Bedrock structure in Adapazari, Turkey—a possible cause of severe damage by the 1999 Kociaeli earthquake

The 1999 Kocaeli earthquake brought serious damage to downtown of Adapazari. To study why strong motions were generated at the town, a bedrock structure was investigated on the basis of Bouguer gravity anomaly, and SPAC and H/V analyses of microseisms. It was revealed that, the basin consists of three narrow depressions of bedrock with very steep edges, extending in E–W or NE–SW directions along the North Anatolia faults, and the depth to bedrock reaches 1000 m or more. Downtown of Adapazari is located 1–2 km apart from the basin-edge. It is considered that, the specific configuration of bedrock amplifies ground motions at the downtown area by focusing of seismic waves and/or interference between incident S-waves and surface-waves secondarily generated at the basin-edge. Studying 3D bedrock structure is an urgent issue for microzoning an urban area in a sedimentary basin.     

World continental modeling for water resources using system dynamics

This research assesses the severity of future water scarcity and its impact on the growth of human civilization through system dynamics modeling of the world at regional level. Six sectors of activities are modeled in each continent to represent the human society. Continental interactions such as migration and trade are also modeled to express the synergy of activities among the various continents. Results of the model simulations from 1960 to 2100 show that water scarcity, unlike other limitations such as nonrenewable resources and persistent pollution, gives severe, detrimental problems within short delays after its occurrence.     

Multi-scale Characteristics and Comprehensive Evaluation of Precipitation Heterogeneity in Guangxi

Aiming at the uneven spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation and frequent occurrence of drought and waterlogging disasters in Guangxi, the multi-scale characteristics and comprehensive evaluation of precipitation heterogeneity can provide scientific support for regional response to drought and waterlogging disasters and intelligent management of water resources. Based on the daily precipitation data of 87 grid points from 1961 to 2017 in Guangxi, the Precipitation Concentration Degree (PCD) and Precipitation Concentration Period (PCP) index were used to build day, pentad, ten days, month, season precipitation heterogeneity of multiple time scale level evaluation system. By using R/S analysis and geographical spatial analysis methods, the space-time evolution characteristics and climate division in Guangxi were discussed. The study showed that the spatial and temporal variation characteristics of PCD and PCP at the diurnal, synoptic and monthly scales were relatively consistent, and the heterogeneity of precipitation in Guangxi could be better expressed than that at the monthly and seasonal scales. The diachronic change of PCD in precipitation in Guangxi shows an increasing trend in northeast China and a decreasing trend in southwest China, and the trend of its future period is the same as the diachronic evolution. The spatial distribution of PCD in Guangxi has significant spatial autocorrelation and stratification heterogeneity, which are mainly reflected in the mean value, coefficient of variation and frequency of PCD. The comprehensive heterogeneity of precipitation in Guangxi is highly dispersed in the northeast, highly concentrated in the south, and slightly concentrated or dispersed in the northwest and central regions. The time-scale within a month is the best scale to express the non-uniformity of precipitation in Guangxi. If the advantages of more stable climatic and ten-day scales and more fine daily scales are taken into account, the use of climatic scale for daily sliding calculation and analysis will be the best way.     

徐宿弧形构造对袁庄矿矿井构造的影响机制

以徐宿弧形构造西部外缘带中段闸河复式向斜北部的袁庄矿地质构造为主要研究对象,探讨了徐宿弧形构造对闸河向斜和袁庄矿矿井构造形成的影响机制,并分析了各级构造对煤层、瓦斯及岩浆岩的控制作用。研究表明:在徐宿弧形构造背景下,闸河向斜构造虽处于应力集中区,但因石炭-二叠纪地层软弱,故闸河向斜褶皱发育,逆冲断裂却很少,这与向斜两侧的逆冲断裂系形成鲜明对比;袁庄矿矿井构造秉承了闸河向斜构造特征,以褶皱为主要构造形式;煤层赋存、瓦斯含量及岩浆岩等开采地质条件的特征明显受各级构造形式的影响。研究认为,不同尺度下的各级构造有一定的相似性,但又有各自独有的特征,因此在多级次构造研究中,在考虑区域构造背景的同时还应重视次级构造自身条件的研究。     

用深井观测的地震研究东川地区随深度变化的场地放大因子.

采用中日合作，分别布设于东川垂直竖井中地下200ｍ、100ｍ 和地面３个位置的高精度数字化地震仪记录的地方震资料（震中距8.5～95ｋｍ，震级ML1.3～5.1），用频谱比的分析方法计算了东川地区不同深度（－100ｍ 和地面）的场地放大因子．在８个频率（f ＝0.75，1.0，1.5，2，3，4，5和12Ｈｚ）上所对应的在-100ｍ 处的3个分向（N-S，E-W，U-D）的场地放大因子（与-200ｍ 处相比），当0.75Ｈｚ f 2Ｈｚ时，为1.0～1.49；当2Ｈｚ＜ f ＜12Ｈｚ时，为0.47～0.99；在地面，3个分向在8个频率上所对应的场地放大因子（与-200ｍ 处相比）均大于1，其值为1.6～7.63．-100ｍ 处的Ｓ波和尾波场地放大因子与地面的Ｓ波和尾波的场地放大因子的相关系数，当0.75Ｈｚ f 2Ｈｚ频段时，分别为0.82和0.81；当2Ｈｚ＜ f＜12Ｈｚ频段时，分别为0.47和0.45．      

