Fixed point automatic interpretation of bender-based G0 measurements

We present a new model updating technique for the automatic calculation of the small strain shear modulus of geomaterials, based on bender element experiments. The technique searches for the shear modulus that maximizes the correlation between the output signal obtained from the experiment and the output signal acquired from its computational simulation. Instead of conventional extremum finding algorithms, a fixed point technique is used to update the shear modulus at each iteration. This option increases substantially the attraction basin of the absolute maximum correlation and improves the convergence of the algorithm.     

Efficient system reliability analysis of rock slopes based on Subset simulation

How to efficiently assess the system reliability of rock slopes is still challenging. This is because when the probability of failure is low, a large number of deterministic slope stability analyses are required. Based on Subset simulation, this paper proposes an efficient approach for the system reliability analysis of rock slopes. The correlations among multiple potential failure modes are properly accounted for with the aid of the “max” and “min” functions. A benchmark rock slope and a real engineered rock slope with multiple correlated failure modes are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Relationship of Pollen-Vegetation-Land Use in Small Watersheds of Mountain Area: A Tentative Study of Quantitative Detecting Human Activities on Environment

With the progress of study on global climate change and the sensitivity simulation of various climate systems, human activities might be one of important factors driving climate change in historical periods. Therefore, since the beginning of this century, Land Cover Change has become the currently hot topic of global change research and climate simulation. The establishment of pollen-vegetation-land use relationship may be one of the effective ways to obtain quantitative estimates of human impact on natural environment. Therefore, in the Taihang Mountains,two small watersheds were selected to detect the relationships quantitatively among pollen, vegetation and land-use of small watershed by using pollen data. There are natural vegetation components and crop pollen types in pollen assemblages, which well reflect the relationships among pollen, vegetation and land-use in small watershed. As altitude decreases, the area of farmland, the intensity of human activities and the cereal, vegetable pollen percentages increases. The regression analysis of pollen percentages and land-use indicate that a linear positive relationship exists between the percentages of cereals, vegetables pollens and the area of farmland, which has a significance for human activities.     

利用小震震源机制解研究太行山断裂带东南缘地区构造应力场

利用P波初动和垂直向记录Pg、Sg振幅比方法,计算得到在太行山断裂带东南缘地区68个中小地震的震源机制解。通过统计方法、系统聚类分析方法分析震源机制解参数,并利用力轴张量计算方法求取区域平均应力场。结果表明,研究区68个中小地震震源机制解走滑类占总数的57%,正断类与逆断类也都存在;最大、最小应力轴倾角都较小,接近水平。该区现今构造应力场的主要特征表现为北东东-南西西向的水平挤压与北北西-南南东向的水平拉伸。     

Study on the Anomaly of Small Earthquake Activity Before Moderate-strong Earthquake in the Northeast Margin of the Qinghai- Xizang （Tibet） Block

26 earthquakes with MS ≥5. 0 have been recorded in the northeast margin of the Qinghai- Xizang (Tibet) block since 1980,22 of which were relatively independent of other moderate- strong earthquakes. Research on the increase of small earthquake activity before the 22 moderate-strong earthquakes has indicated that small earthquake activity was enhanced before 17 of the moderate-strong earthquakes. Though the increased seismicity is a common phenomenon in the northeast margin of the Qinghai-Xizang ( Tibet ) block,we have difficulty in predicting the moderate-strong earthquakes by this phenomenon. In order to predict the moderate-strong earthquakes through the increased seismicity of small earthquakes,this paper attempts to propose a new method, which calculates small earthquake frequency through the change of distribution pattern of small earthquakes, based on the characteristics of small earthquake activity in the northeastern Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) block,and then make primary applications. The result shows that we are able to obtain obvious anomalies in the frequency of small earthquakes before moderate strong earthquakes through the new method,with little spatial range effect on the amplitude of this small earthquake frequency anomaly. We can obtain mid to short-term anomaly indices for moderate-strong earthquakes in the northeast margin of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) block.     

Hydrochemical changes in a small tropical island’s aquifer: Manukan Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Small islands groundwater are often exposed to heavy pumpings as a result of high demand for freshwater consumption. Intensive exploitation of groundwater from Manukan Island’s aquifer has disturbed the natural equilibrium between fresh and saline water, and has resulted increase the groundwater salinity and leap to the hydrochemical complexities of freshwater–seawater contact. An attempt was made to identify the hydrochemical processes that accompany current intrusion of seawater using ionic changes and saturation indices. It was observed that the mixing between freshwater–seawater created diversity in geochemical processes of the Manukan Island’s aquifer and altered the freshwater and seawater mixture away from the theoretical composition line. This explained the most visible processes taking place during the displacement.     

