Long-term impacts of forest treatments on water yield: a summary for northeastern USA

Long-term changes in annual water yield are summarized and compared for 11 catchment studies in the northeastern USA. Substantial increases in water yield of up to 350 mm year⁻¹ were obtained in the first year by clearing forest vegetation and controlling regrowth with herbicides. Commercial clearcutting with natural regrowth resulted in initial increases in water yield of 110–250 mm year⁻¹. This range in response was due to differences in precipitation and configuration of cuttings. Unless regrowth was controlled with herbicides, yield increases declined quickly after cutting, seldom persisting for more than 10 years. However, yield increases were readily extended over 20 years or more with intermediate cuttings and/or repeated control of regrowth with herbicides. Nearly all increases in water yield occur during the growing season as augmentation of baseflow. Changes in species composition after forest cutting on several study catchments eventually resulted in decreased water yields compared with those from uncut, control catchments. Results are discussed in terms of implications for surface water supplies, global climate change, nutrient cycling, hydrological modeling, and long-term research.     

冬季富营养化湖泊中水生植物的恢复及净化作用

秋末冬初大多数水生植物处于衰亡期,在透明度较低的富营养化湖泊中引种和恢复水生植物往往十分困难,借助物理生态工程技术,秋末冬初在重富营养化湖泊中新建的1000m^2围隔内,引种漂移植物和沉水植物;利用群落间的相互作用及人工干预,若干种水生高等植物不仅能够引种存活,而且能够快速提高水体透明度、改善水质,引种水生高等植物3周后,有水生高等植物的围区内水体透明度提高一倍,并长期保持在较高水平,6周后,有植物围区内水体TN浓度比对照围区及开敞水域分别降低43．7％和59．4％,TP分别降低50．3％和57．0％;6个月后,TN分别降低61．6％和79．7％有植物围区较开敞水体降低72．9％。     

Water quality effects of seepage from earthen dams

Analyses of surface and seepage waters from selected floodwater retarding structures in west-central Oklahoma, U.S.A. show the salinity of seepage to be several times greater than that of the impounded waters. The increases in concentration of the several chemical components are not proportional. This phenomenon appears to be caused largely by simple solution, which is closely related to the chemical character of the geologic formation that provides the reservoir site and the earth fill of the dam. Concentration of certain chemical components in the seepage water progressively decreases as the structure ages. This is probably a function of depletion, which is related to the amounts and solubility of the parent materials subjected to solution. In contrast, the concentration of certain other components, such as iron and calcium, increases with time. The chemical activities within the accumulating mud on the bottom of the reservoir apparently cause these increases.     

滇西北区断层分数维几何学的研究

本文应用分数维几何学的方法,对滇西北区断裂系进行解析并确立了各断裂系的地位;从该区各典型子区活动断裂与水系的几何学分析和对比,探讨了二者的分布特征及其相关性     

方钢管混凝土柱的延性系数

在空钢管中填充混凝土可以避免或延缓钢管早地发生局部屈曲,可以有效地提高构件的延性,从而增强构件的抗震性能,本文研究钢管混凝土桩的延性性能,本文首先提出方钢管混凝土柱延性系数的计算方法,然后,在大规模参数分析结构的基础上,考察了轴压比,长细比,含钢率,钢材屈服极限和混凝土抗压强度等参数对延性系数的影响规律,本文的研究成果可供有关工程实践参考。     

Active control of the seismic response of structures by combined use of base isolation and absorbing boundaries

The relative advantages of several control strategies to reduce the seismic response of multi-storey structures are studied. The strategies involve the separate or combined use of passive base isolation mechanisms and active control forces. The base isolation mechanism is modelled as an equivalent linear soft storey with high damping. The active control forces are selected so that an absorbing boundary is obtained at the top of the structure and non-reflecting or reflecting boundaries are obtained at the base of the building. It is found that the best results are obtained when a passive base isolation system is combined with an active absorbing boundary placed at the top of the building. However, the incremental gains resulting from adding a base isolation system to a structure already controlled by a roof-top active absorbing boundary are significant only for relatively soft base isolation systems. Also, the incremental gains appear to decrease as the number of storeys of the structure increases.     

