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STEPHEN K. DONOVAN 《Geology Today》1991,7(3):101-106
Jamaica, land of holiday dreams, is also fascinating to the geologist. In particular, the fossil record is diverse, the ancient fauna containing many rarities. The fossil ochinoid fauna is especially large and varied for such a small island, with about 130 nominal species ranging from the late Cretaceous to the Pleistocene. 相似文献
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马林 《水文地质工程地质》2000,27(4):20-21,29
砂土液化的评定、评价及对策虽然要概念不同,但有着必然的联系,本文通过工程实例分析,对液化判定、评价及对策进行较为详细的阐述。 相似文献
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Fei Han Mingzhong Tian Fadong Wu Jianping Zhang Siwen Liu Lulin Wang 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(11):241
This study here is the result of a comparative study of the geomorphic features, grain size distribution, major mineral components, and micro-textures of sound-producing and soundless sands from three geoparks in north China, and discusses the possible causes of this naturally occurring, physical phenomenon. The sound-producing sand dunes we have investigated are situated along a curvilinear belt of deserts and experience variable precipitation–evaporation rates on a yearly basis. “Singing sands” occur mainly on barchan-type dunes and adjacent to lakes or springs, whereas soundless sands are mainly located in desert areas where there is no nearby surface or groundwater sources. We have analyzed samples from nine sound-producing and two soundless sand dunes using grain size, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence, and SEM analyses. All sand types are composed largely of quartz and feldspar, but sound-producing sands also contain secondary minerals such as kaolinite (3–5%), albite (2–6%), microcline (2–5%), and calcite (5%) that are lacking in the soundless sand samples. Sound-producing sands are generally fine-grained whereas soundless sands are coarse-grained, and all sand types are generally sub-rounded to rounded indicating long transport distance from their provenance. Sphericity values of both sand types are nearly identical with predominantly oblate shapes. Surface pitting is not a unique feature of either sand types, and hence can be ruled out as a major cause of the acoustic properties of sound-producing sands. Densely distributed dissolution features such as scale-like upturned plates and silica scales on grain surfaces contribute significantly to the sound emission of singing sands. Thus, the physical–climatic conditions in deserts such as the presence of surface water and groundwater and precipitation–evaporation rates, which collectively control the formation and distribution of dissolution features on sand surfaces, have a first-order control on the production of sound-producing sands. 相似文献
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James P. Lombard 《Geoarchaeology》1987,2(2):91-119
Sand temper compositions of regionally distinct Hohokam pottery sherds were determined by detailed point counts using sedimentary petrographic methods. Different temper compositions from different sites were compared with maps of sand composition zones within the geographic range of the pottery in order to establish the probable provenance of each sherd. A number of probable instances of intraregional pottery exchange were identified. The larger number of sand sources in undecorated vs. decorated pottery at each site suggests that undecorated pottery was made in more places than decorated vessels, and may have been traded differently as well. Petrographic analysis of temper is a useful method for studying exchange of homogeneous pottery in geologically diverse areas, and for investigating prehistoric Hohokam interaction in the Tucson and Red Rock Basins on a scale not possible with traditional archaeological techniques. 相似文献
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The characteristics of wind-blown sand on Gobi/mobile sand surface have been investigated through field observation and wind
tunnel experiments. On moving sand surface, the pattern of wind speed profile in sand flow follows the power function
and its power exponent is about 0.20. While on Gobi surface, due to collision of sand grains with gravels, the structure
of sand flow differs from that on moving sand surface, which decreases exponentially with height. The height of blown sand
activities on Gobi surface is mainly concentrated below 20 cm. In addition, the structure of sand flow can reach a peak at
a certain height and increases with inlet wind velocity. 相似文献
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人工合成透明土材料在支撑岩土工程可视化模型试验技术领域得到了良好的应用。然而,关于该新型材料的动力特性研究仍相对缺少,一定程度上影响了其在动力相关模型试验中的推广应用。基于共振柱、动扭剪试验仪器,开展人工合成透明砂土的动变形与动强度特性试验研究,并与天然砂土及福建标准砂的相关动变形与动强度特性进行对比分析;透明砂土由折射率一致的熔融石英砂和混合油配制而成,混合油由15号白矿物油和正12烷按比例混合而成。试验测定并分析了透明砂土的动剪切模量-应变、阻尼比-应变、动剪切模量-阻尼比等关系曲线,以及孔压、动强度特征。试验结果表明,由熔融石英砂与混合油配制而成的透明砂土的动变形和动强度特性与天然砂土相似,可以模拟天然砂土材料开展动力相关模型试验研究。 相似文献
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Wind sedimentation in the Jafurah sand sea, Saudi Arabia 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
STEVEN G. FRYBERGER ABDULKADER M. AL-SARI THOMAS J. CLISHAM† SYED A. R. RIZVI KHATTAB G. AL-HINAI 《Sedimentology》1984,31(3):413-431
