东海深部地层时深转换关系的分段优化拟合

在将钻井垂直地震剖面(VSP)数据的时深拟合公式应用于深部地层的时深转换时,拟合深度与计算的层速度常常不够准确。本文首先利用多项式和幂函数给出了东海陆架盆地中部某凹陷41口钻井VSP数据的时深拟合公式,并用双程旅行时(TWT)最深达8 s的三维地震速度体数据与多道地震剖面对拟合公式在深部地层的适用性进行分析。在TWT为8 s时,速度体数据表明41口钻井位置的平均深度为18 140 m,平均层速度为6 208 m/s,二次多项式的平均拟合深度较之偏高9.2%,计算的层速度偏高36.2%,幂函数则分别偏低28.9%与35.6%,拟合效果都不理想。对此,本文采用通过识别VSP数据的增速拐点并对增速拐点前的VSP数据进行二次多项式拟合,对增速拐点后的VSP数据进行幂函数拟合的分段拟合模型,将TWT为8 s时的平均拟合深度和层速度的误差降到3.3%与4.7%。地震剖面显示研究区莫霍面深度约为TWT=11 s,分段拟合模型在TWT=11 s的平均拟合深度为27 516 m,层速度为7 334 m/s,更接近前人研究成果,表明该模型能显著提高深部地层时深转换的精度。     

基于OBS和MCS数据的水合物地层速度特征

天然气水合物是一种新型的清洁能源, 南海北部神狐海域的地质条件有利于水合物的形成和储藏。传统的多道地震(MCS)数据难以得到精确的速度信息, 并且只能从时间域上判断地质体纵向分布。海底地震仪(OBS)是一种常用的主动源地震仪器, 可以接收到更清晰的气枪信号。相比于MCS, OBS剖面上的折射震相可以揭示较深部的地层速度信息。文章结合MCS和OBS的优势, 识别水平叠加剖面上的反射层位, 并得到初始模型; 将OBS剖面和水平叠加剖面拼合, 从而判断OBS剖面上反射震相所对应层位; 拾取OBS台站上的反射和折射震相, 使用RayInvr软件正演模拟得到水合物存在区域的二维速度模型, 解决了MCS中较为困难的时深转换问题。最终模型显示了水合物、游离气区域的埋深、厚度和速度, 以及似海底反射(BSR)下方更深部界面的深度和速度特征。     

A novel shear vane used to determine the evolution of hydraulic dredge tracks in sub-tidal marine sediments

A novel shear vane is described which can be used to record the shear strength of discrete depth horizons of a variety of marine sediment types in situ. This vane, or modifications of it, has great potential in allowing measurement of in situ shear strength without requiring any samples to be removed from the sea bed, a process which can often destroy the fine structure of the sediment. The vane was used to monitor the change in sediment shear strength caused by a hydraulic dredge, which was used to fish razor clams (Ensis arcuatus) in a sheltered bay within the Clyde Sea area, Scotland. Data collected using this apparatus provided valuable and immediate information on the stratification of the sea bed post-dredging and allowed the evolution of the dredge track to be regularly monitored by divers over a period of 100 d.     

三维地震资料解释中时深转换方法对比分析及应用

时深转换是将地震资料解释成果转化为地质成果的一个重要环节,以油田勘探实际资料为例针对几种不同的时深转换方法进行深入讨论.对于常速成图分区分深度进行幂函数拟合是最理想的办法,对于变速成图在实际应用中需根据不同的资料特征和实际情况选用不同的变速成图方法.通过变速成图计算误差的对比阐述各种方法的优缺点和适用范围,进而根据不同的地质及地震反射条件,选择合适的时深转换方法,以达到最佳的地质成果.     

Precise Multibeam Acoustic Bathymetry

The maximum error in ocean depth measurement as specified by the International Hydrographic Organization is 1% for depth greater than 30m. Current acoustic multibeam bathymetric systems used for depth measurement are subject to errors from various sources which may significantly exceed this limit. The lack of sound speed profiles may be one significant source of error. Because of the limited ability of sound speed profile measurement, depth values are usually estimated using an assumed profile. If actual sound speed profiles are known, depth estimate errors can be corrected using ray-tracing methods. For depth measurements, the calculation of the location at which a sound pulse impinges on the sea bottom varies with the variation of the sound speed profile. We demonstrate that this location is almost unchanged for a family of sound speed profiles with the same surface value and the same area under them. Based on this observation, we can construct a simple constant-gradient equivalent sound speed profile to correct errors. Compared with ray-tracing methods, the equivalent sound speed profile method is more efficient. If a vertical depth is known (or independently measured), then depth correction for a multibeam system can be accomplished without knowledge of the actual sound speed profile. This leads to a new type of precise acoustic multibeam bathymetric system.     

