Modelling and observation of hedgerow transpiration effect on water balance components at the hillslope scale in Brittany

Vegetation has a major influence on the water and energy balance of the earth's surface. In the last century, human activities have modified land use, inducing a consequent change in albedo and potential evapotranspiration. Linear vegetation structures (hedgerows, shelterbelts, open woodland, etc) were particularly abundant but have declined considerably over the past several decades. In this context, it is important to quantify their effect on water and energy balance both on a global scale (climate change and weather prediction) and on a local scale (soil column, hillslope and watershed). The main objective of this study was to quantify the effect of hedgerows on the water cycle by evaluating spatial and temporal variations of water balance components of a hillslope crossed by a hedgerow. Water flow simulation was performed using Hydrus‐2D to emphasize the importance of transpiration in the water balance and to evaluate water extraction from groundwater. Model validation was performed by comparing simulated and observed soil matrix potentials and groundwater levels. Hedgerow transpiration was calculated from sap flow measurements of four trees. Water balance components calculated with a one‐dimensional water balance equation were compared with simulations. Simulation runs with and without tree root uptake underlined the effect of hedgerow transpiration, increasing capillary rise and decreasing drainage. Results demonstrated that the spatial and temporal variability of water balance components was related to the hedgerow presence as well as to the meteorological context. The relations between transpiration, groundwater proximity and soil‐water availability determined the way in which water balance components were affected. Increased capillary rise and decreased drainage near hedges were related to the high transpiration of trees identified in this study. Transpiration reached twice the potential evapotranspiration when groundwater level and precipitation amounts were high. Water balance analysis showed that transpiration was a substantial component, representing 40% of total water output. These results may offer support for improving hydrological models by including the effect of land use and land cover on hydrological processes. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

喜马拉雅山南部的构造复杂性

根据对恒河盆地西部的多振型宽频带面波频散资料的分析推断,该区的地壳结构不具有大陆地盾的特征,相反,却非常象某些海洋高地。这一异常的海洋型地壳与恒河盆地东部地盾地壳的分界线可能在阿拉瓦利山脉（Aravalli Ridge）。该处地壳的地质特征具有异常高的电导率,其走向垂直于喜马拉雅山脉。目前广为接受的假定认为是构造均匀的印度大陆岩石圈向喜马拉雅山下俯冲。本文的研究结果对此观点提出了置疑:在北部印度大陆内的地壳运动可能存在着差异。我们追溯印度-欧亚大陆的碰撞历史,这个因素恐怕是不容忽视的。     

吉南早元古代集安群构造解析

早元古代集安群经历了三期构造变形，分别形成了三个特征各异的构造形迹组合。Ⅰ世代为层理褶皱组合，由平卧褶皱、轴面片理和韧性剪切变形带组成；Ⅱ和Ⅲ世代为片理褶皱组合，分别由各种位态的片理褶皱和轴面褶劈理、膝折面理组成；Ⅰ、Ⅱ世代的原始构造线方位均为近南北向，为近共轴叠加，但因Ⅲ世代构造的强烈改造，现今多变位为东西向。Ⅰ世代构造形迹组合的特征显示集安群的早期构造环境具有构造层次较深、以近水平韧性剪切变形作用为主导的特点。     

A Preliminary Study of the Self-Directed Photography of Middle-Class,Homeless, and Mobility-Impaired Children*

Understanding the ways in which children with different life experiences come to terms with day-to-day contexts and constraints has become an important topic of social science research. This study applies the technique of auto-photography to the study of children-environment transactions. How children apprehend their environments is described through a leitmotif analysis and an interpretation of photographs taken by children from middle-class families, homeless children, and children whose mobility is impaired by cerebral palsy. We speculate upon the social and physical contexts of these children based upon the images that they selected to photograph. Although impressionistic, our findings suggest the importance of auto-photography as a method for uncovering children-environment transactions.     