Die Entfernung von Thiocyanationen aus wäßrigen Lösungen unter Verwendung stark basischer und schwach basischer Anionenaustauscher

After treatment of the anion exchanger resins from several manufacturers with FeCl₃ or CuSO₄ their capacity to take up thiocyanate ions increases by the factor 2 … 3. By regeneration with diluted sulphuric acid or hydrochloric acid after precipitation of the ferric or cupric hydroxide a thiocyanate solution of 10 and 15 g/l, respectively, is obtained, which can be reused. The hydroxides dissolved in acid are used for the treatment of the ion exchanger. The process is proposed for the regenerating of wastewaters containing thiocyanate.     

Seismic behaviour of flexible retaining systems subjected to short-duration moderately strong excitation

Using finite-element modelling, this paper explores the magnitude and distribution of dynamic earth pressures on several types of flexible retaining systems: L-shaped reinforced-concrete walls, piled walls with horizontal or with strongly inclined anchors, and reinforced-soil walls. The utilized base excitation is typical of earthquake motions of either high or moderately low dominant frequencies having a peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.40 g and relatively short duration. Linear as well as non-linear (Mohr–Coulomb) soil behaviour is investigated, under dry conditions. The results show that, as the degree of realism in the analysis increases, we can explain the frequently observed satisfactory performance of such retaining systems during strong seismic shaking.     

Effets de l'activité solaire sur l'ozone atmosphérique et la hauteur de la tropopause

Summary A statistical study of experimental data concerning total ozone thicknesses and tropopause heights in several stations in Europe, Asia and Africa brings to the following preliminary results: 1) The height of the tropopause increases when the sunspot number increases, the increase being greater when the latitude is lower. The maximum of both effects seems to take place at the magnetic equator and not at the geographic equator; 2) Magnetic storms are in numerous cases connected with variations of ozone thickness; the thickness first decreases then increases before the storm; the ozone minimum is observed 24 or 36 hours before the maximum of magnetic activity. A two years study shows a similar variation for both phenomena.     

江苏井网水温水位对几次大地震的同震响应特征及机理分析

本文以2008一2013 年期间发生的几次重大地震为例,对江苏流体井网同震响应的特征进行了分析并对其机理进行了探讨。结果表明,水位的同震变化以振荡型为主,水温以阶跃或趋势变化为主;且同一口井对不同地震其响应形态相同,不受地震方位和震源机制的影响。进一步分析表明,水位和水温的变化幅度随着震级的增大而增大,随着震中距的增大而减小。最后分别对静水位井和动水位井的水位、水温同震响应机理进行了分析。     

Microbial responses using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to oil and chemical dispersant in enclosed ecosystems

Microbial responses to the addition of oil with or without a chemical dispersant were examined in mesocosm and microcosm experiments by using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of bacterial ribosomal DNA and direct cell counting. When a water-soluble fraction of oil was added to seawater, increases in cell density were observed in the first 24h, followed by a decrease in abundance and a change in bacterial species composition. After addition of an oil-dispersant mixture, increases in cell density and changes in community structure coincided, and the amount of bacteria remained high. These phenomena also occurred in response to addition of only dispersant. Our results suggest that the chemical dispersant may be used as a nutrient source by some bacterial groups and may directly or indirectly prevent the growth of other bacterial groups.     

