Determining and modeling tectonic movements along the central part of the North Anatolian Fault (Turkey) using geodetic measurements

The North Anatolian Fault (NAF), which extends from Karl?ova in Eastern Turkey to the Gulf of Saros in the Northern Aegean Sea, is one of the longest active strike-slip faults in the world with a length of about 1500 km. Within the North Anatolian Shear Zone (NASZ) there are long splays off the main trunk of the NAF veering towards the interior parts of Anatolia. Although the whole shear zone is still seismically active, the major seismicity is concentrated along the main branch of the NAF. Splays of the NAF dissect the shear zone into different continental blocks. The largest splay of the NAF was selected to analyze the distribution of movements between the faults delimiting these blocks. Four years of GPS measurements and modeling results indicate that the differential motion between the Anatolian collage and the Eurasian plate along the central part of the NAF is partitioned between fault splays and varies between 18.7 ± 1.6 and 21.5 ± 2.1 mm/yr with the main branch taking ∼90% of the motion.     

Topological changes of the photospheric magnetic field inside active regions: A prelude to flares?

The detection of magnetic field variations as a signature of flaring activity is one of the main goals in solar physics. Past efforts gave apparently no unambiguous observations of systematic changes. In the present study, we discuss recent results from observations that scaling laws of turbulent current helicity inside a given flaring active region change in response to large flares in that active region. Such changes can be related to the evolution of current structures by a simple geometrical argument, which has been tested using high Reynolds number direct numerical simulations of the MHD equations. Interpretation of the observed data within this picture indicates that the change in scaling behavior of the current helicity seems to be associated with a topological reorganization of the footpoint of the magnetic field loops, namely with the dissipation of small scales structures in turbulent media.     

太阳风离子尺度湍流与太阳风加热

太阳风源自太阳大气,在行星际空间传播过程中被持续加热,然而究竟是何种能量加热了太阳风至今未研究清楚.太阳风普遍处于湍动状态,其湍动能量被认为是加热太阳风的重要能源.然而,太阳风湍流通过何种载体、基于何种微观物理机制加热了太阳风尚不明确,这是相关研究的关键问题.将回顾人类对太阳风加热问题的研究历史,着重介绍近年来我国学者在太阳风离子尺度湍流与加热方面取得的研究进展,展望未来在太阳风加热研究中有待解决的科学问题和可能的研究方向.     

基于动理学理论的推移质输沙公式

根据Boltzmann方程得到了床面附近运动颗粒的速度分布函数,将其在速度空间上积分,同时考虑床面颗粒起动概率的影响得到了床面颗粒的冲刷率函数。在此基础上,将该函数代入Einstein提出的推移质输沙基本模式中得到了基于动理学理论的推移质输沙公式。研究结果表明:① 公式计算结果与实验数据吻合,相对误差为10%~50%,可用于高强度和低强度输沙,能够较好地反映出床面附近运动的推移质颗粒的统计属性;② 得到的推移质输沙率理论表达式与经典推移质输沙公式十分接近,同时大大改善了Einstein公式在高强度输沙情况下的计算结果,这也说明了本文理论推导的正确性。     

华北板块北缘中段早中二叠世的构造属性：来自花岗岩类锆石U-Pb年代学及地球化学的制约

内蒙古温都尔庙南-铁沙盖黑云角闪石英闪长岩和角闪黑云花岗闪长岩位于华北板块北缘中段晚古生代构造岩浆活动带中;锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果显示,其形成时代分别为271.8±2.4Ma,271.4±1.3Ma、268.7±1.3Ma。主量元素SiO₂含量61.42%~71.73%,K₂O含量3.10%~5.11%,K₂O/Na₂O值介于0.93~1.96之间,Mg^#值介于42.54~49.93之间,A/CNK为0.90~1.03;副矿物为锆石、磷灰石和磁铁矿,属亚碱性高钾钙碱性系列、I型花岗岩类;富集轻稀土(LREEs)、大离子亲石元素(LILEs,Cs、Rb、K、Ba、Th和U),亏损重稀土元素(HREEs)及高场强元素(HFSEs,Nb、Ta和Ti),弱Eu负异常(δEu=0.55~0.95),形成于活动大陆边缘弧环境,是上地壳部分熔融的产物。黑云角闪石英闪长岩和角闪黑云花岗闪长岩中发育大量暗色微粒包体(黑云闪长岩),包体可能是岩石圈地幔部分熔融的产物,相对于寄主岩石贫Si、K富Fe、Mg、Ca、Ti、大离子亲石元素(LILEs,Rb、Cs、Sr和U)和高场强元素(HFSEs,Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf)。本文花岗岩类的侵位反映了早中二叠世古亚洲洋俯冲于华北板块北缘之下及岩浆混合作用的岩浆事件。     

