Models of sub-grid variability in numerical simulations of solute transport in heterogeneous porous formations: three-dimensional flow and effect of pore-scale dispersion

Modeling transport of contaminants in the earths subsurface relies on numerical solutions over grids with blocks larger than Darcys scale. The hydraulic conductivity is homogenized over the grid blocks and the plumes spreading is reduced as a consequence of the wiped-out variability. To compensate for this loss Rubin et al. (1999) proposed to augment mixing by block-effective dispersion coefficients, and Rubin et al. (2003) showed, by means of two dimensional simulations, how this concept can be applied in practice. In this paper, we present new solutions of the block-effective dispersion tensor for an axisymmetric exponential covariance model. In addition, we discuss the influence of pore-scale dispersion in both two- and three-dimensional applications.     

藏北青南高原地表风蚀粗化特征

藏北青南高原长期受风蚀影响,地表粗化现象明显。本研究系统采集该区东西向调查样带内表层（0~1 cm）与浅层（1~10 cm）土壤样品,通过粒度测定、构建能够表征土壤风蚀粗化程度的风蚀粗化指数（WECI）,分析该区地表风蚀粗化特征。结果表明：藏北青南高原土壤中砾石、极粗砂、粗砂等粗颗粒组分在表层土壤中含量较浅层土壤有所增加,自西向东逐渐减少;黏土与粉砂等细颗粒组分相反,表层较浅层土壤中含量明显下降,自西向东逐渐增加。从样带东部的高寒草甸区到中部高寒草原区和西部高寒草原与荒漠草原过渡区,表层土壤环境敏感组分逐渐变粗,各区域平均风蚀粗化指数依次为1.05、1.47和1.77,地表风蚀粗化趋于加剧。现有文献常用的土壤粒度分形维数与土壤质地粗化度是刻画土壤质地粗细程度的静态指标,无法衡量风蚀导致的地表颗粒组成变化,本文构建的风蚀粗化指数克服了上述不足,且具有风蚀动力学依据。     

长江水下三角洲的动力沉积

2002年9-10月在长江水下三角洲获取了163个表层样,综合粒度、有孔虫、介形类、有机碳以及CaCO3含量的资料表明,研究区明显分为两部分,即长江河口现代三角洲扣晚更新世末期三角洲。根据表层沉积物的粒度特征,现代水下三角洲可以分为以黏土质砂扣细砂为主的前缘斜坡区(A区)、以黏土质粉砂为主的前三角洲区(B区)扣以砂一粉砂一黏土为主的三角洲向陆架过渡区(C区),呈现较为明显的粒径细化趋势,有机碳与黏土含量呈现明显的正相关,CaCO3含量的变化不大,从Pejrup图可以看出现代三角洲从A区到C区的动力递减变化。晚更新世末期三角洲(D区)粒径较粗,有孔虫扣介形类的氧化壳含量较高,有孔虫扣介形类的丰度扣含量也较高,CaCO3的含量较高,与现代三角洲形成明显的对照。对比20世纪70年代和80年代的资料,近岸物质趋向粗化,北支水下沙脊发育,现代三角洲不断向外扩展,残留砂面积减少。50多年来河口来沙的减少已经引起整个现代三角洲物质粗化,现代沉积区沉降中心面积大幅度减少。     

湿雪的密实化与颗粒粗化过程研究

研究了处于自然状态下的湿雪的密实化和颗粒粗化过程.在野外观测的基础上,通过应用粘滞流体模型,发现与干雪相反,当湿雪的含水率达到一定程度(重量含水率约5%)后,粘滞度随密度增加而降低.通过粒径量测与颗粒大小分布统计发现,与含水饱和的雪相同,在湿雪演变过程中,不同时刻的雪粒粒径积累频率分布曲线形状基本相同,且与含水饱和雪的基本一致,说明含水不饱和的雪与含水饱和的雪在颗粒粗化过程中具有相同的粒径分布及其演进特征.分析还显示,含水不饱和雪的颗粒粗化速率比含水饱和雪的小得多.     

河流冲刷过程中表层床沙粗化对不平衡输沙的影响

在分析前人的不平衡输沙研究成果的基础上,针对非均匀沙河床,提出了床沙交换速率的新物理概念,计算研究了不同床沙交换速率时表层床沙的粗化过程及非均匀沙含沙量恢复饱和过程.研究表明,由于较细泥沙的冲刷率总大于较粗泥沙,因此在床面薄层内泥沙随冲刷迅速粗化,致使挟沙力降低,不平衡输沙距离较均匀沙情况大大延长.床沙交换速率愈慢,则冲刷距离愈长.     

