Seismic waves in rocks with fluids and fractures

Seismic wave propagation through the earth is often strongly affected by the presence of fractures. When these fractures are filled with fluids (oil, gas, water, CO₂, etc.), the type and state of the fluid (liquid or gas) can make a large difference in the response of the seismic waves. This paper summarizes recent work on methods of deconstructing the effects of fractures, and any fluids within these fractures, on seismic wave propagation as observed in reflection seismic data. One method explored here is Thomsen's weak anisotropy approximation for wave moveout (since fractures often induce elastic anisotropy due to non-uniform crack-orientation statistics). Another method makes use of some very convenient crack/fracture parameters introduced previously that permit a relatively simple deconstruction of the elastic and wave propagation behaviour in terms of a small number of crack-influence parameters (whenever this is appropriate, as is certainly the case for small crack densities). Then, the quantitative effects of fluids on these crack-influence parameters are shown to be directly related to Skempton's coefficient B of undrained poroelasticity (where B typically ranges from 0 to 1). In particular, the rigorous result obtained for the low crack density limit is that the crack-influence parameters are multiplied by a factor  (1 − B )  for undrained systems. It is also shown how fracture anisotropy affects Rayleigh wave speed, and how measured Rayleigh wave speeds can be used to infer shear wave speed of the fractured medium in some cases. Higher crack density results are also presented by incorporating recent simulation data on such cracked systems.     

Wetland changes in Jianghan Plain and simulation with GIS

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泾河流域气候变化及其与ENSO的关系

ENSO(厄尔尼诺-南方涛动)常引起大气环流的改变并导致气候异常,探讨区域气候变化与ENSO的关系有助于理解区域水文等各方面的变化.通过Mann-Kendall、相关性检验和小波分析等方法.研究了1960-2005年泾河流域气候变化及其与ENSO的关系.结果表明,1960-2005年,泾河流域气候趋向暖干,且这种趋势在90年代以来愈加显著.气候变化与ENSO有显著的关系.降水对ENSO的响应程度强于温度;降水可能受南方涛动的影响比较大,而温度可能受海表温度的影响较多;ENSO暖事件对泾河流域气候变化的影响可能大于冷事件.     

Registration and conservation of sites and areas with geological significance in Norway

The first Norwegian law concerning nature conservation (1910) established the importance of geological considerations in nature protection. The number of protected areas was low for a considerable time, but systematic work in this field the last 10–15 years has resulted in a significant increase. Today the main conservation work is done regionally on a county by county basis. This work requires a regional overview of the different natural types in question. At present around 700 sites and areas are protected. Geological areas, however, represent a small fraction of the total number, but the systematic registration work is making good progress. Quaternary geology is given priority together with fossils and mineral localities. In addition, registration of valuable karst areas in the county of Nordland is carried out.     

西北地区东部冬季降水与次年沙尘暴发生的关系

选用1970-2000年西北地区88个气象站的冬季降水量和1971-2000年沙尘暴日数资料, 用自然正交分解(EOF)分析了冬季降水的时空分布特征。结果表明, 西北冬季降水第一载荷向量分布有一定差异, 第二载荷向量零线位置基本以干旱和半干旱区界限为准, 各自然气候区冬季降水的时空分布具有不一致性的特征; 以民勤为代表站的A区、以敦煌为代表站的C区冬季降水量与次年沙尘日数呈相反的变化趋势。说明冬季降水对次年沙尘多发的春季下垫面土壤湿度、地表粗糙度等特征有一定的影响, 从而对代表了沙漠气候特征的A区和代表西风带影响的沙漠戈壁C区的沙尘暴发生起到抑制作用。     

Local scouring and morphological adjustments in steep channels with check-dam sequences

This paper describes bed profile and grain size distribution adjustments in a mountain river (Maso di Spinelle River, Italian Alps) stabilized by a sequence of boulder check-dams. The control works were originally designed to simulate the geometry of natural step-pool channels, where tumbling flow is the dominant hydraulic regime. Local scouring downstream of 29 drop structures is analysed through the use of nondimensional parameters where maximum scour depth and scour length are normalised to the drop height. Prior laboratory data reveal a pattern similar to field scours, where complex interactions occur between drop height, critical flow depth, and step spacing. The linkage between scour length and depth is also discussed. There seems to be a maximum step height for impinging jets that is approximately twice the drop height; this maximum may explain the upper limit of the steepness factor found in high-gradient step-pool streams. If such a maximum upper limit is confirmed by further studies, this may aid designs of foundation heights for transverse control works in steep channels.     

