Reviving Ancient Water Tunnels in the Desert-Digging for Gold？

The water shortage in the Middle East is a well-known problem. The introduction of diesel operated pumps for irrigation has caused a severe drop in groundwater levels. At the same time the demand for groundwater is growing to alarming proportions. Alternative ways of groundwater supply and management need to be found to halt social and economical disaster in the future. Why not look at history？ Qanats are subterranean tunnels ancient civilizations built to access groundwater. The technique is a sustainable method of groundwater extraction. Throughout the Middle East some settlements still make use of these ancient systems. In the summer of 2000, a community rehabilitation of a qanat was executed International Center for Areas （ICARDA） and with support from the Agricultural Research in Dry international donors. The renovation served as a pilot community intervention within a participatory action research project aimed at evaluating the use of qanats in Syria. In a second stage of the project, the pilot was scaled up to a nation-wide survey of Syrian qanats in 2001. This resulted in qanat renovations on other sites executed in 2oo2 and 2oo3 with further international support. This paper compares the first pilot renovation with a recent qanat renovation that took place in Qarah, Syria.     

Mountain Water Tower and Ecological Risk Estimation of the Mesta-Nestos Transboundary River Basin （Bulgaria-Greece）

The Mesta-Nestos river basin in Bulgaria and Greece is a case study for transboundary decision-making support in south-eastern Europe and a show-case for the development of methodologies and information-gathering for the integrated regional planning of water resources. Land-use conflicts in this water-scarce region cover a wide spectrum of activities like agricultural irrigation,drinking water production,diversions for industrial water,and risk of pollution from mining,to name a few examples. Measurements of the water quality were carried out in the upper basin. Results will be illustrated by the example of the environmental situation in the alpine region of the Pirin National Park as well as in the Razlog Basin with a stronger anthropogenic impact and pollution around a former uranium mine near the village of Ele?nica. The social and economic development of this transboundary region is a recently established priority for the future. It will mean an increase in water usage and more stress for the water resources if regional impacts of global climate change are verified. Problem-focused management of the catchment area as a whole on the basis of proved geo-data sets is needed for the future.     

Research activities on land-use/cover change in the past ten years in China using space technology

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Numerical analysis of the flow field in a sloshing tank with a horizontal perforated plate

Liquid sloshing is a type of free surface flow inside a partially filled water tank. Sloshing exerts a significant effect on the safety of liquid transport systems; in particular, it may cause large hydrodynamic loads when the frequency of the tank motion is close to the natural frequency of the tank. Perforated plates have recently been used to suppress the violent movement of liquids in a sloshing tank at resonant conditions. In this study, a numerical model based on OpenFOAM (Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation), an open source computed fluid dynamic code, is used to investigate resonant sloshing in a swaying tank with a submerged horizontal perforated plate. The numerical results of the free surface elevations are first verified using experimental data, and then the flow characteristics around the perforated plate and the fluid velocity distribution in the entire tank are examined using numerical examples. The results clearly show differences in sloshing motions under first-order and third-order resonant frequencies. This study provides a better understanding of the energy dissipation mechanism of a horizontal perforated plate in a swaying tank.     

山东省淄博地区隐伏岩溶发育的垂直分带及双层水位理论的应用

本文在搜集了淄博地区有关奥陶纪灰岩勘探孔的地质、水文地质和水化学等资料的基础上,探讨了淄博隐伏岩溶的垂直分带,以图在解决煤矿突水问题上提供指导性依据;同时,对双层水位理论进行了应用,利用人工形成的双层水位防止煤层底板突水、地面岩溶塌陷,以及地表水顺塌陷倒灌矿井;并能缓解矿井排水与矿山供水之间的矛盾。     

渭河盆地现今三维地壳运动及断裂活动性研究

渭河盆地GPS(1990~2015年)水平运动速率为4.3~11.6 mm/a,方向在107.8°E和110.5°E依次由西部的SEE转为中部的SE及东部的近E向。1980~2014年水准资料揭示,该地区垂向以继承性运动为主,速率-4.6~6.2 mm/a。鄂尔多斯地块以3 mm/a抬升,内部差异运动小于1 mm/a;盆地相对其以5 mm/a下沉,相对秦岭以4 mm/a下沉。垂向运动在凹陷和凸起区表现为四象限特征,断块/断裂交接处差异运动大、地震多发,西、南部断裂活动大于东、北部。岐山-马召等断裂以差异运动为主,渭河断裂中段达5 mm/a,其他断裂在3 mm/a以内。     

