Appreciation of spherically symmetric models of electrical conductivity

A procedure is suggested of a more effective and faster computation of the impedance, the transfer function and amplitudes of the induced field in a spherically symmetric model of the electrical conductivity. The existing induction data have been supplemented by about 80 new values derived from the analysis of daily means. The fit of the existing 1-D models of the electrical conductivity of the mantle to the set of induction data is investigated. The characteristic equation for the free electromagnetic oscillations of a radially inhomogeneous Earth is derived and its possible importance in solving the inverse problem of electric conductivity is pointed out.     

The power of transient piezometric head data in inverse modeling: An application of the localized normal-score EnKF with covariance inflation in a heterogenous bimodal hydraulic conductivity field

The localized normal-score ensemble Kalman filter (NS-EnKF) coupled with covariance inflation is used to characterize the spatial variability of a channelized bimodal hydraulic conductivity field, for which the only existing prior information about conductivity is its univariate marginal distribution. We demonstrate that we can retrieve the main patterns of the reference field by assimilating a sufficient number of piezometric observations using the NS-EnKF. The possibility of characterizing the conductivity spatial variability using only piezometric head data shows the importance of accounting for these data in inverse modeling.     

Axial and equatorial rotations of the Earth's cores associated with the Quaternary ice age

The differential axial and equatorial rotations of both cores associated with the Quaternary glacial cycles were evaluated based on a realistic earth model in density and elastic structures. The rheological model is composed of compressible Maxwell viscoelastic mantle, inviscid outer core and incompressible Maxwell viscoelastic inner core. The present study is, however, preliminary because I assume a rigid rotation for the fluid outer core. In models with no frictional torques at the boundaries of the outer core, the maximum magnitude of the predicted axial rotations of the outer and inner cores amounts to ∼2° year⁻¹ and ∼1° year⁻¹, respectively, but that for the secular equatorial rotations of both cores is ∼0.0001° at most. However, oscillating parts with a period of ∼225 years are predicted in the equatorial rotations for both cores. Then, I evaluated the differential rotations by adopting a time-dependent electromagnetic (EM) torque as a possible coupling mechanism at the core-mantle boundary (CMB) and inner core boundary (ICB). In a realistic radial magnetic field at the CMB estimated from surface magnetic field, the axial and equatorial rotations couple through frictional torques at the CMB, although these rotations decouple for dipole magnetic field model. The differential rotations were evaluated for conductivity models with a conductance of 10⁸ S of the lowermost mantle inferred from studies of nutation and precession of the Earth and decadal variations of length of day (LOD). The secular parts of equatorial rotations are less sensitive to these parameters, but the magnitude for the axial rotations is much smaller than for frictionless model. These models, however, produce oscillating parts in the equatorial rotations of both cores and also in the axial rotations of the whole Earth and outer and inner cores. These oscillations are sensitive to both the magnitude of radial magnetic field at the CMB and the conductivity structure. No sharp isolated spectral peaks are predicted for models with a thin conductive layer (∼200 m) at the bottom of the mantle. In models with a conductive layer of ∼100 km thickness, however, sharp spectral peaks are predicted at periods of ∼225 and ∼25 years for equatorial and axial rotations, respectively, although these depend on the strength of radial magnetic field at the CMB. While the present study is preliminary in modelling the fluid outer core and coupling mechanism at the CMB, the predicted axial rotations of the whole Earth may be important in explaining the observed LOD through interaction between the equatorial and axial rotations.     

Mantle regulation of core cooling: A geodynamo without core radioactivity?

