Impacts of storms and evolution of the coastline in western France

The morphological impact of storms on coastal accumulations varies considerably in space along the coast of western France. At some locations, the storm produces erosion, whereas at others, impacts may vary from erosion to accumulation, or no effect. This is explained by the variability of incident waves. Wave amplitude variability, cross-checked with wave direction variability, is presented on a phase diagram and shows that the response of the coast is not linked to the absolute values reached during the storm, but to changes in wave patterns that take place during the event. The morphology of the bottom (skerries, banks) is greatly forcing these changes because of the high tidal range and the complicated and fast-changing patterns of refraction. Locations with a flat seafloor have an almost predictable response to storms. Places with a complex submarine morphology have a response characterized by high variability. The variability of the wave pattern during a half tidal cycle storm (from low tide at 1 m to high tide at 13 m in 6 h) is a microscale equivalent of the variability of wave patterns changing during sea level rise in the Holocene (from −7 to 0 m in 6 ka). This fact explains why, during the late Holocene, the same locations (1) have displayed a very chaotic response to sea level rise and (2) are displaying, today, a highly variable response to storms. In that respect, seafloor morphology is a mesoscale to macroscale control on beach/barrier behaviour.     

基于结点逼近提取的平面点集Voronoi图构建算法

提出一种基于结点空间逼近、精确提取以及面向拓扑关系生成的2维平面点集的构建方法。主要给出了搜索矩形域及其剖分概念、Voronoi图的基本性质、矩形域与Voronoi图结点关系的定理及其证明、基于链队的矩形域剖分和结点逼近机制及结点提取策略、基于条带有序表的最近邻近发生元快速检索算法、矢量Voronoi图的拓扑关系建立算法等。经过算法分析和程序试验验证本文算法的时间复杂度为0（n log2 n）,本方法可以扩展到平面任意发生元Voronoi图的构建,具有简洁、高精度、鲁棒性、高效、适合于海量数据等特点,并且具有较好的实用价值和应用前景。     

结合质心Voronoi图优化的三维Douglas-Peucker地形简化算法

在多尺度TIN的自动构建过程中,为使各尺度数据保持地形的主要特征,需要选择合适的地形简化方法提取地形的结构特征信息。传统的3D Douglas-Peucker算法通过设定距离阈值参数对地形进行简化,简化后只保留了山脊线、山谷线等主要地形特征,而未考虑局部细节,难以顾及局部地形起伏变化明显的区域;而质心Voronoi图能够以地形因子作为密度函数,通过迭代驱动种子点向地形起伏较大的区域聚集,但其在主要地形特征的表达方面有缺失。为此,本文将二者的特点结合,在利用传统的3D Douglas-Peucker算法简化的同时,通过质心Voronoi图迭代加入局部起伏较大的特征点,综合考虑主要结构特征及局部起伏对地形进行简化,并在多个简化级别下对原始3D Douglas-Peucker算法和本文优化算法进行了对比。实验结果表明,相对于原始算法,本文优化算法在各简化级别下简化误差降低13.6%以上,具有更高的地形表达精度,且能够更好地逼近原始地形。     

机器学习在岩矿地球化学研究中的应用——综述与思考

岩石与矿物的地球化学成分数据具有高维度特征。传统的岩矿地球化学成分研究主要采用二元/三元图解判别法,准确率不高,在数理统计方法上有欠缺。机器学习方法非常适用于对大样本高维度的岩矿成分数据进行数理统计处理。笔者等在介绍机器学习常见算法基本原理的基础上,总结近5年来国内外学者将机器学习方法应用于岩石矿物成分数据研究的实例,包括：(1)根据矿物成分溯源其母岩(源岩)、判别矿床类型,(2)新生代火山岩溯源,(3)判别变质岩原岩,(4)依据岩浆岩成分判别大地构造环境等。已有的研究实例显示,机器学习方法的准确度明显优于传统的低维度判别法。机器学习本质是分析大样本数据的高维度变量之间的相关、归类等多元统计问题。推广机器学习的应用需要建设开放获取(Open Access)的矿物、岩石成分数据库,同时全面实施开放研究(Open Research)的发表策略。     

