Bedload entrainment,travel lengths,step lengths,rest periods—studied with passive (iron,magnetic) and active (radio) tracer techniques

This paper reports results from bedload transport investigations with active (radio) and passive (iron, magnetic) tracers in the Lainbach, a step-pool mountain river, in Bavaria, Southern Germany. The spatial distributions of the iron tracers after flood events can be best described by exponential or Gamma distributions. There is some indication of a tendency of size-selective transport of the iron tracers, but there is also a considerable amount of scatter in the correlations between weight (size) and travel length owing to the masking influence of other variables, such as the shape of the particles and different positions in the river bed. The experiments with artificial magnetic tracers showed that elongated pebbles (rods) had the longest mean transport distance, platy ones (discs) remained relatively close to the starting points. The particles from the pool showed the greatest transport lengths and a 100 per cent chance of being eroded. The Pebble Transmitter System (PETSY) consists of transmitters implanted into individual pebbles, a computerized receiver, a stationary antenna system with an antenna switchboard, and a data logging system. The particles do not move continuously but in a series of transport steps and non-movement intervals. A single value for a given size-class is not adequate to describe the critical conditions of entrainment under natural circumstances. A probability approach is much more suitable. The critical unit discharges (total discharge divided by active channel width) along the measuring reach are dependent on river bed morphology. In the steps bedload needs higher unit discharges to be entrained. Once entrained, the transport of bedload is stochastic in nature and the single particle transport is controlled by the step lengths and the duration of rest periods. The distributions of both parameters can be approximated by exponential functions. Applying the stochastic concept proposed by Einstein the mean values of the random variables [step length] and [duration of rest period] measured with the PETSY technique were used for the simulation of spatial distributions of bedload particles from point sources. More field and laboratory data are needed to include varying flow and roughness conditions with tracers representing different particle characteristics.     

含水氯化镁脱水方法及其对比

根据最近几十年的研究情况对目前流行的含水氯化镁脱水方法进行了分析、对比,并且介绍了他们的有关应用情况和在应用过程中的优、缺点。给出了有关热力学与动力学的最新研究成果,并对其研究前景进行了预测。     

Mechanism for enhanced diffusivity in the deep-sea perpetual salt fountain

The mechanism of enhanced diffusivity occurring in the deep-sea perpetual salt fountain has been investigated experimentally and numerically. Some factors which possibly contribute to the enhanced diffusivity were found to be the pipe oscillation with ocean waves and its baffled wall surface. Field experiments in the ocean (Onagawa Bay of Miyagi, Japan) and numerical simulations were performed to study and confirm the dynamics of the flow and heat transport with enhanced diffusivity occurring in upwelling deep-sea water. The agreement between the field experimental data and the numerical solutions of an oscillating-wall boundary condition imposed on the baffled pipe is encouraging, and it indicates the baffled pipe surface subject to the oscillatory motion leads to the enhanced diffusivity. The buoyancy force and then upwelling velocity can be greatly increased by the enhanced diffusivity. The dominant mechanism is the occurrence of complicated vortices and vortex shedding leading to efficient mixing and enhanced diffusion.     

Hydrological characterization and connectivity of proglacial lakes to a stream,Adygine ice-debris complex,northern Tien Shan

ABSTRACT

In this study, we characterized the glacial meltwater flow through a proglacial area with a focus on proglacial lakes, their hydrological regime and their connection to the stream. The studied lakes – the Adygine ice-debris complex, northern Tien Shan – showed a distinct development throughout an ablation season: at Lake 2, the mean daily water-level fluctuation amplitude increased from 0.07 m to 0.18 m (June, August), then dropped to 0.07 m in September. Glacial meltwater flows through the lakes and further downstream through a rock glacier rather fast, moving at 0.085 m s^?1. However, based on the low dye recovery in the stream (0.03%), only a small portion of water was routed efficiently. The complexity of the site’s drainage system was supported by varying isotopic composition of water in the tarns situated on the rock glacier, with Tarn a (δ²H: –36.08‰; δ¹⁸O: –6.25‰) being the most enriched and Tarn c (δ²H: 78.68‰; δ¹⁸O: 11.9‰) the most depleted in heavy isotopes.     