呼伦贝尔草原物候变化及其与气象因子的关系

草原物候是草原生态系统气候变化的敏感指示器,探索物候变化与气候变化的关系,对草原生态系统保护及全球气候变化研究具有重要意义。以呼伦贝尔草原为研究对象,基于2000—2015年MOD09Q1数据和气象数据,利用D-L拟合法对NDVI时间序列进行重构,采用动态阈值法提取草原物候期,利用相关分析法,分析了物候与气象因子之间的关系。研究表明:(1)返青期发生时间介于4月下旬～6月上旬(平均为第138 d),枯黄期发生时间介于9月～10月下旬(平均为第277 d),生长季长度主要在3. 5～6个月之间(平均为136 d)。空间上,西部和北部返青期较早,枯黄期较晚,生长季长度最长;中东部返青期较晚,枯黄期较早,生长季长度较短。(2)年际变化趋势上,返青期和枯黄期均以提前趋势为主,提前趋势的像元比例分别为61. 2%和63. 83%,生长季长度以延长趋势为主,延长趋势的像元占比为54. 95%。(3)冬季降水增加是返青期提前的主要原因,而春季降水增多和秋季温度升高是枯黄期提前的主要原因。研究结果有助于加深物候对气候变化响应的认识,以期更好地为草原物候研究和放牧优化管理提供参考。     

中国西部生态环境重建与城镇化关系研究

城市是现代经济和社会发展的主要载体,城镇化是人类社会发展的必然趋势。当前,在国家西部大开发战略的指引下,西部正在掀起迅猛的城镇化浪潮,但是西部地区生态环境脆弱,其城镇化应该有特有的路径。区域自然地理条件是产生西部生态环境问题的决定性因素,但强烈的人类活动及其对区域生态环境的压力则是引发和加重西部生态环境问题的主要原因。因此,西部生态环境治理的关键是减轻人类活动对生态环境的压力。在西部社会经济条件下,非农化进而城镇化是实现社会经济转型,从而减轻生态环境压力,促进生态环境治理的有效措施。     

四川紫色浅丘区钉螺分布特征与抑螺防病林布局

在解析山丘区钉螺分布特征的基础上,提出了浅丘区的抑螺林划分及体系布局。结果表明:①该流域钉螺平均密度为4.05只/0.11m2,活螺框出现率为34.0%;②钉螺密度和活螺出现率均以林地最低,旱地其次,而水田、河滩、荒坡和沟渠较高;③不同环境类型活螺出现率依次为:洲滩>湖滩>沟>河>林地>塘。该区域的抑螺防病林可分为河渠抑螺林、坡地抑螺林、农田抑螺林和多功能抑螺林4种类型,各种林分类型在树种选择、组成、功能上各有不同,但抑螺林的布局必须以降低钉螺密度、减少人畜感染机率为主要目标,同时兼顾经济及生态效益。     

Changes in vegetation and landscape patterns with altered river water-flow in arid West China

Landsat TM images of Tarim Basin in western China for 1986, 1999 and 2004 were analyzed for quantifying the patterns of landscape change relating to changes in water supply. Results showed that vegetation area and NDVI mostly decreased from 1986 to 1999, and increased from 1999 to 2004, while changes in desert area displayed an inverse pattern. Saline alkali soil showed a tendency of increase from 1999 to 2004. Spatially, percentage of vegetation area decreased and percentage of desert area increased with distance from the river in the upper section, while such patterns were not observed for both the middle and the lower sections. Landscape displayed a pattern of fragmentation from 1986 to 1999 and integration from 1999 to 2004. Shape of vegetation patches tended to become more regular from 1986 to 1999 and more irregular from 1999 to 2004. Our results indicated hydrological control of spatio-temporal variations of vegetation and landscape pattern in arid regions. Water diversion can be effective for raising the local groundwater level and improving plant growth, but its effect is largely restricted to areas adjacent to the water pathway.     

额济纳三角洲地下水水盐特征与植被生长的相关研究

根据野外实地考察、地下水采样和分析数据, 从空间尺度上, 讨论了额济纳三角洲地下水水盐的变化特征及其与植被生长的关系。研究结果表明, 额济纳三角洲矿化度总体由西南向东北升高, 东河SO₄^2-浓度下降, 其他离子增加, 西河离子浓度都呈上升趋势, 河道剖面表现先上升后下降的水盐特征; 终端湖盆为本区高矿化度地区; 地下水水盐条件制约植被分布、生存和演替, 各种植被类型适应不同的地下水位和盐分特征。     

