Relationship of underground water level and climate in Northwest China’s inland basins under the global climate change: Taking the Golmud River Catchment as an example

To identify the response of groundwater level variation to global climate change in Northwest China’s inland basins, the Golmud River Catchment was chosen as a case in this paper. Approaches of time series analysis and correlation analysis were adopted to investigate the variation of groundwater level influenced by global climate change from 1977 to 2017. Results show that the temperature in the Golmud River Catchment rose 0.57°C every 10 years. It is highly positive correlated with global climate temperature, with a correlation coefficient, 0.87. The frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation were both increased. Generally, groundwater levels increased from 1977 to 2017 in all phreatic and confined aquifers and the fluctuation became more violent. Most importantly, extreme precipitation led to the fact that groundwater level rises sharply, which induced city waterlogging. However, no direct evidence shows that normal precipitation triggered groundwater level rise, and the correlation coefficients between precipitation data from Golmud meteorological station located in the Gobi Desert and groundwater level data of five observation wells are 0.13, 0.02, –0.11, 0.04, and –0.03, respectively. This phenomenon could be explained as that the main recharge source of groundwater is river leakage in the alluvial-pluvial Gobi plain because of the high total head of river water and goodness hydraulic conductivity of the vadose zone. Data analysis shows that glacier melting aggravated because of local temperature increased. As a result, runoff caused groundwater levels to ascend from 1977 to 2017. Correlation coefficients of two groundwater wells observation data and runoff of Golmud River are 0.80 and 0.68. The research results will contribute to handling the negative effects of climate change on groundwater for Northwestern China.© 2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

新疆平原沙漠区湖泊干缩现象的初步评价

对新疆平原沙漠区湖泊干缩现象作了初步评价,指出这一现象是干旱、半干旱地区农业灌溉和国民经济发展到一定规模时所必然产生的现象,因而可以视为正常。同时指出,平原区湖泊之存亡既取决于自然条件,更取决于社会经济发展的需要。现存湖泊资源的开发与保护,既要立足于生态环境价值论,也要立足于经济价值论。     

Experimental investigation of free-running ship manoeuvers under extreme shallow water conditions

We present an experimental investigation of a free-running manoeuvring inland waterway ship at extreme shallow water conditions. Physical tests of zig-zag manoeuvres at two different water depths were performed in model scale and investigated with regards to the effects of limited under-keel clearance. Experimental data comprise results from repeatability studies and may serve for validation of manoeuvring simulations.     

TRMM及GPM降水数据在高寒内陆河流域的准确性评估

降水数据的准确性和时空分辨率成为水文过程模拟的关键.卫星遥感降水资料的日益丰富为资料缺乏区的水文模拟带来了新的突破.本研究拟在资料缺乏、下垫面复杂,观测难、建模难的柴达木盆地高寒内陆河流域—巴音河中上游,基于近5年的TMPA 3B42、GPM IMERG V5及GPM IMERG V6逐日降水数据和气象站点观测数据建立...     

Estimation and Projection of Non-Linear Relative Sea-Level Rise in the Seto Inland Sea,Japan

Future sea-level rise (SLR) in and around the Seto Inland Sea (SIS), Japan, is estimated in 2050 and 2100 using ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and long-term sea-level records. Ensemble empirical mode decomposition, an adaptive data analysis method, can separate sea-level records into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) from high to low frequencies and a residual. The residual is considered a non-linear trend in the sea-level records. The mean SLR trend at Tokuyama in the SIS from EEMD is 3.00?mm?y^?1 from 1993 to 2010, which is slightly lower than the recent altimetry-based global rate of 3.3?±?0.4?mm?y^?1 during the same period. Uncertainty in SLR is estimated by considering interdecadal variations in the sea levels. The resulting SLR in 2050 and 2100 for Tokuyama is 0.19?±?0.06?m and 0.56?±?0.18?m, respectively. The stations along the coast of the Pacific Ocean display a greater and more rapid SLR in 2100 compared with other stations in the SIS. The SLR is caused not only by mass and volume changes in the sea water but also by other factors, such as local subsidence, tectonic motion, and river discharge. The non-linear trend of SLR, which is the residual from EEMD, is interpreted as the sum of the local factors that contribute to the sea-level budget.     

Dissolved free amino acids in coastal seawater using a modified fluorometric method

The method of Parsonset al. (1984) for measuring dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) in coastal seawater was modified. We found considerable interference in DFAA determination from ammonia dissolved in coastal seawater, although the interference of urea could be ignored. For DFAA analysis for coastal seawater samples, ammonia determinations for the same sample are needed to correct DFAA values. For coastal surface seawater samples from all over the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, values of DFAA ranged from undetectable to 1.87 μg-at N/l when corrected for ammonia, while uncorrected values ranged from undetectable to 2.61 μg-at N/l. DFAA, urea, nitrate+nitrite, ammonia and DON concentrations in surface seawater collected in the Seto Inland Sea were analyzed simultaneously. DFAA at four seasons constituted from 1.4 to 10.1% of DON, with a mean value of 6.5%. The concentration of urea was similar to that of DFAA and often higher than that of ammonium, although generally lower than that of nitrate.     

