Audible thunder characteristic and the relation between peak frequency and lightning parameters

In recent summers, some natural lightning optical spectra and audible thunder signals were observed. Twelve events on 15 August 2008 are selected as samples since some synchronizing information about them are obtained, such as lightning optical spectra, surface E-field changes, etc. By using digital filter and Fourier transform, thunder frequency spectra in observation location have been calculated. Then the two main propagation effects, finite amplitude propagation and attenuation by air, are calculated. Upon that we take the test thunder frequency spectra and work backward to recalculate the original frequency spectra near generation location. Thunder frequency spectra and the frequency distribution varying with distance are researched. According to the theories on plasma, the channel temperature and electron density are further calculated by transition parameters of lines in lightning optical spectra. Pressure and the average ionization degree of each discharge channel are obtained by using Saha equations, charge conservation equations and particle conservation equations. Moreover, the relationship between the peak frequency of each thunder and channel parameters of the lightning is studied.     

An analytical solution for modeling thermal energy transfer in a confined aquifer system

A mathematical model is developed for simulating the thermal energy transfer in a confined aquifer with different geological properties in the underlying and overlying rocks. The solutions for temperature distributions in the aquifer, underlying rock, and overlying rock are derived by the Laplace transforms and their corresponding time-domain solutions are evaluated by the modified Crump method. Field data adopted from the literature are used as examples to demonstrate the applicability of the solutions in modeling the heat transfer in an aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system. The results show that the aquifer temperature increases with time, injection flow rate, and water temperature. However, the temperature decreases with increasing radial and vertical distances. The heat transfer in the rocks is slow and has an effect on the aquifer temperature only after a long period of injection time. The influence distance depends on the aquifer physical and thermal properties, injection flow rate, and injected water temperature. A larger value of thermal diffusivity or injection flow rate will result in a longer influence distance. The present solution can be used as a tool for designing the heat injection facilities for an ATES system.     

岩浆热场：它的基本特征及其与地热场的区别

"岩浆热场"指的是由岩浆引发的瞬间热场。热场的热主要来自未固结的岩浆,岩浆加热了围岩,使下地壳、中地壳和上地壳的下部在一个短暂的时间内保持一种高热状态。岩浆热场与地热场有许多不同:(1)热的来源不同。地热场的热主要来自地壳物质放射性生成的热;岩浆热场的热来自岩浆。(2)热的分布不同。地热场的等温面总体上呈水平分布,温度随深度增加而增加;岩浆热场的等温面则围绕岩体分布,靠近岩体温度高,远离岩体温度低,故岩浆热场的等温面是大体垂直于地热场等温面分布的。(3)热场的规模不同。地热场是全球性的,岩浆热场是局部性的,只在有岩浆的地方才出现。岩体小则规模小(热场宽度仅几米或几十米),岩体大则规模大(宽约几千米);如果存在大规模岩浆活动,岩浆热场的长宽均可达几百或上千千米,如在中国东部中生代大规模岩浆活动期间。(4)热持续的时间不同。地热场可以持续很长的时间(几十、几百或几千个百万年);岩浆热场是瞬间的突发性事件,持续的时间从几年到几个百万年。岩浆热场最重要的意义是,它是热液赖以上升的通道,它有利于来自下地壳底部和壳幔过渡带的流体(热液)的活动,使含矿热液得以顺利上升,并在热场范围内进行充分的活动、对流循环、萃取围岩中的成矿金属元素,并在地壳浅部岩浆热场之上合适的部位沉淀富集成矿。"岩浆热场"的概念依赖于对岩浆物理性质和过程的深入了解,由于我们这方面的知识相对贫乏,所以目前对岩浆热场的了解还是很肤浅的。     

寺家庄井田地温负异常及其主控因素

地温场是采矿活动的重要地质条件之一。基于332井次钻孔测温数据、地层岩性及其组合特征、构造地质及水文地质条件等,探讨了寺家庄井田地温负异常及其主控因素。结果表明:寺家庄井田现代地温场受地层及热导率、地下水和开放型构造等三大地质因素控制。地层砂岩所占比例较高,其导热性强、热传导快,不易造成局部聚热,是井田地温值整体偏低的主要控制因素,区域地下水的强径流状态是现代地温整体偏低的宏观控制因素;地下水径流状态对围岩温度起到"制冷"和诱发构造通道散失双重控制作用,是研究区地温负异常和地温场分异的重要控制因素,开放型张性较大正断层、陷落柱不但为地温的散失提供了有利通道,亦为邻近含水层间地下水循环、径流对围岩温度的"制冷"提供了有利条件,是井田地温负异常和地温场分异的关键控制因素。      

