Radiation Patterns For Explosively-Loaded Axisymmetric Cavities In an Elastic Medium: Analytic Approximations and Numerical Results

Summary. A combination of analytic solutions and numerical computations has been used to obtain the low-frequency, far-field P - and S -wave radiation patterns from Heaviside-loaded ellipsoid cavities of fixed volume and varying eccentricity (including the sphere and the finite cylinder) in an unbounded elastic solid. Results show that as the spherical cavity becomes a prolate ellipsoid, S -waves are radiated with strength proportional to the increasing aspect ratio ( A _R) (major axis/minor axis). With large aspect ratios ( A _R > 10) both P - and S -wave radiation strengths approach asymptotically a limit for which the maximum P -wave amplitude is twice as large as the maximum S -wave amplitude, irrespective of Poisson's ratio.
A representation of the radiation pattern is obtained whose mathematical form can be interpreted as due to the action of a centre of dilatation plus a vector linear dipole, both appropriately weighted. the weights are nonlinear functions of A _R. On the basis of numerical results, we have obtained an approximate formula that relates those weights to A _R. the radiation patterns thus obtained are in excellent agreement with the experimental results reported by Gupta & Kisslinger. the results may be of some importance to the investigation of explosions in non-spherical cavities and in the study of the origin and mechanisms of volcanic (explosive) earthquakes.     

Forward-modeling of co-evolution of turbidity currents,sediment transport,and cyclic steps in the Rio Muni Basin

Previous quantitative studies of field-scale cyclic steps are mostly based on analysis of field data. Such studies have shed light on the erosion/deposition patterns over these morphological features as well as the magnitudes of the turbidity current parameters back estimated using the measured geometry data. However, it remains unclear to what extent such back estimated hydraulic features and erosion/deposition patterns can be numerically reproduced by process-based numerical models. Here, a tw...     

Spatiotemporal patterns of the daily relative risk of COVID-19 in China

The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic continues to threaten lives and the economy around the world. Estimating the risk of COVID-19 can help in predicting spreading trends, identifying risk areas, and making public health decisions. In this study, we proposed a comparative risk assessment method to estimate comprehensive and dynamic COVID-19 risks by considering the pandemic severity and the healthcare system pressure and then employing the z-order curve and fractal theory. We took the COVID-19 cases from January 19–March 10, 2020 in China as our research object. The results and analysis revealed that(1) the proposed method demonstrated its feasibility to assess and illustrate pandemic risk;(2) the temporal patterns of the daily relative risk indices of 31 provinces were clustered into four groups(high-value, fluctuating-increase, inverted U-shaped, and low-stable);(3) the spatial distribution of the relative pandemic risk indicated a significant circular pattern centered on Hubei Province; and(4) healthcare system capacity is the key to reducing relative pandemic risk, and cases imported from abroad should be given more attention. The methods and results of this study will provide a methodological basis and practical guidance for regional pandemic risk assessment and public health decision-making.     

焦作冰雹天气特征及其天气形势

利用1957～2000年天气图资料，分析了焦作市冰雹天气的环流形势、地面中尺度流场、物理参数，揭示了冰雹天气的气候特征及其产生的天气形势。     

多序列残差辨识应用于城市“三废”排放量预测

本文把城市废水、废气、废渣排放量视作有相互联系的灰色系统,建立起城市三废排放量的多序列残差辨识预测模型,并应用于一个实例预测。     

A combined algorithm for automated drainage network extraction from digital elevation models

Drainage networks are the basis for segmentation of watersheds, an essential component in hydrological modelling, biogeochemical applications, and resource management plans. With the rapidly increasing availability of topographic information as digital elevation models (DEMs), there have been many studies on DEM‐based drainage network extraction algorithms. Most of traditional drainage network extraction methods require preprocessing of the DEM in order to remove “spurious” sink, which can cause unrealistic results due to removal of real sinks as well. The least cost path (LCP) algorithm can deal with flow routing over sinks without altering data. However, the existing LCP implementations can only simulate either single flow direction or multiple flow direction over terrain surfaces. Nevertheless, terrain surfaces in the real world are usually very complicated including both convergent and divergent flow patterns. The triangular form‐based multiple flow (TFM) algorithm, one of the traditional drainage network extraction methods, can estimate both single flow and multiple flow patterns. Thus, in this paper, it is proposed to combine the advantages of the LCP algorithm and the TFM algorithm in order to improve the accuracy of drainage network extraction from the DEM. The proposed algorithm is evaluated by implementing a data‐independent assessment method based on four mathematical surfaces and validated against “true” stream networks from aerial photograph, respectively. The results show that when compared with other commonly used algorithms, the new algorithm provides better flow estimation and is able to estimate both convergent and divergent flow patterns well regarding the mathematical surfaces and the real‐world DEM.     

