北喀斯喀特边缘IODP 311航次断面的地震结构、天然气水合物含量和滑塌构造   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

George Spence  Caroll Lopez  Tao He  杨传胜 《海洋地质前沿》2008,24(11):44-47

北喀斯喀特活动边缘的增生楔沉积物中含有分布广泛的天然气水合物一直延伸到海底下几百米的深度。为了评估天然气水合物的长期能源潜力和它在全球气候变化及边坡稳定性中的作用，2005年9月IODP311航次建立了一个详细的地质模型来解释水合物的形成与分解以及它与穿过大陆边缘流体流的伴生关系。在考察前，先在大陆坡上进行地震试验以提供支持钻井的地球物理信息。  相似文献   

The earth system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. Part I: description and performance for present-day conditions     

Marisa Montoya  Alexa Griesel  Anders Levermann  Juliette Mignot  Matthias Hofmann  Andrey Ganopolski  Stefan Rahmstorf 《Climate Dynamics》2006,26(2-3):327-328

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The role of rock and clast fabric in the physical performance of crushed-rock aggregate     

D.M. Ramsay  R.K. Dhir  I.M. Spence 《Engineering Geology》1974,8(3):267-285

Crushed rock aggregate responds in a rational and predictable manner to the two tests designed by British Standards for assessing aggregate strength, i.e., Aggregate Impact (IV) and Crushing Values (ACV). The values obtained in both tests are influenced by intrinsic geological factors namely, petrology, petrography, rock and clast fabric. The Impact Value is affected further by procedural variables which have been identified and evaluated. When the effects of all these variables are known it is possible to understand the meaning of variation in test values within and between rock groups.Two new indices Impact and Aggregate Crushing Value Residues were introduced to probe more deeply the effects of cataclasis during testing. These have proved to be sensitive indicators of the geological variables like petrology and clast shape.In view of the rational behaviour of aggregate in the predictive tests it is possible to erect a new and more utilitarian classification of roadstone materials based on mechanical factors rather than the mineralogical-chemical basis of existing classifications. An outline of such a classification is presented.  相似文献   

Analyzing Groundwater Quality Data and Contamination Plumes with GWSDAT          下载免费PDF全文

Wayne R. Jones  Michael J. Spence  Matthijs Bonte 《Ground water》2015,53(4):513-514

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Analytical study on vulnerability functions for casualty estimation in the collapse of adobe buildings induced by earthquake     

Aiko Furukawa  Robin Spence  Yutaka Ohta  Emily So 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2010,8(2):451-479

Collapse of adobe buildings during an earthquakes with various earthquake intensities is analyzed using the 3-dimensional distinct element method code developed by the first author. Firstly, we evaluate structural damage with damage index, interior-space damage with w score, and human casualties in the collapsing buildings with three casualty criteria. Secondly, we investigate relationships between the earthquake intensity, the structural damage, the interior-space damage, and the casualties. It is found that the casualties have stronger correlation with the interior-space damage than the structural damage, and three vulnerability functions, namely, structural, interior-space and casualty vulnerability functions, are proposed. Effects of reinforcing methods on these functions are also examined. Finally, a series of analytical procedures to develop vulnerability functions and to estimate casualties using the functions are described.  相似文献   

Monogenetic volcanoes fed by interconnected dikes and sills in the Hopi Buttes volcanic field,Navajo Nation,USA     

James D. Muirhead  Alexa R. Van Eaton  Giuseppe Re  James D. L. White  Michael H. Ort 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2016,78(2):11

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The degradation characteristics of microbial biomass in soil     

Adrian Spence  David J. Mcnally  Margaret V. McCaul  Brett Paull 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(10):2571-2581

