Evidence for the occurrence of Vedde Ash in Sweden: radiocarbon and calendar age estimates     

Stefan Wastegrd  Svante Bjrck  Gran Possnert  Barbara Wohlfarth 《第四纪科学杂志》1998,13(3):271-274

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The impact of interactive visualization on trade-off-based geospatial decision-making     

Goran Milutinović  Ulla Ahonen-Jonnarth  Stefan Seipel  Sven Anders Brandt 《International journal of geographical information science》2019,33(10):2094-2123

In a previous work we developed GISwaps, a novel method for geospatial decision-making based on Even Swaps. In this paper, we present the results of an evaluation of a visualization framework integrated with this method, implemented within a decision support system. This evaluation is based on two different studies. In the quantitative study, 15 student participants used GISwaps with no visual features, and 15 participants used GISwaps with the integrated visual framework, as the tool in a solar farm site location case study. The results of the quantitative evaluation show positive impact of the visualization in terms of increased coherency in trade-offs. The results also show a statistically significant difference in average trade-off values between the groups, with users from the non-visual group setting on average 20% higher trade-off values compared with the users in the visual group. In the qualitative study, we had one expert in GIS, two experts in decision-making and two experts in solar energy as a focus user group. Data in this study were obtained by observations and semi-structured interviews with the participants. The impact of the visualization framework was assessed positively by all participants in the expert group.  相似文献   

Towards a typology of urban centers and subcenters – evidence from German city regions     

Angelika Krehl  Stefan Siedentop 《Urban geography》2019,40(1):58-82

This study aims to characterize urban spatial structure with respect to its multidimensionality. Using an encompassing data set of socioeconomic variables, as well as variables pertaining to the built environment, accessibility and land use, we suggest a quantitatively based urban (sub-) center typology. The fine-grained spatial scale of 1 km² grid cells permits a higher spatial resolution than that used in most previous studies. Our suggested typology is two-layered: a “macro layer” based on cluster analyses sheds light on urban spatial configurations. A corresponding threshold-based “micro layer” identifies distinctive types of centers and subcenters at the local level. The application of this multi-scale and multivariate typology to four German city regions indicates both the core cities’ morphological dominance and the formation of subcenters with distinct profiles of regional economic importance, land use patterns and urban form. However, a substantial degree of spatial dispersion is observed because much activity is located in non-central locations.  相似文献   

Nano-mechanical Properties and Pore-Scale Characterization of Different Rank Coals   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Zhang  Yihuai  Lebedev  Maxim  Smith  Gregory  Jing  Yu  Busch  Andreas  Iglauer  Stefan 《Natural Resources Research》2020,29(3):1787-1800

Characterization of coal micro-structure and the associated rock mechanical properties are of key importance for coal seam exploration, coal bed methane development, enhanced coal bed methane production and CO₂ storage in deep coal seams. Considerable knowledge exists about coal chemical properties, but less is known about the nanoscale to the micro-scale structure of coals and how they change with coal strength across coal ranks. Thus, in this study, 3D X-ray micro-computed tomography (with a voxel size of 3.43 µm) and nano-indentation tests were conducted on coal samples of different ranks from peat to anthracite. The micro-structure of peats showed a well-developed pore system with meso- and micro-pores. The meso-pores essentially disappear with increasing rank, whereas the micro-pores persist and then increase past the bituminous rank. The micro-fracture system develops past the peat stage and by sub-bituminous ranks and changes into larger and mature fracture systems at higher ranks. The nano-indentation modulus showed the increasing trend from low- to high-rank coal with a perfect linear relationship with vitrinite reflectance and is highly correlated with carbon content as expected.

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High-resolution P-Cable 3D seismic imaging of gas chimney structures in gas hydrated sediments of an Arctic sediment drift     

Carl Jörg Petersen  Stefan Bünz  Steinar Hustoft  Jürgen Mienert  Dirk Klaeschen 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2010

