Alpine ocean seafloor spreading and onset of pelagic sedimentation: new radiolarian data from the Chenaillet-Montgenèvre ophiolite (French-Italian Alps)

Radiolarians of Middle Jurassic age (tentatively middle Bathonian) provide the first direct age determination from oceanic sediments associated with the Chenaillet-Montgenèvre ophiolite (Piemonte zone, French-Italian Alps). This datum obtained from radiolarites of the Lago Nero- Replatte thrust sheet is older than those previously established on ophiolite sedimentary covers from this segment of the western Alps. It also shows that Lago Nero-Replatte basal radiolarites are anterior to the youngest intrusives from the overlying Chenaillet s.s. thrust sheet. This chronological relationship implies either a late seafloor spreading-related magmatic activity in places younger than adjacent initial pelagic sedimentation, or more likely that the Lago Nero-Replatte and the Chenaillet s.s. thrust sheets are distinct and distant pieces of lithosphere that were eventually stacked together: the Lago Nero-Replatte unit was trapped within the accretionary wedge while the Chenaillet s.s., of a younger age and in a more distal position with regards to the European margin, was obducted. Regionally, the Lago Nero-Replatte sediments appear to be coeval to other Bathonian supraophiolitic radiolarites exposed in the western Alps. These results strengthen the Bathonian correlation of widespread seafloor spreading in both western Tethys and the central Atlantic ocean.     

一种饱和粉质黏土的热固结特性试验研究

采用自行研制的温度控制固结试验装置对一种饱和粉质黏土的热固结特性进行室内试验。研究表明,在不同的有效固结压力作用下饱和试样的孔隙水压力变化趋势以及固结体应变变化趋势类似。在温度升高过程中,由温度导致的孔隙水压力不断增大,当温度达到设定温度时,试样内的孔隙水压力也达到峰值,而且随着有效固结压力的增大,孔隙水压力峰值似乎略有增大。此外,温度升高后的固结排水量远大于温度再降低后的吸水量,亦即经过升温和降温过程,试样总体产生明显的收缩变形。     

大连滨海粉质黏土剪切力学特性环剪试验

以大连滨海地区典型粉质黏土为研究对象,利用大型高速环剪仪,针对不同法向应力和剪切速率条件下该粉质黏土大剪切力学性质的变化情况进行了试验。环剪试验结果显示：1）该滨海粉质黏土在正常固结状态下出现明显的应变软化现象,分析表明其应变软化特性主要与土中黏土矿物质量分数及其在剪切过程中的定向排列有关。2）在相同剪切速率下,峰值强度和残余强度随法向应力的增加而增大,峰值强度与法向应力之间表现出良好的线性关系。3）由于峰值强度产生过程中土体内部黏聚力的变化,峰值强度随剪切速率的增加而增大;残余强度变化与剪切速率具有一定的相关性,这与不同剪切速率下剪切带（面）处黏土颗粒定向排列程度不同有关。     

表面活性剂改性粉土抗剪强度特性的研究

表面活性剂随着工业、农业、日常生活等各种活动进入到土体及地下水中,不仅会带来环境污染的风险,还会改变土体的结构等从而影响土体的工程性质。为了合理评估表面活性剂污染土体的工程适宜性,采用阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)和阳离子表面活性剂三甲基十六烷基溴化铵(CTAB)对粉土进行改性,通过直剪试验研究其对粉土强度特性的影响。结果表明,表面活性剂改性后的粉土内摩擦角减小,随着表面活性剂浓度的增大,内摩擦角减小的幅值越大,当表面活性剂浓度达2%时,粉土内摩擦角减小23.9%;SDBS改性后的粉土黏聚力大大减小,SDBS浓度为2%时,黏聚力减小91.8%,CTAB改性后粉土黏聚力增大,最大增幅达41.8%;改性粉土中加入不同pH的表面活性剂时,内摩擦角变化很小,表明表面活性剂的酸碱程度对土样内摩擦角影响较小,随着表面活性剂溶液pH的增大,改性粉土的黏聚力呈现出下降的趋势,pH改变了土壤的电荷的分配,改变了土粒间的静电作用,从而引起土体黏聚力的变化。     

粉砂土反复冻胀融沉特性试验研究

针对深季节冻土区的特殊环境,通过室内试验研究了粉砂土在不同初始含水率、干密度、荷载、冻融次数条件下的反复冻胀、融沉特性。研究结果表明：粉砂土的冻结温度为-1.03 °C;其冻胀融沉变形随冻融次数的增加呈现波浪式起伏变化,并最终趋于稳定状态;经历多次冻融后,干密度较大试样整体表现为膨胀,干密度较小试样整体表现为压密;上部荷载在抑制冻胀的同时加大了试样的整体融沉变形,却降低了每次冻融的冻胀率和融沉系数;存在一个最优初始含水率,该含水率条件下,试样经历多次冻融后的高度不发生变化;由于外界水源的补给,冻融后试样内部含水率均大于初始含水率;干密度和顶端荷载的增大均有效地抑制了外界水源的补给;4次冻融循环后,粉砂土的冻胀率、融沉系数均逐渐趋于稳定。     

