Source process of very-long-period events accompanying long-period signals at Cotopaxi Volcano,Ecuador

Renewed seismic activity of Cotopaxi, Ecuador, began in January 2001 with the increased number of long-period (LP) events, followed by a swarm of volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes in November 2001. In late June 2002, the activity of very-long-period (VLP) (2 s) events accompanying LP (0.5–1 s) signals began beneath the volcano. The VLP waveform was characterized by an impulsive signature, which was accompanied by the LP signal showing non-harmonic oscillations. We observed temporal changes of both the VLP and LP signals from the beginning until September 2003: The VLP signal gradually disappeared and the LP signal characterized by decaying harmonic oscillations became dominant. Assuming possible source geometries, we applied a waveform inversion method to the observed waveforms of the largest VLP event. Our inversion and particle motion analyses point to volumetric changes of a sub-vertical crack as the VLP source, which is located at a depth of 2–3 km beneath the northeastern flank. The spectral analysis of the decaying harmonic oscillations of LP events shows frequencies between 2.0 and 3.5 Hz, with quality factors significantly above 100. The increased VT activity and deformation data suggest an intrusion of magma beneath the volcano. A release of gases with small magma particles may have repetitively occurred due to the pressurization, which was caused by sustained bubble growth at the magma ceiling. The released particle-laden gases opened a crack above the magma system and triggered the resonance of the crack. We interpret the VLP and LP events as the gas-release process and the resonance of the crack, respectively.     

Diffusive dehydration and bubble resorption during open-system degassing of rhyolitic melts

Degassing through open paths such as bubble and/or fracture networks is considered to be the principal mode of degassing in silicic magmas. However, its detailed mechanisms remain unclear. To investigate the behavior of bubbles in a hypothetical open-system condition, we performed a series of vesiculation experiments on natural rhyolitic obsidian using a newly designed semipermeable cell, which artificially maintains a pressure difference between its inside and outside. The thick-wall cell maintains a constant volume within the sample chamber, while allowing water vapor to escape the cell during the experimental runs. The cells containing obsidian cores with ca. 0.66 wt.% initial water content were externally heated to 1000 °C for a period of 1–288 h. The run charges generally showed a zonal structure composed of two contrasting regions: a central region within which the bubbles were concentrated (bubble-rich core, BC) and a bubble-free melt region surrounding the BC (bubble-free margin, BFM). With increased heating duration, the thickness of the BFM increased via dissolution of the outermost bubbles in the BC. The water content was nearly uniform throughout the BC, whereas an outward-decreasing gradient was observed in the BFM. We found that diffusive dehydration occurred from the sample surface, and the bubbles were resorbed into the melt. Thus, the BFM–BC boundary moved inwards. These processes were modelled numerically, and the calculation results were in good agreement with the experimental data. If a “lifetime” of open paths is approximated as the relaxation time of a melt in a shallow volcanic environment, then the paths have to be pinched off quickly (1.2 h at maximum pressure difference between the open path and the melt) and thus the thickness of the bubble-free layer reaches at most ~ 0.1 mm. For the formation of bubble-free obsidian layers with a width of a few millimeters, which are often observed in natural obsidian flows, open paths should be maintained for at least a few hundred hours.     

基质吸力对基坑支护结构土压力的影响研究

在进行基坑支护设计时,现行规范采用朗肯土压力理论计算基坑支护结构土压力。这种设计计算方法是基于饱和土力学理论的,误差较大。依据非饱和土力学理论,对基坑非饱和土体主动土压力及被动土压力计算公式进行了推导。在此基础上,以实际工程为例,就基质吸力及施工季节对基坑支护结构土压力的影响进行了探讨。     

两个控制装置的模拟地震振动台试验研究

本文作者设计制造了一种高效被动阻尼控制（HEDC）装置和一种半主动控制装置－主动变刚度,阻尼（AVS．D）控制装置,并对其控制机理和控制效果进行了模拟地震振动台试验研究,试验结果表明,HEDC控制效果是令人满意的,而AVS．D控制则可以获得更好的效果,尽管它仅需很少的能量输入,试验结果表明,在AVS．D控制中,装置的电磁阀处于开启状态工作的时间较长,即在大部分时间里AVS．D控制系统是通过阻尼而不足刚度来控制受控结构,这在一定程度上降低了控制时滞的影响。     

Diffusion Coefficients of Noble Gases in Natural Minerals: An Apparent Experimental Time Dependence Caused by Domain Size Spectra