沉淀基体分离-电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定高纯硝酸银中痕量杂质元素

高纯硝酸银中痕量杂质元素的存在会影响其性能和质量,为提高现代测试技术分析痕量杂质元素的准确度,需要解决的首要问题是通过加入沉淀剂或还原剂将银除去,克服基体元素的基体效应。本文提出采用10 mL 10 g/L柠檬酸-5 g/L乙醇酸作络合保护剂,12 mL 100 g/L氯化铵作沉淀剂,建立了沉淀基体分离-电感耦合等离子体质谱同时测定高纯硝酸银中15种痕量杂质元素的分析方法。探讨了络合剂和沉淀剂浓度及用量、质谱干扰及同位素选择、非质谱干扰及内标选择、实验空白值等因素对测定结果的影响。在最佳的实验条件下,Cu、Pb、Ni、Mn、Au、Pd、Pt、Rh、Ru、Ir元素在0~100 ng/mL,Fe、Hg、Bi、Cr、Sn元素在0~250ng/mL浓度范围内呈良好的线性关系。方法检出限(3σ)为0.005~0.062 ng/g,方法精密度(RSD,n=11)为0.6%~2.6%,加标回收率为94.1%~103.1%。与现行的分析方法相比,本方法采用的络合剂和沉淀剂能将基体元素与杂质元素完全分离而不影响测定结果;实验流程简单快速,检出限低,准确度和精密度均满足了实际样品的分析要求。     

Isothermal Evaporating Phase Equilibria in the Quaternary System (LiCl+NaCl+Li2SO4+Na2SO4+H2O)at 348.15 K and 0.1 MPa:An Experimental and Theoretical Study

The gradient solar pond technique is an economic separating process employed in the inorganic chemical industrial production of salt lake chemical engineering processes. In this paper,a novel isothermal evaporation experimental method was employed to simulate the evaporation phase equilibrium for the reciprocal quaternary system( LiCl + NaCl + Li_2 SO_4+ Na_2 SO_4+ H_2 O) at 348. 15 K to serve as a useful guide for lithium salt production via the depth solar ponds. The isothermal evaporation equilibrium solubilities and physicochemical properties,including the densities and pH values,were experimentally investigated. The dry-salt phase diagram,water-phase diagram,and the diagram of the physicochemical properties versus composition were plotted with respect to the experimental data. The drysalt phase diagram consists of three invariant points,seven univariant solubility curves,and five crystallization regions,specifically halite( NaCl,Ha),thenardite( Na_2 SO_4,Th),double salt( Li_2 SO_4·Na_2 SO_4,Db_2),lithium sulfate monohydrate( Li_2 SO_4·H_2 O,Ls),and lithium chloride monohydrate( LiCl·H_2 O,Lc). Based on Pitzer and its extended HMW model,the Pitzer single salt parameters,mixing ion interaction parameters,and thermodynamic stable equilibrium constants for the quaternary system at 348. 15 K were obtained. The calculated phase diagram and experimental isothermal phase diagram at 348. 15 K exhibited a great difference. Based on these results,the isothermal evaporation phase diagram can truly reflect the salt sedimentary in salt lakes and can be applied as a useful guide for the solar pond process.     

长江口北槽泥沙运动现场示踪分析研究

研究利用铱(Ir)作为信号元素制备示踪沙,在长江口北槽深水航道维护困难区段开展示踪沙的现场投放及回收试验。利用火试金法对回收的泥沙样品进行痕量铱金属的提炼,并将其富集在微小铅珠中;再将铅珠压成薄片,并作为原子反应堆照射靶样进行中子活化分析,检测铱的含量。实验结果表明,在位于北槽深水航道北侧的3#坑投放示踪沙,北槽试验区所有泥沙样品中均检测出铱含量,其中位于深水航道南侧滩地上泥样中铱含量最高。因此,北侧3#贮泥坑流失的泥沙存在着跨越航道进入南侧边滩的情况,这对北槽中段航道回淤的影响较大,为改善北槽深水航道困难段的维护条件需要改进该处的抛吹泥工艺或限制抛泥活动。     

Following tracer through the unsaturated zone using a multiple interacting pathways model: Implications from laboratory experiments

