Importance of wave-induced bed liquefaction in the fine sediment budget of Cleveland Bay,Great Barrier Reef

Data from a three-year long field study of fine sediment dynamics in Cleveland Bay show that wave-induced liquefaction of the fine sediment bed on the seafloor in shallow water was the main process causing bed erosion under small waves during tradewinds, and that shear-induced erosion prevailed during cyclonic conditions. These data were used to verify a model of fine sediment dynamics that calculates sediment resuspension by both excess shear stress and wave-induced liquefaction of the bed. For present land-use conditions, the amount of riverine sediments settling on the bay may exceed by 50–75% the amount of sediment exported from the bay. Sediment is thus accumulating in the bay on an annual basis, which in turn may degrade the fringing coral reefs. For those years when a tropical cyclone impacted the bay there may be a net sediment outflow from the bay. During the dry, tradewind season, fine sediment was progressively winnowed out of the shallow, reefal waters.     

松辽盆地长岭断陷营城组火山岩储集空间特征及演化

通过对长岭断陷营城组火山岩岩心、铸体薄片的详细观察和物性资料的统计分析认为,该区储层岩石类型多样,主要有流纹岩、流纹质晶屑凝灰岩和原地自碎角砾化熔岩等,不同岩石类型其储集空间发育特征不同,但主要由原生气孔、次生溶孔和裂缝组合构成储集空间。储集空间演化过程可分为三个阶段:原生储集空间形成阶段、表生淋滤作用阶段和埋藏成岩作用阶段,在以上演化过程中,储集性能受岩性岩相、构造运动和风化淋滤溶蚀作用的共同影响,在受深大断裂控制的火山机构近火山口相带、古构造高部位的溶蚀岩相带,裂缝及后期溶蚀孔隙发育,是优质储层分布区。     

Inter-annual variability of wet season freshwater plume extent into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon based on satellite coastal ocean colour observations

Riverine freshwater plumes are the major transport mechanism for nutrients, sediments and pollutants into the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon and connect the land with the receiving coastal and marine waters. Knowledge of the variability of the freshwater extent into the GBR lagoon is relevant for marine park management to develop strategies for improving ecosystem health and risk assessments. In this study, freshwater extent has been estimated for the entire GBR lagoon area from daily satellite observations of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) between 2002 and 2010. To enable a reliable mapping of freshwater plumes we applied a physics-based coastal ocean colour algorithm, that simultaneously retrieves chlorophyll-a, non-algal particulate matter and coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM), from which we used CDOM as a surrogate for salinity (S) for mapping the freshwater extent.     

准噶尔盆地滴西地区石炭系火山岩识别与预测

准噶尔盆地腹部滴西地区石炭系火山岩储层中已获重要的工业气流。然而由于成岩环境复杂,岩性多变,火山机构受后期风化剥蚀和构造作用的影响,保存不完整,使得该区火山岩研究难度大,认识程度较低。本文对滴西地区石炭系巴塔玛依内山组火山岩特征进行了研究,分析了该区典型岩性的岩心、岩石薄片及测井响应特征,提出了一套火山岩测井识别的方法。在此基础上,总结了典型岩性组合的地震反射特征,并对岩性的展布情况进行了预测。最后,对火山岩形成的环境进行了探讨。研究结果显示,滴西地区巴塔玛依内山组顶面的火山岩分布具有一定的分段特征,可以分为东部、中部、西部三段: 从成分上看,东部以酸性岩为主,西部以基性岩为主,中部则酸性岩、中性岩和基性岩皆较发育; 从火山岩产状上看,东部和西部以喷出产状为主,中部则侵入产状和喷出产状皆发育。巴塔玛依内山组火山岩体具有多期次的特点,各火山机构彼此叠置,时间和空间上具有一定的相关性。层状火山机构发育。本文的研究方法对准噶尔盆地内石炭系火山岩研究及火山机构的解剖具有借鉴意义,同时也为该区的油气勘探和开发提供一定的依据。     

Mapping the pollutants in surface riverine flood plume waters in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The extent of flood plume water over a 10 year period was mapped using quasi-true colour imagery and used to calculate long-term frequency of occurrence of the plumes. The proportional contribution of riverine loads of dissolved inorganic nitrogen, total suspended sediments and Photosystem-II herbicides from each catchment was used to scale the surface exposure maps for each pollutant. A classification procedure was also applied to satellite imagery (only Wet Tropics region) during 11 flood events (2000-2010) through processing of level-2 ocean colour products to discriminate the changing characteristics across three water types: "primary plume water", characterised by high TSS values; "secondary plume water", characterised by high phytoplankton production as measured by elevated chlorophyll-a (chl-a), and "tertiary plume water", characterised by elevated coloured dissolved and detrital matter (CDOM+D). This classification is a first step to characterise flood plumes.     

东准噶尔滴西地区石炭系火成岩岩相特征及分布预测

含油气火成岩储层的研究为石油勘探开拓了更广阔的前景。东准噶尔滴西地区石炭系火成岩气藏是克拉美丽气田的主体部分,位于陆梁隆起东南部的滴南凸起西端。根据钻井取心、薄片观察及成像测井数据,对滴西地区石炭系的火成岩岩性进行了识别和类型划分; 结合测井、地震等资料,在单井相划分的基础上,以井震结合为方法,建立了不同岩相的地震相模式,并对其不同特征进行了分析; 通过建立地质-地震对应关系,运用时间切片、波形分类等地震属性分析技术对研究区岩相分布进行了预测。研究结果表明滴西地区火成岩发育火山通道相、爆发相、溢流相、火山沉积相和侵入相五种岩相; 研究区火山岩岩相分区性明显,整体呈现西北部以中-基性溢流相为主,中部以爆发相和火山沉积相为主、东南部以中-酸性溢流相为主的分布特点,滴西18井区为独立的侵入岩体,为浅成侵入相。     

Faecal indicators and pathogens in selected New Zealand waterfowl

Freshly excreted droppings from Canada geese (n=80), black swans (n=80), ducks (n=80) and gulls (n=80) were collected from sites around New Zealand. The droppings were enumerated for Escherichia coli, enterococci and Salmonella spp., and for the presence/absence of Cryptosporidium spp. Overall prevalence of E. coli and enterococci in samples was 95% and 94%, respectively. Cryptosporidium spp. was detected in 2% of the samples, whereas no Salmonella spp. were detected in the survey. Preliminary estimates of daily microbial outputs suggest that ducks will produce the highest loadings of E. coli and enterococci per bird, whereas Canada geese will produce the highest loadings of Campylobacter spp. per bird. This study provides the first set of indicator and pathogen counts for one of the largest sources of diffuse faecal contamination of natural waters in New Zealand.