Size and duration of the high-frequency radiator in the source of the 2004 December 26 Sumatra earthquake

We recover the gross space–time characteristics of high-frequency (HF) radiator of the great Sumatra-Andaman islands earthquake of 2004 December 26 ( M _w= 9.1–9.3) using the time histories of the power of radiated HF P waves. To determine these time histories we process teleseismic P waves at 36 BB stations, using, in sequence: (1) bandpass filtering (four bands: 0.4–1.2, 1.2–2, 2–3 and 3–4 Hz); (2) squaring wave amplitudes, making 'power signals' for each band and (3) stripping the propagation-related distortion ( P coda, etc.) from the power signal and thus recovering source time function for HF power. In step (3) we employ an inverse filter constructed from an empirical Green's function, which is estimated as the power signal from an aftershock. For each ray we thus obtain signals with relatively well-defined end and no coda. From these signals we extract: total duration (joint estimate for all four bands) and temporal centroid of signal power for each band. Through linear inversion, the set of duration values for a set of rays delivers estimates of the rupture stopping point and stopping time. Similarly, the set of temporal centroids can be inverted to obtain the position of the space–time centroid of HF energy radiator. The quality of inversion for centroid is acceptable for lower-frequency bands but deteriorates for higher-frequency bands where only a fraction of stations provide useful data. For the source length and duration the following joint estimates were obtained: 1241 ± 224 km, 550 ± 10 s. The estimated stopping point position corresponds to the northern extremity of the aftershock zone. Spatial HF radiation centroids are located at distances 350–700 km from the epicentre, in a systematic way: the higher is the frequency, the farther is the centroid from the epicentre. Average rupture propagation velocity is estimated as 2.25 km s^–1.     

New palaeomagnetic result from Vendian red sediments in Cisbaikalia and the problem of the relationship of Siberia and Laurentia in the Vendian

A palaeomagnetic study of Vendian red sediments from the Lena River section on the western margin of Lake Baikal in the region of Cisbaikalia (54°N, 108°E) has isolated a stable remanence with direction D = 296.3°, I = −27.7° (high-temperature component) and a corresponding pole of 2.7°S, 168.2°E. The primary nature of this remanence is confirmed from a positive fold test, dual polarities and the presence of detrital haematite. This result, together with all late Precambrian–Early Cambrian palaeomagnetic data from Siberia, indicates that Siberia occupied low latitudes during that time. It has been proposed on the basis of palaeomagnetic data that Laurentia occupied high latitudes during the Vendian, so it would appear that there cannot have been any Laurentia–Siberia connection at that time. A review of Vendian to Cambrian Laurentian palaeomagnetic data shows that such an interpretation is ambiguous. An alternative interpretation places Laurentia in low latitudes and confirms the Laurentia–Siberia fit of Hoffman (1991 ) and Pelechaty (1996 ). However, the lack of Late Vendian palaeomagnetic data for Siberia still allows the possibility that it could have occupied high latitudes during that time.     

城中村流动人口的时间利用以及生活 活动时空间结构 ——对北京5个城中村的调查

基于北京5个城中村的问卷调查,从个体行为的角度系统研究了城中村流动人口日常生活活动的时间利用特征以及时空间结构。研究发现:工作日中工作活动是支配活动,对其他活动时间起到制约作用,休息日娱乐时间占据主导地位,男女在时间分配特征上体现出较大不同;城中村流动人口工作日和休息日活动的时空间结构在性别上表现出明显的一致性;在时间上,休息日大部分活动集中在自家;家中娱乐活动出现较强晚间高峰;在性别上,男性比女性外出娱乐活动多,出行距离更远,女性家务活动多于男性。人群个体日常活动的规律性可以为掌握城市人群生活空间结构、制定城市规划等提供重要参考。     

Spatiotemporal data model for network time geographic analysis in the era of big data

