A model for simulating the response of runoff from the mountainous watersheds of inland river basins in the arid area of northwest China to climatic changes

The subaerial tidal sand area in the northern Jiangsu Province (Subei), stretching from Dongtai towards east with a fan shape, is an early developing stage of radial sand ridges distributed in the South Yellow Sea. Since 5000–6000 a BP, after the Holocene transgression maximum in the northern Jiangsu Province, subaqueous tidal sand bodies were exposed and changed into land gradually. The environmental magnetism analysis shows that subaerial tidal sand strata are formed by the convergent-divergent paleo-tidal current field. The sediment source of tidal sand strata came early from the Changjiang River and late from the Yellow River. Sea floor erosion by tidal currents also served as an important sand source. Drilling cores and ground-penetrating profile show that there exists no probability of sand supplying directly by a large river through the apical area of tidal sand ridges either on land or in the sea. Fluvial deposits supplied the tidal sand bodies by alongshore transportation, which corresponds to the conclusions obtained by the analyses of provenance and paleocurrent field. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 43236120 and 49676288).     

Architecture of a tide-influenced river delta in the Frontier Formation of central Wyoming, USA

The Frewens sandstone is composed of two elongate tide-influenced sandstone bodies that are positioned directly above and slightly landward of a more wave-influenced lobate sandstone. The 20-km-long, 3-km-wide Frewens sandstone bodies coarsen upwards and fine away from their axes, have gradational bases and margins and have eroded tops abruptly overlain by marine shales. These sandstones are superbly exposed in large cliffs on the banks of the South Fork of the Powder River in central Wyoming, USA. The deposits change upwards from thinly interbedded sandstones and mudstones to metre-thick heterolithic cross-strata and, finally, to metres-thick sandstone-dominated cross-strata. There is abundant evidence for tidal modulation of depositional flows; however, palaeocurrents were strongly ebb-dominated and nearly parallel the trend of sandstone-body elongation. Detailed mapping of stratal geometry and facies across these exposures shows a complex internal architecture. Large-scale bedding units within sandstone bodies are defined by alternations in facies, bed thickness and the abundance of shales. Such bedsets are inclined (5°–15°) in walls oriented parallel to palaeoflow and gradually decrease in dip over hundreds of metres as they extend from the sandstone-dominated deposits higher in a sandstone body to muddier deposits lower in the body. Where viewed perpendicular to palaeoflow, bedsets are 100-metre-wide lenses that shingle off the sandstone-body axis towards its margins. The sandstone bodies are interpreted as sand ridge deposits formed on the shoreface of a tide-influenced river delta. Metres-thick cross-strata in the upper parts of sandstone bodies resemble deposits of bars (sandwaves) formed where tidal currents moved across shallows and the tops of tidal ridges. Heterolithic deposits lower in sandstone bodies record fluctuating currents caused by ebb and flood tides and varying river discharge. Erosion surfaces capping sandstone bodies record tidal ravinement. The tidal ridges were abandoned following transgression and covered with marine mud as waters deepened.     

深圳大鹏湾大鹏半岛沿岸海域的一次调查与分析

一九九八年三月,我们在大鹏半岛海域调查时,恰逢深圳大鹏半岛近岸海域赤潮发生。结合我们对该区域内沿海水域调查结果进行分析,给出该海域的潮汐、潮流的基本特征及当时该海域的水质状况,为规划、保护该海域的海洋环境提供科学依据,并为研究赤潮发生成因提供参考资料。     

Investigation of the thermal regime and subsurface properties of a tidally affected,variably saturated streambed

Temperature and moisture content in the variably saturated subsurface are two of the most important physical parameters that govern a wide variety of geochemical and ecological processes. An understanding of thermal and hydraulic processes and properties of transient vadose zones is therefore fundamental in the evaluation of such processes. Here, an investigation of the thermal regime and subsurface properties of a tidally affected, variably saturated streambed is presented. Field and laboratory measurements, as well as a forward numerical model, are jointly employed in the investigation. Temperature, soil moisture, surface level, and water level data were recorded in a transect perpendicular to a tidally driven stream. Frequency‐domain analysis of the subsurface temperature measurements revealed the rapid decay of the tidal temperature driver within the top ～30 cm of sediment. Several techniques were used to evaluate subsurface thermal and hydraulic properties, including thermal conductivity and the soil water retention curve. These properties were used to constrain a forward numerical model that included coupled treatment of relevant variable saturation thermal and hydraulic physics. Even though the investigated vadose zone is intermittent and relatively shallow ( 20 cm), the results illustrate how error can be introduced into heat‐transport calculations if unsaturated conditions are not taken into account.     

