Scenarios of land cover in China

A method for surface modeling of land cover change (SMLC) is developed on the basis of establishing transition probability matrixes between land cover types and HLZ types. SMLC is used to simulate land cover scenarios of China for the years 2039, 2069 and 2099, for which HLZ scenarios are first simulated in terms of HadCM3 climatic scenarios that are downscaled in zonal model of spatial climate change in China. This paper also analyzes spatial distribution of land cover types, area change and mean center shift of each land cover type, ecotope diversity, and patch connectivity under the land cover scenarios. The results show that cultivated land would decrease and woodland would expand greatly with climatic change, which coincides with consequences expected by implementation of Grain-for-Green policy. Nival area would shrink, and desertification area would expand at a comparatively slow rate in future 100 years. Climate change would generally cause less ecotope diversity and more patch connectivity. Ecosystems in China would have a pattern of beneficial cycle after efficient ecological conservation and restoration. However, if human activities would exceed regulation capacity of ecosystems themselves, the ecosystems in China might deteriorate more seriously.     

The timing and magnitude of changes to Hortonian overland flow at the watershed scale during the post-fire recovery process

Extreme hydrologic responses following wildfires can lead to floods and debris flows with costly economic and societal impacts. Process-based hydrologic and geomorphic models used to predict the downstream impacts of wildfire must account for temporal changes in hydrologic parameters related to the generation and subsequent routing of infiltration-excess overland flow across the landscape. However, we lack quantitative relationships showing how parameters change with time-since-burning, particularly at the watershed scale. To assess variations in best-fit hydrologic parameters with time, we used the KINEROS2 hydrological model to explore temporal changes in hillslope saturated hydraulic conductivity (K_sh) and channel hydraulic roughness (n_c) following a wildfire in the upper Arroyo Seco watershed (41.5 km²), which burned during the 2009 Station fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA. This study explored runoff-producing storms between 2008 and 2014 to infer watershed hydraulic properties by calibrating the model to observations at the watershed outlet. Modelling indicates K_sh is lowest in the first year following the fire and then increases at an average rate of approximately 4.2 mm/h/year during the first 5 years of recovery. The estimated values for K_sh in the first year following the fire are similar to those obtained in previous studies on smaller watersheds (<1.5 km²) following the Station fire, suggesting hydrologic changes detected here can be applied to lower-order watersheds. Hydraulic roughness, n_c, was lowest in the first year following the fire, but increased by a factor of 2 after 1 year of recovery. Post-fire observations suggest changes in n_c are due to changes in grain roughness and vegetation in channels. These results provide quantitative constraints on the magnitude of fire-induced hydrologic changes following severe wildfires in chaparral-dominated ecosystems as well as the timing of hydrologic recovery.     

An alternative interpretation for the formation of doubly plunging folds in sandstone terrains

Folds are marvellous features of mountain terrains, but despite extensive research, many fundamental problems have still not been solved. In terrains of sandstone, fold hinges are rarely straight lines but curved, forming a pattern characterized by doubly plunging, elliptical dome‐and‐basin structures. Such structures are an obvious manifestation of coeval or successive shortening deformation in two orthogonal principal directions in the horizontal plane. Based on an anatomic investigation of the fold pattern of sandstone beds at the rocky beaches of Saint‐Jean‐Port‐Joli (Quebec, Canada), we propose that the doubly plunging folds may result from a transition from a plane deformation to a constrictional deformation due to auxetic effects of quartz‐rich rocks. The sandstone beds possessed potentially such negative values of Poisson's ratio that, when placed under compression in one direction, they become contracted in the transverse direction, producing a series of doubly plunging folds. Further work is needed to approve or disapprove the interpretation.     

