穿过俄勒冈州图拉丁山脉的重力研究：波特兰都市区地壳结构的解释和地震危险性

穿过波特兰市区西部图拉丁山脉（波特兰山）的高分辨率重力测量，展现出以前根据地表地质学和航磁测绘识别出的断层的证据。本次重力测量是在1996年沿着长4．5km的双孔隧道进行的，该隧道在当时的建设中及现在一直在波特兰市区与波特兰山以西的居民区之间通轻便火车。在隧道内的重力从西到东逐渐增加，这种情况反映了隧道位于西边的图拉丁盆地低密度沉积物与其东边高密度大部分隐蔽的始新世玄武岩之间。叠加在这一梯度之上的是几个阶梯状异常，我们将其解释为密度明显差异的岩石之间断续接触的证据。这些异常的最大值发生在西尔万克里克之下，这里存在一条以前测绘出的断层。另一异常发生在距西洞口1200m处，大约是隧道与航磁异常相交汇的部位，航磁异常与西尔万断层（原来称为奥特菲尔德断层）有关。以这些重力资料为依据的岩石学横剖面显示出阶梯状异常与陡倾逆断层相一致，虽然走滑位移也许同样重要。与上方地形洼地相对应的3个重力低异常可能反映存在着剪切带。几个中等地震（M≥3．5）1991年发生在隧道当前的位置，说明这些断层中的几条或波特兰山断层带的其他断层是地震活动断层。     

古登堡—里克特分布还是特征地震分布？

古地震和断层滑动速率数据结合加州理工学院和美国地质调查局（ＣＩＴＵＳＧＳ０地震目录（１９４４－１９９２）用于检测沿南加州地区主要走滑断层的震级－频度分布的形态。对于纽波特－英格尔伍德断层、埃尔西诺断层、加洛克断层和圣安德烈斯断层，得到的分布是符合断层行为的特征地震模式的。沿圣哈辛托断层观测到的分布满足古登堡－里克特关系。如果仅注意圣哈辛托断层上由大的历史地震的破裂带或由断层线的清晰阶距标记的断层段     

Modeling preferential flow in reactive barriers: implications for performance and design

Reactive barriers are passive and in situ ground water treatment systems. Heterogeneities in hydraulic conductivity (K) within the aquifer-reactive barrier system will result in higher flux rates, and reduced residence times, through portions of the barrier. These spatial variations in residence time will affect the treatment capacity of the barrier. A numerical flow model was used to evaluate the effects of spatial variations in K on preferential flow through barriers. The simulations indicate that the impact of heterogeneities in K will be a function of their location and distribution; the more localized the high K zone, the greater the preferential flow. The geometry of the reactive barrier will also strongly influence flow distribution. Aquifer heterogeneities will produce greater preferential flow in thinner barriers compared to thicker barriers. If the barrier K is heterogeneous, greater preferential flow will occur in thicker barriers. The K of the barrier will affect the flow distribution; decreasing the K of the barrier can result in more even distribution of flow. Results indicate that less variable flow will be attained utilizing thicker, homogeneous barriers. The addition of homogeneous zones to thinner barriers will be effective at redistributing flow only if installed immediately adjacent to both the up- and downgradient faces of the barrier.     

各国地壳上地幔深地震反射研究计划与进展

当前世界上采用的深部探测地球物理技术主要是地震学方法，七十年代以来，美、英、法、德、加拿大、澳大利亚等发达国家相继开展了各自的深地震反射研究计划ＣＯＣＯＲＰ、ＢＩＲＰＳ、ＥＣＯＲＳ、ＤＥＫＯＲＰ、ＬＩＴＨＯＰＲＯＢＥ＆ＡＣＯＲＰ。共完成深地震反射测线４万公里左右，获得了岩石圈的形成与演化，地球动力学过程，及地球深部构造等方面重要信息，从八十年代开始，我国在不同构造带上实施了１５００公里左右的深地震     

澳大利亚西部太古代浅层脉金矿中的地表水的渗入

澳大利亚西部太古代浅层脉型金矿位于葡萄石－绿纤石岩相至低级绿片岩相岩石中，具有以下特征：（１）矿床主要赋存火山作用和构造活动期后形成的脆性剪切带中；（２）矿脉赋存于砾岩中；（３）含银硫盐、辉锑矿和早期的玉髓等低温矿石和脉矿物；（４）矿体内金属具有垂向分带性。     

A High-Eccentricity Low-Mass Companion to HD 89744

We present deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging, as well as ground-based imaging and spectroscopy, of the optical afterglow associated with the long-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 990712 and its host galaxy. The data were obtained 48-123 days after the burst occurred. The magnitudes of the host (R=21.9, V=22.5) and optical afterglow (R=25.4, V=25.8, 47.7 days after the burst) favor a scenario in which the optical light follows a pure power-law decay with an index of alpha approximately -1.0. We find no evidence for a contribution from a supernova like SN 1998bw. This suggests that either there are multiple classes of long-duration gamma-ray bursts or that the peak luminosity of the supernova was more than 1.5 mag fainter than SN 1998bw. The HST images and EFOSC2 spectra indicate that the gamma-ray burst was located in a bright, extended feature (possibly a star-forming region) 1.4 kpc from the nucleus of a 0.2L*B galaxy at z=0.434, possibly a Seyfert 2 galaxy. The late-time afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 990712 bear some resemblance to those of GRB 970508.