基于孔压静力触探确定土体的渗透系数

近年来许多研究者致力于通过孔压静力触探(CPTU)确定土体的渗透系数,但是存在偏差大,而且不能从机制上清楚地解释孔压静力触探确定土体渗透系数的原因。为了应用孔压静力触探现场快速地确定土体的渗透系数,在总结前人对孔压静力触探确定土体渗透系数方法的研究基础上,提出孔压静力触探时锥头处呈球冠形孔隙水流动的计算模型,假定锥头处初始超孔隙水压力为负指数型分布,推导出土体渗透系数的表达式,并且结合现场实测数据,将所提出的方法与已有的方法进行对比分析。研究发现：所提出的方法扩大了现有方法的应用范围;渗透系数计算结果受锥头角度的影响较大,随着锥头角度的增大而增大;针对国际上通用的60°角的标准锥头,所提出的方法计算的渗透系数大于前人的方法,而且更接近室内外试验结果。     

Delayed delivery from the sediment factory: modeling the impact of catchment response time to tectonics on sediment flux and fluvio‐deltaic stratigraphy

The sediment flux from a catchment is driven by tectonics and climate but is moderated by the geomorphic response of the landscape system to changes in these two boundary conditions. Consequently, catchment response time and the non‐linear behavior of landscapes in response to boundary condition change control the downstream propagation of climatic or tectonic perturbations from catchments to neighboring basins. In order to investigate the impact of catchment response time on sediment flux, we integrated a spatially‐lumped numerical model PaCMod, with new routines simulating the evolution of landscape morphology and erosion rates under tectonic and climatic forcing. We subsequently applied the model to reconstruct the sediment flux from a tectonically perturbed catchment in central Italy. Finally, we coupled our model to DeltaSim, a process‐response model simulating fluvio‐deltaic stratigraphy, and investigated the impact of catchment response time on stratigraphy, using both synthetic scenarios and a real world system (Fucino Basin, central Italy). Our results demonstrate that the differential response of geomorphic elements to tectonic and climatic changes induces a complex sediment flux signal, and produces characteristic stratigraphic architectures and shoreline trajectories. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Implementing environmental flows in integrated water resources management and the ecosystem approach

Abstract

In many of the world’s river basins, the water resources are over-allocated and/or highly modified, access to good quality water is limited or competitive and aquatic ecosystems are degraded. The decline in aquatic ecosystems can impact on human well-being by reducing the ecosystem services provided by healthy rivers, wetlands and floodplains. Basin water resources management requires the determination of water allocation among competing stakeholders including the environment, social needs and economic development. Traditionally, this determination occurred on a volumetric basis to meet basin productivity goals. However, it is difficult to address environmental goals in such a framework, because environmental condition is rarely considered in productivity goals, and short-term variations in river flow may be the most important driver of aquatic ecosystem health. Manipulation of flows to achieve desired outcomes for public supply, food and energy has been implemented for many years. More recently, manipulating flows to achieve ecological outcomes has been proposed. However, the complexity of determining the required flow regimes and the interdependencies between stakeholder outcomes has restricted the implementation of environmental flows as a core component of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). We demonstrate through case studies of the Rhône and Thames river basins in Europe, the Colorado River basin in North America and the Murray-Darling basin in Australia the limitations of traditional environmental flow strategies in integrated water resources management. An alternative ecosystem approach can provide a framework for implementation of environmental flows in basin water resources management, as demonstrated by management of the Pangani River basin in Africa. An ecosystem approach in IWRM leads to management for agreed triple-bottom-line outcomes, rather than productivity or ecological outcomes alone. We recommend that environmental flow management should take on the principles of an ecosystem approach and form an integral part of IWRM.

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis

Citation Overton, I.C., Smith, D.M., Dalton J., Barchiesi S., Acreman M.C., Stromberg, J.C., and Kirby, J.M., 2014. Implementing environmental flows in integrated water resources management and the ecosystem approach. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59 (3–4), 860–877.     

Coupling of topographic and stratigraphic effects on seismic response of slopes through 2D linear and equivalent linear analyses

In this paper the seismic response of simple slope geometries under vertically propagating in-plane shear waves (SV waves) is assessed through two-dimensional finite element analyses to investigate the amplification of the ground motion induced by soil topography. Topographic horizontal and vertical amplification factors were evaluated through different sets of analyses focused on slopes in homogeneous half space and on slopes overlying either a rigid or a compliant bedrock. Soil was assumed to behave as a linear visco-elastic or as an equivalent-linear visco-elastic material. In the analyses the effects of slope inclination and of the characteristics of the input motion were also investigated.In order to calibrate the numerical model, the results obtained in linear visco-elastic analyses were compared with the results of parametric numerical analyses available in the literature, showing a good agreement. The results confirmed that a complex interaction exists between stratigraphic and topographic effects on the amplification of the ground motion and that the two effects cannot be evaluated independently and easily uncoupled. In the case of compliant bedrock the effect of the impedance ratio was also investigated.The results of the equivalent-linear analyses pointed out the remarkable dependence on soil non-linear behavior and, when compared to the results of linear visco-elastic analyses, showed that without accounting for soil non-linear behavior, topographic amplification factors may result underestimated.     