准噶尔盆地玛页1井长筒取心技术

玛页1井是新疆油田股份公司在准噶尔盆地西部隆起乌夏断裂带部署的一口风险探井,目的是探索风城组页岩油和常规高孔火山岩油藏的勘探潜力,全井设计取心275 m,实际取心445 m,该井具有取心井段长、致密泥岩地层取心效率低、裂隙发育段易堵心等特点。针对该区域地层特点及玛页1井长井段取心面临的技术难点,通过应用KT216型钻具长筒取心技术,配套井底动力高转速驱动金刚石钻进工艺,与邻井相比,玛页1井长井段取心钻进综合效率提高1.79倍,连续取心长度445 m,单回次取心长度41.97 m,创该区域历史最高纪录,可为后续该区域长井段连续取心实施提供参考和借鉴。     

黄河支流汾河流域水资源开发利用现状及生态环境问题

【研究目的】汾河是黄河第二大支流,也是山西省的第一大河,流域内水资源供需矛盾突出,分析水资源开发利用现状及其生态环境问题是进行流域生态修复的前提。【研究方法】本文在分析汾河流域水资源特征及其开发利用现状的基础上,系统总结了汾河径流量衰减、岩溶大泉断流和水质恶化等生态环境问题,并对其成因进行了分析。【研究结果】研究表明：汾河流域多年平均水资源量为33.59亿m³,其中地下水资源是水资源的主要组成部分,约占72%;2005年以后由于跨流域调水、地下水压采等汾河流域综合治理措施的实施,水资源的供水结构发生了较大的变化,地表水的供水比例由最初的30%提高到55%,地下水供水比例由原来的62%降低到目前的37%。整体上,汾河流域的水资源开发利用程度高达80%以上,水资源的过度开发已导致汾河干流断流、入黄径流量大幅衰减、岩溶大泉断流等严重的生态环境问题。其中,汾河流入黄河径流量从1955至2018年衰减程度达63.5%,衰减的原因主要是降水量的减少和岩溶大泉的流量衰减;汾河流域内8个岩溶大泉的总流量从1956至2018年的衰减程度达69%,50%的岩溶大泉已在不同时期断流,岩溶大泉的水质恶化问题也非常严重,如晋祠泉和龙子祠泉的TDS和SO₄^2-呈逐年升高的趋势,煤矿开采是造成岩溶泉水SO₄^2-含量快速升高的主要原因。【结论】汾河流域的水资源供需矛盾十分突出,虽然通过跨流域调水等生态修复措施实现了汾河干流全年不断流、地下水位止降回升和地表水环境质量初步改善,但生态环境恶化的趋势依然严峻。创新点：分析了山西省汾河流域近15年的水资源特征及其供水结构的变化规律;系统总结了汾河流域的生态环境问题,并对其成因进行了探讨。     

四川昭觉地区优质偏硅酸地下水的特征、成因及其开发利用建议

【研究目的】近年来,随着生活水平的不断提高,人们对健康饮水的要求也在不断提高,寻找与开发富含H₂SiO₃等矿物质优质地下水已成为关键。【研究方法】本文以昭觉地区水文地质调查工程、地下水污染调查工程所获取的地下水化学数据为基础,探讨了昭觉地区富H₂SiO₃地下水的分布特点、元素水文地球化学特征、形成条件及成因。【研究结果】结果显示：（1）全县富H₂SiO₃（≥25 mg/L）地下水均属于低矿化度偏碱性水,分布在基底岩石为玄武岩的6个片区,H₂SiO₃含量一般介于25.74~46.04 mg/L,pH含量一般介于7.4~8.58,TDS含量一般介于49.4~333 mg/L;（2）玄武岩地下水存在HCO₃－Ca、HCO₃－Ca·Mg、HCO₃－Ca·Na、HCO₃－Ca·Mg·Na、HCO₃－Na等5种水化学类型,总体以HCO₃－Ca · Mg为主,其次为HCO₃－Ca,再次为HCO₃－Ca · Na,三者分别占总采样点数的50.00%、25.76%、12.12%;（3）全县富H₂SiO₃地下水的形成受水岩相互作用、硅酸盐矿物的分布范围及其可溶性、围岩裂隙发育程度、水源涵养及补给条件等四方面因素影响,其中水岩相互作用占据主导作用;（4）在后续开发利用过程中,需进一步揭示影响地下水中H₂SiO₃分布与迁移的因素。【结论】研究结果可以为昭觉地区矿泉水产业的发展及城乡优质水源地的建设提供依据。创新点：系统总结了昭觉县优质偏硅酸地下水空间分布特征和水化学特征;从形成条件与水岩作用的角度探讨了优质偏硅酸地下水的形成机制。     

