Rill erosion along the thalweg of a hillslope hollow: A case study from the cotswold hills,Central England

Rill erosion is an important erosional form on agricultural soils in England, causing large losses of soil, particularly on cultivated slopes. This paper describes a rill system that developed in a small agricultural catchment in north Oxfordshire during the winter of 1992–93. The rill system comprised two components: a system of ‘feeder rills’ along the valley-side slopes, which were the result of flow concentration and erosion along wheelings, and a thalweg rill, which formed along a dry valley bottom as a result of surface runoff concentration from the feeder rills. Total volumetric soil loss from the rill system was 32·28 m³, equivalent to 3·01 m³, ha^?1 for the rill catchment area, or 3·91 t ha^?1. Mean discharge for the thalweg rill and feeder rills, calculated during a storm event, was 31·101s^?1 and 1·171s^?1, respectively. All flows were fully turbulent and supercritical. We emphasize the need for a spatially distributed approach to the study of runoff and erosion at the catchment scale.     

First principles quantum mechanical calculation of the electric dipole polarizabilities of the borate,carbonate, nitrate and related ions

Electric dipole polarizabilities have been calculated from first principles of quantum mechanics for the BO ₃ ^3? , CO ₃ ^2? , NO ₃ ^? series and for NO ₂ ^? and LiNO₃(g). Calculated trends in average polarizability and polarizability anisotropy in the BO ₃ ^3? -NO ₃ ^? series are in agreement with experiment and can be qualitatively interpreted in terms of the varying energies of the a₁′, a₂″ and e′ symmetry unoccupied MO's of the oxyanions. Embedding a CO ₃ ^2? ion in a D_3h symmetry array of divalent cations reduces both the average polarizability and its anisotropy, particularly when diffuse s and p functions are included in the calculation. Calculations on the gas phase LiNO₃ molecule and on the free NO ₃ ^? ion in the distorted geometry found in LiNO₃(g) allow us to separate polarizability contributions internal to the NO ₃ ^? and Li⁺ ions from those which arise from the Li⁺-NO ₃ ^? interaction. The Li⁺-NO ₃ ^? interaction term so obtained is much smaller than the NO ₃ ^? contribution but is in turn larger than the Li⁺ contribution, suggesting that the inclusion of this interaction term is essential for obtaining accurate results for ion pairs. Although static polarizabilities are in reasonable agreement with experiment for NO ₃ ^? the wavelength dispersion of the polarizability is underestimated by about a factor of two, apparently as a result of inadequacies in the quantum mechanical method. Calculated values are also presented for ¹⁴N NMR shieldings in the nitrogen oxyanions but these are in only qualitative agreement with the experimental values. Similarly, calculated values of magnetic susceptibility are in only qualitative agreement with experiment although trends along the BO ₃ ^3? -NO ₃ ^? series are properly reproduced.     

新世纪的大洋钻探

较为详细地介绍了大洋钻探计划（ODP）的科学目标,研究主题及其重要的科学意义,大洋钻探计划是当今举世瞩目的国际性海洋科学研究计划,其前身深海钻探计划（DSDP）孕育了20世纪70年代的地学革命,为“新全球构造理论”－－板块构造学说的发展提供了关键性的证据。自1985年开始的ODP成功地探查了地质历史演化中塑造我们这颗星球并决定了其现今环境状态的各种地质过程,揭示了控制地壳形成,海洋化学,海洋的深部和表面循环的各种地质以及生物圈和环境物理化学间相互作用的复杂性,DSDP和ODP的成功为实施新世纪海洋钻探－综合海洋钻探项目（IODP）的目标铺平了道路,IODP是在21世纪初即将实施的新的大洋钻探计划。     

Barometric pumping effects on soil gas studies for geological and environmental characterization

Data from two free soil gas sampling programs are evaluated for the effects of barometric pumping over time on measured soil gas volumes. One program collected data from the trapped atmosphere immediately above two hazardous waste landfill areas. Of these areas, one had extremely high soil gas emanations, whereas the other had a more modest soil gas release. The second experimental program involved the collection of free soil gas samples on a rough grid with an approximate spacing of 1.6 km over a 720-sq-km area. This reconnaissance effort was designed to establish regional soil gas background values and to establish the utility of this method as a geological mapping tool in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Methane, ethane, propane, and hydrogen data are used for this study. The data suggest that there is a predictable change in soil gas volume with a given change in barometric pressure. The rate of change is greater with large soil gas volumes in permeable soils versus lower soil gas volumes in impermeable soils; however, a simple linear relationship seems to generate a predictable curve with a margin of error of approximately 50%. Furthermore, the results of this study indicate that barometric pumping effects should be strongly considered during soil gas screening efforts at hazardous waste sites as well as in regional studies for hydrocarbon source potential mapping.     

