Geologically constrained changes to landforms caused by human activities in the 20th century: A case study from Fukuoka Prefecture,Japan

Human activity has been recognized to be an important geomorphic agent, and the resulting changes to landforms and land cover are regarded as a global problem. Although there has been much research into the relationships between geomorphic processes and types of land use such as agriculture, mining, and urbanization, it is important to clarify spatiotemporal human impacts on topography on a regional scale when predicting future changes in land cover.This study examined changes in land use to clarify the distribution and impact of anthropogenic changes to landforms, as well as the influence of geology on the extent of these changes. In a case study from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, changes in land use over the last century were analyzed using a geographic information system (GIS). The study area, which covers approximately 4930 km², has experienced urban development since 1950 and has a current population of over 5 million. Land use data were prepared using paper-based early editions of topographic maps. Subsequently, the distribution of anthropogenic landforms was evaluated by comparing landforms with regional geological data.GIS analysis using our prepared land use data, landform data, and regional geological data has clarified the following characteristics of the study area. (1) Land uses prior to 1950 were constrained by topographic relief. After 1950, land use was characterized by urban sprawl. Urban areas expanded and contained both higher elevations and steeper slopes at their margins. The relationships between land uses and landforms during this urbanization are unclear. (2) The area of urban land increased in the geological regions with Paleogene sedimentary rocks (PSD) and Mesozoic granitic rocks (GR) during the 20th century. The largest coal mining area in Japan was located in the PSD geological regions, and ancient iron working was common in the GR geological regions, particularly during the 7th century. This result indicates that the land use distribution, especially urban areas in sloping terrain, is related to the regional geology. (3) Deforestation related to land use resulted in steeper terrain in forest land in the PSD and GR geological regions. These changes to landforms in forest areas occurred as a result of rapid urban sprawl and have created many new boundaries between forest areas with steeper slopes and urban areas with gentler slopes. This phenomenon may have caused an increase in the frequency of sediment-related disasters.This case study indicates that predictions of anthropogenic changes to landform, which are important for the assessment of global climate change and natural hazards, must clarify the relationships between land uses, landforms, and regional geology.     

喀斯特地貌SAR影像多级配准方法

文章针对现有SAR影像配准方法对喀斯特地貌低相干区域配准的局限性,在阴影区域提取的基础上提出一种SAR影像多级配准方法。通过对喀斯特地貌阴影区域的分析,逐级提取阴影区域质点和位于山峰位置的高相干点作为特征点。在进行像元级和亚像元级的配准时分别采用几何特征参数和相干系数作为自动配准的测度。实验验证了喀斯特地貌SAR影像采用此方法进行配准的可行性,配准精度有所提高。     

实验地貌的观测方法讨论

实验地貌观测方法的选择直接影响试验观测的精度和效率。数字近景摄影测量技术具有较高的观测精度和效率,其设备简单易操作且成本相对较低,但观测精度仍需结合传统手段进行率定和校核;点云式激光扫描技术使用范围广、精度高,但设备制作成本高、数据处理量大,等值线式激光扫描技术克服了上述缺点;超声波地形仪多用于水下地形观测,应用范围及效率精度有待改进。实验地貌观测技术未来的研究趋势应朝着高精度、高效率、操作简便的方向发展。     

福建沿海第四纪地质调查中钻探布置及质量控制

福建沿海经济区陆续开展以滨海平原、山间盆地、冲积平原、丘陵台地等为主的1∶5万第四纪地质调查,根据各地貌单元发育规律,结合1∶5万福清幅第四纪专题调查,总结了浅覆盖层勘探线的布置方法、钻孔密度、技术要求、质量控制等要点。     

鲜水河—安宁河断裂带磨西—冕宁段的滑动速率与强震位错

航片解译及野外地震地质考察结果表明，鲜水河－安宁河断裂带磨西－冕宁段存在明显的晚第四纪活动性，其以左旋走滑运动为主，并伴有显著的垂直滑动分量。晚第四纪以来的平均水平滑动速率在鲜水河断裂磨西以南段为6．0－9．9mm/a，安宁河断裂冕宁以北段为4．7－5．3mm/a。同震位错及地震地表破裂研究表明，A．D．1786年康定－泸定磨西73／4级地震的地表破裂可能南延至田湾以南；安宁河断裂冕宁以北段则具有蕴育71／2级左右地震的构造背景，最晚一次强震的地质记录极有可能是史料记载不全的A．D．1327年一次6级或6级以上地震的证据。     

Automated mapping of land components from digital elevation data

An algorithm for automating the mapping of land components from digital elevation data is described. Land components are areas of relatively uniform slope and aspect and often correspond with ridge crests, shoulders, head slopes, back slopes or foot slopes. Aspect regions, which generally span from stream to ridge, are first identified by generalizing an aspect map derived from digital elevation data. The aspect regions are then split successively into land components by grouping pixels above or below an automatically determined contour of elevation or ‘distance from stream’. The contour approximates a slope break. The land components mapped in this way give a complete polygonization of a hilly landscape and are a reasonable approximation of manually mapped land components.     

秦岭北麓断裂带晚第四纪活动的地貌表现

本区地貌特征反映秦岭北麓断裂带的活动特点是：①第四纪以来主要发生垂直运动，其活动性质与程度有差异性、阶段性。第一、二级阶地的形态和年代资料表征秦岭北麓断裂带晚更新世和全新世垂直位错幅度和平均速率。②河流阶地在上升盘出口处高度大，而向上游逐渐减小，反映第四纪以来，秦岭断块山地继续发生由北向南的掀斜运动。③被断层切割的冲洪积扇体的结构和堆积层的产状特征，反映出山麓带多发育铲形断层。     

Geomorphology and hydrology of upper sinking cove,cumberland plateau,Tennessee

Upper Sinking Cove, dissecting the eastern escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, is characterized by a multiple aquifer, predominantly vadose hydrologic system with minor surface components. There is a central trunk channel along the axis of the cove and a network of independent tributaries. Aquitards within the limestones, particularly Hartselle Formation shales, have influenced both cave and surface landform development by perching ground waters and slowing the vertical growth of closed depressions. Long-term solutional denudation in the portion of the cove underlain by limestones (40 per cent) is an estimated 56 mm per 1000 years, suggesting that karst development began 15–16 million years ago. Despite lower soil CO₂ and spring water hardness, 61 per cent of annual denudation occurs in the six winter months when 76 per cent of yearly runoff occurs. Landform development in Upper Sinking Cove appears to have begun as stream erosion carved a valley first in the sandstone caprock of the escarpment and later in the underlying Pennington Formation limestones containing numerous shale layers which promoted surface stream flow. Eventually stream erosion exposed the massive Bangor limestones which allowed deep ground water flow. Surface streams were pirated underground with the eventual formation of the chain of three closed depressions which constitute Upper Sinking Cove.     

哈纳斯湖地区地貌与湖的成因

哈纳斯湖位于阿尔泰山深处,最大水深188.5m,平均水深122.1m。横断面具典型的箱形形态,在其底部存在现代活动地堑。湖盆的成因是强烈的构造断陷加上山谷冰川的创蚀及终碛垄的堰塞。随着终绩垄被出流下切,湖泊面积变小。     

渭河盆地全新世隐伏构造活动

通过对水系线密度和面密度的量计和制图分析，揭示了渭河盆地全新世构造活动的特征，为查明厚层新生代松散沉积物覆盖下隐伏构造的全新世活动提供简便有效的方法。