华南铀矿省铀矿构造成矿作用及其时空演化

华南铀矿省内已发现的工业铀矿床类型有花岗岩型、火山岩型、碳硅泥岩型、碳酸盐岩型和砂岩型。在空间上。铀矿床受环形及线性构造控制,并受上地幔构造制约。幔凸、幔凹阳地幔变异带互相交错,造成本区地幔的极不均一性,这是本矿省成矿的深部地质构造背景。通常铀矿床呈面型成环状分布,大型环形构造控制铀矿省,中型和小型环形构造控制铀矿田和矿床的产出。     

Structures caused by repeated freezing and thawing in various loamy sediments: A comparison of active,fossil and experimental data

In this paper, the authors present the results of both macroscopic and microscopic investigations on structure development created by repeated ice lensing in various loamy experiments. Experimental data are compared with observations performed on active forms in High Arctic and Alpine Mountain environments. Those observations are also compared with phenomena observed in fossil periglacial formations of Western Europe. Platy and short prismatic structure formation is bonded to the hydraulic and thermal conditions during ice segregation. When a long series of alternating freezing and thawing affects platy structures, the fabric evolves, also being influenced by slope and drainage conditions: cryoturbations, frostcreep, and gelifluction can appear. They are characterized by specific microfabrics which are better developed with an increasing number of cycles: this is clear in experiments where hydraulic and thermal parameters are better controlled. Vesicles are also a prominent characteristic of the surface horizon in experiments and arctic soils. The genesis of vesicles is discussed on the basis of new observations and is related to the mechanical collapse of frost-created aggregates under the mechanical work of soil air escape during soil saturation by water at thaw.     

Hydrostatic-system palsas at Toolik lake,Alaska: Field observations and simulation

Stratigraphic and chemical data from the ice core of an ‘anthropogenic palsa’ at Toolik Lake, Alaska, indicate that the mound formed as a consequence of hydrostatic pressure developed in an isolated hydrologic system within the active layer. Survey data for five palsas over a three-year period suggest that growth was essentially complete at the time of the initial survey; a net decrease of summit elevation is apparent in all five mounds, but complete degradation of the palsas would require several decades at observed rates. Because accurate field measurements of thermal and hydrologic evolution in such features are extremely difficult, simulation of the environmental conditions and events involved in palsa growth is an important supplement to field observation. Both analytic and finite-element models yield results that are in substantial agreement with inferences drawn from observational data.     

吉林省西林河金矿构造特征及找矿方向

对矿区划分了太古宙、元古宙、中生代和新生代四个构造层；整个矿区为一棋盘格子形构造体系；主干构造形迹为由东、中、西三个韧性挤压剪切带，金矿的主要成矿构造是西部韧性挤压、剪切带，主要找矿方向为西带Ｆ６及其派生的近南北向剪切断裂群。     

显生宙中国大地构造演化的古地磁研究

根据古地磁数据可靠性的试用判据，对华北、杨子、塔里木中国三大稳定地块显生宙的构造古地磁数据做了初步检验，考虑古极点的密集区，选用２２９个古极点以“世”或“纪”为单位进行统计，获得三大稳定地块显生宙综合古地磁视极移曲线。以此为基本依据，结合地质构造、古生物和全球古地理重建图的综合分析，初步探讨了三大稳定地块运动演化的大致轮廓，华北、杨子、塔里木地块碰撞、拼接时限和方式以及华北地块与西伯利亚板块运动演化的关系     

四川活动断裂带的基本特征

根据大量的实际资料，总结了四川活动断裂带的基本特征：即大致以北东向龙门山断裂带与北西向荣经－马边－盐津断裂带为界，显示了西强东弱的分区活动特点。断裂活动在时间、空间和强度上都具有明显的不均匀性与分段活动特征；晚更新世～全新世以来发生的强震破裂活动大都是沿袭先存断裂进行的，从古地震研究及较短时间尺度（有历史地震记录以来）来看，反映出断层上的位移是以一种地震构造脉冲形式出现