Influence of rainfall-induced wetting on the stability of slopes in weathered soils

Shallow failures of slopes in weathered soil are caused by infiltration due to prolonged rainfall. These failures are mainly triggered by the deepening of the wetting band accompanied by a decrease in matric suction induced by the water infiltration. This paper reports trends of rainfall-induced wetting band depth in two types of weathered soils that are commonly found in Korea. Both theoretical and numerical analyses for wetting band depth are presented based on the soil–water characteristic curve obtained using filter paper as well as tensiometer tests. It is found that the magnitude of wetting front suction plays a key role in the stability of slopes in weathered soils. Theoretical analysis based on modified Green and Ampt model tends to underestimate the wetting band depth for typical Korean weathered soils. It was also deduced that for Korean weathered soils, the factor of safety drops rapidly once the wetting band depth of 1.2 m reached.     

Le jeu fini-Crétacé du front nord-pyrénéen aux environs de Cucugnan (Corbières méridionales,Aude, France)

The North-Pyrenean Front overthrust in northern direction was particularly active during the Upper Cretaceous, before the Upper Eocene tectonic renewal. Indeed, in the Eastern Pyrenees (Aude), ‘Garumnian’ (continental Upper Cretaceous–Palaeocene) formations lie transgressively upon the North-Pyrenean Triassic (Keuper) formation and upon the Albian beds of the Sub-Pyrenean Cucugnan slice. Relations between the North-Pyrenean Frontal Thrust and, to the northeast, the Corbières Nappe are discussed. To cite this article: A. Charrière, M. Durand-Delga, C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).     

梅雨锋暴雨的Q矢量定性分析

本文利用1991年7月5日20时－6日20时一次江淮梅雨锋暴雨过程实部资料，结合地面降水分析，定性地比较分析了准地转Q矢量、半地转Q矢量及湿Q矢量的诊断特性。结果表明，半地转Q矢量比准地转Q矢量优越。非地转Q矢量与湿Q矢量相差不大，都明显比半地转Q矢量及准地转Q矢量优越。准地转Q矢量表现最差；700hPa各Q矢量的辐合场较各自在850hPa及500hPa的相应场对降水的反映更好，尤其是700hPa非地转Q矢量及湿Q矢量辐合场与同时刻地面降水的发生有很好的对应关系；与降水对应的Q矢量的辐合场基本位于槽前及气旋的中、前方，这对台站实际业务预报工作有参考价值。     

利用TRMM/PR资料分析1998年GAME/HUBEX期间梅雨锋雨带结构(英)

结合1998年GAME/HUBEX试验期间的常规观测资料,利用TRMM/PR产品分析了一个梅雨锋面雨带的结构以及一些大气学特征。星载测雨雷达(PR)能够在一个广大的范围内提供锋面雨带的某些细节特征和内部结构。利用PR资料得出的结论与利用常规观测资料诊断分析的结果相当一致。以往根据地面雷达发展的雷达气象理论仍然适用,并且效果更加准确可靠。这说明在降水空间结构以及梅雨锋特征的分析中,PR有相当的优势和潜在的价值。     

新疆叶城晚新生代山前盆地演化与青藏高原北缘的隆升--Ⅱ沉积相与沉积盆地演化

叶城盆地属于塔里木盆地的西南坳陷 ,在晚新生代沉积了巨厚的磨拉石建造。盆地的演化具有阶段性 ,反映了西昆仑山不断的隆升。中新世 ,盆地的沉积环境为曲流河和辨状河等河湖相环境 ,到上新世早期变为冲积扇的远端。晚上新世 (～ 3.6 Ma)开始 ,盆地的沉积环境发生了质的变化 ,沉积物以粗颗粒砾岩为主 ,沉积环境为干旱气候条件下的冲 -洪积扇近端。沉积相的变化 ,反映了昆仑山在晚上新世有强烈的隆升。     

柴达木盆地西部红狮凹陷第三系下干柴沟组沉积相分析

在层序地层学研究的基础上,对柴达木盆地红狮凹陷第三系下干柴沟组进行了详细的沉积相研究,分析了下干柴沟组发育的冲积扇相、河流相、三角洲相、扇三角洲相、湖泊相、湖底扇相等几种类型沉积相特征。并按识别出的 4个超层序,详细分析了沉积相的平面展布特征。强调了这四个超层序中上升半旋回低水位期湖底扇、辫状河流相砂砾岩和下降半旋回高水位期辫状河三角洲、扇三角洲相砂砾岩是红狮凹陷下干柴沟组有利的储集岩相带。根据生油岩及储油岩叠置组合关系,指出阿拉尔以东方向的辫状河流相和辫状河三角洲相、小红山-阿哈提南东方向的扇三角洲相、狮子沟-干柴沟一带的湖底扇相是红狮凹陷下干柴沟组有利油气聚集区带。     