Precise Multibeam Acoustic Bathymetry

The maximum error in ocean depth measurement as specified by the International Hydrographic Organization is 1% for depth greater than 30m. Current acoustic multibeam bathymetric systems used for depth measurement are subject to errors from various sources which may significantly exceed this limit. The lack of sound speed profiles may be one significant source of error. Because of the limited ability of sound speed profile measurement, depth values are usually estimated using an assumed profile. If actual sound speed profiles are known, depth estimate errors can be corrected using ray-tracing methods. For depth measurements, the calculation of the location at which a sound pulse impinges on the sea bottom varies with the variation of the sound speed profile. We demonstrate that this location is almost unchanged for a family of sound speed profiles with the same surface value and the same area under them. Based on this observation, we can construct a simple constant-gradient equivalent sound speed profile to correct errors. Compared with ray-tracing methods, the equivalent sound speed profile method is more efficient. If a vertical depth is known (or independently measured), then depth correction for a multibeam system can be accomplished without knowledge of the actual sound speed profile. This leads to a new type of precise acoustic multibeam bathymetric system.     

一种提高深远海全深度声速剖面重构精度的方法

开展多波束水深测量应同步进行声速剖面探测.因海上作业条件恶劣、作业时间受限及设备性能局限等影响,在深远海海域常获取不到全深度的实测声速剖面.尽管利用温盐场模型可将声速剖面直接延拓至实地水深的最大深度,但这种气候态平均声速剖面与实际的声速剖面间存在不可控的系统性偏差,会给声速改正及水深测量成果带来质量隐患.给出了一种提高...     

The status of geological dredging techniques

Scientific sea-floor dredging is currently used in marine geology primarily by the hard-rock community interested in the recovery of basement rock samples from the unsedimented deep ocean floor. The technique has generally been eclipsed by ocean drilling for recovery of sedimentary rocks, because of perceived uncertainties in the location of sampling and in the representativeness of recovered material. This contribution reviews dredging equipment currently in use by marine geological institutions and refers to pinger attachments that allow precise information on the behaviour of the dredge to be telemetered back to the ship. We argue that improvements in ship navigation and transponder navigation at the seafloor, when used in conjunction with surface and/or deeply towed sidescan and swathemapping surveys, now allow for considerably less uncertainty on the location of dredge sampling. Refined sorting criteria for dredge hauls are now also available. Recent comparisons of regional sample recovery by ocean drilling and by dredge sampling indicate that the dredge hauls can usefully supplement the drilling data in the construction of sedimentary and tectonic histories of seafloor areas.     

重锤式拖网取样器模型试验研究

重锤式拖网取样器是对现行常规拖网的技术改进。通过理论模型设计与机械加工试验,研制出了一套重锤机械结构。该机构在拖网取样时利用钢缆拉力蓄积能量拉动内部拉杆,并通过销轴机构释放能量加速冲击芯块,撞击壳体产生巨大的瞬时冲击力,拽动拖网破碎岩石,然后使用复位弹簧使机构复位,重新工作。可以使常规拖网取样器和牵引钢缆更加安全,并大大提高拖网作业的成功率与效率。     

沿岸流流速垂向分布的实验研究

进行了沿岸流模型实验,测量沿岸流流速的垂向分布.采用Faria等(1996)的方法对实验结果进行了分析,将水深分为上层和下层两部分:下层采用对数分布来表达沿岸流的垂向分布;上层考虑了波浪引起的自由表面的波动,使流速分布包括了修正的对数分布和质量输移速度两部分.对实验结果得到的相对粗糙度与sleath(1991)的经验公式结果进行了对比,也对摩阻流速结果与已有经验公式计算结果的进行了对比.     

