吉林台网测震台站监测效能评估

由于种种原因,台站地震计的固有周期、阻尼、灵敏度、观测动态范围等参数和台基噪声在运行的过程中会发生变化。本文用阶跃标定和计算观测动态范围、台基噪声功率谱的方法,得到吉林测震台网各台站地震计参数和台基噪声的变化情况,掌握吉林测震台网各台站的监测能力,为以后吉林测震台网的建设和发展提出建议。     

青海数字测震台网台站地动噪声分析

介绍了青海省数字测震台网布局建设和数字测震台站仪器的配置,通过对2012年1月～2021年10月青海省的38个数字测震台站地动噪声功率谱密度计算,得出10年来各测震台站地动噪声水平RMS值在逐年增长,并按噪声计算结果对台站进行了分类,找出噪声水平变化大的台站,给出功率谱密度曲线图,指出了影响台站背景噪声的因素除了仪器本身的性能外,主要与台基条件和台址环境有关,针对性地对部分台站观测环境的改造提供了建议。     

山东数字测震台站台基背景噪声分析

介绍了山东数字地震台网基本情况,计算了40个测震台站台基背景噪声,利用Welch方法计算噪声功率谱密度（PSD）,进而计算地震台台基1—20 Hz地动噪声均方根值（RMS）和有效动态观测范围。根据计算结果,依照《地震台站观测环境技术要求》,对山东测震数字台网40个参评测震台站进行背景噪声级别分类,并分析不同台站背景噪声水平较低的原因,以期为测震台网的优化建设提供数据支持。     

北京市测震台网数字地震台站台基背景噪声分析

基于北京市测震台网连续三分量地震计波形数据,计算28个测震台站台基噪声,利用Welch方法计算噪声功率谱密度（PSD）,进而计算地震台台基1-20 Hz地动噪声均方根值（RMS）和观测动态范围。结果表明,依照《地震台站观测环境技术要求》,北京市测震台网中有11个Ⅰ类台、9个Ⅱ类台、6个Ⅲ类台、2个Ⅳ类台。通过分析北京市测震台网数字地震台背景噪声水平,为测震台网的规划建设提供数据支持。     

山西数字测震台站观测动态范围和台基背景噪声分析

通过对山西数字测震台网台基背景噪声的计算和分析,得出各台基背景噪声地动速度均方根值(RMS)、有效测量动态范围、噪声信号功率谱。该研究结果为山西省主动震源技术发展和应用提供基础资料,也为测震台网的规划建设提供理论依据。     

北京测震台网台基背景噪声特征

利用Welch算法,选取北京市测震台网28个测震台站地震连续波形中不同时段的无震记录,计算其台基噪声功率谱并进行背景噪声特征的统计分析,结果表明:北京市测震台网各台基噪声背景优势频率各有特征,高低频段噪声功率谱曲线差异大。在1~20Hz频段内,北京地区的背景噪声高值区出现在中心城区附近,低值区出现在北部的琉璃庙、密云和南部的上方山等台站,主要受人为噪声影响;在0.008~0.1Hz频段内,北京所有地区差异不大。     

新疆数字地震台站观测动态范围和台基噪声的分析

介绍了新疆数字地震台仪器的配置,对新疆23个数字地震台站台基噪声进行分析计算。台站的观测动态范围,反映了观测仪器本身的性能和台基环境干扰背景的水平,有效动态范围大小反映记录地震信号的最大能力。台站(台网)的监测能力不仅取决于仪器的性能,而且还与台基的噪声背景有关。得出了各地震台台基的脉动噪声的均方根值、观测动态范围、地噪声功率谱。有效观测动态范围的大小与数字地震仪的种类和配置有关。新疆23个数字地震台中的21个台的台基地动噪声在1~20 Hz内符合中国数字测震台网技术规程的要求,而另外2个台,即二宫和石河子数字地震台没有达到规定指标。     

阿坝州数字地震台网的动态范围与台网监控能力计算

本文从阿坝州数字地震台网布局入手,随机选取了一定数量的台站地脉动记录数据,利用Noise_psd011噪声功率谱密度测定程序对样本进行分析,得到各台站的台基地动噪声均值,进而计算出各台站观测系统动态范围和台网监控能力。     

山东“十五”测震台网子台地动躁声初步分析

对山东“十五”测震台网正在测试运行的36个国家任务子台的地动噪声进行分析计算,得到各台的背景噪声地动速度均方根值（RMS值）、有效测量动态范围和噪声信号功率谱。结果表明,各子台中有沂水台、莒县台、郯城台、新泰台、烟台台、荣成台、苍山台、商河台、莱州台、龙口台、海阳台、文登台及临朐台是符合一类测震台的标准,其他台站均符合测震台站的选址要求。     

黑龙江省测震台站背景噪声及动态范围分析

通过对黑龙江省测震台站台基背景噪声数据的计算和分析,得到当前各参评台站台基背景噪声地动速度均方根值（RMS）、台基噪声等级以及有效测量动态范围,并对存在突出问题的PSD曲线进行分析。通过计算各台站功率谱密度,得出台站在不同频段受干扰的情况。分析认为,黑龙江省29个台站环境地噪声水平为Ⅰ级,碾子山地震台环境地噪声水平为Ⅱ级（受当地采矿业机械震动影响）,七台河地震台环境地噪声水平为Ⅳ级;除七台河地震台观测动态范围小于130 dB,其他台站均大于130 dB。     