The Jafurah sand sea of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia extends along the Arabian Gulf coastline from Kuwait in the north to the Rub Al Khali in the south, a distance of about 800 km. Sand drifts southward to south-eastward from regions of high wind energy in the north to low wind energy in the south. The aeolian landscape is zoned, with areas of deflation, transport and deposition from north to south. Drift rates in the zone of transport, near Abqaiq, range from 2 m3 m-w-1 yr-1 on sabkhas, to 29 m3 m-w-1 yr-1 on the crests of dunes. Average drift rates of approximately 18 m3 m-w-1 yr-1 observed during the study can cause about 1 m of accumulation per 5500 yr in a 100 km zone of deposition downwind, not including the bulk transport represented by the forward advance of dunes. Dune advance ranged from 23 m (2.9 m high dune) to 3 m (23 m high dune) during April-October 1980. The study area consists of dune, interdune, sand sheet and siliciclastic sabkha terrains, each of which is characterized by differing drift rates, and differing rates of erosion or deposition. Sedimentation occurs by lateral movement of dunes and interdunes, and vertical accretion by sand sheets and sabkhas. 相似文献
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Cemented coarse-grained alluvium is present in a vast area of Tehran city, Iran including its suburbs. This deposit consists of gravely sand to sandy gravel with some cobbles and is dominantly cemented by carbonaceous materials. In order to understand the mechanical behaviour of this soil, a series of triaxial compression tests were performed on uncemented, artificially cemented and destructured samples. Hydrated lime was used as the cementation agent for sample preparation to model the Tehran deposit. The tests were performed on cemented samples after an appropriate time for curing. The tests on cemented samples show that a shear zone appears as the shear stress approaches the peak shear strength. During shearing these samples undergo dilation at confining stress lower than 1000kPa. However, the uncemented and destructured samples show contraction during shearing. Peak shear strength is followed by strain softening for all cemented samples. The shear strength increases with increasing cement content but the influence of the cementation decreases as the confining stress increases. With increasing cementation the stress-strain behaviour of samples tend towards the behaviour expected of high-density soils. Test results indicate that the failure envelope for cemented samples is curved and not linear. 相似文献
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PETER NEUMANN-MAHLKAU 《Sedimentology》1976,23(3):421-425
Sand volcanoes are small volcano-like features. They range in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres. Five volcanoes with a maximum diameter of 2 m were observed during the construction of a dike on the coast of Northwestern Germany. The cones reached heights of about 15 cm with craters in the middle. The rise of the volcanoes is explained by de-watering of sediment. 相似文献
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J.N. Hutchinson 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2010,121(4):444-454
Exposures on Wimbledon Hill, SW London, in the Palaeogene London Clay Formation, are described. The 3° slopes are mantled by clayey solifluction (head) deposits, comprising two superimposed sheets, each around 1.2 m thick. The lower sheet exhibits relict sand wedges forming polygons 1.0-1.5 m across, up to 50 mm wide and 1.25 m deep. These have no surface expression. The wedges are sand-filled and modify significantly the hydrogeology and properties of the solifluction mantle. There are no sand wedges in the upper solifluction sheet.The mechanics of emplacement of the lower solifluction sheet are explored and the high initial water content estimated. Subsequent desiccation and consolidation have reduced the thickness of this sheet by at least 35%, thus distorting contained features such as the wedges. An active layer about 0.4 m thick is inferred to have formed in the top of the lower solifluction sheet. No direct dating was undertaken but, by analogy with relevant dated sites in southern Britain and the Netherlands it is inferred that the lower solifluction sheet was emplaced during the first part of the Loch Lomond Stadial and frost-cracked during a subsequent, colder and more arid part. On this basis, following filling of the cracks by sand, emplacement of the upper solifluction sheet would have occurred in the later part of the Loch Lomond Stadial. 相似文献
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Several hydraulic techniques were used to estimate the flow depth (0.3 m) associated with the deposition of a tabular set (micro-delta) of cross-stratified sand in the Brampton esker. The competency of the flow, deduced from both the grain size and structural characteristics of the set, gave a value of approximately 0.65 m/sec for the palaeo-velocity of the flow. Estimates of palaeo-depth and velocity facilitated calculation of the Froude and Reynolds numbers, about 0.38 and 1.24 · 105, respectively. Extrapolation of other parameters included bed shear stress τ0 (4.50 N/m2), shear velocity U* (0.067 m/sec), dimensionless Chezy coefficient C/√g (9.7), slope of the energy gradient S(0.00153), Darcy-Weisbach friction factor f(0.085), Manning roughness coefficient n(0.027) and discharge of bed-material load (19 metric tons/day/m). The figures cited are reasonable estimates only. The occurrence of regressive ripples in the bottomset of the micro-delta aided in the hydraulic interpretation. These flow characteristics are only representative of the final stages of deposition at one location on the flank of the esker. The core of the esker was probably deposited under different hydraulic conditions. 相似文献
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A new, instantaneous aeolian sand trap design for field use 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
D. W. T. JACKSON 《Sedimentology》1996,43(5):791-796