A moving boundary solution for solidification of lava lake and magma intrusion in the presence of time-varying contact temperature

During the solidification of a lava lake heat is released convectively from the top surface as well as conductively into the country rock from the base, leading to non-uniform solidification. The upper solidified layer grows at a faster rate than the lower solidified layer. Similarly, solidification of magma intrusion within the crust is also non-uniform due to the presence of thermal gradient in the crust. Available analytical solution for solidification of a melt layer assumes only symmetric cooling about the centre of the layer. In the present work a moving boundary solution for thermal evolution and non-uniform solidification of a melt layer incorporating time-varying contact temperature conditions at both of its boundaries is developed. The solution is obtained by using the Fourier spectral approach in the space domain and a modified finite difference scheme in the time domain, and is validated with available analytical solutions for simple cases and a semi-analytical solution for the case involving temperature gradient in the country rock. This solution can be used to analyse solidification of lava lakes and magma intrusions experiencing time-dependent temperature variation at their contacts with the country rock.     

The temperature of Europe during the Holocene reconstructed from pollen data

We present the first area-average time series reconstructions of warmest month, coldest month and mean annual surface air temperatures across Europe during the last 12,000 years. These series are based on quantitative pollen climate reconstructions from over 500 pollen sites assimilated using an innovative four-dimensional gridding procedure. This approach combines three-dimensional spatial gridding with a fourth dimension represented by time, allowing data from irregular time series to be ‘focussed’ onto a regular time step. We provide six regional reconstructed temperature time series as well as summary time series for the whole of Europe. The results suggest major spatial and seasonal differences in Holocene temperature trends within a remarkably balanced regional and annual energy budget. The traditional mid-Holocene thermal maximum is observed only over Northern Europe and principally during the summer. This warming was balanced by a mid-Holocene cooling over Southern Europe, whilst Central Europe occupied an intermediary position. Changes in annual mean temperatures for Europe as a whole suggest an almost linear increase in thermal budget up to 7800 BP, followed by stable conditions for the remainder of the Holocene. This early Holocene warming and later equilibrium has been mainly modulated by increasing winter temperatures in the west, which have continued to rise at a progressively decreasing rate up to the present day.     

应用卫星热红外异常预测地震的研究

构造型地震是现代断层突发性错动产物。在强震孕育与破裂过程中，不仅释放巨大应变能量，而且在断导对段伴随着热效应，并引起岩石和土壤中水产生汽化与低空气体电离作用，从而诱发各种波段的地光现象（包括热红外光谱异常）。在中强地震前，随着断层放与低空气体电离作用增强，将导致热红异常更加明显。     

Seepage-heat transfer coupling process of low temperature return water injected into geothermal reservoir in carbonate rocks in Xian County,China

Fracture seepage and heat transfer in the geothermal reservoir of carbonate rocks after the reinjection of low temperature geothermal return water is a complex coupling process,which is also the frontier of geothermal production and reinjection research. Based on the research of cascade comprehensive development of geothermal resources in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Xian County),the carbonate geothermal reservoir of Wumishan formation in the geothermal field in Xian County is investigated. With the development of the discrete fracture network model and the coupling model of seepage and heat transfer,the numerical solution of seepage field and temperature field with known fracture network is reached using the finite element software COMSOL,and the coupling process of seepage flow and heat in carbonate rocks is revealed. The results show that the distribution of temperature field of fractured rocks in geothermal reservoir of carbonate rocks has strong non-uniformity and anisotropy. The fracture network is interpenetrated,which constitutes the dominant channel of water conduction,and along which the fissure water moves rapidly. Under the influence of convective heat transfer and conductive heat transfer,one of the main factors to be considered in the study of thermal breakthrough is to make the cold front move forward rapidly. When the reinjection and production process continues for a long time and the temperature of the geothermal reservoir on the pumping side drops to a low level,the temperature of bedrocks is still relatively high and continues to supply heat to the fissure water,so that the temperature of the thermal reservoir on the pumping side will not decrease rapidly to the water temperature at the inlet of reinjection,but will gradually decrease after a long period of time,showing an obvious long tail effect. The distribution of fractures will affect the process of seepage and heat transfer in carbonate reservoirs,which should be considered in the study of fluid thermal coupling in carbonate reservoirs.     

