Phreatomagmatic volcanic hazards where rift-systems meet the sea, a study from Ambae Island, Vanuatu

Ambae Island is a mafic stratovolcano located in the northern Vanuatu volcanic arc and has a NE–SW rift-controlled elongated shape. Several hundred scoria cones and fissure-fed lava fields occur along its long axis. After many decades of quiescence, Ambae Island erupted on the 28th of November 2005, disrupting the lives of its 10,000 inhabitants. Its activity remained focused at the central (crater-lake filled) vent and this is where hazard-assessments were focused. These assessments initially neglected that maars, tephra cones and rings occur at each tip of the island where the eruptive activity occurred < 500 and < 300 yr B.P. The products of this explosive phreatomagmatic activity are located where the rift axis meets the sea. At the NE edge of the island five tephra rings occur, each comparable in size to those on the summit of Ambae. Along the NE coastline, a near-continuous cliff section exposes an up to 25 m thick succession of near-vent phreatomagmatic tephra units derived from closely spaced vents. This can be subdivided into two major lithofacies associations. The first association represents when the locus of explosions was below sea level and comprises matrix-supported, massive to weakly stratified beds of coarse ash and lapilli. These are dominant in the lowermost part of the sequence and commonly contain coral fragments, indicating that the loci of explosion were located within a reef or coral sediment near the syn-eruptive shoreline. The second type indicate more stable vent conditions and rapidly repeating explosions of high intensity, producing fine-grained tephra with undulatory bedding and cross-lamination as well as megaripple bedforms. These surge and fall beds are more common in the uppermost part of the succession and form a few-m-thick pile. An older tephra succession of similar character occurs below, and buried trees in growth position, as well as those flattened within base surge beds. This implies that the centre of this eruption was very near the coastline. The processes implied by these deposits are amongst the most violent forms of volcanism on this island. In addition, the lowland and coastal areas affected by these events are the most heavily populated. This circumstance is mirrored on many similar volcanic islands, including the nearby SW Pacific examples of Taveuni (Fiji), Upolu and Savai'i (Samoa), and Ambrym (Vanuatu). These locations are paradoxically often considered safe areas during summit/central-vent eruptions, simply because they are farthest from the central sources of ash-fall and lahar hazard. The observations presented here necessitate a revision of this view.     

锥束CT技术在口腔临床中的应用

将锥束CT应用于口腔部位的三维成像,是近年来CT研究人员和口腔医生共同关注的一个热点.特别是随着牙齿种植技术的兴起,利用CBCT进行牙齿种植计划和手术导板的设计已成为一项新的研究方向.本文综述了口腔CBCT的成像原理和临床应用,比较了CBCT与传统CT在口腔成像中的特点,并总结了当前的关键技术和研究热点,供相关的技术及医学研究人员参考.     

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采用不同天气下的原位及室内试验方法,对广东云浮地区粉状煤系土的工程地质性质进行了测试,系统研究了煤系土的物理力学特性,重点论述了粉状煤系土不同干密度、不同含水率下抗剪强度和现场静力触探比贯入阻力的变化规律,提出了粉状煤系土的多项强度指标,建立了具有实用参考价值的经验性公式。研究结果为合理评价粉状煤系土的特性、路基处理和边坡处治提供理论依据,具有一定的实际意义。     

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双桥静力触探法判别上海薄夹层粘土地基液化研究

通过对11项典型工程场地进行原位取土及双桥静力触探原位测试分析,重点研究了上海地区薄层粘性土（或粘质粉土）夹层对液化判别的影响,统计分析了锥尖阻力qc、摩阻比Rf与土层粘粒含量的相关关系,提出了完全依据双桥静力触探试验的地基液化判别方法,在工程应用中取得了显著经济效益。     

潼关小秦岭地区金的热穹窿成矿地质模型

根据对小秦岭地区大地构造位置的最新认识,在对一系列野外地质矿产信息综合研究的基础上,提出了“板内Ａ型俯机制下变质核杂岩内岩浆热穹窿金成矿地质模型”。认为小秦岭地区金矿的矿质来源于华北陆块南缘上地慢,成矿介质为下渗的地表水,成矿机制是以燕山斯花岗岩基熔体为中心的热穹窿所形成的热力系统。热穹窿的成生、演化,消亡过程不仅从时间上决定了矿化发生的有序性及叠加规律。并且通过对变质核杂岩构造的改造,利用,决定     

基于2011年新西兰地震的CPT液化特征研究

2011年2月22日,新西兰第二大城市克赖斯特彻市附近发生Ms6.3级地震,震中位于克赖斯特彻市西南10km处,震源深度为5km.地震造成了大量的人员伤亡和经济损失,重建费用估计高达40亿新西兰元,得到共识是砂土液化为震害主因.此次地震,液化震害极为严重,喷砂冒水范围广泛分布于城市内外,引起大量次生灾害,地震也为砂土液...     

宝泉抽水蓄能电站引水系统上斜井古风化壳地层灌浆处理

宝泉抽水蓄能电站引水系统上斜井开挖揭示,在高程668000～651000 m和高程526000～514000 m处,分别穿过古风化壳地层。古风化壳地层岩石极为破碎,夹泥较多,基岩裂隙发育,地下水丰富,透水率较大。古风化壳地层段地层的灌浆处理,成为斜井开挖能否顺利通过该地层的关键,并且直接影响着电站的安全、稳定运行。针对上述问题,通过采取阻水帷幕、高压固结、锥形帷幕灌浆几种方法联合处理,取得了满意的效果。详细介绍了具体的灌浆处理技术措施,分析了处理效果。     

Application of a nondestructive method to evaluate the active layer in a cold region

To provide a safe transportation system in an extremely cold region,evaluation needs to be conducted of the thickness and the volumetric water content of the active layer,as they significantly affect frost heave.The objective of this study was to evaluate the dielectric constant(κ)of the active layer using ground-penetrating radar(GPR)and a dynamic cone penetrometer(DCP);this evaluation was then used to estimate the thickness and the volumetric water content of the active layer.A field located in midwest Alaska was selected as the study site.A GPR survey and two DCP tests were conducted on the surface of the ground,and the ground temperature was measured.From the GPR survey,travel times of the electromagnetic wave in the active layer were obtained.In addition,the thickness of the active layer was determined by using the dynamic cone penetration index(DCPI)and ground temperature.By using the travel time and travel distance of the electromagnetic wave in the active layer,dielectric constants were calculated as 26.3 and 26.4 for two DCP points.From the mean dielectric constant,the volumetric water content was estimated to be 40%~43%,and the thickness of the active layer was evaluated along the GPR survey line.The spatial-scaled GPR image showed that the thickness of the active layer varied from 520 mm to 700 mm due to the presence of a puddle,which accelerated the heat exchange.The results show that evaluation of the dielectric constant using the GPR survey and the DCP test can be effectively used to estimate the thickness and the volumetric water content of the active layer.