Slope instability mechanisms in dipping conglomerates over weathered marls: Bol landslide,Croatia

In February 2005, a landslide of significant dimensions occurred at Bol on the Island of Brač, in Croatia. The location of the landslide was in a geological structure of weakly bounded conglomerates lying above a flysch, in an area where numerous slides have been previously reported. In the paper the results of a geological engineering investigation of the Bol landslide are presented. The investigation results show that the landslide was triggered by a combination of improperly started earthworks, an increase in air temperature in days preceding landslide that caused snow melt, and abundant rainfall, but the primary cause of the landslide was weathering of the flysch. In other words, despite the fact that contact between the flysch and the conglomerates slopes is in approximate correspondence with the slope of the hillside, the landslide surface was not in contact between the conglomerates and marl, but deeper in the flysch, provoked by the penetration of the weathering front into the flysch. Numerical modelling results were able to reproduce this mechanism by incorporating strength degradation into the weathered zone, determined by field investigation. The results of the research can be used to predict potential slides not only in the area under study.     

Assessment of equity principles for international climate policy based on an integrated assessment model

Natural Hazards - Defining an internationally equitable distribution of the burdens of reducing greenhouse gases has been one of core concerns for as long as climate policies have been debated....     

Pore-Throat Combination Types and Gas-Water Relative Permeability Responses of Tight Gas Sandstone Reservoirs in the Zizhou Area of East Ordos Basin,China

With the aim of better understanding the tight gas reservoirs in the Zizhou area of east Ordos Basin, a total of222 samples were collected from 50 wells for a series of experiments. In this study, three pore-throat combination types in sandstones were revealed and confirmed to play a controlling role in the distribution of throat size and the characteristics of gas-water relative permeability. The type-Ⅰ sandstones are dominated by intercrystalline micropores connected by cluster throats, of which the distribution curves of throat size are narrow and have a strong single peak(peak ratio 30%). The pores in the type-Ⅱ sandstones dominantly consist of secondary dissolution pores and intercrystalline micropores, and throats mainly occur as slice-shaped throats along cleavages between rigid grain margins and cluster throats in clay cement.The distribution curves of throat size for the type-Ⅱ sandstones show a bimodal distribution with a substantial low-value region between the peaks(peak ratio 15%). Primary intergranular pores and secondary intergranular pores are mainly found in type-Ⅲ samples, which are connected by various throats. The throat size distribution curves of type-Ⅲ sandstones show a nearly normal distribution with low kurtosis(peak ratio 10%), and the micro-scale throat radii(0.5 μm) constitute a large proportion. From type-Ⅰ to type-Ⅲ sandstones, the irreducible water saturation(Swo) decreased; furthermore, the slope of the curves of Krw/Krg in two-phase saturation zone decreased and the two-phase saturation zone increased,indicating that the gas relative flow ability increased. Variations of the permeability exist in sandstones with different porethroat combination types, which indicate the type-Ⅲ sandstones are better reservoirs, followed by type-Ⅱ sandstones and type-Ⅰ sandstones. As an important factor affecting the reservoir quality, the pore-throat combination type in sandstones is the cumulative expression of lithology and diagenetic modifications with strong heterogeneity.     

北京地铁工程邻近桥桩施工风险评估及控制对策探讨

探讨了北京地铁工程邻近桥梁施工风险等级划分应考虑的因素和风险等级划分方法,建议以桥基与地铁工程开挖影响破裂面的位置关系和桥基与地铁工程的水平距离作为主要依据,确定桥梁邻近等级。在此基础上,综合考虑桥梁现状质量,确定邻近桥梁的施工风险等级,并对不同的风险等级给出了相应的邻近桥梁基础加固保护对策,从而形成了对邻近桥梁的控制与保护技术程序,最后通过一个工程实例介绍了对邻近桥桩的评估及处理。     

混凝土浇筑施工对穿黄隧洞衬砌垫层渗透性影响试验研究

在南水北调穿黄隧洞衬砌混凝土浇筑施工中有可能对衬砌垫层渗透性造成影响的因素主要有压力、混凝土塌落度、浇筑时间、振捣方式等。通过模型模拟试验方法,对衬砌施工工况下上述各因素的影响进行研究。结果表明,法向压力可使垫层土工织物渗透性降低并趋近于某一特定值;混凝土塌落度、浇筑时间对渗透性有一定影响,但不同塌落度、浇筑时间影响差别不明显,而不同振捣方式可使土工织物渗透性降低1～2个数量级。为克服以上因素的影响,推荐三维结构的排水土工网作为穿黄隧洞衬砌垫层材料。     