估算闪电产生氮氧化物量的研究回顾与进展

在对流层内,闪电产生的氮氧化物(LNOx)是氮氧化物(NOx)的主要来源之一,这一区域内,由于NOx生命史较长,且控制着对流层臭氧(O3)和氢氧根(OH)的含量,影响着全球大气环境和气候变化.针对LNOx量的估算这一大气化学及雷电物理领域内的研究热点,介绍了NOx的主要来源、LNOx的产生机制及其对气候变化的重要性,详细综述了国内外现有的估算LNOx量的主要方法和估算结果.综述结果表明,目前估算LNOx量采用的研究方法主要有野外观测、实验室模拟、理论模式计算和卫星数据反演,主要通过观测或假设得到单位能量产生的NOx量,或单位通道长度产生的NOx量,同时通过观测或假设得到一次放电通道产生的总能量或一次放电的总通道长度,进而外推或数值模拟某一局地区域或全球的LNOx.由于不同地区、不同雷暴、甚至不同的闪电个体之间的显著差异导致不同的研究者估算LNOx时采用的参数值不同,进而使得LNOX估算量的结果差异较大,不确定性增大.近30年LNOx较为精确的产量计算结果平均值为5.2(2.8 ～9.1) Tg/a.最后提出,今后需继续对比分析利用先进的观测手段得到NOx和闪电的野外观测和卫星观测数据,进一步认识LNOx的产生机制,得到针对不同地区、不同强度的雷暴和不同的闪电个体估算NOx的参数取值,进一步减小估算LNOx时所用到的各个参数的不确定性.在此基础上,利用大气化学数值模式模拟局地或全球LNOx的产生和演变及其对其他空气成分的影响和作用,进一步认识LNOx在全球气候变化中的作用.     

The effect of annealing on the luminescence decay-time of synthetic calcite:Mn

Calcite was synthesized by four methods, and the luminescence decay-time was measured for nine samples before and after heating hydrothermally in the temperature range 200–400°C. Decay-time data were collected between room temperature and approximately 15 K. The decay time at room temperature is approximately 50 ms, with little difference between a given calcite before and after hydrothermal treatment. The decay time at 15 K is always greater than at room temperature as the effect of thermal quenching diminishes. Differences in decay time before and after heating are more apparent at low temperature owing to this reduction in thermal quenching. The decay time decreased significantly in two samples, and an increase in decay time was observed in the remaining seven samples following heating. Among the latter group, the change in decay time was insignificant in three samples. The results are compared with previous data in which it was shown that the effect of heating is to increase the intensity of luminescence.     

A study of lightning activity over land and oceanic regions of India

Monthly variations of lightning activity over typical land and oceanic regions of India were examined using satellite data (OTD) for a 5-year period (1995–1999). It is noted that the nature of variation between surface air maximum temperature (T _max), thunderstorm days (Th_n), and lightning flash count over ER and WR showed remarkable correspondence and sensitivity with each other on monthly time scale. As we move out of winter season and enter the monsoon season, via pre-monsoon season, the WR undergoes cooling relative to the ER in the range 0.1–1.2°C. As a result, WR experiences reduction of thunder days and lowering in flash count. This decrease in T _max, Th_n, and flash count over WR may also be associated with relatively small values of T _θw and CAPE in comparison with similar values over ER during the monsoon season. Our observation of associated reduction in Th_n and lightning count per 1°C cooling in surface air maximum temperature suggests reduction of ∼3.5 thunderstorms per station and 73 flashes. Comparison of lightning flashes between pairs of coastal, oceanic, arid-zone, hilly, and island stations reveals distinct relationship between climate regime and intensity of lightning activity. We may conclude the results of this study by saying that the overhead lightning activity is a clear reflection of the status of the underlying ground-earth properties. A close and continuous monitoring of lightning activity may be considered as a need of present day scientific studies.     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000309

In the early 1980s, evidence that crustal rocks had reached temperatures 〉1000 ℃ at normal lower crustal pressures while others had followed low thermal gradients to record pressures characteristic of mantle conditions began to appear in the literature, and the importance of melting in the tectonic evolution of orogens and metamorphic-metasomatic reworking of the lithospheric mantle was realized. In parallel, new developments in instrumentation, the expansion of in situ analysis of geological ma- terials and increases in computing power opened up new fields of investigation. The robust quantifi- cation of pressure （P）, temperature （T） and time （t） that followed these advances has provided reliable data to benchmark geodynamic models and to investigate secular change in the thermal state of the lithosphere as registered by metamorphism through time. As a result, the last 30 years have seen sig- nificant progress in our understanding of lithospheric evolution, particularly as it relates to Precambrian geodynamics.     

