Late Holocene storm-trajectory changes inferred from the oxygen isotope composition of lake diatoms,south Alaska

The oxygen isotope ratios of diatoms (δ¹⁸O_diatom), and the oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios of lake water (δW) of lakes in south Alaska provide insight into past changes in atmospheric circulation. Lake water was collected from 31 lakes along an elevation transect and diatoms were isolated from lake sediment from one lake (Mica Lake) in south Alaska. In general, δW values from coastal lakes overlap the global meteoric water line (GMWL). δW values from interior lakes do not lie on the GMWL; they fall on a local evaporation line trajectory suggesting source isotopes are depleted with respect to maritime lakes. Sediment cores were recovered from 58 m depth in Mica Lake (60.96° N, 148.15° W; 100 m asl), an evaporation-insensitive lake in the western Prince William Sound. Thirteen calibrated ¹⁴C ages on terrestrial macrofossil samples were used to construct an age-depth model for core MC-2, which spans 9910 cal years. Diatoms from 46, 0.5-cm-thick samples were isolated and analyzed for their oxygen isotope ratios. The analyses employed a newly designed, stepwise fluorination technique, which uses a CO₂ laser-ablation system, coupled to a mass spectrometer, and has an external reproducibility of ±0.2‰. δ¹⁸O_diatom values from Mica Lake sediment range between 25.2 and 29.8‰. δ¹⁸O_diatom values are relatively uniform between 9.6 and 2.6 ka, but exhibit a four-fold increase in variability since 2.6 ka. High-resolution sampling and analyses of the top 100 cm of our lake cores suggest large climate variability during the last 2000 years. The 20th century shows a +4.0‰ increase of δ¹⁸O_diatom values. Shifts of δ¹⁸O_diatom values are likely not related to changes in diatom taxa or dissolution effects. Late Holocene excursions to lower δ¹⁸O_diatom values suggest a reduction of south-to-north storm trajectories delivered by meridional flow, which likely corresponds to prolonged intervals when the Aleutian Low pressure system weakened. Comparisons with isotope records of precipitation (δP) from the region support the storm-track hypothesis, and add to evidence for variability in North Pacific atmospheric circulation during the Holocene.

地学长江计划安徽实验中低频可控震源地震波信号提取方法评估

可控震源的激发过程精确可控、可重复性高。本文评估了重复激发形成的多道记录的信号增强方法,包括叠加方法和有效信号直接分离方法。相比线性叠加,加权叠加充分利用了有效信号的一致性,能进一步压制噪声,提高叠加记录的信噪比。相比时间域相位加权叠加,Semblance加权叠加更加稳定。时频域相位加权叠加能在时频域压制随机分散分布的噪声信号,叠加信号更加清晰。本文中,采用标准SVD分离获得的信号同线性叠加结果类似。本文利用密集分布的临时台阵评价地学长江计划安徽实验中低频可控震源在庐江第2激发点的激发效果。对比不同的处理流程发现,先互相关检测信号再进行时频域相位加权叠加能够取得最佳的处理效果,通过200多次重复激发,可以在50km范围内提取到较清晰的有效信号。     

用于地电阻率交流电法观测的低频稳流电源研发

为了解决地电阻率观测中台站受环境干扰而影响观测等问题,我国地震工作者正在研究和尝试基于交流电法的新型地电阻率观测系统,这种新型观测系统主要由低频稳流电源系统和接收系统组成。本文对低频稳流电源系统的关键技术进行了分析,并介绍了电源系统的功率变换电路和逆变输出电路等关键环节设计,最后对研发的具有大功率可变频稳流输出性能的低频电源样机的输出性能进行了测试。测试结果表明,该型电源样机的各项技术指标均达到了设计要求,其输出性能良好。     

A rotary-shear low to high-velocity friction apparatus in Beijing to study rock friction at plate to seismic slip rates

This paper reviews 19 apparatuses having highvelocity capabilities,describes a rotary-shear low to highvelocity friction apparatus installed at Institute of Geology,China Earthquake Administration,and reports results from velocity-jump tests on Pingxi fault gouge to illustrate technical problems in conducting velocity-stepping tests at high velocities.The apparatus is capable of producing plate to seismic velocities（44 mm/a to 2.1 m/s for specimens of 40 mm in diameter）,using a 22 kW servomotor with a gear/belt system having three velocity ranges.A speed range can be changed by 103 or 106by using five electromagnetic clutches without stopping the motor.Two cam clutches allow fivefold velocity steps,and the motor speed can be increased from zero to 1,500 rpm in 0.1-0.2 s by changing the controlling voltage.A unique feature of the apparatus is a large specimen chamber where different specimen assemblies can be installed easily.In addition to a standard specimen assembly for friction experiments,two pressure vessels were made for pore pressures to 70 MPa;one at room temperature and the other at temperatures to 500 °C.Velocity step tests are needed to see if the framework of rate-and-state friction is applicable or not at high velocities.We report results from velocity jump tests from 1.4 mm/s to 1.4 m/s on yellowish gouge from a Pingxi fault zone,located at the northeastern part of the Longmenshan fault system that caused the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.An instantaneous increase in friction followed by dramatic slip weakening was observed for the yellowish gouge with smooth sliding surfaces of host rock,but no instantaneous response was recognized for the same gouge with roughened sliding surfaces.Instantaneous and transient frictional properties upon velocity steps cannot be separated easily at high velocities,and technical improvements for velocity step tests are suggested.     

