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Hotaka Matsumoto & Mamoru Ishikawa 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2002,84(3-4):261-266
Soil displacement, soil temperature, depths of thaw plane and groundwater level were continuously monitored during the period from July 1999 to June 2000 within a solifluction lobe in the Kärkevagge valley, northern Sweden. The strain–probe method was used to measure soil displacement, and we found significant soil displacements in the thawing period 2000. These displacements were the result of gelifluction. The ice content profile showed that gelifluction occurred at the same time as the thaw plane reached the layers with high ice content at shallow soil depths (0–6 and 16–25 cm deep). In contrast, gelifluction did not occur when the thaw plane reached the layers with high ice content at greater depth (46–49 cm deep). These observations indicate that thawing of ice lenses in the near–surface layer triggers gelifluction. 相似文献
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艾比湖地区冻融作用对梭梭群落土壤酶活性及微生物数量的影响 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
冻融作用对酶和微生物活性具有重要影响,进而影响植物群落的生长发育。为深入了解荒漠优势种梭梭群落冬季土壤生态过程,于2012年10月~2013年10月,对土壤冻融期、冻结期、融冻期和生长季的艾比湖典型样地进行野外实地观测、采样和室内分析。通过对比分析不同冻融阶段土壤含水量、pH值、有机质、全氮、酶活性和微生物数量的变化特征。结果表明:(1)土壤含水量,融冻期 >冻结期 >冻融期 >生长季,土壤pH值,生长季 >融冻期 >冻融期 >冻结期,各土层土壤含水量以浅层土表现最为显著(P <0.05),不同冻融阶段各土层pH值差异性较大,冻融期、冻结期和生长季表层土壤pH值较大,融冻期浅层土壤pH值较大。(2)土壤有机质和全氮含量的波动状况相似,分别在融冻期和生长季呈现波峰和波谷,不同土层间全氮和有机质含量差异性较小,以冻融期和生长季表现最为显著(P <0.05)。(3)土壤酶活性的变化中,过氧化氢酶、脲酶和蛋白酶在融冻期含量最大,冻融期次之,蔗糖酶在冻结期活性最大,土壤微生物数量的变化以融冻期最大,除此之外,各冻融阶段细菌和放线菌占主导,真菌含量相对较少。(4)冻融循环次数分布于冻融期和融冻期,对土壤酶活性和微生物数量具有一定的影响,致使融冻期土壤各因子大于冻融期。 相似文献
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Ivar Berthling Trond Eiken Håkon Madsen & Johan Ludvig Sollid 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2001,83(3):103-116
Annual and seasonal displacements of ploughing boulders were investigated at Finse, southern Norway, by traditional surveying and differential carrier-phase global positioning system measurements. Annual displacement rates were mainly below 10 mm/year, although one particular season showed rates of 26 mm/year on average. There was a tendency for larger boulders to travel faster. Seasonal displacements were restricted to the annual freeze-thaw cycle. The frost heave seems to have a significant horizontal component, which does not necessarily point in the downslope direction. Thus, the concept of frost creep is not applicable to the investigated ploughing boulders. On the other hand, due to tilting of the boulders, a momentum may be gained during thaw consolidation that could induce downslope displacements. Such a process will work together with gelifluction. 相似文献
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季节性冻融是干旱区土壤盐碱化形成的主要驱动因子,但冻融过程中土壤水盐耦合关系及热量调控机理仍不清楚。通过分析2009年11月~2010年5月新疆玛纳斯河流域典型盐荒地季节性冻融过程中土壤剖面160 cm以内的水分、盐分和温度动态变化,探讨了不同土层冻融过程中水热盐的耦合关系。结果表明:土壤最大冻结深度为150 cm左右,表土层(0~40 cm)温度与气温关系密切;土壤剖面水分呈现“C”型垂直分布,表土层和底土层(100~160 cm)含水量较大,而心土层(40~100 cm)含水量不足10%,土层平均含水率在冻融前期增加了12.91%,而在初蒸期减少了10.01%;土壤剖面盐分在冻结期和初蒸期表聚作用明显,心土层和底土层含盐量稳定,土壤剖面含盐量表现为“积盐-脱盐-再积盐”的变化过程。水热盐之间具有高度协同性,心土层和底土层表现为水盐相随、而表土层为水去盐留的耦合特征,热量传输是调控水盐运移的关键因素。 相似文献
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Colin E. Thorn Robert G. Darmody Charles E. Allen & John C. Dixon 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2002,84(3-4):289-300
The importance of topographic microvariability in influencing shallow (10–50 cm depths) soil temperature regimes in arctic–alpine Kärkevagge, northern Sweden, from August 1999 to July 2000 is demonstrated using six sites. The ground microclimate on the tops of very large boulders forming an extensive boulder field in the central valley bottom is more comparable to that at an alpine ridge–crest site 300 m higher than it is to the microclimate at the base of one of the boulders. The boulder crests also differ substantially from the more generalized valley–bottom conditions outside the boulder field. Assuming that chemical processes may be active at temperatures at or above 0°C, sites in the valley experience favorable conditions from 159 to 324 days of the year. Aside from the annual cycle, freeze–thaw cycles are infrequent within Kärkevagge. 相似文献
