不明。通过对研究区中侏罗统大煤沟组页岩厚度、有机质丰度、有机质成熟度、含气性和保存条件等特征的研究,结合目的层构造和埋深等条件,根据陆相页岩气有利区优选标准,在阿尔金山南缘中侏罗统大煤沟组优选出茫崖1号沟、清水河、黑石山和月牙山等4个页岩气有利区,总有效勘查面积为1 692.54 km²。利用含气页岩面积、厚度、密度和含气量等主要参数,评价了有利区页岩气资源潜力,其中茫崖1号沟有利区P50页岩气地质资源量为723.05×108 m³,清水河有利区P50页岩气地质资源量为1 845.10×108 m³,黑石山有利区P50页岩气地质资源量为199.10×108 m³,月牙山有利区P50页岩气地质资源量为1 747.16×108 m³,合计P50页岩气地质资源量为4 514.41×108 m³,总体认为具有较好的页岩气资源潜力。     

Q2饱和黄土隧洞围岩变形特征研究

Q₂饱和黄土含水率高,强度低、变形大。饱和黄土隧洞围岩变形破坏一直是工程界关心和亟待解决的问题。利用隧洞围岩收敛变形、二次应力场监控量测与数值分析,获取隧洞围岩动态综合信息,研究在一次支护条件下,隧洞围岩的收敛变形和应力变化特征。结果显示,隧洞围岩收敛变形和应力在最初的10~15天呈线性快速增长趋势。后期,收敛变形随时间呈非线性增加,受一次衬砌的限制,其变形在隧洞开挖30~40天后渐趋于稳定,但应力持续增加,反映Q₂饱和黄土隧洞围岩具有显著的时效特性。为避免隧洞围岩压力过大,造成隧洞围岩及支护破坏,建议在开挖后30~40天施作二次衬砌。     

提高水价对水资源需求的影响分析——以华北地区为例

中国已决定在3年之内把目前严重偏低的供水价格提高到保本乃至微利水平,这意味着华北地区农业供水价格将从目前的0.03元/m3左右提高到0.2元/m3～0.3元/m3,工业用自来水价格将从0.50元/m3～1.50元/m3提高到3.0元/m3～4.0元/m3,生活用水价格将从0.30元/m3～1.00元/m3提高到1.00元/m3～2.50元/m3。如此大幅度地提高水价,将对华北地区的水资源需求产生强烈的抑制作用,相对于原来预测的水资源需求量,水价提升将使水资源需求量减少25%～50%,达132～250亿m3,至少相当于“南水北调”中线和东线两项工程调往黄河以北的水量。显然,理顺水价具有很大的节水潜力。     

北京延庆地区南湾道豁子沟泥石流发育特征

以北京市延庆地区南湾道豁子泥石流沟为研究对象,通过野外泥石流沟精细调查及历史资料统计,详细了解该泥石流发育特征和形成条件,针对流域内松散堆积物补给条件进行重点分析;综合研究该泥石流的动力学特征,进行泥石流危险区预测评价,提出相应的防治措施建议。研究结果表明:该泥石流沟内松散堆积物动储量为18.47×10⁴ m³,分为冲洪积、残坡积、人工堆积和崩滑塌等4种补给来源,其中冲洪积和残坡积所占比重最大;泥石流发展阶段处于衰退期;经动力学分析,洪峰流量值在10年一遇的降雨条件下为52.53 m³/s,20年一遇的降雨条件下为59.25 m³/s,50年一遇的降雨条件下为68.13 m³/s,100年一遇的降雨条件下为74.85 m³/s,对应的一次固体冲出总量分别为0.77×10⁴ m³、0.87×10⁴ m³、1.00×10⁴ m³和1.10×10⁴ m³;属于中型泥石流,最大危险区面积为0.238 3 km²。通过评价分析,该泥石流沟仍存在爆发中型泥石流的可能性,将对下游南湾村以及千沙公路行车和行人的生命财产安全造成威胁。研究成果可为延庆地区该类泥石流单沟预警模型研究和灾害防治提供科学依据。     

