Indian Ocean tsunamis: environmental and socio-economic impacts in Langkawi, Malaysia

We report the results of a study of the physical characteristics and socio-economic impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004 on the tourist island of Langkawi, Malaysia. In comparison with many other locations struck by the tsunami, the immediate physical and socio-economic impacts in Langkawi were relatively minor. A detailed survey of the watermark and ground elevations was undertaken in the worst affected area between Sungei Kuala Teriang and Sungei Kuala Melaka. Here, the tsunami reached a maximum elevation of 4.29 m as it crossed the coast, with a maximum flow depth of 2.0 m and a very consistent run-up elevation relative to mean sea level of 300 ± 10 cm. The tsunami inundated inshore areas for 300 m and penetrated inland along creeks for 500–1000 m. Structural damage to buildings was confined to within 50–150 m of the shoreline where about 10% of the houses were completely destroyed and 60–70% suffered significant structural damage. Damage was particularly severe in areas where there was no engineered coastal protection, but while coastal revetments did provide enhanced protection for houses at the waterfront, the coastline in the study area appeared to be more heavily impacted than elsewhere in Langkawi because wave energy was focused on the area by offshore breakwaters built to protect the Langkawi port and airport. Emergency response after the tsunami was rapid and efficient but would have been improved if the local police station had not been rendered inoperative by the first wave, and if a mechanism had been in place to ensure that informal advance warnings transmitted between Phuket (Thailand), Langkawi and Penang (Malaysia) by tourist operators could have been more widely disseminated.     

福建开展森林人家休闲健康游的探讨

通过对国内开展乡村旅游现状的调研,分析了目前福建开展乡村旅游存在的问题,借鉴川、渝、浙等地乡村旅游"农家乐"的成功经验,结合福建依托森林资源特色开展森林人家的主要措施,对如何进一步提升森林人家品牌进行了探讨.     

苏州市乡村旅游发展的竞合分析

由地缘关系、区域联系、区域战略、旅游者行为、乡村旅游地属性等方面确定苏州市主要竞合对象.在分析环太湖旅游圈、长三角旅游圈沿沪线乡村旅游发展的竞合关系后,提出苏州乡村旅游发展应致力于打造"文化太湖"、借助古村落发展农俗文化、重视主要客源地、建立环太湖乡村旅游联盟、建立乡村旅游共生机制等.     

Source Parameters of the Deadly M<Subscript>w</Subscript> 7.6 Kashmir Earthquake of 8 October, 2005

During the last six years, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad has established a semi-permanent seismological network of 5–8 broadband seismographs and 10–20 accelerographs in the Kachchh seismic zone, Gujarat with a prime objective to monitor the continued aftershock activity of the 2001 M_w 7.7 Bhuj mainshock. The reliable and accurate broadband data for the 8 October M_w 7.6 2005 Kashmir earthquake and its aftershocks from this network as well as Hyderabad Geoscope station enabled us to estimate the group velocity dispersion characteristics and one-dimensional regional shear velocity structure of the Peninsular India. Firstly, we measure Rayleigh-and Love-wave group velocity dispersion curves in the period range of 8 to 35 sec and invert these curves to estimate the crustal and upper mantle structure below the western part of Peninsular India. Our best model suggests a two-layered crust: The upper crust is 13.8 km thick with a shear velocity (Vs) of 3.2 km/s; the corresponding values for the lower crust are 24.9 km and 3.7 km/sec. The shear velocity for the upper mantle is found to be 4.65 km/sec. Based on this structure, we perform a moment tensor (MT) inversion of the bandpass (0.05–0.02 Hz) filtered seismograms of the Kashmir earthquake. The best fit is obtained for a source located at a depth of 30 km, with a seismic moment, Mo, of 1.6 × 10²⁷ dyne-cm, and a focal mechanism with strike 19.5°, dip 42°, and rake 167°. The long-period magnitude (M_A ~ M_w) of this earthquake is estimated to be 7.31. An analysis of well-developed sPn and sSn regional crustal phases from the bandpassed (0.02–0.25 Hz) seismograms of this earthquake at four stations in Kachchh suggests a focal depth of 30.8 km.     

The Integration of Cooperation Model and Genetic Algorithm

In the photogrammetry,some researchers have applied genetic algorithms in aerial image texture classification and reducing hyper-spectrum remote sensing data.Genetic algorithm can rapidly find the solutions which are close to the optimal solution.But it is not easy to find the optimal solution.In order to solve the problem,a cooperative evolution idea integrating genetic algorithm and ant colony algorithm is presented in this paper.On the basis of the advantages of ant colony algorithm,this paper proposes the method integrating genetic algorithms and ant colony algorithm to overcome the drawback of genetic algorithms.Moreover,the paper takes designing texture classification masks of aerial images as an example to illustrate the integration theory and procedures.     

