A ‘mathematical’ spider living on gravel plains of the Namib Desert

In certain areas of the Namib gravel plains a new Ariadna sp. was discovered. It rims its vertical burrow with a stone circle, made on average of seven quartz stones. Some mathematical relationships between hole diameter, stone sizes and weight, and animal size were studied. A correlation was found, and stone selection by this spider postulated. Different hypotheses on the adaptive value of stone circle are suggested.     

红层砾石组分是区域地层对比的良好标志──以赣西北中─晚第三纪的砂砾岩为例

根据赣西北中─晚第三纪陆相紫红色砂砾岩岩性横向上不太稳定的特点，提出砾石成分的来源和成因特征可作为区域地层对比的标志，因为砾石成分作为风化和搬运的最终产物，它与基底母岩区是密不可分，又相互影响。     

北京周口店地区Ⅳ阶地砾石层的发现及其意义

周口店河谷地区发现古宽谷地形及其相关的沉积物——Ⅳ阶地砾石层。砾石层形成于早更新世,是地表槽状流水作用的结果,命名为“捐兵湾组”。此地层的发现完善了周口店地区晚新生代地层系统,为重建北京猿人先期的古地理环境提供了科学依据。     

新疆库木库里盆地铜矿地质特征及找矿前景

新疆库木库里盆地砂砾岩型铜矿带位于东昆仑成矿带西段东昆中断裂北侧新生代陆相盆地中 ,与西部且末县嘎其哥洛德和克孜勒小型砂砾岩型铜矿组成近2 0 0km长的大型砂砾岩型铜矿化带。铜矿化赋存于石马沟组上段 (E3 S1)砂岩中。围岩中铜含量一般低于地壳丰度值 ,南部火箭山地区发现有斑岩型铜矿化、昆中结合带也发现规模巨大的铜矿化带 ,它们可能是本区铜矿化的矿源层。铜矿化呈透镜状、似层状 ,剖面上已发现三层铜矿化 ,其中上部铜矿化较好。地表氧化矿石矿物组合简单 ;矿石构造为条带状、浸染状、团块状 ,填隙结构。铜矿化受湖泊三角洲相、三角洲前缘亚相的近岸砂坝、远岸砂坝的砂体控制。     

关于南国冰臼群成因的商榷之二

南国冰臼群分布区大量冰川堆积、冰川条痕石及变形砾石的发现，再次有力地证明是“冰臼”不是“壶穴”的正确结论，由冰川漂砾经融冻作用形成的“石海”，与化学风化作用产生的花岗岩“石蛋”地貌特征，有天渊之别，不应混为一谈；边滩是由河流冲积物组成，不能与基岩冰床相提并论；圆滚水钻与急流旋涡及风蚀作用，形成的动力学性质、方向和方式完全不同，不该阴错阳差；节理、构造只影响冰臼的形态和发育程度，不是控制形成的动力学性质、方向和方式完全不同，不该阴错阳差；节理、构造只影响冰臼的形态和发育程度，不是控制冰臼的发育部位，不致于是非不辨，南国地区古冰川遗迹的大量发现，证明距今约二三百万年的第四纪早期确实曾发生过大规模的古冰川运动，为争论了半个多世纪的中国东部中低山区有无第四纪冰川问题，从此画上一个圆满的句号。     

碎石桩法与强夯法联合工艺处理软土地基应用研究

就碎石桩法与强夯法结合处理软土地基工艺的机理作一探讨，并结合工程实例，，就实际存在的几点问题进行了讨论。     

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of boundary roughness in gravel‐bed rivers: an investigation of the effects of random variability in bed elevation