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Colin E. Thorn Robert G. Darmody Charles E. Allen & John C. Dixon 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2002,84(3&4):289-300
The importance of topographic microvariability in influencing shallow (10–50 cm depths) soil temperature regimes in arctic–alpine Kärkevagge, northern Sweden, from August 1999 to July 2000 is demonstrated using six sites. The ground microclimate on the tops of very large boulders forming an extensive boulder field in the central valley bottom is more comparable to that at an alpine ridge–crest site 300 m higher than it is to the microclimate at the base of one of the boulders. The boulder crests also differ substantially from the more generalized valley–bottom conditions outside the boulder field. Assuming that chemical processes may be active at temperatures at or above 0°C, sites in the valley experience favorable conditions from 159 to 324 days of the year. Aside from the annual cycle, freeze–thaw cycles are infrequent within Kärkevagge. 相似文献
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Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer 《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2018,72(1):37-56
Solifluction is a widespread periglacial phenomenon. Little is known about present solifluction rates in Austria. The author monitored five solifluction lobes during a four-year period. Annual rates of surface velocity, vertical velocity profiles, depths of movement, and volumetric velocities were quantified using near-surface markers and painted lines. Environmental conditions were assessed using air temperature, soil texture, and ground temperature-derived parameters. The latter were used to estimate the relevance of needle-ice creep, diurnal frost creep, annual frost creep, and gelifluction. The mean surface velocity rates were 3.5–6.1 cm yr?1 (near-surface markers) and 6.2–8.9 cm yr?1 (painted lines), respectively, indicating a high relevance of needle-ice creep. The mean depth of movement was 32.5–40 cm. The mean volumetric velocities were 71–102 cm3 cm?1 yr?1. Solifluction rates at the five sites did not correlate with each other due to site-specific controls. No statistically significant correlations were quantified between solifluction rates and different environmental parameters due to data gaps and short time series, thus highlighting the importance of long-term monitoring. Nevertheless, the results suggest that longer zero curtain periods, longer seasonal ground thawing periods, later start of the seasonal snow cover, more freeze-thaw cycles, and cooler early summer temperatures promote solifluction. 相似文献
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Ground temperature plays a significant role in the interaction between the land surface and atmosphere on the Tibetan Plateau(TP). Under the background of temperature warming, the TP has witnessed an accelerated warming trend in frozen ground temperature, an increasing active layer thickness, and the melting of underground ice. Based on high-resolution ground temperature data observed from 1997 to 2012 on the northern TP, the trend of ground temperature at each observation site and its response to climate change were analyzed. The results showed that while the ground temperature at different soil depths showed a strong warming trend over the observation period, the warming in winter is more significant than that in summer. The warming rate of daily minimum ground temperature was greater than that of daily maximum ground temperature at the TTH and MS3608 sites. During the study period, thawing occurred earlier, whereas freezing happened later, resulting in shortened freezing season and a thinner frozen layer at the BJ site. And a zero-curtain effect develops when the soil begins to thaw or freeze in spring and autumn. From 1997 to 2012, the average summer air temperature and precipitation in summer and winter from six meteorological stations along the Qinghai-Tibet highway also demonstrated an increasing trend, with a more significant temperature increase in winter than in summer. The ground temperature showed an obvious response to air temperature warming, but the trend varied significantly with soil depths due to soil heterogeneity. 相似文献