EOF重构声速剖面对深水多波束的声速改正分析

声速误差是多波束水深地形测量主要误差源之一,通常采用现场声速剖面测量的方式加以改正,但在深远海多波束水深地形测量时,现场获取全深度的声速剖面并非易事。针对这一问题,利用东南印度洋海洋调查工作中采集到的17个站位的CTD数据,将所有站位声速剖面拓展到全深度,采用经验正交函数分析法(Empirical Orthogonal Functions,EOF)构建调查区声速剖面场,可获得声速剖面场内任意一点的声速值。然后通过EOF重构声速剖面场获得的声速值对测区内多波束水深地形数据进行改正,并与实测声速剖面对多波束水深地形数据的改正结果进行对比,结果表明,5000 m水深范围内2种声速改正结果相差很小,EOF重构法对深水多波束的声速改正满足水深测量的要求。     

温盐深变化对波束脚印坐标的影响规律分析

在多波束测深中,温盐深剖面数据的准确性对测量精度起到非常重要的作用,而在实际测量中,温盐深误差又不可避免地存在。为了分析温盐深变化对波束脚印坐标的影响规律并将其影响值量化,本文在声速剖面间接测量数据的基础上,选择精度较高、适应性较强的声速经验公式推导其误差公式,计算温盐深变化所引起的声速误差值,并且在常梯度声线跟踪模型的基础上推导出声波旅行轨迹的水平位移和垂直位移误差公式,然后结合声速剖面计算出声速误差对波束脚印坐标的影响程度。实验结果表明,温度变化对声速的影响最大,盐度和深度依序次之;温度、盐度、深度3个参量的变化引起波束脚印Z坐标的变化量均大于X、Y坐标,最高可达变化前深度的0.6%。温度和盐度的变化引起的三轴坐标值变化量随入射角的增大而减小,而深度变化引起的三轴坐标值变化量几乎不随入射角的变化而变化。本文研究结果可为温盐深误差对多波束测深精度评估工作提供借鉴作用。     

涡流室式掺气扰动疏浚耙具效果试验研究

长江口深水航道以悬沙落淤为主,回淤泥沙较为松散、上覆有流动性较强的高密度浮泥层,航槽需进行常年维护。为提高疏浚效率、降低疏浚成本,基于耙头动力改进的思路,提出适用于长江口沉积物特性的掺气扰动耙具,并通过室内试验,探讨耙具推荐型式,推荐空压机流量及压力指标,估算掺气耙具扰动效果。结果表明,2 mm气嘴耙具掺气扰动后水体含沙量增幅高于其他孔径;相同孔径、相同气流量下,气嘴间距越大、扰动效果越明显,因此推荐耙具气嘴孔径2 mm、20 cm间距交错布置型式。对于推荐耙型,当气体压力低于4.8×105Pa、气流量小于1.1 m3/min时,扰动后水体含沙量基本呈线性增长;当气体压力超过4.8×105Pa,扰动后水体含沙量无明显变化。以室内试验推荐压力4.5×105Pa为基础,估算施工作业水深15 m,结合实际作业水深及气力损耗,现场空压机选型参考值为气流量61.7 m3/min、工作压力为0.7 MPa。据此推算设计航速1.286 m/s时,中上层(0～4 m)水体掺气扰动疏浚耙具悬扬原状土方量约800 m3/h。     

A Cost Effective Method to Enhance Dredge Mine Reconciliation in Heavy Minerals Mining Industry

Heavy mineral deposits of placer origin are mostly found as beach or dune deposits. Suction cutter or bucket-wheel dredgers are used to exploit such deposits when water is present for the maintenance of artificial channels and dredge ponds. Production reconciliation of dredge mining is a complex process because slumping of material causes mixing of material to take place amongst resource blocks during mining operations. This paper reviews the applicability of sonar technology for the determination of material losses taking place in the dredge ponds, and also reviews the applicability of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in conjunction with sonar technology as a cost effective method to enhance dredge mine production reconciliation in the heavy minerals mining industry.     

