Hydrography of the eastern Arabian Sea during summer monsoon 2002

Hydrographic observations in the eastern Arabian Sea (EAS) during summer monsoon 2002 (during the first phase of the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment (ARMEX)) include two approximately fortnight-long CTD time series. A barrier layer was observed occasionally during the two time series. These ephemeral barrier layers were caused byin situ rainfall, and by advection of low-salinity (high-salinity) waters at the surface (below the surface mixed layer). These barrier layers were advected away from the source region by the West India Coastal Current and had no discernible effect on the sea surface temperature. The three high-salinity water masses, the Arabian Sea High Salinity Water (ASHSW), Persian Gulf Water (PGW), and Red Sea Water (RSW), and the Arabian Sea Salinity Minimum also exhibited intermittency: they appeared and disappeared during the time series. The concentration of the ASHSW, PGW, and RSW decreased equatorward, and that of the RSW also decreased offshore. The observations suggest that the RSW is advected equatorward along the continental slope off the Indian west coast.     

Borehole failure analysis in a sandstone under anisotropic stresses

Borehole failure under anisotropic stresses in a sandstone is analyze numerically for various borehole sizes using a nonlinear elastic–plastic constitutive model for a Cosserat continuum. Borehole failure is identified as macroscopic failure of the borehole through the development of shear bands and breakouts. The results compare well both qualitatively and quantitatively with experimental results from polyaxial tests on Red Wildmoor sandstone. They show that the hole size effect of the borehole failure strength is independent of the far‐field stress anisotropy and follows a ? power law of the hole size. A similar scale effect equation with a ? power law is proposed for the scale effect of the maximum plastic shear strain at failure. This equation can be useful for better predicting hole‐size‐dependent failure with standard codes based on classical continua. The effect of stress anisotropy on the borehole failure stress is found to be independent of the hole size. The failure stress decreases linearly to 40% as the stress anisotropy increases. However, the maximum plastic shear strain at failure is stress anisotropy independent and therefore the critical plastic shear strain for failure is only hole‐size dependent. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the origin of bleaching phenomena in red bed sediments of Triassic Buntsandstein deposits in Central Germany

The Lower Triassic Buntsandstein in Central Germany comprises one of the major clastic, lithified hydrocarbon reservoirs, it is a major groundwater aquifer and it is considered as a potential underground gas storage lithology. Thus, sandstones of the Buntsandstein from Thuringia and NE Hesse were used to analyse their geochemical composition combined with mineralogical data in order to investigate the origin of several bleaching phenomena in primary red beds, since these give a hint for mineral alteration, mineral formation and mineral reactivity in the course of fluid-rock-interactions. This is relevant for e.g. recent Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) efforts. The origin of the observed bleaching phenomena is diverse and it is linked to certain stages of diagenesis and different episodes of fluid flow: (1) eodiagenetic bleaching coupled with palaeosoil formation and iron mobilisation, (2) mesodiagenetic bleaching as a result of hydrocarbon migration, (3) Tertiary bleaching due to CO₂ degassing from Miocene volcanism, (4) Tertiary telodiagenetic bleaching due to weathering under humid climate conditions, and (5) weathering processes related to recent telodiagenesis/pedogenesis. This study emphasizes the multiple nature of fluids, which can induce iron mobilisation and bleaching of red beds.     

Optical properties of the red tide in Isahaya Bay,southwestern Japan: Influence of chlorophyll a concentration

Remote sensing reflectance [R _rs(λ)] and absorption coefficients of red tides were measured in Isahaya Bay, southwestern Japan, to investigate differences in the optical properties of red tide and non-red tide waters. We defined colored areas of the sea surface, visualized from shipboard, as “red tides”. Peaks of the R _rs(λ) spectra of non-red tide waters were at 565 nm, while those of red tides shifted to longer wavelengths (589 nm). The spectral shape of R _rs(λ) was close to that of the reciprocal of the total absorption coefficient [1/a(λ)], implying that the R _rs(λ) peak is determined by absorption. Absorption coefficients of phytoplankton [a _ph(λ)], non-pigment particles and colored dissolved organic matter increased with increasing chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a), and those coefficients were correlated with Chl a for both red tide and non-red tide waters. Using these relationships between absorption coefficients and Chl a, variation in the spectrum of 1/a(λ) as a function of Chl a was calculated. The peak of 1/a(λ) shifted to longer wavelengths with increasing Chl a. Furthermore, the relative contribution of a _ph(λ) to the total absorption in red tide water was significantly higher than in non-red tide water in the wavelength range 550–600 nm, including the peak. Our results show that the variation of a _ph(λ) with Chl a dominates the behavior of the R _rs(λ) peak, and utilization of R _rs(λ) peaks at 589 and 565 nm may be useful to discriminate between red tide and non-red tide waters by remote sensing.     

