Susceptibility analysis for slides and rockfall: an example from the Northern Calcareous Alps (Vorarlberg, Austria)

In this paper a tool for semi-quantitative susceptibility assessment at a regional scale is presented which is applicable at areas with complex geological setting. At a study area within the Northern Calcareous Alps geotechnical mappings were implemented into a Geographical Information System and analysed as grid data with a cell size of 25 m. The susceptibility to sliding and falling processes was considered according to five classes (very low, low, medium, high, very high). Susceptibility to sliding was analysed using an index method. The layers of lithology, bedding conditions, tectonic faults, slope angle, slope aspect, vegetation and erosion were combined iteratively. Dropout zones of rockfall material were determined with help of a Digital Elevation Model. The movement of rolling rock samples was modelled by a cost analysis of all potential rockfall trajectories. These trajectories were also divided into five susceptibility classes. The susceptibility maps are presented in a general way to be used by communities and spatial planners. Conflict areas of susceptibility and landuse were located and can be presented destinctively.     

Comparing landslide inventory maps

Landslide inventory maps are effective and easily understandable products for both experts, such as geomorphologists, and for non experts, including decision-makers, planners, and civil defense managers. Landslide inventories are essential to understand the evolution of landscapes, and to ascertain landslide susceptibility and hazard. Despite landslide maps being compiled every year in the word at different scales, limited efforts are made to critically compare landslide maps prepared using different techniques or by different investigators. Based on the experience gained in 20 years of landslide mapping in Italy, and on the limited literature on landslide inventory assessment, we propose a general framework for the quantitative comparison of landslide inventory maps. To test the proposed framework we exploit three inventory maps. The first map is a reconnaissance landslide inventory prepared for the Umbria region, in central Italy. The second map is a detailed geomorphological landslide map, also prepared for the Umbria region. The third map is a multi-temporal landslide inventory compiled for the Collazzone area, in central Umbria. Results of the experiment allow for establishing how well the individual inventories describe the location, type and abundance of landslides, to what extent the landslide maps can be used to determine the frequency-area statistics of the slope failures, and the significance of the inventory maps as predictors of landslide susceptibility. We further use the results obtained in the Collazzone area to estimate the quality and completeness of the two regional landslide inventory maps, and to outline general advantages and limitations of the techniques used to complete the inventories.     

珠江三角洲晚第四纪气候波动的新认识

珠江三角洲中部番禺东涌剖面密取样、高分辨率的磁化率、δ13C、C/N3条曲线相互基本谋合,为判断MIS2以来的气候波动提供了新依据,从中得出了一些新认识：末次冰盛期很不明显,降温不超3℃;有新仙女木冷回返事件的反映;冷回返事件后直至2 500aBP,持续波动升温,难以识别8 500～3 000 a BP的大暖期;晚全新世降温始于2 500aBp,而不是3 000 aBP;最暖期不是在中全新世,而是在晚全新世.     

茶园沟流域三大支沟泥石流易发性综合评价

针对泥石流发生的复杂性和不确定性,运用模糊数学综合评价的方法,从人类活动、地质、地形和气象水文条件4个总目标和19个子目标,建立了泥石流易发性模糊综合评价模型.确定了目标因素等级及权重,对邱家沟,天须沟和长坡沟泥石流易发性进行了综合评价.结果表明,邱家沟泥石流易发性最大,天须沟次之,长坡沟最小.     

西天山地区岩矿石磁化率研究及应用

航磁推断解释首先要研究岩矿石磁化率。西天山地区近年来野外实测500余处物性点,累计获得有效磁化率数据15000余个,数据统计分析结果表明,石炭系大哈拉军山组、伊什基里克组和二叠系乌郎组是区内最主要的磁性地层,部分海西期岩体磁性较强,而磁铁矿具有极高的磁化率值。根据这些磁化率特征,在西天山地区圈定磁性火山地层上百处,新圈定隐伏（半隐伏）岩体221处,推断铁矿磁异常109处,新发现铁矿（矿点）10余处。     

Interest and design of magnetic properties measurements on planetary and asteroidal landers

