Definition and interests of reciprocity and reciprocity gap principles for groundwater flow problems

We introduce the reciprocity and reciprocity gap principles for flow problems in hydrogeology and illustrate their interest in addressing identification problems. The reciprocity principle is derived from mechanics and establishes for flow problems a relationship between different sets of forcing terms, including sources, sinks and boundary conditions, and the resulting head fields. The reciprocity gap principle compares different head fields resulting from the same forcing terms applied to different structures. We give general 2D expressions of the reciprocity and reciprocity gap principles for transient flow problems and give two examples of applications for the identification of transmissivity values and interfaces between different transmissivities. Identification capacities of the reciprocity and reciprocity gap principles yielding direct inversion methods could be used as initial guesses for more advanced inverse problem methodologies.     

TEC measurements and modelling over Southern Africa during magnetic storms; a comparative analysis

This paper presents the results from a study designed to investigate the ability of a newly developed neural network (NN) based model to follow total electron content (TEC) dynamics over the Southern African region. The investigation is carried out by comparing results from the NN model with actual TEC data derived from Global Positioning System (GPS) observations and TEC values predicted by the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI-2007) model during magnetic storm periods over Southern Africa. The magnetic storm conditions chosen for the study presented in this paper occurred during the periods 16–21 April 2002, 1–6 October 2002, and 28 October–01 November 2003. A total of six South African GPS stations were used for the validation of the two models during these periods. A statistical analysis of the comparison between the actual TEC behaviour and that predicted by the two models is shown. In addition, ionosonde measurements from the South African Louisvale (28.5°S, 21.2°E) station, located close to one of the validation GPS stations used, are also considered during the Halloween storm period of 28–31 October 2003. The generalisation of TEC behaviour by the NN model is demonstrated by producing predicted TEC maps during magnetic storm periods over South Africa. Presented results demonstrate the ability of NNs in predicting TEC variability over South Africa during magnetically disturbed conditions, and highlight areas for improvement.     

孤立型纤维性肿瘤CT与病理分析

目的:探讨孤立型纤维性肿瘤的CT及病理学特点,提高对该疾病的诊断水平。方法:结合文献回顾性分析3例经手术病理证实的孤立型纤维性肿瘤的临床、CT及病理学资料。结果:孤立型纤维性肿瘤在临床上可无症状或因肿瘤压迫出现不典型症状。在CT上3例表现为实性肿块,增强后实性部分轻度强化或明显强化。SFT因有完整的包膜,故多为境界清楚的软组织密度肿瘤。结论:CT对SFT确诊价值有限,诊断必须结合既往病史、临床症状,确诊有赖于病理学与免疫组织化学诊断。     

中国西北部造山带中几个古生代俯冲增生楔的识别与确认

中国西北部涉及古亚洲和特提斯两大构造域,造山带结构复杂,成矿地质条件优越。为推进地质找矿突破行动计划,中国地质调查局在各成矿(造山)带部署了一批1∶5万、1∶25万区域地质调查与基础地质综合研究项目,取得了一批新发现、新进展,有效提升了对各成矿带成矿地质条件的认知程度,尤其是在阿尔泰南缘、南天山、南昆仑等地识别并确认出规模可观的、成矿作用优越的板块俯冲增生楔,是造山带中的增生造山亚带,是寻找斑岩型铜、构造蚀变岩型金及多金属矿的最有利区带。“增生造山带”的构造、岩浆活动及空间展布等的确认,为地质找矿突破提供了强有力的技术支撑。     

Albian extrusion evidences of the Triassic salt and clues of the beginning of the Eocene atlasic phase from the example of the Chitana-Ed Djebs structure (N.Tunisia): Implication in the North African Tethyan margin recorded events, comparisons

In the northern part of Tunisia, close to Testour/Slouguia, new observations and updated biostratigraphy make it possible to highlight the relation between the Triassic saliferous mass and the surrounding Mesozoic beds (T. M.). Near the (T. M.) boundary, the formations observed consist dominantly of Triassic evaporites reworked in the Early and Late Albian deep-water sedimentary deposits. Throughout the studied area, Jurassic rocks are absent. We propose to interpret the Chitana-Ed Djebs structure originally emplaced as gravitational stretch masses in a passive margin in the same way as the salt bodies of widespread salt province in the Gulf of Mexico. A reconstructed schematic position of the Chitana-Ed Djebs salt body displays a scenario of setting of the salt mass on a submarine palaeo-slope. Moreover, the starting clues of the paroxysmal event of the Late Mesozoic tectonic inversion clearly fossilized through the discordance of the Middle Eocene–Early Lutetian limestone on the Albian series.     

Further comments concerning “geographic” and “economic” economic geography

This article considers whether the growing theoretical and methodological diversity or pluralistic nature of economic geography contributes to its lack of engagement outside the discipline and academy. Although we are enthusiastic about the vibrancy this pluralism brings, we also speculate that it contributes to the discipline's tendency to fall short of significantly impacting key debates in the social sciences. In particular, we consider the disciplinary challenges to influencing mainstream debates over financialization and the recent financial crisis and the recurring lament that economic geography “misses the boat” by failing to significantly impact key scholarly and policy issues. Specifically, we suggest that methodological and theoretical diversity, local contextualization, and relational analysis, all of which we support as vital to the discipline, make it difficult to isolate a disciplinary core. We conclude that pluralism produces a vibrant discipline with unique explanatory power but that it also has important impacts on the design, execution, and influence of geographers’ research outside the discipline.     

