Organic geochemical investigation of far-field tsunami deposits of the Kahana Valley,O‘ahu,Hawai‘i     

Piero Bellanova  Mike Frenken  Bruce Richmond  Jan Schwarzbauer  Seanpaul La Selle  Frances Griswold  Bruce Jaffe  Alan Nelson  Klaus Reicherter 《Sedimentology》2020,67(3):1230-1248

Far-field tsunami deposits observed in the Kahana Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i (USA), were investigated for their organic-geochemical content. During short high-energy events, (tsunamis and storms) organic and chemical components are transported with sediment from marine to terrestrial areas. This study investigates the use of anthropogenic based organic geochemical compounds (such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and organochlorides) as a means to identify tsunami deposits. Samples were processed by solid–liquid extraction and analyzed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. A total of 21 anthropogenic marker compounds were identified, of which 11 compounds were selected for detailed analysis. Although the tsunami deposits pre-date industrial activity in Hawai‘i by several hundred years, distinct changes were found in the concentrations of anthropogenic marker compounds between sandy tsunami deposits and the surrounding mud/peat layers, which may help in identifying tsunami deposits within cores. As expected, low overall concentrations of anthropogenic markers and pollutants were observed due to the lack of industrial input-sources and little anthropogenic environmental impact at the study site. This geochemical characterization of tsunami deposits shows that anthropogenic markers have significant potential as another high-resolution, multi-proxy method for identifying tsunamis in the sedimentary record.  相似文献   

Numerical studies of flow over a sill: sensitivity of the non-hydrostatic effects to the grid size   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Jarle Berntsen  Jiuxing Xing  Alan M. Davies 《Ocean Dynamics》2009,59(6):1043-1059

A non-hydrostatic terrain-following model in cross sectional form is applied to study the processes in the lee of a sill in an idealized stratified fjord during super-critical tidal inflow. A sequence of numerical studies with horizontal grid sizes in the range from 100 to 1.5625 m are performed. All experiments are repeated using both hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic versions of the model, allowing a systematic study of possible non-hydrostatic pressure effects and also of the sensitivity of these effects to the horizontal grid size. The length scales and periods of the internal waves in the lee of the sill are gradually reduced and the amplitudes of these waves are increased as the grid size is reduced from 100 down to 12.5 m. With a further reduction in grid size, more short time and space scale motions become superimposed on the internal waves. Associated with the internal wave activity, there is a deeper separation point that is fairly robust to all parameters investigated. Another separation point nearer to the top of the sill appears in the numerical results from the high-resolution studies with the non-hydrostatic model. Associated with this shallower separation point, an overturning vortex appears in the same set of numerical solutions. This vortex grows in strength with reduced grid size in the non-hydrostatic experiments. The effects of the non-hydrostatic pressure on the velocity and temperature fields grow with reduced grid size. In the experiments with horizontal grid sizes equal to 100 or 50 m, the non-hydrostatic pressure effects are small. For smaller grid sizes, the time mean velocity and temperature fields are also clearly affected by the non-hydrostatic pressure adjustments.  相似文献   

Boundary layer flows along sloping surfaces     

Alan Shapiro  Evgeni Fedorovich 《Acta Geophysica》2009,57(4):801-802

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Structure of numerically simulated katabatic and anabatic flows along steep slopes   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Evgeni Fedorovich  Alan Shapiro 《Acta Geophysica》2009,57(4):981-1010

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) is applied to investigate properties of katabatic and anabatic flows along thermally perturbed (in terms of surface buoyancy flux) sloping surfaces in the absence of rotation. Numerical experiments are conducted for homogeneous surface forcings over infinite planar slopes. The simulated flows are the turbulent analogs of the Prandtl (1942) one-dimensional laminar slope flow. The simulated flows achieve quasi-steady periodic regimes at large times, with turbulent fluctuations being modified by persistent low-frequency oscillatory motions with frequency equal to the product of the ambient buoyancy frequency and the sine of the slope angle. These oscillatory wave-type motions result from interactions between turbulence and ambient stable stratification despite the temporal constancy of the surface buoyant forcing. The structure of the mean-flow fields and turbulence statistics in simulated slope flows is analyzed. An integral dynamic similarity constraint for steady slope/wall flows forced by surface buoyancy flux is derived and quantitatively verified against the DNS data.  相似文献   

Decentralization and local institutional arrangements for wetland management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone     

Roy Maconachie  Alan B. Dixon  Adrian Wood 《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2009,29(2):269-279

In Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, recent social, political and environmental transformations have precipitated the intensification of wetland use, as local people have sought to safeguard and strengthen their livelihoods. Concurrent decentralization policies in both countries have also seen the government strengthen its position at the local level. Drawing upon recent field-based evidence from Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, this paper examines the compatibility between community-based local institutions for wetland use, and the process of decentralization. It argues that decentralization has in fact restricted the development of mature local institutional arrangements, due to its intrinsically political interventionist nature.  相似文献   

