Chronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Chinese Tianshan Orogen through detrital zircons from modern and palaeo-river sands

The Chinese Tianshan Orogen marks prolonged and complicated interactions between the southwestern Palaeo-Asian Ocean and surrounding blocks. New and previously published detrital zircon chronological data from modern and palaeo-river sands were compiled to reveal its tectonic evolution. It is characterized by predominant Palaeozoic as well as minor Mesozoic and Precambrian detrital zircon ages with a multimodal characteristic. The oldest Phanerozoic zircon population (peaking at 475 Ma) is a result of subduction and closure of the early Palaeozoic Terskey Ocean. However, the absence of this peak in the Chinese North and southern South Tianshan suggests that subductions of the North and South Tianshan oceans may not have initiated until the Late Ordovician with subsequent 460–390 and 360–320 Ma arc magmatism. Similar to the magmatic suite in classic collisional orogens, the youngest massive 320–270 Ma magmatism is suggested to be post-collisional. The North and South Tianshan oceans therefore probably had their closure to form the Chinese Tianshan Orogen during the late Carboniferous. The weak Mesozoic intra-plate magmatism further rejects a late Permian–Triassic Tianshan Orogen due to a lack of extensive syn- and post-collisional magmatism. Moreover, diverse Precambrian detrital zircon age patterns indicate that the surrounding blocks have distinct evolutionary processes with short-term amalgamation during the Meso- to Neoproterozoic.     

Performance investigation of 3D printed clay soil using fiber Bragg grating technology

Acta Geotechnica - Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques are under continuous investigation with interesting results published at both experimental and research levels. However, few investigations...     

广东省某水电站上坝公路、进厂房公路地质灾害影响评估

通过对广东省某水电站公路两侧存在的地质灾害-滑坡进行稳定性分析,并结合区域地质情况对该电站上坝公路、进厂房公路两侧存在的地质灾害现状进行了评估;最后,对评估区进行了分区,同时针对不同分区提出不同的治理方案.     

基于PS-InSAR技术的武威市地面沉降时空变化特征

武威市位于甘肃省中部,是一座典型的农业城市,分布有大量农业耕地。由于土壤疏松,地面容易受到降水和地下水的影响,易发生地面沉降地质灾害对居民的生产、生活造成不利影响。本文利用2017年2月至2022年12月的Sentinel-1A数据,通过PS-InSAR技术提取了武威市的地面沉降监测数据,包括视线向形变速率和累积形变量。对形变场的时空分布特征进行了详细分析,并引入Mogi模型反演地下深部变形范围。最后,结合研究区的降水数据和GRACE重力卫星获取到由陆地水负荷引起的地表形变数据,并对研究区的沉降成因进行了初步分析。结果表明,研究区存在两个主要沉降区,其中主沉降区A的最大累积沉降量达到-290.9 mm,视线向形变速率为-52.0 mm/a;主沉降区B的沉降量达到-178.1 mm,视线向形变速率为-43.8 mm/a。地表沉降呈现周期性变化,且向东南方向逐步扩展,与降水和地下水变化特征相似。通过Mogi模型反演,得出了主沉降区的地下影响范围（半径）和深度,其中主沉降区A为40.96 m和133.67 m,主沉降区B为38.60 m和140.78 m。按季节划分统计形变数据,结果表明,由于研究区所属干旱区,自然降水无法对地面沉降产生显著影响,而农耕时大量地下水的抽取才是导致区域地面沉降的主要原因。

     

天水地磁台不同组合绝对观测系统精度研究

选取对天水地磁台两套不同组合绝对观测系统的观测数据,进行数据处理,探讨其观测精度与差异.通过对基线值的对比分析知,DIF组合比DFZ组合观测精度高,性能稳定.说明DI仪观测精度相对较高,尤其是D的观测优势明显,且F墩差很容易测量和归算.在处理过程中,利用计算机自动由"实测值"计算得到"采用值",在保证精度的前提下,工作效率显著提高.同时,为适应数字化观测积累经验,做好观测系统换代的准备工作,本文对如何提高地磁观测资料质量的方法做了细致的总结.     

