Flexural deformation controls on Late Quaternary sediment dispersal in the Garo-Rajmahal Gap,NW Bengal Basin

Subsurface deformation is a driver for river path selection when deformation rates become comparable to the autogenic mobility rate of rivers. Here we combine geomorphology, soil and sediment facies analyses, and geophysical data of the Late Quaternary sediments of the central Garo-Rajmahal Gap in Northwest Bengal to link subsurface deformation with surface processes. We show variable sedimentation characteristics, from slow rates (<0.8 mm/year) in the Tista megafan at the foot of the Himalaya to nondeposition at the exposed surface of the Barind Tract to the south, enabling the development of mature soils. Combined subsidence in the Tista fan and uplift of the Barind Tract are consistent with a N-S flexural response of the Indian plate to loading of the Himalaya Mountains given a low value of elastic thickness (15–25 km). Provenance analysis based on bulk strontium concentration suggests a dispersal of sediment consistent with this flexural deformation—in particular the abandonment of the Barind Tract by a Pleistocene Brahmaputra River and the current extents of the Tista megafan lobes. Overall, these results highlight the control by deeply rooted deformation patterns on the routing of sediment by large rivers in foreland settings.     

盐城凹陷朱家墩气田综合化探异常及其地质意义

用酸解烃、顶空气、吸附丝及甲烷碳同位素方法对盐城凹陷朱家墩气田进行了综合油气化探测量,建立了该区这几种方法指标的化探异常模式,在总结已知油气区异常规律的基础上,优化化探方法及指标组合并运用于未知区域,圈定了油气远景靶区。探讨了地表化探异常与石油地质特征的关系,为化探异常的地质解释提供了可借鉴的思路。     

综合物探方法在焦家断裂带南延中的应用

焦家断裂带是山东省胶西北金矿集中区主要的成矿断裂之一,该断裂带南部被第四系严重覆盖,多年探索研究未果。此次利用高精度磁测、视电阻率联合剖面、CSAMT及SIP等多种物探方法,结合区内成矿地质条件,推断出焦家断裂带南延部分隐伏断裂分布情况,即在黄家附近向北至徐村院为一条断裂带( F1),向南分为三条断裂带( F1、F8和F9),其中F1为主断裂,F8、F9为其次级断裂。经钻探验证与物探推断的焦家断裂带南延部分相吻合,为该区下一步金矿勘查提供了找矿方向。     

The exponential decline in saturated hydraulic conductivity with depth: a novel method for exploring its effect on water flow paths and transit time distribution

The strong vertical gradient in soil and subsoil saturated hydraulic conductivity is characteristic feature of the hydrology of catchments. Despite the potential importance of these strong gradients, they have proven difficult to model using robust physically based schemes. This has hampered the testing of hypotheses about the implications of such vertical gradients for subsurface flow paths, residence times and transit time distribution. Here we present a general semi‐analytical solution for the simulation of 2D steady‐state saturated‐unsaturated flow in hillslopes with saturated hydraulic conductivity that declines exponentially with depth. The grid‐free solution satisfies mass balance exactly over the entire saturated and unsaturated zones. The new method provides continuous solutions for head, flow and velocity in both saturated and unsaturated zones without any interpolation process as is common in discrete numerical schemes. This solution efficiently generates flow pathlines and transit time distributions in hillslopes with the assumption of depth‐varying saturated hydraulic conductivity. The model outputs reveal the pronounced effect that changing the strength of the exponential decline in saturated hydraulic conductivity has on the flow pathlines, residence time and transit time distribution. This new steady‐state model may be useful to others for posing hypotheses about how different depth functions for hydraulic conductivity influence catchment hydrological response. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

澳大利亚地球探测计划研究进展

AuScope计划是澳大利亚2007年启动的新一轮的地球探测计划, 其目标是在澳大利亚建立一个从时间到空间, 从地壳到地核, 从地球空间到地质科学范畴内的世界级的研究架构, 包括数据采集、管理、建模和模拟等。在2007年启动以来, 澳大利亚NCRIS资助4280万美元, 其中1580万用来发展一个改进的地理空间参考系统, 2700万用于地球物理探测和地球化学分析。同时, 有超过7000万美元由合作投资者提供。头期赞助的计划项目已经于2011年6月完成。随后教育投资基金(Education Investment Fund)继续给予 2300万美元资助, 主要是建立一个新的澳大利亚地球物理观测系统(Australian Geophysical Observing System), 通过收集新的地表地球空间和深部探测和监测原始数据, 提供人们对澳大利亚现今地壳物理状态的更好理解认识。同时, 项目合作者后期将会在未来投入8200万美元来共同完成AGOS计划的完成。总之, AuScope计划已经超越了初期设想的研究目标, 同时在后期获得资助的AGOS研究中, 将进一步挖掘AuScope计划所获得的数据和成果认识, 并迎合我们对地球物理资源问题的解决, 研究区域主要集中于澳大利亚具有丰富资源的沉积盆地中。     

Contrasting Regional Responses of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall to Exhausted Spring and Concurrently Emerging Summer El Ni?o Events

The inverse relationship between the warm phase of the El Ni?o Southern Oscillation(ENSO) and the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall(ISMR) is well established. Yet, some El Ni?o events that occur in the early months of the year(boreal spring) transform into a neutral phase before the start of summer, whereas others begin in the boreal summer and persist in a positive phase throughout the summer monsoon season. This study investigates the distinct influences of an exhausted spring El Ni?o(springtime)...     

一种SINS/CNS/GNSS组合导航滤波算法

捷联惯性导航系统/天文导航系统/全球导航卫星系统(SINS/CNS/GNSS)构成的组合导航系统可有效提高飞行器的定位精度,而导弹等飞行器常用发射时刻的发射点惯性坐标系作为测量载体飞行的基准.为此,首先在发射惯性坐标系下推导并建立一种简洁的SINS/CNS/GNSS组合导航数学模型,该模型将SINS积分预报姿态四元数误...     

工程物探方法在地质灾害评估中的应用

利用工程物探方法对济南市历城区全民健身中心建设项目铁矿采空区进行了勘查工作,结果表明物探电阻率测深法勘查工作,对铁矿采空区反映效果明显,结合磁测资料与现场调查访问,推测出评估区内的2处隐伏采空区影响范围基本与事实一致。     

地震活动性总体参量Rt在北京及邻区地震预测中的应用

采用地震活动性总体参量R_t方法,研究北京及邻区R_t值在中等地震前随时间的变化特征,分析跟踪地震发生前研究区域地震活动状态,探讨中等地震孕震过程的异常信息的变化特征。结果显示:当R_t值大于阈值0.84时,研究区域地震活动状态比较稳定,发生中等地震的可能性较小;反之,表明地震活动处于不稳定状态,具有发生中等地震的危险。检验R_t值的地震预测效能,预测效果比较理想,利用地震活动状态参量R_t研究北京及邻区地震活动状态,判定中等地震发生的风险性,具有一定预测意义。