The disastrous 23 July 2009 debris flow in Xiangshui Gully, Kangding County, Southwestern China

On 23 July 2009, a catastrophic debris flows were triggered by heavy rainfall in Xiangshui gully, Kangding county, southwestern China. This debris flow originating shortly after a rainstorm with an intensity of 28 mm per hour transported a total volume of more than 480×103 m3 debris, depositing the poorly sorted sediment including boulders up to 2-3 m in diameter both onto an existing debris fans and into the river. Our primary objective for this study was to analyze the characteristics of the triggering ra...     

Effects of grazing and climate change on sandy grassland ecosystems in Inner Mongolia

To understand the effects of grazing activities and climate change on sandy grassland ecosystems in northern China, a livestock field grazing and enclosure experiment was conducted from 1992 to 2006 in Horqin Sand Land, Inner Mongolia. The results showed that sustained heavy grazing resulted in serious degradation of the vegetation; moderate grazing can maintain vegetation stabilization; and light grazing can promote rapid restoration of degraded vegetation. The livestock productivity was the highest in the moderate grazing grassland, and sustained heavy grazing resulted in rapid decrease of the livestock productivity. Heavy grazing can cause a retrogressive succession of grassland vegetation, whereas moderate and light grazing may promote progressive succession of plant species. The effects of changing climate on succession processes were not significant in the short term; a warm-humid climate is favorable to restoration of degraded vegetation, whereas a sustained warm-drought climate may result in degradation of grassland vegetation. Heavy livestock grazing should be stopped for the sustainable use of grassland; the proper grazing intensity for sandy grassland is two to three sheep or sheep equivalents per hectare in Inner Mongolia.     

厦门新阳工业区工程场地地震危险性分析

本文通过区域地震活动性的研究，运用危险性概率计算模型，对工程场地进行了地震危险性分析计算。根据一般工业与民用建筑抗震设计规范５０年超越１０％概率的要求。确定出场地的基本烈度和最大基岩峰加速度值。     

On Franck-Condon factors and intensity distributions in some band systems of I2, NS and PS molecules

Potential curves for theB andX states of I₂, NS and PS have been obtained by Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) method. From these RKR potentials, Franck-Condon factors (FCFs) lot the above band systems have been calculated using the best available molecular constants, tested for accuracy on the electronic transition moment (ETM)-r-centroid curve in the case of I₂ and used in the study of observed abnormal intensity distribution in some bands of NS. A brief outline of the method used in the calculations of the FCFs is given.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Main Street: Northeastern Oregon: The Founding and Development of Small Towns . Barbara Ruth Bailey . Food Politics: The Regional Conflict . David N. Balaam and Michael J. Carey , eds. The International Economy and Industrial Development: Trade and Investment in the Third World . R. Ballance , J. Ansari and H. Singer . Neighborhoods in Urban America . Ronald H. Bayor , ed. The English Heartland . By Robert Beckinsale and Monica Beckinsale . Regional Dimensions of Industrial Policy . Michael E. Bell and Paul S. Lande , eds. Tension Areas of the World . D. Gordon Bennett , ed. Latin America: an Introductory Survey . B. W. Blouet and O. M. Blouet , eds. Integration and Division: Geographical Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Problem . Frederick W. Boal and J. Neville H. Douglas , eds. Energy and Land Use . Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin , eds. Slopes and Weathering . Michael Clarke and John Small . Alaska's Rural Development . Peter G. Cornwall and Gerald Mc Beath , eds. The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America . Galen Cranz . World Congress on Land Policy, 1980, Proceedings . Matthew Cullen and Sharon Woolery , eds. Oregon Divided: A Regional Geography . Samuel N. Dicken and Emily F. Dicken . Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development . T. Scarlett Epstein . South Africa: Spatial Frameworks for Development . T. J. D. Fair . Institutions and Geographical Patterns . Robin Flowerdew , ed. Industrialization of U.S. Agriculture, An Interpretive Atlas . Howard F. Gregor . Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980s . Patsy Healy , Glen Mc Dougall and Michael J. Thomas , eds. Neighborhood Mobilization: Redevelopment and Response . Jeffrey R. Henig . The American Urban System: A Geographical Perspective . R. J. Johnston . Climate, History and the Modern World . Hubert H. Lamb . Climate and History: Studies in Past Climates and Their Impact on Man . T. M. L. Wigley , M. J. Ingram and G. Farmer . China: Railways and Agricultural Development, 1875–1935 . Ernest P. Liang . A Desirable Energy Future—A National Perspective . Robert S. Livingston , T. D. Anderson , T. M. Besmann , M. Olszewski , A. M. Perry , and C. D. West . Topothesia: Essays Presented to T. S. Ó Máille . B. S. Mac Aodha , ed. Transportation for the Poor: Research in Rural Mobility . Hal S. Maggied . Land Uses in American Cities . Harold M. Mayer and Charles R. Haves . Industrial Organisation and Location . Philip Mc Dermott and Michael Taylor . Human Adaptability: an Introduction to Ecological Anthropology . Emilio F. Moran . Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor . Frank Moulaert and Patricia W. Salinas , eds. The Nuclear War Atlas. Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada : Urbanization and Environmental Quality . Isao Orishimo . The Garden of Eden: The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise . John Prest . Earthfire, The Eruption of Mount St. Helens . Charles Rosenfeld and Robert Cooke . Contest for the South China Sea . Marwyn S. Samuels . The Future of the Wetlands: Assessing Visual-Cultural Values . Richard C. Smardon , ed. Tucson: the Life and Times of An American City. C. L. Sonnichsen . The Geography of Multinationals . Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift , eds. Impact of Marine Pollution on Society . Virginia Tippie and Dana Kester . Reviving the Industrial City: the Politics of Urban Renewal in Lyon and Birmingham . Jerry A. Webman . Andean Reflections: Letters from Carl O. Sauer While on a South American Trip under a Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, 1942 . Robert C. West , ed. Cartographic Drawing with Computers . P. Yoeli .     

