Seismic parameters controlling far-field tsunami amplitudes: A review

We present a review of the influence of various parameters of the sources of major oceanic earthquakes on the amplitude of tsunamis at transoceanic distances. We base our computations on the normal mode formalism, applied to realistic Earth models, but interpret our principal results in the simpler framework of Haskell theory in the case of a water layer over a Poisson half-space. Our results show that source depth and focal geometry play only a limited role in controlling the amplitude of the tsunami; their combined influence reaches at most 1 order of magnitude down to a depth of 150 km into the hard rock. More important are the effects of directivity due to rupture propagation along the fault, which for large earthquakes can result in a ten-fold decrease in tsunami amplitude by destructive interference, and the possibility of enhanced tsunami excitation in material with weaker elastic properties, such as sedimentary layers. Modelling of the so-called tsunami earthquakes suggests that an event for which 10% of the moment release takes place in sediments generates a tsunami 10 times larger than its seismic moment would suggest. We also investigate the properties of non-double couple sources and find that their relative excitation of tsunamis and Rayleigh waves is in general comparable to that of regular seismic sources. In particular, landslides involving weak sediments could result in very large tsunamis. Finally, we emphasize that the final amplitude at a receiving shore can be strongly affected by focusing and defocusing effects, due to variations in bathymetry along the path of the tsunami.     

内蒙古狼山地区的层控铀矿及其控制因素的卫片影象模式

狼山地区广泛分布着花岗岩型铀矿化和砂岩型铀矿化。本文通过对该区的遥感地质综合解译,重点研究了几个含铀盆地的砂岩型铀矿化成矿特点及其通感图象的影象特征,发现广布于早白垩世断陷盆地的砂岩型铀矿化是一典型的层控型铀矿。并通过区域构造型式的研究,强调了弧形构造的断块活动特征及其对含铀盆地和含矿层分布的控制作用;揭示了弧形构造的后期活动和环形构造、北北东向线性构造与铀矿化的再造关系。从而得出砂岩铀矿化是受地层岩相和弧、环、线构造“四位一体”条件控制的新认识。该矿化在MSS图象上呈现一定的影象特征,据此,本文概括出本区层控铀矿的影象模式。     

303地区铀矿成矿地质条件分析

木文指出:303地区铀矿成矿的物源主要来自盆地北部、东北部、西北部的碳硅泥岩和含矿主岩本身;有机碳是铀的主要沉淀剂和富集剂;矿化形成于氧化-还原过渡带和弱还原带中;成矿年龄为124—107Ma,属成岩成矿为主的层控矿床。     

Preliminary results of seismic hazard assessment in the Sannio-Matese area of Southern Italy

The seismic hazard in the Sannio-Matese area has been worked out by a modification of the McGuire (1976) computing programme, taking into account the influence of nine potential seismic source zones.The method uses truncated-quadratic intensity-frequency distribution and azimuth-dependent intensity attenuation derived from isoseismal maps for each of the seismogenetic sources. A new modification has been introduced to take into account different decay of the intensity in the near (to VIII degree) and far (from VIII degree) field.Different assumptions about maximum possible intensities and truncation of intensity-frequency laws are used to evaluate the effects of the uncertainties on the computed hazard at high intensities. Intensities associated with different level of annual probability are computed for five test sites in the considered area. Maps displaying the expected intensity for a mean return period of 500 years (pa 0.002) are presented and compared with observed intensities.Presented at the XXIst General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Symposium on Methods of Seismic Hazard Assessment in Europe, Sofia, 23–27 August 1988.     