The case for radioactivity in the core based on the power requirements of the geodynamo is re-evaluated. Previous calculations of mantle regulation of core thermal evolution have used an inappropriate formula. New calculations with a more appropriate formula yield lower core heat loss in the past, thus mitigating the implication of unreasonably high past core and mantle temperatures. Multiple thermal evolutions leading to present heat flows are also demonstrated, depending on the efficiency of mantle removal of core heat, some with moderately high past core heat loss and some with low and steady core heat loss. The latter would permit a low- or moderate-power dynamo without core radioactivity. Key uncertainties are the efficiency of core cooling by the mantle, the thermal conductivity of the core and the energy or entropy flow required to maintain the dynamo. The present rate of heat loss from the core is argued to be still rather uncertain, and a commonly used estimate of the thermal conductivity of the core is shown plausibly to be too high and in any case to be uncertain by perhaps a factor of 2. The geochemical difficulties associated with postulating radioactive heat sources in the core are stressed.     

The competing impacts of geology and groundwater on electrical resistivity around Wrightsville Beach,NC

Measurements of electrical resistivity have long been used to find freshwater resources below the earth's surface. Recently, offshore resistivity and electromagnetic techniques have been used to map occurrences of submarine groundwater originating from the offshore extension of terrestrial aquifers. In many cases, observations of a high resistivity (low conductivity) anomaly in the seafloor are sufficient to suggest the presence of fresh (and less conductive) pore waters. Data from offshore Wrightsville Beach, NC show highly variable resistivity structure, with moderately high resistivity at depths of ～20 m subsurface that is at least in part caused by lithologic complexity in an underlying limestone unit, the Castle Hayne. These offshore results suggest caution in the interpretation of resistivity anomalies simply in terms of groundwater volumes. In contrast, low onshore resistivities show evidence for intrusion of saltwater into the subsurface beneath the beach, adjacent to areas of pumping for water supply.     

旋转分层导电流体的双扩散磁流体动力学不稳定性

本文研究了双扩散效应对处于地球物理极限q→0条件下旋转分层导电流体的磁流体动力学（MHD）不稳定性的影响。研究发现,只要|RS|足够大,对流总能在流体静力稳定分层的导电流体中发展。当磁场作用较弱,即Λ～Ο（1）时,对所有可能的角向波数m优先发展的是双扩散不稳定性。当Rs>0时,流体中发生几乎不变的“指状”对流。当RsM时,与原始Soward模式类似,优先发展的仅是m=1磁力驱动不稳定性,并东向运行,但双扩散效应使得正RT不稳定性与负RT不稳定性间的对称性破缺。     

地球自转与EI Nino──波动理论

考虑地球自转速率随时间的变化,应用描写低纬的地球流体（大气和海洋）的浅水模式方程组,分析了地球自转速率变化对低纬大气和海洋波动的影响．研究指出：地球自转速率的变化不但会直接影响纬向风和洋流的变化,而且通过Ｋｅｌｖｉｎ波的传播导致海平面和海温的变化,从而导致ＥＩ Ｎｉｎｏ现象的产生．所以,地球自转速率的变化是影响全球气候变化的重要因素之一．     

地球磁场古强度测定方法综述

地球磁场的演化历史对研究地核与地幔边界的动力学和地核内的磁流体力学过程提供了重要的信息，古地磁的研究为大陆漂移和海底扩张提供了定量的信息，然而到目前为止，对地球磁场古强度的研究还相当薄弱，由于地球磁场古强度数据的匮乏，使得人们对于地质历史时期地球磁场强度缺乏，本文对测定古强度的方法作了较详细的总结，并对一些实验方法作了评述，在这些方法中，认为最可信的古强度测定的方法是Coe校正后的Thellier法。     

地球自转与气候动力学──振荡理论

考虑地球自转速率随时间的变化,并应用描写低纬地球流体（大气和海洋）的水平运动方程,分析了地球自转速率变化对低纬大气和海洋振荡的影响．研究指出：地球自转速率的变化不但会直接影响低纬大气和海洋的振荡周期和振幅,而且会影响纬向风和洋流的变化,从而导致海温和海平面的变化．所以,地球自转速率的变化是影响全球气候变化的重要因素之一．关键词##4地球自转速率;;气候变化;;大气和海洋的振荡     

