An assessment of uncertainties in VS profiles obtained from microtremor observations in the phased 2018 COSMOS blind trials

Journal of Seismology - Site response is a critical consideration when assessing earthquake hazards. Site characterization is key to understanding site effects as influenced by seismic site...     

基于夜间灯光数据的环渤海地区城市化过程

利用1992年、1996年和1998年的三期DMSP/OLS夜间灯光数据,提取了区域尺度的环渤海地区20世纪90年代的城市群空间信息,建立了城市群地区面状、线状和点状城市化空间模式,分析了环渤海城市群地区20世纪90年代的城市化过程。基本结论如下:①20世纪90年代环渤海城市群地区城市斑块数量增长较快,城市化过程明显,但小斑块所占比重较大,城市斑块破碎度增加。同时,区域内城市重心基本维持在经度117.93o和纬度38.49o附近,整体上表现出向西北方向移动的趋势。②20世纪90年代环渤海城市群地区城市化过程基本上可以从空间上概括为在中心城市和大城市周围的面状城市化过程、沿交通干线周围的线状城市化过程和广大区域内以新兴小城市或小城镇出现为特征的点状城市化过程三种基本过程。其中,面状城市化过程一直居于优势地位,但面状城市化过程的基本有效范围主要局限在面状城市斑块周围3￣4km范围。线状城市化过程和点状城市过程所占的比例相对较小,但表现出明显的增强趋势,在区域内的影响范围正逐渐扩大。     

基于DMSP/OLS数据的中国城市化过程研究——反映区域城市化水平的灯光指数的构建

基于DMSP/OLS非辐射定标的夜间灯光平均强度数据构建了一个反映区域城市化水平的灯光指数 ,并分析了该灯光指数与城市化水平在省级尺度上的相关性。研究表明 ,灯光指数与反映城市化水平的复合指数存在较高的相关关系 ,可以用于我国城市化水平及其时空分异分析和城市化进程监测     

Selective transmission of light in the ocean waters and its relation to phytoplankton photosynthesis

Occurrence of the depth differences in pigment composition and photosynthetic properties of marine phytoplankton were examined in relation to the spectral changes of light with depth. Phytoplankton were taken from various depths in the northwestern North Pacific, and their absorption spectra were determined with intact cells and in 90% acetone extract. The photosynthetic activities of phytoplankton were concurrently measured under blue, green, red and white light. The difference in absorption spectra for the surface and deeper samples was considerably small, indicating that the prevailing green or blue light in the deeper layers may have little significance for depth-variations of the pigment composition in marine phytoplankton. The depth differentiation in the shape of the light-photosynthesis curve was marked in a well stratified water column but no active response of deeper phytoplankton to green light could be confirmed. The photosynthetic efficiencies of phytoplankton for blue and green light were approximately 105–115 % and 80–90 % of white light, respectively, irrespective of sampling depth.Contribution No. 261 from Shimoda Marine Biological Station     

Detrital zircon geochronology of the Lutzow-Holm Complex,East Antarctica:Implications for Antarctica-Sri Lanka correlation

