The effect of wave breaking on surface wave imaging by Synthetic Aperture Radar

The effect of ocean wave breaking as a non-Bragg mechanism on backscattering cross-section and modulation transfer functions （MTF） of radar was investigated based on Bragg resonance theory and parametric method. The result showed that the additional effect of wave breaking on backscattering cross-section is not more than 20% except for the small incident angle of VV polarized electromagnetic （e.m.） wave but is significant for HH polarized e.m. wave. Breaking waves lead to increase in the modulus of tilt modulation MTF and the larger the wind speed, the faster the increase. For large incident angle, the modulus of tilt modulation MTF with wave breaking decreases quickly with incident angle for HH polarization and approach to that without wave breaking for VV polarization. The hydrodynamic MTF increases 30%-60% when considering wave breaking and the increase is larger for HH polarization than for VV polarization.     

Oxygen isotope and 26Al‐26Mg systematics of aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites

Abstract— Correlated in situ analyses of the oxygen and magnesium isotopic compositions of aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites were obtained using an ion microprobe. Among eleven aluminum‐rich chondrules and two plagioclase fragments measured for ²⁶Al‐²⁶Mg systematics, only one aluminum‐rich chondrule contains excess ²⁶Mg from the in situ decay of ²⁶Al; the inferred initial ratio (²⁶Al/²⁷Al)_o = (6.8 ± 2.4) × 10^?6 is consistent with ratios observed in chondrules from carbonaceous chondrites and unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. The oxygen isotopic compositions of five aluminum‐rich chondrules and one plagioclase fragment define a line of slope ?0.6 ± 0.1 on a three‐oxygen‐isotope diagram, overlapping the field defined by ferromagnesian chondrules in enstatite chondrites but extending to more ¹⁶O‐rich compositions with a range in δ¹⁸O of about ?12‰. Based on their oxygen isotopic compositions, aluminum‐rich chondrules in unequilibrated enstatite chondrites are probably genetically related to ferromagnesian chondrules and are not simple mixtures of materials from ferromagnesian chondrules and calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs). Relative to their counterparts from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, aluminum‐rich chondrules from unequilibrated enstatite chondrites show a narrower oxygen isotopic range and much less resolvable excess ²⁶Mg from the in situ decay of ²⁶Al, probably resulting from higher degrees of equilibration and isotopic exchange during post‐crystallization metamorphism. However, the presence of ²⁶Al‐bearing chondrules within the primitive ordinary, carbonaceous, and now enstatite chondrites suggests that ²⁶Al was at least approximately homogeneously distributed across the chondrite‐forming region.     

THE STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPATIAL MAXIMA OF A WAVY SEA SURFACE

A statistical distribution of the maxima of a random function in two space variables is suggested to fit with stereo observations of the sea surface. The presented distribution is a complicated mix of Gaussian, Rayleighian and Maxwellian distributions and determined by three parameters of the directional spectrum, According to the changes of the three parameters it may approach the above three distributions respectively in special cases so that it has more probability of fitting stereo data better In addition, the fact that these parameters can be directly estimated from observed data is briefly in the paper.     

A new asteroid-associated meteor shower and notes on comet-asteroid connection

The calculation of the orbit of the potentially hazardous Asteroid 2001 YB₅ suggests a possible meteor shower around January 7.5, 2002 UT. Video observations revealed an unidentified radiant around the predicted maximum time, at RA=121.5°, Dec=+11.5°(for solar longitude 287.30°). Visual observers also reported unusually high rates from that region on the same night, indicating that 2001 YB₅ did produce a weak meteor shower. Furthermore, it is noticed that 2001 YB₅ is a rare B-type asteroid in same spectral class with Asteroid (3200) Phaethon, the parent body of the only previously known asteroid-associate meteor shower, Geminids.     

河南省新乡市小店工业园区地表水回渗与管井回灌试验研究

要:为了缓解新乡市小店工业园区地下水水位持续下降问题,避免工业园区与周围村镇居民生活和农业灌溉用水矛盾加剧,采用柳青河地表水回渗与管井回灌2种试验方法,探讨补充浅层地下水有效水量的可行方法.该区包气带岩性为粉细砂、粉土,试验目的层为浅层含水层(第Ⅰ含水层组),其岩性为细砂、中砂和粗砂,上部包气带地层孔隙与下部浅层含水层孔隙连通性较好,有利于地表河流回渗补给地下水,地表回渗试验效果显著.管井回灌量选用与之对应的抽水时的单位涌水量,试验第Ⅰ含水层组的回灌能力,单位回灌量与单位涌水量之比小于50％,说明第Ⅰ含水层组回灌能力较差,不适宜本地区或类似地区.     