中国县域可达性区域划分及其与人口分布的关系

可达性空间划分是交通地理学研究的重要领域。分析其与人口布局的关系,对当下中国的发展具有重要的理论与实践意义。借助GIS 软件平台,运用栅格成本加权距离算法,计算全国县 (市、区) 域单元的空间可达性并进行区域划分,进而探讨中国大区域交通可达性与人口分布的关系,揭示不同交通条件和不同区域类型中人口迁移与人口流动内在机制,为区域规划、交通规划和中国人口配置提供科学依据。研究表明,①栅格成本加权距离算法可以实现空间可达性概念从定性描述转向定量计算的精确转换;②中国县域可达性以低值为主,具有圈层状和"反自然梯度"空间结构,"黑河-腾冲"线为明显分界线;③中国大陆分为3大区:可达性高值区、可达性中值区、可达性低值区。可达性中值区又可分为东南诸省亚区、陕甘宁晋亚区、吉林亚区;可达性低值区分为云川渝亚区、蒙黑亚区、新疆亚区、青藏亚区;④国家区域范围内县域可达性与人口密度具有明显的相关性,2.5小时圈是目前中国可达性与人口集聚产生作用的最远距离;中国县域可达性越高的区域,可达性对人口集聚产生作用圈就越大,而可达性值与人口数量的相关性越小,说明交通条件对落后地区人口集聚所起到的作用远远大于发达地区。     

青海湖地区植被覆盖及其与气温降水变化的关系

使用1981年到2003年月NDVI(归一化植被指数）资料,计算了青海湖地区植被覆盖度,分析了该地区植被覆盖度的历史演变,发现其值在增大,尤其是从1996到2003年,青海湖地区的植被覆盖度都为正距平,NDVI年平均增长率为1.07×10-3。四季的植被覆盖度均为增加趋势,夏季增加最多。月平均温度与月植被覆盖度、春夏季降水与夏秋季植被覆盖度显著正相关。因此,热量条件和春夏季降水是影响青海湖地区植被生长的关键性因素。     

Dust storms evolution in Taklimakan Desert and its correlation with climatic parameters

Based on the sand dust storms data and climatic data in 12 meteorological stations around sand dust storm originating areas of the Taklimakan Desert, we analyzed the trends of the number of dust storm days from 1960 to 2005 as well as their correlations with temperature, precipitation, wind speed and the number of days with mean wind speed ≥ 5 m/s. The results show that the frequency of dust storm events in the Taklimakan region decreased with the elapse of time. Except Ruoqiang and Minfeng, in the other 10 meteorological stations, the frequency of dust storm events reduces, and in 4 meteorological stations of Kuqa, Korla, Kalpin and Hotan, the frequency of dust storm events distinctly decreases. The temperature has an increasing trend, while the average wind speed and the number of days with mean wind speed ≥ 5 m/s have decreasing trends. The correlation analysis between the number of days of dust storms and climatic parameters demonstrates that wind speed and the number of days with mean wind speed ≥ 5 m/s have strong positive correlation with the number of days of dust storms, with the correlations coefficients being 0.743 and 0.720 (p<0.01), respectively, which indicates that strong wind is the direct factor resulting in sand dust storms. Whereas precipitation has significant negative correlation with the number of days of dust storms (p<0.01), and the prior annual precipitation has also negative correlation, which indicates that the prior precipitation restrains the occurrence of sand dust storms, but this restraining action is weaker than the same year’s precipitation. Temperature has negative correlation with the number of dust storm days, with a correlations coefficient of –0.433 (p<0.01), which means that temperature change also has impacts on the occurrence of dust storm events in the Taklimakan region.     

降雨径流汇入背景下受纳水体可溶态Ni和As的动态变化

选取降雨丰沛、降雨径流突出的热带海岛城市海口美舍河市区河段,使用室内分析与野外采样结合的方法开展降雨径流汇入后受纳水体可溶态Ni和As的动态变化研究。结果表明：降雨径流的汇入直接对受纳水体中Ni和As的固液分配产生干扰,且其对受纳水体Ni和As的输入贡献主要依赖悬浮态,可溶态Ni和As输入相对较弱。具体表现为：降雨径流汇入前受纳水体可溶态Ni和As占总质量浓度的比例分别达到55.67%和94.77%。降雨径流汇入后,受纳水体Ni和As发生一系列动态变化,排水口处可溶态Ni和As占比分别达总质量浓度的20.97%和76.92%,可溶态占比明显下降,变化较为剧烈;排水口下游可溶态Ni和As占比也均下降,分别为47.23%和88.38%。对不同降雨情境下的数据分析发现：当降雨量≤10 mm时,雨前干燥期长短是受纳水体可溶态Ni和As动态变化的主要影响因素;当降雨量在10~30 mm时,雨前干燥期长短、雨强峰值出现时间及其大小是受纳水体可溶态Ni和As对降雨径流响应时间及响应程度的主要影响因素;当降雨量≥30 mm时,雨强峰值出现时间是受纳水体可溶态Ni和As动态变化的主要影响因素。降雨径流对受纳水体可溶态Ni和As的影响存在差异,当干燥期短、且存在最大雨强值过高现象时,受纳水体可溶态As受降雨径流影响小,而可溶态Ni受降雨径流影响明显。