Environmental Investigation and Evaluation of Land Subsidence in the Datong Coalfield Based on InSAR Technology

Heavy mining of Jurassic and Carboniferous horizontal coal seams in the Datong coalfield has seriously affected the local geological environment, which is mainly manifested by such geohazards as soil avalanches, landslides, mudflows, surface subsidence, surface cracks, surface solid waste accumulation and surface deformation. More seriously, coal mining causes groundwater to leak. Overpumping of groundwater has resulted in substantial land subsidence of the urban area in Datong City. Based on the previous geo-environmental investigation in the work area, the authors used radar remote sensing techniques such as InSAR （synthetic aperture radar interferometry） and D-InSAR （differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry）, supplemented by the optical remote sensing method, for geo-environmental investigation to ascertain the geo-environmental background of the Datong Jurassic and Carboniferous-Permian coalfield and evaluate the effects of the geohazards, thus providing a basis for the geo-environmental protection, geohazard control and prevention, land improvement and optimization of the human environment. In this study 8 cog-nominal ERS-1/2 SAR data frames during 1992 to 2003 were used, but the following processing was made： （1） the multitemporal SAR magnitude images were used to interpret the geological structure, vegetation, microgeomorphology and drainage system; （2） the multi-temporal InSAR coherent images were used to make a classification of surface features and evaluate the coherence change due to coal mining; and （3） the multi-temporal cog-nominal SAR images were used to complete D-InSAR processing to remove the information of differential deformation areas （sites）. In the end, a ten-year time series of differential interferograms were obtained using the multi-temporal cog-nominal SAR images. In the tests, 84 deformed areas （sites） were obtained, belonging to those in 1993-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-2001, 1998-2002 and 2001-2003 respectively. Of the 84 areas, 44 are m     

Distribution of Palygorskite in the Lingtai Profile of Chinese Loess Plateau: Its Paleoclimatic Implications

Palygorskite is a typical indicator mineral of the arid and strong evaporation environment. Distribution of palygorskite in loess-red clay sequences may act as an important indicator for reconstruction of the paleoenvironment and paleoclimate. In this paper, field emission scanning electron microscope and high-resolution transmission electron microscope observations on the red clay-loess-paleosol of the Renjiapo profile at Lingtai, Gansu Province indicate that palygorskite occurs widely in red clay sequences formed before 3.6 Ma, but no occurrence has been found in eolian sediments since 3.2 Ma. Micromorphological features and microstructure of palygorskite show that it is an autogenic mineral formed during pedogenesis, and transformed from iilite-montmorilionite under the pore water action. In the Lingtai profile, the disappearance horizon of palygorskite is consistent with those of increasing magnetic susceptibility, dust flux and depositional rate. The distribution of palygorskite in the profile indicates that the interval of around 3.6 Ma was an important transformation period of the East Asian paleomonsoon, when changes took place in the East Asia paleoclimate pattern, i.e. a high-frequency strong fluctuation alternative evolution of the environment. Therefore, palygorskite is a key indicator mineral of the East Asian paleomonsoon evolution of that time.     

《测绘工程监理》出版

在中国测绘学会科学普及工作委员会的关心和大力支持下,由寇振元策划、李恩宝主编的《测绘工程监理》一书近日由测绘出版社出版。该书共分七章。依据我国现行i贝0绘管理的法律法规和有关的法律文献,在已有相关规章制度研究     

基于高分辨率遥感数据的城市居住单元交通环境质量评价——以厦门市为例

居住单元是与人们生活密切相关的社区范围,其交通环境的优劣是衡量居住单元环境好坏的重要标准之一。高分辨遥感影像 的高空间分辨率特点为我们提供了研究居住单元交通环境的可能性。本文从区域交通环境、路网可达性出发,对城市居住单元交通 环境质量的遥感评价方法进行了研究,根据高分辨率遥感影像的特点构建了居住单元交通环境的多级指标评价体系,并对厦门市的 50个居住单元进行了评价分析。实验表明,利用高分辨率影像进行城市交通环境质量评价是一种成本较低,简便可行的方法。     

基因决定你是否快乐

为什么你感到没有别人快乐？ 答案可能就在你的基因里。英国爱丁堡大学和澳大利亚昆士兰医学研究所的心理学家发现,一个人是否快乐决定于性格特征,而性格又在很大程度上取决于遗传因素以及他的生活环境。     

期刊博览

太湖藻类的遥感监测研究;数字图像融合技术在摄影测量中的应用;网络环境下分级统计地图可视化;数字油藏空间数据挖掘与知识发现框架设计;国内外三维导航的发展现状。     

直挂云帆济沧海——测绘工作为经济社会发展提供保障服务30年回眸

改革开放以来,在国家大政方针的指导下,测绘部门全方位服务于国家经济社会发展．在经济建设、行政管理,人民生活、防灾减灾和科学研究等领域结下了灿烂的硕果。记者在这里撷取了近30年测绘部门在经济潮头拼搏奉献的几瓣浪花,以窥全豹。     

描绘新农村的蓝图——国家测绘局新农村建设测绘保障服务工作纪事

统筹规划 政策引领 新农村建设,需要有统一的科学规划。全面系统的整体规划和科学具体的建设规划,测绘部门就是编制这些规划底图的提供者,如在精细农业规划,村庄路网规划改造,卫生设施与环境规划,农户宅基地和承包土地规划与定界,集约用地规划,防灾减灾等方面,都需要及时,准确,经济的测绘服务与保障,需要权威的,现势性好的地理信息成果作为各项建设工作的统一平台和依据。     

卫星影像显示非洲环境显著恶化

美国环保局近日公布的一部最新地图集显示．近几十年来非洲的自然环境发生显著恶化。这本近400页的出版物刊登了在非洲国家拍摄的300多张卫星对比影像,前一张图片和后一张图片的拍摄时间大约相隔35年．这些图像显示整个非洲大陆出现了惊人的环境变化。     

俄美科学家成功绘制南极冰川图

俄罗斯与美国一个环境联合工作小组近日成功绘制了南极冰川图,为今后各种南极科学考察活动提供了便利。