离散裂隙渗流方法与裂隙化渗透介质建模

流体渗流模拟的连续介质方法通常适用于多孔地质体,并不一定适用于裂隙岩体,由于裂隙分布及其特征与孔隙差异较大。若流体渗流主要受裂隙的控制,对于一定尺寸的裂隙岩体,多孔介质假设则较难刻划裂隙岩体的渗流特征。离散裂隙渗流方法不但可直接用于模拟裂隙岩体非均质性和各向异性等渗流特征,而且可用其确定所研究的裂隙岩体典型单元体及其水力传导（渗透）张量大小。主要讨论了以下问题：（1）饱和裂隙介质中一般的离散流体渗流模拟;（2）裂隙岩体中的REV（典型单元体）及其水力传导（渗透）张量的确定;（3）利用离散裂隙网络流体渗流模型研究裂隙方向几何参数对水力传导系数和REV的影响;（4）在二维和三维离散裂隙流体渗流模型中对区域大裂隙和局部小裂隙的处理方法。调查结果显示离散裂隙流体渗流数学模型可用来评价不同尺度上的裂隙岩体的水力特征,以及裂隙方向对裂隙化岩体的水力特征有着不可忽视的影响。同时,局部小裂隙、区域大裂隙应当区别对待,以便据其所起的作用及水力特征,建立裂隙化岩体相应的流体渗流模型。     

三电位测探法及其在岩溶地区的应用

<正> 三电位测深是由三种简单的测深装置组合而得的直流电阻率测深法。它不仅能探测水平层状电性层的垂向分布、埋深与厚度,而且更适于探测非水平层状的近似球体的等轴状或其它不规则形状的电性体。所谓三电位法,实质是在每个测点上同时观测对称、偶极、交叉三种装置的电阻率。它的布极方式通常采用温纳排列,即相邻电极间距相等(如图1所示)。野外实测时,只需一次布极,通过一个转换开关来改变供电极和测量极的相对位置,便可得到三种装置的电极排列方式。     

Anisotropic four loop superstring cosmologies

A spatially-homogenous and anisotropic cosmological model in self-creation theory of gravitation proposed by Barber is obtained when the source of gravitational field is a perfect fluid and the metric is of Marder's cyclindrically-symmetric form. Some properties of the model are discussed.     

A Snapshot of the Sun Near Solar Minimum: The Whole Heliosphere Interval

We present an overview of the data and models collected for the Whole Heliosphere Interval, an international campaign to study the three-dimensional solar?Cheliospheric?Cplanetary connected system near solar minimum. The data and models correspond to solar Carrington Rotation 2068 (20 March??C?16 April 2008) extending from below the solar photosphere, through interplanetary space, and down to Earth??s mesosphere. Nearly 200 people participated in aspects of WHI studies, analyzing and interpreting data from nearly 100 instruments and models in order to elucidate the physics of fundamental heliophysical processes. The solar and inner heliospheric data showed structure consistent with the declining phase of the solar cycle. A closely spaced cluster of low-latitude active regions was responsible for an increased level of magnetic activity, while a highly warped current sheet dominated heliospheric structure. The geospace data revealed an unusually high level of activity, driven primarily by the periodic impingement of high-speed streams. The WHI studies traced the solar activity and structure into the heliosphere and geospace, and provided new insight into the nature of the interconnected heliophysical system near solar minimum.     

Time Variability of Rotation in Solar Convection Zone From soi-mdi

The variation of rotation in the convection zone over a period of two years from mid-1996 is studied using inversions of SOI–MDI data. We confirm the existence of near-surface banded zonal flows migrating towards the equator from higher latitudes, and reveal that these banded flows extend substantially beneath the surface, possibly to depths as great as 70 Mm (10% of the solar radius). Our results also reveal apparently significant temporal variations in the rotation rate at high latitudes and in the vicinity of the tachocline over the period of study.