Stratal geometries, facies and sea-floor erosion in Upper Cretaceous Chalk, Normandy, France

Unusual lenticular stratal geometries and facies of the Upper Cretaceous Chalk of coastal Haute Normandie, France, are described and interpreted. Thirteen facies within these chalks are described and illustrated on the basis of field, thin-section and SEM investigations: nannofossil mudstones, nannofossil hardgrounds, echinoderm wackestones and packstones, echinoderm hardgrounds, bryozoan mudstones and wackestones, bryozoan hardgrounds, bryozoan packstones and wackestones, inoceramid wackestones, inoceramid hardgrounds, sponge hardgrounds, marly chalks, conglomeratic chalks and debris flow chalks. These facies occur within lenticular bedded structures with both concave-up and concave-down geometries which have been previously interpreted as megaripples, mud mounds or tectonic structures. Detailed examination of the structures and the associated facies indicates that the concave-up geometries were formed from submarine erosion, and redeposition in NW-SE longitudinal channels. The concave-down geometries developed between adjacent channels. Assessment of the regional and temporal setting indicates that the erosion occurred in the Armorican-Cornubian straits of the Anglo-Paris Basin during sea-level lowstands. Within these straits channelling is preferentially developed on the positive, south-western block to the Lillebonne-Fécamp-Cotentin Fault.     

Raman scattering study of the high-temperature vibrational properties and stability of CaGeO3 perovskite

The vibrational properties of metastable Ca-GeO₃ perovskite are investigated as a function of temperature using Raman scattering. Mode-assignments are derived from polarized spectra of optically oriented single crystals. Neither symmetry-breaking structural transformations nor soft-mode behavior is revealed in the Raman spectra between room temperature and 650° C. Only a small decrease in the local static octahedral tilt angles can be inferred from the Raman data over this temperature range. A Landau extrapolation of the lowest frequency A_g modes suggests that these modes become critical near 2000° C, a temperature that is above the extrapolated zero pressure melting point.     

DISPERSION MODELING OF MULTIPLE SOURCES USING THE HP-41CV

Abstract. WMPLUME is an analytic dispersion model based on the Wilson and Miller equation presented here in a program for the HP-41CV handheld, programmable calculator, the HP-41CX, or the HP-41C with four memory modules. The user specifies the spacing and extent of the field of observation points. The calculator can handle up to 36 fully penetrating, continuous injection well sources or a lesser number of discontinuous wells. The time of observation can be changed easily and sources can be added or deleted readily. The code is prepared for use with or without a printer attached to the calculator.     

The role of salt in fold-and-thrust belts

The style of deformation in thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belts is critically dependent upon the resistance to sliding along the detachment between the mass of deforming sediments and the underlying rocks. Evaporites can provide an extremely weak horizon within which a basal detachment can form and along which only a relatively small shear traction can be supported. Fold-and-thrust belts that form atop a salt layer, such as the Appalachian Plateau, the Franklin Mountains in northwestern Canada, and the Jura of the Alps, among others, share several readily observable characteristics. As predicted by a simple mechanical model for fold-and-thrust belts, a detachment in salt permits a thrust belt to have an extremely narrow cross-sectional taper. In addition, predicted orientations of the principal stress axes over a salt décollement are consistent with the commonly observed lack of a consistently dominant vergence direction of structures within the thrust belt. Other common attributes of salt-basal thin-skinned deformation include the presence of several widely but regularly spaced folds and abrupt changes in deformational style at the edge of the salt basin.     

INVERSE SOLUTIONS OF HANTUSH'S EQUATIONS FOR AXISYMMETRIC MOUNDING

Abstract. Hantush (1967) provided time-dependent equations for describing ground-water mounds resulting from axisymmetric recharge. Because these equations contain the well function, they cannot be solved explicitly for the several variables employed in terms of the known mound height. Newton's method provides a means to achieve solutions for specific yield, hydraulic conductivity, time, or radius. An additional routine is provided which searches for the second solution in the case in which the inverse solution for hydraulic conductivity is doublevalued. The iterations can be performed on an HP-41C handheld calculator with three memory modules. The code is provided and will run with or without the printer attached.     

