Importance of quantification of local site effects based on wave propagation in seismic microzonation

This paper presents the three most important aspects of seismic microzonation namely prediction of fundamental frequency (F ₀) of soil deposit, aggravation factor (aggravation factor is simply the extra spectral amplification due to complex 2D site effects over the 1D response of the soil column) and the spatial variability of the ground motion caused by the basin-edge induced Love waves. The predicted F ₀ of single, double and three-soil-layered models revealed that the available empirical relations to predict the F ₀ of layered soil deposits are inadequate. We recommend the use of analytical or numerical methods to predict such an important parameter based on wave propagation effects. An increase of amplitude of Love wave, strain level and average aggravation factor (AAF) with increase of impedance contrast was obtained. Based on the trend of rate of decrease of AAF and maximum strain with offset from the basin-edge, we can qualitatively infer that the effects of induced Love wave may reduce to a negligible value after a traveled distance of 6.5–10.0 λ _F (where λ _F is the wavelength corresponding to the F ₀ of soil layer). The obtained increase of strain level with the decrease of distance between two receiver points used for the computation of strain reflects that structures having spatial extent smaller than the λ _F may suffer damage due to the basin-edge induced surface waves. The fast rate of decrease of strain with the offset from the strong lateral discontinuity (SLD)/basin-edge may be attributed to the dispersive nature of Love wave. We can incorporate the increased spectral amplification due to the induced surface waves in the form of aggravation factor but till date we have no effective way to incorporate the effects of developed strain by induced surface waves in seismic microzonation or in building codes.     

2.5D Simulation of basin-edge effects on the ground motion characteristics

The effects of basin-edge and soil velocity on the ground motion characteristics have been simulated using 2.5D modeling. One of the most significant advantages of the 2.5D simulation is that 3D radiation pattern can be generated in a 2D numerical grid using double-couple shear dislocation source. Further, 2.5D numerical modeling avoids the extensive computational cost of 3D modeling. The responses of basin-edge model using different soil velocities revealed that surface waves were generated near the edge of the basin and propagated normal to the edge, towards the basin. Further, the results depict increase of amplification, duration and surface wave generation with the decrease in soil velocity.     

Dynamic response of concrete gravity dams including dam–water–foundation interaction

In this paper, the gravity dam–water–foundation system including the physical and mechanical properties of the sediment at the reservoir bottom is modelled using a finite element and infinite element coupling model. The sediment at the reservoir bottom has been assumed to be a viscoelastic solid medium. The effects of thickness, elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio and material damping of the sediment on the response of the dam have been studied. The related numerical results from this study illustrated that the existence of the sediment at the bottom of the reservoir has significant effects on the response of concrete gravity dams since the soft layer of the sediment plays two main roles in the dam–water–foundation system, the energy dissipation of the system and the amplification of the incident wave on the water–sediment interface. It is the amplified acceleration on the water–sediment interface that results in different mechanisms of the effect of the sediment on the response of the dam. Therefore, apart from the incident wave, the thickness, the softness and the damping ratio of the sediment can also affect the response of the dam.     

松科二井邻域沙河子组含油气地层结构特征——基于测井和地震数据的分析

松辽盆地大陆深部科学钻探工程"松科二井"获得了最完整的沙河子组地层岩心,初步识别出深部页岩气气测异常43层,累计厚度102 m,显示出沙河子组地层具有良好的深部能源前景。为进一步分析松辽盆地沙河子组地层油气资源潜力,本文在前人研究的基础上,结合松科二井测井、岩心数据和地震数据,分析松科二井邻域沙河子组地层的层序特征和空间展布,同时以随钻录井记录到的气测异常为出发点,分析沙河子组地层的测井和地震响应。结果显示:松科二井邻域沙河子组地层具有厚度大、横向延续小的地层展布特点,根据测井、岩心及地震数据,将沙河子组地层分为4个三级层序:SQ1、SQ2、SQ3和SQ4,其中顶部SQ4层序具有较好的油气前景,其岩性以泥岩为主,并具有相对较高孔隙度、低波阻抗的测井曲线特征,在地震剖面上表现为连续强振幅,阻抗反演剖面上存在局部低波阻抗特征,揭示了该区沙河子组深层天然气资源的赋存条件。     