Intensity attenuation based on earthquake fault-rupture model

Based on the statistical outcomes relevant to elliptical isoseisms given in ref. [1], the average focal depth and rupture length of fault for earthquakes with different magnitudes or epicentral intensities occurring in East and West China are discussed. A set of intensity attenuation functions appropriated to point source (regarding focal distance as the distance parameter in the attenuation law) and the line source (regarding the shortest distance from the site to rupture line or the average distance from the site to both ends of the rupture line as the distance parameter) are proposed.     

Throat aurora observed by DMSP/SSUSI in a global view

Throat aurora was defined based on the ground observations near local noon and has been suggested to be the ground signature of an indentation on the subsolar magnetopause. A global view of the auroral oval with throat aurora will be critical for inferring global processes at the magnetopause, but it has never been achieved. Using imaging spectrograph observations from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites, for the first time, here we show typical throat auroras in a global view and reveal some important observational facts as follows.(1) The throat auroras can be as long as ～8 degrees in latitudinal direction,which is hardly to be fully seen in the ground-based camera.(2) The plasma flows and field aligned currents associated with throat aurora show consistences with previous radar observations, which have been suggested to be the observational evidence of magnetopause reconnection.(3) Most importantly, we confirmed that the electron and ion precipitations associated with throat aurora are always spatially separated, i.e., electrons in the east and ions in the west. The observational results not only establish a new picture of the aurora oval near local noon, but also provide important support to a conceptual model of throat aurora.     

云南地震前兆与短临预报

在云南地区近３０年前兆观测及其地震预测预报研究与实践的基础上,从映震效能的角度对云南地区的前兆观测进行了一次系统研究,从６４个前兆台站１６８个观测 ,优选出了２０个具有较好映震效能的前兆台项。它们初步构成对云南地区地震进行”时、空、强“预测的骨干前兆指标群。     

腾冲火山及邻区速度结构的三维层析成象

利用１９８４～１９９８年新间期间发生在腾冲火山及邻区３０个台站记录的数知个地震的Ｐ波资料,采用地震层析成象法重建了腾冲火山及邻区地壳、上地幔不同深度的三维速度结构层析成象图。结果给出,在腾冲火山区下面地壳内约３～９ｋｍ存在低速带,扰动量达－２０％;１０～１５ｋｍ深度为高波速带,扰动量达７．３％;１６～２４ｋｍ深度为低波速带。扰动量达－９．１％;２５～４０ｋｍ为波速带,扰一达１０％;大于莫霍面深度（     

Analytical investigations of seismic responses for reinforced concrete bridge columns subjected to strong near-fault ground motion

Strong near-fault ground motion, usually caused by the fault-rupture and characterized by a pulse-like velocity- wave form, often causes dramatic instantaneous seismic energy (Jadhav and Jangid 2006). Some reinforced concrete (RC) bridge columns, even those built according to ductile design principles, were damaged in the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. Thus, it is very important to evaluate the seismic response of a RC bridge column to improve its seismic design and prevent future damage. Nonlinear time history analysis using step-by-step integration is capable of tracing the dynamic response of a structure during the entire vibration period and is able to accommodate the pulsing wave form. However, the accuracy of the numerical results is very sensitive to the modeling of the nonlinear load-deformation relationship of the structural member. FEMA 273 and ATC-40 provide the modeling parameters for structural nonlinear analyses of RC beams and RC columns. They use three parameters to define the plastic rotation angles and a residual strength ratio to describe the nonlinear load- deformation relationship of an RC member. Structural nonlinear analyses are performed based on these parameters. This method provides a convenient way to obtain the nonlinear seismic responses of RC structures. However, the accuracy of the numerical solutions might be further improved. For this purpose, results from a previous study on modeling of the static pushover analyses for RC bridge columns (Sung et al. 2005) is adopted for the nonlinear time history analysis presented herein to evaluate the structural responses excited by a near-fault ground motion. To ensure the reliability of this approach, the numerical results were compared to experimental results. The results confirm that the proposed approach is valid.