Models must effectively represent velocities and celerities if they are to address the old water paradox. Celerity information is recorded indirectly in hydrograph observations, whereas velocity information is more difficult to measure and simulate effectively, requiring additional assumptions and parameters. Velocity information can be obtained from tracer experiments, but we often lack information on the influence of soil properties on tracer mobility. This study features a combined experimental and modelling approach geared towards the evaluation of different structures in the multiple interacting pathways (MIPs) model and validates the representation of velocities with laboratory tracer experiments using an undisturbed soil column. Results indicate that the soil microstructure was modified during the experiment. Soil water velocities were represented using MIPs, testing how the (a) shape of the velocity distribution, (b) transition probability matrices (TPMs), (c) presence of immobile storage, and (d) nonstationary field capacity influence the model's performance. In MIPs, the TPM controls exhanges of water between pathways. In our experiment, MIPs were able to provide a good representation of the pattern of outflow. The results show that the connectedness of the faster pathways is important for controlling the percolation of water and tracer through the soil. The best model performance was obtained with the inclusion of immobile storage, but simulations were poor under the assumption of stationary parameters. The entire experiment was adequately simulated once a time‐variable field capacity parameter was introduced, supporting the need for including the effects of soil microstructure changes observed during the experiment.     

On the relations between the hydrological dynamical systems of water budget,travel time,response time and tracer concentrations

Using previous results on extended Petri Nets (EPN), we present the relations between various hydrological dynamical systems (HDSys) derived from the water budget. Once the water budget has been implemented, there is a consistent way of getting the equations for backward travel time distributions, for forward response time distributions and for the concentration of a solute or tracer. We show that the water budget has a correspondence of one to many with the backward travel time distributions. In fact, to any one of the water budget equations there correspond as many equations as there are input precipitation events. The backward travel time distributions are related to the response time distributions by Niemi's relationship and, if there are n outputs, by the definition of n − 1 partition functions. These determine what fraction of the water volume injected into the control volume at a specific time t_in goes asymptotically to a specific output. Given the backward travel time distributions, the output concentration of a solute or tracer also depends on the input concentration. The paper clarifies the complicated relations described above by taking [Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20, 299–328] as an example from literature. Once the appropriate information is presented, it is shown how these HDSys can be solved simultaneously without duplicating calculations. Then, it is also shown that, under the hypothesis of uniform mixing of water ages within each reservoir, these systems can be solved exactly.     

Tracer‐based evidence of heterogeneity in subsurface flow and storage within a boreal hillslope

Runoff from boreal hillslopes is often affected by distinct soil boundaries, including the frozen boundary and the organic‐mineral boundary (OMB), where highly porous and hydraulically conductive organic material overlies fine‐grained mineral soils. Viewed from the surface, ground cover appears as a patchwork on sub‐meter scales, with thick, moss mats interspersed with lichen‐covered, silty soils with gravel inclusions. We conducted a decameter‐scale subsurface tracer test on a boreal forest hillslope in interior Alaska to quantify locations and mechanisms of transport and storage in these soils, focusing on the OMB. A sodium bromide tracer was added as a slug addition to a pit and sampled at 40 down‐gradient wells, screened primarily at the OMB and within a 7 × 12 m well field. We maintained an elevated head in the injection pit for 8.5 hr to simulate a storm. Tracer breakthrough velocities ranged from <0.12 to 0.93 m hr^?1, with the highest velocities in lichen‐covered soils. After 12 hr and cessation of the elevated head, the tracer coalesced and was only detected in thick mosses at a trough in the OMB. By 24 hr, approximately 17% of the tracer mass could be accounted for. The majority of the mass loss occurred between 4 and 12 hr, while the tracer was in contact with lichen‐covered soils, which is consistent with tracer transport into deeper flow paths via preferential flow through discrete gravelly areas. Slow breakthroughs suggest that storage and exchange also occurred in shallow soils, likely related to saturation and drainage in fine‐grained mineral soils caused by the elevated hydraulic head. These findings highlight the complex nature of storage and transmission of water and solutes from boreal hillslopes to streams and are particularly relevant given rapid changes to boreal environments related to climate change, thawing permafrost and increasing fire severity.