Gravity anomalies and associated tectonic features over the Indian Peninsular Shield and adjoining ocean basins

A combined gravity map over the Indian Peninsular Shield (IPS) and adjoining oceans brings out well the inter-relationships between the older tectonic features of the continent and the adjoining younger oceanic features. The NW–SE, NE–SW and N–S Precambrian trends of the IPS are reflected in the structural trends of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal suggesting their probable reactivation. The Simple Bouguer anomaly map shows consistent increase in gravity value from the continent to the deep ocean basins, which is attributed to isostatic compensation due to variations in the crustal thickness. A crustal density model computed along a profile across this region suggests a thick crust of 35–40 km under the continent, which reduces to 22/20–24 km under the Bay of Bengal with thick sediments of 8–10 km underlain by crustal layers of density 2720 and 2900/2840 kg/m³. Large crustal thickness and trends of the gravity anomalies may suggest a transitional crust in the Bay of Bengal up to 150–200 km from the east coast. The crustal thickness under the Laxmi ridge and east of it in the Arabian Sea is 20 and 14 km, respectively, with 5–6 km thick Tertiary and Mesozoic sediments separated by a thin layer of Deccan Trap. Crustal layers of densities 2750 and 2950 kg/m³ underlie sediments. The crustal density model in this part of the Arabian Sea (east of Laxmi ridge) and the structural trends similar to the Indian Peninsular Shield suggest a continent–ocean transitional crust (COTC). The COTC may represent down dropped and submerged parts of the Indian crust evolved at the time of break-up along the west coast of India and passage of Reunion hotspot over India during late Cretaceous. The crustal model under this part also shows an underplated lower crust and a low density upper mantle, extending over the continent across the west coast of India, which appears to be related to the Deccan volcanism. The crustal thickness under the western Arabian Sea (west of the Laxmi ridge) reduces to 8–9 km with crustal layers of densities 2650 and 2870 kg/m³ representing an oceanic crust.     

Wavelet analysis and interpretation of gravity data in Sichuan-Yunnan region, China

Introduction Sichuan-Yunnan region, located in the east margin of Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetean) Plateau, is a transitional zone between the rapidly upheaving Tibetean Plateau and relatively steady Yangtze Platform. Under the pressure exerted by the northward movement of Indian Plate, Sichuan-Yunnan region has been undergone strong deformation and regmagenesis, becoming one of the regions with the most intensive seismicity in the world. The research on the tectonics and seismicity there is alw…     

A complex, Subplinian-type eruption from low-viscosity, phonolitic to tephri-phonolitic magma: the AD 472 (Pollena) eruption of Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

The combined use of field investigation and laboratory analyses allowed the detailed stratigraphic reconstruction of the Pollena eruption (472 AD) of Somma-Vesuvius. Three main eruptive phases were recognized, related either to changes in the eruptive processes and/or to relative changes of melt composition. The eruption shows a pulsating behavior with deposition of pyroclastic fall beds and generation of dilute and dense pyroclastic density currents (PDC). The eruptive mechanisms and transportation dynamics were reconstructed for the whole eruption. Column heights were between 12 and 20 km, corresponding to mass discharge rates (MDR) of 7×10⁶ kg/s and 3.4×10⁷ kg/s. Eruptive dynamics were driven by magmatic fragmentation of a phono-tephritic to tephri-phonolitic magma during Phases I and II, whereas phreatomagmatic fragmentation dominated Phase III. Magma composition varies between phonolitic and tephritic-phonolitic, with melt viscosity likely not in excess of 10³ Pa s. The volume of the pyroclastic fall deposits, calculated by using of proximal isopachs, is 0.44 km³. This increases to 1.38 km³ if ash volumes are extrapolated on a log thickness vs. square root area diagram using one distal isopach and column height.Editorial responsibility: R Cioni     

利用树轮密度重建新疆北部5-8月温度变化

利用新疆北部5个采样点的树轮密度年表主序列和新疆北部33个气象站观测气温平均值进行相关分析,结果显示其与新疆北部5-8月平均温度存在很强一致相关性,相关系数为0.667（p<0.001, n=49）。温度重建方程能够解释校准期（1960-2008年）内44.5%的温度变化方差。空间相关分析揭示该温度重建序列能够表征新疆北部过去353 a （1656-2008年）5-8月温度总体变化特征。重建序列揭示新疆北部5-8月平均温度大致经历了6个偏暖阶段,即1656-1664年、1667-1692年、1711-1734年、1804-1832年、1855-1956年、2000-2008年,中间为偏冷阶段,这些阶段中间多个小幅度变化。温度重建结果发现新疆北部温度变化与太阳活动、火山喷发有着紧密联系。温度重建序列与全球海温场的相关分析显示当西风带海区及热带大西洋地区的海温偏高时,研究区气温偏高。与海温、火山喷发和云量变化的相关分析都指示在西风环流的作用下,上述因子对于该地区温度变化有着重要影响。该温度重建序列在低频变化上与北半球气温具有显著正相关,说明中亚地区温度变化与北半球整体温度变化具有较好的一致性。     

考虑温度和密度影响的非饱和黄土土-水特征曲线研究

取扰动黄土进行试验研究,测试得到了不同密度和温度黄土土样的土-水特征曲线。试验资料揭示出：密度变化引起基质吸力的变化非常显著。相对而言,温度变化引起基质吸力的变化不显著。对于一定含水率的土样,温度变化引起的吸力变化值在高含水率时较小,可以忽略不计,而在低含水率时较大;温差越大,吸力变化越大。进一步基于试验资料的分析,得到了考虑密度和温度影响的土-水特征曲线的表达式,并通过计算和测试结果的对比分析,验证了表达式的合理性。     

危机矿山接替资源勘查实践——以安庆铜矿为例

总结了国家危机矿山接替资源勘查项目在安庆铜矿的工作实践,强调了接替资源勘查的重要性和科学性。简介了在现有矿山范围找矿勘查工作的一般原则和方法步骤,并取得了初步勘查成果。     

2011-2013年乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度空间分布特征

利用2011-2013年冬季4次地面实测乌鲁木齐城-郊积雪深度与密度数据,应用普通克里格空间插值方法,分析了乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度从2011年12月下旬-2012年2月下旬及2012年1月中旬和2013年同期的时空分布特征.结果表明:乌鲁木齐城-郊冬季积雪深度与密度存在显著地区域分布差异及变化特征.整个冬季位于城东北部的米东石化工业园区积雪均较深,尤其12月和2月,在主城区内部又存在不同下垫面下积雪较多的区域.从12月下旬-次年2月下旬,积雪逐渐累积,且积雪深度比密度具有更大的空间变化幅度.除12月下旬大部分主城区雪密度比郊区大之外,1月中旬、2月下旬主城区雪密度均比城东和城东北方向低.2013年1月中旬积雪与2012年同期相比,平均积雪量明显偏厚,约31 cm,但雪密度变化范围不大且深度与密度的空间分布均发生明显改变.本文结果对于了解乌鲁木齐城区积雪的区域差异,为主城区道路积雪清运、保障道路通畅优化方案及春季融雪洪水防御预案的制定提供基础数据支撑,也可以弥补当前气象站点少且空间分布不匀的不足.此外,本文对卫星遥感数据反演的积雪参数精度验证也具有实际参考价值.