太平洋副热带高压、西风环流、极涡指数变化与中国夏季降水相关的研究

探讨了副热带高压、西风带环流、极涡指数的年际和年代际变化规律,揭示了来自副热带、中纬度和极地的大气环流系统的强迫对中国夏季降水的影响.结果表明初夏,当纬向环流指数偏弱时,中国东北和华北大部分地区降水量偏多,这表明东亚中高纬地区盛行阻塞和冷涡偶极子系统,呈有利于东北的冷涡雨季形势;盛夏,西太平洋副热带高压脊线位置和亚洲区极涡强度指数与中国同期降水量场相关波列,均为自北向南呈"-、 、-、 "经向波列分布;春季亚洲区极涡强度、亚洲纬向环流指数、西太平洋副热带高压北界位置以及前一年冬季北半球极涡强度指数与盛夏中国降水量相关显著.中国盛夏降水带,从东北地区开始,由北向南分4个雨带.     

Spheroidal oscillations of the Earth stimulated by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake with CDSN data

The 0S2~0S54 spheroidal modes of Earth’s free oscillations, triggered by the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 are retrieved from VHZ data recorded by seven upgraded stations of China Digital Seismograph Network (CDSN). We compare these spheroidal modes with theoretical free oscillation spectra calculated from the Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) and find a coincidence between their periods. Spectral splitting phenomenon is observed obviously in 0S2, 0S3, 0S4, 2S1 and 1S2 free oscillation modes. What is most noticeable is that the oscillation mode 2S1 is reported for the second time (the first time by Rosat et al) without any data stacking. We simulated the split singlet of 0S2 mode on seven CDSN stations based on general focal mechanism and seismic moment of the earthquake. The result shows that seismic moment of the earthquake can reach 1023 N.m. We also find that the recording of Earth’s free oscillations carries abundant information of source mechanism and earthquake location, which is applicable to the detailed study of source rupture parameters.     

有限区域变分四维同化系统的设计和试验

使用共轭码技术，构造了中尺度模式的伴随模式，研究了模式侧边界条件。基于伴随模式技术的原理，设计了伴随同化和Derber同化方法两套方案；下降算法采用共轭梯度法，使用准真实资料，进行子同化数值试验和预报试验。结果表明，两套同化方案都取得了一定的同化效果，Derber同化方法比伴随同化更令人满意。证明了变分同化是提高预报准确率的一种非常有效的手段。     

城市相互作用关系的一种新模式--近域城市整合研究

市场机制下的生产要素流动以及经济发展全球化、区域集团化的走向，改变了近域城市间要么行政协调、要么纯粹竞争的传统相互关系，代之以“整合并共同繁荣”这一新的发展模式，以前期实证研究为基础，从理论上论述了城市整合的背景、理论内涵和城市不整合的状态特征；指出制度创新、生产要素互补、企业集团化、统一市场体系建设、基础设施和生态环境共享共建是近域城市整合的动力机制和“结节点”；同时还提出了“成长三角”，“雁行式”、“多极式”、“双核式”等近域城市整合发展模式。     

祁漫塔格印支期铝质A型花岗岩的确定及初步研究

祁漫塔格小红山印支期钾长花岗岩的岩石化学成分为过铝质(A/NKC介于1.03～1.06之间),高硅(SiO2>76%),偏碱性(ALK=7.77%～8.22%),K2O>Na2O,FeOT/MgO比值高(9.4～21.7),CaO、MgO、TiO2和P2O5含量低(分别为<0.78%,≤0.14%,≤0.1%和≤0.02%)。岩石富Rb、Th、U、Y、Zr、Nb和Hf,贫Sr、Ba、Eu、Cr和Ni,Ga/Al比值高,明显不同于I型和S型花岗岩,显示了铝质A型花岗岩的特征,形成于造山后的伸展环境。该A型花岗岩的确定证明了祁漫塔格地区晚三叠世之前碰撞造山作用的存在,以及祁漫塔格与东昆仑造山带的亲缘性。