The fate of dumped sediments monitored by a high-resolution multibeam echosounder system,Weser Estuary,German Bight

With the development of high-resolution multibeam echosounder systems (MBES) for surveying shallow-water areas a new tool is available to monitor rapid changes in seabed morphology as, e.g., caused by the dumping of dredge spoil in coastal waters. In this study, four data sets of repeated bathymetric surveys with a MBES were processed and analyzed. The data were collected in a 1.94-km² dumping site in the outer Weser Estuary (German Bight). Between June and December 1998, 2.6 million m³ of dredged sediment were deposited there. The bathymetric maps generated in the course of this study reveal features such as subaqueous dunes, scour holes, and mounds of dumped dredge spoil. The mean water depth decreased by about 1 m during the dumping period. Furthermore, difference grids showing changes in sediment volume allowed a calculation of the sediment budget for the monitored area. After a time period of only 5 months, 0.5 million m³ of the originally dumped 2.6 million m³ of dredge spoil had already been removed from the dumping site.     

New detection method for XBT depth error and relationship between the depth error and coefficients in the depth-time equation

New CTD-XBT (T-7 probe) comparison data are analyzed, which provide additional evidence of XBT depth error and support previous results (Hanawa and Yoritaka, 1987; Hanawa and Yoshikawa, 1991). The depth difference between the corrected and uncorrected data is about 26 m at 750 m. In the present study, new data processing procedures by which the depth errors are automatically detected, are developed and adopted. In the new method, first, temperature gradients (TG) of XBT and CTD profiles are calculated. Then, 20 m segment of the XBT-TG profile which should fit to the CTD-TG profile of 20 m segment to be referred to is searched in the XBT-TG profile. Actually, this is achieved by shifting the XBT-TG profile of 20 m segment so as to minimize the area surrounded by both TG profiles. The shifted depth of XBT-TG profile for CTD-TG profile can be regarded as the XBT depth error. This processing is repeated at intervals of 5 m from 10 m to 790 m of CTD-TG profile. The relationship between the scatter of the quadratic depth-time equation coefficients and the depth error is also discussed. It is shown that when the two coefficients have a certain relationship, the depth differences between the plural depth-time equations are small, even if the two coefficients of those equations have apparently very different values.This paper was presented and discussed in the Ad Hoc Meeting of the IGOSS Task Team on Quality Control for Automated System, held in Marion, Massachusetts,U.S.A. in June 3–6, 1991.     

浅海海底控制点水平坐标的简化计算方法

提出了一种在声速剖面未知的条件下计算海底控制点水平坐标的方法,根据流体静力学方程将海底应答器的压力值转化为深度值,并以此深度值作为等效声速剖面法的参考深度,基于等效声速剖面法与船底换能器到海底应答器声波的传播时间计算各历元的测距值,通过圆走航利用距离交会法确定海底控制点水平方向的坐标。松花湖的实验表明,这种方法可以获得较高精度的浅海海底控制点水平方向的坐标。     

登州浅滩的形成、动态演化及其可恢复性研究

登州浅滩是位于渤海海峡南部登州水道西侧海域的长条状水下沙洲,经海底地貌形态对比、沉积物取样及海区动力条件分析,初步推断为全新世以来形成的潮流沉积体的一部分,后经波浪和沿岸流等动力的长期改造逐渐稳定成为边缘坝地貌形态.20世纪80年代中期开始在登州浅滩进行的大规模人工挖沙严重破坏了沙体的动态平衡.利用水库模型估算,浅滩在短期内难以恢复到原来的规模.     

Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?

African penguins Spheniscus demersus closely resemble Magellanic S. magellanicus and Humboldt S. humboldti penguins and have similar breeding and feeding ecologies. Adults feed on pelagic schooling fish in continental shelf waters, but African penguins have been reported to have shallower dive angles and remain submerged longer for dives to a given depth than their congeners. The few data for African penguins were gathered using relatively large time-depth recorders. We measured diving behaviour of 36 African penguins provisioning small chicks at three colonies near Cape Town, South Africa. Maximum and mean dive depths were 69m and 14m respectively. Diving took place mainly during the day. Although dive depths differed between colonies, there were no significant differences in dive duration or maximum, median or mean depth. Total dive duration, descent time, bottom time, ascent time and dive angle all were strongly correlated with the maximum depth attained. The diving behaviour of African penguins is similar to that of its congeners. Diving performance probably was compromised by the data-logger used in the previous study. Comparative data from Humboldt penguins also indicate potential biases in an earlier study of this species. Care is needed when comparing the diving performance of penguins measured using different loggers.