Morphology and evolution of an anastomosed channel network where saline underflow enters the Black Sea

The Bosphorus Strait accommodates two‐way flow between the Aegean and Black Seas. The Aegean (Mediterranean) inflow has speeds of 5 to 15 cm sec^?1 in the strait and a salinity contrast of ～12‰ to 16‰ with the Black Sea surface waters on the shelf. An anastomosed channel network crosses the shelf and in water deeper than 70 m is characterized by first‐order channels 5 to 10 m deep, local lateral accretion bedding, muddy in‐channel barforms, and a variety of sediment waves both on channel floors and bar crests, crevasse channels entering the overbank area and levée/overbank deposits which are radiocarbon‐dated in cores to be younger than ～7·5 to 8·0 ka. This channel network accommodates the saline density current formed by the Mediterranean inflow. The density contrast between the density underflow and the ambient water mass is ～0·01 g cm^?3, similar to the density contrast ascribed to low‐concentration turbidity currents in the deep sea. Channel‐floor deposits are sandy to gravelly with local shell concentrations. Low‐relief bedforms on the channel floor have relatively straight crests, upflow‐dipping cross‐stratification, heights 1 to 1·5 m and wavelengths 85 to 155 m. Bankfull flows are subcritical, so these probably are not antidunes. Bar tops are ornamented locally with mudwaves having heights 1 to 2 m and wavelengths ～20 to 100 m; these are potentially antidunes formed under shallow overbank flows. Towards the shelf edge, the degree of channel bifurcation increases dramatically and bar tops are dissected locally by secondary channels, some of which terminate in hanging valleys. Conical mounds on the shelf (possibly mud volcanoes or sites of fluid seepage) interact with the channel network by promoting accretion of muddy streamlined macroforms in their lee. This channel network may be one of the largest and most accessible natural laboratories on Earth for the study of continuously flowing density currents. Although the driver is salinity contrast, the underflow transports sufficient sediment to form levée wedges and large streamlined barforms, and presumably transports sediment into deep water.     

Using magnetic resonance imaging for experimental analysis of fine‐sediment infiltration into gravel beds

Sedimentologists recognize that development of a fine‐resolution, truly three‐dimensional analytical tool is essential if the internal structure of an opaque material is to be examined. This paper therefore seeks to: (i) test the viability of magnetic resonance imaging for sedimentological research; and (ii) investigate fine‐sediment infiltration into gravel beds. The results of six experiments are analysed quantitatively using Image J post‐processing software. Data indicate that magnetic resonance imaging‐based measurements of particle axes and volumes are comparable with standard laboratory techniques. Furthermore, the technique permits visualization and analysis of differences in the pattern of fine‐sediment infiltration (median particle diameter, d) into a framework of gravel (median particle diameter, D). Data clearly illustrate a siltation process for samples of D/d = 34 and a sealing process for samples of D/d = 7 where the seal is restricted to a depth equal to 2D. This pore‐scale visualization is valuable to the understanding of hydraulic–sediment–habitat interactions.     

超深上仰孔卸压爆破集中煤柱工艺技术研究

为了防治浅埋近距离煤层群开采时下组煤采出上覆集中倾向煤柱易发生的动力压架灾害,在分析超深孔卸压松动爆破防灾原理基础上,提出了一种超深上仰孔卸压爆破集中煤柱技术,通过理论分析、地面传爆试验及井下工业性试验,解决完善了该技术的3大工艺技术难题：一是利用自主研发的装药装置,解决了超深(最深达110 m)上仰孔(仰角30°)安全快速安装炸药难题;二是根据钻孔爆破裂隙圈半径及煤柱塑性区宽度理论计算结果找到了最佳炮孔布设间距;三是利用地面传爆试验和C-S双液浆凝胶特性试验解决了超长装药段(最长达16 m)炸药安全传爆及炮孔堵塞难题,优化了起爆方法,消除了管道效应,核算了爆破振动安全允许距离,实现了安全、高效封孔。该工艺技术的成功应用表明其具有工程借鉴及推广应用意义。     

