Hydrogeologic controls on summer stream temperatures in the McKenzie River basin,Oregon

Stream temperature is a complex function of energy inputs including solar radiation and latent and sensible heat transfer. In streams where groundwater inputs are significant, energy input through advection can also be an important control on stream temperature. For an individual stream reach, models of stream temperature can take advantage of direct measurement or estimation of these energy inputs for a given river channel environment. Understanding spatial patterns of stream temperature at a landscape scale requires predicting how this environment varies through space, and under different atmospheric conditions. At the landscape scale, air temperature is often used as a surrogate for the dominant controls on stream temperature. In this study we show that, in regions where groundwater inputs are key controls and the degree of groundwater input varies in space, air temperature alone is unlikely to explain within-landscape stream temperature patterns. We illustrate how a geologic template can offer insight into landscape-scale patterns of stream temperature and its predictability from air temperature relationships. We focus on variation in stream temperature within headwater streams within the McKenzie River basin in western Oregon. In this region, as in other areas of the Pacific Northwest, fish sensitivity to summer stream temperatures continues to be a pressing environmental issue. We show that, within the McKenzie, streams which are sourced from deeper groundwater reservoirs versus shallow subsurface flow systems have distinct summer temperature regimes. Groundwater streams are colder, less variable and less sensitive to air temperature variation. We use these results from the western Oregon Cascade hydroclimatic regime to illustrate a conceptual framework for developing regional-scale indicators of stream temperature variation that considers the underlying geologic controls on spatial variation, and the relative roles played by energy and water inputs. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

横断山区地质构造分区

位于青藏高原东南部的横断山区,是我国东部环太平洋区与西部古地中海区间的交接过渡地带,也是我国地质结构最为复杂的一个区域。作者根据1981—1985年在当地考察资料,将本区分出5条具洋壳性质的强变形构造带,2块具陆壳性质的地块,它们相间并列。文章论述了各条块的发育特征及区域演化历史。     

超大型矿床锡矿山锑矿成矿地质条件研究

锡矿山锑矿属世界性的超大型矿床,它赋存在一个独特的构造抬升块中。表层褶皱是重要的控矿构造,基底断裂为主要导矿构造;矿田出露地层水源补给条件较好,是良好的供卤环境,佘田桥组中段为理想的赋矿岩系;硅化岩是锑矿化有利的寄主岩石;成矿物质,来源于矿田深部古水热活动区的前泥盆系;隐伏酸性岩体是古水热活动/循环的理想热源。锡矿山锑矿,是形成于古水热活动区的典型矿床。     

青藏高原北部半岛湖地区英安岩岩石特征及其地质意义

青藏高原北部半岛湖地区英安岩岩石学、岩石化学、岩石地球化学特征指示半岛湖地区所属巴颜喀拉地体的大地构造位置在后中二叠世一段时期内曾经为可能受多岛弧背景影响的活动大陆边缘。     

伊乐藻-草鱼圈养复合生态系统中水生生物的变化和影响

从细菌、浮游植物、浮游动物、底栖动物和有机碎屑等几个方面分析了养鱼对伊乐藻种植区(以下简称为有草区)和无草区水域环境的影响。结果表明:两个区域存在着显著的差异性。有草区由于生长着茂密的水生植被,对环境压迫的缓冲能力增强,水生生物的群落结构较为稳定,物种多样性指数高于无草区,有机物的沉降速率也大大低于无草区。与此相比,无草区对环境压迫的缓冲能力较差,水体浮游植物数量增加,富营养化加剧。通过本项实验可以看出,人工种植伊乐藻对养鱼区水质有着明显地控制作用,是发展生态渔业的一条有效途径。     

树立风险意识,确保地勘单位经济稳定和发展

随着事转企改革步伐的加快,地勘单位正在积极开辟社会地质市场,发展多种经营。参与市场竞争,就会遇到各种风险,为确保地勘单位经济稳定发展,就要建立有效的风险防范机制。     

敦密断裂带的地质特征及演化

敦密断裂带是规模巨大、发育历史悠久、活动期次较多的区域性深大断裂。主要形成于中生代,新生代又继承性活动。该断裂带的启动时间为晚三叠世,休罗纪一白垩纪期间经历多次挤压、拉张及走滑运动,大规模左行平移时间为早白垩世末期,最新一次活动时间是在中更新世。     

营口市滨海大道地质灾害危险性综合评估与防治措施

营口市滨海大道工程属于重要项目,建设用地所处地质环境为中等—复杂区,现状地质灾害主要类型为崩塌灾害。通过对危险性起决定作用的地形条件、地层岩性、构造地震、人类活动4方面因素的分析,该地区地质灾害危险性分级属危险性小级,地质灾害危险性分区属于危险性小区,因而在采取措施条件下适宜路桥建设,并提出了防治措施,为施工建设打下了基础。     

Structural control of the morphometry of open rock basins, Kananaskis region, Canadian Rocky Mountains

The morphometry of chutes (couloirs), rock funnels, and open cirques are related to the structure of dissected rock masses in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Data for ten morphometric variables were derived from digital elevation models of 56 open rock basins. The basins were classified structurally according to the relative orientations of bedding planes and the rock slopes. A hypothesis of no differences in morphometry among structural classes is rejected from the results of nonparametric analysis of variance and paired comparisons of rank scores. Basins on dip and overdip slopes have a distinct size, and those on anaclinal slopes have a distinct width and shape. Variation in morphometry from low compactness and area/relief (chutes) to high compactness and low area/relief (funnels) to high compactness and area/relief (open cirques) corresponds to a change in dominant structure from orthoclinal to dip-overdip to underdip to anaclinal. The dip of bedding planes relative to the slope of rockwalls controls the mode of initial displacement of joint blocks and, thereby, the spatial distribution of the retreat of rockwalls. The angle between the rock slope and the strike of dipping strata determines whether beds of differing stability form chutes and buttresses (orthoclinal slopes), or extend across rockwalls (cataclinal and anaclinal slopes) and retreat at similar rates to form funnels and open cirques. The optimal structure for large compact rock basins is anaclinal, and the least favourable is cataclinal dip-overdip slopes. Topoclimate and other geologic structures may account for variance in morphometry not explained by differences among structural classes.     

高分辨率遥感影像在岩墙地质体信息提取中的应用

高分辨率遥感影像可明显表现地物的几何结构和纹理特征,从而使得在较小空间尺度上观察地物细节变化、进行大比例尺遥感制图成为可能。利用高分辨率QuickBird遥感影像,对新疆巴楚县麻扎尔塔格山地区的岩墙进行计算机辅助地质解译,共获得1227条岩墙。结合GIS空间分析方法获得了解译岩墙长度、走向分布等特征。结果表明:该地区76%的解译岩墙走向为NNW(135°~180°);QuickBird能够满足1∶2.5万地质调查的要求;通过地质分析综合解译结果获得了麻扎尔塔格岩体内部存在发育岩墙、岩墙形成应晚于内部的正长岩体的新认识。探讨并验证了高分辨率遥感影像在中小规模地质体解译中的可行性和有效性。