Modeling the seismic response of basin-edge structure by a sequential waveform method

A sequential waveform method is developed to simulate the seismic response of basin-edge structure excited by a plane incident P-wave. The full procedure involves: (a) a previous parameterization of the investigated model using the seismic wave velocities and depths of the sedimentary stratifications; (b) an input motion determined from the records at stations installed on hard rock; (c) forward computation of the P-SV elastic wave field by means of a two-dimensional finite difference (FD) method; (d) the optimization of the model vector using simulated annealing technique and comparing the simulated seismic response of the tested structure with the observed wave field; (e) the correction of the initial model by trial-and-error by testing the differences between synthetics and observed data, and (f) the final solution obtained by iteration using the conjugate gradient algorithm. The search of an optimal basin-edge model has been parallel processed by varying the shapes and velocities of strata on the basis of the fitting of relative timing, amplitude and phase between the output and the observed data. The input motion and sensitivity have been checked and the validity of the method has been demonstrated by numeric analysis. Using the teleseismic records generated by 7 earthquakes recorded at 26 broadband seismic stations, we have studied the seismic velocity structure of the southern edge of the Jiyang depression located in the Bohai Bay basin, northern China. Two cross sections show an agreement between the velocity results and the geological sections available in the region. In addition, we obtain evidence of three hidden faults under the sections and features that suggest major extensions at the Paleogene.     

时间域航空电磁数据加权横向约束反演

传统的单点一维反演技术处理时间域航空电磁数据得到的电阻率和层厚度容易呈现横向不连续性,导致层界面不光滑。即使相邻测点的反演结果也会出现突变现象,与实际地质情况不符,给解释工作带来困难。笔者针对时间域航空电磁数据空间采样密集、在沉积岩地区工作时地下电性结构横向连续性较好的特点,研究了时间域航空电磁数据参数加权横向约束反演方法。反演时同时考虑数据拟合、相邻测点电阻率和层厚度横向约束以及深度横向约束,利用参数加权来调整对各层模型参数和深度横向光滑度的约束强度。通过对理论和实测数据反演并与传统的单点一维反演结果进行对比,验证了拟二维横向加权约束反演是处理时间域航空电磁数据的有效方法。横向约束反演结果电阻率和层厚度横向光滑连续,层界面清晰。引入参数加权实现对不同参数横向光滑度和连续性的制约,可进一步提高反演解的稳定性。加权因子对反演结果有较大影响,在实际应用中,应该综合考虑地质资料选择合适的加权因子。     

强潮海湾近岸表层沉积物时空分布特征及水动力响应——以杭州湾北岸为例

沉积物粒度参数是表征其分布和输运特征的重要信息。根据2005年7月和2006年12月采集的167个表层沉积物样品以及收集到的实测水文资料,以杭州湾北岸为例,分析研究强潮海湾近岸表层沉积物的时空变异特征,同时在应用GSTA模型对沉积物进行输运趋势分析的基础上探讨该区域的泥沙来源,并通过掀沙计算分析表层沉积物对高能水动力环境的响应过程。结果表明:（1）杭州湾北岸表层沉积物普遍较细,以粉砂质粘土为主,在南汇、金山岸段存在两个砂质密集区,并且随动力条件的不同在由岸向海方向呈现出逐渐变细的粒度趋势;（2）表层沉积物粒度特征在洪、枯季亦存有差异,枯季较洪季存在普遍粗化现象;（3）GSTA模型结果显示该区域泥沙主要来源于上游岸段来沙和湾口海域来沙,此外局部区域之间的泥沙交换过程也是区域内泥沙平衡协调的重要途径;（4）潮流掀沙作用主要以南汇和奉贤水域为主,波浪掀沙作用范围基本覆盖研究区域的整个岸段,且波高为1.5 m（P=94.9%）以下的波浪掀沙作用对浅水区域的影响最为显著。     

