Suitable scale of Weigan River plain oasis

Desert coexists with oasis in long time, and the existence and development of oasis system demand better oasis vegetation ecological system. Oasis scale of arid zone plain encircling water should be determined in case of desertification caused by land over-reclamation under the circumstance of water resources shortage. Steady oasis with virtuous circle must have appropriate land use structure for agriculture, forestry and graziery. The study on the suitable scale and developmental space of oasis will provide theoretical and applicable foundation for effective construction of oases. By analyzing the hydrothermal, water and soil balance, an optimal mathematical model has been established. Based on hydrometeorology data collected for years in Weigan River plain, and by the principle of water balance, a calculation has been made of the water resources for evapotranspiration and the optimal acreage of oasis and cultivated land, which shows that the water resources for evapotranspiration in the Weigan River plain oasis is 22.32×108 m3 and the optimal oasis acreage under the condition of conventional irrigation mode is 3716.06 km2, in which the suitable cultivated land acreage is 1564.79 km2. Under the condition of water-saving irrigation, the suitable oasis acreage is 5515.49 km2, in which the suitable cultivated land acreage is 2322.31 km2. The oasis area had reached 4123 km2, and the cultivated land acreage had reached 1507 km2 after the Agriculture Irrigation Drainage Water Project of World Bank Loan in Weigan River basin was finished in 1997. The oasis and cultivated land acreage will be more suitable, and the oasis scale can be enlarged moderately by means of water saving irrigation.     

Quantifying long-term post-fire sediment delivery and erosion mitigation effectiveness

Large wildfires can have profound and lasting impacts not only from direct consumption of vegetation but also longer-term effects such as persistent soil erosion. The 2002 Hayman Fire burned in one of the watersheds supplying water to the Denver metropolitan area; thus there was concern regarding hillslope erosion and sedimentation in the reservoirs. The efficacy of various treatments for reducing erosion was tested, including hand scarification on contour, agricultural straw mulch, wood mulch, burned controls and unburned reference plots. Simulated rill erosion experiments were used both immediately after the fire and again 10 years post fire. To better understand untreated recovery, the same experiments were applied to control plots in post-fire years 1, 2, 3 and 4, and in unburned reference plots in years 4 and 10. Results indicate that control and scarified plots produced significantly greater sediment flux rates – 1.9 and 2.8 g s⁻¹ respectively – than the straw and wood mulch treatments – 0.9 and 1.1 g s⁻¹ – immediately after the fire. Mulch treatments reduced runoff rate, runoff velocity, and sediment concentration and flux rate. The straw mulch cover was no longer present, whereas the wood mulch was still there in year 10. Vegetation regrowth was slow and mulch treatments provided effective cover to reduce sediment right after the fire. In post-fire year 10, there were no significant differences in sediment flux rates across treatments; it is notable, however, that the wood mulch treatment (0.09 g s⁻¹) most closely approached the unburned condition (0.07 g s⁻¹). The burned control plots had high sediment flux rates until post-fire year 3, when flux rates significantly decreased and were statistically no longer higher than the unburned levels from year 4 and 10. These results will inform managers of the longer-term post-fire sediment delivery rates and of the ability of post-fire emergency hillslope treatments to mitigate erosion rates. Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.     

Long-term hydrologic recovery after wildfire and post-fire forest management in the interior Pacific Northwest

Elevated wildfire activity in many regions in recent decades has increased concerns about the short- and long-term effects on water quantity, quality, and aquatic ecosystem health. Often, loss of canopy interception and transpiration, along with changes in soil structural properties, leads to elevated total annual water yields, peak flows, and low flows. Post-fire land management treatments are often used to promote forest regeneration and mitigate effects to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, few studies have investigated the longer-term effects of either wildfire or post-fire land management on catchment hydrology. Our objectives were to quantify and compare the short- and longer-term effects of both wildfire and post-fire forest management treatments on annual discharge, peak flows, low flows, and evapotranspiration (AET). We analyzed ten years of pre-fire data, along with post-fire data from 1 to 7 and 35 to 41 years after wildfire burned three experimental catchments in the Entiat Experimental Forest (EEF) in the Pacific Northwest, USA. After the fire, two of the catchments were salvage logged, aerially seeded, and fertilized, while the third catchment remained as a burned reference. We observed increases in annual discharge (150–202%), peak flows (234–283%), and low flows (42–81%), along with decreases in AET (34–45%), across all three study catchments in the first seven year period after the EEF wildfire. Comparatively, annual discharge, peak flows, lows flows, and AET had returned to pre-fire levels 35–41 years after the EEF fire in the two salvage logged and seeded catchments. Surprisingly, in the catchment that was burned but not actively managed, the annual discharge and runoff ratios remained elevated, while AET remained lower, during the period 35–41 years after the EEF fire. We posit that differences in long-term hydrologic recovery across catchments were driven by delayed vegetation recovery in the unmanaged catchment. Our study demonstrates that post-fire land management decisions have the potential to produce meaningful differences in the long-term recovery of catchment-scale ecohydrologic processes and streamflow.     