小型水库集约化养鱼技术研究

江苏省瓦沟水库和石山头水库,面积为8.9和17.3hm~2,1984年起分别进行集约化养鱼试验。内容是改革我国传统的水库养鱼方式,设计多种混放密养的养殖模式,增加外源性饵料,改善水库饵料基础,加大鱼种放养规格,缩短饲养周期,实行库湾、池塘等多种培育鱼种形式,实现鱼种自给,开展网箱养鱼,设置网箱簖进行轮捕,饲养家禽家畜,种植青绿饲料,注重综合养鱼。试验结果每公顷鱼产量,瓦沟水库由试验前(1983年)每公顷195kg至1986年达4176kg;石山头水库由1984年的86kg至1989年增加至7822kg,公顷渔业利润为10140元。现这项技术已在江苏省51座小型水库中推广应用。     

乌鲁木齐地区中小地震震源机制解及构造应力场

主要对乌鲁木齐地区中小地震震源机制解及构造应力场进行分析。 结果表明, 乌鲁木齐地区中等地震震源断错性质主要以倾滑逆断层为主, 地震破裂面与其附近构造走向基本一致, 主压应力P轴方向为NE向或近NS向; 乌鲁木齐地区小地震的震源断错性质表现出一定的区域性, 破裂面以近EW向为主, 主压应力P轴方向近NS向, 兼有部分NE向或者NW向。 显示出小地震的发生既受局部地质构造的影响, 也受区域构造应力场的影响。     

对内蒙古贺根山蛇绿岩的新认识

本文将华北板块和中亚-蒙古陆块缝合带中前人划分的"贺根山蛇绿岩套"划分为三个不同组分、不同成因的岩系:以含金刚石和其它幔源矿物的变质橄榄岩系为主,包括堆晶杂岩在内的镁铁-超镁铁岩系;含放射虫硅质岩夹层的玄武岩系;上覆的火山-沉积岩系。根据地质学与年代学证据,可以认为蛇绿岩形成于晚泥盆-早石炭世。在此基础上,本文重点讨论了三个问题:(1)结合不同尺度的构造研究,将含金刚石等幔源矿物的超镁铁岩看作源自地幔转换带的幔源熔-流体,在软流圈底辟体上涌的背景下持续上升,在板块对接的过程中构造侵位的岩石。据此,对现有的蛇绿岩概念提出了补充;同时提出贺根山在板块汇聚过程未发生明显的俯冲和碰撞,而是通过拼贴的方式连为一体的;(2)贺根山具有OIB特征的玄武岩与朝克山MORB的对比,表明不同来源的多地块的存在及板块闭合时间的差异均反映了陆间小洋盆的特征;(3)将上覆在玄武岩系之上的火山沉积岩系看作洋盆最后充填的产物,反映了古亚洲洋闭合过程中小洋盆直接从洋壳转化为陆壳的过程,最后从时空角度进一步讨论了小洋盆闭合的特征。     

阿尔金断裂带东段地区深浅部构造综合分析

阿尔金断裂带东段地区的地质构造特征及其动力学机制一直是地学工作者关注的焦点。近年来小震资料越来越多应用到活动断裂空间展布、深浅构造分析及动力学机制研究领域。本文应用双差定位法获得研究区域2008～2017年间6013次地震事件的精确定位数据,通过多条小震深度剖面清晰刻画出断裂系统的空间展布形态。综合石油地震剖面、人工地震宽角反射/折射剖面、人工地震深反射剖面,充分利用小震精确定位信息以及浅表活动构造研究成果,建立研究区断裂系统的深浅部构造模型。研究区莫霍面由北往南逐渐加深,存在三处断错,呈阶梯状展布,地壳内存在一条厚约10km的低速层,在该层以上为地震多发区,断裂系统总体呈"Y"字型,上部为一系列叠瓦状逆冲断裂,造成祁连山的隆升,向下并入一条主干断层。最后探讨了青藏高原东北缘地区构造运动的动力学机制,亚洲板块俯冲至祁连山前,上地壳以逆冲推覆构造模式造成上地壳增厚现象,而中下地壳主要为亚洲岩石圈地幔下插,上地幔的拖曳作用下发生流动引起地壳增厚,上下地壳整体增厚。