Automatic extraction of valley boundary from dems in the hilly Loess Plateau

1 INTRODUCTION The most remarkable topographical features in the severely eroded hilly Loess Plateau are positive (inter valley residual tablelands) and negative (valleys) landforms. They are separated by valley boundary. Topographic features above the boundary are called plateau (yuan) and narrow hillock. Below the boundary are gully walls and valley bottoms. This boundary lies along rapidly developing rills, grooves and gullies. The dynamic variation in valley boundary is indicative …     

Adjoint Method-Based Algorithm for Calculating the Relative Dispersion Ratio in a Hydrodynamic System

Relative dispersion ratio(RDR) can be used to quantify the deviation behavior of a water parcel's trajectory caused by a disturbance in a hydrodynamic system. It can be calculated by using a standard method for determining relative dispersion(RD),which accounts for the growth of the deviation of a cluster of particles from a specific initial time. However, the standard method for computing RD is time consuming. It involves numerous computations on tracing many water parcels. In this study, a new method based on the adjoint method is proposed to acquire a series of RDR fields in one round of tracing. Through this method,the continuous variation in the RDR corresponding to a time series of the disturbance time t can be obtained. The consistency and efficiency of the new method are compared with those of the standard method by applying it to a double-gyre flow and an unsteady Arnold-Beltrami-Childress flow field. Results show that the two methods have good consistency in a finite time span. The new method has a notable speedup for evaluating the RDR at multiple t.     

Rossby waves with linear topography in barotropic fluids

Rossby waves are the most important waves in the atmosphere and ocean, and are parts of a large-scale system in fluid. The theory and observation show that, they satisfy quasi-geostrophic and quasi-static equilibrium approximations. In this paper, solitary Rossby waves induced by linear topography in barotropic fluids with a shear flow are studied. In order to simplify the problem, the topography is taken as a linear function of latitude variable y, then employing a weakly nonlinear method and a perturbation method, a KdV （Korteweg-de Vries） equation describing evolution of the amplitude of solitary Rossby waves induced by linear topography is derived. The results show that the variation of linear topography can induce the solitary Rossby waves in barotropic fluids with a shear flow, and extend the classical geophysical theory of fluid dynamics.     

荣成伟德山岩体的侵位机制

伟德山岩体就位于大型韧性剪切带中，是构造后的花岗岩体，侵位时代为１３３—１５８Ｍａ。该岩体为同源岩浆演化的产物，演化规律为早期富含暗色组分，晚期富含浅色组分，并向二长花岗岩方向演化。其岩体形态为条带状和同心环带状。叶理、包体方向平行于接触线，无接触变质晕，条带与围岩协调。岩体向东有横向拓宽的趋势，并改造围岩。根据岩体形成、岩浆演化规律及区域地质构造背景等特征，认为伟德山岩体的侵位机制既不是单纯的被动模式，也非单纯的主动模式，而是以被动、主动先后为主导的侵位机制模式。     

四川省CORS网地壳运动速度场模型研究

使用GAMIT/GLOBK解算2006~2015年覆盖四川地区的50个CORS站的观测数据,并提取坐标时间序列,获得速度场模型。对四川省整体地壳运动以及区域应变场进行分析,结果表明,四川省CORS站水平方向平均速度为38.72 mm/a,速度场的优势方向为S73.9°E;欧亚框架下水平方向平均速度为14.40 mm/a,优势方向为S77.78°E,较ITRF2008框架下的速度降低了24.32 mm/a;垂直方向平均速度为3.43 mm/a,整体上表现为隆升状态,位于东部平原的少部分测站处于下降趋势,可能是由于城市建设、地下水或者煤矿、石油等自然资源的过度采伐导致;最大主应变率达到7.31×10-11/a,最小主应变率为-5.4×10-11/a,其中区域地壳面膨胀率高值区域集中在川西,低值区域和最大剪切应变率高值区域分布在三大断裂带附近。     

近60年济南市降水量变化特征分析

为查明济南市降水量变化特征和趋势,采用累积距平分析、Mann-Kendall法、集合经验模态分解(EEMD)等方法对1956-2018年济南市降水量进行综合分析.结果表明,济南市降水量呈上升的变化趋势,倾斜率为8.35 mm/10a,其中1956-1961 年、1967-1972年和1981-1993年为降水偏少时期,...     