阿尔金断裂对酒泉盆地的控制作用分析

阿尔金断裂带东延区与北祁连冲断带一起控制了酒泉盆地的形成和演化.作者利用区域地球物理资料的解释和分析,研究了阿尔金断裂走滑过程对酒泉盆地的控制作用和影响范围,认为阿尔金断裂走滑运动始于中生代白垩纪,初次隆升始于白垩纪,不晚于古新世;其东延应止于花海凹陷.阿尔金断裂带对酒泉盆地的控制作用主要表现为限制了盆地现今的西部边界,同时控制了盆地北段的构造形态.     

Physical controls on mixing and transport within rising submarine hydrothermal plumes: A numerical simulation study

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to simulate the turbulent flow and species transport of deep-sea high temperature hydrothermal plumes. The model solves numerically the density weighted unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations and energy equation and the species transport equation. Turbulent entrainment and mixing is modeled by a k–ε turbulence closure model. The CFD model explicitly considers realistic vent chimney geometry, vent exit fluid temperature and velocity, and background stratification. The model uses field measurements as model inputs and has been validated by field data. These measurements and data, including vent temperature and plume physical structure, were made in the ABE hydrothermal field of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. A parametric sensitivity study based on this CFD model was conducted to determine the relative importance of vent exit velocity, background stratification, and chimney height on the mixing of vent fluid and seawater. The CFD model was also used to derive several important scalings that are relevant to understanding plume impact on the ocean. These scalings include maximum plume rise height, neutrally buoyant plume height, maximum plume induced turbulent diffusivity, and total plume vertically transported water mass flux. These scaling relationships can be used for constructing simplified 1-dimensional models of geochemistry and microbial activity in hydrothermal plumes. Simulation results show that the classical entrainment assumptions, typically invoked to describe hydrothermal plume transport, only apply up to the vertical level of ~0.6 times the maximum plume rise height. Below that level, the entrainment coefficient remains relatively constant (~0.15). Above that level, the plume flow consists of a pronounced lateral spreading flow, two branches of inward flow immediately above and below the lateral spreading, and recirculation flanking the plume cap region. Both turbulent kinetic energy and turbulence dissipation rate reach their maximum near the vent; however, turbulent viscosity attains its maximum near the plume top, indicating strong turbulent mixing in that region. The parametric study shows that near vent physical conditions, including chimney height and fluid exit velocity, influence plume mixing from the vent orifice to a distance of ~10 times the vent orifice diameter. Thus, physical parameters place a strong kinetic constraint on the chemical reactions occurring in the initial particle-forming zone of hydrothermal plumes.     

光合有效辐射遥感产品质量控制与评价

定量遥感产品的质量控制和质量评价是产品生产过程的重要环节,生成的产品质量信息对用户具有重要的参考价值。对于算法较为复杂,涉及诸多输入数据和计算环节的遥感数据产品,质量控制和质量评价是一个难点。本文以一个极轨卫星与静止卫星结合的光合有效辐射(PAR)产品算法为例,分析了定量遥感产品质量控制和质量评价的方法。在确定总体技术框架的基础上,详细描述了数据输入及产品输出质量控制标识体系的建立、质量控制方法实施以及产品质量评价具体方案。光合有效辐射估算需要多源遥感数据和较多空间数据,导致最终产品不确定性的来源较多。本研究通过算法解析、产品的不确定性分析以及建立质量标识体系等方法来确定质量控制方案,从而可以利用质量控制标识追溯到输入数据和每一个中间处理过程的质量或者误差,并最终生成产品的总体质量等级。最后简要介绍了利用地面实测数据和产品质量标识对产品进行质量评价的方法。