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两种覆盖方式下的土壤溶液盐分含量变化 总被引:12,自引:0,他引:12
利用定期取表层土样测定其电导率和在不同深度埋设盐分传感器探头的方法,在作物生长季节内,监测了秸杆覆盖和地膜覆盖农田不同深度的土壤溶液含盐量变化。结果为:(1)土壤表层盐分含量和10cm深土壤溶液含盐量的变化规律为,未灌水期间迅速增加;灌水时急剧降低。秸杆覆盖和覆膜可明显抑制盐分的累积,使整个生育期内土壤盐分含量波动幅度变小。其中覆膜处理抑制土壤盐分累积的作用最大。(2)30cm深土壤溶液含盐量的变化为灌水降低,未灌水时升高。秸杆覆盖处理在灌头水后含盐量虽有波动,但总体上呈下降趋势;覆膜处理在灌头水后一直处于很低的含盐水平。(3)60cm深土壤溶液含盐量变化幅度小于其上土层。秸杆覆盖增强了灌水对60cm土壤溶液含盐量的降低作用,并抑制了后期土壤溶液含盐量增加。覆膜减少了灌水对60cm深土壤溶液含盐量的降低幅度,也抑制了未灌水期间含盐量的增加。 相似文献
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Oil wells on the North Slope of Alaska pass through deep deposits of permafrost. The heat transferred during their operation causes localized thawing, resulting in ground subsidence adjacent to the well casings. This subsidence has a damaging effect, causing the casings to compress, deform, and potentially fail. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study of the thaw consolidation strain of deep permafrost and its predictive modeling. Tests were performed to determine strains due to thaw and post-thaw loading, as well as soil index properties. Results, together with data from an earlier testing program, were used to produce empirical models for predicting strains and ground subsidence. Four distinct strain cases were analyzed with three models by multiple regression analyses, and the best-fitting model was selected for each case. Models were further compared in a ground subsidence prediction using a shared subsurface profile. Laboratory results indicate that strains due to thaw and post-thaw testing in deep core permafrost are insensitive to depth and are more strongly influenced by stress redistributions and the presence of ice lenses and inclusions. Modeling results show that the most statistically valid and useful models were those constructed using moisture content, porosity, and degree of saturation. The applicability of these models was validated by comparison with results from Finite Element modeling. 相似文献
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丹江中游典型小流域土壤总氮的空间分布 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
在丹江鹦鹉沟小流域, 利用网格状取样和典型样地取样相结合的方法, 进行土样采集, 共计采样点268 个, 测定土壤0~40 cm的总氮含量。应用传统统计学和地统计学的方法, 对不同深度下土壤总氮含量进行分析。结果表明:土壤总氮含量随土壤深度的增加而降低, 不同土层间土壤总氮含量存在显著差异(P < 0.01), 0~10 cm (A1)、10~20 cm (A2) 和20~40cm (A3) 土壤总氮含量平均值分别为0.85、0.47 和0.30 g/kg。3 个土层下, 总氮的最优模型均为线性模型, 具有中等空间相关性。经Kriging 插值分析, 不同土层下土壤总氮的空间分布呈带状格局。ANOVA 分析表明A1 和A2 层不同土地利用下土壤总氮含量存在显著差异(P <0.05), 不同土层下土壤总氮在不同坡度均存在显著差异(P < 0.05)。农地不同土层下土壤总氮含量与海拔、坡度和坡向均呈显著相关性(P < 0.01)。研究区0~40 cm土壤总氮储量为562.37t, 不同土地利用下0~40 cm 每平方米土壤总氮含量表现为林地>农地>草地, 分别为0.343、0.299 和0.289 kg/m2。 相似文献
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Coseismic deformation revealed by inversion of strong motion and GPS data: the 2003 Chengkung earthquake in eastern Taiwan 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Jyr-Ching Hu Li-Wei Cheng Horng-Yue Chen Yih-Min Wu Jian-Cheng Lee Yue-Gau Chen Kuan-Chuan Lin Ruey-Juin Rau Hao Kuochen Hui-Hsuan Chen Shui-Bei Yu Jacques Angelier 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(2):667-674
A moderate earthquake of M w = 6.8 occurred on 2003 December 10. It ruptured the Chihshang Fault in eastern Taiwan which is the most active segment of the Longitudinal fault as a plate suture fault between the Luzon arc of the Philippine Sea plate and the Eurasian plate. The largest coseismic displacements were 13 cm (horizontal) and 26 cm (vertical). We analyse 40 strong motion and 91 GPS data to model the fault geometry and coseismic dislocations. The most realistic shape of the Chihshang fault surface is listric in type. The dipping angle of the seismic zone is steep (about 60°–70°) at depths shallower than 10 km and then gradually decreases to 40°–50° at depths of 20–30 km. Thus the polygonal elements in Poly3D are well suited for modelling complex surfaces with curving boundaries. Using the strong motion data, the displacement reaches 1.2 m dip-slip on the Chihshang Fault and decreases to 0.1 m near surface. The slip averages 0.34 m, releasing a scalar moment of 1.6E26 dyne-cm. For GPS data, our model reveals that the maximal dislocation is 1.8 m dip-slip. The dislocations decrease to 0.1 m near the surface. The average slip is 0.48 m, giving a scalar moment of 2.2E26 dyne-cm. Regarding post-seismic deformation, a displacements of 0.5 m were observed near the Chihshang Fault, indicating the strain had not been totally released, as a probable result of near-surface locking of the fault zone. 相似文献