丰源煤矿矿井涌水规律及控制因素分析

丰源煤矿位于新疆呼图壁县白杨沟内,井田开采历史较长,存在大量老窑水富集区,且紧邻白杨沟河,故煤矿主井长期面临涌水问题,对主井进行了近两年的排水,涌水量仍未见明显降低,推测主井与白杨沟河、老窑水之间存在较复杂的导水通道。对丰源煤矿及其邻区开展了构造地质调查、水文地球化学分析、地球物理勘探等工作,对矿井突水通道位置和范围变化等情况进行了空间动态连通性分析,基本查明了影响矿井涌水量的主要因素,即:(1)NE向的断层F_4、F_5有一定阻水性;(2)NW向、近EW向节理、断层密集带构成了区域的优势导水结构面;(3)塌陷坑及河道衬砌严重破坏段为拉张塌陷区,构成了地表水和浅层潜水的主要渗漏补给区。     

鄂尔多斯盆地吴起地区延长组长4+5段储层非均质性特征

储层非均质性对剩余油分布和水驱或气驱波及系数影响较大,开展储层非均质精细评价,是油田开发方案调整和剩余油挖潜必不可少的内容。利用密井网测井资料和岩矿鉴定等资料,从沉积、成岩作用等方面对吴起油沟油田长4+5段储层非均质进行了研究。结果表明,研究区长4+5段诸层为三角洲前缘沉积末端,单期水下分流河道规模较小且改道频繁,层内泥质夹层不发育,层间隔层发育,单砂体连通性差,非均质性较强;纵向上将长4+5段分为长4+5_1、长4+5_2~1、长4+5_2~2三个小层,受沉积环境和成岩作用,特别是碳酸盐胶结作用的影响,层内非均质性多为正韵律或复合韵律,其中长4+5_1储层非均质性最强,长4+5_2~2储层非均质性最弱;从层间非均质性来看,其中长4+5_1单层砂体薄,分层系数最大,长4+5_2~2储单层砂体厚度大,分层系数较小;从平面非均质性来看,长4+5_1砂体呈交切窄条带状发育,砂体厚度横向变化大,平面非均质性较强;长4+5_2~1砂体呈孤立条带状分布,砂体欠发育,以分流涧湾为主;长4+5_2~2砂体厚度大,且呈连片发育,平面非均质性较弱。     

The mechanism of barrier river reaches in the middle and lower Yangtze River

Alluvial channel has always adjusted itself to the equilibrium state of sediment transport after it was artificially or naturally disturbed. How to maintain the equilibrium state of sediment transport and keep the river regime stable has always been the concerns of fluvial geomorphologists. The channel in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is characterized by the staggered distribution of the bifurcated river and the single-thread river. The change of river regime is more violently in the bifurcated river than in the single-thread river. Whether the adjustment of the river regime in the bifurcated river can pass through the single-thread river and propagate to the downstream reaches affects the stabilities of the overall river regime. Studies show that the barrier river reach can block the upstream channel adjustment from propagating to the downstream reaches; therefore, it plays a key role in stabilizing the river regime. This study investigates 34 single-thread river reaches in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. On the basis of the systematic summarization of the fluvial process of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the control factors of barrier river reach are summarized and extracted: the planar morphology of single-thread and meandering; with no flow deflecting node distributed in the upper or middle part of the river reach; the hydraulic geometric coefficient is less than 4; the longitudinal gradient is greater than 12‰, the clay content of the concave bank is greater than 9.5%, and the median diameter of the bed sediment is greater than 0.158 mm. From the Navier-Stokes equation, the calculation formula of the bending radius of flow dynamic axis is deduced, and then the roles of these control factors on restricting the migration of the flow dynamic axis and the formation of the barrier river reach are analyzed. The barrier river reach is considered as such when the ratio of the migration force of the flow dynamic axis to the constraint force of the channel boundary is less than 1 under different flow levels. The mechanism of the barrier river reach is such that even when the upstream river regime adjusts, the channel boundary of this reach can always constrain the migration amplitude of the flow dynamic axis and centralize the planar position of the main stream line under different upstream river regime conditions, providing a relatively stable incoming flow conditions for the downstream reaches, thereby blocking the upstream river regime adjustment from propagating to the downstream reaches.     

