Positive and negative impacts of longwall mine subsidence on a sandstone aquifer

 Subsidence due to longwall underground coal mining changes the hydraulic properties, heads, yields, and in some cases the groundwater chemistry of overlying bedrock aquifers. A 7-year study of a sandstone aquifer overlying an active longwall mine in Illinois has supported a comprehensive model of these impacts. Subsidence caused increases in permeability and storativity over the longwall panel. These changes initially caused a major decline in water levels in the sandstone, but the aquifer recovered slightly within a few months and fully within several years after mining. The enhanced hydraulic properties combined with potentiometric recovery resulted in a zone of greater well yield. However, at sites with very poor transmissivity and inadequate recharge pathways, recovery may not occur. Also, at the study site, the physical enhancement was accompanied by a deterioration in groundwater quality from slightly brackish, sodium bicarbonate water to more brackish water with increased sulfate levels. Received: 17 March 1997 · Accepted: 9 September 1997     

泥页岩的X射线衍射定向指数与理化性能及井壁稳定的关系

首次提出了泥页岩Ｘ射线衍射定向指数的测定方法,探讨了定向指数与矿物成分,定向指数与泥页岩理化性能（密度、回收率、膨胀率、阳离子交换容量等）的关系。并在定向指数的基础上,提出了综合指数的概念,然后以定向指数和综合指数为主要依据,对坍塌地层泥页岩进行了分类。这对于钻井工程上研究井壁稳定的机理,预防井壁失稳,具有重要的理论意义和实用价值。     

Lake Winnipeg sediment physical properties: interpretation, composite stratigraphic sections and calibration of acoustic reflection profiles

High resolution sediment physical properties, measured on gravity and piston cores collected during cruises to Lake Winnipeg, include bulk density, acoustic velocity, magnetic susceptibility, shear strength and colour reflectance. The high resolution data are used here to construct complete stratigraphic (composite) sections of Lake Winnipeg sediments from a series of individual, discontinuous cores for the North and South Basins. These composite sections are used to evaluate basin-wide glacial and post-glacial depositional histories and to compare the northern and southern basin histories. In addition, these sections provide a baseline depth reference for interpretation of the biostratigraphy, paleomagnetic record and rock magnetic stratigraphy. Some of the data (density and shear strength) are also be used to estimate sediment stress history for the two major lithostratigraphic units and their variations across the basin.     

土壤风蚀中有关土壤性质因子的研究历史与动向

国外土壤风蚀中有关土壤性质因子的研究历史可分为四个阶段：第一,定性描述阶段;第二,定量实验研究阶段;第三,运用综合因子建立和完善“通用风蚀方程式”阶段;第四,土壤风蚀土壤亚模型和预测系统的建立和动态研究阶段。国内对土壤风蚀的研究起步较晚,对于不同土类的土壤物理化学性质对风蚀的影响尚没有作深入研究。其历史大致可分为二个阶段：第一,野外观测研究;第二,风蚀的半定量实验研究。目前正由半定量向定量化、标准化、国际化以及动态研究方向发展。     

氮迁移转化对地下水硬度升高的影响

城市地下水硬度升高是一个普遍的环境问题,研究表明地下水硬度高值区与硝酸盐污染在空间上的分布具有一致性。通过室内土柱试验和化学热力学模拟,讨论了污水入渗过程中氮迁移转化对水土系统钙镁迁移的影响。结果表明：在连续入渗条件下,阳离子交换作用是控制地下水硬度升高的主要过程;在间歇入渗条件下,硝化作用改变了土水系统的酸碱条件,使钙镁难溶盐溶解,导致地下水硬度升高。     

Physical properties of the triassic host strata and their relations with gold mineralization in Youjiang Rift, South China

Micro-fine disseminated gold deposits are hosted in the Triassic Baipeng Formation (argillaceous siltstone and arenaceous mudstone)in the Youjiang Rift,South China.Physical properties(grain size,specific surface,porosity and permeability)of the host rocks are studied with respect to ore-fluid cirulation,water-rock reaction and the effective volume from which ore-components could be extracted.On this basis,it is considered that the ore-fluid and oremetals were extracted mainly from the strata and hydrothermal solutions,tending to move to wards low-energy sites,depositing their gold in fault zones at the margins of the basin and in the circle fracture systems around underwater uplifts.The gold deposits resulted from the deepcirculation of hydrothermal solutions,Probably aided by multi-stage superimposition The quantites of ore-fluid necessary to form the deposits were estimated.     