Submarine channel levee shape and sediment waves from physical experiments

Submarine channel levees aggrade through repeated overspill events from the channel axis. The shape of the levees may therefore reflect some characteristic(s) of the overspilling flow. It has been noted that basin floor levees typically have a relatively low-relief and taper exponentially to their termination; in contrast slope channel levees may be much steeper close to the channel. A simple physical experiment was performed where a surge-like sediment-laden current flowed through a curved channel. Significant overspill occurred and generated a deposit flanking the channel on either side. The experiment was repeated 25 times to build up low-relief channel-levees. It was found that in proximal areas, levees were steep and characterised by power-law decays, a transitional zone of logarithmically thinning levee was found a little further down-channel, followed by exponential decays in medial to distal areas. The style of levee decay is a function of spatial variation in overbank sedimentation rates. Where flows rapidly lose momentum and deposit across the grain-size spectrum, i.e., in proximal areas, levees tend to be steep; farther down the channel, the steep levee slope gives way to a more gradually tapering deposit. In more distal parts of the channel, deposition is directly related to sediment settling velocity (rather than the suspended load exceeding flow transport capacity as is the case in proximal areas), the deposit reflects this with relatively simple exponential thickness decays. Additionally, small-scale sediment waves developed under lee wave conditions on the inner-bend overbank. The waves initially migrated slightly towards the channel, but as the style of overspill evolved due to intra-channel deposition, flows moved out of the lee wave window and sedimentation became out of phase with the wavelength of the features and the topography was healed.     

A passive seismic approach to estimating the thickness of sedimentary cover on the Nullarbor Plain,Western Australia

Passive seismic approaches, using a single-station, enable rapid, cost-effective and non-invasive estimates of the thickness of sedimentary rocks overlying crystalline basement. This approach was applied to estimate the Cenozoic and Cretaceous succession beneath the Nullarbor Plain in southeastern Western Australia. Passive seismic data acquired at the majority of the 94 sites show a single, strong resonance frequency peak between 0.4 and 0.6 Hz suggesting an impedance contrast of a single subsurface layer. Modelling these resonance frequencies against known stratigraphy at 12 drill holes shows that this impedance contrast corresponds to the contact of the base of the Cenozoic–Cretaceous sedimentary succession of the Eucla and Bight basins with the crystalline basement. Data from the remaining sites produced sediment thickness estimates ranging from only tens of metres near the western edge of the Nullarbor Plain to over 860 m near its southern margin. Near this margin, rapid thickening of the sedimentary cover is coincident with an interpreted paleosea-cliff or indicative of localised faulting. Beneath the Western Australian portion of the Nullarbor Plain the sedimentary cover is on average 320 m thick with the succession thinning gradually towards the margins of the basin. A passive seismic approach is thus seen as a useful screening tool for the mineral exploration industry in areas that are under cover allowing for better targeting and cost-reduction in greenfields exploration.     

断层模型约束反演在煤层横向预测中的应用研究

在精细断层解释的基础上,以地震层位为趋势面,通过对趋势面局部微调,使各层面的变化趋势和空间关系更加合理。通过网格精度和地层厚度有控制构建包含断层在内的精细构造框架模型,并根据波阻抗的差异特征,利用断层模型约束波阻抗反演实现煤层的横向预测。实例表明,基于断层模型约束反演技术的煤层横向预测方法,可精细描述煤层尖灭、变薄、分叉合并、厚度变化等赋煤形态,经实际钻井资料验证吻合较好。     

Geophysical methods for mapping Quaternary sediment thickness: Application to the Saint-Lary basin (French Pyrenees)

This study aims at mapping the sediment infill thickness in the Saint-Lary basin (Aure valley, French Pyrenees). For this purpose, we combine passive seismic and gravity surveys. The resonance frequencies of the sediment body are retrieved from seismic ambient measurements, while the gravimetric survey shows negative residual anomaly of about −3 mGal in the basin. Both methods reveal unexpected but consistent bedrock shape. The southern Saint-Lary basin appears deeper than its northern part, with maximal infill thickness of about 300 m and 150 m, respectively. Valley cross sections show regular and smooth “U”-shape in the southern Saint-Lary basin, in contrast to an irregular and asymmetric pattern in the northern basin. This basin shape may be related to Quaternary fluvio-glacial carving processes especially controlled by a regional fault (the Soulan fault), variations in bedrock hardness, and preferential ice flow paths.     