The newly developed P-Cable 3D seismic system allows for high-resolution seismic imaging to characterize upper geosphere geological features focusing on geofluid expressions (gas chimneys), shallow gas and gas hydrate reservoirs. Seismic imaging of a geofluid system of an Arctic sediment drift at the Vestnesa Ridge, offshore western Svalbard, provides significantly improved details of internal chimney structures from the seafloor to ∼500 m bsf (below seafloor). The chimneys connect to pockmarks at the seafloor and indicate focused fluid flow through gas hydrated sediments. The pockmarks are not buried and align at the ridge-crest pointing to recent, topography-controlled fluid discharge. Chimneys are fuelled by sources beneath the base of gas hydrate stability zone (GHSZ) that is evident at ∼160–170 m bsf as indicated by a bottom-simulating reflector (BSR). Conduit centres that are not vertically straight but shift laterally by up to 200 m as well as discontinuous internal chimney reflections indicate heterogeneous hydraulic fracturing of the sediments. Episodically active, pressure-driven focused fluid flow could explain the hydro-fracturing processes that control the plumbing system and lead to extensive pockmark formation at crest of the Vestnesa Ridge. High-amplitude anomalies in the upper 50 m of the chimney structures suggest formations of near-surface gas hydrates and/or authigenic carbonate precipitation. Acoustic anomalies, expressed as high amplitudes and amplitude blanking, are irregularly distributed throughout the deeper parts of the chimneys and provide evidence for the variability of hydrate and/or carbonate formation in space and time.  相似文献   

Fluid migration directions inferred from gradient of time surfaces of the sub seabed     

Wiktor Weibull  Jürgen Mienert  Stefan BünzSteinar Hustoft 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2010

The role of sub seabed topographically controlled fluid migration is assessed to improve our understanding of distributions of acoustic chimneys at the Nyegga pockmark field on the mid-Norwegian continental margin. 3D seismic data interpretations resulted in topographic gradients of seismic time surfaces and RMS amplitude maps. Topographical gradient maps and flow tracing allowed identifying migration pathways and trapping locations for free gas within the shallow sub seabed. The occurrence of acoustic chimneys, pockmarks and mounds correlate with identified fluid migration pathways and gas trapping locations. An important factor that controls the trapping locations and the lateral distribution of seeps on the seabed at Nyegga is the variation through time of the depth of the base of the gas hydrate stability zone (BGHSZ). Fluids can derive from gas hydrate systems that are suspected of being a biogenic source and/or Tertiary domes that are considered to show leakage of thermogenic fluids to the shallow geosphere.  相似文献   

Fluid distributions inferred from P-wave velocity and reflection seismic amplitude anomalies beneath the Nyegga pockmark field of the mid-Norwegian margin     

Andreia Plaza-Faverola  Stefan Bünz  Jürgen Mienert 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2010

Travel-time inversion of wide-angle ocean-bottom seismic (OBS) data results in detailed P-wave velocity models of the shallow sub-seabed beneath the Nyegga pockmark field. The area lies on the northern flank of the Storegga Slide on the mid-Norwegian margin. Velocity anomalies indicate two low P-wave velocity zones (LVZs) providing evidence for the presence of gas-rich fluids in the subsurface at Nyegga. Integrating the velocity results with 2D and 3D reflection seismic data demonstrates that LVZs coincide with zones of high-amplitude reflections that allow mapping the extent of the fluids in the subsurface. The upper fluid accumulation zone corresponds to a velocity inversion of ∼250 m/s and occurs at a depth of about 250 mbsf. The lateral extent is documented in two distinct areas. The westward area is up to 40 m thick where gas-rich fluids beneath a bottom-simulating reflection indicate that fluids may be trapped by gas hydrates. The eastward zone is up to 60 m thick and comprises a contourite deposit infilling a paleo-slide scar. On top, glacigenic debris flow deposits provide a locally effective seal for fluids. The second velocity inversion of ∼260 m/s extends laterally at about 450 mbsf with decreasing thickness in westward direction. Based on effective-medium theory the gas saturation of pore space in both layers is estimated to be between 0.5 and <1% assuming a homogeneous distribution of gas. Fluids probably originate from deeper strata approximately at the location of the top of the Helland-Hansen Arch. Fluids migrate into the second LVZ and are distributed laterally. Fluids migrate into shallower strata or are expelled at the seabed through the formation of vertical fluid migration features (VFMFs), so-called chimneys. The distribution of the chimneys is clearly linked to the two fluid accumulation zones in the subsurface. A conceptual model draws on the major controlling factors for fluid migrations at specific locations within Nyegga. Fluid migrations vary according to their actual position with respect to the prograding Plio–Pleistocene sedimentary wedge.  相似文献   

Hydrological resilience to forest fire in the subarctic Canadian shield     

Christopher Spence  Newell Hedstrom  Suzanne E. Tank  William L. Quinton  David Olefeldt  Stefan Goodman  Nicole Dion 《水文研究》2020,34(25):4940-4958