论褶皱系和挤压型盆地逆冲断层的成因机制

根据材料力学纵弯杆概念,从定量角度分析了横向剪应力在纵弯褶曲中的分布和演化。纵弯褶曲的受力状态和变形情况与受轴向挤压面弯曲的矩形横断面纵弯杆相类似。由于纵弯杆中横向剪应力呈扇型分布,所产生的逆冲断层亦组成剖面上的扇型。扇状逆冲断层往往在褶曲陡翼发育,产生于褶皱变形达到一定阶段之后。     

在建设和谐社会过程中提高党的执政能力

促进社会和谐既是我国发展的重要目标和必要条件,又是我党执政能力的具体体现。当前我国社会诸多不和谐因素的存在,对于执政的中国共产党来说既是挑战也是机遇。和谐社会的创建,客观上要求提高中国共产党的执政能力,而提高党的执政能力又是实现我国社会和谐的重要条件和根本政治保障。执政能力的高低要靠执政实践来检验。所以,能否建成和谐社会,直接关系到中国共产党执政的成败。和谐社会的建设不是一蹴而就的,这将是一个长期的过程,中国共产党执政能力和执政水平的提高也将是一个渐进的过程。     

亚纯函数微分多项式的一个正规定则

证明了下面两个定理：（1）设n,k≥2为正整数,a为有穷非零复数,F为区域D上的亚纯函数族,F中任一函数的零点重级至少为k．vf,g∈F,fLn（f）与gLn（g）IM分担a．则F在D上正规,其中L（f）为f（k）＋a1f^（k-1）＋…＋akf,这里a1,…,ak为常数．（2）设n,k为正整数,且n≥2,a为有穷非零复数,F为区域D上的亚纯函数族,F中任一函数的零点重级至少为k,且fLn（f（z））=a能够推出｜f^（k）（z）｜≤A,其中A为正数,则F在区域D上正规．     

联合GPS与重力资料反演福建地区地壳运动

联合福建省近几年的GPS基本网、基准站观测数据和重力复测数据,反演福建块体的分块运动参数和主要活动断裂运动状态。结果显示,受欧亚板块、菲律宾海板块和太平洋板块相互碰撞的影响,福建地区块体的运动样式大体呈现顺时针方向的运动,造成北东向断裂作左旋走滑运动,而北西向断裂以右旋走滑为主。其中,长乐-诏安断裂带、邵武-河源断裂带和永安-晋江断裂带是块体内最活跃的断裂带,其左旋走滑速率分别为0.7±1.3、0.7±1.7和0.6±1.8mm/a,九龙江下游断裂带具有0.5±1.7mm/a的右旋走滑速率。     

Seismic waves in a layered half-space from an arbitrary buried source

In this paper, a transfer matrix and a three-dimensional dynamic response of a layered half-space to an arbitrary buried source are derived with the aid of a technique which combines the Laplace and two-dimensional Fourier transforms in a rectangular coordinate system. This method is clear in concept, and the corresponding formulas given in the paper are simple and convenient for marine seismic prospecting and other fields' applications. An example is presented and the calculated results are in good agreement with those of the finite element method (FEM).     

Environmental anomalies in the northeastern East China Sea during the last 3 000 years: implications for El Niño activity in the Holocene