A Monte Carlo study of rainfall forecasting with a stochastic model

A procedure for short-term rainfall forecasting in real-time is developed and a study of the role of sampling on forecast ability is conducted. Ground level rainfall fields are forecasted using a stochastic space-time rainfall model in state-space form. Updating of the rainfall field in real-time is accomplished using a distributed parameter Kalman filter to optimally combine measurement information and forecast model estimates. The influence of sampling density on forecast accuracy is evaluated using a series of a simulated rainfall events generated with the same stochastic rainfall model. Sampling was conducted at five different network spatial densities. The results quantify the influence of sampling network density on real-time rainfall field forecasting. Statistical analyses of the rainfall field residuals illustrate improvement in one hour lead time forecasts at higher measurement densities.     

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Aims And Scope

正This journal is established by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics(IEM),China Earthquake Administration,to promote scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers so as to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation,preparedness,and recovery.To accomplish this purpose,the journal aims to attract a balanced number of papers between Chinese and     

Solute concentrations in the lower niger river and the source rock contribution

Water quality analyses for the Niger River for the 1980/81 hydrological year are presented. The samples were collected from the main river at Lokoja, and from two main tributaries, the Kaduna and the Benue Rivers. Different water types were distinguished by the concentrations of major ions. The type Ca > Na > Mg > K - HCO₃ > SO₄ > Cl was represented at all stations during at least part of the year. Chloride was found to dominate the sulphate ion in the Kaduna and Niger, while the Benue maintained a higher concentration of sulphate relative to chloride all year round. Distinct patterns of seasonal variation in the ion concentrations were observed, particularly for the samples collected at Lokoja. Low ion concentrations were prominent during periods of high discharge, while low flow periods coincided with high dissolved ion concentrations. The contribution of rainwater to the total dissolved solids in the river waters was assessed indirectly using rainwater chemistry data from the Gulf of Guinea. The estimated rainwater contribution to the Lower Niger amounts to 5.15 mg 1^?1. Geochemical weathering calculations involving reactions of the four major minerals of granitic rocks - anorthite, biotite, albite, and K-feldspar - with carbon dioxide and water, can account for the average water composition of the Lower Niger. The proportion of the ionic components was also related to the occurrence of the respective element in the minerals.     

Scenario predictions for potential near-field and far-field earthquakes affecting Hong Kong

Historical earthquakes noted in the written records of the South China region, including Hong Kong, are not well delineated along identified prominent fault sources. Despite the lack of any definitive, localised trend in the spatial distribution of seismic activity in the region, there does appear to be some major disparity in the seismic activity rates (especially for large magnitude earthquakes) between the near-field and the far-field regions of Hong Kong. Despite this observation, previous studies of the regional seismic activity and seismic ground motion hazard (the latter using a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, PSHA) have considered very broad source zone regions, in which uniform levels of seismic activity have been assumed. The present paper further scrutinises this broad source zone (BSZ) approach by adopting a novel expanding circular disc (ECD) method to determine the rates of earthquake recurrence. Such a method is intended to counter-check previously developed models by determining earthquake scenario events in terms of magnitude–distance (M–R) pairs or combinations, having defined values of average return period. Unlike the BSZ approach, the ECD method specifically accounts for the supposed variations in the seismic activity rates between events in the near-field and the far-field of Hong Kong.The form of the developed method is particularly suited to the determination of design-level earthquake ground motions for bedrock sites, since it assumes a directionally-independent attenuation model as described in the companion paper. It is found that, whilst the BSZ approach may indicate the overall average levels of hazard that are representative of the South China region as a whole, it does not capture the large disparity in seismic activity rates between near-field and far-field events. This important feature is expected to have a significant impact upon engineering assessments of the seismic safety of structures in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the South China region. For example, it is found that for events with M≥6, the seismic activity rate (normalised by time and area) in the very far-field is around 3.5 times larger than in the near-field and medium-field of Hong Kong. The resulting design M-R combinations, covering a range of return periods from 70 to 2500 years, are limited, for very long return periods and for distant events, by the maximum credible earthquake (MCE) magnitude. Intensive research to determine this seismic hazard parameter is recommended, in order to refine further the results of the ECD analysis, which presently conservatively assumes the MCE to range between M=6 in the near-field of Hong Kong to M=8 in the very far-field, at distances greater than 280 km from Hong Kong.     

Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia

Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales are widely distributed in southeastern Mongolia. Due to the high organic carbon content of oil shale, many geochemical studies and petroleum exploration have been conducted. Although most of the oil shales are considered to be Early Cretaceous in age, a recent study reveals that some were deposited in the Middle Jurassic. The present study aims at establishing depositional ages and characteristics of the Jurassic and Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in Mongolia. The Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation is about 250 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale and dolomite. The Middle Jurassic Eedemt Formation is about 150 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale, dolomitic marl, and siltstone. The alternations of shale and dolomite in both formations were formed by lake level changes, reflecting precipitation changes. Shales were deposited in the center of a deep lake during highstand, while dolomites were formed by primary precipitation during lowstand. Based on the radiometric age dating, the Shinekhudag Formation was deposited between 123.8 ±2.0 Ma and 118.5 ±0.9 Ma of the early Aptian. The Eedemt Formation was deposited at around 165–158 Ma of Callovian–Oxfordian. The calculated sedimentation rate of the Shinekhudag Formation is between 4.7 ±2.6 cm/ky and 10.0 ±7.6 cm/ky. Shales in the Shinekhudag Formation show micrometer‐scale lamination, consisting of algal organic matter and detrital clay mineral couplets. Given the average thickness of micro‐laminae and calculated sedimentation rate, the micro‐lamination is most likely of varve origin. Both Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales were deposited in intracontinental basins in the paleo‐Asian continent. Tectonic processes and basin evolution basically controlled the deposition of these oil shales. In addition, enhanced precipitation under humid climate during the early Aptian and the Callovian–Oxfordian was another key factor inducing the widespread oil shale deposition in Mongolia.     

THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF THE INFILTRATION PROBLEM

ABSTRACT

The one-dimensional transient downward entry of water in unsaturated soils is investigated theoretically. The mathematical equation describing the infiltration process is derived by combining Darcy's dynamic equation of motion with the continuity and thermodynamic state equations adjusted for the unsaturated flow conditions. The resulting equation together with the corresponding initial and boundary conditions constitues a mathematical initial boundary value problem requiring the solution of a nonlinear partial differential equation of the parabolic type. The volumetric water content is taken as the dependent variable and the time and the position along the vertical direction are taken as the independent variables. The governing equation is of such nature that a solution exists for t > 0 and is uniquely determined if two relationships are defined, together with the specified state of the system, at the initial time t = 0 and at the two boundaries. The two required relations are those of pressure versus permeability and pressure versus volumetric water content.

Since the partial differential equation has strong non-linear terms, a discrete solution is obtained by approximating the derivatives with finite-differences at discrete mesh points in the solution domain and integrated for the corresponding initial and boundary conditions. The use of an implicit difference scheme is employed in order to generate a system of simultaneous non-linear equations that has to be solved for each time increment. For n mesh points the two boundary conditions provide two equations and the repetition of the recurrence formula provides n—2 equations, the total being n equations for each time increment. The solution of the system is obtained by matrix inversion and particularly with a back-substitution technique. The FORTRAN statements used for obtaining the solution with an electronic digital computer (IBM 704) are presented together with the input data.

Analysis of the errors involved in the numerical solution is made and the stability and convergence of the solution of the approximate difference equation to that of the differential equation is investigated. The method applied is that of making a Fourier series expansion of a whole line of errors and then following the progress of the general term of the series expansion and also the behavior of each constituent harmonic. The errors (forming a continuous function of points in an abstract Banach space) are represented by vectors with the Fourier coefficients constituting a second Banach space. The amplification factor of the difference equation is shown to be always less than unity which guarantees the stability of the employed implicit recurrence scheme.

Experiments conducted on a vertical column packed uniformly with very fine sand, show a satisfactory agreement between the theoretically and experimentally obtained values. Many experimental results are shown in an attempt to explain the infiltration phenomenon with emphasis on the shape and movement of the wet front, and the effects of the degree of compaction, initial water content and deaired water on the infiltration rate.     

Late Permian post‐ophiolitic trondhjemites from Central Iran: a mark of subduction role in growth of Paleozoic continental crust

Late Permian trondhjemites in the Anarak area occur as stocks and dykes, which cross cut the Anarak ophiolite and its overlying metasedimentary rocks, and are exposed along the northern Anarak east–west main faults. These leucocratic intrusive bodies have enclaves of all ophiolitic units and metamorphic rocks. They are composed of amphibole, plagioclase (oligoclase), quartz, zircon and muscovite. Secondary minerals are chlorite (pycnochlorite), epidote, albite, magnetite and calcite. Whole‐rock major‐ and trace‐element analyses reveal that they are characterized by high SiO ₂ (67.8–71.0 wt%), Al ₂ O ₃ (14.9–17.1 wt%) and Na ₂ O (5.3–8.6 wt%), low K ₂ O (0.1–1.5 wt%; average: 0.8 wt%), low Rb/Sr ratio (0.01–0.40; average: 0.09), low Y (3–6 ppm), negative Ti, Nb and Ta anomalies, slightly negative or positive Eu anomaly, LREE enrichment and fractionated HREE. These rocks present 2 to 40 times enrichment in inclined chondrite‐normalized REE patterns. Geochemical characteristics of the Anarak trondhjemites all reflect melting of a mafic protolith at more than 10 kbar. The field evidence and whole‐rock chemistry reveal that these rocks have been crystallized from magmas derived from melting of subducted Anarak oceanic crust. This study reveals that melting of garnet amphibolite was an important element of continent formation in the study area.