中国铀资源特点及找矿方向

中国铀矿地质勘查工作,在50年代中期为矿山建设提供了第一批可资利用的铀矿储量;60年代中国至70年代中期,使东南地区成为最重要的铀矿资源基地;70年代中期以来,展现了中国东北部找铀矿的巨大潜力,南部也取得了好的成果。中国铀矿资源时空分布和产出的特征是:矿床分布广泛,地区间差异明显;矿床产出时代新,矿床以中小规模为主,矿石平均品位中等;矿床以围岩分类:花岗岩型、火山岩型(占总储量的61％),砂岩型(占21％),碳硅泥岩型(占13％)。借鉴西方国家70年代以来该项工怍飞速发展及重大突破的经验,为保证中国铀矿勘查工作长期稳步发展,有大的突破,必须加强西部地区的区调普查,实现找矿中心的战略转移。为此,近期我们要做好以下工作:调整队伍部署,提高技术素质;加强经济评价,做好宏观调控;加强资源评价,制定勘查规划;依靠科技进步,实现铀矿勘查工作的现代化。     

红石泉铀矿床黑云母与晶质铀矿同步富集作用探讨

红石泉铀矿床是以岩浆气成热液成矿作用占主导地位的复成因型铀矿床。研究结果表明,黑云母的结晶时间明显晚于伟晶状白岗岩中的长石、石英等主要造岩矿物,这是由白岗质 岩浆本身的物质成分和物理化学条件所决定的。岩体边缘的黑云母与晶质铀矿同步富集作用是以元素地球化学和矿物热力学作用为主导的地质作用。黑云母与晶质铀矿结晶时间相近,具有一定的成因联系,并且,其组份具有明显的亲缘性是二者密切共生的原因。     

铀矿层真实厚度的确定和最佳测井点距

本文讨论了最佳测井点距的选择原理,其最佳值大致为8-12.5cm.并从原理上分析了矿层解释厚度增大的主要原因:根据离散测量值所作的分层解释结果必然导致矿层解释厚度的增大.大量的模型测量结果完全证实了理论分析的正确性,并且还提出了合适的解决办法.     

多元信息分析技术在460地区深层构造研究及找矿中的应用

在华北地台北缘中新生代火山岩发育区,发现大型铀钼矿床,其外围被第四系广泛覆盖。为了进一步扩大找矿,我们采用了以遥感图象、地质图件、航磁、航放资料为基础信息的多元信息计算机综合分析技术。通过已知成矿模式的建立,对与成矿有关的地质体与基础信息源之间的相关性研究,对这些相关信息在图像处理系统中进行的组合显示分析,从而确立了各类地质体及控矿地质要素复合集聚区的多参数影像模型;查明了它们的空间分布规律;圈出了5个主体火山机构;发现了大规模蚀变带及其与铀矿化异常之间的空间相关关系。据此编制出反映该区成矿地质环境的第四系覆盖层下深部地质构造影像图及成矿远景区影像图,在某一远景区内用航空彩色红外图像及侧视雷达图像进行解译,圈定了5个隐伏次火山岩体。经钻探验证了它们的存在并发现工业铀矿化。这一切都为已知矿区的外围扩大找矿工作起了指导作用。     

对“康滇地轴”轴成矿环境的初步探讨

本文是根据“康滇地轴”的地壳演化历史和铀的地球化学特性来探讨“康滇地轴”的铀成矿环境,认为“康滇地轴”既有有利于铀成矿的地质环境和条件,又有不利的因素,因此,应加强基础地质研究,以各种成矿理论为指导选择有利地段,对“康滇地轴”进行第2轮找矿。     

Reliability of inexpensive charcoal and alpha-track radon monitors

A comparison between single short-term radon measurements and annual radon measurements in basements shows that significant uncertainties should be associated with the short-term measurements. Activated charcoal radon monitors which measure radon over a 3 to 7 day interval yield measurements that should carry a ± 90% uncertainty in terms of estimating annual radon concentration. Alpha-track radon monitors which measure radon over a 3 month interval should carry a ± 30% uncertainty. Decisions about home purchases, home remediation and the development of risk characterizations may often be incorrect if currently popular but unrealistically low estimates of uncertainty are applied to short-term radon measurements. Optimal results are obtained from year-long alpha-track measurements.