“广西型花岗岩”有岩石学意义吗?——对《广西型花岗岩的地球化学特征及其构造意义》一文的质疑

对国内外30个实例的汇总表明,所谓"广西型花岗岩"不具备张旗(2014)所认为的岩石学和地球动力学意义。富Sr和Yb的"广西型花岗岩"在岩性包含了中性岩、酸性岩和过碱性岩,绝大多数具有负Eu异常。从岩石组合(系列)方面看,"广西型花岗岩"是钙碱性系列、碱性系列与A型花岗岩的"混杂"。"广西型花岗岩"可以是基性岩浆分离结晶或分离结晶+混染(AFC)、壳源岩石部分熔融等多种成岩机制的产物,斜长石是结晶相或残留相。对不同源岩的失水熔融相图的比较分析表明,花岗岩类的全岩Sr、Yb含量不是指示花岗质岩浆起源压力的可靠指标,张旗提出的以"Sr-Yb"为基础的花岗岩分类没有地球动力学意义。     

基于分形Voronoi图的城市空间分布特征数据挖掘——以山西省为例

本文引入以城市中心性强度为权重的加权Voronoi图,结合城市空间分布特征与周长—面积分形维数,研究了山西省地级市2009—2013年城镇发展的稳定性和均衡性,探究城市空间分布特征的时空数据挖掘;提出基于中心性强度为尺度的分形维数,尝试探究山西省地级市中心性强度的分形特征,分析山西省中心性强度的变化。研究表明:山西省2009—2013年各地级市间影响范围差距有减小的趋势,空间影响范围呈现上下波动的态势,山西省东部城镇发展趋势较好,西部城镇发展态势较弱,由周长—面积分形维数可得:2009—2013年山西省整体发展态势较不稳定;本文提出的基于中心性强度为尺度的分形维数主要处于1到2之间。     

The domain of γ Doradus variables in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram

70 new γ Doradus candidates were identified from Hipparcos photometry, which represents more than a doubling of the presently known number. Selecting the objects with good evidence for multiperiodicity, it is found that these stars, together with bona fide members of the class, occupy a well-defined region in a colour–magnitude diagram. This domain corresponds to a range of 7200–7700 K on the zero-age main sequence (ZAMS) and 6900–7500 K one magnitude above it, which partly overlaps with the instability strip of δ Scuti stars.
For the first time, γ Doradus stars can be discussed as a group. They can be found over a significant fraction of the main sequence lifetimes for objects in the relevant temperature range. An upper limit on the surface metallicity of γ Doradus stars is apparent, which may guide the search for their pulsation driving mechanism. The importance of possible objects exhibiting both γ Doradus and δ Scuti-type pulsations is discussed.     

Distributions of Water Masses and Currents in Tachibana Bay, West of Ari-ake Sound, Kyushu, Japan

We have investigated the water mass distribution and circulation in Tachibana Bay, which is located in the junction area between Ari-ake Sound and Amakusa-Nada in western Kyushu, Japan. This was done to clarify the mechanism by which ghost shrimp larvae, originating from a sandflat of Amakusa-Shimoshima Island, are transported. Temperature and salinity data repeatedly obtained over the area of Tachibana Bay show that relatively low salinity water lies over northern part of the bay, while high salinity water lies over southern part of the bay. The location of the low salinity water margin tends to depend on the amount of rainfall several days before the observation. A large amount of rainfall makes a clear boundary between low and high salinity waters. Current velocity data indicate an eastward mean flow just north of Tomioka, northern tip of Amakusa-Shimoshima Island, and a clockwise mean flow approaching the Tomioka Bay sandflat, which should be suitable for the on-shore transport of the ghost shrimp postlarvae. Current measurements with shipboard ADCP just west of Hayasaki Strait, at the entrance of Ari-ake Sound, show that a westward tidal residual current tends to incline to the north, with evidence of a density current in the northern part of the western Hayasaki Strait.     

用地磁脉动日食效应探讨甚低纬Pc3-4地磁脉动源

在3次日食期间,利用甚低纬区和从低纬到甚低纬过渡区地面站进行的地磁脉动观测资料,分析了Pc3-4地磁脉动的南北分量（H）和东西分量（D）在H-D平面内矢端图主轴方向的变化．结果表明,当观测点纬度低于日全食带纬度时,H-D矢端图主轴有90°相移现象;当观测点纬度高于日全食带纬度时,则无这种现象．由此我们推测,甚低纬区和从低纬到甚低纬过渡区Pc3-4地磁脉动可能主要是过滤机制产生的．