Factors affecting runoff and sediment yield on the semiarid loess area in Northern Shaanxi Province,China

The semiarid loess area in north Shaanxi Province is one of the most serious areas of water erosion in China. The Chinese government initiated the project “Grain-for-Green” for soil erosion control in 1999, with significant effect. Vegetation, rainfall, soil, and topography are the most dominant natural factors affecting soil erosion; therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate the effects of these four factors on runoff and soil loss at the runoff-plot scale over five years and use the Gray relational analysis methods to compare the impacts of these factors. Five runoff-measuring sites were established in five different vegetation types. The results show that the relative impacts of the four factors on runoff were: rainfall > soil > topography > vegetation, and the relative impacts of the factors on sediment yield were soil > runoff > rainfall > topography > vegetation. We also analyzed the weights of these four factors on runoff and sediment yield during the wettest year alone. For that year, the relative weights of the factors on runoff were topography > rainfall > soil > vegetation, and the relative weights of the factors on sediment yield were runoff > soil > rainfall > topography > vegetation.     

A vector field model to handle the displacement of multiple conflicts in building generalization

In map generalization, the displacement operation attempts to resolve proximity conflicts to guarantee map legibility. Owing to the limited representation space, conflicts may occur between both the same and different features under different contexts. A successful displacement should settle multiple conflicts, suppress the generation of secondary conflicts after moving some objects, and preserve the distribution patterns. The effect of displacement can be understood as a force that pushes related objects away with properties of propagation and distance decay. This study borrows the idea of vector fields from physics discipline and establishes a vector field model to handle the displacement of multiple conflicts in building generalization. A scalar field is first constructed based on a Delaunay triangulation skeleton to partition the buildings being examined (e.g., a street block). Then, we build a vector field to conduct displacement measurements through the detection of conflicts from multiple sources. The direction and magnitude of the displacement force are computed based on an iso-line model of vector field. The experiment shows that this global method can settle multiple conflicts and preserve the spatial relations and important building patterns.     

EVOLUTION OF MAGNETIC HELICITY IN MAGNETIC RECONNECTION

This paper presents a definition of magnetic helicity specifically for two-dimensional magnetic fields and derives the associated helicity equation. The newly defined helicity is closely related to its three-dimensional counterpart and serves as a measure of the shear of magnetic field. Based on this, a numerical simulation is carried out on magnetic reconnection occurring in the lower solar atmosphere. It is found that the helicity dissipation due to magnetic reconnection is very small. A large amount of helicity is transferred upward and escapes from the domain of the solution, and the total helicity is approximately conserved during the magnetic reconnection and helicity transfer. This is in support of the applicability of a postulate, which was proposed by Taylor (1974, 1986) concerning the approximate conservation of magnetic helicity in the presence of resistive dissipation and magnetic reconnection in a highly conductive laboratory plasma, to the solar atmosphere.     

由昆仑山口西8.1级地震分析中国大陆1～3年地震大形势

在昆仑山口西8.1级地震震前分析基础上，对该次地震对中国大陆地震活动趋势的影响进行了分析，认为这次地震是20世纪以来第五活跃幕闭幕阶段的最大地震，据震前3年地震活动类比等推测，未来3年内中国大陆西部仍可能发生7级以上地震，东部地区可能发生少量6级地震。     

The neotectonic stress field in the regions of Shaanxi,Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai (China)

SummaryThe Neotectonic Stress Field in the Regions of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai (China) Geological, seismological, geodetic and geomorphological data were used to determine the orientation of the principal large scale regional neotectonic normal stress directions in North-Central China. It is shown that the maximum pressure is oriented NE-SW (N 40° E). In detail, there appears to be a rotation of the maximum pressure direction from N 7° E in Ladakh to N 33° E in Chinese Western Xizang and ca. N 70° E in the Southwestern part of our region investigated: This may be an indication that apart from the effect of the collision between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, there may also be felt an effect of the collision between the Eurasian and Pacific plates.

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ZusammenfassungDas neotektonische Spannungsfeld in den Regionen von Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia und Qinghai (China) Geologische, seismologische, geodätische und geomorphologische Daten wurden verwendet, um die Richtung der überregionalen, neotektonischen Hauptnormalspannungen im nördlichen Zentralchina zu bestimmen. Es wird gezeigt, daß die maximale Druckspannung eine NE-SW-Richtung hat (N 40° E). Im Detail scheint es eine Rotation der maximalen Druckspannungsrichtung von N 7° E im Ladakh bis N 33° E im chinesischen Westxizang und bis ca. N 70° E im Südwesten der hier untersuchten Region zu geben. Dies kann ein Hinweis dafür sein, daß, abgesehen vom Effekt einer Kollision zwischen der eurasischen und indischen tektonischen Platte, sich auch der Effekt der Kollision zwischen der eurasischen und pazifischen Platte bemerkbar macht.