青海省贵德扎仓寺地热成因机理及开发利用建议

本文通过卫星热遥感影像及航磁、重力异常的宏观性解译热异常空间分布特征,野外实地调查温泉的出露条件和水化学特征,分析研究青海省贵德扎仓寺温泉的热源通道、入渗通道,从而讨论其成因机理和开发利用前景。研究结果表明:扎仓寺温泉泉口温度为93.5℃,与当地气压有关;大气降水和热水沟上游沟谷水为补给源,近东西向张裂为入渗通道,中三叠统砂板岩与印支期花岗闪长岩(γδ₅²)接触变质带为径流通道(热储层),中三叠统砂板岩为盖层,北北西向热光断裂(F₁)为热源通道,属断裂-深循环地热类系统类型;径流通道(热储层)温度可达136.0℃,具备蒸汽发电示范背景条件,而F₁断裂带附近2000 m深度温度可达195.0℃,具备干热岩开发利用前景。     

考虑热扩散的黏土衬垫中污染物运移简化计算

以单层压实黏土衬垫为研究对象,在传统对流弥散方程的基础上考虑温度梯度下污染物的热扩散运移,得到简化条件下半无限边界的解析解。研究表明,考虑热扩散效应所得的衬垫底部相对浓度和通量均大于传统对流弥散方程所得结果,S_T越大时相对浓度和通量也越大,当S_T=0.5 K-1时稳定通量达到S_T=0时稳定通量2.5倍。热扩散通量是对流通量的-AS_TD/v倍,两者均随时间的增加而增大;分子扩散通量则先增加达到峰值后减小趋于零。同时考虑温度对运移参数的影响和热扩散效应时,温度升高使衬垫底部相对浓度增大,导致击穿时间提前,污染物通量显著增大;当温度从30℃升高至70℃时,击穿时间从8.5 a提前至5.1 a,稳定通量增大约1.7倍。在进行衬垫设计时不考虑温度的影响将使污染风险大幅增加。     

The origin of high magnetic remanence in fault pseudotachylites: Theoretical considerations and implication for coseismic electrical currents

Several examples of fault-related pseudotachylites display a significantly higher initial magnetic susceptibility than their granitic host rock (10:1 to 20:1). These higher values are attributed to the presence of fine magnetic particles formed during melt quenching. The hysteresis properties of the particles indicate a single domain (SD) to pseudo single domain (PSD) magnetic grain size. The Curie temperature (Tc) of the magnetic particles is close to 580 °C.The natural remanent magnetization (NRM) of these pseudotachylites is also significantly higher than that of the host rock (up to 300:1). Such anomalously high remanence cannot be explained by a magnetization acquired in the Earth's magnetic field, regardless of pseudotachylite age.Ground lightning and other strong electric pulses can cause anomalously high NRM intensities. A ground lightning explanation seems unlikely to explain the systematically high NRM intensities, particularly in the case of recently exposed samples that have been collected from active quarries. Alternatively, high NRM intensities could be explained by earthquake lightning (EQL), a seismic phenomenon occasionally reported in connection with large magnitude earthquakes (M > 6.0).The coseismic electrical properties of the pseudotachylite vein–host rock system are characterized by (1) a core of molten material (high conductivity), (2) vapor-rich margins of thermally and mechanically fractured host rocks (low conductivity) and (3) moderately fractured to undeformed host rock (normal conductivity). Such a core conductor bordered by insulating margins is potentially responsible for the propagation of EQL pulses.The coseismic thermal history of pseudotachylite veins has been modeled in 2-D using conductive heat transfer equations. It shows that EQL can be recorded only during a brief time interval (less than 1 min) for a given vein thickness and host-rock temperatures. If the vein is too thick or if the host rock is too hot, the pseudotachylite remains above Tc after the electric pulse has lapsed.     

青海省东部农业区雷电灾害风险评估

利用2005-2013年青海省东部农业区14个县的雷电、雷电灾害、人口数量和生产总值等资料,采用《雷电灾害风险评估技术规范》（DB 50/214-2006）中的雷电灾害易损性风险评估指标,分析了该地的雷电灾害风险及区划,该风险区划对青海省东北农业区防御雷电灾害规划具有很好的参考价值,也是制定科学合理的雷电防护技术路线的重要依据：青海省东部农业区9年间共出现雷电3 801 d,最早出现在3月下旬,最晚结束在11月上旬,雷电出现最多地区为大通县;雷电灾害共出现47次,最早出现在4月,10月份结束,发生最多在6月份,盛夏7月雷电灾害却少,西宁市和湟源县雷电灾害出现最多,湟中县雷电造成的人员伤亡最多,共伤亡11人,大部分在山间劳作的村民和牧民,与青海省东部农业区发生的其它气象灾害相比,雷电灾害最容易造成人员和牲畜伤亡。雷电灾害风险以西宁市为中心,向四周扩散逐渐降低,北部地区相对高于南部地区,西宁市、大通县遭受雷电灾害的可能性程度最大,乐都县虽然近9年没有上报的雷电灾情,但它的雷电灾害风险并不低。     

