Transition from wavelets to ripples in a laboratory flume with a diverging channel

An experimental investigation on the initiation and development of bed forms on a bed of fine silica sand was conducted under alluvial flow conditions in a laboratory flume with a diverging channel. The main aims of the study were to assess： i） the steepness of bed forms in the transition stage of development; and ii） the threshold height of wavelets （ηt） that triggered the start of ripple development. Detailed bed profile measurements were carried out using an acoustic Doppler probe, traversed longitudinally over the sediment bed at various experimentation times. The bed form dimensions were extracted from such bed profile records and analysed for the wavelet, transition and equilibrium stages. It was found that the steepness of ripples in the transition and equilibrium stages were similar, confirming predictions of previous mathematical model simulations. A lognormal distribution fitted the wavelet length data. The wavelet threshold height was estimated as ηt ≈ 7 mm, or ηt≈ 80 in wall units. Such a height magnitude suggested that ripple development could be triggered by the wavelets reaching the outer flow zone of a turbulent boundary layer. The ηt value obtained corresponded generally to the intersection point between two predictive equations for bed form dimensions. A formulation was developed to predict ηt as a function of the sediment grain size, which was confirmed for the fine sand used in this study.     

新疆双亚幔柱模式及其控矿机制

文章简述了新疆地区的地质理论研究成果、矿产地质特征,认为准噶尔、塔里木双亚幔柱是新疆金属矿产呈现"8"字型分布的主要控制因素;双亚幔拉主体形成时期分别为石炭纪和二叠纪。准噶尔亚幔柱斜向天山造山带,塔里木亚幔柱近垂直,前者作用强烈、短暂,后者温和而漫长。准噶尔、塔里木盆地周缘薄弱带与内部构造体制为地幔深源岩浆及后碰撞造山岩浆的上侵提供了通道。天山造山带形成于晚石炭世,它受双亚幔柱挤压隆起作用有限,成矿局部叠加;二叠纪以来,以相对南北向挤压为主,是能源矿产主要形成时期;阿尔金、昆仑等山脉在新近纪快速隆升。基于幔枝构造启示,建议金属矿产地质找矿勘查与石油、煤炭及铀矿地质勘查展开合作,在准噶尔、塔里木两盆地内进行金属矿产综合找矿。     

锡氢化物是锡的重要迁移形式

论述了锡氢物的形成条件和物理学特征。在岩浆和热液中，锡以锡氢化物，锡合金氢化物迁移至地壳浅部，锡氢化物，锡合金氢化物被氧化成锡氧化物，锡合金矿物，或与硫，硫化氢作用形成锡的硫化矿物。     

