Crustal velocity structure off SW Taiwan in the northernmost South China Sea imaged from TAIGER OBS and MCS data     

Jia-Ming Deng  Tan K. Wang  Ben Jhong Yang  Chao-Shing Lee  Char-Shine Liu  Song-Chuen Chen 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2012,33(4):327-349

During TAiwan Integrated GEodynamics Research of 2009, we investigated data from thirty-seven ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) and three multi-channel seismic (MCS) profiles across the deformation front in the northernmost South China Sea (SCS) off SW Taiwan. Initial velocity-interface models were built from horizon velocity analysis and pre-stack depth migration of MCS data. Subsequently, we used refracted, head-wave and reflected arrivals from OBS data to forward model and then invert the velocity-interface structures layer-by-layer. Based on OBS velocity models west of the deformation front, possible Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, revealed by large variation of the lateral velocity (3.1–4.8 km/s) and the thickness (5.0–10.0 km), below the rift-onset unconformity and above the continental crust extended southward to the NW limit of the continent–ocean boundary (COB). The interpreted Mesozoic sedimentary rocks NW of the COB and the oceanic layer 2 SE of the COB imaged from OBS and gravity data were incorporated into the overriding wedge below the deformation front because the transitional crust subducted beneath the overriding wedge of the southern Taiwan. East of the deformation front, the thickness of the overriding wedge (1.7–5.0 km/s) from the sea floor to the décollement decreases toward the WSW direction from 20.0 km off SW Taiwan to 8.0 km at the deformation front. In particular, near a turn in the orientation of the deformation front, the crustal thickness (7.0–12.0 km) is abruptly thinner and the free-air (?20 to 10 mGal) and Bouguer (30–50 mGal) gravity anomalies are relatively low due to plate warping from an ongoing transition from subduction to collision. West of the deformation front, intra-crustal interfaces dipping landward were observed owing to subduction of the extended continent toward the deformation front. However, the intra-crustal interface near the turn in the orientation of the deformation front dipping seaward caused by the transition from subduction to collision. SE of the COB, the oceanic crust, with a crustal thickness of about 10.0–17.0 km, was thickened due to late magmatic underplating or partially serpentinized mantle after SCS seafloor spreading. The thick oceanic crust may have subducted beneath the overriding wedge observed from the low anomalies of the free-air (?50 to ?20 mGal) and Bouguer (40–80 mGal) gravities across the deformation front.  相似文献   

An Enhanced Remote Sensing Procedure for Material Mapping in the Western Desert of Egypt: A Tool for Managing Urban Development     

Ahmed Mohamed Youssef 《Natural Resources Research》2008,17(4):215-226

Recently, both the Egyptian government and private sector have been interested in developing low desert zone areas. The low desert zones are located between the recent Nile flood plain and the limestone plateau, from the east and west sides, and represent an important source of aggregate materials. The development of these areas, however, will reduce the supply of aggregate materials so that new sources must be identified. This study describes several processing methods, applied to a Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus image of 2001, to develop a reliable method to map the aggregate materials. By using different enhancement techniques with the help of a supervised classification method, it was found that decorrelation stretch and principal component analysis are the most suitable methods to discriminate between different types of aggregates, as well as to isolate these aggregates from the surrounding materials. Field and laboratory investigations indicated that two types of aggregates were recognized, confirming the remote sensing findings.  相似文献   

The Beni Haoua,Algeria, Mw 4.9 earthquake: source parameters,engineering, and seismotectonic implications     

Khadidja Abbes  Louis Dorbath  Catherine Dorbath  Mohamed Djeddi  Farida Ousadou  Said Maouche  Nassima Benkaci  Abdennasser Slimani  Said Larbes  Djillali Bouziane 《Journal of Seismology》2016,20(2):655-667

A moderate Mw 4.9 earthquake struck the Beni Haoua (Algeria) coastal area on April 25, 2012. The mainshock was largely recorded by the accelerograph network of the Centre National de Recherche Appliquée en Génie Parasismique (CGS). The same day the earthquake occurred, eight mobile short period stations were deployed through the epicentral area. In this study, we use accelerogram and seismogram data recorded by these two networks. We combined the focal mechanism built from the first motion of P waves and from waveform inversion, and the distribution of aftershocks to well constrain the source parameters. The mainshock is located with a shallow focal depth, ～9 km, and the focal mechanism shows a nearly pure left lateral strike slip motion, with total seismic moment of 2.8?×?10¹⁶ N.m (M_w?=?4.9). The aftershocks mainly cluster on a narrow NS strip, starting at the coast up to 3–4 km inland. This cluster, almost vertical, is concentrated between 6 and 10 km depth. The second part of this work concerns the damage distribution and estimated intensity in the epicentral area. The damage distribution is discussed in connection with the observed maximum strong motion. The acceleration response spectrum with 5 % damping of the mainshock and aftershocks give the maximum amplitude in high frequency which directly affects the performance of the high-frequency structures. Finally, we tie this earthquake with the seismotectonic of the region, leading to conclude that it occurred on a N–S transform zone between two major compressional fault zones oriented NE–SW.  相似文献   

黔南代页1井下石炭统打屋坝组页岩气地质条件及勘探前景          下载免费PDF全文

卢树藩  何犇  杜胜江 《中国地质调查》2016,3(4):6-11

近年来发现黔南地区下石炭统打屋坝组发育厚度较大的黑色页岩层,该地层已经成为黔南地区重要的页岩气目标地层。为进一步了解该地层的页岩气参数,评价其页岩气勘探潜力,对代页1井打屋坝组黑色页岩进行观察和取样分析,显示该井打屋坝组黑色页岩钻厚为80 m,总体为一套深水陆棚相沉积; 干酪根显微组分以腐泥组、壳质组和镜质组为主,Ⅰ型-Ⅲ型干酪根均有发育,有机碳(TOC)含量主要分布在1.5%3.3%之间,镜质体反射率(R_o)为2.15%2.66%; 矿物组成以石英、黏土矿物为主,脆性矿物(不含方解石)含量在35%64%之间; 含气量在0.494.97 m³/t之间,平均为2.20 m³/t。通过露头剖面观察,显示黔南下石炭统打屋坝组黑色页岩厚度均较大,代页1井含气量较高,有机地化、储集物性参数较好,反映打屋坝组具有良好的勘探前景,可进一步加强该地层的基础地质、页岩储层改造和页岩气富集规律研究工作。  相似文献   

Quantifying flow–ecology relationships with functional linear models     

Ben Stewart-Koster  Julian D. Olden  Keith B. Gido 《水文科学杂志》2014,59(3-4):629-644

Abstract

Hydrologic metrics have been used widely to quantify flow-ecology relationships; however, there are several challenges associated with their use, including the selection from a large number of available metrics and the limitation that metrics are a synthetic measure of a multi-dimensional flow regime. Using two case studies of fish species density and community composition, we illustrate the use of functional linear models to provide new insights into flow–ecology relationships and predict the expected impact of environmental flow scenarios, without relying on hydrologic metrics. The models identified statistically significant relationships to river flow over the 12 months prior to sampling (r² range 36–67%) and an environmental flow scenario that may enhance native species’ densities while controlling a non-native species. Hydrologic metrics continue to play an important role in ecohydrology and environmental flow management; however, functional linear models provide an approach that overcomes some of the limitations associated with their use.