Hydrological alterations from water infrastructure development in the Mekong floodplains

The Mekong floodplains, which encompasses the region from Kratie Township in Central Cambodia to the Vietnamese East Sea, is a region of globally renown agricultural productivity and biodiversity. The construction of 135 dams across the Mekong basin and the development of delta‐based flood prevention systems have caused public concern given possible threats on the stability of agricultural and ecological systems in the floodplains. Mekong dams store water upstream and regulate flow seasonality, while in situ flood prevention systems re‐distribute water retention capacity in the floodplains. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate possible impacts of the recent development of both hydropower dams and flood prevention systems on hydrological regimes in the Mekong floodplains. An analysis of measured daily and hourly water level data for key stations in the Mekong floodplains from Kratie to the river mouth in Vietnam was conducted. Hydropower dam information was obtained from the hydropower database managed by the Mekong River Commission, and the MODIS satellite imagery was used to detect changes in flooding extent related to the operation of flood prevention systems in the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Results indicate that the upper part of the floodplains, the Cambodian floodplains, may buffer upstream dam impacts to the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Flood prevention up to date has had the greatest effect on the natural hydrological regime of the Mekong floodplains, evidenced by a significant increase of water level rise and fall rates in the upper delta and causing water levels in the middle delta to increase. The development of flood prevention systems has also effected spatial distribution of flooding as indicated via a time series analysis of satellite imagery. While this development leads to increase localized agricultural productivity, our historical data analysis indicates that development of one region detrimentally affects other regions within the delta, which could increase the risk of future conflicts among regions, economic sectors and the ecological value of these important floodplains. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Novel integrated approaches for predicting the compressibility of clay using cascade forward neural networks optimized by swarm- and evolution-based algorithms

Acta Geotechnica - Soft soils are considered as disadvantages in construction, especially in clay layers. It requires many advanced techniques to treat the soft soils before construction, aiming to...     

Participants’ livelihoods compatible with conservation programs: evidence from China’s grain-for-green program in northern Shaanxi Province

GeoJournal - As the largest conservation program and payments for ecosystem services in China, the grain-for-green program (GGP) has substantially changed land use and cover, and reduced soil...     

近53年石家庄地区气温稳定通过10℃的农业气候资源变化特征

以17个气象站1960—2012年的观测资料,利用趋势分析, Mann Kendall检验,Morlet小波分析等方法,分析了石家庄地区气温稳定通过10 ℃的农业气候资源变化特征,结果表明：近53年气温稳定通过10 ℃的初日以14 d/10a的趋势提前,终日以1.1 d/10a的趋势后延,持续日数以2.5 d/10a的趋势增加,积温以64.5 ℃〖DK〗·d/10a的趋势增加,降水量无明显变化,日照时数以53.4 h/10a的趋势减少;各要素的时间序列除降水外均存在不同程度的突变,终日、持续日数、积温以及日照时数的突变较为显著,终日在2007年后后延显著,持续日数在1998年后显著增多,积温在2000年后显著增加,日照时数在1993年后显著减少;通过Morlet小波分析发现,各要素在近53年中存在周期性变化规律,初日和期间积温存在准2～4年的振荡周期,终日存在准2～3年的振荡周期,持续日数存在准2年的振荡周期。降水量存在准3年和准3～7年的振荡周期,日照时数存在准2～3年的振荡周期。石家庄地区气温稳定通过10 ℃的农业气候资源变化使作物的生长发育提前,生长周期变短,日照时数减少对作物生长有一定的不利影响。     

Under-ice measurements of suspended particulate matters using ADCP and LISST-Holo

Ocean Science Journal - Using a mooring package comprising an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and holographic imaging system, a 1-day ice camp study was performed under the Arctic sea ice...     

Molecular characterizations of oxytetracycline resistant bacteria and their resistance genes from mariculture waters of China

Oxytetracycline-resistant bacteria were isolated from a mariculture farm in China, and accounted for 32.23% and 5.63% of the total culturable microbes of the sea cucumber and the sea urchin rearing waters respectively. Marine vibrios, especially strains related to Vibrio splendidus or V. tasmaniensis, were the most abundant resistant isolates. For oxytetracycline resistance, tet(A), tet(B) and tet(D) genes were detected in both sea cucumber and sea urchin rearing ponds. The dominant resistance type for V. tasmaniensis-like strains was the combination of both tet(A) and tet(B) genes, while the major resistance type for V. splendidus-like strains was a single tet(D) gene. Most of the sea cucumber tet-positive isolates harbored a chloramphenicol-resistance gene, either cat IV or cat II, while only a few sea urchin tet-positive isolates harbored a cat gene, actually cat IV. The coexistence of tet and cat genes in the strains isolated from the mariculture farm studied was helpful in explaining some of the multi-resistance mechanisms.     

陕北侏罗纪煤田地下水保护对策与开采利用方案 研究

矿山开采活动中地下水与生态环境保护是需要综合利用多学科思想与理论解决的难题,仅从采矿工程学角度难以解决根本问题。文中从生态水文地质学的角度,针对陕北采煤安全必须疏排水和陕北能源基地建设亟须水资源支撑的现状,提出了通过充分地利用煤田地下水满足强劲用水需求来保护水资源的对策,并从矿区水文地质结构、地下水循环条件出发,根据矿区植被生态风险区划、采煤影响地下水区划,提出了建立保护矿山水资源的采煤秩序、不同阶段地下水保护与开发利用区划以及矿山掘进过程中保护性开采地下水的水源地布局规划原则与建设方案。     

Assignment of groundwater level at the wastewater collecting pipe for a landfill groundwater simulation: utilization of the two-dimensional saturated–unsaturated groundwater numerical model

In order to understand the effects of a landfill operation on groundwater flow behavior, a 2D horizontal groundwater simulation model was carried out. The model saved the memory of computer and time consumption, comparing it with the 3D groundwater flow model. However, the greatest difficulty is the assignment of the collecting pipe boundary at the study site. Therefore, a 2D vertical model was applied to calculate the change of the groundwater table above the collecting pipe. This paper focuses on examining the validation of the assignment of the collecting pipe boundary by applying the results of the 2D vertical model. The 2D horizontal model was coupled with the recharge model to solve the partial differential equation of groundwater flow. The finite difference method and iterative successive over relaxation were applied. The drainage volume of leachate collection was summed up in the whole landfill site and compared with the average volume of treated wastewater. The study demonstrated that the results of the 2D vertical model validated and can be applied to the 2D horizontal groundwater flow simulation.     

GIS在中国粮食单产空间变化研究中的应用

依据１９８５与１９９４年两个年份的分县粮食生产统计数据,运用ＧＩＳ为分析手段,从空间变化特征、变化成因及变化趋势三个方面,着重对１９８４年以来我国粮食单产的空间变化进行了定量研究。结果表明：在过去十年里,我国粮食单产增长占绝对优势,其中北方地区增产强度较大、南方地区下滑现象明显;生产条件的改善对北方粮食单产的增长有重要作用,比较利益的驱使导致南方粮食单产下滑。