倾斜界面和各向异性地层对H-κ搜索结果的影响

本文使用控制变量法,通过理论合成接收函数,研究了倾斜界面的倾角大小、埋藏深度和各向异性地层的各向异性大小、地层厚度、快轴的倾斜角度五个地层参数对不同方位角接收函数的H(地壳厚度)-κ(波速比)搜索结果的影响.研究表明,倾斜界面使下倾方向的H估计值偏小,κ估计值偏大,且偏离程度和倾斜角度成正比关系,而对上倾方向的H、κ估计值影响不大.水平轴各向异性地层(HTI介质)使所有方位角的H估计值偏大,但不同方位角的H估计值变化不大,与快轴夹角较小方位角的κ估计值严重偏小,而且这种偏离程度与各向异性大小和各向异性地层厚度成正比.倾斜轴的各向异性地层使不同方位角的H估计值可能偏大或偏小,而κ估计值随方位角的变化规律和水平轴各向异性地层基本一致.     

INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL DECADE / WORKING GROUP ON “THE INFLUENCE OF MAN ON THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE”

Abstract

Floods, as extreme hydrological phenomena, can be described by more than one correlated characteristic, such as peak, volume and duration. These characteristics should be jointly considered since they are generally not independent. For an ungauged site, univariate regional flood frequency analysis (FA) provides a limited assessment of flood events. A recent study proposed a procedure for regional FA in a multivariate framework. This procedure represents a multivariate version of the index-flood model and is based on copulas and multivariate quantiles. The performance of the proposed procedure was evaluated by simulation. However, the model was not tested on a real-world case study data. In the present paper, practical aspects are investigated jointly for flood peak (Q) and volume (V) of a dataset from the Côte-Nord region in the province of Quebec, Canada. The application of the proposed procedure requires the identification of the appropriate marginal distribution, the estimation of the index flood and the selection of an appropriate copula. The results of the case study show that the regional bivariate FA procedure performed well. This performance depends strongly on the performance of the two univariate models and, more specifically, the univariate model of Q. The results show also the impact of the homogeneity of the region on the performance of the univariate and bivariate models.

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis     

Acquisition de salinité et qualité des eaux d’une nappe profonde en Tunisie: approche statistique et géochimique

Abstract

The multi-layered Jeffara de Gabes aquifer system is greatly influenced by tectonics. This system is limited at the base and laterally by evaporite layers and has lateral contacts with the sebkhas (salt flats). The groundwater in this aquifer is characterized by high salinity (3–10 g L^-1). Multivariate statistical analysis and a geochemical approach were applied to determine the influence of the evaporite layers and sebkhas on the hydrochemical quality of the Jeffara de Gabes aquifer, and to understand the processes governing its salinity. According to these methods, and based in part on the Sr²⁺/Ca²⁺ ratio, it is demonstrated that the strong salinity of the groundwater is due to interactions between water and the evaporite layers that act as a substratum of this aquifer, as well as saltwater intrusion from the sebkhas. Moreover, the medium- to poor-quality groundwaters are characterized by geochemical interactions: cationic exchange and the precipitation/dissolution process of minerals in the aquifer formations.

Editeur Z.W. Kundzewicz

Citation Ben Alaya, M., Zemni, T., Mamou, A. et Zargouni, F., 2014. Acquisition de salinité et qualité des eaux d’une nappe profonde, Tunisie: approche statistique et géochimique. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59 (2), 395–419.     

Efficacité des aménagements de lutte contre le ravinement: cas du bassin versant d’El Hnach (Tunisie)

Résumé

La lutte contre le ravinement a longtemps été un point clé des stratégies de lutte contre l’érosion en milieu méditerranéen. Cependant l’évaluation de l’efficacité des stratégies et pratiques d’aménagements fait défaut. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif du présent travail est de proposer et tester une méthode d’évaluation de l’efficacité d’aménagements réalisés pour limiter le ravinement. La démarche adoptée s’appuie sur l’interprétation de photographies aériennes de différentes dates. Elle est développée sur le bassin versant tunisien d’El Hnach (3,7 km²), partiellement aménagé vers 1989 avec diverses pratiques anti-érosives (plantations d’arbres, construction de banquettes, de seuils et de cordons de pierre). La comparaison entre zones aménagées et zones non aménagées est réalisée après correction des effets pente, lithologie et climat grâce à une normalisation par rapport au comportement de secteurs « témoins » non aménagés. La cartographie de l’évolution des longueurs de ravines entre 1952 et 2004 a permis de mesurer les dynamiques de ravinement et de mettre en évidence la grande variabilité de l’efficacité des aménagements selon le contexte de pente et de géologie.

Editeur Z.W. Kundzewicz; Editeur associé G. Mahé

Citation Rebai, H., Raclot, D., et Ben Ouezdou, H., 2013. Efficacité des aménagements de lutte contre le ravinement (cas du bassin versant d’El Hnach, Tunisie). Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (7), 1532–1541.