断层带震相及其应用研究现状与展望

利用断层带特有震相通过观测模拟可以得到断层带介质的性质。本文回顾了地震学领域中断层带震相研究的发展历程,对断层带首波、断层带围陷波的国内外研究现状进行了综述,并结合国际上有关断层带震相研究的最新进展,对基于地震波形研究断层性质的前景进行了展望。     

广东东源地震与震磁响应

采用地磁短周期日变之低点位移方法和加卸载响应比法,分析了广东东源县2012~2013年间三次MS4.0~4.8级地震的震磁响应,发现震前震中周边台站均存在有不同程度的低点位移异常和加卸载响应比异常情况。     

上海梅汛期强降水的低频特征及延伸期预报

利用2007-2013年NCEP/NCAR的700 hPa经、纬向风场及水汽场逐日再分析资料和上海市11站逐日降水资料。进行周期分析,提取低频信息,并利用向量场的经验正交函数方法进行分型。结果表明：上海地区梅汛期降水存在30-50 d的显著周期。强降水发生期,低频系统存在4个主要聚集区。贝加尔湖以西至河套地区存在并维持低频反气旋、鄂霍次克海附近多为低频气旋,这两地是中高纬冷空气的主要活动区域;孟加拉湾附近的低频反气旋及热带洋面的低频气旋是水汽的两大源地。这些区域的显著低频系统的生消是延伸预报的主要依据。上海入梅首场强降水发生前,多为偏北气流控制。南北低频气流辐合区向北移动至30°N附近,上海地区梅汛期强降水发生。低频风场及水汽场的北传与梅雨带的移动有较好的对应,当低纬低频水汽稳定北传至30°N附近时,江南北部入梅,随后偏南水汽或继续北进或滞留,对应梅雨带的持续北抬或间歇性停滞。低频经向风及水汽输送的特征是梅汛期延伸期强降水的前兆信号。跟踪监测低频偏南气流的北传进程有助于预报入梅强降水过程。     

东亚梅雨季节内振荡的气候特征

影响中国、日本、朝鲜半岛的东亚梅雨是夏季风向北推进过程中的特有雨季。利用NCEP/NCAR逐日再分析资料、CMAP降水资料,将夏季风影响及夏季风降水的季节转换相结合,定义东亚梅雨的入、出梅指标;进而采用集合经验模态分解信号提取方法对东亚梅雨区降水季节内振荡及其大尺度环流条件的气候特征进行了详细分析;并对东亚梅雨季节内振荡对降水事件的指示作用进行讨论,为东亚梅雨区降水的延伸预报提供依据和参考。研究结果表明:(1)采用标准化候降水量的空间覆盖率,同时兼顾夏季风影响等条件确定的东亚梅雨入、出梅划分指标可较好地反映东亚梅雨的气候特征及东亚梅雨期的大尺度环流形势。(2)东亚梅雨全年降水量存在三峰型分布特征,峰值分别位于第27、36及47候。该三峰型特征主要受10—20及30—60d的低频振荡影响。比较而言,30—60d振荡对梅雨区降水三峰型的贡献较10—20d振荡大。(3)东亚梅雨区峰值降水与热带环流及北方高位涡冷空气输送的低频演变密切关联。在梅雨区北侧,中高纬度里海附近冷空气(高位涡)低频波列的东传及鄂霍次克海高位涡的西南向输送共同影响东亚梅雨区。在梅雨区南侧,通过热带低频异常强对流的激发作用,热带西太平洋至中国东北—鄂霍次克海地区形成沿经向分布的低层气旋-反气旋-气旋-反气旋波列,进而导致梅雨区低层形成低频偏北风和偏南风的辐合;而印度西海岸和阿拉伯海地区异常对流活动产生的波列向东北方向传播,亦对梅雨区低频峰值降水产生影响。对于低频谷值降水的大气低频演变,情况与上述基本相反。(4)东亚梅雨区降水不同位相下出现极端降水事件的概率有明显差异。梅雨区降水低频峰(谷)值位相下出现异常多(少)降水量的概率约为30%。因此,上述梅雨区降水低频振荡演变相关的大气低频振荡特征对梅雨区降水事件的延伸预报具有参考价值。     

Interannual Variations of the Blocking High over the Ural Mountains and Its Association with the AO/NAO in Boreal Winter

This paper analyzes interannual variations of the blocking high over the Ural Mountains in the boreal winter and their association with the Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation (AO/NAO).In Jan...