Time series analysis of long‐term river dissolved organic carbon records

Two long records of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in river water were examined by a detailed time series analysis in order to shed light on the mechanisms generating observed increases in DOC concentrations across the UK. The records date back as far as 1962 and come from catchments 589 and 818 km² in area. The DOC records were compared with others taken simultaneously for flow, pH, alkalinity, air temperature and rainfall, and in one of the catchments also for turbidity and conductivity. All records were examined by the seasonal Kendall test; frequency distributions of daily DOC measurements were examined; annual cycles were calculated, Autoregressive and impulse functions were derived for DOC against flow records. The time series analysis shows that: (i) DOC trends cannot be readily explained by trends in flow, pH, alkalinity, turbidity or conductivity; (ii) there is a significant increase in carbon flux from these catchments; (iii) maximum and minimum components of the annual distribution of daily readings both show increases in DOC, implying that DOC flux is increasing for differing hydrological pathways; (iv) increases in DOC concentrations coincide with increases in temperature, though the biggest increases in temperature are in the winter months when such increases might be expected to have less effect on DOC production; (v) change in trend, and therefore flux, was observed to occur after a severe drought in 1976. The study suggests that there are real, significant increases in carbon loss from upland peat catchments and that climate is a major driver, especially a severe drought. Severe drought triggering changes in the DOC flux might be attributed to enzymic latch mechanisms. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

WHERE IS ZERO TIME?*

Mis-ties are all-too-common results of seismic surveys made at the same place but at different times with different equipment or by different organizations. Even after removal of positioning or polarity errors, reflection times often appear to differ by several tens of milliseconds. Zero time appears to fluctuate. How can zero time differ on surveys with only minor differences in acquisition or processing? What can be done to identify the true zero time for each survey? The first step toward establishing zero time is to record the source pulse. It is well-known that the different sources currently used in reflection seismic prospecting (propane-oxygen explosions, compressed-air discharges, explosives, steam bubbles, mechanical implosions, vibrations, etc.) yield different pressure wavefronts as the input to the seismic reflection system. By recording this wavefront we capture the basic pulse shape and we establish the initial time delay. The second step is to process the recorded source pulse as if it were reflection data to establish the additional time and shape changes introduced by data processing. Then, display the recorded and processed source pulse as an auxiliary variable at the ends of the seismic section. From this display the interpreter can systematically establish the time shifts appropriate to each picked event. He can determine also whether the pick should be a peak or a trough. He can see why surveys which appear to tie for shallow reflections appear to mis-tie for deep reflections. The display of the processed source pulse constitutes a major interpretation aid which, in a readily useable form, increases the information content of the basic seismic section.     

Chlorine and fluorine in tholeiitic and alkaline lavas of Etna (Sicily)

Chlorine and fluorine were measured from whole-rock samples from tholeiites (150,000 years old) to present-day hawaiites. The overall range of F content is from 240 to 985 ppm, with a slight decrease of F/Th and F/Cl ratios, from tholeiites to hawaiites. Chlorine is positively correlated with Th (Cl/Th=100) as well as K₂O and P₂O₅, as the differentiation progresses, and, increases from 220 ppm in tholeiites to 2410 ppm in mugearites. Data obtained from present-day hawaiites indicate that Cl lost by degassing during eruption is limited. However, Cl contents of some whole-rock samples are inconsistent with previous results published for melt inclusions of phenocrysts from the same historic hawaiite samples and suggesting outgassing of Cl prior to the eruption. This implies that apparent correlation between Cl and Th can be considered as the result of superimposition of several petrogenetic processes. Results point out the richness of Etnean tholeiites in chlorine compared to M.A.R. basalts. Such a character could have been inherited from the mantle source or during the mantle source melting.     

周期成层Patchy模型中纵波的频散和衰减研究

本文用孔隙介质力学的方法来研究纵波在介观周期成层Patchy模型的传播问题.相对于White方法,该方法少了不同介质分界面处的流体压力不等的假设,推导过程更为严密;和Dutta的双相方程解耦方法比较,文中方法直接求解双相方程,形式上更为直观.当纵波通过周期成层孔隙模型时,在低频段用孔隙弹性力学得到纵波频散和衰减结果与用White公式得到的结果符合得很好;周期成层的Patchy孔隙模型由于其空间排列的周期性使其成为孔隙弹性声子晶体,在其频散和衰减曲线上的高频段会出现多个禁带和通带,这使得速度不会随频率单调递增,衰减峰也不只一个.对于地震频段,随着渗透率降低模型的衰减峰向低频移动,这和实际观测结果一致,和传统Biot理论预测结果正相反;随着含气量上升纵波衰减峰值先上升后下降,其最大值出现在含气量0.1左右,这和相关实验结果一致.研究结果表明该模型可以定性解释观测到的地震衰减结果.     

