Limitations and improvements of the energy balance closure with reference to experimental data measured over a maize field

The use of energy fluxes data to validate land surface models requires that energy balance closure conservation is satisfied, but usually this condition is not verified when the available energy is bigger than the sum of turbulent vertical fluxes. In this work, a comprehensive evaluation of energy balance closure problems is performed on a 2012 data set from Livraga obtained by a micrometeorological eddy covariance station located in a maize field in the Po Valley. Energy balance closure is calculated by statistical regression of turbulent energy fluxes and soil heat flux against available energy. Generally, the results indicate a lack of closure with a mean imbalance in the order of 20%. Storage terms are the main reason for the unclosed energy balance but also the turbulent mixing conditions play a fundamental role in reliable turbulent flux estimations. Recently introduced in literature, the energy balance problem has been studied as a scale problem. A representative source area for each flux of the energy balance has been analyzed and the closure has been performed in function of turbulent flux footprint areas. Surface heterogeneity and seasonality effects have been studied to understand the influence of canopy growth on the energy balance closure. High frequency data have been used to calculate co-spectral and ogive functions, which suggest that an averaging period of 30 min may miss temporal scales that contribute to the turbulent fluxes. Finally, latent and sensible heat random error estimations are computed to give information about the measurement system and turbulence transport deficiencies.     

长江中下游成矿带安庆-贵池矿集区五横岩体的成岩年代和区域岩浆活动演化研究

五横岩体是长江中下游成矿带中安庆-贵池矿集区月山矿田内重要的中酸性侵入岩体之一。本文对五横岩体中1个辉长闪长岩、3个闪长岩和1个二长闪长岩样品进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年,得到年龄值为分别为139.6±1.6Ma、139.3±1.3Ma、140.1±1.4Ma、140.0±1.6Ma以及132.9±1.5Ma,表明闪长岩和二长闪长岩为不同期岩浆作用的产物。结合地质特征,将五横岩体划分成两个不同的岩体。基于区内已有的岩石学、地球化学和成矿年代学研究,将月山矿田内侵入岩划分为两期,早期侵入岩主要为闪长岩类,成岩时代为138~140Ma;晚期侵入岩主要为花岗岩和正长岩,具有A型花岗岩的地球化学特征,成岩时代123~126Ma。通过对比分析,认为五横岩体具有较好的矽卡岩型铜金铁矿床成矿潜力,其成岩成矿作用过程发生于区域挤压-拉张过渡的构造背景。     

A watershed-scale study of climate change impacts on groundwater recharge (Annapolis Valley,Nova Scotia,Canada)

Abstract

The potential impacts of future climate change on the evolution of groundwater recharge are examined at a local scale for a 546-km² watershed in eastern Canada. Recharge is estimated using the infiltration model Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP), with inputs derived from five climate runs generated by a regional climate model in combination with the A2 greenhouse gas emissions scenario. The model runs project an increase in annual recharge over the 2041–2070 period. On a seasonal basis, however, a marked decrease in recharge during the summer and a marked increase during the winter are observed. The results suggest that increased evapotranspiration resulting from higher temperatures does not offset the large increase in winter infiltration. In terms of individual water budget components, clear differences are obtained for the different climate change scenarios. Monthly recharge values are also found to be quite variable, even for a given climate scenario. These findings are compared with results from two regional-scale studies.

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis; Associate editor M. Besbes     

美国田纳西河流域地区综合开发与城镇化

田纳西河流域地区原为美国典型的贫困地区,经过60年开发建设,1990年时已接近美国平均发展水平。通过实地调查考察,本文分析了该区综合开发与城镇化过程,及其区域城镇体系特征,指出其城镇化经验对于我国黄河上中游等内陆欠发达地区具有重要的借鉴意义。     

九寨沟县沙坝沟泥石流的成因及特征

九寨沟县漳扎镇沙坝沟位于白河右岸,距九寨沟景区约20km,5.12地震后,该地段成为了泥石流爆发的高危区.通过对该区地层岩性、地质构造、地形地貌、气象水文及泥石流发生历史的调查,查明了该区泥石流发育的自然环境、形成条件和泥石流基本特征,为泥石流防治工程方案选择和防治工程设计提供了基础资料.     

九寨沟早期钙华体的岩溶作用与湖瀑景观的形成

九寨沟与四川西北部碳酸盐岩地区早期钙华体在52～3万年前的冰缘环境中形成.3万年后,区内气温在振荡中升高,使九寨冰缘退缩,岩溶水酸化并具溶蚀性,在早期钙华体上形成了湖瀑等各种溶蚀形态,渗流溶蚀和混合溶蚀是壶穴湖、梯湖和溶蚀湖形成的主要机制,溶蚀侵蚀伴有季节性钙华沉淀形成着叠水和瀑布.保护湖瀑景观的原则是抑制钙华的溶蚀强度,运用岩溶水的瀑堤效应促进CaCO3沉淀,增强瀑堤的固结,减少渗漏.     