A new aeolian sediment trap is described which can give up to 1 Hz measurement frequency in field conditions. The trap adopts a circular, horizontal trap design with a load cell connection to give continuous, unobtrusive trap measurement of sediment flux. Simultaneous velocity recording is carried out using an anemometer. Trap construction costs are approximately £200. Initial results in field conditions using a direct comparison of wind velocity data, sampled at an equivalent frequency, have given a first-order relationship between sediment flux and velocity. The trap enables simultaneous sampling of wind velocity and sediment flux at a sufficiently short interval to enable investigation of sediment transport dynamics under a variety of field conditions. 相似文献
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A sand budget for the Alexandria coastal dunefield, South Africa 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
The sand in the Alexandria coastal dunefield is derived from the sandy beach which forms the seaward boundary of the dunefield. Sand is blown off the beach onto the dunefield by the high-energy onshore-directed dominant wind. The dunefield has been forming over the past 6500 years. Sand transport rates calculated from dune movement rates and wind data range from 15 to 30 m3 m -1 yr-1 in an ENE direction. The sand transport rate decreases with increasing distance from the sea due to a reduction in wind speed resulting from the higher drag imposed upon the wind by the land surface. Aeolian sand movement rates of this order are typical of dunefields around the world. The total volume of sand blown into the dunefield is 375 000 m3 yr-1. Sand is being lost to the sea by wave erosion along the eastern third of the dunefield at a rate of 45 000 m3 yr -1. The dunefield thus gains 330 000 m3 of sand per year. This results in dunefield growth by vertical accretion at about 1.5 mm yr-1 and landward movement at about 0.25 m yr-1. The dunefield is a significant sand sink in the coastal sand transport system. The rate of deposition in coastal dunefields can be 10 times as high as rates of deposition in continental sand seas. The higher rate of deposition may result from the abundant sand supply on sandy beaches, and the higher energy of coastal winds. Wind transport is slow and steady compared to fluvial or longshore drift transport of sediment, and catastrophic aeolian events do not seem to be significant in wind-laid deposits. 相似文献
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Over the past 100 years, the Isles Dernieres, a low lying barrier island chain along the coast of central Louisiana, Usa , has undergone more than 1 km of northward beach face retreat with the loss of 70% of its surface area. The erosion results from a long term relative sea level rise coupled with day to day wind and wave action that ultimately favours erosion over deposition. At a site in the central Isles Dernieres, 8 days of wind and beach profile measurements during the passage of one winter cold front documented aeolian erosion and deposition patterns under both onshore and offshore winds. For offshore winds, the theoretical erosion rate, based on wind shear velocity, closely matched the measured erosion rate; for onshore winds, the theoretical rate matched the measured rate only after being corrected by a factor that accounted for beach face morphology. In late February 1989, a strong cold front moved into coastal Louisiana. That cold front stalled over the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in 4 days of strong northerly winds at a study site on the Isles Dernieres. During those 4 days, the wind moved sand from the backshore to the upper beach face. When the cold front finally moved out of the area, the wind shifted to the south and decreased in strength. The onshore wind then restored some of the upper beach face sand to the backshore while increased wave activity moved the rest into the nearshore. The theoretical estimate of 1·28 m3 m?1 for the rate of sand transport by the northerly wind compares well with the measured backshore erosion rate of 1·26 m3 m?1, which was determined by comparing beach profiles from the start and end of the period of northerly winds. The theoretical estimate of 0·04 m3 m?1 for the rate of sand transport by the southerly wind, however, is notably less than the measured rate of 0·45 m3 m?1. The large discrepancy between the two rates can be explained by a difference in the shear velocity of the wind between the beach face, where the erosion occurred, and the backshore, where the wind stress was measured. Using an empirical relationship for the wind shear drag coefficient as a function of coastal environment, the theoretical estimate for the rate of sand transport by the southerly wind becomes 0·44 m3 m?1 相似文献
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W. I. Oronsaye 《Environmental Geology》1990,15(2):77-82
In Holkham Bay, North Norfolk Coast, England, a wide beach and coastal dunes have formed as a result of wave action and wind activity. This article describes the experiments and field observations that were carried out to explore the nature of wind activity that is presently affecting the morphology of the beach and dunes.The experiments and field observations indicate: (1) Sand is blown off the beach surface very soon after it is exposed during the low tide if the wind velocity is above 3.0 m/sec. (2) Winds from the south, east, and west in Holkham Bay are offshore winds and do not exert much influence on dune formation in the area. (3) The dominant winds (those that exert most marked effect on the beach and dunes) are the northerly, northeasterly and the northwesterly winds. (4) The average annual accretion rate of sand by the wind on the beach is about 3,600 m3. (5) Knowing the annual accretion rate and the volume of aeolian dunes, it is possible to determine their relative ages. 相似文献