Measuring channel and gully cross-sections with an airborne laser altimeter

A laser altimeter, making 4000 measurements per second, was used to measure channel and gully morphology. The laser measurements provide quick, accurate and readily obtained data on the cross-section and morphology of channels and gullies in relation to the adjacent landscape. Although ground based techniques can be used to make these measurements, using a laser altimeter mounted in an aircraft allows data to be collected faster, with greater density and detail, and in areas with limited access for ground surveys. The laser altimeter data are valuable for measuring channel and gully cross-sections and roughness in relation to the surrounding landscape, for assessing soil loss from gullies and channels, and for providing input to the understanding of gully and channel dynamics in the landscape.     

Morphology and geometry of Valles Marineris landslides

The walls of the Valles Marineris canyons are affected by about 45 landslides. The study of these landslides provides a test of the hypothesis of processes having affected Martian wallslopes after their formation. The dynamics of Valles Marineris landslides are controversial : either the landslides are interpreted as large debris flows or as dry rock avalanches. Their morphology and their topography are basic parameters to understand their dynamics. From topographic MOLA data and remote sensing images acquired with different spatial resolutions (Viking, THEMIS, MOC), the 3D geometry of 45 landslides of Valles Marineris has been studied. The landslides have been classified in 3 geomorphologic classes from the topography of the landslide deposits: the “chaotic” landslides without well identified structures, the “structured deposit without debris aprons” landslides with tectonic structures and small roughness at the deposit front and the “structured deposit with debris aprons” which display circular normal faults at the back of the deposit and several debris aprons at the front of the landslide. The spatial distribution of the three morphological types is in relation with the confinement of the canyons. The initial volume and the total deposited volume were also measured to compute volume balances. The deposited volumes range from 50 to . All volume balances display a maximum deficit ranging from 5% to 70%. The landslides with the largest deficits take place within an enclosed-canyon (Hebes Chasma). Lacking material exportation, these deficits could be interpreted as reflecting the porosity of the landslide source. This fact is in agreement with the hypothesis of a karstic origin of these enclosed-canyons. The Valles Marineris landslides have large mobilities (length/vertical drop) ranging from 1.8 to 12 implying low coefficients of friction and so fluidization mechanisms. The possible filling up of the porosity by volatile could be compatible with the fluidization patterns of Valles Marineris landslides.     

基于数学形态学方法的街道数据提取算法

数学形态学用具有一定形态的结构元素去度量和提取图像中的对应形态以达到对图像分析和识别的目的。其中细化是处理线状二值图像的一种重要技术,它可以把二值图像区域缩成线条,以逼近区域的中心线,极大地减少图像中的冗余信息量,以便进一步分析和识别。本文研究了通过击中变换实现的骨架线提取算法,并将其应用于城市居民地的街网数据提取,取得了较好的实验效果。     

两种珍稀鱼类的形态学和生态学的补充研究

通过形态学比较研究和饲养生态学的观察,作者补充了细刺鱼牙齿结构特征和条石鲷的体色、鳍色的形态学特点,探讨了这两种鱼类的生态习性和１９９８ 年在青岛海域出现的原因。进行２～３ 个月的饲养实验后,得到细刺鱼月均增长量为１０．３％ ,条石鲷为１４．６％ 而明显高于同池饲养六线鱼的结果。鉴于两种鱼类彩色艳丽、游姿优美,具观赏价值,为此建议可将这两种鱼作为海水养殖或观赏鱼类的实验对象     

中国大范围雷暴大风事件(Derechos)研究:时空分布、环境背景和对流系统形态特征

基于2002—2019年高空、地面常规观测资料,卫星云图,部分新一代天气雷达单站资料以及2009年以后的中国雷达拼图资料,采用个例筛选与统计、动态合成分析、层次聚类和雷达图分析等方法,对发生在中国的大范围雷暴大风事件(Derechos)的时空分布、环境背景和对流系统形态特征进行了分析.结果表明:(1)Derechos事...     

大菱鲆（Scophthalmus maximus）胚胎发育的形态学和组织学研究

采用显微镜和连续切片技术,观察了大菱鲆胚胎发育阶段的形态学和组织学特征。结果表明,大菱鲆胚胎发育主要经历6个时期;在14℃,胚体经108h即可孵化出膜。胚胎在64细胞期出现纬裂,分裂球分化为外层的包被层和内部的深层细胞;多细胞期形成卵黄合胞体层;低囊胚期形成囊胚腔。受精后26h30min胚盾出现。胚盘下包65%时,头突...     