煤系岩石工程地质性质指标变异性研究

对山东金山矿区３煤覆岩及底板工程地质性质类型的物理力学性质指标的变异性进行了研究,用Ｋ－Ｓ法进行的概率分布类型拟合检验表明,各指标基本服从正态分布;另外,还对煤系岩石物理力学性质指标的关联性及各向异性特征进行了初步分析,为煤矿工程地质可靠度研究提供了依据。     

Macro- and Micro-physical Characteristics of Different Parts of Mixed Convective-stratiform Clouds and Differences in Their Responses to Seeding

This study investigates the cloud macro- and micro-physical characteristics in the convective and stratiform regions and their different responses to the seeding for mixed convective-stratiform clouds that occurred in Shandong province on 21 May 2018, based on the observations from the aircraft, the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, and the high-resolution Himawari-8 (H8) satellite. The aircraft observations show that convection was deeper and radar echoes were significantly enhanced with higher tops in response to seeding in the convective region. This is linked with the conversion of supercooled liquid droplets to ice crystals with released latent heat, resulting in strengthened updrafts, enhanced radar echoes, higher cloud tops, and more and larger precipitation particles. In contrast, in the stratiform cloud region, after the Silver Iodide (AgI) seeding, the radar echoes become significantly weaker at heights close to the seeding layer, with the echo tops lowered by 1.4–1.7 km. In addition, a hollow structure appears at the height of 6.2–7.8 km with a depth of about 1.6 km and a diameter of about 5.5 km, and features such as icing seeding tracks appear. These suggest that the transformation between droplets and ice particles was accelerated by the seeding in the stratiform part. The NPP and H8 satellites also show that convective activity was stronger in the convective region after seeding; while in the stratiform region, a cloud seeding track with a width of 1–3 km appears 10 km downstream of the seeding layer 15 minutes after the AgI seeding, which moves along the wind direction as width increases.     

黑龙江省龙凤山区域大气本底站气溶胶光学特征分析

利用2010—2020年黑龙江省龙凤山区域大气本底站气溶胶光学特性长期观测资料, 分析并探讨了背景地区气溶胶光学厚度、波长指数、单次散射反照率、粒子体积谱分布以及气溶胶直接辐射强迫效应的变化特征。结果表明: 龙凤山区域气溶胶光学厚度最高值出现在7月, 平均值为0.67;最小值出现在12月、1月和2月, 平均值分别为0.17、0.02和0.18;气溶胶光学厚度在17时达到最高值为0.39。气溶胶波长指数在4—5月最低, 平均值分别为1.20和1.21;12月最高, 平均值为1.74;波长指数在12时达到峰值, 为1.44。单次散射反照率最低值分别出现在4月、8月和10月, 平均值分别为0.84、0.82和0.84;气溶胶单次散射反照率在12时出现峰值, 为0.95。龙凤山区域春季气溶胶粗粒子体积分数最高值出现在5月, 为0.04 μm³·μm^-2, 有效半径为3.85 μm; 夏季气溶胶细粒子体积分数最高值出现在7月, 为0.06 μm³·μm^-2, 有效半径为0.19 μm; 秋冬季龙凤山背景地区气溶胶细粒子和粗粒子体积分数均进一步减小。龙凤山区域地面和大气层顶气溶胶直接辐射强迫最高值均出现在7月, 分别为-94.44 W·m^-2和-22.33 W·m^-2。     

Estimating field‐saturated soil hydraulic conductivity by a simplified Beerkan infiltration experiment

Field‐saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, K_fs, is highly variable. Therefore, interpreting and simulating hydrological processes, such as rainfall excess generation, need a large number of K_fs data even at the plot scale. Simple and reasonably rapid experiments should be carried out in the field. In this investigation, a simple infiltration experiment with a ring inserted shortly into the soil and the estimation of the so‐called α* parameter allowed to obtain an approximate measurement of K_fs. The theoretical approach was tested with reference to 149 sampling points established on Burundian soils. The estimated K_fs with the value of first approximation of α* for most agricultural field soils (α* = 0.012 mm^?1) differed by a practically negligible maximum factor of two from the saturated conductivity obtained by the complete Beerkan Estimation of Soil Transfer parameters (BEST) procedure for soil hydraulic characterization. The measured infiltration curve contained the necessary information to obtain a site‐specific prediction of α*. The empirically derived α* relationship gave similar results for K_fs (mean = 0.085 mm s^?1; coefficient of variation (CV) = 71%) to those obtained with BEST (mean = 0.086 mm s^?1; CV = 67%), and it was also successfully tested with reference to a few Sicilian sampling points, since it yielded a mean and a CV of K_fs (0.0094 mm s^?1 and 102%, respectively) close to the values obtained with BEST (mean = 0.0092 mm s^?1; CV = 113%). The developed method appears attractive due to the extreme simplicity of the experiment. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.