西北地区水资源可利用量与承载能力估算

界定了水资源可利用量和径流口径生态需水的概念。对西北地区的径流口径生态需水和水资源可利用量进行估算。西北地区水资源总量为1638 5×108m3,但需净出境水量为411 9×108m3,实有水资源总量为1226 6×108m3,径流口径生态需水量为454 4×108m3,除去保留给生态的生态需水、偏远封闭流域难以利用的水量,人类可以消耗利用的可利用量有742×108m3,其中黄河流域可利用量为187×108m3,西北内流区当地可利用量为555×108m3。建立了水资源承载能力优化计算模型,估算西北地区的水资源承载能力,并建议用水资源承载能力图谱表示水资源承载能力。在人均GDP每10年翻一番、水资源利用效率每年提高7%的条件下,西北地区水资源承载能力2010年为11310万人,2020年为12019万人,2030年为12733万人。     

1980—2017年祁连山水源涵养量时空变化特征

祁连山是中国西北地区十分重要的生态安全屏障,也是当地极为关键的水源涵养区。基于InVEST模型中的产水量模块,对祁连山水源涵养量和时空变化进行了分析并探讨其影响因素。结果表明：祁连山多年平均产水总量和水源涵养总量约为93.03×10⁸ m³和57.83×10⁸ m³。从时间变化来看,水源涵养量呈上升趋势,上升速率约为0.196 mm·a^-1;在空间上呈“东多西少”的分布格局,与年降水量的空间分布大致相同。不同土地利用类型下的水源涵养总量依次为：草地（31.87×10⁸ m³）>林地（16.71×10⁸ m³）>耕地（4.92×10⁸ m³）>其他用地（2.29×10⁸ m³）>建设用地（0.63×10⁸ m³）。降水量与水源涵养量在所有研究时段内均存在显著正相关性。不同时期土地利用类型的变化也会对水源涵养量产生重要影响,研究区草地面积变化对水源涵养量影响较大。根据建立的经验公式并参考已有研究成果,估算得出研究区多年冻土地下冰储量在550 km³以上,在全球气候变暖的背景下,消融趋势明显。研究可为祁连山水资源合理配置和生态系统保护提供参考。     

山东半岛蓝色经济区土壤有机碳储量及固碳潜力分析

土壤碳储量研究在碳循环和全球变化中具有重要意义,但以往碳储量计算结果受到数据来源的制约。山东省多目标区域地球化学调查采用双层网格化采样和分析,获取了大密度、高精度土壤有机碳数据,为土壤碳库的准确计算奠定了基础。笔者利用这些数据计算了山东半岛蓝色经济区表层（0～20 cm）、中上层（0～100 cm）及全层（0～160 cm）的土壤有机碳（SOC）密度和储量,并对其空间分布特征及固碳潜力进行了研究。结果显示,经济区内3种土壤层次的碳库组成不同,表层SOC储量占总碳（TC）储量的71.67%,随深度增加所占比例逐渐减小,而无机碳(SIC)储量所占比例逐渐增加,全层二者所占比率较为接近:表层SOC储量为132.64 Mt,碳密度为2.06 kg/m²;中上层为458.27 Mt,碳密度为7.11 kg/m²;全层为619.96 Mt,碳密度为9.61 kg/m²。各层SOC密度处于全国偏低水平,且在不同土壤类型、地貌类型、土地利用类型之间有一定差异:褐土土表层SOC密度最高（2.48 kg/m²）,风沙土最低（0.91 kg/m²）;灌溉水田表层SOC密度最高（3.45 kg/m²）,菜地最低（1.61 kg/m²）。表层SOC密度分布总体上呈现为沿海地区低、鲁北平原和胶莱盆地中等、山地丘陵和中低山区偏高的分布格局。从第二次土壤普查和本次多目标调查数据所建立的回归方程分析发现,在今后一定时期内,本区表层土壤总体表现为“碳汇”效应,未来可净增总有机碳（TOC）量60.94 Mt,其中“碳源”量5.07 Mt,“碳汇”量65.97 Mt。