Stratigraphy and internal structure of wind-dominated barrier islands (dune and machair) of the Outer Hebrides,Scotland

The barrier islands that fringe the western shore of the Outer Hebrides are globally unusual in that they are developed on a planated bedrock (strandflat) surface. They also contain the most extensive area of machair (a distinctive vegetated sandy plain) in the British Isles. This paper presents the first investigation of the internal structure and morphology of these barrier islands and investigates the controls on their structure. The barriers form extensive (300-1000 metres wide) but thin (1.5-2 m) surficial deposits typically resting on bedrock. In areas where depressions exist in the bedrock, and where sediment supply permits, transgressive dunes underlie the machair. A distinctive machair facies of sub-horizontal, undulating reflections, which are laterally continuous over tens of metres is the dominant component of the barriers at each site. This reflects episodic deposition of windblown sand up to the level of the water table. Thereafter any additional sand is transported through the system to accumulate in topographic lows as lake fills, or on topographic highs as ‘high machair’. Eight radar facies were identified, the extent and presence of which vary between the study sites. Bedrock topography and sediment supply are interpreted as the dominant controls on variability in barrier structure. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Practical Procedure for the Measurement of Fragmentation by Blasting by Image Analysis

Summary. The operation of a digital image analysis system in a limestone quarry is described. The calibration of the system, required in order to obtain moderately reliable fragmentation values, is done from muckpile sieving data by tuning the image analysis software settings so that the fragmentation curve obtained matches as close as possible the sieving. The sieving data have also been used to extend the fragment size distribution curves measured to sizes below the system’s optical resolution and to process the results in terms of fragmented rock, discounting the material coming from a loose overburden (natural fines) that is cast together with the fragmented rock. Automatic and manual operation modes of the image analysis are compared. The total fragmentation of a blast is obtained from the analysis of twenty photographs; a criterion for the elimination of outlier photographs has been adopted using a robust statistic. The limitations of the measurement system due to sampling, image processing and fines corrections are discussed and the errors estimated whenever possible. An analysis of consistency of the results based on the known amount of natural fines is made. Blasts with large differences in the amount of fines require a differentiated treatment, as the fine sizes tend to be the more underestimated in the image analysis as they become more abundant; this has been accomplished by means of a variable fines adjustment factor. Despite of the unavoidable errors and the large dispersion always associated with large-scale rock blasting data, the system is sensitive to relative changes in fragmentation.     

刃具斜切入破岩的试验与研究

介绍了刃具斜切入破岩的试验装置及试验结果，推导出了跃进载荷的计算公式，并对试验结果进行了理论分析，探讨了影响刃具侵入岩石难易的因素和影响破岩比功大小的因素。     

宏观尺度下基岩海岸岸线分形机制研究--以中国基岩海岸为例

在跟踪国际、国内海岸线分形研究进展的基础上,以中国基岩海岸为例,对宏观尺度下构造对基岩海岸岸线走向、形状与分维大小的影响进行了研究,基本结论为：在宏观尺度下,构造在总体上控制着福建与台湾基岩海岸岸线的基本走向与分维大小,构造分维相对较大则其对该区域海岸线的控制作用相对较强,而区域海岸线分维相对较小;当构造分维相对较小则其对该区域海岸线的控制作用相对较弱,而区域海岸线分维相对较大。     

An Early Investigation Of The Striated Tail Of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1)

The Sekanina-Farrell particle fragmentation model for the striated tails of dust comets is successfully applied to two images of comet Hale-Bopp to study the motions of 12 striae in a time span of March 12–15, 1997. There is evidence for recurring outbursts with a periodicity of 11^h21^m, consistent with results based on analysis of dust jets. The ejecta in all the striae appear to have been released from one source on the nucleus between the end of January and the second half of February 1997, some 60 to 40 days before perihelion. The parent particles were subjected to a radiation pressure acceleration of β_p ≃ 0.55 and their fragmentation lifetimes in 11 of the 12 striae were practically constant and equal to 13–15 days, when normalized to 1 AU from the Sun. Brief analysis of Watanabe et al.'s measurements of striae on their images from March 5–9, 1997 shows even shorter fragmentation lifetimes for the parent particles, mostly about 7–11 days at1 AU. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