Incorporating nonlinear isotherms into robust multilayer sorptive barrier design     

L. Shawn Matott  Karl Bandilla  Alan J. Rabideau   《Advances in water resources》2009,32(11):1641-1651

Sorptive barrier technologies have emerged as useful tools for addressing a wide range of remediation problems. When simulating barrier performance, numerous isotherm expressions are available for relating aqueous and sorbed concentrations. However, isotherm selection is non-trivial because alternative expressions may yield comparable fits to experimental data. Additionally, concentration data collected for parameter fitting is often outside the range of concentrations relevant to simulating barrier performance. This incompatibility necessitates extrapolation of isotherm behavior during simulation–optimization. Consequently, equally plausible isotherms may predict significantly different barrier performance.Numerical experiments involving organic contaminants were performed to examine the influence of isotherm selection and extrapolation on optimal barrier design. Ten isotherms were calibrated to existing experimental data and evaluated using information-theoretic selection criteria. When incorporated into simulation–optimization, extrapolation effects were clearly evident and optimal designs varied according to the chosen isotherm. To ensure robust barrier design in the presence of such variability, a simple methodology is proposed that utilizes a piecewise-minimum isotherm concept. By favoring plausible isotherms that predict the least amount of sorption, the methodology encourages conservative barrier design while respecting available data.  相似文献   

Lacustrine turbidites as indicators of Holocene storminess and climate: Lake Tahoe,California and Nevada     

David A. Osleger  Alan C. Heyvaert  Joseph S. Stoner  Kenneth L. Verosub 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,42(1):103-122

Sediment cores from Lake Tahoe permit the discrimination of turbidites initiated by seismic-induced debris flows from those generated by severe storms and associated hyperpycnal currents over the last 7000 years using integrated textural, magnetic, and geochemical signatures. Relative to fine-grained ‘background’ sediments, the majority of Tahoe turbidites exhibit coincident trends of increased mean grain size, increased magnetic susceptibility, decreased TOC, higher δ¹³C_org and variable C/N. We interpret these characteristics to record the rapid influx of terrigenous sediments within runoff from the watershed triggered by high-intensity storms. Correlation of multiple, individual turbidites between cores suggests a synchronicity of occurrence, supporting the model of extreme hydrologic events as the trigger for most turbidity currents into Lake Tahoe. In contrast, turbidites generated by seismic collapse of steep lake margins would have textural, magnetic and geochemical signatures that would reflect a homogenized mix of autochthonous biogenic debris and multiple older turbidites. Only one of the turbidites in the cores appears to be seismically generated. A second component of this study tested the hypothesis that turbidite clustering reflects phases of increased storminess, paleoprecipitation and lake level. We correlated broad patterns of turbidite frequency in the Tahoe cores with climate proxies from (1) elsewhere in the Tahoe watershed, (2) the western Great Basin (primarily Pyramid Lake) and (3) the San Francisco bay estuary. The reasonable degree of temporal overlap suggests that apparent trends in severe storm frequency recorded by clusters of turbidites provides a measure of long-term regional paleoprecipitation and lake level. A key finding is an extended phase of dryness and a near absence of major storms between ~3000 and ~900 cal yr B.P. in the Tahoe watershed.  相似文献   

Depositional history of the Miocene Lake Sinj (Dinaride Lake System,Croatia): a long-lived hard-water lake in a pull-apart tectonic setting   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Oleg Mandic  Davor Pavelić  Mathias Harzhauser  Jožica Zupanič  Doris Reischenbacher  Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer  Neven Tadej  Alan Vranjković 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(3):431-452

Early Miocene transpressional wrenching yielded a series of NW–SE-elongated pull-apart basins in the Dinarides of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They accommodated a huge lake system that gave rise to spectacular endemic mollusk radiation. Lake Sinj, moderately sized at 342 km², flooded the south-westernmost basin of this system. Due to the karstic environment, the hard-water, alkaline, long-lived lake developed a sediment infill with an average thickness of 370 m, dominated by authigenic limestone. The studied section represents the upper third of the basinal infill and provides detailed insights into the critical period of the lake and of the basinal evolution during the final stages of its filling. It comprises two large-scale, shallowing-upward cycles, both starting with fossil-poor limestones, gradually passing into coal-bearing carbonate rocks and coal seams. The fossil-poor intervals are interpreted as phases of repetitive acidification events due to changing lake level, which induced periodic drying and flooding of the uppermost littoral zone inhabited by starfruit (Damasonium) meadows. The flooding of the aerated, limy mud plain introduced H+ ions from organic-matter decay reactions into the shallow lake. This decreased its pH level, with catastrophic consequences for its biota. The ecosystem then stabilized during the orbitally-forced, dry climate phases. Based on the mollusk record, streams still influenced the marginal lake environment and rich organic-matter production created swamps and mires. The onset of mollusk radiation in the section correlates with stabilized lake alkalinity, as indicated by the disappearance of starfruits, ongoing authigenic carbonate production and by coal seams representing textbook examples for coal formation in alkaline environments. The inferred basinal setting fits well with the pull-apart basin model, pointing to the presence of an extended shallow ramp in front of a steep, fault-induced hillside of the hinterland.  相似文献   

Springs and the Origin of Bourbon     

by Alan E. Fryar 《Ground water》2009,47(4):605-610

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台风触发慢地震   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

ChiChing Liu  Alan T. Linde  I. Selwyn Sacks 《国际地震动态》2009,(11):29-35

有关慢地震的报导刮最初见于发生在日本伊豆半岛一个板内地震活动断层上的一次事件。之后又陆续监测到许多慢地震事件旧引。有研究人员认为,慢地震事件有可能触发普通地震（此观点得到数字模拟支持）,但就其对地震发生的广泛意义而言目前尚无确切定论。  相似文献