塔里木盆地下古生界白云岩储层类型及特征

根据60口井岩心及薄片的观察,塔里木盆地寒武系—奥陶系白云岩储层可划分为五种类型。萨布哈白云岩储层发育于潮间—潮上坪蒸发环境,以泥晶白云岩为特征,孔隙类型有膏溶孔及白云岩砾间孔。渗透回流白云岩储层发育于潟湖蒸发环境,以礁滩体组构选择性白云石化为特征,孔隙类型有铸模孔、膏溶孔、残留粒间孔。埋藏白云岩储层以白云石交代灰质或白云石重结晶形成的结晶白云岩为特征,孔隙类型有晶间孔及晶间溶孔。热液白云岩储层以受热液改造的结晶白云岩为特征,往往与热液矿物伴生,受断层、不整合面等热液通道控制。构造裂缝型白云岩储层储集空间除裂缝外,常见沿裂缝发育的溶孔。不同类型白云岩储层的主控因素和分布规律各不相同。     

内陆核电厂对水库环境的影响—以咸宁核电厂为例

随着我国核电产业的迅速发展,内陆核电厂的建没成为必然趋势.本文以成宁核电厂为例,从辐射影响、余氯影响和冷却系统影响等方面,评价核电厂对富水水库可能造成的环境影响.评价结果显示,核电厂放射性释放对于水库中参考鱼类产生的总辐射剂量率为2.06×10~(-4)mGy/d,低于背景辐射本底值和国际组织推荐限值;核电厂造成的库区和下游饮水口处水体中的总β放射性,叠加本底值后仍满足1Bq/L的生活饮用水质要求;核电厂运行的化学排放和冷却系统对于水库环境的影响也很小.同时,在与美国North Anna核电厂环境影响进行比较的基础上,分析了在我国滨湖厂址建设核电厂的适宜性,并对减缓内陆核电厂对湖库环境的影响给出建议.     

The uppermost deposits of the stratigraphic succession of the Farafra Depression (Western Desert,Egypt): Evolution to a Post-Eocene continental event

This paper gives insight into continental sedimentary deposits that occur at the uppermost part of the stratigraphic succession present in the north-eastern sector of the Farafra Depression (Western Desert, Egypt). Using space imagery to complete the field work, the geology of the area has been mapped and the presence of a N–S oriented fault system is documented. The analysis of the morphotectonic features related to this fault system allows reconstructing the structural and sedimentological evolution of the area. The study indicates that the continental deposits were accumulated in alluvial systems that unconformably overlie shale and evaporitic rocks attributable to the Paleocene–Eocene Esna Formation. The deposits of the Esna Formation show soft-sediment deformation features, which include slump associated to dish and pillar sedimentary structures and provide evidence of syndepositional tectonic activity during the sedimentation of this unit. The outcrops are preserved in two areas on separated fault-bounded blocks. Proximal alluvial fan facies crop out in a dowthrown block close to the depression boundary. The proximal facies are made up mostly by polymictic conglomerates which occasionally contain boulders. The conglomerate clasts are mainly quartz, carbonate, anhydrite satin spar vein, mudrock, ironstone and nummulite fossils. The mid-fan facies consist of trough cross-bedded, rippled and cross-laminated quartzarenites with reworked glauconite grains and carbonate rock fragments, interpreted as deposited by distributary streams. The distal alluvial fan deposits consist of sandy marls that evolve toward the top of the sections into root-bioturbated lacustrine limestone beds that are locally silicified. The limestones are biomicrites containing characea, ostracods and gastropods with fenestral porosity.A number of features, including clast provenance (mainly from marine Paleocene and Eocene rocks), the observed fractural pattern (N–S direction related to the opening of the Red Sea), and the sedimentary relationships, suggests that the continental deposits were accumulated during the Oligocene–Miocene interval.     

Comprehensive assessment of water security for inland watersheds in the Hexi Corridor,Northwest China

Water security is related closely to ecological, environmental, economic, social, and political problems, and may possibly even affect national security. The problem is especially important in arid inland watersheds. In this paper, we assess the water resources security of three watersheds in the Hexi Corridor (Northwest China) using a multi-level, multi-target, analytical hierarchy process approach. We constructed an assessment system based on the current situation and future development of the region’s water resources in the context of the society, economy, and environment of these inland watersheds. The assessment used 21 indicators that describe the ratio of water supply to demand, the ecological environment, food security, drinking-water security, disaster control capacity, water resources management, and economic conditions. The level of the water resources security was highest in the Shulehe watershed, followed by the Heihe watershed and the Shiyanghe watershed. Strategies to promote water security for all three watersheds are discussed.