Understanding the role of forest fires on water budgets of subarctic Precambrian Shield catchments is important because of growing evidence that fire activity is increasing. Most research has focused on assessing impacts on individual landscape units, so it is unclear how changes manifest at the catchment scale enough to alter water budgets. The objective of this study was to determine the water budget impact of a forest fire that partially burned a ~450 km² subarctic Precambrian Shield basin. Water budget components were measured in a pair of catchments: one burnt and another unburnt. Burnt and unburnt areas had comparable net radiation, but thaw was deeper in burned areas. There were deeper snow packs in burns. Differences in streamflow between the catchments were within measurement uncertainty. Enhanced winter streamflow from the burned watershed was evident by icing growth at the streamflow gauge location, which was not observed in the unburned catchment. Wintertime water chemistry was also clearly elevated in dissolved organics, and organic-associated nutrients. Application of a framework to assess hydrological resilience of watersheds to wildfire reveal that watersheds with both high bedrock and open water fractions are more resilient to hydrological change after fire in the subarctic shield, and resilience decreases with increasingly climatically wet conditions. This suggests significant changes in runoff magnitude, timing and water chemistry of many Shield catchments following wildfire depend on pre-fire land cover distribution, the extent of the wildfire and climatic conditions that follow the fire.  相似文献   

Seismic depth imaging of iron-oxide deposits and their host rocks in the Ludvika mining area of central Sweden     

Lena Bräunig  Stefan Buske  Alireza Malehmir  Emma Bäckström  Monica Schön  Paul Marsden 《Geophysical Prospecting》2020,68(1):24-43

The development of cost-effective and environmentally acceptable geophysical methods for the exploration of mineral resources is a challenging task. Seismic methods have the potential to delineate the mineral deposits at greater depths with sufficiently high resolution. In hardrock environments, which typically host the majority of metallic mineral deposits, seismic depth-imaging workflows are challenged by steeply dipping structures, strong heterogeneity and the related wavefield scattering in the overburden as well as the often limited signal-to-noise ratio of the acquired data. In this study, we have developed a workflow for imaging a major iron-oxide deposit at its accurate position in depth domain while simultaneously characterizing the near-surface glacial overburden including surrounding structures like crossing faults at high resolution. Our workflow has successfully been showcased on a 2D surface seismic legacy data set from the Ludvika mining area in central Sweden acquired in 2016. We applied focusing prestack depth-imaging techniques to obtain a clear and well-resolved image of the mineralization down to over 1000 m depth. In order to account for the shallow low-velocity layer within the depth-imaging algorithm, we carefully derived a migration velocity model through an integrative approach. This comprised the incorporation of the tomographic near-surface model, the extension of the velocities down to the main reflectors based on borehole information and conventional semblance analysis. In the final step, the evaluation and update of the velocities by investigation of common image gathers for the main target reflectors were used. Although for our data set the reflections from the mineralization show a strong coherency and continuity in the seismic section, reflective structures in a hardrock environment are typically less continuous. In order to image the internal structure of the mineralization and decipher the surrounding structures, we applied the concept of reflection image spectroscopy to the data, which allows the imaging of wavelength-specific characteristics within the reflective body. As a result, conjugate crossing faults around the mineralization can directly be imaged in a low-frequency band while the internal structure was obtained within the high-frequency bands.  相似文献   

Der Informationsgehalt langbelichteter Sternaufnahmen     

R. Müller  E. H. Geyer 《Astronomische Nachrichten》1993,314(2):49-67

With this paper we present the mathematical background for a novel method for the deconvolution of longer exposed double star images, merged by seeing and other effects. This method, which was recently presentcd in a short paper (Müller and Geyer 1993) makes use of the autocorrelation of the odd function of the merged, and thus asymmetric two dimensional double star image profile. We give the mathematical evidence that digital filtering during the image processing does not influence the angular distance of the binary components, and that it can be determined independently of the brightness difference of the components. The brightness difference itself can be obtained without ambiguity, if it does not exceed 3 mag, and then the distance has been derived before. We further show that the information content of stellar images is generally less degraded by seeing effects as was previously supposed. Thus closer double stars can be resolved and photometrically deconvoluted by the method. By atmospheric disturbances, telescope guiding errors, optical distortions and silhouetting generally the stellar images on astrometric photographs of modern opto—electronic detectors are asymmetrically deformed. Therefore, the method yields also better accuracy and more adequate results for astrometry, photometry, and also astropspectroscopy.  相似文献