贵州退耕还林以来土壤侵蚀的时空变化及与降水关系

用变差系数作为衡量其变化幅度大小的指标,运用二元定序变量的Spearman相关分析方法,对贵州省2000年退耕还林以来的河流输沙量、输沙模数和泥沙含量的时空变化与降水量的关系进行了分析。结果表明:贵州省退耕还林以来,河流的输沙量、输沙模数与含沙量均呈减少的趋势,三者的年际变化幅度比较小,但是比其降水量的变化幅度大;从空间差异看,贵州长江流域多年的平均输沙量、输沙模数和河流含沙量比贵州珠江流域的大,而河流输沙量、输沙模数与含沙量的年际变化幅度则比贵州珠江流域的小;贵州的输沙量与降水量的Spearman相关系数为0.897,关系密切,其回归统计方程模型为y=x1.223。      

黄骅坳陷孔南地区孔二段湖盆结构恢复

孔南地区孔二段受到沧东断层、徐西断层等活动影响,地层结构遭受强烈的改造,原有湖盆结构发生了很大的变化。隆起区构造单元富泥质沉积,凹陷构造单元富砂质沉积,成为研究区孔二段的主要特征之一,也成为研究的难点。本文通过对研究区孔二段沉积厚度、岩相、沉积相、构造分析以及等时地层格架下的沉积体系展布规律分析等,对孔二段沉积时期湖盆结构进行了恢复,改变了以往认为孔店期为断陷产物的认识,得出孔二段沉积时期,湖盆总体为坳陷盆地,现今处于盆地中心的孔店隆起构造带为孔二期的古湖盆中心和沉降中心。这一结论对认识黄骅坳陷孔南地区盆地演化,成因机制和油气勘探具有重要的意义。     

华北盆地Lg波衰减及台站场地响应特征

华北盆地是中国大陆地震活跃区之一,通过地震波衰减及场地响应参数研究该区构造介质属性及台基属性对地震预测预报、灾害评估具有重要意义.基于Lg波谱比的联合反演方法是获得地震波衰减参数及场地响应的有效方法,通过随机重采样方法可以检验解的稳定性.使用华北盆地68个台站记录的2004—2008年的149次地震,震级M_L为1.7~5.3的震中距为100~600 km,按信噪比大于2的标准挑选有效垂向记录1 000多条,地震射线较好地覆盖了华北盆地38°N~41°N、114°E~120°E区域.采用2.60~3.65 km/s的速度窗截取Lg波形并转化为频谱,研究频率范围为1~7 Hz,频率间隔0.2 Hz.计算得到的地震波衰减品质因子Q(f)与频率f的关系可表示为Q(f)=125±4.4f0.86±0.03,研究区为低Q₀(对应频率1 Hz),高频率依赖性的构造活跃区.基岩台站对地震波没有表现出明显放大作用,黄土沉积台站低频端比高频端明显放大;场地响应波动较大台站其解的标准偏差也大,说明场地响应的不稳定性体现了台基属性的非稳定性特征.      

Radioactive occurrence in sediments of Cenozoic age near Bandha village,Jaisalmer district,Rajasthan

The radioactivity is dependent on the isotope and their concentration in the mineral such as potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). In this paper the presence of a 3 to 5 m thick uranium and thorium bearing sediment of Cenozoic age is reported above Goru Formation of Jaisalmer basin. Gamma ray log response of Well-1 which falls under the study area has marked with very high GR (gamma ray) readings ranging from 350-1488 API coupled with high uranium and thorium content from spectral gamma ray log ranging from 92-178 ppm and 60-80 ppm respectively at the depth of 50 m from ground surface (-110m above MSL). Further studies are required to delineate the lateral thickness variation for mining purpose which may be a radioactive source.     