There has been a resurgence of interest in time geography studies due to emerging spatiotemporal big data in urban environments. However, the rapid increase in the volume, diversity, and intensity of spatiotemporal data poses a significant challenge with respect to the representation and computation of time geographic entities and relations in road networks. To address this challenge, a spatiotemporal data model is proposed in this article. The proposed spatiotemporal data model is based on a compressed linear reference (CLR) technique to transform network time geographic entities in three-dimensional (3D) (x, y, t) space to two-dimensional (2D) CLR space. Using the proposed spatiotemporal data model, network time geographic entities can be stored and managed in classical spatial databases. Efficient spatial operations and index structures can be directly utilized to implement spatiotemporal operations and queries for network time geographic entities in CLR space. To validate the proposed spatiotemporal data model, a prototype system is developed using existing 2D GIS techniques. A case study is performed using large-scale datasets of space-time paths and prisms. The case study indicates that the proposed spatiotemporal data model is effective and efficient for storing, managing, and querying large-scale datasets of network time geographic entities.     

Measuring the temporal instability of land change using the Flow matrix

This article introduces the Flow matrix, which expresses the sizes of transitions among categories between two time points. We use the Flow matrix to create a metric R that measures the instability of annual change among time intervals that partition the time extent. Specifically, R is the proportion of change that would need to be reallocated to different time interval(s) to achieve uniform change during the time extent. This article computes R for 10 Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and for seven case studies from published land change data. Of the 10 LTER sites analyzed, the Andrews site in Oregon had the highest R value (37.1% of change), while the Luquillo site in Puerto Rico had the lowest (1.7% of change). We analyze the mathematical behavior of R, especially with respect to how the partitioning of the time extent into intervals can influence R.     

Polarization analysis in the wavelet domain based on the adaptive covariance method

We present an improved method for computing polarization attributes of particle motion from multicomponent seismic recordings in the time–frequency domain by using the continuous wavelet transform. This method is based on the analysis of the covariance matrix. We use an approximate analytical formula to compute the elements of the covariance matrix for a time window which is derived from an averaged instantaneous frequency of the multicomponent record. The length of the time-window is automatically and adaptively set to match the dominant period of the analysing wavelet at each time–frequency point. Then the eigenparameters are estimated for each time–frequency point without interpolation. With these key features, our method provides a suitable approach for polarization analysis of dispersive signals or overlapping seismic arrivals in multicomponent seismic data. For polarization analysis in the time domain, we show that the proposed method is consistent with existing polarization analysis methods. We apply the method to real data sets from exploration and earthquake seismology to illustrate some filtering applications and wave type characterizations.     

黑河下游额济纳绿洲生态需水关键期及需水量

黑河流域中生态最为脆弱、植被退化最为严重而对全流域生态治理目标的实现极为关键的地区在下游额济纳绿洲。黑河分水方案主要控制年总量,由来水过程确定分水时机,采用“全线闭口、集中下泄” 的分水方式,这容易导致分水与下游绿洲需水的时间错位。要实现黑河分水对下游天然绿洲的作用和意义,不仅要充分保证分水量,更要选择适宜的分水时间,如果分水错过了下游绿洲生态需水的关键期,将会直接影响绿洲植被的正常生长。要维持黑河下游额济纳绿洲健康、稳定和持续发展,确定生态需水的关键期是首当其冲的问题。本文通过对黑河下游额济纳绿洲地下水位时空动态变化过程、天然植被耗水过程和绿洲生态过程及水文过程的关系研究,确定了黑河下游额济纳绿洲生态需水的关键期。建议在生态关键期保障输送必需的水量,合理调节水库出水量与河道径流量,保障4月和8月关键期的需水量,其中4月至少要保证0.80亿m3的输水量,8月至少要保证1.08亿m3的输水量,确保下游绿洲植被的生理需水,同时考虑到前期缺水和随后的月份水量消耗,尽可能增加关键月的配水量。     

State of stress in the oceanic lithosphere in response to loading

Summary. Flexure studies of the oceanic lithosphere constrained by bathymetry and gravity data suggest that the lithosphere behaves elastically over geological time-scales. For loads to be supported, however, large bending stresses (approaching 10 kb in some cases) are required at the top and bottom of the elastic plate.
These stress-differences can be significantly reduced by introducing more complex rheologies: we propose a model of layered lithosphere, consisting of a purely elastic upper layer, a transition zone with viscosity varying with depth and a perfectly plastic lower layer. The transition layer is grossly centred at the bottom of the elastic plate. Such a model results in a noticeable reduction of stress differences; reaching 60 per cent for flow laws representing creep mechanisms in olivine. When applied to a number of seamount loads, this model leads to maximum stress-differences which do not exceed 1–2kb.
The approach used in this study allows us to follow stress relaxation over time. Taking account of the thermal cooling of the lithosphere, we show that the elastic thickness of the lithosphere is stabilized after a given time, while the time required for stabilization is found to be of the order 5—6 per cent of the age of the lithosphere at the date of loading.     