野鸭山至螺头山岸段海域水沙特征及冲淤变化

根据浙江舟山野鸭山至螺头山岸段海域4个测点的海流观测和含沙量调查(其中1个测点)资料,含沙量用1/10000感量的电光分析天平称量测定,悬沙粒度用AT 型库尔特计数器测定,底质表层泥样用激光粒度仪测定,使用DS3水准仪(其精度标准为四等)测量岸段潮滩高程,对该岸段所在海域的泥沙与潮流特征进行了对比分析并讨论了岸滩的冲淤变化。结果表明,该海域悬沙浓度由表层往底层逐渐增高,且与流速有一定的线性关系;中潮悬沙浓度低于大潮,冬季悬沙浓度高于春、夏季;大、中潮的落潮输沙量大于涨潮,大潮涨、落潮的输沙量大于中潮涨、落潮,大潮全潮单宽净输沙量大于中潮;冬季平均悬沙粒径比夏季大,春季适中;春、夏、冬季悬沙的分选系数属分选极好;悬沙的运移路径以落潮流流向为净输沙的方向;该海域的潮流为往复流,涨潮流历时短于落潮流历时,春、夏、冬季平均落潮流速大于平均涨潮流速,最大流速为1.82m/s(夏季),平均流速为0.70m/s;历史上野鸭山至螺头山的古海湾一直缓慢淤涨,1987年以来,潮滩仍缓慢淤涨,中潮滩平均淤高值约为3cm/a,岸滩平均淤进速度约为0.38m/a。     

海潮负荷对沿海地区宽幅InSAR形变监测的影响

海岸带地区是全球自然生态环境最为复杂和脆弱的地域之一,合成孔径雷达干涉测量（InSAR）技术可以为全球人类活动、气候变暖和俯冲带剧烈构造运动等背景下的大范围海岸带地理环境变化研究提供重要观测资料.海洋潮汐导致固体地球长周期形变,波长尺度为10²~10³ km的海潮负荷引入mm级至cm级的形变梯度,此类非构造信号对海岸带InSAR精密形变分析（如：大范围、微小、缓慢且非稳态构造过程等）造成显著影响.本文以宽幅模式SAR数据为例,基于多种海潮模型研究了全球典型海岸带地区（福建、智利和阿拉斯加湾）海潮负荷效应对宽幅InSAR形变监测的影响,给出了宽幅InSAR海潮负荷三维分量估计与差分相位提取方法,并进一步讨论了基于不同海潮模型估计海潮负荷位移的差异.海潮负荷影响不仅与研究范围大小有关,其形变梯度变化与研究区域地形特征存在强相关,对于长波长形变分析而言,传统平面或者曲面拟合方法难以有效分离海潮负荷位移.     

较大尺度下潮流物模试验理论可行性的数值研究

以渤海及其局部海域为例,通过数值模拟量化地转缺失对水动力过程的影响,评价不同空间尺度下实施潮流物理模型试验的理论可行性。结果表明,对整个渤海、辽东湾这么大尺度的海域实施物模试验理论上是不可行的;对90km尺度的渤海湾,地转缺失使模拟结果存在较大偏差;对莱州湾61km尺度的海域可进行物模试验。研究确定60km为实施潮流物模试验一般的理论允许尺度。     

大、小洋山建港总体规划中的水流泥沙问题

水流、泥沙一直是建港中关键问题之一。从现场水文泥沙条件分析和数学模型计算等方面,分析比选了洋山港规划方案,提出了洋山港总体规划以单通道方案为宜,不但能简化现场的复杂的水流,选择合适的口门宽度还能维持深槽水流、水深条件,经计算分析提出了西口门宽度为3．5km的规划方案较好,此外还从平衡水深的角度对单通道方案的维持水深进行了计算。     

北黎湾及邻近海域潮流数值计算

建立北黎湾及邻近海域二维潮流数值模型,重现该海域潮波及潮流的分布规律,计算得到m1分潮和M2分潮的同潮时线与等振幅线、潮流椭圆,m1与M2合成的潮致欧拉余流、最大潮流和不同时刻潮流场分布。     

长江口滨岸潮滩柱样沉积物与孔隙水中氮的垂直分布特征

对长江口滨岸潮滩柱样沉积物及孔隙水中NH4^ -N、NO3^--N和NO2^--N的剖面进行了分析。结果表明,沉积物和孔隙水中NH4^ -N,NO3^--N和NO2^--N剖面分布基本一致,其中NH4^ -N含量最高,这说明有机质的降解反应主要是在缺氧或无氧环境中进行的;沉积物中有机质含量与NH4^ -N含量线性相关;NO3^--N和NO2^--N在剖面中以0～20cm变化剧烈,说明表层和深层有机质的降解程度发生改变。