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An investigation of periglacial slope stability in relation to soil properties based on physical modelling in the geotechnical centrifuge 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Results are presented from eight scaled centrifuge modelling experiments designed to investigate mass movement processes on thawing ice-rich slopes. Four pairs of simple planar slope models were constructed, one in each pair being of sufficient gradient to promote slope failure during soil thaw and the second having a gradient below the threshold for instability. Four frost susceptible soils were used, three were normally consolidated and had different clay contents (2%, 12% and 20%) and the fourth comprised the 20% clay soil, but was over consolidated prior to model testing. Modelling protocols included freezing from the surface downwards under an open hydraulic system, and thawing from the surface downwards under an enhanced gravitational field within the geotechnical centrifuge, thereby utilising scaling laws to simulate correct prototype self weight stresses during thaw. Slopes below the stability threshold gradient were subjected to between 2 and 4 cycles of freezing and thawing, simulating annual cycles. Those above the stability threshold were subjected to only one cycle, since they failed during the first thaw phase. Thermal conditions, pore water pressures, surface movements, and profiles of displacement are reported. Measured pore pressures are used in slope stability analyses based on a simple planar infinite slope model. Profiles of solifluction shear strain and mechanisms of slope failure are both shown to be sensitive to small changes in soil properties, particularly clay content and stress history. In all cases, pore pressures rose rapidly immediately following thaw, remained below the threshold for failure in low gradient models, but exceeding the threshold to trigger landslides on steeper slopes. Upward seepage of melt water away from the thaw front contributed to loss of shear strength. Mechanisms of slope failure differed between test soils, ranging from mudflow in non-cohesive silt to active layer detachment sliding in over consolidated silt–clay. During solifluction, shear strain was greatest at the surface in non-cohesive silt and decreased rapidly with depth, but in test soils containing clay, the zone of maximum shear strain was located lower in the displacement profiles. 相似文献
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《Polar Science》2014,8(2):96-113
Understanding geocryological characteristics of frozen sediment, such as cryostratigraphy, ice content, and stable isotope ratio of ground ice, is essential to predicting consequences of projected permafrost thaw in response to global warming. These characteristics determine thermokarst extent and controls hydrological regime—and hence vegetation growth—especially in areas of high latitude; it also yields knowledge about the history of changes in the hydrological regime. To obtain these fundamental data, we sampled and analyzed unfrozen and frozen surficial sediments from 18 boreholes down to 1–2.3 m depth at five sites near Chokurdakh, Russia. Profiles of volumetric ice content in upper permafrost excluding wedge ice volume showed large variation, ranging from 40 to 96%, with an average of 75%. This large amount of ground ice was in the form of ice lenses or veins forming well-developed cryostructures, mainly due to freezing of frost-susceptible sediment under water-saturated condition. Our analysis of geocryological characteristics in frozen ground including ice content, cryostratigraphy, soil mechanical characteristics, organic matter content and components, and water stable isotope ratio provided information to reconstruct terrestrial paleo-environments and to estimate the influence of recent maximum thaw depth, microtopography, and flooding upon permafrost development in permafrost regions of NE Russia. 相似文献
