Magnetic Susceptibility in Surface Sediments in the Southern South China Sea and Its Implication for Sub-sea Methane Venting

In order to understand the characteristics of magnetic variability and their possible implication for sub-sea methane venting,magnetic susceptibility (MS) of 145 surface sediment samples from the southern South China Sea (SCS) was investigated.Magnetic particles extracted from 20 representative samples were also examined for their mineral,chemical compositions and micromorphology.Results indicate that MS values range between -7.73×10-8 and 45.06x10-8 m3/kg.The high MS zones occur at some hydrecarbon-bearing basins and along main tectonic zones,and low ones are distributed mainly within the river delta or along continental shelves.Iron concretions and manganese concretions are not main contributors for high MS values in sediments,while authigenic iron sulphide minerals are possibly responsible for the MS enhancement.This phenomenon is suspected to be produced by the reducing environment where the high upward venting methane beneath the seafloor reacts with seawater sulfate,resulting in seep precipitation of highly susceptible intermediate mineral pyrrhotite,greigite and paramagnetic pyrite.It suggests that MS variability is possibly one of the geochemical indicators for mapping sub-sea zones of methane venting in the southern SCS.     

Topographic predictors of susceptibility to alluvial fan flooding,Southern Apennines

The flooding susceptibility of alluvial fans in the Southern Apennines has long been neglected. To partly address this oversight, we focus on the region of Campania which contains highly urbanized piedmont areas particularly vulnerable to flooding. Our findings are based on stratigraphic analysis of the fans and morphometric analysis of the basin‐fan systems. Using geomorphological analysis we recognized active alluvial fans while stratigraphic analysis together with statistical analysis of the morphometric variables was used to classify the fans in terms of the transport process involved. The results indicate that in the geological context examined, the best discrimination between debris flow (Df) and water flood (Wf) processes is achieved by means of two related variables, one for the basin (feeder channel inclination, Cg) and one for the fan (fan length, Fl). The probability that an unclassified fan belongs to group Wf is computed by applying a logistic function in which a P value exceeding 0.5 indicates that a basin/fan system belongs to group Wf. This important result led to the classification of the entire basin/fan system data. As regards process intensity, debris flow‐dominated fans are susceptible to the occurrence of flows with high viscosity and hence subject to more severe events than water flood‐dominated fans. Bearing this in mind, the data gathered in this study allow us to detect where alluvial fan flooding might occur and give information on the different degrees of susceptibility at a regional scale. Regrettably, urban development in recent decades has failed to take the presence of such alluvial fans into account due to the long recurrence time (50–100 years) between floods. This paper outlines the distribution of such susceptibility scenarios throughout the region, thereby constituting an initial step to implementing alluvial fan flooding control and mitigation. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Magnetic Susceptibility and Heavy Metals Distribution from Risk‐cultivated Soil around the Iron–Steel Plant,China

Magnetic susceptibility is a non‐conventional way that can be used for evaluating proxy soil heavy metals pollution. The paper monitors available heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Zn, and Mn) present in cultivated soils around iron–steel plant by soil magnetic susceptibility. Our study was located in an area with high pollution with small grid density of 250 m in China. Results showed that low field magnetic susceptibility was significantly correlated with available Cu, Zn, and Mn. No clear association exists between magnetic susceptibility and available Fe, soil organic matter, pH. Frequency dependent susceptibility >5% suggests the possible presence of super‐paramagnetic particles, fly ashes produced during coal combustion.     

红黏土磁化率增强机制

对于黄土-古土壤序列,磁化率增强机制已经被大家认可,并且磁化率被广泛作为古夏季风强弱变化的代用指标。红黏土伏于第四纪黄土之下,同为风成沉积物,对红黏土磁化率增强机制的研究程度不高,且对强发育红黏土获得比较低的磁化率值的原因不清楚。本文通过对佳县红黏土进行系统岩石磁学分析得出：(1) 红黏土磁性矿物种类以磁铁矿为主,同时含有一定量磁赤铁矿、赤铁矿;磁性矿物平均粒径为PSD颗粒;强发育层含有较多的软磁性矿物,弱发育层含有较多的硬磁性矿物。(2) χ、χfd和χARM两两之间表现出很好线性正相关关系,说明红黏土中含有大量SP和SD颗粒亚铁磁性矿物,这些细小磁颗粒是在成壤过程中产生,成壤作用导致古土壤层磁化率升高。(3) 红黏土χfd、χfd%值较高,说明经历较强的成壤过程,成壤环境与黄土高原黄土-古土壤序列类似,与阿拉斯加、西伯利亚黄土-古土壤明显不同。     

山西襄汾农田土壤磁化率和养分空间变异性

应用地统计学方法研究了山西省西南部襄汾县农田土壤的环境磁学和养分特征。结果表明:土壤低频磁化率、高频磁化率、频率磁化率、pH值、有机质、全氮和全钾平均含量分别为92.54×10-8 m3·kg-1、86.93×10-8 m3·kg-1、6.03%、8.26、1.94%、1.02 g·kg-1和2.39%;变异函数分析显示,土壤低频磁化率的空间相关距离最大为14.33 km,说明在一个较大的距离范围内存在空间相关性;块金系数比为23.41%,说明土壤磁化率主要取决于土壤母质、土壤性质、地形等结构因素。耕作和施肥等人为活动虽对土壤磁化率有一定的影响,但未改变其原有空间结构。本结果揭示土壤磁化率和养分的空间分布规律,为农田土壤环境质量评价和管理提供重要依据。     

