Using magnetic susceptibility to assess soil degradation in the Eastern Rif,Morocco

The soil in the Rif, Morocco, is at serious risk because increasing anthropogenic pressures are gradually transforming large natural areas into farmland. The distribution of magnetic minerals within the soil profile can be used to assess soil development and degradation. The soils in the study area are severely eroded because of a combination of highly erodible soils, intense rainstorms and scarce vegetation cover. To sample of representative soil profiles, lithology, slope gradient and land use were considered. The ranges of magnetic susceptibility in the soil profiles distinguished between two primary soil groups. Magnetic susceptibility varied in the soil profile and along the soil toposequence, and the variations were related to the differences in the original magnetic composition and the influence of main erosion factors. Lithology is the main factor contributing to the variation in magnetic susceptibility. The magnetic susceptibility values in soils on Tertiary marls (χ = 13·5 × 10^?8 m³ kg^?1) differed significantly from those on Quaternary terraces (χ = 122·1 × 10^?8 m³ kg^?1). Slope affected the distribution of magnetic susceptibility because of the continuous loss of topsoil in some parts of the slope and the deposition of eroded soil in others. Elimination of the natural vegetation cover and a shift to cultivated land for cereals has had a negative impact on soil development and, on similar slopes and substrates, magnetic susceptibility decreased significantly in cultivated soils. The soils on steep slopes that had natural vegetation cover retained the magnetic minerals better than did those on gentler slopes that were under cultivation. Grazing, clearing and, especially, tilling has weakened the soil and made it much more vulnerable to erosion. An analysis of the main factors causing erosion will help to promote rational use of the land and to establish conservation strategies in such fragile agroecosystems. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Decline of the Jakarta Bay molluscan fauna linked to human impact

In 1937/38 representative mollusc collections were made in Jakarta Bay (West Java, Indonesia). New data from here and the adjacent offshore Thousand Islands archipelago (Kepulauan Seribu) became available in 2005. Although collecting efforts and sampling methods differed, a comparison of the molluscan fauna of Jakarta Bay between 1937/38 and 2005 reveals a distinct deterioration. From 1937 to 2005, Jakarta Bay received increasing amounts of sewage from the greater Jakarta area, as well as increased sediment input from the deforested West Java hinterland. Predatory gastropods and numerous mollusc species associated with carbonate (reef) substrate have vanished from Jakarta Bay, among which many edible species.     

The selection of corrosion prior distributions for risk based integrity modeling

The deterioration of the condition of process plants assets has a major negative impact on the safety of its operation. Risk based integrity modeling provides a methodology to quantify the risks posed by an aging asset. This provides a means for the protection of human life, financial investment and the environmental damage from the consequences of its failures. This methodology is based on modeling the uncertainty in material degradations using probability distributions, known as priors. Using Bayes theorem, one may improve the prior distribution to obtain a posterior distribution using actual inspection data. Although the choice of priors is often subjective, a rational consensus can be achieved by judgmental studies and analyzing the generic data from the same or similar installations. The first part of this paper presents a framework for a risk based integrity modeling. This includes a methodology to select the prior distributions for the various types of corrosion degradation mechanisms, namely, the uniform, localized and erosion corrosion. Several statistical tests were conducted based on the data extracted from the literature to check which of the prior distributions follows data the best. Once the underlying distribution has been confirmed, one can estimate the parameters of the distributions. In the second part, the selected priors are tested and validated using actual plant inspection data obtained from existing assets in operation. It is found that uniform corrosion can be best described using 3P-Weibull and 3P-Lognormal distributions. Localized corrosion can be best described using Type1 extreme value and 3P-Weibull, while erosion corrosion can best be described using the 3P-Weibull, Type1 extreme value, or 3P-Lognormal distributions.     

