Effect of Temperature on the Acoustic Reflection Characteristics of Seafloor Surface Sediments

Because the sound speeds of seawater and seafloor sediment both increase with temperature,the influence of tempera-ture on the bottom reflection characteristics of seafloor sediments needs to be investigated.Based on the calculation of the temperature-controlled experimental measurement data of typical seafloor surface sediment samples,the temperature-dependent acoustic characteristics,including acoustic impedance,acoustic impedance ratio between surface sediment and seawater,and reflection coefficient,were analyzed.The effective density fluid model was used to analyze and explain the reflection coefficient variation of surface sediments with temperature and predict the dispersion characteristics.Results show that the acoustic impedance of the seabed sediment increases with temperature,whereas the acoustic impedance ratio and acoustic reflection coefficient slightly decrease.The acoustic impedance,acoustic impedance ratio,and acoustic reflection coefficient of sandy,silty,and clayey sediments vary similarly with tem-perature variation.Moreover,the influence of temperature on these acoustic characteristics is independent of detection frequencies.     

新疆西南天山地区水系沉积物测量地球化学特征及找矿方向

新疆西南天山地区隶属于塔里木板块北缘,该区是我国重要的铜、铅、锌、镍等成矿带。为查明区内主要成矿元素地球化学分布和浓集特征、确定找矿靶区,对西南天山一带进行1∶5万水系沉积物地球化学测量。通过采集分析8347件化学样品的17种元素,结合研究区成矿地质条件共圈定出33处异常。并对HS26、HS18综合异常进行了异常查证,新发现了3处铜、铅锌多金属矿化点。圈定了3处找矿远景区,即阿克塔什Pb、Zn、Cu找矿远景找矿远景区、苏约克Ni、Co、Cr找矿远景区和阿依浪苏阿舒别勒Ni、Co、Cr找矿远景区,为该区下一步找矿工作指明了方向。     

Structure of the Potential Vorticity of an Explosive Cyclone over the Eastern Asian Region in Late November 2013

An explosive extratropical cyclone(EC)over the Eastern Asian region that caused two shipwrecks is analyzed using ERA-Interim reanalysis data from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.Analyses of the evolution of the EC reveal that the positive potential vorticity(PV)at the upper-tropospheric level displays a hook-shaped structure during the mature period of the cyclone.The PV distribution forms a vertically coherent PV structure called a PV tower.The vertical distribution of the PV can induce and strengthen cyclonic circulation from the lower-to upper-levels of troposphere,which is an important deepening mechanism of explosive cyclone.The PV tower occurs approximately ten hours prior to the development of surface occlusion in the cyclone.The evolution of surface fronts closely follows the development of the horizontal upper-tropospheric PV.This tandem development is largely attributed to the ability of the positive upper-tropospheric PV and the PV tower to induce cyclonic circulation simultaneously.The kinematic wrap-up process of cyclonic circulation also accelerates the formation of warm occlusion.A conceptual model of the distributions of positive PV and potential temperature combining the perspectives of dynamic tropopause folding,PV tower,and atmospheric stability,including westward tilting and baroclinicity,is proposed.This model can illustrate the explosive deepening mechanism of ECs.The regions of convective instability and rainfall determined by this model are consistent with those identified from the actual observation.     

Application of Mineral Exploration Models and GIS to Generate Mineral Potential Maps as Input for Optimum Land-Use Planning in the Philippines

The inherent problems of classifying or inventorying potential mineral resources (as opposed to known mineral resources) pose specific challenges. In this paper, the application of a conceptual mineral exploration model and GIS to generate mineral potential maps as input to land-use policy decision-making is illustrated. We implement the criteria provided by a conceptual exploration model for nickeliferous-laterites by using a GIS to classify the nickeliferous-laterite potential of an area in the northeastern part of the Philippines. The spatial data inputs to the GIS are geological map data, topographic map data, and stream sediment point data. Processing of these data yields derivative maps, which are used as indicators of nickeliferous-laterite potential. The indicator maps then are integrated to furnish a nickeliferous-laterite potential map. This map is compared with present land-use classification and policy in the area. The results indicate high potential for nickeliferous-laterite occurrence in the area, but the zones of potential are in places where mineral resources development is prohibited. The prohibition was imposed before the nickeliferous-laterite potential was assessed by this study. Mineral potential classification therefore is a critical input to land-use policy-making so that prospective land is not alienated from future mineral resource development.     