Intrinsic magnetic properties, like susceptibility, provide a precise determination of the iron phases with a penetration depth not available with other chemical and mineralogical sensing tools, thus allowing to unravel space weathering effects. Systematic measurements of meteorites demonstrate that susceptibility measurements on asteroid surface could be a very efficient way to assign a meteorite class to a given asteroid. Another application could be the characterization of the highly magnetic Martian regolith. On the other hand, natural remanent magnetization (NRM) measurements are crucial to interpret magnetic field anomalies such as those found on Mars and Moon, and likely to be found on Mercury. NRM gives also access to past magnetic fields and extinct planetary dynamo. Rugged, light and low consumption systems already exist for such measurements on Earth and we present a scheme to integrate both magnetic susceptibility (using a LC oscillator) and NRM (using a 3 axis fluxgate or a gradiometer) to offer a versatile instrument package for any mission involving a lander. For the LC oscillator calibration of the geometric factor is presented. The fluxgate can be used both for making local magnetic anomaly maps, thus investigating subsurface structures, and for evaluating NRM of individual boulders.     

The Late Jurassic extensional event in the central part of the South China Block – evidence from the Laoshan’ao shear zone and Xiangdong Tungsten deposit (Hunan,SE China)

ABSTRACT

The Late Mesozoic tectonics strongly reworked the tectonic framework of East Asia. In the South China Block (SCB), the major Late Mesozoic phenomena are featured by numerous magmatic activities, (half-) graben basins opening, and abundant ore deposits formation. The intrinsic relationships of these phenomena with the tectonic regime are still hotly debated, partly due to the lack of structural data. To advance the understanding of these issues, we conducted a detailed structural analysis including field and microscopic observations as well as an Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) investigation in the Laoshan’ao shear zone (LSA), which is the northern branch of the major Chaling–Chenzhou–Linwu Fault (CCLF) in the SCB. The new data enable us to reach the following conclusions: the evolution of the LSA can be divided into three deformation phases. D₁ is a NW–SE-stretching event featured by the SE-dipping normal fault with a top-to-the-SE shear sense, coeval with the emplacement of the 154 Ma Batuan syn-tectonic pluton that leads to the development of the Xiangdong tungsten deposit and the opening of the Cretaceous Chaling basin; D₂ is a NE–SW-striking dextral strike–slip event that dislocated the ore veins formed during the D₁ event; D₃ is a NW-directed thrusting event that cross-cut the previous gneissic foliation. D₁ is the major event of the LSA shear zone, interpreted as the reactivation of the CCLF in response to the Late Mesozoic tectonics in the SCB, and indicates a NW-SE extensional regime since the Late Jurassic in the study area. This study also provides an example for an ore-forming process controlled by both the hydrothermal fluid coming from a syn-tectonic granite and the accommodation of tension gashes opened by the regional extensional event.     

基于GIS的Logistic回归模型在区域滑坡敏感性评价中的应用

本文基于GIS技术和Logistic回归模型进行滑坡敏感性评价定量分析方法,并以江苏省连云港市郊区为研究区域,建立了地质、地形数据库等滑坡因子空间数据库和滑坡空间分布数据库,进行了滑坡影响因子敏感性分析。对连云港市郊区滑坡灾害在空间上的预测结果具有重要的现实意义,对推广应用、防灾减灾具有实际的指导意义。     

The Benedikt hydrothermal system (north-eastern Slovenia)

Records from magnetic signals in Buenos Aires loess–paleosol sequences have been published, but their relationship with environmental changes has been difficult to establish. Studies on the superparamagnetic (SP) population in present soils can help to understand these processes. Samples from present soils (Argiudolls) and a paleosol from the Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) were analyzed using low and room temperature magnetic measurements. They show that it is possible to support the hypothesis of a lognormal distribution of superparamagnetic particles, the median diameter near 15 nm. The presence of detritic pseudosingledomain (PSD) titanomagnetite, with low titanium content ranging between TM 28 and TM40, has been established. The linear correlation of SP content with ferrimagnetic susceptibility and with magnetization suggests that ferrimagnetic minerals drive the SP generation. Finally, it can be concluded that SP magnetic grains, in the Pampean plain, are generated by an inorganic process in adequate environmental pH and Eh of the soils.