粘土矿物成因及对砂岩储集性能的影响

粘土矿物是影响砂岩储集性能的重要因素。结合实例讨论了粘土矿物成因、绝对含量、成分、产状及晶体形态等与砂岩储集性能的关系。研究表明,粘土矿物对砂岩储集性能的影响程度与砂岩本身的成熟度有关。当砂岩成熟度高时,随粘土矿物绝对含量的增加,其储集性能降低,尤其是渗透率降低;但高成熟度砂岩随高岭石和充填状粘土矿物含量增高,物性相对变好。当砂岩的结构和成分成熟度比较低时,粘土矿物对其储集物性影响较小,而主要与岩石本身的成分和结构有关。研究还表明,不同形态的伊利石对砂岩的物性影响也不同,片状伊利石有利于改善储层物性,而纤维状和发丝状伊利石增多会使砂岩储集物性降低或变为非储层。     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: The Mexican Colonial Copper Industry. Elinore M. Barrett . The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society . James R. Beniger . Land Degradation and Society . Piers M. Blaikie And Harold C. Brookfield , Eds . La carte, mode d'emploi. Roger Brunet . France: les dynamiques du territoire . Roger Brunet AND Jacques Sallois , EDS. At the Crossroads—The Mineral Problems of the United States . Eugene N. Cameron . A Census of One Billion People , Papers for International Seminar on China's 1982 Population Census. Li Chengrui , ED. Les Milieux “Naturels” du Globe . Jean Demangeot . The Geophysiology of Amazonia: Vegetation and Climate Interactions : Robert E. Dickinson , ED. Tenn-Tom Country . James F. Doster And David C. Weaver . Family Farming in Europe and America . Boguslaw Galeski And Eugene Wilkening , EDS. The Geography of Urban Transportation . Susan Hanson , Ed. Combating Desertification in Developing Countries . J. K. Jain , ED. Cartography in France—1660–1848. Science, Engineering and Statecraft . Josef W. Konvitz . Distribution of Distances in Pregeographical Space . Hans Kuiper . Physical Geography Lab Manual: A New Experimental Approach . Neal G. Lineback And John M. Harlin . Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation , 2nd ed. Tom L. Mc Knight . The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art . Vera Norwood And Janice Monk , EDS. France: A Geographical, Social, and Economic Survey . Philippe Pinchemel , translated, by D. Elkins and T. H. Elkins. Gene Banks and the World's Food . Donald L. Plucknett , Nigel J. H. Smith , J. T. Williams , And N. Murthi Anishetty . Latin American Development: Geographical Perspectives . David Preston , Ed. Making Sense of Development: An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Theories of Development and Their Application to Southeast Asia . P. W. Preston . The History of the Countryside. Oliver Rackham . The Third World in Perspective . H. A. Reitsma AND J. M. G. Kleinpenning . The Industrial Geography of Australia . David C. Rich . The Recruiting Game , 2nd Ed., revised. John F. Rooney , JR. A Cultural Geography of North American Indians . Thomas E. Ross AND Tyrel G. Moore , EDS. Eastern Europe . Dean S. Rugg . Human Territoriality: Its Theory and History . Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography: 7. Robert David Sack . Experimental Fluvial Geomorphology . Stanley A. Schumm , M. Paul Mosley , AND William E. Weaver . The New Urban Landscape . David Schuyler . Atlas of American Women . Barbara Gimla Shortridge . Impacts of Hazardous Technology: The Psycho-Social Effects of Restarting TMI-1 . John Sorensen , Jon Soderstrom , Emily Copenhaver , Sam Carnes AND Robert Bolin . Modern Physical Geography , 3rd Ed., (Third Edition). Arthur N. Strahler AND Alan H. Strahler . India: Economic Resource Base and Contemporary Political Patterns . B. L. Sukhwal .     

Mean values of particular functions in the elliptic motion

The mean values % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiGc9yrFr0xXdbba91rFfpec8Eeeu0x% Xdbba9frFj0-OqFfea0dXdd9vqaq-JfrVkFHe9pgea0dXdar-Jb9hs% 0dXdbPYxe9vr0-vr0-vqpWqaaeaabiGaciaacaqabeaadaqaaqGaaO% qaamaalaaabaGaaGymaaqaaiaaikdacqaHapaCaaWaa8qCaeaacaGG% OaacbaGaa8NKbiabgkHiTiaadYgacaGGPaGaa8hiaiGacogacaGGVb% Gaai4Caiaa-bcacaWGRbGaa8NKbiaa-bcacaWGKbGaamiBaaWcbaGa% aGimaaqaaiaaikdacqaHapaCa0Gaey4kIipakiaa-bcacaqGHbGaae% OBaiaabsgacaWFGaWaaSaaaeaacaaIXaaabaGaaGOmaiabec8aWbaa% daWdXbqaaiaacIcacaWFsgGaeyOeI0IaamiBaiaacMcacaWFGaGaci% 4CaiaacMgacaGGUbGaa8hiaiaadUgacaWFsgGaa8hiaiaadsgacaWG% SbaaleaacaaIWaaabaGaaGOmaiabec8aWbqdcqGHRiI8aaaa!6BC2!\[\frac{1}{{2\pi }}\int\limits_0^{2\pi } {(f - l) \cos kf dl} {\rm{and}} \frac{1}{{2\pi }}\int\limits_0^{2\pi } {(f - l) \sin kf dl}\] (where f and l are respectively the true anomaly and the mean anomaly in the elliptic motion and k is an integer) are given in closed form.     

