Distribution of trace metals in anchialine caves of Adriatic Sea,Croatia

This study presents results of the first comprehensive research on ecotoxic trace metals (Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn) in aquatic anchialine ecosystems. Data show the influence of hydrological and geological characteristics on trace metals in highly stratified anchialine water columns.     

Export and mesopelagic particle flux during a North Atlantic spring diatom bloom

Spring diatom blooms are important for sequestering atmospheric CO₂ below the permanent thermocline in the form of particulate organic carbon (POC). We measured downward POC flux during a sub-polar North Atlantic spring bloom at 100 m using thorium-234 (²³⁴Th) disequilibria, and below 100 m using neutrally buoyant drifting sediment traps. The cruise followed a Lagrangian float, and a pronounced diatom bloom occurred in a 600 km² area around the float. Particle flux was low during the first three weeks of the bloom, between 10 and 30 mg POC m⁻² d⁻¹. Then, nearly 20 days after the bloom had started, export as diagnosed from ²³⁴Th rose to 360-620 mg POC m⁻² d⁻¹, co-incident with silicate depletion in the surface mixed layer. Sediment traps at 600 and 750 m depth collected 160 and 150 mg POC m⁻² d⁻¹, with a settled volume of particles of 1000-1500 mL m⁻² d⁻¹. This implies that 25-43% of the 100 m POC export sank below 750 m. The sinking particles were ungrazed diatom aggregates that contained transparent exopolymer particles (TEP). We conclude that diatom blooms can lead to substantial particle export that is transferred efficiently through the mesopelagic. We also present an improved method of calibrating the Alcian Blue solution against Gum Xanthan for TEP measurements.     

Frictional contact of laminated elastic half‐spaces allowing interface cavities. Part 2: Numerical results

The paper presents some numerical results of the problem on contact of stratified elastic half‐spaces possessing unevenness of their surface layers. The approach of the Jacobi polynomials is used to reduce the singular integral equation of the problem to a system of linear algebraic equations. On the basis of the system's solution the dependence of gaps' geometric characteristics on external load and friction is investigated for two types of initial boundary disturbances, namely a local symmetric recess and a periodic set of recesses at a flat boundary. Numerical results are presented in figures for a few elastic and geometric parameters of joint components. The analysis shows that elastic properties and geometric structure of a laminated half‐space have a significant influence on the shape of interface gaps and their location. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Subsurface architecture of the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory from electrical resistivity tomography

The architecture of the critical zone includes the distribution, thickness, and contacts of various types of slope deposits and weathering products such as saprolite and weathered bedrock resting on solid bedrock. A quantitative analysis of architecture is necessary for many model‐driven approaches used by pedologic, geomorphic, hydrologic or biologic studies. We have used electrical resistivity tomography, a well‐established geophysical technique causing minimum surficial disturbance, to portray the subsurface electrical resistivity differences at three study sites (Green Lakes Valley; Gordon Gulch; Betasso) at the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory (BcCZO). Possible limitations of the technique are discussed. Interpretation of the specific resistivity values using natural outcrops, pits, roadcuts and drilling data as ground truth information allows us to image the critical zone architecture of each site. Green Lakes Valley (3700 MASL), a glacially eroded alpine basin, shows a rather simple, split configuration with coarse blockfields and sediments, partly containing permafrost above bedrock. The critical zone in Gordon Gulch (2650 MASL), a montane basin with rolling hills, and Betasso (1925 MASL), a lower montane basin with v‐shaped valleys, is more variable due to a complex Quaternary geomorphic history. Boundaries between overlying stratified slope deposits and saprolite were identified at mean depths of 3.0 ± 2.2 m and 4.1 ± 3.6 m in the respective sites. The boundary between saprolite and weathered bedrock is deeper in Betasso at 5.8 ± 3.7 m, compared with 4.3 ± 3.0 m in Gordon Gulch. In general, the data are consistent with results from seismic studies, but electrical resistivity tomography documents a 0.5–1.5 m shallower critical zone above the weathered bedrock on average. Additionally, we document high lateral variability, which results from the weathering and sedimentation history and seems to be a consistent aspect of critical zone architecture within the BcCZO. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finite amplitude holmboe waves

Abstract

We investigate the evolution of a parallel shear flow which has embedded within it a thin, symmetrically positioned layer of stable density stratification. The primary instability of this flow may deliver either Kelvin-Helmholtz waves or Holmboe waves, depending on the strength of the stratification. In this paper we describe a sequence of numerical simulations which reveal for the first time the behavior of the Holmboe wave at finite amplitude and clarify its structural relationship to the Kelvin-Helmholtz wave.

The flows investigated have initial profiles of horizontal velocity and Brunt-Vaisala frequency given in nondimensional form by U = tanhζ and N ²=J sech² RCζ, respectively, in which ζ is a nondimensional vertical coordinate, J is the value of the gradient Richardson number N ²/(dU/dζ)² at ζ=0, and R = 3. Linear stability theory predicts that the flow will develop Holmboe instability when J exceeds some critical value J_c' and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability when J is less than J_c; J_c being approximately equal to 0.25 when R=3. We simulate the evolution of flows with J=0.9, J=0.45, and J = 0.22, and find that the first two simulations yield Holmboe waves while the third yields a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave, as predicted.