福建省生态环境空间格局图谱分析

本文基于地学信息图谱的理论,采用地学信息系统和遥感技术,编制了福建省生态环境综合评价等级图,并在定义区域生态环境质量指数基础上,编制出基于多种空间要素为背景的生态环境质量指数空间格局图,以构成福建省生态环境空间格局图谱。最后分析了福建省生态环境空间分布格局的形成、变化规律。     

Distribution of Precambrian iron and gold deposits on the southwestern East European Platform reflected in underlying transcrustal structure and current river systems

The East European Platform is underlain by Archaean and Proterozoic complexes of the East European Craton. In the southwest these are locally exposed in the Ukrainian Shield and the Voronezh Massif on either side of the ca. 2000 km long ESE-striking late Palaeozoic Pripyat–Dniepr–Donets rift. Evaluation with Landsat imagery of 1 : 1,000,000 scale published maps of the Precambrian complexes [Zaritsky, A.I., Galetsky, L.S. (Eds.), 1992. Geology and Metallogeny of the Southwest of the East-European Platform Map Series, 1 : 1,000,000, Ukrainian State Committee on Geology and Utilization of Mineral Resources, Kiev.] is largely obstructed by a cover of post-Palaeozoic sediments and soils of variable thickness. This obstruction is aggravated by an almost continuous patchwork of farmlands. However, analysis of the current drainage patterns in the Dniepr River basin and surrounding regions reveals a spatial coincidence of numerous stream courses and watersheds with previously inferred steep, transcrustal discontinuities of most probably Precambrian age.Transcrustal dislocations constituted important pathways for heat and fluids as is indicated by the distribution of a large proportion of assumed Early Proterozoic hydrothermal iron and gold deposits along them. This distribution is underpinned by the spatial coincidence of mineralization and elongate areas of highly irregular magnetization attributed to uneven distribution of hydrothermal magnetite in banded iron formation. In view of the extent of these dislocations, both vertically and laterally, the generation of hydrothermal fluid flow, emplacement of mantle-sourced magma and associated mineral potential away from banded iron formation complexes is likely. A second group of gold deposits, of Archaean age, is known to occur in association with still recognizable volcanic edifices in greenstone complexes. It is not known if and to what extent such Archaean gold deposits are related to these major transcrustal discontinuities. The kinematics and dynamics of these dislocations and pathways appear largely unknown and deserve high-priority investigation. The geological longevity of the transcrustal dislocation framework till the present day inferred from the current drainage systems is corroborated, however, by repeated regional topographical levelling surveys.     

新疆额尔齐斯河南湾水文站开河规律探讨及武开河成因分析

1997年3月29日额尔齐斯河南湾水文站发生了有记录资料（1985年12月至今）以来唯一一次特殊“武开河”解冻冰情现象,冰情极其特殊且影响后果严重,有必要全面分析其特殊冰情现象、特征及其影响因素。利用“1997·3·29”推冰前后的实测冰情、气温、水位等资料,对特殊“武开河”推冰现象、特征及其主要影响因素进行分析,结果显示：相较于其他年份解冻期气温缓慢稳定上升,这次“武开河”推冰现象发生前气温偏低;受气温转正时间短,气温偏低和冰厚较厚因素制约,“武开河”冰情发生前整个河流断面无推冰迹象,岸边无融冰,只有冰上流水现象;上游开河略早,来水量增加迅猛。“武开河”发生与最大冰厚间无必然因果关系,但上游来水量的急剧增加,水位快速上涨对于“武开河”解冻冰情现象的发生起了决定性作用。新疆阿勒泰地区发生冰凌溃坝型洪水的风险较低,对冰凌灾害的研究与预防方面应主要加强对推冰现象及过程的研究与预警方面。     

贵州省拐卖儿童犯罪的多维时空格局及影响因素研究

拐卖儿童犯罪作为一种影响恶劣的社会现象,已引起公众和学界的广泛关注。基于犯罪地理学视角的相关研究起步较晚且侧重宏观分析,当前亟须聚焦犯罪热区作精细解析。本文以中国拐卖犯罪主要源区贵州省为研究区,采用文本分析、数理统计、空间计量等方法,揭示被拐儿童的社会人口学特征及拐卖儿童犯罪的多维时空格局与影响因素。结果表明：① 1~6岁男童为核心受害对象,拐卖导致的儿童迁移以城乡间交叉流动为主。② 犯罪在1944—2018年间呈“中段高发、首尾低发”态势,空间上集中于贵州西北半壁,尤以贵阳为最,微观地点上高发于人员流动频繁的开放型空间。③ 犯罪路径以“黔入东部”和“川滇入黔”为主,以省内跨市流动为辅。④ 犯罪主要受人口自然变动、生育政策、流动人口和经济发展水平等的影响。