Attributes and uncertainty of dissolved zinc data from a mined catchment

This study evaluated the attributes and uncertainty of non‐point source pollution data derived from synoptic surveys in a catchment affected by inactive metal mines in order to help to identify and select appropriate methods for data analysis/reporting and information use. Dissolved zinc data from the Upper Animas River Basin, Colorado, USA, were the focus of the study. Zinc was evaluated because concentrations were highest relative to national water quality criteria for brown trout, and zinc had the greatest frequency of criteria exceedances compared with other metals. Data attributes evaluated included measurement and model error, sample size, non‐normality, seasonality and uncertainty. The average measurement errors for discharges, concentrations and loadings were 0·15, 0·1 and 0·18, respectively. The 90 and 95% coefficients of confidence intervals for mean concentrations based on a sample size of four were 0·48 and 0·65, respectively, and ranged between 0·15 and 0·23 for sample sizes greater than 40. Aggregation of data from multiple stations decreased the confidence intervals significantly, but additional aggregation of all data increased them as a result of increasing spatial variability. Unit area loading data were approximately log‐normal. Concentration data were right‐skewed but not log‐normal. Differences in median concentrations were appreciable between snowmelt and both storm flow and baseflow, but not between storm flow and baseflow. Differences in unit area loadings between all flow events were large. It was determined that the average concentration and unit area loading values should be estimated for each flow event because of significant seasonality. Time weighted values generally should be computed if annual information is required. The confidence in average concentrations and unit area loadings is dependent on the computation method used. Both concentrations and loadings can be significantly underestimated on an annual basis when using data from synoptic surveys if the first flush of contaminants during the initial snowmelt runoff period is not sampled. The ambient standard for dissolved zinc for all events was estimated as 1600 μg l⁻¹ using the 85th percentile of observed concentration data, with a 90% confidence interval width of 200 μg l⁻¹. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

武定地震序列的震源参数与频率特征

利用武定地震序列数字化记录地震图资料研究了直接用速度谱和位移谱测定地震矩的方法,结果给出前者的误差比后者小５０％,两者无系统差。对序列地震震源参数的研究结果给出,地震矩Ｍ０在１０１２～１０１６（Ｎ·ｍ）之间,震源破裂半径ａ在１００～３５０ｍ范围,震源距ｒ或震级ＭＬ与近场波谱拐角频率ｆ０相关性不明显,序列地震应力降Δσ多数在１０～８０ＭＰａ的范围,表明武定地震序列是在高应力背景下发生的爆发性地震群。     

Non-point source pollution estimation in the Pingqiao River Basin,China, using a spatial hydrograph-separation approach

For efficient and targeted management, this study demonstrates a recently developed non-point source (NPS) pollution model for a year-long estimation in the Pingqiao River Basin (22.3 km²) in China. This simple but physically reasonable model estimates NPS export in terms of land use by reflecting spatial hydrological features and source runoff measurements under different land-use types. The NPS export was separately analysed by a distributed hydrological model, a spatial hydrograph-separation technique, and an empirical water quality sub-model. Simulation results suggest that 57 890 kg of total nitrogen (TN) and 1148 kg of total phosphorus (TP) were delivered. The results, validated with observed stream concentrations, show relative errors of 23.3% for TN and 47.4% for TP. Countermeasures for urban areas (5.3% of total area) were prioritized because of the high contribution rate to TN (14.1%) and TP (26.2%) which is caused by the high degree of runoff (8.5%) and pollution source.     

涉县地震台水管倾斜仪常见干扰分析

对于涉县地震台水管倾斜仪观测资料,根据地球物理数据跟踪分析方法,将干扰源按照自然因素、场地环境因素、观测系统、地球物理事件等类型进行分析,并给出数据处理建议。     

Effects of aperture on Marchenko focussing functions and their radiation behaviour at depth

A focussing function is a specially constructed field that focusses on to a purely downgoing pulse at a specified subsurface position upon injection into the medium. Such focussing functions are key ingredients in the Marchenko method and in its applications such as retrieving Green's functions, redatuming, imaging with multiples and synthesizing the response of virtual sources/receiver arrays at depth. In this study, we show how the focussing function and its corresponding focussed response at a specified subsurface position are heavily influenced by the aperture of the source/receiver array at the surface. We describe such effects by considering focussing functions in the context of time-domain imaging, offering explicit connections between time processing and Marchenko focussing. In particular, we show that the focussed response radiates in the direction perpendicular to the line drawn from the centre of the surface data array aperture to the focussed position in the time-imaging domain, that is, in time-migration coordinates. The corresponding direction in the Cartesian domain follows from the sum (superposition) of the time-domain direction and the directional change due to time-to-depth conversion. Therefore, the result from this study provides a better understanding of focussing functions and has implications in applications such as the construction of amplitude-preserving redatuming and imaging, where the directional dependence of the focussed response plays a key role in controlling amplitude distortions.     

云南强震地下流体源兆特征研究

区分源兆与场兆,系地震预测探索中的重要课题。根据云南4组6级以上地震的地下流体前兆异常资料,系统分析了强震源兆的流体前兆异常特征。结果表明,在6级多强震的源兆区,即震中距100 km范围内,异常项目计有水位、水温、水氡、水汞及气汞;以中期、短期异常为主,临震异常很少;源兆异常台站和台项的比例均高于场兆。这些流体源兆特征的认识,可为利用流体异常判断地震危险区提供一定依据。     

小肠空气灌肠双源CT检查与胶囊内镜小肠检查对比研究

目的:探讨小肠空气灌肠双源CT检查对小肠疾病的诊断价值。方法:15例临床怀疑小肠病变的患者,行双源CT检查前或后3天内行胶囊内镜检查。其中,男8例,女7例,年龄最大者42岁,最小者23岁。症状主要为腹痛10例,脓血便4例,不明原因消瘦1例,病程最长4年,最短1月。结果:胶囊内镜未见异常8例,双源CT检查亦未见异常;双源CT诊断克罗恩病4例,与胶囊内镜及临床诊断一致;胶囊内镜可疑肿瘤3例,双源CT发现2例并作出良恶性诊断,其中1例为空肠间质瘤,1例为回肠腺癌,经手术病理证实;仅1例胶囊内镜可疑3cm大小肿瘤,双源CT未见异常,结合MRI检查及临床,证实为假阳性。结论:小肠空气灌肠双源CT检查,不仅可以显示小肠器质性病变范围、与邻近结构的关系,而且可以结合临床鉴别炎性病变与肿瘤性病变,并对肿瘤性病变做出良恶性鉴别;还可以为胶囊内镜所见病变定位及排除假阳性问题。