旋转分层导电流体的双扩散磁流体动力学不稳定性

本文研究了双扩散效应对处于地球物理极限q→0条件下旋转分层导电流体的磁流体动力学（MHD）不稳定性的影响。研究发现,只要|R_S|足够大,对流总能在流体静力稳定分层的导电流体中发展。当磁场作用较弱,即Λ～Ο（1）时,对所有可能的角向波数m优先发展的是双扩散不稳定性。当R_s>0时,流体中发生几乎不变的“指状”对流。当R_s<0时,流体中发生缓慢东向运行的“扩散”振荡。当磁场作用较强,即Λ≥Λ_M时,与原始Soward模式类似,优先发展的仅是m=1磁力驱动不稳定性,并东向运行,但双扩散效应使得正R_T不稳定性与负R_T不稳定性间的对称性破缺。     

地球自转与EI Nino──波动理论

考虑地球自转速率随时间的变化,应用描写低纬的地球流体（大气和海洋）的浅水模式方程组,分析了地球自转速率变化对低纬大气和海洋波动的影响．研究指出：地球自转速率的变化不但会直接影响纬向风和洋流的变化,而且通过Ｋｅｌｖｉｎ波的传播导致海平面和海温的变化,从而导致ＥＩ　Ｎｉｎｏ现象的产生．所以,地球自转速率的变化是影响全球气候变化的重要因素之一．     

由日本古代中心日食记载得到的地球自转速率变化

简要介绍了古代中心日食的观测记载在地球自转变化研究中的意义．给出了由日本的6例古代中心日食记载得到的表示地球自转变化的△T值，相应的日长变化的均值约为1．6ms／cy（cy为世纪，下同）     

由一次西周日食记载得到的地球自转变化

本文结合１９９７年３月９日全食的新疆观测及地球自转变化趋势讨论了发生在中国西周时期的一次日食的记载，以及由此得到的地球自转速度变化值。     

电离层电导对地球磁层顶和舷激波尺度的影响

本文在如下假定下分析电离层电导对地球磁层顶和舷激波尺度的影响：（1）对电离层采用球壳近似,Pedersen电导ΣP均匀,Hall电导为零;（2）地磁偶极矩处于正南方向,行星际磁场（IMF）只有南向分量（BzBz和ΣP,通过三维全球MHD模拟获得系统的准定态.结果表明,在大约1～5 S范围内,ΣP值显著影响磁层顶和舷激波的尺度,而在该范围之外则几乎没有影响.随着ΣP的增加,磁层顶和舷激波整体向外扩张,前者的扩张程度低于后者,以至磁鞘区的范围扩大.磁层顶的侧翼点的位置随ΣP的变化与Bz的幅度有关：在弱南向IMF情况下磁层顶的侧翼点随ΣP的增加向内移动,而在强南向IMF情况下则向外移动.上述结果表明,在构建磁层顶和舷激波的经验模型时,有必要计入电离层电导的影响.     

由日本古代中心日食记载得到的地球自转速率变化

简要介绍了古代中心日食的观测记载在地球自转变化研究中的意义．给出了由日本的6例古代中心日食记载得到的表示地球自转变化的△T值,相应的日长变化的均值约为1．6ms／cy（cy为世纪,下同）     

Integrated water resource management in a major canal command in eastern India

The present rice‐dominated cropping system in the Hirakud canal command (eastern India) is under severe threat due to imbalance between irrigation water supply and demand. The canal water supply, which is the only source of irrigation, only meets 54% of the demand at 90% probability of exceedance (PE). In order to mitigate the irrigation water deficit from canal water, groundwater is considered as a supplemental source. Quasi‐three‐dimensional groundwater flow simulation modelling was, therefore, carried out by using Visual MODFLOW to detect the change in hydraulic head due to transient pumping stresses. The simulation model was calibrated and validated satisfactorily. Sensitivity analysis of the model parameters shows that groundwater recharge is most sensitive followed by aquifer hydraulic conductivity at almost all the sites of the command area, whereas the model is comparatively less sensitive to specific storage and specific yield. Enhanced pumping scenarios showed that groundwater extraction can be increased up to 50 times of the existing pumping without causing any adverse effect to the aquifer but the aquifer does not permit to exploit water in order to fulfill the irrigation water demand even at 10% PE. Hence, it is imperative to develop an optimal land and water resources management plan of the command area. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Akp-Btk value method and the results for the retrieval of the parameters of the Earth's free core nutation