黄河源区达日至玛曲段近50年径流量变化趋势分析

本文提出了用于长时间序列变化趋势预测分析的局部主周期分析方法,并依据黄河源区达日至玛曲段1956~2000年长时间序列径流量实测资料,对天然径流量多时间尺度变化特征及未来变化趋势作了实例分析预测。结果表明:①径流量序列具有多时间尺度变化特征,并且存在3.2a、7.5a、19.5a和36.5a左右的主周期。②径流量变化趋势为:在1956~1969年偏多、1969~1975年偏少、1975~1986年偏多、1986~2004年偏少、2004~2017年偏多、2017~2020年为平水期。1986年以来出现的枯水期,在2004年左右以后将得到改变。③径流量年际变化主要是受气候变化影响所致,人类活动作用不显著。④主周期具有时效性,只有在一定时段内才有意义。     

High-frequency rock temperature data from hyper-arid desert environments in the Atacama and the Antarctic Dry Valleys and implications for rock weathering

In desert environments with low water and salt contents, rapid thermal variations may be an important source of rock weathering. We have obtained temperature measurements of the surface of rocks in hyper-arid hot and cold desert environments at a rate of 1/s over several days. The values of temperature change over 1-second intervals were similar in hot and cold deserts despite a 30 °C difference in absolute rock surface temperature. The average percentage of the time dT/dt > 2 °C/min was ~ 8 ± 3%, > 4 °C/min was 1 ± 0.9%, and > 8 °C/min was 0.02 ± 0.03%. The maximum change over a 1-second interval was ~ 10 °C/min. When sampled to simulate data taken over intervals longer than 1 s, we found a reduction in time spent above the 2 °C/min temperature gradient threshold. For 1-minute samples, the time spent above any given threshold was about two orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding value for 1-second sampling. We suggest that a rough measure of efficacy of weathering as a function of frequency is the product of the percentage of time spent above a given threshold value multiplied by the damping depth for the corresponding frequency. This product has a broad maximum for periods between 3 and 10 s.     

重庆市公共租赁住房社区居民的职住空间匹配

居住与就业间的空间组织是城市空间结构的重要组成要素之一,国外自20 世纪60 年代提出后引发了大量关于弱势群体居住和就业空间机会及其关系的实证研究。近年来在中国城市快速空间重构的背景下,中低收入群体的职住分离现象也引起广泛关注。运用职住空间错位理论,以重庆市主城区公共租赁住房社区为案例进行研究,对541 份有效问卷的统计分析表明:① 公共租赁住房居民搬迁前通勤距离与通勤时间的均值分别从6.5 km与32 min,增加到搬迁后的15 km与52 min;② Logit回归分析表明,群体类型对公共租赁住房居民通勤时间差异影响最为显著,年龄与居民通勤时间呈负相关关系,性别与年龄对通勤时间产生较显著影响。③ 公共租赁住房供应的政策性因素造成了被动迁移型空间不匹配现象,是其住户的区位选择与主要就业场所不匹配而引发的,因此需要深入研究公共租赁住房合理的空间布局方案和实施途径,尽可能将公共租赁住房区位规划在内城。     

Aspects of the loss-on-ignition (LOI) technique in the context of clay-rich, glaciolacustrine sediments

