Observations have been conducted using the Ooty Radio Telescope in order to place constraints on the evolutionary scenario
leading to the formation of the present day superclusters. The experiment attempted to detect 21 cm emission from massive
neutral hydrogen condensates at a redshift ofz = 3.3. In an Einstein de-Sitter universe with baryon density Ω = 0.05, about ten condensates were expected in the volume
surveyed if superclusters, having H I masses ≃5 × 1015M⊙, were the first objects to separate out of the Hubble expansion. The sensitivity of our experiment rules out the existence
of these condensates atz = 3.3 unless their lifetimes are less than one-tenth the dispersion in their epoch of formation or the proto-superclusters
subtend angles greater than 6 arcmin. The result indicates that superclusters form at z > 3.3 if indeed they were the first
objects to condense out of the Hubble flow.
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Runoff coefficients of the source regions of the Huanghe River in 1956–2000 were analyzed in this paper. In the 1990s runoff of Tangnaihai Hydrologic Station of the Huanghe River experienced a serious decrease, which had at- tracted considerable attention. Climate changes have important impact on the water resources availability. From the view of water cycling, runoff coefficients are important indexes of water resources in a particular catchment. Kalinin baseflow separation technique was improved based on the characteristics of precipitation and streamflow. After the separation of runoff coefficient (R/P), baseflow coefficient (Br/P) and direct runoff coefficient (Dr/P) were estimated. Statistic analyses were applied to assessing the impact of precipitation and temperature on runoff coefficients (including Dr/P, Br/P and R/P). The results show that in the source regions of the Huanghe River, mean annual baseflow coefficient was higher than mean annual direct runoff coefficient. Annual runoff coefficients were in direct proportion to annual pre- cipitation and in inverse proportion to annual mean temperature. The decrease of runoff coefficients in the 1990s was closely related to the decrease in precipitation and increase in temperature in the same period. Over different sub-basins of the source regions of the Huanghe River, runoff coefficients responded differently to precipitation and temperature. In the area above Jimai Hydrologic Station where annual mean temperature is –3.9oC, temperature is the main factor in- fluencing the runoff coefficients. Runoff coefficients were in inverse relation to temperature, and precipitation had nearly no impact on runoff coefficients. In subbasin between Jimai and Maqu Hydrologic Station Dr/P was mainly affected by precipitation while R/P and Br/P were both significantly influenced by precipitation and temperature. In the area be-tween Maqu and Tangnaihai hydrologic stations all the three runoff coefficients increased with the rising of annual precipitation, while direct runoff coefficient was inversely proportional to temperature. In the source regions of the Huanghe River with the increase of average annual temperature, the impacts of temperature on runoff coefficients be-come insignificant. 相似文献
Plans to double the proportion of land under forest cover in Ireland by the year 2035 have been initiated. The plan, primarily
financially driven, ignores potential environmental impacts of forestry, particularly impacts on groundwater resources and
quality. Since groundwater supplies almost 25% of Ireland's total potable water, these impacts are important. Field investigations
indicate that afforestation leads to a reduction in runoff by as much as 20%, mainly due to interception of rainfall by forest
canopies. Clearfelling has the opposite impact. Implications are that uncoordinated forestry practices can potentially exacerbate
flooding. Groundwater recharge is affected by forestry, largely due to greater uptake of soil water by trees and to increased
water-holding capacity of forest soils, arising from higher organic contents. Recharge rates under forests can be reduced
to one tenth that under grass or heathland. Groundwater quality may be affected by enhanced acidification and nitrification
under forests, due partly to scavenging of atmospheric pollutants by forest canopies, and partly to greater deposition of
highly acid leaf litter. The slower recharge rates of groundwater under forests lead to significant delays in manifestation
of deterioration in groundwater quality.
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This paper presents an integrated measurement technique based on DC methods (vertical electrical sounding, electrical resistivity tomography) which was used to identify faults and determine their geoelectric parameters in the western part of the Chuya basin. New information on the structure of the Chagan River valley located in the zone of the disastrous 27 September 2003 Chuya earthquake has been obtained from the results of these methods. Geoelectric cross-sections of the sedimentary sequence and the upper part of the basement were obtained from VES data, showing the block structure of the study area. Electrical resistivity tomography sections confirm the presence of a major fault between basement blocks of different heights and indicate the presence of faults bounding the valley on its right side and in the southwestern part. 相似文献