Combined thermobarometry and geochronology of peraluminous metapelites from the Karakoram metamorphic complex,North Pakistan; New insight into the tectonothermal evolution of the Baltoro and Hunza Valley regions

Petrographic analysis of peraluminous metapelites from two separate regions of the Karakoram metamorphic complex, North Pakistan, has produced new insights into the P–T–t evolution of the deep crust along the south Asian margin before and after the India‐Asia collision. Average P–T estimates and pseudosection construction in the MnO–Na₂O–CaO–K₂O–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–H₂O–TiO₂–Fe₂O₃ (MnNCKFMASHTO) system using THERMOCALC have provided prograde and peak metamorphic conditions and U–Pb geochronology of metamorphic monazite has provided age constraints. Two new events in the tectonothermal evolution of the Hunza Valley have been documented; an andalusite‐grade contact metamorphic event at 105.5 ± 0.8 Ma, at unknown P–T conditions, associated with the widespread subduction‐related granite magmatism before the India‐Asia collision, and a kyanite‐grade overprint of sillimanite‐grade rocks with peak P–T conditions of ～7.8 kbar, 645 °C at 28.2 ± 0.8 Ma associated with the ongoing India‐Asia collision. A kyanite‐grade event observed in the Baltoro region with similar peak P–T conditions (～7.4–8.0 kbar, ～640–660 °C) is interpreted to have occurred sometime after 21.8 ± 0.6 Ma, however, previous studies have suggested that this event commenced in the Baltoro as early as c. 28 Ma. A calculated prograde P–T path for this kyanite‐grade event in the Baltoro indicates that garnet first nucleated on an initially high geothermal gradient (～30 °C km^?1) and grew during a significant increase in pressure of ～2.6 kbar over a temperature increase of ～100 °C. This event is thought to represent evidence for conductive heating of the middle crust during early stages of intrusion and lateral migration of the Baltoro batholith, with thermal conditions comparable with tectonic models of magmatic over‐accretion.     

庐枞盆地与A型花岗岩有关的磁铁矿-阳起石-磷灰石矿床——以马口铁矿床为例

庐枞中生代火山岩盆地位于长江中下游断陷带内,地处扬子板块的北缘.庐枞盆地内的火山岩和侵入岩分布广泛,包括龙门院、砖桥、双庙和浮山四组火山岩以及34个侵入岩体.最近在庐枞盆地南部正长岩中发现一种新类型铁矿床——马口铁矿床.本次工作通过详细野外地质和室内研究,系统开展了马口铁矿床矿床地质特征、成矿年代学和成矿流体特征研究.马口铁矿床的矿体沿石英正长斑岩体中构造破碎带产出,产状严格受构造破碎带控制,矿床围岩蚀变晕范围较为局限.矿床的成矿作用可分为碱性长石阶段、磁铁矿阶段、石英-硫化物阶段和碳酸盐阶段,其中磁铁矿阶段是主要成矿阶段,形成与宁芜玢岩型铁矿床相类似磁铁矿-磷灰石-阳起石三矿物组合.矿床中与磁铁矿共生的磷灰石流体包裹体均一温度范围为252.2 ～ 322.6℃,反映其成矿温度略低于典型的玢岩铁矿床.通过赋矿岩体锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年和金云母Ar-Ar方法,确定马口铁矿床的成矿时代为127.3 ±0.8Ma,赋矿岩体的形成时代为129.4±1.4Ma,结合矿床地质特征,可以得出矿区内石英正长斑岩只是提供了赋矿空间,矿床的形成与其无直接成因联系,而可能与黄梅尖A型花岗岩体有关.马口铁矿床是庐枞盆地成矿作用最后阶段的产物,也可能是长江中下游成矿带中最晚一次成矿事件的代表,具有显著的特色.     

Underplating and assimilation–fractional crystallization of Mesozoic intrusions in the Tongling area,Anhui Province,East China: evidence from xenoliths and host plutons

This paper presents new petrographic observations and geochemical and microprobe analyses for the Laomiaojishan, Xiaotongguanshan, and Tianebaodanshan intrusions in the Tongguanshan mineral district, East China. The plutons vary in composition from quartz monzonitic diorite to pyroxene monzonitic diorite, and contain gabbroic to dioritic xenoliths. The Xiaotongguanshan intrusion yields a SHRIMP zircon U–Pb age of 139.5±2.9 Ma, indicating Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous magmatism in the Lower Yangtze River Valley. Relative to host rocks, the gabbro and diorite xenoliths are low in SiO₂ (52.03–54.61 wt‐%), Al₂O₃ (12.87–14.43 wt‐%), and total alkalis (Na₂O+K₂O; 5.26–6.30 wt‐%), but high in MgO (5.41–11.66 wt‐%); the host rocks have high SiO₂ (59.97–64.44 wt‐%), Al₂O₃ (16.43–17.59 wt‐%), and total alkalis (6.67–8.25 wt‐%), but are low in MgO (1.52–2.50 wt‐%). Concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) in the xenoliths (165.70–190.40 ppm) are similar to those in the host rocks (166.12–185.95 ppm), although the ratio of light REEs to heavy REEs in the xenoliths (3.39–4.27) is lower than that in the host plutons (4.86–5.94). All of the analysed rocks show similar REE patterns, although the xenoliths display marked positive Eu anomalies and the host rocks show slightly negative Eu anomalies. Values of epsilon Nd (t) ranges from ?4.9 to ?9.9 in the gabbro xenoliths and from ?11.4 to ?11.9 in the host intrusives. Initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios are 0.7064–0.7073 in the xenoliths and 0.7072–0.7084 in the quartz monzonitic diorite host rocks. Crystallization temperatures of hornblende and plagioclase in the gabbro xenoliths, diorite xenoliths, and host rocks are 816, 773–790, and 664–725°C, respectively, based on an amphibole–plagioclase geothermometer. The pressures recorded by these phases indicate that they formed at depths of 26, 12–15, and 3–4 km, respectively, based on an aluminum‐in‐hornblende geobarometer. The petrological and geochemical features of the analysed intrusions and xenoliths are consistent with their derivation from basic to intermediate‐acidic magmas that possibly formed via a series of complex interactions between underplated, mantle‐derived basaltic magma and varying amounts of middle‐ to lower‐crustal material, followed by assimilation–fractional crystallization.