Monitoring Air Sparging Using Resistivity Tomography

Air sparging is a relatively new technique for the remediation of ground water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. In this technique, air is injected below the water table, beneath the contaminated soil. Remediation occurs by a combination of contaminant partitioning into the vapor phase and enhanced biodegradation. The air is usually removed by vacuum extraction in the vadose zone.
The efficiency of remediation from air sparging is a function of the air flow pattern, although the distribution of the injected air is still poorly understood. Cross-borehole resistivity surveys were performed at a former service station in Florence, Oregon, to address this unknown. The resistivity measurements were made using six wells, one of which was the sparge well. Data were collected over a two-week period during and after several air injections, or sparge events. Resistivity images were calculated between wells using an algorithm that assumes axially symmetric structures. The movement of the injected air through time was defined by regions of large increases in resistivity, greater than 100 percent from the background. During early sparge times, air moved outward and upward from the injection point as it ascended to the unsaturated zone. At later sparge times, the air flow reached a somewhat stable cone-shaped pattern radiating out and up from the injection point. Two days after sparging was discontinued, a residue of entrained air remained in the saturated zone, as indicated by a zone of 60 to 80 percent water saturation.     

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO

The south-eastern United States and Gulf Coast of Mexico is physiographically diverse, although dominated by a broad coastal plain. Much of the region has a humid, warm temperate climate with little seasonality in precipitation but strong seasonality in runoff owing to high rates of summer evapotranspiration. The climate of southern Florida and eastern Mexico is subtropical with a distinct summer wet season and winter dry season. Regional climate models suggest that climate change resulting from a doubling of the pre-industrial levels of atmospheric CO₂ may increase annual air temperatures by 3–4°C. Changes in precipitation are highly uncertain, but the most probable scenario shows higher levels over all but the northern, interior portions of the region, with increases primarily occurring in summer and occurring as more intense or clustered storms. Despite the increases in precipitation, runoff is likely to decline over much of the region owing to increases in evapotranspiration exceeding increases in precipitation. Only in Florida and the Gulf Coast areas of the US and Mexico are precipitation increases likely to exceed evapotranspiration increases, producing an increase in runoff. However, increases in storm intensity and clustering are likely to result in more extreme hydrographs, with larger peaks in flow but lower baseflows and longer periods of drought. The ecological effects of climate change on freshwaters of the region include: (1) a general increase in rates of primary production, organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling as a result of higher temperatures and longer growing seasons: (2) reduction in habitat for cool water species, particularly fish and macroinvertebrates in Appalachian streams; (3) reduction in water quality and in suitable habitat in summer owing to lower baseflows and intensification of the temperature–dissolved oxygen squeeze in many rivers and reservoirs; (4) reduction in organic matter storage and loss of organisms during more intense flushing events in some streams and wetlands; (5) shorter periods of inundation of riparian wetlands and greater drying of wetland soils, particularly in northern and inland areas; (6) expansion of subtropical species northwards, including several non-native nuisance species currently confined to southern Florida; (7) expansion of wetlands in Florida and coastal Mexico, but increase in eutrophication of Florida lakes as a result of greater runoff from urban and agricultural areas; and (8) changes in the flushing rate of estuaries that would alter their salinity regimes, stratification and water quality as well as influence productivity in the Gulf of Mexico. Many of the expected climate change effects will exacerbate current anthropogenic stresses on the region's freshwater systems, including increasing demands for water, increasing waste heat loadings and land use changes that alter the quantity and quality of runoff to streams and reservoirs. Research is needed especially in several critical areas: long-term monitoring of key hydrological, chemical and biological properties (particularly water balances in small, forested catchments and temperature-sensitive species); experimental studies of the effects of warming on organisms and ecosystem processes under realistic conditions (e.g. in situ heating experiments); studies of the effects of natural hydrological variation on biological communities; and assessment of the effects of water management activities on organisms and ecosystem processes, including development and testing of management and restoration strategies designed to counteract changes in climate. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hydrologic precursors to earthquakes: A review