秦岭造山带大巴山弧形构造带中生代构造变形

大巴山构造带位于秦岭造山带南部,一直被认为是华北、扬子板块碰撞带前陆逆冲 推覆构造带。研究表明,位于城口-房县断裂之南的大巴山弧形构造带,经历了两次明显的叠加变形过程。大巴山弧形构造带由轴向弧形延伸的线状褶皱与弧形弯曲的逆冲断层组成(D2),是南大巴山主期变形产物。弧形构造带西段褶皱轴向为北北西-近南北向,叠加在先前轴向近东西向的开阔宽缓的褶皱(D1)之上,形成典型横跨叠加构造。弧形构造带中段和东段,褶皱轴向逐渐转变为近东西向。构造填图显示,在弧形带形成之前,发生过一期轴向北东到北北东向褶皱为主的变形(D1)。据变形序列、卷入的地层以及区域构造关系判断,西段与中、东段D1变形时代均为晚三叠世-早侏罗世,很可能与华北、扬子的碰撞相关。而相关的地质、同位素年代学及磷灰石裂变径迹资料显示,大巴山弧形构造带主期变形(D2)的变形时代为晚侏罗世-早白垩世(160~110 Ma),所以大巴山弧形构造带记录了两期不同系统构造变形的叠加,这对研究秦岭造山带的演化,具有重要意义。     

InSAR可检测的最大最小变形梯度的函数模型研究

InSAR干涉图中的相位噪声是相干性和视数的函数.InSAR能检测的地表最大最小形变梯度,除了受到InSAR硬件的限制外,还直接受到InSAR干涉图中噪声强弱的影响.此外,由于多视处理会改变像元的大小,也会引起可检测的最大最小形变梯度显著变化.本文研究了InSAR可检测的地表最大最小形变梯度与相干性和视数的关系,并建立了视数为1、5和20时（ERS和ENVISAT常采用的多视数）InSAR可检测的最大最小形变梯度的经验函数模型.最后,本文用伊朗Bam地区的Enivsat ASAR数据进行了试验,结果表明该模型能够准确地判别不同视数和相干性情况下地表变形能否被InSAR技术所检测.与Baran只考虑了相干性的模型相比,本文的模型适用范围更广.     

Discrimination of abiogenic and biogenic alkane gases

We have combined the analytical data of the carbon isotope distribution pattern, R/Ra and CH4/3He values of abiogenic and biogenic (referring to the thermogenic and bacterial or microbial) alkane gases in China with those of alkane gases from USA, Russia, Germany, Australia and other countries. Four discrimination criteria are derived from this comparative study: 1) Carbon isotopic composition is generally greater than -30‰ for abiogenic methane and less than -30‰ for biogenic methane; 2) Abiogenic alkane gases have a carbon isotopic reversal trend (δ 13C1> δ 13C2> δ 13C3> δ 13C4) with δ 13C1>-30‰ in general; 3) Gases with R/Ra >0.5 and δ 13C11 δ 13C2>0 are of abiogenic origin; 4) Gases (meth- ane) with CH4/3He≤106 are of abiogenic origin, whereas gases with CH4/3He≥1011 are of biogenic origin.     

精细PBL模式及其诊断应用

在已建立的一种三维非静力细网格Ｅ－ε湍能闭合的动力学框架基础上,作了一些改进的技术处理和试验,包括：（１）利用ＧＩＳ提供的地形资料,较精确地计算太阳辐射,进而诊断地面温度;（２）引进位势流概念,处理稳定层结条件下初始内插风场的风向变化;（３）引入动力学调整项Ｇ（αｏｂｓ－α）。在此基础上,就地理信息系统（ＧＩＳ）提供的一个 ６０ｋｍ×４８ｋｍ区域作了边界层结构和湍流特征的数值模拟试验,并与实测作了比较,讨论了精细ＰＢＬ模式的模拟效果,结果表明,新建的ＰＢＬ模式能较好地模拟表征出复杂下垫面地域的陡峭地形和不规则海岸线对局地风场和湍流场的动力和热力学作用。