To reconstruct the productivity changes for the last 10 500 a in the northeastern East China Sea (ECS), biogenic compounds (such as carbonate, organic carbon and opal), marine micropaleontological fossils (planktonic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, radiolarian and silicoflagellate) and the compositional characters of benthic foraminifera fauna analyses were carried out on a sediment core DOC082 obtained from the western slope of Okinawa Trough (29°13.93′N, 128°08.53′E; 1 128 m water depth). The long-term changes of biogenic and micropaleontological proxies display some similarities through the last 10 500 a, which show three different phases: lower values are recorded during the early and middle Holocene (before about 4 000 a BP), followed by an abrupt and remarkable increase at about 4 000 a BP, the late Holocene (after about 3 000 a BP) is characterized by continuously high values. The multi-proxy data of paleoproductivity and percents of benthic foraminifera genera (Uvigerina and Bulimina) show that during the early and middle Holocene (10 500–4 000 a BP) productivity was relatively low with a sudden and distinct increase at about 4 000 a BP, and the late Holocene (3 400–0 a BP) is marked by significantly higher productivity. Also, the radiolarian-based sea surface temperature (SST) records reveal a distinct decline in SST in the late Holocene after 3 200 a BP, very different from the early and middle Holocene. For the last 3 000 a, the enhanced biological productivity and distinctly lower SST indicate a major change of oceanographic conditions in the northeastern ECS. These marine environmental anomalies are consistent with other paleoclimatic records for the late Holocene in the Chinese continent and its surrounding regions. After analyzing the mechanisms of modern productivity and SST changes in the northeastern ECS, and based on the climatic anomalies in the Chinese continent and variations in the Kuroshio Current during modern El Niño periods, we suggest that the anomalous environmental conditions in the northeastern ECS may imply intensified El Niño activity during the late Holocene.     

Dynamic visual simulation of marine vector field based on LIC——a case study of surface wave field in typhoon condition

Line integral convolution(LIC) is a useful visualization technique for a vector field. However, the output image produced by LIC has many problems in a marine vector field. We focus on the visual quality improvement when LIC is applied in the ocean steady and unsteady flow field in the following aspects. When a white noise is used as the input in a steady flow field, interpolation is used to turn the discrete white noise into continuous white noise to solve the problem of discontinuity. The "cross" high-pass filtering is used to enhance the textures of streamlines to be more concentrated and continuity strengthened for each streamline. When a sparse noise is used as the input in a steady flow field, we change the directions of background sparse noise according to the directions of vector field to make the streamlines clearer and brighter. In addition, we provide a random initial phase for every streamline to avoid the pulsation effect during animation. The velocities of vector field are encoded in the speed of the same length streamlines so that the running speed of streamlines can express flow rate. Meanwhile, to solve the problem of obvious boundaries when stitching image, we change the streamline tracking constraints. When a white noise is used as an input in an unsteady flow field, double value scattering is used to enhance the contrast of streamlines; moreover, the "cross" high-pass filtering is also adopt instead of two-dimensional high-pass filtering. Finally, we apply the above methods to a case of the surface wave field in typhoon condition. Our experimental results show that applying the methods can generate high-quality wave images and animations. Therefore, it is helpful to understand and study waves in typhoon condition to avoid the potential harm of the waves to people's lives and property.     

Effect of the inclined weak interlayers on the rainfall response of a bedded rock slope

Engineering experience shows that outward dipping bedded rock slopes, especially including weak interlayers, are prone to slide under rainfall conditions. To investigate the effect of inclined weak interlayers at various levels of depth below the surface on the variation of displacements and stresses in bedded rock slopes, four geo-mechanical model tests with artificial rainfall have been conducted. Displacements, water content as well as earth pressure in the model were monitored by means of various FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) sensors. The results showed that the amount of displacement of a slope with a weak interlayer is 2.8 to 6.2 times larger than that of a slope without a weak interlayer during one rainfall event. Furthermore, the position of the weak interlayer in terms of depth below the surface has a significant effect on the zone of deformation in the model. In the slope with a high position weak interlayer, the recorded deformation was larger in the superficial layer of the model and smaller in the frontal portion than in the slope with a low position weak interlayer. The slope with two weak interlayers has the largest deformation at all locations of all test slopes. The slope without a weak interlayer was only saturated in its superficial layer, while the displacement decreased with depth. That was different from all slopes with a weak interlayer in which the largest displacement shifted from the superficial layer to the weak interlayer when rainfall persisted. Plastic deformation of the weak interlayer promoted the formation of cracks which caused more water to flow into the slope, thus causing larger deformation in the slope with weak interlayers. In addition, the slide thrust pressure showed a vibration phenomenon 0.5 to 1 hour ahead of an abrupt increase of the deformation, which was interpreted as a predictor for rainfall-induced failure of bedded rock slopes.