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甘肃黄土高原土壤水分变化对冬小麦产量的影响 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
甘肃黄土高原属半干旱和半湿润气候过渡区。潜在蒸散量大于降水量,土壤水是影响冬小麦生产最直接因素。运用甘肃西峰农业气象试验站1981-2010 年冬小麦大田试验及土壤湿度观测资料,对近30 年土壤水变化规律及与冬小麦各产量要素的关系进行分析。结果表明,冬小麦贮水量最大时段为冬前生长期,其次为返青期至拔节期,最小为孕穗期至成熟期。耗水量最大时段为孕穗期至成熟期,其次为冬前生长阶段,最小为返青期至拔节期。1981-2010年土壤100 cm土层、1990-2010 年200 cm土层贮水量呈减少趋势,耗水量呈增加趋势。冬小麦土壤水分利用率呈上升趋势,变化转折点出现在1998 年。200 cm、100 cm土层贮水量与冬小麦不孕小穗率相关性显著。不同生长阶段各层次土壤贮水量均与千粒重相关性显著,且随着深度加深,相关性愈加显著。冬前生长阶段、返青期至拔节期各深度层次土壤贮水量与单株成穗数相关性分别通过0.1、0.01 信度水平检验。在冬小麦各生长阶段,各层次土壤贮水量与单产相关性显著。5 月中旬100 cm 土层贮水量对产量影响较大,aj(t) 值达20 kg/hm2·mm。不孕小穗率与不同生长阶段100 cm土层耗水量均呈显著负相关关系。千粒重与冬前生长阶段的各深度层次耗水量相关性显著。单株成穗数与返青期至拔节期上层土壤耗水量相关性显著。单产与孕穗期至成熟期各层次耗水量相关性显著。从当年9 月到次年5 月100 cm土层耗水量对单产影响逐渐增大,5 月中旬aj(t) 达25 kg/hm2·mm。此后耗水量对产量的影响逐渐降低。 相似文献
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The effect of climate warming and permafrost thaw on desertification in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Four sets of remote sensing images from 1987, 1994, 2000, and 2006, 50 years of meteorological and soil moisture data corresponding to different desertified lands were combined with populations and livestock data to analyze the process and cause of desertification in a portion of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP). It showed that surface soil temperature in the region has increased at an average rate of 0.6 °C per decade between 1980 and 2005, the thawing days on the surface have increased by 60 days from 1983 to 2001, and the depth of the seasonal thawing layer has increased by 54 cm, 102 cm and 77 cm in April, May and June, respectively, from 1983 to 2003. As a result, the upper soil layer has become drier due to the thickening active layer and soil water infiltration. These changes, in turn, have inhibited the growth of alpine meadow vegetation that has shallow root systems. It is concluded that climate warming and permafrost thawing have caused desertification in grazing regions of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP). 相似文献
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东北黑土区土壤剖面地温和水分变化规律 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
东北黑土区土壤侵蚀的结果使土壤在坡面上发生再分配,土壤腐殖质层厚度的空间变异增大。腐殖质层厚度的变化又引起地温和土壤水分等土壤物理性质的变化,地温和水分是影响和反映冻融侵蚀作用的重要因子,也是影响地表和土壤剖面物质运移的重要因素。本文通过实测不同厚度腐殖质层剖面的地温和土壤水分,分析了地温和水分随时间和土壤剖面深度的变化规律。结果显示腐殖质层厚度对土壤温度和含水量有显著影响,腐殖质层较厚的剖面解冻速度比薄层黑土区要慢,不同深度土层温度到达0℃的日期也不相同,腐殖质层较厚的剖面冻结时间要滞后1周左右。同时,腐殖质层较厚的黑土区土壤含水量明显大于薄层黑土区,土壤水分运移的深度范围也大。 相似文献
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Spatial variability of soil moisture content and its relation to environmental indices in a semi-arid gully catchment of the Loess Plateau, China 总被引:16,自引:0,他引:16
The degree of spatial variability of soil moisture and the ability of environmental attributes to predict that variability were studied at the Da Nangou catchment (3·5 km2) in the semi-arid loess area of China. Soil moisture measurements were performed biweekly at five depths in the soil profile (0–5 cm, 10–15 cm, 20–25 cm, 40–45 cm and 70–75 cm) from May to October 1998 and from May to September 1999 using Delta-T theta probe. Results indicated that with increasing soil depth, the mean soil moisture content increases significantly for five layers and the coefficients of variation (CV) also increases with depth from 10–15 cm. It was observed that heavier rains and higher mean moisture contents are often associated with lower spatial variability (CV). Environmental attributes such as land use and topography play controlling roles in the spatial distribution of soil moisture content. However, the relative roles of these environmental indices vary with soil depth. The dominant controls on spatial variability of the time-averaged soil moisture changes from land use, aspect, relative elevation