Evaluation of oceanic transport parameters using transient tracers from observations and model output

A method is presented to find the age distribution of ocean waters, the transit-time distribution (TTD), by combining an eddying global ocean model’s estimate of the TTD with hydrographic observations of CFC-11, temperature, and salinity. The method uses a mixture model of an assumed form of the TTD, an inverse Gaussian (IG), and an established Bayesian statistical method. All known significant sources of uncertainty are propagated to arrive at estimates of two oceanic transport parameters associated with the IG TTD, the mean age (Γ) and either the half-variance (${\mathrm{\Delta }}^2$) or the Peclet number ($\mathit{Pe}={\mathrm{\Gamma }}^2/{\mathrm{\Delta }}^2$). It is found that the uncertainties on Γ do not overlap zero in most locations using only CFC-11, temperature, and salinity. However, the uncertainty on the other IG parameter does not overlap zero in only a few locations. With the inclusion of another transient tracer (³He/³H), the uncertainty on this other IG parameter does not overlap zero in just a few additional locations in the deep North Atlantic Ocean. Neither a single- nor mixture-IG representation is adequate for representing the full TTD in the ocean, particularly in the Southern Ocean.Differences between the IG parameters estimated using the model’s tracers as data (BayesPOP) and those estimated using tracer observations as data (BayesObs) provide information about the sources of model biases, and give a more nuanced picture than can be found by comparing the simulated CFCs with observed CFCs. Using the differences between each of the oceanic transport parameters from BayesObs and those from BayesPOP with and without a constant Pe assumption along each of the hydrographic cross-sections considered here, it is found that the model’s eddy mixing biases often lead to larger model errors than the model’s mean advection time biases. It is also found that mean advection time biases in the model can be statistically significant at the 95% level where mode water is found in the Southern Ocean.     

Tidal Reduction Method Based on Temporal Tidal Time-Difference Variations

Abstract

Technical developments in the positioning and depth detection fields have allowed for vast improvements in sounding results, but the effects of tidal reduction (TR) yet merit improvement; today, TR is the main factor that limits bathymetry precision. It is crucial to determine tidal time difference (TTD) between tidal gauges to conduct effective TTD-based TR. The influence of temporal TTD variations is usually ignored, and the temporal observation window to determine TTD is generally freely selected. In this study, temporal TTD variations were analyzed under the tidal constituent merging theory. Daily and hourly TTDs were compared and utilized to reduce the TR error during time difference method operation. At-sea experiments were conducted to contrast the effects of daily versus hourly TTDs on TR; the results indicate that hourly TTD is more precise and thus better suited to TR.     

水位改正的天文潮时差方法

针对传统时差法水位改正按距离内插计算的潮时差可能与实际情况存在较大差异,进而影响水位改正效果的问题,提出利用天文潮直接计算站间潮时差实施水位改正的方法,研究了我国沿海部分验潮站天文潮与实测水位之间潮时系统的差异与变化性质,并分析了不同分潮选择下确定的天文潮对站间潮时差计算值的影响量级。利用黄海沿岸与北部湾的验潮站设计了天文潮时差水位改正试验,比较了传统时差法与天文潮时差方法的效果。试验和分析表明,利用天文潮计算潮时差比传统时差法更接近实测潮时差,且8分潮水位改正结果的中误差控制在5 cm以内,比传统时差法的水位改正精度提高了近一倍,实现了对传统方法的改进,证明了利用天文潮进行时差法水位改正的可行性。     

埃达克岩的原义、特征与成因

论述了埃达克岩的原义与综合特征 ,并针对其与太古宙TTG之间的区别和联系及今后研究埃达克岩的建议提出了自己的见解。埃达克岩 (adakite)的原义是指一类具有镁铁质斑晶的隐晶质火山岩 ,属于岛弧型岩浆钙碱性岩系 ,一般形成于年轻的 (<2 5Ma)、地热高的岛弧环境 ,是俯冲板块和上覆地幔相互作用产生的杂化熔液通过结晶分异形成的。综合总结埃达克岩 (原义 )的地球化学特征如下 :(1)原生标志 ,高Mg# 、低FeO /MgO、高Cr及Ni;(2 )微量元素标志 ,高LILE、高LREE、低HREE、低HFSE以及高分异的REE型式等。对实验岩石学研究资料的总结可知杂化 (hybridized)熔液是由小数量的板块熔液与地幔楔反应经交代作用、同化作用形成的 ,可分异直至出现酸性岩浆 ,这一过程称为“地幔同化及分离结晶作用 (mantle AFC)”。在橄榄岩的同化作用中 ,原有熔液Mg# 迅速上升 ,并在熔液成分加多后 ,向高Mg# 区迅速发展。在近代一些埃达克岩及相关岩石研究中 ,部分学者认为太古宙TTG与新生代板块 (榴辉岩 )重熔的TTD岩系类似。同时 ,亦有学者认为太古宙“绿岩带”中与TTG有关的深成岩系是一类Mg质花岗闪长岩Mg质二长闪长岩 ,成因与Sanukite相似 (太古宙sanuk itoid岩系 ) ,相当于富集橄榄岩重熔形成的岩系。这些研究重新引发了太古宙     

High‐frequency storm event isotope sampling reveals time‐variant transit time distributions and influence of diurnal cycles

High‐frequency sampling of stable water isotopes in precipitation and stream water during winter and summer storm events was carried out in a 2·3 km² lowland agricultural catchment. During peak flows of monitored events, the responses of δ²H and δ¹⁸O were comparable and inferred the dominance (ca 70%) of ‘old’ pre‐event water. Transit Time Distribution (TTD) inferred by a gamma function were fitted (Nash–Sutcliffe = 0·8) and were also similar for δ²H and δ¹⁸O. However, the shape (α) and scaling (β) parameters were markedly different for summer and winter events. Consequently, when antecedent wetness was high, mean transit times were in the order of days; when drier, they increased to months. Moreover, while the responses of δ²H and δ¹⁸O exhibited similar gradual recovery to pre‐event conditions during winter hydrograph recessions, they differed dramatically on summer recessions. Time series analysis showed that δ²H isotope content was correlated with the diurnal cycle of air temperature, suggesting an evaporative fractionation pattern which could be reproduced by a temperature‐based first‐order autoregressive model. The heavier δ¹⁸O isotope showed no evidence for such diurnal variability. The study highlights the utility of high‐frequency stable isotope sampling to explore the time‐variant nature of TTDs. Furthermore, it shows that the time of sampling in a diurnal cycle may have crucial significance for interpreting stream isotope signatures, particularly δ²H. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Caledonian low Al-TTD series from the Northern Qinling Orogenic Belt: Rock properties,genetic simulation and geological implication

The Caledonian orogeny from the Northern Qinling Orogenic Belt (NQOB) has been disputed for decades. Some geologists proposed that the orogeny was origi-nated from a collision between the Northern China and Yangtz Plates, although there is a disputation on the collision age[1―5]. While others suggested that the Caledonian orogeny was, predominantly, related to a subduction process of an oceanic crust, which was coupled with some local arc-continent collisions[6,7]. According to the latt…