垃圾土瞬时模量变化规律的试验研究及机制分析

采用有代表性配比的人工配料垃圾土试样对瞬时模量变化规律进行了试验研究,结果表明：垃圾土有机质含量、初始含水率、初始孔隙比及降解程度的变化对瞬时模量都有影响,并得到了各影响因素下的变化规律。结合垃圾土自身特性对各因素影响机制及结果进行了分析,这些结论对未来的填埋场变形研究及工程设计是非常有意义的。     

基于斑块层次的土地利用变化对土地质量影响的初步分析——以河北省张北县为例

利用SPOT2/4、SPOT5 等遥感数据源, 以人工目视解译为主, 分析了1999 年到2003 年河 北省张北县土地利用( 耕地) 变化情况; 运用GIS 和统计分析的方法, 初步分析林草地转变为耕 地、耕地转变为林草地和未变化耕地斑块等的土地退化特征。从1999 年到2003 年, 张北县耕地 减少20229.5ha, 耕地的主要流向为林草地, 其中又以旱地转化为人工草地为主, 2003 年新增耕 地的主要来源为牧草地。除耕地转为疏林地外, 耕地转为林草地的其余类型未退化斑块的面积较 大; 林草地转化为耕地的情况比较复杂: 林地转化为旱地、牧草地转化为水浇地的斑块发生了比 较明显的土地退化; 而牧草地转化为旱地、其它土地转化为旱地、牧草地转化为菜地斑块中退化 斑块数和面积比例都不大。和未变化耕地斑块的退化特征比较, 旱地转化为牧草地, 退化斑块与 未退化斑块数量比例比较接近, 但未退化斑块面积比例远远高于未变化耕地斑块; 而牧草地转为 旱地的退化与未退化斑块数量和面积比例没有明显差别。旱地转化为林地的未退化斑块数量和 面积比例要大于林地转化为旱地的斑块。说明旱地向林草地转化有助于提高区域土地质量。     

泥岩遇水崩解软化机理的研究

以扫描电子显微镜、X 射线衍射仪、9310 型微孔结构分析仪等先进的设备为测试手段, 从泥岩的微观结构及物质组成等方面入手进行研究, 结合泥岩遇水后宏观物理-力学性质的变化规律, 全面阐述了泥岩遇水的崩解软化机理。     

原状和重塑海洋粘土经历动载后的静强度衰减

根据海洋粉质粘土原状和重塑土样的动三轴试验结果, 比较和分析了两种土样应力、应变、孔隙水压力和不排水抗剪强度行为, 得到了土样的静不排水抗剪强度衰减与波浪荷载作用下土样产生的动应变以及平均累积孔压之间的关系。 并将波浪荷载作用使土样内孔压升高, 有效应力降低, 形成拟超固结现象的理论, 应用到土样不排水抗剪强度衰减与平均累积孔压之间关系的分析;同时与重塑土样的超固结静态剪切试验结果进行比较, 得到了土样在波浪荷载作用后的归一化不排水抗剪强度与拟超固结比之间的关系式。 建议以少量原状土样, 配合大量重塑土样的动三轴试验结果, 实现对实际海洋粘土地基在波浪荷载作用后的静不排水抗剪强度衰化规律的评估。     

半导体多相光催化氧化技术在环境保护中的应用研究进展

简单介绍了半导体多相光催化氧化的原理及其在降解污染物和环境保护中的应用和一些新型反应装置, 提出了提高光催化剂催化活性的方法, 讨论了影响光催化氧化反应速率的因素和提高光催化氧化反应速率的方法, 同时对光催化氧化技术今后的研究方向和工作重点提出了一些设想      

APGIS文件与MAPCAD文件格式转换

本文论述了将MAPGIS文件格式“降级”为MAPCAD文件格式的方法技术 ,并提供了一个实用的QBASIC语言程序。这是对电脑数字制图中文件格式转换的一个完善与补充     

黄河源生态环境变化与成因分析

以７０年代、８０年代和９０年代３个时期的卫星影像资料为基础,结合野外调查,对７０年代以来黄河源区生态环境演变过程及趋势进行了对比分析,并依据时期的气候变化、人为活动强度分析,对该区域生态环境变化的产生原因进行探讨,研究结果表明,与７０年代相比,８０年代和９０年代以高寒沼泽草甸、高寒草罗和高山草原化草甸为代表的主要生态体系均呈明显退化,尤其９０年代中期以来,高寒草原与高寒草甸植被退化剧烈,荒漠化发展