Research Note: The mean sensitivity depth of the electrical resistivity method

Until now, a simple formula to estimate the depth of investigation of the electrical resistivity method that takes into account the positions of all of the electrodes for a general four‐electrode array has not been available. While the depth sensitivity function of the method for a homogeneous infinite half‐space is well known, previous attempts to use it to characterize the depth of investigation have involved calculating its peak and median, both of which must be determined numerically for a general four‐electrode array. I will show that the mean of the sensitivity function, which has not been considered previously, does admit a very simple mathematical formula. I compare the mean depth with the median and peak sensitivity depths for some common arrays. The mean is always greater than or equal to the median that is always greater than the peak. All three measures give reasonable estimates to the depths of actual structures for most circumstances. I will further show that, for 1D soundings, the use of the mean sensitivity depth as the pseudo‐depth assigns an apparent resistivity to a given pseudo‐depth that is consistent between different arrays. One consequence of this is that smoother depth soundings are obtained as “clutches,” caused by a change in the depth sensitivity due to moving the potential electrodes, are effectively removed. I expect that the mean depth formula will be a useful “rule of thumb” for estimating the depth of investigation before the resistivity structure of the ground is known.     

闪电电场变化测量仪研究

分析了现有闪电电场变化测量仪存在的不足之处,提出了采用一台测量仪同时获得闪电电场快、慢变化特性的技术方案,通过对测量仪天线、电路、传输方式的优化,大大降低了系统的复杂程度,提高了可靠性;采用全介质光缆传输信号,可避免在信号传输过程中因电磁耦合带来的干扰;采用系统函数逆变换反演被测电场时域特性,既可省去一套专测电场慢变化的仪器,且弥补了以往"电场慢变化测量仪"性能的不足.测量结果表明,快变化测量系统的测量带宽为80 Hz~87.5 MHz.采用研制成的电场变化测量仪对自然闪电进行多次测量后,将反演运算得到的波形与实测波形对比,验证了所提方案的可行性和技术上的先进性.     

2011年1月19 日安庆ML4.8地震的震源机制解和深度研究

2011年1月19日在安徽省安庆市辖区与怀宁县交界处发生了M_L4.8级地震,引起安庆市及周边地区强烈的震感.为了更好地认识这次地震的发震构造,我们利用安徽省及临近几个省份区域台网的近震波形资料,首先通过hypo2000绝对定位得到震中位置;然后采用CAP方法反演了该地震的震源机制解和震源深度,并在此基础上结合P、sP、pP和sPmP等深度震相对震源深度进行了精确确定;最后,将反演得到的结果作为已知输入,利用F-K方法计算理论地震图,并与观测记录进行对比,以验证结果的可靠性.反演结果显示,这次安庆地震是一个带少量走滑分量的逆冲型地震,地震矩震级为M_W=4.3,最佳双力偶解为节面Ⅰ走向131°,倾角30°,滑动角29°;节面Ⅱ走向15°,倾角75°,滑动角116°,最佳震源深度为4~5 km,属于浅源地震.从震中和震源机制解来看,安庆地震极有可能发生在宿松-枞阳断裂上.     

胶州湾不同季节浮游动物昼夜垂直移动规律初步研究

在胶州湾内设置连续站(36°5'54″N,120°15'20″E),分别于2006-2007年分春季、夏季、秋季、冬季四季进行垂直分段拖网,研究了胶州湾浮游动物垂直移动的规律。结果显示,浮游动物在不同季节显示不同的垂直迁移行为。同时,对该海域出现的优势种类的垂直移动规律进行了研究并分类,发现不同物种同一季节迁移方式不同,对于同一种类,在不同季节也表现出不同的迁移规律。因此,浮游动物垂直迁移规律不是一成不变的,由外界环境因子和内在因素共同作用决定。不同季节影响浮游动物垂直迁移的关键因子不同,其中春季、夏季、秋季三季主要影响因子是光照,冬季除了光照,还有温度、盐度和浮游植物密度。总体与温度和浮游植物密度正相关,与盐度负相关。对于不同种类,影响其垂直迁移的主要因子也不尽相同。     

2010年秋季鞍山气溶胶光学特征变化

利用2010年9-11月鞍山大气成分监测站CE-318太阳光度计观测资料,依据气溶胶光学厚度测量原理,计算得到2010年鞍山秋季大气气溶胶光学厚度、波长指数等大气光学特性数据,通过统计分析,给出鞍山秋季气溶胶光学特性分布特征。结果表明：随着测量AOD波段的降低,AOD值逐渐增大,9月的AOD平均值最大,10月AOD平均值次之,11月AOD平均值最小。从频率分布看,2010年9月 AOD日均值集中分布在0.4-0.6之间,10月和11月AOD日均值集中分布在0.0-0.4之间,表明10-11月大气较为清洁|波长指数日均值的频率分布说明鞍山秋季大气污染物以细粒子为主。500 nm 的AOD值与波长指数成对数关系,两者在9、10月和11月的相关系数分别为0.5145、0.8412和0.2715;9月AOD与PM₁₀、PM_2.5、PM_1.0质量浓度为较小负相关,10月和11月AOD与PM₁₀、PM_2.5、PM_1.0质量浓度成正相关,且10、11月AOD与气溶胶细粒子相关性较为显著。AOD值与能见度在趋势上呈较小的负相关性,可能是由于高层气溶胶粒子对气溶胶光学厚度产生了主要影响。     