Soil microbial biomass is a primary source of soil organic carbon (SOC) and therefore plays a fundamental role in carbon and nitrogen cycling. However, little is known about the fate and transformations of microbial biomass in soil. Here we employ HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy to monitor ¹³C and ¹⁵N labeled soil microbial biomass and leachate degradation over time. As expected, there is a rapid loss of carbohydrate structures. However, diffusion edited HR-MAS NMR data reveals that macromolecular carbohydrates are more resistant to degradation and are found in the leachate. Aromatic components survive as dissolved species in the leachate while aliphatic components persist in both the biomass and leachate. Dissolved protein and peptidoglycan accumulate in the leachate and recalcitrant amide nitrogen and lipoprotein persists in both the degraded biomass and leachate. Cross-peaks that appear in ¹H-¹⁵N HR-MAS NMR spectra after degradation suggest that specific peptides are either selectively preserved or used for the synthesis of unknown structures. The overall degradation pathways reported here are similar to that of decomposing plant material degraded under similar conditions suggesting that the difference between recalcitrant carbon from different sources is negligible after decomposition.  相似文献   

Modelling the impact of a hypothetical sub-Plinian eruption at La Soufrière of Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)     

R. Spence  J.-C. Komorowski  K. Saito  A. Brown  A. Pomonis  G. Toyos  P. Baxter 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

This paper describes the development and application of an impact model for a future hypothetical sub-Plinian eruption of La Soufrière of Guadeloupe. The model was designed to assess the impact from either a single or multiple eruption scenarios, each defined in terms of a map of the intensity of three volcanic hazards; volcanogenic earthquake, tephra fallout and pyroclastic density currents. The impact from the three hazards can be assessed independently or alternatively the joint impact of the three hazards can be assessed. The outputs that are produced from the model are; the number of buildings with collapsed roofs, and the number of fatal and non-fatal casualties.  相似文献   

Impact of explosive eruption scenarios at Vesuvius     

G. Zuccaro  F. Cacace  R.J.S. Spence  P.J. Baxter 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

In the paper the first attempt at the definition of a model to assess the impact of a range of different volcanic hazards on the building structures is presented. This theoretical approach has been achieved within the activities of the EXPLORIS Project supported by the EU. A time history for Sub-Plinian I eruptive scenario of the Vesuvius is assumed by taking advantage of interpretation of historical reports of volcanic crises of the past [Carafa, G. 1632. In opusculum de novissima Vesuvij conflagratione, epistola isagogica, 2^a ed. Napoli, Naples; Mascolo, G.B., 1634. De incendio Vesuvii excitato xvij. Kal. Ianuar. anno trigesimo primo sæculi Decimiseptimi libri X. Cum Chronologia superiorum incendiorum; & Ephemeride ultimi. Napoli; Varrone, S., 1634. Vesuviani incendii historiae libri tres. Napoli], numerical simulations [Neri, A., Esposti Ongaro, T., Macedonio, G., Gidaspow, D., 2003. Multiparticle simulation of collapsing volcanic columns and pyroclastic flows. J. Geophys. Res. Lett. 108, 2202. doi:10.1029/2001 JB000508; Macedonio, G., Costa, A., Longo, A., 2005. HAZMAP: a computer model for volcanic ash fallout and assessment of subsequent hazard. Comput. Geosci. 31,837–845; Costa, A., Macedonio, G., Folch, A., 2006. A three-dimensional Eulerian model for transport and deposition of volcanic ashes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 241,634–647] and experts' elicitations [Aspinall, W.P., 2006. Structured elicitation of expert judgment for probabilistic hazard and risk assessment in volcanic eruptions. In: Mader, H.M. Coles, S.G. Connor, C.B. Connor, L.J. (Eds), Statistics in Volcanology. Geological Society of London on behalf of IAVCEI, pp.15–30; Woo, G., 1999. The Mathematics of Natural Catastrophes. Imperial College Press, London] from which the impact on the building structures is derived. This is achieved by an original definition of vulnerability functions for multi-hazard input and a dynamic cumulative damage model. Factors affecting the variability of the final scenario are highlighted. The results show the high sensitivity of hazard combinations in time and space distribution and address how to mitigate building vulnerability to subsequent eruptive phenomena [Baxter, P., Spence, R., Zuccaro, G., 2008-this issue. Risk mitigation and emergency measures at Vesuvius].  相似文献   

Upper Crustal Velocity Structure of the Southwestern Canadian Cordillera from Explosion Recordings on the WCTN Earthquake Seismic Net     

S. J. Fallows  G. D. Spence  G. C. Rogers 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2000,157(9):1315-1336

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