贵州高原喀斯特景观及其旅游形象

本文通过贵州喀斯特旅游景观类型、特点及优势分析，提出高原、峡谷、峰林、峰丛、瀑布、溶洞是贵州最有代表性的喀斯特景观，它们在空间结上层次丰富的组合，即构成贵州高原绚丽多姿的喀斯特旅游形象，从而展示出贵州喀斯特旅游资源开发的巨大潜力和良好前景。     

辽西地区构造系统的形成与东北亚区域构造演化

燕山造山带东部辽西地区的构造填图，地质研究，以及中生代火山－沉积岩系的同位素资料 ，提供了东北亚和燕山板内造山带的演化历史。华北板块北部燕山－辽西地区自中元古宙至中生代，与整个华北克拉通一起，接受相同的地台盖层沉积，其沉积历史完全相同。在中晚三叠世之后，该区沉积了中生代火山碎屑岩和陆相沉积岩，并发生强烈的构造变形，这才有别于华北克拉通的其它稳定区。同位素资料表明，兴隆沟期火山岩，蓝旗期火山岩和义县期火山岩形成时间分别为200－170Ma,170-155Ma,140-100Ma。按构造成因和系统的指导思想，将该区构造构造归并成3种构造系统，即逆冲推覆构造系，正滑断裂系和走滑断裂系。这3种断裂系统的发育顺序是：逆冲推覆构造形成于早白垩世中期（相当于义县组，九佛堂组之间的界面）；正滑断裂构造系是九佛堂组和阜新组的同沉积构造；走滑断裂构造系形成最晚，为晚白垩世形成的构造。其中早期逆冲推覆构造起了主导作用，奠定了本区构造格局的基本格架，晚期构造的叠加并未从根本上改变已有的构造格局。三叠纪到早白垩世期间，在欧亚板块向南挤压和古太平洋板块向北向西方向的挤压作用下，于早白垩世中期形成本区的逆冲推覆构造；早白垩世晚期受古来洲大陆区域扩张的影响，形成了辽西地区的正滑断裂系，晚白垩世北北东向的走滑断裂系形成则与郯庐断裂活动有关。     

区调提速的紧迫性和可行性

区域地质调查（区调）是国家重要的基础性工作。近年来，随着我国经济、社会的快速发，调整区调工作布局，加快区调工作步伐已迫在眉睫。本从国民经济、社会发展的需求和国家“十五”计划的要求出发，分析了全国区调工作的现状和发展趋势，对依靠科技进步，调整区调部署、加快区调进度的紧迫性、可行性及目标任务进行了论述，指出了尽快将区调工作纳入全面服务社会的轨道、2005年优先安排并完成青藏高原空白区1；25万区调工作、2010年前全面完成全国中比例尺区调任务并出版中国第一套相关基础地质系列图件的基本思路。章特别指出，区调提速一定要确保野外填图的质量，工作部署一定要坚持实事求是的原则。要依靠计算机、遥感等高新技术实现区调提速，要在提速过程中实现区调工作主流程的信息化。     

龙门山国家地质公园建立及旅游资源评述

龙门山国家地质公园已于2001年3月16日经国家正式批准，成为我国首批11个国家地质公园之一。对这样一个特大型构造类国家地质公园，其旅游资源调查，范围的圈定，规划，开发与保护，管理体制，科学研究以及立法等还未规范化，即地质公园理论体系还不健全，如何在地质公园进行旅游开发，是当前面临的急需解决的重大问题，本文论述了龙门山国家地质公园的建立及其意义，评述了其地学旅游资源优势，并通过与国外国家公园与国内风景名胜区的比较，阐述了龙门山国家地质公园的开发保护现状。     

包络地形和重力波拖曳对区域气候模拟效果的影响

用NCAR区域气候模式(RegCM2)的数值试验，研究了包络地形和地形重力波拖曳作用对1991年5、6月份中国区域内气候模拟效果的影响。通过试验结果的对比分析发现，在模式中引入地形重力波拖曳作用可在一定程度上改善模式对气候系统和要素的模拟效果，使模拟结果更符合气候实况。包络地形对模拟结果也有一定的改善，但对于细网格的区域气候模式(RCM)来说，其效果不如重力波拖曳明显。不论是地形重力波拖曳还是包络地形，在模式积分的初期，它们的作用并不明显，随着积分时间的增长，它们对模拟结果的影响程度增大。