重庆金佛山自然保护区内外地下水化学特征对比研究

利用重庆金佛山自然保护区22个地下水排泄点2005-2009年的水化学监测数据,对比了保护区内、外水化学特征差异及影响因素。结果表明:保护区外地下水的pH值较保护区内的要低,但电导率则较高;自然保护区外地下水的Ca2+、Mg2+、Na+、K+、Cl-、NO-3、SO42-、HCO3-浓度中值比自然保护区内的分别高27.78mg/L、3.23mg/L、3.47mg/L、0.97mg/L、2.38mg/L、9.29mg/L、15.06mg/L、42.03mg/L;保护区内白云岩地下水的Mg2+/Ca2+(摩尔比)为0.76~1.33,明显比保护区外灰岩、碎屑岩区的高,但保护区外灰岩地下水的Mg2+/Ca2+(摩尔比)较保护区内灰岩区的更高。岩溶地下水系统地球化学的敏感性以Ca2+、HCO3-、NO3-较为敏感,保护区内地下水的平均敏感指数(GSI)GSICa2+为0.097,GSIHCO3-为0.125,GSINO3-为0.008;保护区外地下水的GSICa2+为0.415,GSIHCO3-为0.334,GSINO3-为0.648。护区内所有取样点水质均为I或Ⅱ类;而保护区外地下水因受农业施肥、工业生活污水影响,1、16、19号泉的NO3-浓度偏高,为Ⅴ类,其余为Ⅲ类。总体上,保护区内水质明显优于保护区外,可见设立自然保护区对于保护岩溶水具有积极意义。      

利用证据权法实现滑坡易发性区划

依托“5.12”特大地震的抗震救灾工作,以汶川地震12个极重灾县市为研究对象,在1:5万滑坡详细调查、编录和遥感影像解译的基础上,利用DEM数据,ETM影像及基础地质数据,使用证据权法完成了研究区滑坡易发性评价因子的提取与制图以及相关性统计分析,实现了1:5万的滑坡易发性区划。     

Susceptibility assessment of earthquake-triggered landslides in El Salvador using logistic regression

This work has evaluated the probability of earthquake-triggered landslide occurrence in the whole of El Salvador, with a Geographic Information System (GIS) and a logistic regression model. Slope gradient, elevation, aspect, mean annual precipitation, lithology, land use, and terrain roughness are the predictor variables used to determine the dependent variable of occurrence or non-occurrence of landslides within an individual grid cell. The results illustrate the importance of terrain roughness and soil type as key factors within the model — using only these two variables the analysis returned a significance level of 89.4%. The results obtained from the model within the GIS were then used to produce a map of relative landslide susceptibility.     

The last 500 year of sedimentation in Shkodra Lake (Albania/Montenegro): paleoenvironmental evolution and potential for paleoseismicity studies

Lake Shkodra (northern Albania, southern Montenegro) is a large (45 km length, 15 km width) and shallow (5 m mean depth) lake, developed on a mainly karstic carbonate substratum. Its recent sedimentary fill (mixed calcareous/siliciclastic clayey silts) was analysed through short gravity cores representing five centuries of environmental archive. A combination of high resolution texture analysis (particle size), magnetic susceptibility, carbon content, and radionuclide activity profiles (²¹⁰Pb, ¹³⁷Cs, ²⁴¹Am) permitted us to detect and date environmental changes, such as the Little Ice Age and the 1962–1963 catastrophic floods. Anthropogenic influences on the watershed, such as damming of the Drin River in the late 1970s, also appear to be recorded. Impacts of known strong earthquakes (1905, 1979), however, could not be clearly detected in the sediment record. The potential of the Shkodra lacustrine archive for paleoseismic investigations on long time intervals (such as Holocene) is discussed. This paper is a preliminary contribution to Shkodra Lake’s Holocene paleolimnology.     

基于层次分析法与GIS相结合的岩溶塌陷地质灾害易发性分区评估——以云南省师宗县为例

以岩溶地貌发育的云南省师宗县作为研究实例,通过层次分析法确定岩溶塌陷评估因子及其权重值,并划分岩溶塌陷评估因子的等级.在此基础上,利用GIS空间分析技术对岩溶塌陷空间数据进行处理和分析,按地质灾害综合危险性指数R值将研究区域划分为三大地质灾害易发程度不同的区域,并通过实例验证分析地质灾害综合危险性指数R值求取的可行性,实现了基于层次分析法与GIS技术相结合的云南省师宗县岩溶塌陷地质灾害易发性分区和评估.结果显示:师宗县岩溶塌陷高易发区(4≤R≤5)集中分布于研究区域的北部和中部,占总面积的39.22％;中