Chronology of an oyster reef on the coast of Bohai Bay, China: Constraints from optical dating using different luminescence signals from fine quartz and polymineral fine grains of coastal sediments

Fossil oyster reefs are indicators of past sea levels, and their formation is usually dated by means of radiocarbon. However, radiocarbon dating of the shells from coastal areas may be complicated by the varying sources of carbon. Here we applied optical dating methods to date the samples from above and below a fossil oyster bed in a section on the coast of Bohai Bay, China. The optical ages of the sediments were used to constrain the oyster bed. Single-aliquot regenerative-dose procedures using the OSL signal from fine grain quartz, the IRSL and post-IR OSL signals from polymineral fine grains were employed to determine equivalent dose (D_e). The behaviors of the different luminescence signals from quartz and polymineral grains during D_e measurements were examined. The results showed that the quartz OSL signal is more reliable than the polymineral IRSL and post-IR OSL signals with respect to dating for these coastal samples. The optical ages indicated that the oyster reef formed between ca. 6.2 and 5.0 ka.     

三维地震勘探激发参数选择与分析

文中介绍了山区进行三维地震勘探的重要性及其方法原理。以山西晋城煤业集团某勘探区为实例进行实地勘探和试验,并对试验结果进行了详细的分析,进一步验证了该方法的可行性。     

LC元件参数的数字测量方法与设计

本文着重说明如何将LC元件的諸参数转换为相应的数字量,以适应数字測量的要求。本文采用的方法与设计,具有电路结构简单,易于实现的特点。     

基于地理探测器的喀斯特不同地貌形态类型区土壤侵蚀定量归因

土壤侵蚀形成机制与影响因素识别是当前研究的核心与前沿议题,然而从多因素综合作用的角度进行定量归因仍需加强。以喀斯特典型峰丛洼地流域为研究区,基于GIS手段和RUSLE模型模拟土壤侵蚀,综合土地利用、坡度、降雨、高程、岩性、植被覆盖度等影响因子,应用地理探测器方法针对喀斯特不同地貌形态类型区进行土壤侵蚀的定量归因研究。结果表明,各影响因子对土壤侵蚀的解释力及因子间耦合作用程度在不同地貌形态类型区差异显著,其中土地利用和坡度是决定土壤侵蚀空间异质的主导因子,但在山地丘陵区,随着地形起伏度的升高,坡度的控制作用下降,即地理探测器q值表现为中海拔丘陵>小起伏中山>中起伏中山;生态探测器显示土地利用对土壤侵蚀的影响相比于其他因子有显著差异;双因子交互作用有助于增强对土壤侵蚀的解释力,土地利用与坡度的协同作用对土壤侵蚀的解释力达到70%以上;对于土壤侵蚀空间分布的差异性检验,风险探测器显示在小起伏中山、中起伏中山等地貌形态类型中,具有显著差异的影响因子分层组合数占比至少55%。因而,喀斯特地区土壤侵蚀的治理应综合考虑不同地貌形态类型区土壤侵蚀影响机制的空间异质性。     

SD-3A自动测氡仪山东网逸出氡资料分析与研究

对ＳＤ－３Ａ自动测氡仪在山东试验台网运行期间取得的连续逸出氡观测资料进行了全面深入的分析研究,同时为了说明ＳＤ－３Ａ仪器观测逸出氡资料的一致性和可靠性,用ＦＤ－１０５Ｋ和ＦＤ－１２５测氡仪与ＳＤ－３Ａ同时取１００ｍｌ水样进行人工观测,其所测的氡浓度一致,之后又同时聚逸出氡气样进行观测,所测逸出氡浓度也一致,证明仪器的观测结果是可靠的。说明试验观测期间获得的１９９８年１１月初逸出气氡大幅度高值异常是     

矿井分布式地震超前探测系统研究与应用

为探测掘进巷道前方地质构造,研制一套矿井分布式地震超前探测系统。系统基于地震波反射理论,通过检波器分布式接收或震源分布式激发确定地质异常体的位置。为了进一步提高煤矿采掘过程中构造的预测预报精度,采用分布式观测系统和孔中胶囊检波器进行数据采集以提高设备的灵敏度,通过负视速度原理排除侧帮和后方地质异常体的干扰,利用绕射共偏移算法优化数据反演成果。经过大量试验验证和归纳总结,该系统采用人工锤击震源可有效探测出前方70 m范围内的地质异常信息,采用人工炸药激发震源可有效探测出前方150~200 m范围内的地质异常信息。研究结果表明,矿井分布式地震超前探测系统通过从硬件到软件优化,可实现采掘过程中对地质构造的探测精度,并提高探测效率。     

利用单键群分析方法研究川滇地区近年来的地震活动

单键群(SLC)方法是分析地震活动性的一个有用的工具,根据SLC特征参量的时间滑移计算,对川滇地区的地震活动性特征和地震活动趋势进行了总结分析。地震活动事实表明, SLC分析及有关的SLC特征参量可以有效地反映出地震活动的特征,并可用来进行地震趋势分析。研究认为,川滇地区的地震活动可能将较强。     

Avalanche Risk During Backcountry Skiing – An Analysis of Risk Factors

Skier-triggered avalanches are the main cause of avalanche accidents in backcountry skiing. The risk of accidents during backcountry skiing was analysed statistically and related to factors such as elevation level, aspect, stability rating and the time of the year. The analysis is based on a database about terrain usage and avalanche accidents from a large heli-skiing operator in Canada, which makes it possible to study the conditional probability of accidents given the recorded pattern of terrain usage. This study shows that the historical risk of accidentally triggering an avalanche greater than size 1 depends highly on the stability rating, with the highest risk occurring during “poor” stability. The risk is greater at high elevations, and it is lower during the late season than earlier on. Skier risk does not depend as much on aspect as may be indicated from avalanche data alone. However, it is relatively high in the N–NE–E sector. These factors are not independent of each other and therefore analyses of combined factors were also performed. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gain knowledge about the terrain selection of professional mountain guides. These results indicate that when selecting terrain, guides first look at the overall shape and size of the terrain, but avalanche history of terrain and inclination are also important factors. Finally, remarks in avalanche reports were analysed, and common human factors identified.     

Optimized running conditions and sensitivity for direction sensitive detectors of WIMP dark matter

Optimum fill pressures for direction-sensitive dark matter detectors based on tracking in gases are considered. Given the minimum resolvable track length and the gas fill, the Lindhard–Scharf stopping model leads to the existence of an optimum pressure which maximizes the specific event rate R (event rate per unit detector volume). In addition, maximizing the detectibility of the recoil nucleus diurnal asymmetry is considered. Optimum fill pressures are calculated for Ar, CF₄, CS₂ and Xe gas fills, as a function of the WIMP mass and the minimum resolvable track length. The associated minimum target volumes required to achieve currently competitive WIMP-nucleon cross-section sensitivity are also calculated. The standard isothermal sphere model of the galactic WIMP halo is used throughout, but the method could be extended to use any desired WIMP distribution function.     

Estimates of lichen growth–rate in northern Sweden

Two lichenometric techniques were compared in a study of lichen growth–rate in northern Sweden. The first technique, based on the maximum lichen diameter on glacier moraines, was identical to the technique used in the 1970s, whereas the other utilized the lichen diameter measured on 100 randomly selected boulders. The results indicate that it does not matter which technique is chosen, as long as the technique is used consistently on both the calibration surfaces and the surfaces to be dated. The use of data from both the 1970s and the 2000s increased the number of calibration surfaces available. The new calibration curve indicates that the age of Little Ice Age moraines was underestimated by up to about 30 years in the study conducted in the 1970s.