Results from a series of numerical simulations of two‐dimensional open‐channel flow, conducted using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT, are compared with data quantifying the mean and turbulent characteristics of open‐channel flow over two contrasting gravel beds. Boundary roughness effects are represented using both the conventional wall function approach and a random elevation model that simulates the effects of supra‐grid‐scale roughness elements (e.g. particle clusters and small bedforms). Results obtained using the random elevation model are characterized by a peak in turbulent kinetic energy located well above the bed (typically at y/h = 0·1–0·3). This is consistent with the field data and in contrast to the results obtained using the wall function approach for which maximum turbulent kinetic energy levels occur at the bed. Use of the random elevation model to represent supra‐grid‐scale roughness also allows a reduction in the height of the near‐bed mesh cell and therefore offers some potential to overcome problems experienced by the wall function approach in flows characterized by high relative roughness. Despite these benefits, the results of simulations conducted using the random elevation model are sensitive to the horizontal and vertical mesh resolution. Increasing the horizontal mesh resolution results in an increase in the near‐bed velocity gradient and turbulent kinetic energy, effectively roughening the bed. Varying the vertical resolution of the mesh has little effect on simulated mean velocity profiles, but results in substantial changes to the shape of the turbulent kinetic energy profile. These findings have significant implications for the application of CFD within natural gravel‐bed channels, particularly with regard to issues of topographic data collection, roughness parameterization and the derivation of mesh‐independent solutions. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Three‐dimensional flow structure around small‐scale bedforms in a simulated gravel‐bed environment

Pebble clusters are common small‐scale morphological features in gravel‐bed rivers, occupying as much as 10 per cent of the bed surface. Important links exist between the presence of pebble clusters and the development of flow structures. These links are poorly understood at the three‐dimensional level. Particularly neglected has been the effect of clusters on the lateral flow characteristics. A laboratory study was conducted using a hydraulic flume, within which simulated pebble clusters were superimposed onto a plane bed of gravel material. High‐resolution three‐dimensional flow data were collected above the bed at two different flow depths using an acoustic Doppler velocimeter. The results present evidence of the importance of lateral flow in the development of turbulent flow structure. Narrow regions of high lateral and downstream turbulence intensity exist to both sides of clusters and in a three‐dimensional separation zone in their lee. This may indicate the presence of horseshoe‐type vortical structures analogous to those identified in less hydraulically rough environments. However, it is likely that these structures are more complicated given the mutual interference of the surrounding medium. The lateral flow was also identified as a key component in the upwelling identified by other authors in the lee of pebble clusters. The results of the vertical flow analysis confirm the hypothesis that six regions with distinct vertical flow characteristics exist above clusters: flow acceleration up the stoss‐side of the cluster; recirculation behind the cluster in the wake region; vortex shedding from the pebble crest and shear layer; flow reattachment downstream of the cluster; upwelling of flow downstream of the point of reattachment; and recovery of flow. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

大庆深部致密砂砾岩含气储层产能预测

气层产能预测是气藏工程研究中用于指导气井以及气田合理生产的重要工作和任务,它在气田整体评价和高效开发进程中具有很强的预见性和主动性。讨论了大庆深部致密砂砾岩含气储层的产能与测井响应之间的关系,探讨了根据测井资料应用人工神经网络技术预测含气储层产能的方法。利用已知气井测试结果和测井资料作为网络的训练样本。根据网络学习训练结果,输入储集层的测井资料等静态参数,可预测该储集层的产能。根据这种关系采用神经网络技术实现了测井对产能的预测评价,从而为大庆深部致密砂砾岩含气储层的开发提供了一定的依据。     

碎石土地基湿陷性研究

主要以甘南330 kV变电所碎石土地基的现场浸水载荷试验和室内实验为基础,根据湿陷变形的特征,分析了影响碎石土地基湿陷变形的主要影响因素,探讨了碎石土地基的湿陷机理。认为碎石等大骨架颗粒与细粒胶结物相填充的特殊结构是碎石土地基湿陷最主要的原因。碎石土由于浸水骨架颗粒之间抗剪、抗压强度降低而导致碎石土结构破坏,随之填充在骨架颗粒之间的细颗粒产生二次湿陷,两者引起土体体积减小所导致。