广西隆安都结剖面下石炭统都安组上部鲕粒类型及其地质意义*

鲕粒是一类特殊的沉积颗粒,为古气候和古海洋环境的重要指示器。为了深入认识此类特殊颗粒的成因机制、形成环境及地质意义,对广西隆安地区都结剖面下石炭统都安组上部含鲕粒地层开展了古生物学、沉积学和岩相学研究。研究区共识别出5种主要的鲕粒类型: 放射状纹层鲕粒(O1)、规则同心放射状纹层鲕粒(O2)、不规则同心放射状纹层鲕粒(O3)、泥晶鲕粒(O4-A和O4-B)和复合鲕粒(O5)。各类鲕粒的显微组构和沉积环境指示其具有不同的形成过程,其中水动力条件影响和控制着鲕粒的发育和分布情况。研究区含鲕粒地层形成于维宪期末—谢尔普霍夫期,恰好对应早石炭世晚期冰川作用的开始。受冰川作用影响,全球海平面频繁波动,研究区地处低纬度地区并以浅滩和潮坪沉积环境为主,为鲕粒的形成提供了适宜的水体条件,即温暖、动荡的浅水环境。此外,含鲕粒岩层内广泛发育钙质微生物和微生物席,说明微生物活动在研究区较为常见,可能与鲕粒的形成过程具有一定的关联。     

河间构造地裂缝应力场二维剖面模型研究

华北平原是我国地裂缝发育较为密集的地区,河北沧州河间地裂缝具有典型构造影响特征。为分析沧州河间地裂缝发育特征、成因机制,通过求解平面应力问题的有限单元方法反演了沧州河间区域构造应力场,确定了最大主应力场和最大剪应力集中区,从而探索分析构造地裂缝的潜在危险区,建立了地裂缝二维剖面模型,计算分析河间地区区域构造应力场及区域应力集中区与地裂缝的对应关系。研究了二维状态下区域构造应力场的总体特征和规律以及活动断裂对地裂缝的成生、扩展和发育分布的控制关系。分析认为,河间地区地裂缝是由下伏基底延展变形及随之产生的断裂活动提供内动力使应力集中区域发育,具有构造型地裂缝的典型发育特征,是河间地裂缝形成及发展的主要因素。     

云南峨山地区东川群黑山组流纹质碎斑熔岩锆石U－Pb年龄及其地质意义

滇中地区中元古界"昆阳群"、"东川群"的地层层序是长期争议的重大基础地质问题。本次在峨山地区东川群黑山组中发育的厚近5m厚的流纹质碎斑熔岩采集样品D0023一件,选出120余粒锆石,获得的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb加权平均年龄为(1569. 2±4. 5) Ma。样品锆石的Th/U值均大于0. 5,具有清晰的振荡环带结构,均为岩浆成因的锆石,表明东川群黑山组形成于中元古代早期,属非造山相关的火山岩系,可能是哥伦比亚超大陆裂解作用在扬子陆块的响应,为东川群的地层时代和层序研究增添了新资料。     

Mechanism of sinkhole formation during groundwater-level recovery in karst mining area,Dachengqiao, Hunan province,China

The Meitanba Coal Mine area in Hunan province, China, had been impacted by severe cover collapse sinkholes since 1982 due to mine dewatering. After the coal mine was closed in February 2015, the groundwater level has increased significantly. A series of sinkholes were recorded in the study area during groundwater-level recovery. Analysis of monitoring results and in-situ investigation indicated that 13 sinkhole collapses were more likely induced by abrupt change of groundwater–air pressure in response to heavy rainfall from March 2015 to July 2016 when the groundwater level increased by as much as 76 m. When the karst conduit was flooded, a relatively sealed environment was formed between saturated sediments and flooded karst conduit. Implosion of entrapped air might have caused the cave roof to collapse followed by surface collapses in a short time. On the other hand, four sinkholes occurred in November 2016 when the groundwater levels were near the soil–bedrock interface at elevations between 52.5 and 58.9 m amsl and the groundwater-level increase was at slower paces. Field measurements indicate that the groundwater-level fluctuation at the soil–bedrock interface could enlarge the soil cavity and accelerate the subsoil erosion process.     

Dominant micro-cracking direction and anisotropic property of rocks under uniaxial compression

To explore the relationship between the dominant direction of micro-cracks and the anisotropy, this research focuses on the micro-crack initiation and propagation mechanism and the anisotropic parameters evolution in the rock under uniaxial compression. Based on the maximum circumferential stress theory and the assumption of shear slip leading to the local tensile stress, the micro-crack initiation and propagation model is established, and the anisotropic parameters of rock is further explored. To verify the theory, the marble limestone, granite porphyry and granite are selected to conduct uniaxial compression experiment. It is indicated that the experimental results of elastic moduli and Poisson’s ratio are well consistent with theoretical analysis. Finally, the relationship between the dominant direction of original and secondary micro-cracks and the effect of the micro-cracks’ dominant direction on practical engineering are discussed. The results show that the dominant direction of micro-cracks is parallel to the maximum principal stress under uniaxial compression, which leads to the anisotropy of rock. With the increase of stress, the axial and transverse elastic moduli would decrease, while the extent of the decrease of axial elastic modulus is larger. The axial Poisson’s ratio would increase and the transverse Poisson’s ratio will decrease. Moreover, the Poisson’s ratio is more sensitive to the anisotropy caused by the dominant direction of micro-cracks.