Analysis of the weightiness of site effects on reinforced concrete (RC) building seismic behaviour: The Adra town example (SE Spain)

The damage distribution in Adra town (south‐eastern Spain) during the 1993 and 1994 Adra earthquakes (5.0 magnitude), that reached a maximum intensity degree of VII (European Macroseismic Scale (EMS scale)), was concentrated mainly in the south‐east zone of the town and the most relevant damage occurred in reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with four or five storeys. In order to evaluate the influence of ground condition on RC building behaviour, geological, geomorphological and geophysical surveys were carried out, and a detailed map of ground surface structure was obtained. Short‐period microtremor observations were performed in 160 sites on a 100m × 100m dimension grid and Nakamura's method was applied in order to determine a distribution map of soil predominant periods. Shorter predominant periods (0.1–0.3 s) were found in mountainous and neighbouring zones and larger periods (greater than 0.5 s) in thicker Holocene alluvial fans. A relationship T = (0.049 ± 0.001)N, where T is the natural period of swaying motion and N is the number of storeys, has been empirically obtained by using microtremor measurements at the top of 38 RC buildings (ranging from 2 to 9 storeys). 1‐D simulation of strong motion on different soil conditions and for several typical RC buildings were computed, using the acceleration record in Adra town of the 1993 earthquake. It is noteworthy that all the aforementioned results show the influence of site effects in the degree and distribution of observed building damage. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

泥河湾层的研究现状和展望

泥河湾层是我国北方著名的第四纪河湖相地层,它以巨厚的沉积、丰富的哺乳动物化石和人类遗存为世人所瞩目.经过几代人近80年的努力,泥河湾层在地层学、古生物学、沉积学、古地理学和古人类学等方面的研究上都取得了丰硕的成果,被誉为我国研究程度最高的第四纪地层之一.近年来,随着第四纪学科的发展和全球变化研究的深入,加大泥河湾层研究力度,提高"泥河湾层”研究水平的呼声日趋高涨.预计在新的世纪,泥河湾层研究将成为我国第四纪工作的热点,它将对第四纪科学和全球变化研究做出重大的贡献.     

河北磁县北西西向南山村－岔口活动断裂带活动特征与1830年磁县地震

河北磁县西部北西西向南山村－岔口活动断裂为北西西向磁县活动断裂西段，全长３５ｋｍ，又可再分为东西两段。全新世时期该断裂有多次活动，活动方式以具左旋性质的正倾滑为主。１８３０年磁县７．５级地震时，南山村－岔口断裂带出现新的地表破裂，地表垂直位移多处为２～４ｍ，最大约７ｍ。据目前资料，该断裂带最新两次地震事件的时间间隔约为３５００ａ。最近获取的位于磁县最高峰老爷山庙宇碑文资料，补充说明了邻近岔口活动断裂带的古建筑物在１８３０年地震中的严重破坏。     

宁夏西吉地区滑坡灾害地貌的成因分析

宁夏西吉地区滑坡灾害地貌是海原地震区最严重的地形变特征。本文在分析区域滑坡呈 或团块状密集独特分布及其严重灾害特征的基础上，进一步探讨了它的成因机制。表明滑坡地形奕的分布规律不仅受地震烈度的影响，而且还受诸如黄土的自然特征，地质构造，地貌结构和区域新构造运行等自然环境的控制．     

基于ArcGIS的滑坡空间分布的变维分形研究——以江西省宁都县为例

滑坡空间分布的定量研究对了解滑坡的发育特征具有实际意义，能够为滑坡的防治提供重要依据.为了了解滑坡的空间分布特征，以江西省宁都县1：5万地质灾害调查数据为基础，基于ArcGIS空间分析叠加模块，对滑坡空间分布规律应用变维分形理论进行定量研究，揭示出滑坡空间分布与地形地貌、岩土体类型、高程、坡度均呈二价累计和分形分布，使得滑坡与各因素之间的关系从定性分析上升到定量研究，并计算出分维值，说明了分维值的意义.     