天然沉积粉质黏土的应力路径试验研究

天然沉积土在沉积过程中产生了结构性和各向异性,使其受力变形特性与重塑土存在明显的差异。实际工程中的天然土体往往在受荷过程中会经历不同的应力路径,因此,需要开展考虑结构性和各向异性影响的应力路径试验。通过研究不同应力路径下土体的力学特性,为建立复杂应力路径下的合理的本构模型提供试验依据。采用大直径PVC管取样器获取张家港地区地下2.5 m深的粉质黏土不扰动土样,通过GDS三轴仪对土样进行了K0固结不同排水应力路径试验。结果表明,应力路径对不扰动土样的体积变形和剪切变形均有显著影响,且球应力和偏应力对土的体应变和剪应变存在交叉影响。无论以体积变形为主还是剪切变形为主的应力路径下,应力-应变曲线都有明显的屈服性状。通过描绘试验所得各应力路径下的屈服点,获得张家港不扰动土样的屈服轨迹大致呈倾斜的椭圆形状,采用Wheeler模型的屈服面与试验屈服点的吻合程度要优于Nakano模型。     

Fast Double Selectivity Index-CFAR Detection Method for the Multi-Beam Echo Sounder

Abstract

Seafloor terrain and water column target detection is of great significance in marine surveys. However, the complex clutter environment can dramatically affect the detection performance of a multi-beam echo sounder. To simultaneously and robustly detect the seafloor terrains and water column targets, this paper proposes a fast two-dimensional double selectivity index-constant false alarm rate (DSI-CFAR) detection method. A two-dimensional cross sliding window, which includes reference cells and guard cells, is used in this paper. The proposed method improves the detection performance by using the appropriate clutter power level estimation strategies in different directions. An exponential model is accurately built by fitting various distributions, so the DSI-CFAR detection performance is greatly ameliorated. To reduce the computational load of the method, this paper uses a fast algorithm based on the global threshold. The region of interest (ROI) is selected by the preset global threshold, and the DSI-CFAR detector is only performed in the region of interest, which significantly reduces the number of pixels that must be calculated. In this paper, the measured results of different sliding windows and CFAR detection methods validate the basic performance of the proposed method.     

曹妃甸粉沙质海岸围垦后港内泥沙研究

粉沙质海岸离岸围垦后港内淤积引人关注。基于平面二维潮流数学模型,采用网格嵌套技术,模拟了渤海、曹妃甸海域潮流场;该海域泥沙为粘性沙,且围垦后港内流速很小,采用悬沙运动数学模型模拟了潮流和波浪作用下正常天气和大风天的含沙量场,分析了大风后含沙量衰减过程,计算了正常天气年淤积强度和大风天泥沙淤积厚度。计算表明,外海泥沙主要通过甸头东侧老龙沟进入港池水域。正常天气下,港内流速小,基本处于淤积环境,但由于外海含沙量小,港池水域年淤积厚度小于10 cm。大风浪作用下,曹妃甸海域含沙量明显增大,由老龙沟进入三港池的泥沙沿程落淤,港内普遍淤积,泥沙淤积厚度在5 cm以内。     

A generic swath‐mapping data format

There is a pressing need for standardization of data derived from bathy‐metric swath‐mapping systems. Currently several dozen multibeam and sidescan sonar data formats exist within the oceanographic community, and more can be expected as new systems are developed. Without some standardization of swath‐mapping data formats, the capability for use and integration of data from different systems will be severely compromised.

This paper presents a strategy for organizing swath bathymetry data in a logical modular fashion that will allow data from all current swath bathymetric sonar systems to be stored and accessed in a common fashion. We have chosen the approach of defining compact efficient modules for each logically independent portion of a data record and storing it in a manner that is portable between diverse computer architectures and operating systems. This approach is extensible to accommodate new types of data. Although specifically developed for swath bathymetry, this format is also capable of supporting digital sidescan data and other types of swath data.     

Installation of ocean bottom bases for observation of seafloor crustal movement

Abstract

Ocean bottom bases (OBBs) have been installed on both sides of the axis of the Sagami Trough east of the Izu Peninsula, central Japan, as the first step toward long‐term geodetic and geophysical observations at the plate boundary (subduction zone). The OBB is a platform for seafloor measurements; otherwise it is difficult to find an appropriate place for precise seafloor measurements in the subduction zones. It is made of a nonmagnetic concrete block of size 1100 × 1100 × 500 mm. It was lowered from a ship using a winch wire and installed on a predetermined place with its position being monitored by an acoustic transponder system and a 30‐kHz bottom pinger with an accuracy of about 2 m.

It was confirmed later during the divings on board the submersible Shinkai 2000 that the OBB was installed on a flat mud bottom in normal condition. No change has been recognized in the installation condition in 3 years; the OBB is stable enough to be used for acoustic range measurements on the seafloor as well as for several geophysical measurements.

The resolution of seafloor range measurement can be improved by two orders by using phase measurement techniques with the aid of pulse compression. Precise acoustic range measurement of the order of 10^?5 is feasible under the following conditions: two‐way measurements between the two OBBs installed on the slope facing each other with angles larger than 1.5°. Correction is necessary for the effect of long‐term temperature variation.