从同位素年代学到构造年代学

从同位素年代学发展到构造年代学,中间必须经历热年代学、构造-热年代学、变形年代学等阶段。同位素年代学只是提供简单的地质事件年龄,热年代学同时赋予了地质事件温度和年龄信息,而构造年代学则强调地质或构造过程中时间-空间的四维演化过程。构造年代学使年龄数据的科学意义除了时间外,还有温度、地壳深度变化、是否有流体参与等多重意义,它涉及到多维空间的变化：时间、温度、水平方向的二维变形、垂直方向的变形等。在现有技术和认知水平的条件下,强调指出了从变形年代学到构造年代学的发展中要注意的一些关键问题,而回归传统地质、以野外变形为基础的变形年代学研究是构造年代学发展的前提。     

Anomalous electric field changes and high flash rate beneath a thunderstorm in northeast India

In spite of many experimental and theoretical studies the relationships between storm dynamics, severe weather, and lightning activity have been least understood. Measurements of electric field made under a severe thunderstorm at a northeastern Indian station, Guwahati, India are reported. Lightning flash rate increases drastically to about 84 flashes per minute (fpm) during the active stage which lasted for about 7 minutes, from about 15 flashes per minute during the initial phase of thunderstorm. Sudden increase in lightning flash rate (‘lightning jump’) of about 65 fpm/min is also observed in the beginning of the active stage. The dissipating stage is marked by slow and steady decrease in lightning frequency. Despite very high flash rate during the active stage, no severe weather conditions are observed at the ground. It is proposed that the short duration of the active stage might be the reason for the non-observance of severe weather conditions at the ground. Analysis of Skew-t graph at Guwahati suggests that vertical distribution of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) also may play some role in non-occurrence of severe weather at ground in spite of large lightning flash rate and lightning jump observed in this thunderstorm. Further, all electric field changes after a lightning discharge indicates the presence of strong Lower Positive Charge Centers (LPCC) in the active and dissipation stages. This suggests that LPCC plays an important role in initiation of lightning discharges in these stages.     

岩浆侵入体对有机质生烃(成熟)作用的影响及数值模拟

火山作用带来的热源对有机质的成烃进程和成烃量产生了重要影响,这种热效应一方面可以加速烃源岩的成熟和成烃作用,另一方面可以破坏先期形成的油藏。目前国内外对火山作用的生烃热效应方面的研究主要在热成熟度参数变化描述及岩浆侵入体引起的围岩热蚀变程度的讨论。火山作用对成烃/成藏的利弊,影响的时/空范围、程度的定量研究尚未报道。本次在前人研究基础上,建立了描述岩浆侵入体散热的热传导模型,进一步结合EasyRo%模型和前人报道的实测Ro数据进行了模型检验。通过调整模型的参数和岩浆侵入体厚度、位置及个数等进行了火山作用对有机质成熟作用及生烃影响的研究。模拟结果表明:岩浆侵入体的热作用范围是有限的,但是不同地质情况,影响的范围广度也不相同,对于相同厚度的侵入体,初始温度越高,作用范围越广,但是一般X/D3(X/D代表离接触面的距离与侵入体厚度的比值)。对于不同厚度侵入体而言,在侵入体热作用影响的范围内,侵入体越厚,热作用的范围越广。同时数值模拟结果也表明岩浆侵入体的存在可以改变烃源岩生烃期。     

加载过程中结构-冻土界面红外辐射温度场研究

为获取加载过程中结构-冻土界面温度场的时空分布规律,采用红外热辐射成像技术对模型桩-冻土界面上红外辐射温度场的产生、发展及其演变过程进行了试验研究。结果表明：模型桩在加载直至滑移过程中,桩-冻土界面处存在红外辐射温升现象;桩-冻土界面发生滑移前,红外热图上低温区域在密度和范围上均逐渐减小,距离冻土试样表面不同深度D处温升幅度?T和影响宽度W随时间而逐渐增加,但相同时刻?T和W随深度D的增加而减小;桩-冻土界面发生滑移后,红外热图上的高温区成带状分布,并趋于贯通,最大温升幅度?Tmax和温升影响的最大宽度Wmax随深度D的增加呈线性减小规律。研究结果可为红外热辐射成像技术应用于冻土地区结构-冻土界面温度场测试提供参考。