大气气溶胶尺度分布分形特征研究

气溶胶作为大气环境中的重要组成部分,具有复杂的尺度分布结构。为研究其尺度分布特征,采用分形理论首先论述了常用的气溶胶谱分布函数具有分形不变性,然后在分形理论的指导下分别建立了气溶胶粒子和体积分形统计模型,而且以AERONET相关数据验证了分形模型的有效性和实用性,并采用分段分形的方法改进了气溶胶体积分形模型。最后分析研究了分维数的实用意义和分布情况,讨论了气溶胶分维数变化和粒度分布的关系。结果表明：气溶胶粒子数和体积分维数之间存在线性关系,上半年的大气溶胶粒子数分维数的变化幅度明显小于下半年的变化幅度;研究区域大气气溶胶中细粒子分布比较密集,大粒子分布比较分散。分形理论为研究大气气溶胶的尺度分布特征提供了新的方法与手段,具有广阔的研究与应用前景。     

Measuring natural phytoplankton fluorescence and biomass: a case study of algal bloom in the Pearl River estuary

A moored optical buoy was deployed in the Pearl River estuarine waters for a 15-day period. A four-day algal bloom event occurred during this study period. Both chlorophyll a concentration and algal cell density (a proxy for biomass) changed dramatically before and after the event. The chlorophyll concentration at a 2.3 m depth rose from 5.15 mg/m⁻³ at 15:00 h on August 19 to 23.62 mg/m⁻³ at 9:00 h on August 21, and then decreased to 3.24 mg/m⁻³ at 15:00 h on August 24. The corresponding cell density ranged from 1.57 × 10⁵ to 1.76 × 10⁶ cells/L. We used normalized fluorescence line height (NFLH) and normalized fluorescence intensity (NFI) in order to determine fluorescence activity. Combined with the in situ sampling dataset, we were able to correlate natural fluorescence (NFLH and NFI) with chlorophyll a concentrations, and found correlation coefficients of 0.72 and 0.75, respectively. We also found correlations between natural fluorescence and cell density, with correlation coefficients of 0.71 and 0.65, respectively. These results indicate that applying continuous time series of natural fluorescence can reflect changes in biomass. This technique will prove extremely useful for in situ and real-time observations using an optical buoy. Although there are still problems to solve in the real-time observation of natural fluorescence in algal bloom events, we discuss the primary factors affecting fluorescence signals and suggest possible methods for mitigating these issues.     

Sediment profile characterisation at contaminated and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica

Sediment profiles for pH, Eh, 28 elements, water and organic content are presented here for human impacted and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Variations in element concentrations are observed with increasing depth, especially at Brown Bay where the impact of past human activities is most pronounced in the top 10 cm. Spatial differences were observed between sediment profiles at reference and impacted locations and were largely explained by Pb variability in the top 5 cm. Median element concentrations from surface, middle and bottom regions of the sediment profile were compared to composite sample medians (no depth stratigraphy) for 11 elements at O’Brien Bay (reference) and Brown Bay (impacted). Pronounced differences were observed for Brown Bay, particularly surface and middle sections, implying that composite samples dilute the near surface anthropogenic signal by mixing with deeper uncontaminated sediment.     

Organic matter and fine grains as possible determinants of spatial and seasonal variability in bed sediment fauna: A case study from a Hercynian gravel stream

The spatial and seasonal distributions of organic matter and fine grains were tested as possible determinants of fauna distribution in bed sediment of a Hercynian gravel stream. Invertebrate densities and the amounts of fine grains and organic carbon were assessed in freeze-core samples taken along 70 cm depth profiles at three different positions in the stream channel. Sampling was conducted on five occasions of low discharge over two years. The variability in invertebrate community composition was analysed using Detrended Correspondence Analysis with posterior projection of explanatory variables; Variation Partitioning was used to estimate the independent and shared effects of the explanatory variables. We found that the best predictors of the invertebrate community were spatial variables (depth, position in the channel) and then variables influenced by seasonal patterns (surface water temperature and discharge). The influence of organic matter and fine grain content was significant only after eliminating spatial autocorrelation. High amounts of organic matter, randomly accumulated in the sediment, improved the model by explaining high fauna densities. The fine grain content was not a limiting factor to fauna at our study site. It is possible that the large amount of mica flakes in the sediment has caused the arrangement of grains with a pore space sufficient for fauna even when fine grain content was high.     

混合酸比例对ICP-MS/OES测定地球化学样品中多元素的影响

应用电感耦合等离子体质谱/发射光谱仪(ICP-MS/OES)测定地球化学样品中的多元素时,通常采用混合酸(盐酸-硝酸-氢氟酸-高氯酸)分解试样,但不同比例的混合酸对试样的分解效果影响极大,导致测试结果中经常出现铬、锰、铁、铝、钛及部分稀土元素测定结果偏低、精密度不理想的情况。本文通过改变混合酸中各类酸的混合比例,采用逆王水-氢氟酸-高氯酸分解试样,逆王水提取,使上述元素获得了较为理想的分解效果,特别是这些元素含量较高的样品分解效果的改善尤为显著。实验证明:当取样量为0.100 g时,采用8 mL逆王水、6 mL氢氟酸、3 mL高氯酸分解试样,8 mL逆王水提取,用国家一级标准物质进行验证,测试结果的相对标准偏差(n=6)为0.34%~4.02%,本方法精密度和准确度均满足地质实验室质量管理规范要求,可快速、准确、批量测定地球化学样品中的多元素。