The loss‐on‐ignition (LOI) technique for organic matter determination is evaluated with reference to clay‐rich, glaciolacustrine sediments. Examples of the use of LOI in glaciolacustrine literature are inconsistent in their methodology, and standardisation is called for. Problems with application of the technique to glaciolacustrine sediments stem mainly from the effects of additional weight loss due to release of structurally bound water and exposure time to ignition temperatures. Exposure time should be increased from 1 hour to 2.5 hours in the light of significant additional weight loss occurring between 2 and 2.5 hours in clay‐rich samples. The reason for this sudden increase in LOI after 2 hours (up to 86% of total LOI in some cases) appears to be the build‐up of a distinct surface crust during heating that insulates the core of the sample from ignition temperatures. Some time between 2 and 2.5 hours, the crust breaks down and exposes the sample core to ignition temperatures, increasing weight loss significantly. Overestimation of LOI due to loss of structural water is thought to be insignificant. Replicates of LOI at 550 and 1000°C in non‐calcareous, clay‐rich (>40%) sediments, show differences of <0.25%, which, for the purpose of inferring broad changes in glacier extent in lake catchments, is an acceptable error.     

美国西部近8000年来树木年轮重建降雨量序列中的气候突变

1 IntroductionThe U niversity of A rizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research collected tree-ring sam ples from anum ber of long-lived trees, dating back thousands of years, from eight states in the w esternU nited States. H ughes and G raum lich (1996) pres…     

塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地土壤热通量变化特征

利用2009-2011年塔克拉玛干沙漠大气环境观测试验站测得的土壤热通量数据,分析了塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地土壤热通量在不同天气条件下的变化特征。结果表明：（1）塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地1 cm处土壤热通量年平均值为1.9 W·m^-2,5、20、40 cm处分别为1.0、0.4、0.4 W·m^-2;1 cm处土壤热通量年最大值为334.1 W·m²,年最小值为-184.2 W·m^-2;土壤热通量基本表现为夏季 > 春季 > 秋季 > 冬季。（2）各土层土壤热通量具有明显的日变化特征。随着土壤深度的加大,土壤热通量的日变化幅度明显减小,最大值出现的时间有一定的滞后性。土壤热通量5 cm出现最大值的时间比1 cm处延迟3 h,延迟速率为0.75 h·cm^-1,20 cm比5 cm出现最大值的时间晚2 h,延迟速率约为0.13 h·cm^-1。（3）不同天气情况下的土壤热通量日变化特征有一定的差异,晴天较为规则,阴天、雨天、沙尘天则较不规则,且1 cm处土壤热通量受天气影响最显著。晴天1 cm处土壤热通量平均值为9.0 W·m^-2;阴天、雨天、沙尘天1 cm处土壤热通量值平均值分别为5.1、-6.1、-1.9 W·m^-2。     

Between the Centre and the Periphery: the development of port trade in Darwin,Australia

Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, is a port city located in Australia's Top End and facing Southeast Asia. The distance from Darwin to Australia's main economic centres of Sydney and Melbourne is almost the same as to Singapore. This central geographical location has inspired the development of the Port and the City of Darwin from time to time while being held back by its remoteness, and especially the lack of an efficient railway link to Australia's major southern centres. The Port of Darwin has been redeveloped with the vision of repositioning the City of Darwin as Australia's gateway to Asia which it was expected to achieve with the completion of the transcontinental railway link from Adelaide to Darwin. This paper analyses trade and cargo movements for the Port of Darwin between 2000 and 2009—5 years for each period before and after the availability of intermodal transport—and examines the processes by which transformation of the gateway is actually occurring. The evidence to date, however, suggests that the landbridge development has had little material effect in terms of trans-shipments and throughputs for the Port of Darwin. The volume of container trade and interstate export and import cargo that passes through the port has in fact declined since the availability of the transcontinental railway in 2005.     

Palaeomagnetism of the Cretaceous Pirgua Subgroup (Argentina) and the age of the opening of the South Atlantic

Palaeomagnetic data for the Cretaceous Pirgua Subgroup from 14 different time units of basalts and red beds exposed in the north-western part of Argentina (25° 45' S 65° 50' W) are given.
After cleaning all the units show normally polarized magnetic remanence and yield a palaeomagnetic pole at 222° E 85° S ( d Φ= 7°, d χ= 10°).
The palaeomagnetic poles for the Pirgua Subgroup (Early to Late Cretaceous, 114–77 Myr), for the Vulcanitas Cerro Rumipalla Formation (Early Cretaceous,<118 Myr, Valencio & Vilas) and for the Poços de Caldas Alkaline Complex (Late Cretaceous, 75 Myr, Opdyke & McDonald) form a 'time-group' reflecting a quasi-static interval (mean pole position, 220° E 85° S, α₉₅= 6°) and define a westward polar wander in Early Cretaceous time for South America.
Comparison of the positions of the Cretaceous palaeomagnetic poles for South America with those for Africa suggests that the separation of South America and Africa occurred in late Early Cretaceous time, after the effusion of the Serra Geral basalts.
The K-Ar ages of basalts of the Pirgua Subgroup (114 ± 5; 98 ± 1 and 77 ± 1 Myr) fix points of reference for three periods of normal polarity within the Cretaceous palaeomagnetic polarity column.     

