Primary investigation of statistical correlation between changes in ice volume and area of glaciers

This study makes an attempt to investigate through statistical analysis the correlation between changes in ice volume and area of glaciers. Using data from nine sample glaciers in the Tian Shan, the results show that a linear relation exists between changes in ice volume and area, with a correlation coefficient of 0.700. However, the accuracy estimation is difficult due to the limited number of samples. The correlation was not improved after adding eleven glacier samples in other mountains. Two reference glaciers are then analyzed in more detail. The linear correlation coefficient is higher than 0.800 when using the observed changes in ice volume and area during different periods on Urumqi Glacier No. 1, which suggests that the linear relation is valid for one glacier for different periods if its shape does not change noticeably and also for other glaciers of the same shape during the same period. The relation between changes in ice volume and area of Qingbingtan Glacier No. 72 is different during different periods due to change in the shape of the glacier tongue and the influence of the debris cover. Moreover, errors in glacier-change monitoring and-volume estimation have an important influence on the correlation results. Therefore, further study needs to focus not only on the distinction between glacier types and between different periods but also on the accuracy of volume estimation.     

声波测井薄层厚度计算公式的研究与应用

以解决工程实践难题为目的,首次提出了根据换能器与薄层所处位置不同,分别利用其不同求薄层厚度公式之观点。研究了声波测井薄层厚度定量计算公式,详细介绍了公式在高背景上检出Vp低值薄层,在低背景上检出Vp高值薄层的应用情况。并就薄层纵波速度的获取以及如何选用合适计算公式等问题作了一些探讨。同时,通过实例证明了这些措施对提高薄层厚度定量计算精度的重要性。     

地铁隧洞带水作业施工技术

以在建的北京地铁十号线双井一劲松区间暗挖隧道为例，通过分析北京特殊地层在带水条件下单洞结构单线隧道台阶法的施工工艺，洞悉浅埋暗挖正台阶法施工中超前预加固、开挖时空顺序、台阶长度等工艺对围岩稳定性的影响程度。     

季节性冻土区路基置换层参数确定试验研究

以辽宁西部冻土为研究对象,模拟现场地下水位,对10种重塑土进行了大试件防冻害置换层参数确定试验研究。试验结果表明：对于辽宁西部季节性冻土,当置换层位于地下水位以上30 cm、最大冻深的62 %,且厚度为冻深的30 %时,有明显的防冻害效果。     

活断层上覆盖层中土壤氡浓度分布的数值模拟

本文利用实测地质剖面建立了活断层上覆盖层中氡迁移的地质-物理模型,根据氡的迁移机理建立了活断层上氡迁移的数学模型,采用有限差分方法求解氡迁移的二维微分方程的数值解,得到了直立活断层,倾斜活断层,地堑活断层,活动断裂带或破碎带上覆盖层中氡浓度的二维断面等值图和横切断层的剖面曲线,分析了氡浓度分布的二维断面特征和剖面曲线特征,它们与氡的迁移机制及活断层调查的实测剖面曲线相符,这些为活断层的调查和进一步反演奠定了理论基础.     

Coupled HM analysis using zero‐thickness interface elements with double nodes—Part II: Verification and application

In a companion Part I of this paper (Int. J. Numer. Anal. Meth. Geomech. 2008; DOI: 10.1002/nag.735 ), a coupled hydro‐mechanical (HM) formulation for geomaterials with discontinuities based on the finite element method (FEM) with double‐node, zero‐thickness interface elements was developed and presented. This Part II paper includes the numerical solution of basic practical problems using both the staggered and the fully coupled approaches. A first group of simulations, based on the classical consolidation problem with an added vertical discontinuity, is used to compare both the approaches in terms of accuracy and convergence. The monolithic or fully coupled scheme is also used in an application example studying the influence of a horizontal joint in the performance of a reservoir subject to fluid extraction. Results include a comparison with other numerical solutions from the literature and a sensitivity analysis of the mechanical parameters of the discontinuity. Some simulations are also run using both a full non‐symmetric and a simplified symmetric Jacobian matrix. On top of verifying the model developed and its capability to reflect the conductivity changes of the interface with aperture changes, the results presented also lead to interesting observations of the numerical performance of the methods implemented. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A complex variable solution for stress and displacement field around a lined circular tunnel at great depth