This review summarizes reports of anomalous flow rates or pressures of groundwater, oil, or gas that have been interpreted as earthquake precursors. Both increases and decreases of pressure and flow rate have been observed, at distances up to several hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter, with precursor times ranging from less than one day to more than one year. Although information that might rule out nontectonic causes does not appear in many published accounts of hydrologic anomalies, several recent studies have critically evaluated the possible influences of barometric pressure, rainfall, and groundwater or oil exploitation. Anomalies preceding the 1976 Tangshan, China, and the 1978 Izu-Oshima-Kinkai, Japan, earthquakes are especially well-documented and worthy of further examination.Among hydrologic precursors, pressure head changes in confined subsurface reservoirs are those most amenable to quantitative interpretation in terms of crustal strain. The response of pressure head to earth tides determines coefficients of proportionality between pressure head and crustal strain. The same coefficients of proportionality should govern the fluid pressure response to any crustal strain field in which fluid flow in the reservoir is unimportant. Water level changes in response to independently recorded tectonic events, such as earthquakes and aseismic fault creep, provide evidence that a calibration based on response to earth tides may be applied to crustal strains of tectonic origin.Several models of earthquake generation predict accelerating stable slip on part of the future rupture plane. If precursory slip has moment less than or equal to that of the impending earthquake, then the coseismic volume strain is an upper bound for precursory volume strain. Although crustal strain can be only crudely estimated from most reported pressure head anomalies, the sizes of many anomalies within 150 kilometers of earthquake epicenters appear consistent with this upper bound. In contrast, water level anomalies at greater epicentral distances appear to be larger than this bound by several orders of magnitude.It is clear that water level monitoring can yield information about the earthquake generation process, but progress higes on better documentation of the data.     

温度变化引起跨断层位移测量结果的年周期变化

本文首先给出了北京地区若干跨断层位移测量结果的年周期变化.而后,用二维非线性有限元方法,模拟了温度变化引起的跨断层位移测量结果的年周期变化.计算得到的应变量与野外观测大体一致.结果表明,在地壳介质不均一条件下,地表温度变化足以引起已观测到的种种复杂现象,诸如:存在两类基线,一类是当地表温度升高时增长;另一类是当地表温度升高时缩短.同时,存在两类水准变化,一类是断层热胀系数大的一盘,当地表温度上升时抬升;另一类则相反等等.一般说来,地壳介质是不均一的,因而温度对跨断层位移测量的干扰是不容忽视的.      

地震边坡稳定性分析的拟静力方法适用性探讨

应用极限平衡拟静力方法进行地震边坡稳定性分析时,对粘聚力较小、内摩擦角较大的浅层滑坡而言,随着地震水平设计加速度值的增大,其临界滑动面基本保持不变;然而,对粘聚力较大而摩擦角较小的深层滑坡而言,随着地震水平设计加速度值的增大,临界滑动面越深、越宽,会呈现出发散现象,选取两个典型的均质土坡,设计了由浅及深的多条滑动面,分别采用极限平衡瑞典方法进行了相应安全系数的计算,同时比较了自重、地震力、粘聚力在抗滑力矩以及滑动力矩中所占比重的变动情况。研究发现:对于浅层滑坡,随着滑动面由浅及深的变化,粘聚力产生的抗滑力矩所占百分比下降幅度较大,自重产生的滑动力矩与总体抗滑力矩的比值下降幅度较大;而对于深层滑坡,随着滑动面由浅及深变化,自重产生的抗滑力矩所占百分比增长的幅度较大,地震力产生的滑动力矩与总体抗滑力矩比值增长幅度也较大。