台湾西部前陆盆地和帝汶海前陆盆地均是新生代环太平洋巨型沟-弧-盆体系的一部分。Huang et al.(2000)认为,帝汶海前陆盆地目前相当于台湾南部陆海域所处的弧-陆碰撞的初始阶段。我们认为,该研究中存在着一种潜在的逻辑上的矛盾。在研究单个前陆盆地时,造山过程和板块的挠曲特性均会成为关注的焦点;而一旦进行盆地之间的对比研究,则往往会倾向于关注造山过程、机制以及构造现象的异同等,并由此得出相应结论,却忽视了在现象异同的背后所隐藏着的板块挠曲特性所起的控制性作用。事实上,帝汶海前陆盆地和台湾西部前陆盆地的根本差异并不在其造山作用和过程,而在于其板块挠曲特性的巨大差异。正是这种差异决定了二者具有完全不同的演化特性,构造、层序上的异同只是这种差异的外在体现。忽视这种差异,仅根据构造上的异同以推断前陆的演化过程会导致认识的偏差。 相似文献
Soil arching effect, which relates to the load transfer and stress redistribution in a soil mass, exists commonly in various geotechnical situations. Many researchers have conducted trapdoor tests and theoretical analyses to study the soil arching and its development in recent years. However, little attention has been paid to the interaction between soil arching and seepage flow, both occurring during the tunnelling of a seabed tunnel. To study the influence of the seepage flow on soil arching, a series of two-dimensional trapdoor tests were carried out considering different fill heights and water level heights. Two subvertical slip surfaces were observed during the tests using the PIV technique. It was found that seepage flow increased the displacement of the particles and the effective vertical stress acting at the top of the trapdoor. However, there was little difference in the development of slip surfaces between the seepage condition and the saturated/no-seepage condition. In addition, a nonuniform distribution of vertical stresses at the top of the trapdoor was observed. The effective earth pressure measured along the centreline of the trapdoor was larger than that on the two edges of the trapdoor. But this nonuniformity decreased with an increasing water level height in the test chamber.