Contact metamorphism and crystal size distribution studies in the Shivar aureole,NW Iran

The Shivar pluton, a large granodiorite–monzonite intrusion in NW Iran, was intruded into Cretaceous sedimentary rocks during the Oligo‐Miocene. Its thermal aureole contains a variety of pelitic, basic and calc‐silicate hornfelses. Mineral parageneses in the pelitic and calc‐silicate hornfelses are studied here and mineralogical zones are determined. The maximum pressure of contact metamorphism is estimated to have been about 2.2 kbar on the basis of mineral parageneses in the pelitic rocks, indicating that the intrusion was emplaced no deeper than 8 km in the crust. Crystal size distribution (CSD) studies in the calc‐silicate hornfelses indicate that the degree of overstepping was high near the igneous contact. Secondary solid phases (SSP) inhibited growth of calcite grains in the calc‐silicate rocks and impure marbles. Garnet had a greater inhibitory effect as a SSP than tremolite or clinopyroxene. The time required for coarsening of calcite is calculated for two samples collected at different distances from the igneous contact. The time required for calcite coarsening is about 33 000 years for the sample 800 m from the contact and about 226 000 years for the sample 120 m from the contact. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reaction‐induced nucleation and growth v. grain coarsening in contact metamorphic,impure carbonates

The understanding of the evolution of microstructures in a metamorphic rock requires insights into the nucleation and growth history of individual grains, as well as the coarsening processes of the entire aggregate. These two processes are compared in impure carbonates from the contact metamorphic aureole of the Adamello pluton (N‐Italy). As a function of increasing distance from the pluton contact, the investigated samples have peak metamorphic temperatures ranging from the stability field of diopside/tremolite down to diagenetic conditions. All samples consist of calcite as the dominant matrix phase, but additionally contain variable amounts of other minerals, the so‐called second phases. These second phases are mostly silicate minerals and can be described in a KCMASHC system (K₂O, CaO, MgO, Al₂O₃, SiO₂, H₂O, CO₂), but with variable K/Mg ratios. The modelled and observed metamorphic evolution of these samples are combined with the quantification of the microstructures, i.e. mean grain sizes and crystal size distributions. Growth of the matrix phase and second phases strongly depends on each other owing to coupled grain coarsening. The matrix phase is controlled by the interparticle distances between the second phases, while the second phases need the matrix grain boundary network for mass transfer processes during both grain coarsening and mineral reactions. Interestingly, similar final mean grain sizes of primary second phase and second phases newly formed by nucleation are observed, although the latter formed later but at higher temperatures. Moreover, different kinetic processes, attributed to different driving forces for growth of the newly nucleated grains in comparison with coarsening processes of the pre‐existing phases, must have been involved. Chemically induced driving forces of grain growth during reactions are orders of magnitudes larger compared to surface energy, allowing new reaction products subjected to fast growth rates to attain similar grain sizes as phases which underwent long‐term grain coarsening. In contrast, observed variations in grain size of the same mineral in samples with a similar T–t history indicate that transport properties depend not only on the growth and coarsening kinetics of the second phases but also on the microstructure of the dominant matrix phase during coupled grain coarsening. Resulting microstructural phenomena such as overgrowth and therefore preservation of former stable minerals by the matrix phase may provide new constraints on the temporal variation of microstructures and provide a unique source for the interpretation of the evolution of metamorphic microstructures.     

挪威某些铜镍矿石中单斜磁黄铁矿出溶体的退火和粗化

在挪威某些正岩浆铜镍矿床的矿石中，六万磁黄铁矿基质内的单斜磁黄铁矿叶片是高温时形成的磁黄铁矿固溶体在降温过程中出溶的产物。出溶叶片宽度和间距的加大、叶片的带状分布、楔形尖端、箱状扭曲和复杂叶片等结构，表明出溶产物在不高于单斜-六方转变温度（254℃）的条件下发生过显著的退火和粗化。重结晶的六方磁黄铁矿基质中所保存的单斜变种甚少，表明变质作用所引起的矿石重结晶，可使磁黄铁矿吸收其中的单斜出溶体而发生均匀化。     

三峡水库下游宜昌—昌门溪河段河床调整分析

建立反映河床调整幅度的体幅指标K,分析2003～2008年三峡水库下游宜昌—昌门溪河段河床调整幅度的沿程变化。研究发现该河段K与河段净冲刷强度不成正相关,而是与河道宽深比成正相关,当床沙中值粒径小于0.5 mm时,K与床沙中值粒径成负相关。初步分析认为:三峡下游粗颗粒泥沙容易达到输送饱和状态,当水流挟沙力减小时出现落淤,使得宽浅河段局部出现较大淤积,净冲刷强度较小,调整幅度较大;当床沙中值粒径小于0.5 mm时,该河段河床冲刷以悬移质输沙为主,河床组成越细,被冲刷的量越大,河床调整幅度也就越大。结合建库前后不同粒径组悬移质输沙量的沿程变化,对水库下游河床粗化方式进行了讨论。