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RésuméLes contraintes tectoniques dans les régions de Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia et Qinghai (Chine) On a utilisé des dates géologiques, séismologiques, géodétiques et géomorphologiques pour déterminer l'orientation des contraintes régionales néotectoniques principales à grand echelle dans le nord de la Chine centrale. Il est démontré que la pression maximale a une direction de NE à SO (N 40° E). En détail, on observe une rotation de la pression maximale de N 7° E dans le Ladakh jusqu'à N 33° E dans le Xizang oriental chinois et à N 70° E dans le sud-ouest de la région investiguée dans le présent travail. Ceci peut être une indication que, à part de l'effet de la collision entre la plaque tectonique de l'Eurasie et celle de l'Inde, on observe un effet de la collision entre la plaque tectonique de l'Eurasie avec celle du Pacifique.

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无居民海岛功能定位初探

根据无居民海岛的自然属性和社会属性,考虑到海岛环境的特殊性、资源承载的有限性、空间开发功能的衍生性,以及与国家主体功能区规划和全国海洋功能区划的衔接性,从海岛开发适宜性和海岛可持续保护的角度,研究无居民海岛功能分类方法,构建海岛功能分类评价指标体系,确定海岛功能分类的适宜性评价因子及评价标准,并引入综合评判理论,量化指标因子,构建综合评判模型,在此模型的基础上,借助GIS技术实现无居民海岛功能定位。     

State of China's Climate in 2020

2020年,全国平均气温10.25℃,较常年偏高0.7℃;全国平均降水量694.8毫米,比常年偏多10.3％.总体上涝重于旱,夏季南方地区发生1998年以来最严重汛情,暴雨洪涝灾害重;干旱呈区域性阶段性特征,灾害损失偏轻;春夏季节转换早,高温出现早,极端性强,夏季南方高温持续时间长;登陆台风偏少,影响时段和地域集中;冷...     

Petrogenesis and shock metamorphism of the enriched lherzolitic shergottite Northwest Africa 7755

Northwest Africa (NWA) 7755 is a newly found enriched lherzolitic shergottite. Here, we report its detailed petrography and mineralogy. NWA 7755 contains both poikilitic and non‐poikilitic lithologies. Olivine has different compositional ranges in the poikilitic and non‐poikilitic lithologies, Fa_30–39 and Fa_37–40, respectively. Pyroxene in the non‐poikilitic lithology is systematically Fe‐richer than that in the poikilitic lithology. The chromite grains in non‐poikilitic lithology are highly Ti‐richer than those in the poikilitic lithology. The chemical variations of olivine, pyroxene, and chromite between the poikilitic and non‐poikilitic lithologies support a two‐stage formation model of lherzolitic shergottites. Besides planar fractures and strong mosaicism in olivine and pyroxene, shock‐induced melt veins and pockets are observed in NWA 7755. Olivine grains within and adjacent to melt veins and/or pockets have either transformed to ringwoodite, amorphous phase, or dissociated to bridgmanite plus magnesiowüstite. Merrillite in melt veins has completely transformed to tuite; however, apatite only has partially transformed to tuite, indicating a relatively sluggish transformation rate. The partial transformation from apatite to tuite resulted in fractional devolatilization of Cl and F in apatite. The fine‐grained mineral assemblage in melt veins consists mainly of bridgmanite, minor magnesiowüstite, Fe‐sulfide, Fe‐phosphide, and Ca‐phosphate minerals. The coexistence of bridgmanite and magnesiowüstite in these veins indicates a shock pressure of >~24 GPa and a temperature of 1800–2000 °C. Coesite and seifertite are probably present in NWA 7755. The presence of these high‐pressure minerals indicates that NWA 7755 has experienced a more intense shock metamorphism than other enriched lherzolitic shergottites.     

斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川学研究进展与我国北极冰川监测系统建设

北极斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川大多数属于亚极地型(sub-polar)或多热型(polythermal)。Austre Br(?)ggerbreen和Midre Lovénbreen冰川(＜10km~2)长时间系列物质平衡研究显示,自小冰期结束以来几乎所有的观测年中夏季消融比冬季积累更大,导致冰体稳定地减小;而面积更大、海拔高度更高的冰川如Kongsvegen冰川(105km~2)则更加接近稳定态的平衡。斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川流动速率一般较低,但跃动相当频繁,控制跃动型冰川空间分布的因素包括冰川长度、基底岩性和多热场。可通过冰川水文特征、钻孔温度测量和无线电回波探测获取斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川热场的信息。斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川的低流速和多热性结构对冰川上的排水系统相当重要,整个群岛淡水径流的四个主要来源分别是冰川消融、雪融化、夏季降雨和冰崩解,经验回归方法和模式方法用于计算淡水径流量。因夏季融水渗浸作用、采样分辨率低和化学成分分析有限,早期斯瓦尔巴群岛冰芯的准确定年受到严重影响,但最近的研究显示,来自斯瓦尔巴群岛冰帽的冰芯数据仍然能够提供重要的气候和环境信息。通过我国北极黄河站2005年度科学考察,我们已初步建立了Austre Lovénbreen冰川和Pedersenbreen冰川监测系统,并计划在Austre Lovénbreen冰川进行钻孔温度测量、冰川气象要素观测、冰川前缘水文观测以及冰川厚度和内部结构测量,重点开展斯瓦尔巴群岛冰川基本特征和发育条件、冰川表面能量和物质平衡、冰川波动与气候变化关系、淡水径流年际和季节性变化和气/雪/冰界面过程等方面的研究。