The Lützow-Holm Complex(LHC) of East Antarctica has been regarded as a collage of Neoarchean(ca.2.5 Ga), Paleoproterozoic(ca. 1.8 Ga), and Neoproterozoic(ca. 1.0 Ga) magmatic arcs which were amalgamated through the latest Neoproterozoic collisional events during the assembly of Gondwana supercontinent. Here, we report new geochronological data on detrital zircons in metasediments associated with the magmatic rocks from the LHC, and compare the age spectra with those in the adjacent terranes for evaluating the tectonic correlation of East Antarctica and Sri Lanka. Cores of detrital zircon grains with high Th/U ratio in eight metasediment samples can be subdivided into two dominant groups:(1) late Meso-to Neoproterozoic(1.1-0.63 Ga) zircons from the northeastern part of the LHC in Prince Olav Coast and northern Soya Coast areas, and(2) dominantly Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic(2.8-2.4 Ga) zircons from the southwestern part of the LHC in southern Lutzow-Holm Bay area. The ca.1.0 Ga and ca. 2.5 Ga magmatic suites in the LHC could be proximal provenances of the detrital zircons in the northeastern and southwestern LHC, respectively. Subordinate middle to late Mesoproterozoic(1.3-1.2 Ga) detrital zircons obtained from Akarui Point and Langhovde could have been derived from adjacent Gondwana fragments(e.g., Rayner Complex, Eastern Ghats Belt). Meso-to Neoproterozoic domains such as Vijayan and Wanni Complexes of Sri Lanka, the southern Madurai Block of southern India, and the central-western Madagascar could be alternative distal sources of the late Meso-to Neoproterozoic zircons. Paleo-to Mesoarchean domains in India, Africa, and Antarctica might also be distal sources for the minor ~2.8 Ga detrital zircons from Skallevikshalsen. The detrital zircons from the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka show similar Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic(ca. 2.5 Ga) and Neoproterozoic(ca. 1.0 Ga) ages, which are comparable with those of the LHC, suggesting that the two complexes might have formed under similar tectonic regimes. We consider that the Highland Complex and metasedimentary unit of the LHC formed a unified latest Neoproterozoic suture zone with a large block of northern LH-Vijayan Complex caught up as remnant of the ca. 1.0 Ga magmatic arc.     

Uniform network transformation for points pattern analysis on a non-uniform network

In the real world, there are many kinds of phenomena that are represented by points on a network, such as traffic accidents on a street network. To analyse these phenomena, the basic point pattern methods (i.e. the nearest neighbour distance method, the quadrat method, the K-function method and the clumping method) defined on a plane (referred to as the planar basic point pattern methods) are extended to the basic point pattern methods on a network (referred to as the network basic point pattern methods). However, like the planar basic point pattern methods, the network basic point pattern methods assume a uniform network and this assumption is hard to accept when analysing actual phenomena. To overcome this limitation, this paper formulates a transformation, called the uniform network transformation, that transforms a non-uniform network into a uniform network. This transformation provides a simple procedure for analysing point patterns on non-uniform networks: first, a given non-uniform network is transformed into a uniform network; second, the network basic point pattern methods (which assume a uniform network) are applied to this transformed uniform network. No modification to the network basic point pattern methods is necessary. The paper also shows an actual application of this transformation to traffic accidents in Chosei, Japan.     

Development of partial factor design method on bearing capacity of pile foundations for Japanese Specifications for Highway Bridges

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This paper shows the development of a partial factor design method on the bearing capacity of pile foundations for Japanese Specifications for Highway Bridges. Firstly, estimation design equations on the bearing capacities of pile foundations are improved by analysis of pile load test results and uncertainties in the bearing capacities are evaluated. Secondly, the reliabilities of pile foundations designed by the former specifications are evaluated based on reliability analysis considering the uncertainties in the bearing capacities and coefficients of subgrade reaction. Finally, a partial factor design method is developed based on the target reliability index obtained based on the conventional pile installation method by the pile installation methods. The factors are different for each pile installation method.     

A Collaborative Research on Combating Desertification in Naiman,Inner Mongolia,China with Institute of Desert Research,CAS——Results of Desertification Monitoring Using RS and GIS

奈曼地区的沙漠化以固定沙丘的活化为特征。研究利用陆地卫星资料监测地被物和土地利用变化的方法以分析沙漠化的进展。天然植被、结构和土壤红度指数对分析沙漠化现状及发展趋势很有效。研究证实 ,典型区的沙漠化程度有明显变化 ;对居民区 ,公路及铁路沿线附近地区的土地管理比较重视 ,正在对沙漠化土地进行改良。应用上述方法可以分析沙漠化现状及发展趋势但不能确定其面积的变化。其次根据调查分类提出了地被物和土地利用变化的监测法。此法要求提供一年中两次不同时间的数据。文中还分析使用此法的可能性。最后 ,根据陆地卫星红色谱带反射率与实测生物之间的高度相关性可估算草地的生物量并得出结论 ,从奈曼北部到中部的大部分地区都处于过度放牧状态。