The Holmboe wave is a superposition of two oppositely propagating disturbances, a right-going mode whose energy is concentrated in the region above the centre of the shear layer, and a left-going mode whose energy is concentrated below the centre of the shear layer. The horizontal speed of the modes varies periodically, and the variations are most pronounced at low values of J. If J ζ J_c' the minimum horizontal speed of the modes vanishes and the modes become phase-locked, whereupon they roll up to form a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave as predicted by Holmboe (1962). When J is moderately greater than J_c' the Holmboe wave ejects long, thin plumes of fluid into the regions above and below the shear layer, as has often been observed in laboratory experiments, and we examine in detail the mechanism by which this occurs.     

层状反倾-顺倾边坡倾倒变形形成条件及发育规模特征

以往研究中倾倒变形研究在反倾边坡较多而在顺倾边坡中很少,对两种不同结构的边坡形成倾倒体的异同点更是存在较多空白。在总结大量倾倒体实例基础上,对层状反倾和顺倾边坡倾倒变形形成条件及发育规模特征进行了详细研究。结果表明,顺倾边坡若发生倾倒,通常表现为坡高 100 m,边坡坡角 35°,岩层倾角 60°,岩性为薄层或薄层与中层互层的软岩、软硬相间的岩石;反倾边坡当坡角 30°及岩层倾角 30°就可能发生倾倒,其岩性为薄层～中厚层状的软岩、硬岩及具有似层状结构的坚硬岩石均可;提出层状岩质边坡“倾倒临界倾角 ”的概念,对于顺倾边坡, 60°,当 时边坡将可能产生倾倒破坏,当 时边坡通常产生顺层面的“滑移-弯曲”或“滑移-拉裂”型破坏;反倾边坡 30°,当 时边坡才可能演化成明显倾倒变形,当 时边坡不会倾倒或倾倒不明显;对于地质条件基本相同而坡体结构不同的两种边坡,反倾边坡形成的倾倒体无论是发育分布面积还是倾倒深度通常是大于顺倾边坡的,而且一旦形成倾倒体,二者的规模通常是深层的、大型或特大型的;倾倒体的分布面积和倾倒深度均呈现一种随坡高的增加而增加的趋势,坡高 250 m时其分布面积和倾倒深度表现为陡然增加,并且反倾边坡增加幅度大于顺倾边坡。     

决策树方法在遥感信息提取中的应用

介绍了决策树分类器的结构和理论基础,并结合了遥感影像各波段的特征对地物进行分类。在此基础上,以重庆渝北区为例进行了分类实验。实验说明了实现分类的具体过程,结果表明其方法在依据感兴趣区训练样本进行影像分类是切实可行的。     

规划建筑面积核算软件的开发与应用

结合生产实际,介绍了规划建筑面积核算软件的设计思想及各项功能。该软件是基于EPS 2008平台上二次开发,用到VC++底层开发和VBScript脚本语言编写多组程序,设计界面友好,功能强大,成果美观,最大限度地完成程序自动处理,与传统的人工分块进行面积计算和手工录入规划所需建筑物相关信息相比,大大提高了面积核算内业工作效率,同时也有效避免了出错和遗漏。     

陕西山阳特大型滑坡视向滑移-溃屈破坏力学分析

陕西山阳滑坡为典型的陡倾层状斜向岩质斜坡,其破坏模式不同于常见的顺倾层状岩质斜坡溃屈破坏模式,也不同于斜倾层状山体的视向滑移-剪切破坏模式,更不同于陡倾顺层岩质斜坡的倾倒、倾倒-滑移破坏模式,属于视向滑移-溃屈破坏模式。在实地调查的基础上,从斜坡结构特征、结构面组合特征以及剪出口特征分析了滑坡的破坏模式,进而分析了山阳滑坡的视向滑移-溃屈破坏机制;以梁板理论、层状板裂结构岩体弯曲-溃屈破坏的力学模型为基础,结合斜倾层状岩质滑坡的视向滑动机制研究,建立了基于斜坡自重、地下水静水压力、侧向摩阻力以及斜坡岩体厚度变化作用下的陡倾层状斜向岩质斜坡视向滑移-溃屈破坏力学模型,进行力学分析,推导了溃屈段长度条件方程,并以山阳滑坡为例验证了长度条件方程的正确性。     

岩层倾角对顺倾向边坡地震效应的影响

利用FLAC3D软件模拟地震作用下不同岩层倾角的顺倾向边坡,对比坡面峰值加速度放大系数、峰值位移、地震作用结束后坡体剪应变增量的变化规律,探讨岩层倾角对顺倾边坡地震效应的影响。研究表明:(1)在水平地震波作用下,坡面水平峰值加速度放大作用随岩层倾角增大而线性减小;(2)当岩层倾角小于软弱岩层内摩擦角时,坡面峰值位移较小且变化规律受岩层倾角影响不明显,当岩层倾角大于软弱岩层内摩擦角且小于30°时坡面峰值位移增大,大于60°时减小;(3)岩层倾角小于坡角时,残余剪应变增量最大值集中在坡面中下部软弱岩层处,反之,剪应变增量最大值出现在整个坡面并呈弧形区。