Defining the concept of stratigraphic grade and applying it to stratal (reservoir) architecture and evolution of the slope-to-basin profile: An outcrop perspective

Stratigraphic grade is the similarity of the morphology of successive slope-to-basin profiles in a genetically related depositional system. In this article we use data collected from regional cross-sections of six depositional systems, stratal architecture derived from outcrops of the Lewis Shale (Wyoming, USA), and the Ross Sandstone (Ireland), and supplementary outcrop and subsurface data from other depositional systems to determine how stratigraphic grade relates to stratal (reservoir) architecture in deepwater systems.Four methods are developed that collectively define stratigraphic grade: (1) regional stacking patterns of fourth-order stratigraphic surfaces, (2) the relationship between the trajectory of the shelf edge (T_se) and the trajectory of the depocenter (T_d) for fourth-order stratigraphic units, (3) morphology of the slope-to-basin profiles of fourth-order stratigraphic surfaces, and (4) the similarity of the morphologies of slope-to-basin profiles of fourth-order surfaces in a system (σ_s, σ_r). Several characteristics of stratigraphic (reservoir) architecture of fourth-order stratigraphic cycles are related to stratigraphic grade: (1) longitudinal distribution of sandstone in fourth-order cycles, (2) location of maximum sandstone relative to the depocenter of fourth-order cycles, (3) lengths of fourth-order submarine fans, and (4) longitudinal and vertical distribution of architectural elements. Stratigraphic grade is thus a predictor of reservoir architecture and can thereby be used to reduce the uncertainty in the interpretation of subsurface data.The concept of stratigraphic grade is useful in understanding the stratigraphic evolution of deepwater systems. Most deepwater systems analyzed in this study initiated as out-of-grade and temporally evolved to graded systems over a time span of millions of years. Systems rarely evolve from graded to out-of-grade. First-order controls on stratigraphic grade are determined to be angle of slope, tectonically forced changes in angle of slope during deposition, and sediment supply.     

Late Cenomanian–Early Turonian ammonites of the southern Tethys margin from Morocco to Oman: Biostratigraphy,paleobiogeography and morphology

The Cenomanian–Turonian ammonite biostratigraphical framework for the southern Tethys margin (North Africa, Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula) is becoming better understood. A first attempt at a synthetic range chart is presented, with 85 taxa and precise correlations for ammonites along a west–east transect from Morocco to Oman, inclusive of the Trans-Saharan Seaway as far south as northern Nigeria. On the basis of a critical review of ammonite taxonomy, 13 bioevents can be identified in the interval from the Late Cenomanian to the Early Turonian (c. 3.5 myr) with each bioevent corresponding to a time interval of approximately 270,000 years, on average. They are consistent throughout several regions along the southern Tethys margin, though some gaps remain, at least at the stage boundary. These bioevents are correlated with the zonation defined for the stratotype (GSSP) of the base of the Turonian in the Western Interior (USA). The paleobiogeographic distribution of ammonites reveals some endemism but the predominant picture is that of a homogeneous fauna throughout the area, even though distinct Boreal and Western Tethys (Atlantic domain) marine influences are evident. An interpretation of the evolution of conch morphology and ornamentation through the zones of the Late Cenomanian–Early Turonian is proposed.     

Morpho-sedimentary evolution of the lower Moulouya (North Eastern Morocco) during middle and upper Holocene. Seismicity and neotectonic effects

Analysis of sediments and morpho-structural elements of the last 25 km of the lower Moulouya valley has shown that this river evolved during the middle and upper Holocene in a tectonic context of uplift, at the South-Eastern end of the Kebdana Mountains. This geodynamic context limited the sedimentation and inhibited the formation of a delta on the Mediterranean shore. A brief sedimentary episode allowed about 10 m of sediments to be deposited, forming a well-marked alluvial terrace. The sedimentation appeared before 3,750 years cal BC in connection with the Holocene sea transgression (“Mellahian” period) and a probably more humid period. It developed at an average rate of 0.6 mm.a–1, five kilometres from the shoreline, before stopping just after 395 years cal BC, at the same time as the post- Mellahian regression. The sediments show evidence of syn- and post-sedimentary seismic activity (seismites, diaclases, faults). They also show some traces of the “Mellahian” transgression (beds containing halite and gypsum) which indicate an average rise of 2.0 mm.a–1 since about 3,700 years cal BC, 22 km from the Moulouya mouth. The sediment composition indicates a subarid climate during the Holocene, but does not enable possible climatic variations to be detected.