and hillslope position in the surface soil (0–5 cm) to relative elevation, hillslope position and aspect in the subsurface soil (10–15 cm, 20–25 cm), and to land use, relative elevation and slope gradient at larger depths (40–45 cm, 70–75 cm). The dynamic behavior of influences of different environmental indices on the layer-averaged soil moisture depends on several factors. In general, the correlation of soil moisture with slope gradient shows a more significant increase following a greater amount of antecedent precipitation (except for the extremely heavy storms), and declines afterwards. The relation of soil moisture with relative elevation and hillslope position exhibits an opposite trend. It was observed that the influence of land use corresponds to the difference in vegetative characteristics, with a stronger influence in June and August with a greater difference in vegetation. A significant influence of cos(aspect) was found during early spring and autumn with a rapid transient in solar irradiation. Finally, it was found that the sample size is adequate to estimate the catchment mean soil moisture at all five depths and on all 10 observations in 1999 (81 sites), while it is only enough for the upper soil layers (0–5 cm and 10–15 cm) in 1998 (26 sites). 相似文献
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Frozen ground phenomena in the Northern Foothills, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, include large–scale polygons, 15–20 m in diameter, and small frost mounds, 1–5 m high. The polygons are most widespread on terrain formed upon Younger Drift and are usually surrounded by interpolygon furrows or troughs, 10–30 cm deep and 10–100 cm wide. The troughs contain shallow wedges of sandy gravel (sand wedges) near the surface but excavations into underlying permafrost indicate that small ice wedges or ice veins are locally present. Field and anecdotal evidence suggest that thermal contraction cracking is active under today's climate. Frost mounds occur in association with a number of perennially frozen lakes in the region. In most cases they appear related to frost and icing blister activity caused by the episodic injection of free water from below. The debris–covered nature of the centre of Enigma Lake is best explained in terms of basal ice accretion beneath the lake–ice cover. 相似文献
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From May 7 to August 13, 1985, soil moisture was measured at 12 study sites located along a 200-km east-west trending transect in west-central Oklahoma. Soil moisture was sampled at three depths at each site: 15 cm, 61 cm, and 91 cm. Study site location and the time (week) of data collection were analyzed through correlation and regression analysis in order to assess their impact on soil moisture variability measured at the three sampled depths. Along the transect for the study period, soil moisture increased with depth; soil moisture also increased with depth from west to east along the transect during the sample period. The correlation between the location of the sample site and soil moisture was weak at the 15 cm depth (0.48), but was stronger at greater depths (0.78 at 61 cm; 0.65 at 91 cm). The location of the study site along the transect explained 25% of the variation in soil moisture at a 15 cm depth; 62% at a 61 cm depth; and 51% at a 91 cm depth. The time (week variable) of data collection at each sample site was less useful in explaining the variability in soil moisture than site location. Time explains 15, 23, and 16% of the variability observed in soil moisture along the transect for the depths of 15, 61, and 91 cm, respectively. A combination of time and location variables, however, explained 46% of the variability in soil moisture for all three depths. The same time and location variables explained 55%, 76%, and 52% of the variability observed in soil moisture for the three individual depths: 15, 61, and 91 cm, respectively. Unusual precipitation events affected the transect throughout the study period and diminished the impact of location as a significant explanatory variable for describing variability in soil moisture. 相似文献