新疆东准噶尔成矿带浅覆盖区地质填图效果——以杜热一带浅覆盖区基岩地质填图为例

如何“剥离”盖层,以获取盖层下伏基岩地质(地层、岩浆岩、构造)及矿化信息是开展成矿带浅覆盖区地质填图的重要研究内容。结合区域地质及地球物理场特征,梳理了填图区与基岩地质填图有关问题,在填图区岩石物性分析的基础上,通过对1:5万重力、磁力和激电(IP)测量数据处理分析,采用多参数互约束解释技术和钻探验证约束技术“剥离”盖层,进而获得杜热一带覆盖区下伏基岩地质图,并提出以“穿透性”地球物理探测技术(重磁电)为先导,融合地质、地球化学、浅钻为一体的综合调查技术。在填图区新识别隐伏岩体43处(包括中酸性岩体18处,中基性岩体21处, 基性—超基性岩体4处),划分主要断裂构造22条,进而划分出阿尔曼太-扎河坝蛇绿混杂岩带、北部萨吾尔—二台古生代复合岛弧带和南部谢米斯台-库兰喀孜干古生代复合岛弧带3个三级地质构造分区;划分出奥依达格-吉勒库木铜金钴、铬铁矿找矿远景区1处,圈定找矿靶区4处,其中位于阿尔曼太-扎河坝蛇绿混杂岩带西延带的浅覆盖区玉塔斯铜金钴找矿靶区具有很好的找矿潜力。通过地球物理解译和钻探验证,成功预测并新发现准格尔北缘盆山结合带扎河坝-阿尔曼太蛇绿混杂岩带向西部浅覆盖区延伸。杜热一带浅覆盖区基岩地质填图效果表明,开展成矿带浅覆盖区基岩地质填图可为区域构造环境、成矿地质背景研究和找矿靶区预测提供重要基础地质和矿化蚀变信息。     

万丰路桥大吨位矩形截面桩成孔施工技术

针对在卵石及基岩地层中桩孔施工时成孔难、渗漏大的问题，以液压抓斗为成孔设备，采用合理的机械结构、钻进方法、泥浆配方进行矩形截面桩的施工。     

A fragmentation criterion for highly viscous bubbly magmas estimated from shock tube experiments

When a highly viscous bubbly magma is sufficiently decompressed, layer-by-layer fracturing propagates through the magma at a certain speed (fragmentation speed). On the basis of a recent shock tube theory by Koyaguchi and Mitani [Koyaguchi, T., Mitani, N. K., 2005. A theoretical model for fragmentation of viscous bubbly magmas in shock tubes. Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (B10), B10202. doi:10.1029/2004JB003513.], gas overpressures at the fragmentation surface are estimated from experimental data on fragmentation speed in shock tube experiments for natural volcanic rocks with various porosities. The results show that gas overpressure at the fragmentation surface increases as initial sample pressure increases and sample porosity decreases. We propose a new fragmentation criterion to explain the relationship between the gas overpressure at the fragmentation surface, the initial pressure and the porosity. Our criterion is based on the idea that total fragmentation of highly viscous bubbly magmas occurs when the tensile stress at the midpoint between bubbles exceeds a critical value. We obtain satisfactory agreement between our simulation and experiment when we assume that the critical value is inversely proportional to the square root of bubble wall thickness. This fragmentation criterion suggests that long micro-cracks or equivalent flaws (e.g., irregular-shaped bubbles) that reach the midpoints between bubbles are a dominant factor to determine the bulk strength of the bubbly magma.     

Single explosions at Stromboli in 2002: Use of clast microtextures to map physical diversity across a fragmentation zone

A combination of fortuitous eruptive and wind conditions at Stromboli volcano in September 2002 enabled the collection of samples of multiple lapilli from individual observed explosions. These ejecta present the first opportunity to analyze the vesicularity of material ejected in a single Strombolian explosion. Samples of between 40 and 92 lapilli were collected from each of six sequential explosions on 30 September 2002, and 28 lapilli were obtained from a single explosion  24 h later (1 October). Density measurements and microtextural observations show that considerable heterogeneity existed within each of the seven samples. Centimeter to millimeter size bubble-rich and bubble-poor zones are present and are, in places, mingled together. These data confirm that the shallow conduit at Stromboli is a texturally diverse environment at the instant of a single explosion, and that a similar range of heterogeneity can persist through closely-spaced sequences of explosions on a timescale of hours and, probably, days, despite the dynamic processes of ascent of melt and decoupled gas phases.