Noble gas diffusion coefficients in natural minerals are of use for evaluating geochronometric dates and other geochemical data. Usually, they are determined by degassing at elevated temperatures grain powders of natural samples containing radiogenic or cosmogenic noble gases. For conventional evaluations of diffusion parameters from degassing experiments, the grains should be uniform with respect to structure, composition, shape, and size. The shape and size prerequisites can hardly be fulfilled, because even two very narrowly meshed sieves produce spectra of domain sizes, partly because of the inhomogeneity of the minerals. Accurate determination of the actual spectrum is difficult and hardly practicable. Calculations of the fractional gas loss of a sample with a spectrum of domain sizes, presented in this study, show that almost any domain size spectrum leads to apparent diffusion coefficients that depend on the extent of degassing. The exception of this rule is given. The deviation from the physical diffusion coefficient can be several orders of magnitude as shown by examples. This effect, resulting from shape and width of the domain size spectra, possibly is responsible both for the large spread of Arrhenius parameters for the same mineral in the literature and for the deviation from linearity of some published Arrhenius lines. For limited domain size spectra and short degassing times, the formula for fractional gas loss is very similar to the formula of the fractional gas loss of a single domain size. An effective domain radius, which ensures that at least the measured diffusion coefficient for very short degassing times equals the physical diffusion coefficient, is given. In addition, the dimensionless treatment of the problem is presented that leads to a method to determine Arrhenius parameters without knowing the domain size spectrum. Accurate diffusion measurements of samples with a spectrum of domain sizes may also be possible if the domain size spectrum is taken into consideration. To this end the domain size spectra should be approximated by Taylor-expandable functions or by series of discrete domain sizes. For both cases, the formulae are given.     

微波兰被动遥感相关特性的数值模拟和实验对比

本文采用一层具有粗糙界面的连续随机介质模型，计算双站散射系数和后向散射系数，由互易性定理计算热发射率。数值模拟了植被在整个生长过程中后向散射和热发射的变化，以及它们的相关特征。理论结果与几种植被的主被动遥感实验数据作了比较和讨论，阐明了微波主被动遥感的一些相关的数值特征。     

用线状被动标志物向分布估测岩石总体应变的最优化方法

在一些假设下提出了利用线状被动标志物的方向数据估测岩石总体应变的最优化方法。该方法等同地考虑到每个测量数据对应变估计的贡献,从而能够较好地反映出岩石的总体应变。它具有较好的稳健和广泛的适用对象。实验表明,观察数据大约在80个或更少时估测的应变椭圆轴比的相对误差小于20％,超过160个观察数据一般小于5％－10％。     

南海海域新生代沉积盆地构造演化的动力学特征及其油气资源

通过对构造环境、地球物理场特征、盆地生储盖层发育等方面对比研究, 讨论南海南北部沉积盆地的油气资源分布特征, 为在南海进行油气勘查指明方向.目前油气勘探实践证明, 南海南部的油气资源比北部丰富, 究其原因, 南海北部为被动大陆边缘, 张性沉积盆地的烃源岩体积较小, 而南部挤压环境下形成的沉积盆地的烃源岩体积大; 北部的地热流较南部小, 因此地温梯度也较小, 如北部陆架上的珠江口盆地的热流值在5 3~ 87mW /m2之间, 平均6 7mW /m2, 而南海南部大曾母盆地平均热流值达97mW /m2, 最大值达130mW /m2, 故南部边缘烃源岩的成熟度比北部高; 由于南部边缘处于挤压构造环境, 因此在沉积盆地中形成了许多挤压构造, 而北部边缘一直处于张性构造环境, 形成的构造较少且较小; 同时, 南部边缘沉积盆地中, 烃源岩生烃与构造形成在时间上搭配较好.因此, 在南海南部边缘沉积盆地中形成了许多大型油气田, 而南海北部边缘沉积盆地中, 大型油气田较少, 中小型油气田较多.这就是为什么南海南部边缘的油气资源比北部丰富的地质原因.      

相邻结构的高效阻尼控制

提出了相邻结构高效阻尼控制的概念,并基于双液缸的放大原理提出了一处相应的装置,该装置通过放大相邻结构间的振动差别,使阻尼器具有更大的变形和速度,从而更高效地工作,文章阐明了该装置的工作原理,建立了两相邻结构高效阻尼控制体系的运动方程,并对此进行了计算机仿真分析,结果表明,高效阻尼控制的概念是正常的,本文提出的控制装置是有效的,可取得远优于普通阻尼控制的效果。     

火山喷发过程中岩浆脱气率和脱气量的估算方法及其意义

本文对前人使用的火山喷发过程中岩浆脱气率和脱气量的估算方法进行了评述,并介绍了如何利用岩石学方法估算火山喷发不同阶段岩浆脱气率和脱气量的具体步骤,同时以镜泊湖地区全新世火山为例说明利用该方法估算的具体过程。估算结果表明不同气体在火山喷发过程中的脱气率是不同的,不能用包裹体中挥发分相对含量的高低来判断火山喷发所释放到大气圈中的气体类型和质量。该方法对火山学的研究具有重要意义。