河南宜阳地区陆相二叠系—三叠系界线附近 微生物成因沉积构造特征及意义

有关微生物成因沉积构造及其生物地质过程的研究近年来发展迅速,成为深刻认识地球早期生命演化以及生物与环境相互作用过程的重要桥梁。目前报道的微生物成因沉积构造主要集中在海相沉积中,而陆相碎屑岩沉积中的微生物成因沉积构造研究较少。本文介绍了河南省宜阳地区二叠系—三叠系界线附近陆相碎屑岩中发育的以微生物席生长特征、微生物席破坏特征为主的微生物成因沉积构造,认为这些沉积构造的发育与二叠纪末地质灾变事件造成的特殊水体化学环境和严重退化的生态系统相关,属陆相环境中的"错时相"沉积。研究区微生物成因沉积构造的发现对于二叠纪末地质灾变期生物绝灭与复苏奥秘的探索、陆相地层的划分、海相—陆相地层的对比均具有重要意义。     

湖相烃源岩原始有机质恢复与生排烃效率定量研究 ——以东营凹陷古近系沙河街组四段优质烃源岩为例

在烃源岩沉积有机相精细划分的基础上,优选东营凹陷古近系沙河街组四段的优质烃源岩样品,建立了完整的自然演化地球化学剖面,并应用物质平衡法,开展了原始有机质恢复和生排烃效率定量计算。计算结果表明,沙河街组四段主力供烃区间内的优质烃源岩具有高生排烃效率和原始有机质丰度恢复系数,其中深层高过成熟阶段排烃效率可达70%~80%,原始有机质丰度恢复系数可达1.5~2.0,较以往资源评价中采用的数值有较明显提高。据该结果推算,东营凹陷沙河街组四段的总排烃量总体上将有一定程度的提高,其中中浅层烃源岩的资源贡献有所降低,而深层烃源岩的资源贡献有较大幅度升高,主力烃源岩埋藏深度有下沉的趋势,这预示着深层具有丰富的资源基础和勘探前景。研究成果对于济阳坳陷乃至整个渤海湾盆地的油气资源潜力再认识和深层油气藏勘探具有重要的指导意义。     

Distribution and controlling factors of selenium in weathered soil in Kaiyang County,Southwest China

Selenium is one of the life-related elements. Survey reveals that selenium enrichment in the studied strata from Kaiyang County is considered to be closely related to the following factors： regional black shale series in Ni- utitang Formation of Early Cambrian, strong adsorption of organic matter （OM）, magmatic hydrothermal migrate along the deep fault, mixing and migration of hydrothermal brine, regional uranium mineralization and presence of a great deal sulfides. For selenium enrichment in its weathered soil and crops, the reason responsible is sele- nium-enriched bedrock, which provides material sources for weathering profile and is considered as the main con- trolling factor of selenium content in the soil profile. After leaching and migrates downwards, organic carbon （OC） adsorption, iron-manganese layer adsorption, geochemical barrier role, selenium content in different profiles, there are mainly three types of distribution features： bottom enrichment type, top enrichment type and no significant en- richment type. Comprehensive analyses find that selenium enrichment area is mainly distributed in the Machang, Gaoyun-Fengsan-Guanpo, Baimadong, Chuandong-Hefeng-Shaoshang and Longgang-Gaozhai region, etc. Besides, around the east part of the county, in Huali and Yongxing selenium are relatively scarce.     

超前侧喷绳索取心钻具的研制

[摘 要]针对破碎、软弱等复杂地层岩心采取率低的问题,本文通过无泵接手、岩心抓取机构和超前侧喷钻头的设计与结合,研制了一套超前侧喷绳索取心钻具;该钻具是一种基于普通绳索取心钻具及无泵反循环钻具设计的新型钻具,能实现孔内钻井液的局部反循环并改变孔底冲洗液流向,从而达到排粉及提高岩心采取率的目的;现场试验表明,超前侧喷绳索取心钻具能够实现破碎、软弱等难取心地层的正常钻进,试验孔段岩心采取率为94%,大幅度提高了岩（矿）心的采取率。     

分层均匀介质折射率廓线的重建

依据电磁逆散射理论，由频域的反射系数或时域的反射脉冲重建分层均匀介质折射率廓线。采用非线性重整化技术对利卡提方程进行化简，并由此导出反射脉冲与折射率廓线分布函数之间的关系。数值模拟结果表明，用非线性重整化技术重建折射率廓线具有物理图象清晰、精度高、抗噪声干扰及简便快捷的优点。     

黑河地区行星边界层大气的气候分析

分析指出:气温和比湿的季节变化基本上呈峰谷相当波型;各月气温和比湿的直减率分别小于和略大于自由大气的直减率。整层各月为准无辐散和弱有旋的西北气流,风速的季节变化在近地层也呈谷峰相当波型,其振幅随高度迅速增强,但位相恰与温、湿波型相反。张掖单站分时次的月平均资料分析表明,风向、风速和层结稳定度都有明显的气候日变化;当考虑湿度层结时,夏季7月19时的平均层结是真潜不稳定,其余季节和时次仍为稳定层结。扩展域边界层月平均温、湿、风场的分析指出,黑河地区近地层在1、4、10月基本上位在平浅温度槽区,而7月却处在纬向水平温度梯度矢端;该区比湿7月相对最高,而其余各月很低;全域近地层流场仅7月稍复杂点,黑河试验区位于弱辐合流场中,其余月份黑河地区边界层平均基本上为平直西北气流所控制。