滇黔桂三角区微细浸染型金矿床成矿热液一种可能的演化途径:年代学证据

本文主要根据年代学资料和金活化迁移的地球化学属性，探讨了滇黔桂三角区微细浸染型金矿床成矿热液的演化途径。多种定年方法揭示，该区金成矿初始流体（古流体）的年龄为260Ma左右；金成矿年龄约为140～75Ma。考虑到该区燕山晚期岩浆岩富含Cl，本文认为古流体（260～140Ma）向成矿流体（140～75Ma）的转化，可能主要是通过燕山晚期岩浆活动产生的富氯流体加入原已存在的贫氯古流体，从而使这种新的混合流体具有浸取金的能力来实现的。     

The interaction between armouring and particle weathering for eroding landscapes

The interaction between particle weathering and surface armouring and its effect on erosion has been investigated. The effect of soil armouring is to decrease sediment transport with time by preferentially stripping away fine particles. On the other hand the effect of weathering, which breaks down the particles in the armour, is generally believed to increase erosion. By extending an existing armouring model, ARMOUR, and using a variety of published weathering mechanisms this interaction has been explored. The model predicts that while this is generally true, in some cases erosion can be decreased by weathering. When the particles generated by weathering were approximately of equal diameter, erosion increased while armouring decreased. When weathering produced very fine particles by spalling, erosion increased and armouring also increased. When weathering produced a range of particles from fine to coarse, the armour layer broke down and erosion decreased relative to the no‐weathering case. This latter decrease in erosion was due to the high entrainment of coarser transportable materials from the bed decreasing the sediment transport capacity of the flow. In these studies clear regimes could be identified where erosion was limited by either the energy of the flow alone (i.e. ‘transport‐limited’), or the rate of weathering (‘weathering‐limited’); however, for some mechanisms there was an interaction between the two, which we called ‘weathering/transport limited’. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effects of variable attribute weights on landform classification

This paper focuses on the attribute weight issue and advocates use of modi?able attribute weights in terrain‐based environmental analysis and classi?cation. A question was asked: ‘How much will the result of a terrain‐based environmental analysis be affected if the weights of used terrain attributes are changed?’ The literature on landform classi?cation and the fuzzy k‐means method was reviewed in particular to help clarify the background and importance of this weight assignment issue. As an example, the effects of modifying attribute weights were evaluated for fuzzy k‐means landform classi?cation in a case study area. A total of 102 classi?cations were compared with each other and with a soil map, and comparison methods were speci?cally designed to evaluate the differences between these classi?cations. The results show that fuzzy k‐means landform classi?cation is sensitive to weight adjustments of adopted terrain attributes. The sensitivity is particularly high when the attribute weights started to be tuned away from the standard (i.e. uniform) weight of one. Better matching between landform classi?cation and a soil map may be produced when attribute weights are tuned. In all, we advocate the widespread adoption of an exploratory attitude in assigning attribute weights for environmental analysis and classi?cation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

剑门地貌特征、成因及与丹霞地貌之比较

剑门地貌见于四川盆地北部的剑阁县剑门关一带,是一种特定的砾岩地貌,以发育砾岩悬崖绝壁、砾岩关隘、砾岩峡谷、砾岩山峦、砾岩峰丛等为特征,规模宏大,气势如虹。龙门山山前广泛分布,景观独特,与广东丹霞地貌显著不同。     

拉西瓦左坝肩大型古变形体形成演化及其稳定性分析

拉西瓦水电站坝址论证阶段已查明，拟建坝址区内多个变形破裂体的潜在失稳严重危及着拉西瓦工程的顺利施工与安全运行，尤其是左坝肩ⅡB大型古变形破裂体已成为坝址变形体研究的关键问题。立足于大量的地面调查、多个平硐勘探与测试，本文首先介绍了ⅡB大型变形破裂体的变形破裂特征，并应用现场氡气探测裂缝深度等结果，界定了变形体的边界。其次，采用ESR方法对变形体内各典型裂缝进行了地质测年，分析了ⅡB大型变形破裂体的形成机制与形成演化过程，并探讨了该变形体的稳定性。研究表明，大多数裂缝都是在10万年以前形成，也证明了该变形体为一古变形体；在天然状态下ⅡB变形体目前整体处于稳定状态，但其表部和前缘有局部稳定性较差的部位。