珙县低山区不同震源作用下斜坡地震动响应

在宜宾市珙县五同村布设斜坡地震动监测仪器,采集兴文县3.1级、珙县4.5级及长宁县4.6级地震数据。对监测剖面上1^#、2^#监测点采集到的珙县余震地震动响应数据进行滤波和校正处理,对比分析震级、高程、方位等因素对斜坡造成的地震响应后认为：1）当地震波的半波长与山体某些特定部位之间的距离接近时,斜坡地形与地震波的波峰产生耦合作用,地形放大效应显著,达到参考点的2.765倍,此处山体更容易产生较大幅度的摇晃,造成山体地质灾害;2）分析珙县4.5级与长宁县4.6级地震得出,当地震波沿特殊部位（如山脊等）传播时,地震加速度及阿里亚斯强度更加显著;3）分析地震加速度变化得出,在地震荷载作用下,随着震级的增大,斜坡的加速度响应也会增大;4）随着高程和震级的变化,监测点的地震加速度和阿里亚斯强度随之变化,高程和震级对斜坡的地震动响应具有放大效应;5）在高程和微地貌的耦合作用下,斜坡地震加速度也具有明显的放大效应。     

2022年6月1日四川芦山6.1级地震应急产品及震源参数初步分析

北京时间2022年6月1日17时0分四川雅安市芦山县(30.37°N,102.94°E)发生6.1级地震,中国地震台网中心于震后3min发布自动速报结果、震后9min发布正式速报结果,同时联合多家单位启动地震应急产品产出工作,共产出震源参数、历史地震、地震构造、震源机制、余震精定位、推测烈度和震源破裂过程等9类应急产品。结果显示,本次地震发生在龙门山断裂带,位于青藏高原巴颜喀拉地块、岷山构造带、川滇构造带的交汇处;震源机制解表明该地震为一次逆冲型事件;余震精定位结果显示余震展布呈近NE向,与震中区域断裂走向基本一致;烈度速报推测极震区烈度达Ⅸ度,区域面积约2km²,Ⅷ度及以上区域总面积约197km²,涉及四镇一乡。     

2022年9月5日四川泸定6.8级地震初步研究结果

北京时间2022年9月5日12时52分四川甘孜州泸定县(29.59°N,102.08°E)发生6.8级地震,中国地震预警网于震后6.1s产出首报预警结果;中国地震台网中心于震后3min发布自动速报结果,震后11min发布正式速报结果,同时联合中国地震局地球物理研究所、地质研究所、地震预测研究所和应急管理部国家自然灾害防治研究院启动地震应急产品产出工作,共产出震源基本参数、历史地震、地震构造、地震矩张量、余震精定位、地震烈度和震源破裂过程等9类应急产品。结合上述应急产品,对本次地震进行了研究,初步刻画了地震的构造环境、震源特征、断层形态和受灾区域,并分析了地震成因。结果表明,本次地震是发生在鲜水河断裂带南东段雪门坎—磨西断裂上的一次倾角近直立的走滑型事件,自起始破裂点向南东破裂,破裂长度约20km,最大滑移点深度约6km。余震精定位结果显示余震呈NW—SE向展布,长度约50km,深度主要集中在3～14km,展布方向与震中区域断裂走向基本一致,主震震中处断层倾角近乎垂直,与震源机制揭示的特征一致。烈度速报推测与地震烈度图显示极震区烈度达Ⅸ度,区域面积约280km²,Ⅷ度及以上区域总面积约505km²,涉及17个乡镇。认为本次地震是青藏高原隆升和高原上地壳物质向南东挤出,导致鲜水河断裂南东段雪门坎—磨西断裂上积累的应力的一次快速释放过程。     

中国东部烈度衰减关系模型研究

本文收集了1990—2021年我国东部地区180次地震等震线数据,采用长、短轴椭圆模型,应用Levenberg-Marquardt法和最小二乘法重新拟合了东部地区的分区地震烈度衰减关系。结果表明,两种回归模型结果保持较好的一致性,在2个分区统计单元内(东北、华北地区与华中、华南地区)地震烈度衰减关系有明显不同,故而应进行不同的分区对待。同时,在我国东部地区,通过与其他学者的地震烈度衰减关系研究成果进行对比,显示本文两种方法的结果可较好地反映烈度衰减的区域特征。选取吉林宁江M5.7、湖北巴东M5.1地震和河北唐山M7.8地震的长、短轴及面积进行计算,通过对比结果可以看出,本文烈度衰减关系计算的结果较同一区域或大区域的计算结果更精准,说明本文结果能反映出东部地区地震震级小而破坏大的特征,适合用于该地区的工程地震研究和应用。本文给出的我国东部地区分区地震烈度衰减关系适用震级范围为面波震级3.0～8.0,距离为0～660km。     

国家地震烈度速报与预警工程建设进展

2010年1月,中国地震局启动国家地震烈度速报与预警工程项目立项建议书编制工作,2015年经国务院常务会议同意后获批,历经可行性研究、初步设计等,于2018年启动项目建设,并计划2023年投入运行,开展试服务。随着项目的实施,在台站观测系统建设、中心建设与集成、定制化软件研发、服务系统建设与拓展等方面取得重要进展。本文结合预警工程的目标、主要内容、技术体系等情况,对预警工程进展进行了介绍,随着项目的建设,部分地区已经开始对外开展地震预警试服务工作,工程完成后将成为我国防震减灾事业核心业务系统。