渤海海域变质岩风化壳发育特征及其储层定量预测

随着渤海油田锦州25-1南、锦州20-2以及渤中26-2等风化壳型油气田的相继发现,以及近两年渤中19-6千亿方大气田的重大勘探突破,元古—太古宇变质岩逐步成为渤海海域潜山勘探层系的重点之一。为了研究渤海变质岩潜山风化壳的发育特征并建立其储层预测方法,通过对典型潜山取心、薄片、测井、常量元素以及物性资料分析,划分了变质岩潜山的风化壳纵向结构,明确了风化壳发育差异的控制因素,并以5项因素灰关联系数为介质,采用Q型聚类法对储层级别进行了优劣排序。研究结果表明：变质岩风化壳可以划分为5个纵向结构,其发育程度明显受岩性、构造和保存条件等因素的影响,其中,被前人忽视的上覆沉积环境作为风化壳的保存条件意义重大。对11口已钻井风化壳进行变量因子归类,由好到差划分了Ⅰ—Ⅳ 4个储层级别。利用该方法在渤中19-6风化壳预测中的应用效果较好。     

A 100 m laser strainmeter system installed in a 1 km deep tunnel at Kamioka, Gifu, Japan

We have installed a laser strainmeter system in a deep tunnel about 1,000 m below the ground surface at Kamioka, Gifu, Japan. The system consists of three types of independent interferometers: (1) an EW linear strainmeter of the Michelson type with unequal arms, (2) an NS-EW differential strainmeter of the Michelson type with equal arms and (3) a NS absolute strainmeter of the Fabry–Perot type. These are configured in L-shaped vacuum pipes, each of which has a length of 100 m. (1) and (2) are highly sensitive (order of 10⁻¹³ strain) and have wide dynamical range (10⁻¹³–10⁻⁶). Observations with strainmeters (1) and (2) started on June 11, 2003. (3) is a new device for absolute-length measurements of the order of 10⁻⁹ of a long-baseline (100 m) Fabry–Perot cavity by the use of phase-modulated light. This third strainmeter will be ready for operation before the end of 2004. The laser source of strainmeters (1) and (2) is a frequency-doubled YAG laser with a wavelength of 532 nm. The laser frequency is locked onto an iodine absorption line and a stability of 2 × 10⁻¹³ is attained. The light paths of the laser strainmeter system are enclosed in SUS304 stainless steel pipes. The inside pressure is kept to be 10⁻⁴ Pa. Consequently, quantitative measurement of crustal strains of the order of 10⁻¹³ can be attained by employing the laser strainmeter system of (1) and (2) at Kamioka. This resolving power corresponds to that of a superconducting gravimeter. Using the laser strainmeter system, we expect to determine parameters related to fluid core resonance, core modes and core undertone as well as other geodynamic signals such as slow strain changes caused by silent earthquakes or slow earthquakes.     

Studying the depth-dependent variation of site magnification factor in Dongchuan by earthquakes observed in borehole

IntroductionMany seismologists both at home and abroad have recognized the importance of site effect on structures of damaging earthquakes. Lots of great earthquakes occurred in China and foreign countries clearly indicate that the site response of buildings located in the seismic area has huge impact on the damage of building(s structure (JIANG, et al, 1997). The digitization of seismometer and development of computer have laid foundation of substance for quantitatively studying spatial var…     

Numerical construction of magnetosphere with relativistic two-fluid plasma flows

We present a numerical model in which a cold pair plasma is ejected with relativistic speed through a polar cap region and flows almost radially outside the light cylinder. Stationary axisymmetric structures of electromagnetic fields and plasma flows are self-consistently calculated. In our model, motions of positively and negatively charged particles are assumed to be determined by electromagnetic forces and inertial terms, without pair creation and annihilation or radiation loss. The global electromagnetic fields are calculated by the Maxwell's equations for the plasma density and velocity, without using ideal magnetohydrodynamic condition. Numerical result demonstrates the acceleration and deceleration of plasma due to parallel component of the electric fields. Numerical model is successfully constructed for weak magnetic fields or highly relativistic fluid velocity, i.e. kinetic energy dominated outflow. It is found that appropriate choices of boundary conditions and plasma injection model at the polar cap should be explored in order to extend present method to more realistic pulsar magnetosphere, in which the Poynting flux is dominated.     

Uranium-series chronology for sediments of Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia, and the 1-Ma records of uranium and thorium isotopes from the HDP-04 drill core

Uranium and thorium isotopes in an 81-m long sediment core (HDP-04) of Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia, were measured to investigate their downcore distributions and to explore potential linkage to paleoenvironmental changes. Three-dimensional isochron techniques using isotope-ratio diagrams in ²³⁸U–²³⁴U–²³⁰Th–²³²Th system presented by Ludwig and Titterington were applied to age date the lake sediments at the depths of 11.42, 14.71 and 14.83 m in the HDP-04 section, the estimated ages of these horizons are 66 ± 8, 122 ± 11 and 128 ± 22 ka, respectively. The ²³⁸U concentration throughout the entire section fluctuated by a factor of 12, ranging from 19.9 to 232.1 mBq/g with anomalously high ²³⁸U peak at 23.8 m in depth, while the ²³²Th concentration varied only by a factor of about two between 24.3 and 54.0 mBq/g. The discrimination of the bulk ²³⁸U into authigenic and terrigenous ²³⁸U fractions was attempted, based on the measured ²³²Th as a correction index for terrigenous materials. In the upper 24 m corresponding to the last 250 ka, the authigenic ²³⁸U was higher in interglacials and lower in glacials. This depth profile of authigenic ²³⁸U contents was almost identical pattern with that found in a sediment core (VER98-1-6) from the Academician Ridge, Lake Baikal. Further, this profile can be correlated well with that of photosynthetic pigment contents, one of proxies of paleoproductivity, suggesting that the variation of authigenic ²³⁸U contents were associated with the environmental change around Lake Hovsgol.