填海工程建设前后丹东港海域泥沙冲淤变化特征与成因分析

利用近年来水深地形数据和2010年全潮水文观测资料分析了丹东港海域在填海工程建设前后的冲淤变化特征,并阐述了冲淤变化的成因,以对该类型海域海洋工程的选址和海洋环境保护等提供科学依据。研究结果表明,研究区海底在工程建设前除靠近大东作业区的岬角处冲刷较大外,其他海域整体冲淤厚度小于0.2 m/a。工程建设后海底冲淤格局发生重新分布,主要表现在工程南侧普遍冲刷和东侧航道内及西南侧海域的淤积。利用刘家驹公式计算了工程建设前后的航道回淤强度,计算结果表明:工程后A点年均淤积厚度减小了0.09 m,B、C点年均淤积厚度分别增加了0.02、0.19 m。Mike21数值模拟结果显示,工程建设改变了原来的流场,造成研究区冲刷悬浮的泥沙在潮流的作用下重新搬运与沉积,同时波浪场也因工程的影响下蚀海底的能力增强。     

非通航孔桥墩自适应拦截网防撞装置实船拦截试验与水动力计算

针对非通航孔桥墩,研发了一种自适应拦截网防船舶撞击装置,主要由系泊大浮体、系泊锚链和固定锚、自适应小浮筒、拦截网、恒阻力缆绳以及触发钢索所组成。阐述了该防撞装置设计原理,即偏航船舶撞击该防撞装置,小浮筒会带动拦截网自适应地从水平状态竖起展开,包裹住来撞船首,再通过相连浮体的运动阻力和恒阻力缆绳来吸收船舶动能,拦截住船舶,保护非通航孔桥墩安全。随后介绍在福建平潭海峡大桥引桥附近海域实施的实船撞击自适应拦截网防撞装置的大型试验,试验结果显示:自适应拦截网成功升起,船舶被安全拦截,从而实验证实了设计原理与设计方案的可行性和可靠性。最后,采用大型水动力分析软件AQWA对防撞装置拦截船舶过程进行数值模拟,模拟结果与实验结果基本一致,说明了数值仿真具有较好的计算精度和可靠性,能够为该防撞装置的结构设计与优化提供重要的参考。     

北极东北航道自然环境风险区划——以俄罗斯北部海域为例

在全球变暖背景下,针对北极海冰融化和东北航道开通的航行风险问题,采用风险评估理论,利用海冰密度、风速、能见度、气温和高程等指标数据,构建风险指标体系,开展了对北极东北航道主要航段自然环境危险性风险(以下简称综合风险)的评估与区划等工作,讨论各指标因子对综合风险的贡献度,得到如下结果:1)经验上来看,北极东北航道适宜通航的月份为7~10月,从风险量化角度分析得出东北航道7~10月自然环境风险较其它月份低,对经验结论进行了验证。2)研究区综合风险分布为"东高西低",即巴伦支海的综合风险较低,咯拉海、拉普捷夫海和东西伯利亚海风险较高。3)可通航月内(7~10月),9月份综合风险最低,其次是8、7月份,10月份综合风险最高。4)除去个别年份(2008和2009年),研究区在2004~2015年综合风险呈现下降趋势,2015年达到最低值。5)敏感性分析得:海冰对综合风险的贡献度最大;风速、水深次之;气温对综合风险贡献最小。     

Influence of Spur Dike on Hydrodynamic Exchange Between Channel and Shoal of Generalization Estuary in Physical Model Test

Widely applied in maintaining estuarial waterway depth, the spur dike has played an important role in currents and sediment exchange between channel and shoal and sediment back-silting in the channel. Through establishing a generalized physical model at a bifurcated estuary and conducting current tests under the joint action of runoff and tide, the influence of the spur dike length on current exchange between channel and shoal is analyzed. Results show that when the spur dike length reaches a certain value, the direction of the flow velocity shear front between the channel and shoal will change. The longer the spur dike, the larger the transverse fluctuating velocity at the peak of flood in the channel shoal exchange area, while the transport of the transverse hydrodynamics is obvious in the process of flood. There is an optimum length of spur dike when the shear stress in the channel and the longitudinal velocity in flood and ebb reach the maximum, and the flow velocity will decrease when the spur dike length is smaller or larger than the optimum. For a certain length of spur dike, the larger the channel shoal elevation difference, the larger the peak longitudinal flow velocity in the middle of the navigation channel in flood and ebb. However, the transverse flow velocity will first decrease and then increase. The transverse transportation is obvious when the channel shoal elevation difference increases.