Modeling the impact of climate change on sediment transport and morphology in coupled watershed-coast systems:A case study using an integrated approach

Climate change is an issue of major concern nowadays.Its impact on the natural and human environment is studied intensively,as the expected shift in climate will be significant in the next few decades.Recent experience shows that the effects will be critical in coastal areas,resulting in erosion and inundation phenomena worldwide.In addition to that,coastal areas are subject to ＂pressures＂ from upstream watersheds in terms of water quality and sediment transport.The present paper studies the impact of climate change on sediment transport and morphology in the aforementioned coupled system.The study regards a sandy coast and its upstream watershed in Chalkidiki,North Greece;it is based on：（a）an integrated approach for the quantitative correlation of the two through numerical modeling,developed by the authors,and（b）a calibrated application of the relevant models Soil and Water Assessment Tool（SWAT）and PELNCON-M,applied to the watershed and the coastal zone,respectively.The examined climate change scenarios focus on a shift of the rainfall distribution towards fewer and more extreme rainfall events,and an increased frequency of occurrence of extreme wave events.Results indicate the significance of climatic pressures in wide-scale sediment dynamics,and are deemed to provide a useful perspective for researchers and policy planners involved in the study of coastal morphology evolution in a changing climate.     

基于小波方法的近断层地震动速度脉冲周期的统计特性

采用小波方法筛选出了180条断层距在20 km之内且PGV大于10 cm/s的具有速度脉冲特征的近断层地震波,分别对基岩和土层场地、走滑(SS)和非走滑(NSS)断层、不同脉冲峰值标准情形下近断层脉冲周期和矩震级的关系进行了统计,得到了不同情形下脉冲周期-震级经验公式回归系数,以供近场地震动速度脉冲的相关研究参考使用。结果表明:走滑断层产生的脉冲周期比非走滑断层的大,但随震级的增大情况发生变化;无论走滑断层还是非走滑断层,当震级较小时,土层场地的脉冲周期比基岩场地的大,随着震级的增加,基岩场地的脉冲周期将比土层场地的大;根据不同标准的速度脉冲峰值PGV记录,得到的周期-震级关系曲线有很大区别。     

西藏尼龙玛地区战略性矿产远景调查主要进展及成果

项目以铜铅锌银为主攻矿种,以层控型、矽卡岩型铜多金属矿等为主攻矿床类型,采用1∶5万地质填图、地面高磁测量、水系沉积物测量和遥感地质解译等为工作方法,基本查明了区内矿产地质背景,共圈定各类异常111个,提交了3处新发现矿产地,建立了铜铅锌矿床的找矿标志及找矿模型,圈定8个成矿远景区和23处找矿靶区。首次在研究区新发现念青唐古拉岩群、蛇纹石化橄榄岩和云英岩-矽卡岩型铜钨矿床及矽卡岩型铋矿床、矽卡岩型铟矿床;首次在念青唐古拉地区厘定来姑组和马里组2个具有重要找矿意义的控矿层位,提出了该地区同生沉积、后期改造的区域成矿模式。为该地区进一步地质调查、矿产勘查规划与开发提供丰硕的基础资料。     

气候变化背景下人为热估算和效应研究

人为热是指由人类活动产生而释放到大气中的热量,这部分热量以感热和潜热的形式释放到城市冠层和城市边界层中,是城市生态系统的重要能量来源之一。在城市系统中,建筑物、交通运输和人类新陈代谢所释放的热量构成了总的人为热,具有明显的日变化和季节变化特征:清晨和傍晚出现一天中的两大峰值,而冬季和夏季分别是全年中最显著的两个季节。人为热的计算方法通常分为仪器观测法和能源消费清单法,其中能源消费清单法是目前普遍使用的方法。人为热主要通过改变大气的热力学能量方程和水汽方程中的热量和水汽量来影响区域和全球气候。在城市中,人为热是冬季和夜间城市热岛形成的主要原因,会影响大气边界层的稳定度和增加边界层高度。在全球范围内,人为热会对大气环流产生扰动,但对全球增温效应不显著。随着全球能源消费和人口的增加,人为热将成为气候变化的重要人为因子之一,因此如何观测和估算出一套高精度的人为热数据集极为重要。     

PREFERENTIAL WATER FLOW IN A FROZEN SOIL — A TWO-DOMAIN MODEL APPROACH

Earlier modelling studies have shown the difficulty of accurately simulating snowmelt infiltration into frozen soil using the hydraulic model approach. Comparison of model outputs and field measurements have inferred the occurrence of rapid flow even during periods when the soil is still partly frozen. A one-dimensional, physically based soil water and heat model (SOIL) has been complemented with a new two-domain approach option to simulate preferential flow through frozen layers. The ice is assumed to be first formed at the largest water filled pore upon freezing. Infiltrating water may be conducted rapidly through previously air-filled pores which are not occupied by ice. A minor fraction of water is slowly transferred within the liquid water domain, which is absorbed by the solid particles. A model validation with field measurements at a location in the middle-east of Sweden indicated that the two-domain approach was suitable for improving the prediction of drainage during snowmelting. In particular, the correlation between simulated and observed onset of drainage in spring was improved. The validation also showed that the effect of the high flow domain was highly sensitive to the degree of saturation in the topsoil during freezing, as well as to the hydraulic properties at the lower frost boundary regulating the upward water flow to the frozen soil and ice formation.