东营凹陷旋回式深湖相烃源岩研究

对东营凹陷沙河街组烃源岩的研究发现:在灰褐色泥岩、纹层状褐色泥岩、钙质泥岩和油页岩中常常夹有泥质粉砂岩和少量浊积砂岩;对牛38井密集采样分析则指示有机碳含量等多项地球化学参数呈现出“波峰”、“波谷”状变化特征,沉积界面也清晰地记录了湖平面的旋回式(升降)变换过程。本文探讨了盆地的充填过程,建立了旋回式深湖相沉积的地层模式——平衡充填,并深入分析了该套烃源岩的地质地球化学特征和有机质的赋存状态,指出旋回式深湖相烃源岩与浊积砂和前三角洲砂体主要以交互式或包裹式构成最佳生储配置关系,有利于隐蔽油气藏的形成。     

柴达木盆地咸湖相生油岩正构烷烃分布特征及其成因

柴达木盆地西部第三系咸水湖相生油岩样品分析资料表明，不同沉积相带生油岩正构烷烃系列有三种碳数分布模式。深湖相生油岩在C18－C28范围呈明显的偶碳数优势，而＞C28范围无碳数优势；滨浅湖相样品在整个碳数范围内呈奇碳数优势分布；过渡相带地层正构烷烃在中碳数范围呈偶碳数优势分布，而高碳数（＞C23）部分为奇碳数优势分布。经不同沉积相带样品之间的沉积环境地球化学指标和碳酸盐含量比较发现，本区咸湖相生油岩正构烷烃的分布不取决于沉积环境的氧化还原性和岩石的矿物组成，而主要与沉积相带中的有机质生源组成有关。偶碳数优势分布的正构烷烃成因并非如常规观点解释的那样，由正构脂肪酸、醇类的还原作用或经碳酸盐催化发生β断裂而来，而可能来源于咸化湖泊中的某种嗜盐细菌或其他微生物。     

Lateral variations in sediment composition and bedding in Middle Triassic interplatform basins (Buchenstein Formation, southern Alps, Italy)

ABSTRACT Hemipelagic deposits are widespread in Triassic sequences of the Alpine belt and provide important data for stratigraphy and the study of bedding rhythms. The area of the western and central Dolomites of northern Italy escaped strong alpidic deformation and preserves such deposits in their original palaeogeographic setting. The Buchenstein Formation, the object of this study, was deposited in up to 1000 m deep, Middle Triassic interplatform basins, which extend over an area of 500 km² within the Dolomites. Excellent outcrops and volcaniclastic markers allow a detailed correlation of the formation in both laminated (anoxic) and bioturbated facies down to a bed scale, and show its relationship to coeval carbonate platforms. Correlation of lithostratigraphically well‐constrained intervals in the bioturbated facies reveal that lateral thickening and thinning of the deposits depends on the amount of shallow‐water debris in the succession and is a function of the distance to coeval carbonate platform sources. In the laminated background deposit, thickness variations in limestones and marls parallel the thickness variations in ash layers, and were caused by local redeposition of sediment on the basin floor. Lateral persistence of laminae indicates that bottom currents were weak in the Buchenstein basin, but were able to redeposit mud in a significant way. In the area around Seceda and Geisler (western Dolomites), a lateral transition from dark‐grey laminated to grey bioturbated to red bioturbated facies is observed, which is probably linked to local relief with different oxygenation conditions on the sea floor. A comparison shows that decimetre‐scale bedding is preserved in all facies types and that the bedding rhythm is partly the result of different cementation of the sediment during early diagenesis. Correlation of individual layers in the bioturbated facies reveals that beds are thicker and enriched in lime mud in the western part of the basin, and decrease in thickness and contain less micrite towards the east, further away from the main shallow‐water areas. Nearslope calciturbidites change gradually from distinct layers into lateral arrays of micrite nodules and bands further out in the basin. These observations point to a platform source of lime mud in the Buchenstein basin.     

地层基准面研究概述

根据研究目的和内容的差异，形成了基准面研究的两个派别——地貌基准面和地层基准面。基准面的一个升降周期形成了一个基准面旋回，这种基准面旋回性导致了该旋回周期的特有岩石地层单元；而在不同的地质历史中，基准面旋回级别不一样，形成了不同级别的基准面旋回，控制了不同级别岩石地层单元的记录特征。同时在一个基准面升降旋回过程中，决定了沉积可容空间的大小，进而控制了沉积物的叠置模式。但基准面的形成和控制因素亟需进一步深入研究。