溱潼西斜坡地震资料“双高”处理关键技术

溱潼凹陷西斜坡是岩性、构造-岩性等隐蔽油藏勘探的有利区,具有砂体薄、横向变化快、圈闭面积小、断裂关系复杂等特点。常规地震处理剖面保幅性差、频率低,导致小断层识别困难、地层尖灭线刻画精度低、岩性圈闭不落实。开展以提高地震资料保幅性、提高分辨率为核心的“双高”处理方法研究,构建以保幅去噪、一致性处理、高精度Radon变换法压制多次波、反Q滤波提高分辨率、五维数据规则化及精细速度建模等为主的技术体系,并确定对应的质量控制方法。“双高”处理的地震资料保幅性好、信噪比高,波组产状与地质认识更吻合,目的层主频提高10 Hz,有效频宽拓宽20 Hz,小断层及地层尖灭点较清晰。新处理资料的解释发现了一批有利油气目标。     

Boron isotope geochemistry of Bangor Co Salt Lake (central Tibet): implications for boron origin and uneven mixing of lake water

Boron is an essential, widely used, micronutrient element and is abundant in salt lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The origin and distribution of boron brine deposits on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an important foundation for B resource formation, evolution, and enrichment, which have long been the subject of debate. The boron isotope system is a sensitive geochemical tracer, making it useful for effectively and precisely tracking a wide range of geological processes and sources. This study investigates the major cations, [B], and δ¹¹B values of samples (lake brine, river waters, and cold spring water) from the Bangor Co Lake which is a typical salt lake rich in boron in Tibet, China. There are magnitude-scale differences in [B] among different sample types: river samples < cold spring water < < brine lakes. [B] values vary from 0.73 to ~ 1113 mg/L. Similar to [B], the δ¹¹B values of the samples exhibit magnitude-scale variations as [B], ranging from − 7.35‰ to + 7.66‰. There are also magnitude-scale differences in δ¹¹B among different sample types. The δ¹¹B values of cold spring water are relatively low, and the values range from − 1.26‰ to -7.75‰. However, the river water samples and saline lakes have higher values, from 0.38‰ to 4.62‰, and the δ¹¹B values of river water samples are basically in the distribution range of those of Bangor Co Lake. This indicates that the sources of boron in Bangor Co Lake are mainly the recharge water with higher δ¹¹B values and spring water with lower δ¹¹B values, and the boron sources and the uneven mixing of lake water are two reasons that account for the large change in the δ¹¹B value of Bangor Co Lake.

     

北天山后峡盆地地质特征及形成演化*

作为北天山造山带内的中生代小型山间盆地,后峡盆地的构造属性及成因演化反映了天山造山带的构造演化历史,是认识天山地区陆块拼合、盆山耦合的重要窗口。文中综合利用野外踏勘、地震解释、平衡剖面恢复等研究手段,对北天山后峡盆地地质特征及其成因演化进行了系统研究。结果表明: (1)天山是后峡盆地侏罗纪的重要物源区,该时期石炭系基底仅为1个水下低突起,并未隆升成山而分隔盆地南、北的侏罗系,现今的后峡残留山间盆地是后期构造运动所致;(2)后峡盆地的形成经历了伸展—挤压的复合应力背景,早侏罗世—中侏罗世早期的弱伸展作用形成断陷盆地,晚侏罗世的强烈挤压作用改造了先前的伸展构造并使盆地定型,喜马拉雅构造期的强烈挤压改造主要表现为地层的抬升剥蚀和构造幅度的变化。该研究成果对明确天山造山带的构造演化及指导相邻盆地油气勘探具有重要意义。