毛乌素沙地流动沙丘土壤水分对降雨的响应

为探讨半干旱区流动沙丘土壤水分对降雨的响应,采用AV-3665R型雨量传感器、ECH₂O-5土壤水分传感器同步监测毛乌素沙地东北缘流动沙丘2013年降雨及0～200 cm深度土壤体积含水量动态,分析土壤水分含量变化特征、降雨入渗特征及降雨对土壤水的补给作用。结果表明:5-11月累积降雨399.4 mm,显著(p<0.01)影响0～200 cm深度土壤水分含量; 且0～200 cm深度土壤体积含水量较低(6.49%±1.12%)时53.8 mm降雨、较高(10.22%±1.96%)时24.2 mm降雨湿润锋能够到达200 cm; 试验期间399.4 mm累积降雨对土壤水有一定补给作用,其中45.7±14.1 mm降雨蓄存在0～200 cm深度土壤中,占同期降雨的(11.4%±3.5%,且随着时间的延长,蓄存水大部分将渗漏到200 cm以下补给深层土壤水。     

Magnetostratigraphy and palaeoclimatic significance of Late Tertiary aeolian sequences in the Chinese Loess Plateau

The aeolian Red Clay sequence in the central part of the Chinese Loess Plateau was investigated in an attempt to obtain magnetostratigraphic and palaeoclimatic records. From the results, we deduce that aeolian dust accumulation and the related East Asia palaeomonsoon system began at least 7.6  Myr ago, and that the Tibetan Plateau had reached a significant elevation by that time. The Late Tertiary palaeoclimatic history of the Red Clay as reflected by magnetic susceptibility is reconstructed for the time period 7.6–2.5  Ma. Increases in aeolian dust accumulation for the last 7.6  Myr appear to have a close relation with the uplift processes of the Tibetan Plateau. The remarkable increase of aeolian dust accumulation beginning at 3.2  Ma appears to reflect the influence of an increasing global ice volume on the East Asian monsoon and aeolian dust accumulation.     

基于Copula函数的中国东部季风区干旱风险研究

利用1961~2016年的中国地面降水月值0.5°×0.5°格网数据集计算了中国东部季风区不同时间尺度的标准化降水指数,并结合游程理论识别气象干旱事件。常规的单变量和基于Copula函数的双变量频率分析分别用来描述干旱事件的干旱历时和干旱烈度。结果表明：① 3个月时间尺度和6个月时间尺度的干旱特征空间格局非常相似,但与12个月时间尺度的干旱特征空间格局差异较大;② 各时间尺度的干旱历时和干旱烈度均呈正相关,即具有较长干旱历时的地区往往也是干旱烈度较大的区域;③ 西南区、长江下游地区、黄淮海区北部和南部、内蒙古东部和黑龙江省东部干旱风险较高,而长白山地区、松嫩平原和珠江流域干旱风险较低。研究结果可为中国东部季风区的干旱区划及旱灾风险评估提供科学依据。     

Palaeosecular Variation of the Geomagnetic Field in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Sequences of late Tertiary to Quaternary lava flows at six Aleutian Island sites were sampled for palaeosecular variation (PSV) measurement using palaeomagnetic methods. Due to limitations in probable time span represented by each sequence of flows and statistical constraints, data from only two sites are considered in themselves to be reliable indicators of PSV. When all the data are combined to give greater statistical significance, an angular standard deviation of palaeofield directions of = 10.8° is obtained. This is compatible with other Pacific Ocean PSV data and points to the persistence of the present secular variation low in this region at least into Quaternary time.