晚新生代洛川典型风尘堆积序列的延伸

对中国黄土标准剖面———洛川黄土剖面之下的上新世红黏土进行了沉积特征和磁性地层学的研究,结果表明洛川红黏土堆积于约2.6~3.2 MaBP期间,从而确定世界惟一的黄土类地质公园的风尘开始堆积的年代约为3.2 MaBP。古气候替代性指标磁化率和粒度的分析表明,洛川风尘堆积序列记录了上新世到第四纪古气候的重大转型。     

红河断裂活动对琼东南盆地环崖南凹陷构造-沉积-成藏的影响

琼东南盆地西部环崖南凹陷的油气勘探亟需寻找接替领域.针对勘探研究中存在的3个地质问题,利用丰富的钻井和地震资料对红河断裂活动特征及其对环崖南凹陷构造-沉积-成藏的影响开展深入分析.认为红河断裂的走滑活动通过F1断层向琼东南盆地西部传递剪切应力,其演化与环崖南凹陷的构造-沉积作用具有良好的时空耦合关系,并控制了环崖南凹陷...     

赤潮发生机理研究──海洋原甲藻的氮营养生理特征

于１９９１年１月－１９９１年１２月，以不同浓度的硝态氮（２０，６０，２００，６００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）研究对赤潮生物海洋原甲藻的生长和生化组成的影响，及其营养生理特性，结果表明，在氮浓度为２００和６００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，表现光合作用强，细胞生长快，指数生长期长，叶绿素含量高，提示了由原甲藻爆发引起的赤潮与海洋富营养化有直接关系，结果还表明，海洋原甲藻可以累积蛋白质和碳水化合物，当外界氮源不能满足生长需要时     

中国东南沿海老红砂研究综述

老红砂是中国东南沿海独具特色的第四纪沉积物。本文回顾了老红砂的研究历史，综述了所取得的关于老红砂的成因，年代和红化作用等主要研究成果及其存在问题，并提出了今后进一步工作的意义。     

长江口中肋骨条藻赤潮发生过程环境要素分析──营养盐状况

从长江口１９９０年６月的一次中肋骨条藻赤潮发生过程中营养盐含量变化可见，由于潮汐的作用，观测水域各营养盐要素都在不同程度上存在周日波动特征，其中，ＮＯ３－Ｎ在一个潮周期内变化幅度可达１倍以上。赤潮发生时表层水体ＮＯ３－Ｎ，ＰＯ４－Ｐ和ＳｉＯ３－Ｓｉ值都呈下降趋势，降幅最大的ＰＯ４－Ｐ达３倍上；Ｎ／Ｐ值则急剧上升，峰值为４５０。随着赤潮肖亡，ＮＯ３－Ｎ，ＮＯ２－Ｎ和ＳｉＯ３－Ｓｉ浓度很快恢复正常，Ｎ     

胶州湾增养殖海域营养状况与赤潮形成的初步研究

根据对胶州湾女姑山增养殖海域1998年5月～9月的连续监测资料,参照潜在性富营养化的概念,应用NQI指数对该海域的营养状况进行分析。认为该海域水质富营养化是7月3～8日Skeletonemacostatum和Biddulphiaaurita混合型赤潮形成的基础,磷、硅营养盐的消耗是赤潮消亡的主要原因;赤潮消亡之后浮游植物群落发生演替,水体叶绿素a仍保持较高含量,NQI指数也相应较高,水质表现为磷限制潜在性富营养化,由于磷酸盐的限制没有发展为赤潮。