The rotation of the Earth's liquid core creates the Nearly Diurnal Free Wobble (NDFW). It is one of the problems of researching the Earth's liquid core for us to retrieve the parameters of the Earth's Free Core Nutation (FCN), from the Earth's liquid core resonance of gravity tide waves on the diurnal frequency band. Since 1987, some scientists in many different countries have come to calculate the parameters of FCN by using the observational data of gravity tide waves on the diurnal frequency band. They basically followed the Stacking method, which needed five diurnal waves for the resolution. In this paper, authors introduced the Akp-Btk value method with clearly geometrical meaning as a new method, which only requires three very high signal-noise-ratio waves O1, K1 and P1 for the resolution. Authors chose the observational data of the three superconducting gravimeter stations respectively located in Cantley of Canada, Wuhan of China and Brussels of Belgium, to compute the parameters of FCN. It was the first time that the observational results of the parameters of FCN obtained from gravitational tide were in accord with the parameters of FCN gained from VLBI since 1987.     

Single Well Tracer Tests in Aquifer Characterization

When the purpose of aquifer testing is to yield data for modeling aqueous mass transport, pumping tests and gradient measurement can only partially satisfy characterization requirements. Effective porosity, ground water flow velocity, and the vertical distribution of hydraulic conductivity within the aquifer are left as unknowns. Single well tracer methods, when added to the testing program, can be used to estimate these parameters. A drift, and pumpback test yields porosity and velocity, and point-dilution testing yields depth-discrete hydraulic information, A single emplacement of tracer into a test well is sufficient to conduct both tests. The tracer tests are facilitated by a simple method for injecting and evenly distributing the tracer solution into a wellbore, and by new ion-selective electrode instrumentation, specifically designed for submersible service, for monitoring the concentration of tracers such as bromide.     

由日本古代中心日食记载得到的地球自转速率变化

简要介绍了古代中心日食的观测记载在地球自转变化研究中的意义．给出了由日本的6例古代中心日食记载得到的表示地球自转变化的△T值，相应的日长变化的均值约为1．6ms／cy（cy为世纪，下同）     

Anisotropy in the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle in southeastern Europe obtained from Rayleigh and Love surface waves

Digital seismograms from 25 earthquakes located in the southeastern part of Europe, recorded by three-component very broadband seismometers at the stations Vitosha (Bulgaria) and Muntele Rosu (Romania), were processed to obtain the dispersion properties of Rayleigh and Love surface waves. Rayleigh and Love group-velocity dispersion curves were obtained by frequency–time analysis (FTAN). The path-averaged shear-wave velocity models were computed from the obtained dispersion curves. The inversion of the dispersion curves was performed using an approach based on the Backus–Gilbert inversion method. Finally, 70 path-averaged velocity models (35 R-models computed from Rayleigh dispersion curves and 35 L-models computed from Love dispersion curves) were obtained for southeastern Europe. For most of the paths, the comparison between each pair of models (R-model and L-models for the same path) shows that for almost all layers the shear-wave velocities in the L-models are higher than in the R-models. The upper sedimentary layers are the only exception. The analysis of both models shows that the depth of the Moho boundary in the L-models is shallower than its depth in the R-models. The existence of an anisotropic layer associated with the Moho boundary at depths of 30–45 km may explain this phenomenon. The anisotropy coefficient was calculated as the relative velocity difference between both R- and L-models at the same depths. The value of this coefficient varies between 0% and 20%. Generally, the anisotropy of the medium caused by the polarization anisotropy is up to 10–12%, so the maximum observed discrepancies between both types of models are also due to the lateral heterogeneity of the shear-wave velocity structure of the crust and the upper mantle in the region.