Synsedimentary tectonics of the Palaeozoic of the Drahany Upland (Sudeticum, Moravia, Czechoslovakia)

Southern parts of the Moravian Palaeozoic afford a good example of the complicated interrelationship between geosynclinal sedimentation and tectonics. The function of transverse deep-seated synsedimentary faults, separating the basin into big transverse blocks, is described in detail. The mobility of the basement of the individual transverse blocks influence sediment development, thickness, and the intensity of their deformation. The flysch and molasse facies complexes display a close relationship with the lifting of intermountain blocks and subsidence of basins. The clastic material was transported transverse to the basin axis. Where transverse axial depressions occur coarse clastic material accumulated as alluvial fans. This material was reworked by lateral currents and distributed parallel to the basin axis, within the limits of the zone of maximum subsidence. This zone of maximum subsidence shifted from the intermountain block toward the foreland (geosynclinal polariry in the sense of Aubouin, 1965). The transverse blocks with maximum sediment thickness (mainly those belonging to pre-flysch and flysch facies complexes) display the most distinct polarity and most intense sediment deformation. By contrast, transverse blocks with sedimentary sequences of small thickness (where carbonate, and eventually molasse facies complexes prevail) lack the pronounced polarity and are less deformed. Our observations lead to the conclusion that dilation stage of geosyncline development did not exist in the course of the deposition of pre-flysch facies complex.     

冷泉羽状流地震波场频谱特征与气含量关系研究

为深入研究羽状流地震响应特征以及羽状流气含量反演,利用实际羽状流地震偏移剖面中单道和多道地震数据,首先进行地震波时域波形特征分析以及地震波场频谱特征分析,羽状流时域波形呈现出散射波动特征,其频谱较宽,表现出开叉较多的散射波频谱特征.然后通过已有气含量与振幅属性关系模型反演气含量,提取羽状流地震频谱参量.最后进行羽状流地...     

瞬态瑞雷波反演横波的SVD算法及其应用

利用奇异值分解算法对瑞雷波频散曲线进行反演,提高横波速度的反演精度,引入权重矩阵提高数据分辨率,采用自适应修改阻尼因子提高迭代效果并协调分辨率与解的关系.某高速公路软土路基实测资料试算结果表明,用该算法对瞬态瑞雷波频散曲线进行反演,不但具有稳定性好、精度高、分辨能力强的特点,而且能自动分层和反演地层参数,在高速公路软土路基探测等领域中具有广阔的应用前景.     

多井约束三维地震反演技术在煤厚预测中的应用

利用测井资料结合三维地震数据体及其解释成果进行多井约束下的波阻抗反演。通过层位标定确定煤层所对应的波阻抗层，然后提取该波阻抗层的厚度并与钻孔见煤点处的煤层厚度进行拟合匹配，最终得到三维地震测区的煤层厚度分布规律。     

Flow structure of turbidity currents

A two‐dimensional numerical model is used to describe the flow structure of turbidity currents in a vertical plane. To test the accuracy of the model, it is applied to historical flows in Bute Inlet and the Grand Banks flow. The two‐dimensional spatial and temporal distributions of velocity and sediment concentration and non‐dimensionalized vertical profiles of velocity, turbulent kinetic energy and sediment concentration are discussed for several simple computational currents. The flows show a clear interaction between velocity, turbulence and sediment distribution. The results of the numerical tests show that flows with fine‐grained sediment have low vertical and high horizontal gradients of velocity and sediment concentration, show little increase in flow thickness and decelerate slowly. Steadiness and uniformity in these flows are comparable for velocity and concentration. In contrast, flows with coarse‐grained sediment have high vertical and low horizontal velocity gradients and high horizontal concentration gradients. These flows grow considerably in thickness and decelerate rapidly. Steadiness and uniformity in flows with coarse‐grained sediment are different for velocity and concentration. The results show the influence of spatial and temporal flow structure on flow duration and sediment transport.