Canonical planetary perturbation equations for velocity-dependent forces,and the Lense-Thirring precession

A form of planetary perturbation theory based on canonical equations of motion, rather than on the use of osculating orbital elements, is developed and applied to several problems of interest. It is proved that, with appropriately selected initial conditions on the orbital elements, the two forms of perturbation theory give rise to identical predictions for the observable coordinates and velocities, while the orbital elements themselves may be strikingly different. Differences between the canonical form of perturbation theory and the classical Lagrange planetary perturbation equations are discussed. The canonical form of perturbation theory in some cases has advantages when the perturbing forces are velocity-dependent, but the two forms of perturbation theory are equivalent if the perturbing forces are dependent only on position and not on velocity. The canonical form of the planetary perturbation equations are derived and applied to the Lense Thirring precession of a test body in a Keplerian orbit around a rotating mass source.     

辽东地区水系样品中铬尖晶石特征

铬尖晶石以在风化过程中稳定性高,分布广等特征作为寻找金刚石的重要指示矿物已在找矿中取得了较满意的结果。根据普查找矿中的水系重砂样品所获取的大量铬尖晶石的分布特征、晶体形态、化学成分,以及辽宁已知金伯利岩中铬尖晶石的物理化学特征,将水系重砂中铬尖晶石与金伯利岩中铬尖晶石进行对比。研究表明,辽东北部、中部地区的铬尖晶石基本上不是来自有价值的金伯利岩,而南部地区的铬尖晶石许多是来自有价值的金伯利岩。     

Are all cities with similar urban form or not? Redefining cities with ubiquitous points of interest and evaluating them with indicators at city and block levels in China

Urban forms reflect spatial structures of cities, which have been consciously and dramatically changing in China. Fast urbanisation may lead to similar urban forms due to similar habits and strategies of city planning. However, whether urban forms in China are identical or significantly different has not been empirically investigated. In this paper, urban forms are investigated based on two spatial units: city and block. The boundaries of natural cities in terms of the density of human settlements and activities are delineated with the concept of ‘redefined city’ using points of interests (POIs), and blocks are determined by road networks. Urban forms are characterised by city-block two-level spatial morphologies. Further, redefined cities are classified into four hierarchies to examine the effects of different city development stages on urban forms. The spatial morphology is explained by urbanisation variables to understand the effects. Results show that the urban forms are spatially clustered from the perspective of city-block two-level morphologies. Urban forms tend to be similar within the same hierarchies, but significantly varied among different hierarchies, which is closely related to the development stages. Additionally, the spatial dimensional indicators of urbanisation could explain 41% of the spatial morphology of redefined cities.     

城市形态的分维估算与分形判定

城市形态的分形是城市发育到一定阶段涌现出的有序格局和复杂结构,其基本特征是空间分布的无尺度性质。当研究者基于某个显著性水平推断城市分维存在时,实际上就是基于相应的置信度判断分形特征。虽然分形城市研究已经多年,但大量有关维数测算的基础问题依然悬而未决。本文根据分形几何学的基本思想论证城市形态分维测算的若干问题。分维测量的准则是最佳覆盖——不多不少、恰到好处的覆盖。盒子覆盖是最容易理解的测量方法。采用盒子覆盖法测量城市形态分维时,应考虑三个标准：一是快速逼近,二是简便操作,三是稳定拟合。直观估计分维的办法是利用双对数坐标图。由于城市形态不是严格意义的分形,而是类似于文献中的“前分形”,测量尺度与相应测度的幂律关系通常仅在一定尺度范围内有效,从而形成所谓标度区。本文围绕城市形态的分维测量和分形判断开展一系列讨论,包括尺度选取、标度区识别和统计标准等问题,对今后城市分形研究具有理论启示和方法论的参考价值。