Surface vertical displacements, potential perturbations andgravity changes of a viscoelastic earth model induced by internal point dislocations

Using the viscoelastic correspondence principle, we utilize the surface coseismic spheroidal deformation fields (i.e. vertical displacements, potential perturbations and gravity changes) of SNREI earth models caused by four typical types of point dislocation, derived by Sun & Okubo (1993 ), to deduce the fundamental formulas for spheroidal fields relevant to viscoelastic earth models. In computations, we employ a strike-slip dislocation on a vertical plane buried at the bottom of the lithosphere to estimate the maximal viscous relaxation responses to this kind of source that possibly exist on the surface of the earth. We take the seismic moment as 10²²  N  m, which is characteristic of an average large earthquake. The numerical results demonstrate that, if we take the viscosity as 10¹⁹  Pa  s in the asthenosphere, and 10²¹  Pa  s in the other mantle layers, the rates of surface vertical displacements and gravity changes within about 2.5° for the 10 postseismic years are respectively 1.5–8.1  cm  yr⁻¹ and 4.0–14.9  μgal  yr⁻¹ : the viscous relaxation for this mantle viscosity profile proceeds much faster than for a constant mantle viscosity of 10²¹  Pa  s.     

地震危险性分析中确定潜在震源的反思

在区域稳定性评价中,其主要内容之一就是地震稳定性评价。近年来,国内外多采用地震危险性分析的概率方法作为区域地震稳定性评价的主要方法。 在地震危险性分析中,首要问题是确定区域潜在震源,但至今尚缺乏完整、科学的理论和实践。作者认为有必要从地震地质角度进行一次深刻的地质反思。 本文从构造变形的动力源、区域及局部应力场、地震断裂活动带的地震重复周期,地震断裂的活动特征及区域地震强度衰减规律等几个方面提出了若干看法,作为地震危险性分析的基础地震地质工作加以考虑。至于常见的非发震断裂在区域地震稳定性评为中所起的作用,则需对这些断裂的地质特征与周围地质体的介质特征进行具体的对比分析,才能判定其对地震波传播的影响,不能一概而论。     

宽甸岩金预测区指示元素的优选

本文介绍了在宽甸无已知金矿床地区岩金预测工作中优选指示元素的思路。依据金矿地球化学理论,参考成矿带内已知金矿地球化学资料初选指示元素作为化学分析项目。化学分析结果出来后,编制地球化学图件时,考虑到减轻图幅负担和编图工作量,突出有用找矿信息,我们利用元素的变异性和致矿系数筛选出具有明显变异性和较高致矿性的元素,在此基础上利用元素间统计相关性和空间相关性,保留与成矿元素Au有明显相关性的元素,作为优选出的指示元素。     

不同密度镜质组的热解色谱特征及生烃潜力的研究

摘要：用热解色谱（Ｒｏｃｋ－Ｅｖａｌ）对２个褐煤样、３个气煤样的２８个分离组分进行了研究,揭示了不同密度镜质组组分之间生烃潜力具有较大的差异性;镜质组不仅可以作为重要的生气母质,而且还可以作为重要的生油母质。     

随机介质的声散射(Ⅰ)——广义Born近似反演

运用泛函微分方法给出弱随机介质中散射问题的散射幅度Ｂｏｒｎ近似的推广形式。讨论了关于阻尼最小二乘法反演介质参数的各价相关函数的方法,并讨论具有有限支集势函数扰动的逆问题的唯一性,其结果对运用Ｎｅｗｔｏｎ法等数值方法有实际意义。     

An analysis of horizontal dispersion due to the drift current with an Ekman layer

An analytical method for describing horizontal matter dispersion in shear currents is presented using a tensor expression from the point of view that matter dispersion due to the shear effect should be one of the principal mixing dilution processes. Although the behavior of horizontal dispersion is considerably more complicated than common longitudinal dispersion, the present study elucidates the vertical structure of dispersion and the dispersing process from the initial to the stationary stage, besides the usual depth-averaged dispersion coefficient at the stationary stage. As one of the typical applications of horizontal dispersion, dispersion due to the pure drift current with an Ekman layer is examined theoretically using the present method. This examination reveals that the displacement of the centroid and the major axis of dispersion are twisted in the vertical direction more than the direction of the current vector forming the Ekman spiral; that the variance increases in proportion to the third power of the elapsed time; and that the dispersion coefficient at the stationary stage remains constant, independent of the depth normalized by an Ekman layer thickness. Such dependence of the dispersion coefficient in the steady current is shown to be different from that in the oscillatory current, which is inversely proportional to the depth normalized by a Stokes layer thickness. This is considered to be induced by the difference of the vertical profiles of the first order moment in both currents, that is, the shear region of the first order moment is restricted around the floor by the alternation of the current shear in the oscillatory current while it is diffused in the whole depth in the steady current.