By applying the series expansion technique in the complex variable method established by Muskhelishvili, the plane elasticity problem for the stress and displacement field around a lined circular tunnel in conjunction with the consideration of misfit and interaction between the liner and the surrounding geomaterial is dealt with. The tunnel is assumed to be driven in a homogeneous and isotropic geomaterial. The coefficients in the Laurent series expansion of the stress functions are determined. The complex potentials in the liner and the surrounding geomaterial are explicitly derived, respectively. As an example, the case of a lined circular tunnel located in an isotropic initial stress field but subjected to uniform internal pressure is numerically considered. Numerical results indicate that the installation of tunnel liner can reduce the influences of the tunnel excavation on the in situ displacement and stress fields. However, the relative thickness and rigidity of the liner should be in an appropriate range. In addition, the effect of the tunnel excavation upon the displacement field is more significant than that upon the stress field. As far as the stress field in the surrounding geomaterial is concerned, when the ratio between the cover depth of tunnel and the tunnel radius is larger than 5, the results for the stress field in the paper are applicable. When the ratio between the tunnel depth and the tunnel radius is larger than 20, the results are applicable for the displacement field. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Autochthonous block fields in southern Norway: Implications for the geometry,thickness, and isostatic loading of the Late Weichselian Scandinavian ice sheet

The consistent geographical and altitudinal distribution of autochthonous block fields (mantle of bedrock weathered in situ) and trimlines in southern Norway suggests a multi-domed and asymmetric Late Weichselian ice sheet. Low-gradient ice-sheet profiles in the southern Baltic region, in the North Sea, and along the outer fjord areas of southern Norway, are best explained by movement of ice on a bed of deforming sediment, although water lubricated sliding or a combination of the two, may not be excluded. The ice-thickness distribution of the Late Weichselian Scandinavian ice sheet is not in correspondence with the modern uplift pattern of Fennoscandia. Early Holocene crustal rebound was apparently determined by an exponential, glacio-isostatic rise. Later, however, crustal movements appear to have been dominated by large-scale tectonic uplift of the Fennoscandian Shield, centred on the Gulf of Bothnia, the region of maximum lithosphere thickness.     

大渡河流域河谷深厚覆盖层特征与发育分布规律研究

随着近年来对西部各流域水电梯级开发的全面实施,越来越多的钻孔资料揭露我国西南地区各流域普遍存在河谷深切和深厚覆盖的特殊现象。河谷深切和深厚覆盖层的存在,不仅大大增加了西南地区各流域水电开发的难度,同时也诞生出一系列新的科学问题。本文以梯级水电站较密集、河床勘探资料相对较丰富的大渡河流域为主要研究对象,通过系统分析整理该流域河床钻探资料,对该流域河谷深厚覆盖层的分布特征、物质组成与结构特征、形成时间等进行了较为系统地分析总结,并对其形成机理提出了新的认识。研究结果表明,除局部地段受构造隆升(大岗山、下尔呷)或构造断陷(冶勒)的影响外,大渡河流域95％的河段其河谷覆盖层厚度大于30m,河谷深切和深厚覆盖具有流域性、区域性特点。河谷覆盖层是由一套不同时期、不同成因类型的沉积物相互迭置的结果,由表及里宏观上可分为3层: 表层为现代河流相堆积;  中间主要为以冰水、崩积、坡积、堰塞堆积与冲积混合为主的加积层,厚度相对较大;  底部主要为古河床的冲积、冰水漂卵砾石层。覆盖层的形成时代一般在1～3万年前,基本与地质历史上末次冰期及冰消期时间相对应。为了更好地解释河谷深切和深厚覆盖具有区域性的特点,本文提出了全球气候变化和海平面升降引起河谷深切和深厚覆盖的观点: 冰期海平面的大幅度下降会引起区域性基准面大幅下降,河流比降加大,由此引起强烈下切,形成深切河谷;  冰后期海平面大幅回升,区域性基准面将大幅抬升,河流纵比降减小,水流的携砂能力减弱,冰期河谷深切所形成的固体物质开始大量沉积,并由此形成深厚覆盖层。     

滑动构造影响下煤层厚度与构造破碎带关系分析

徐庄滑动构造是河南省荥巩煤田主要构造之一,对区内二1煤层的赋存特征影响较大。经对大量计河井田勘查资料分析,发现滑动构造破碎带厚度与其下伏二1煤层厚度相关程度较高,表现为两者在中、浅部厚度变化大,并沿倾向呈薄、厚相间的条带状展布,大致在二1煤层-300m水平附近,滑动构造破碎带厚度变薄尖灭,煤层厚度亦相应变小且趋于稳定。通过对钻孔数据的回归分析,认为二1煤层厚度与其上滑动构造破碎带厚度呈正相关关系,这一结论对后期矿山开发中工作面的布置及做好安全防范措施有指导意义。