Flow through anisotropic networks

This paper presents an analysis of Hagen-Poiseulle flow through plane random anisotropic networks of interconnected channels. Macroscopic permeability tensor of the network is expressed in terms of statistico-geometrical characteristics like the degree of anisotropy in channel orientations, average co-ordination number of the network and first two moments of channel length distribution. Analytical results are illustrated and verified using numerical analysis of flow in a simulated random network. The emphasis of the paper is on the effects of anisotropy on distributions of flow rates in channels. It is shown that, due to anisotropy the maximum flow rate generally occurs in channels that are not aligned along the direction of the macroscopic pressure gradient.     

下扬子江苏地区P_n残差与上地幔波速各向异性

本文搜集江苏台网1982年-1987年2月间发生在江苏及其邻近地区103次地震的1047个P_n数据,经过静校正和质量分类,重新计算了震中距.选择灌云台为参考台,对一次地震的P_n数据,其它台均减去参考台的数据,成功地消除了与震源参数不确定有关的误差.处理中采用质量加权,获得了上地幔平均速度、大部分台P_n残差以及不同方位上P_n视速度估计值. 按Backus给出的波速各向异性的公式,求出江苏地区P_n速度与方位之间有2％左右的速度各向异性,最大方向和对称方向近南北,最小方向为北东东.推断其成因是由于白垩纪至第三纪期间壳下岩石圈北南向流变引起橄榄石晶体从优定向的结果.这为苏北盆地及下扬子碳酸盐岩地区地质构造形成发展动力学的建立提供了有利的深部依据.     

Interpretation of Mauna Loa atmospheric transmission relative to aerosols,using photometric precipitable water amouts

Precipitable water measurements made coincident in time and space with direct broadband solar irradiance measurements are used in conjunction with an atmospheric transmission model to derive a parameter whose major dependence is on total aerosol extinction. Irradiance measurements are used to calculate an atmospheric transmission factor (ATF) that is independent of the instrument calibration and the extraterrestrial solar constant. The dependency of the ATF on precipitable water is determined using LOWTRAN5, an atmospheric transmission model with high spectral resolution. Precipitable water measurements are then used to adjust the measured ATF to correspond to an ATF value obtained for a constant precipitable water amount. The remaining variability in the adjusted ATF is due mostly to aerosol extinction. The technique is applied to a 6-year period (1978–1983) for clear-sky mornings at Mauna Loa, Hawaii (MLO). MLO ATF aerosol residuals are compared with independently measured monochromatic aerosol optical depth. Results show that the ATF aerosol residual is nearly equal to the 500 nm aerosol optical depth prior to the eruption of E1 Chichon, at which time a nonlinear time-dependent relationship between the two quantities is evident. ATF aerosol residuals reflect the spectrally integrated aerosol influence on transmission and, therefore, could indicate better than monochromatic optical depth the radiation balance perturbations due to aerosols. The 6-year precipitable water record for MLO, determined from a dual-channel sunphotometer, has a mean value of 0.3 cm. An annual cycle in precipitable water is evident, as is a 4-month 5-standard-deviation drought from December 1982 through March 1983.     

某些方解石单晶的光学质量评价

本文用光学方法检查了经野外地质工作者挑选过的天然方解石单晶的光学质量。发现部分晶体的光学均匀性很差,晶体中的光散射颗粒很多,不能满足作为光学介质的要求。     

Limestone weathering in Eastern Australia. Part 2: Surface micromorphology study

Results from long term microerosion meter (MEM) studies indicate that microenvironments are characterized by different erosion rates. A complementary study, carried out on the same sites, examines the microscale morphology in each environment. Optical and scanning electron microscopy were used to identify a range of features thought to reflect different processes. Under subaerial conditions micromorphology is dominated by biological weathering features owing to the presence of microflora. Sites permanently covered by soil or stream water have only dissolution etch features, though stream sites may exhibit microfractures. Sites with periodic exposure exhibit both dissolution and biological etch features. The natural environment is more accurately reflected by allowing some microflora colonization of MEM sites rather than preventing colonization by artificial means.