CHANGES IN CHANNEL PATTERN OF RIVER GANGA BETWEEN MUSTAFABAD AND RAJMAHAL, GANGETIC PLAINS SINCE 18TH CENTURY   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Prabhata K. SWAMEE  Barham PARKASH  Jayaprakash V THOMAS  Satvindar SINGH 《国际泥沙研究》2003,18(3)

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Quantifying velocity and turbulence structure in depositing sustained turbidity currents across breaks in slope   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

THOMAS E. GRAY  JAN ALEXANDER  MIKE R. LEEDER 《Sedimentology》2005,52(3):467-488

Two-dimensional experiments investigating sediment transport and turbulence structure in sustained turbidity currents that cross breaks in slope are presented as analogue illustrations for natural flows. The results suggest that in natural flows, turbulence generation at slope breaks may account for increased sand transport into basins and that the formation of a hydraulic jump may not be necessary to explain features such as the occurrence of submarine plunge pools and the deposition of coarser-grained beds in the bottomsets of Gilbert-type fan deltas. Experimental flows were generated on 0°, 3°, 6° and 9° slopes of equal length which terminated abruptly on a horizontal bed. Two-component velocities were measured on the slope, at the slope break and downstream of the slope break. Flows were depositional and non-uniform, visibly slowing and thickening with distance downstream. One-dimensional continuous wavelet transforms of velocity time series were used to produce time-period variance maps. Peaks in variance were tested against a background red-noise spectrum at the 95% level; a significant period banding occurs in the cross-wavelet transform at the slope break, attributed to increased formation of coherent flow structures (Kelvin–Helmholtz billows). Variance becomes distributed at progressively longer periods and the shape of the bed-normal-velocity spectral energy distribution changes with distance downstream. This is attributed to a shift towards larger turbulent structures caused by wake stretching. Mean velocity, Reynolds shear stress and turbulent kinetic energy profiles illustrate the mean distribution of turbulence through the currents. A turbulent kinetic energy transfer balance shows that flow non-uniformity arises through the transfer of mean streamwise slowing to mean bed-normal motion through the action of Reynolds normal stresses. Net turbulence production through the action of normal stresses is achieved on steeper slopes as turbulence dissipation due to mean bed-normal motion is limited. At the slope break, an imbalance between the production and dissipation of turbulence occurs because of the contrasting nature of the wall and free-shear boundaries at the bottom and top of the flows, respectively. A rapid reduction in mean streamwise velocity predominately affects the base of the flows and steeper proximal slope flows have to slow more at the break in slope. The increased turbulent kinetic energy, limited bed-normal motion and strong mixing imposed by steep proximal slopes means rapid slowing enhances turbulence production at the break in slope by focusing energy into coherent flow structures at a characteristic period. Thus, mean streamwise slowing is transferred into turbulence production at the slope break that causes increased transport of sediment and a decrease in deposit mass downstream of the slope break. The internal effects of flow non-uniformity therefore can be separated from the external influence of the slope break.  相似文献   

THE PROBLEM OF PALEO-ANALOGS     

THOMAS J. Crowley 《Climatic change》1997,35(1):119-121

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The use of Fourier descriptors in the classification of particle shape   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. C. THOMAS  R. J. WILTSHIRE†  A. T. WILLIAMS‡ 《Sedimentology》1995,42(4):635-645

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Cathodoluminescence characterization of quartz particles in mature arenites   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

THOMAS GÖTTE  DETLEV K. RICHTER 《Sedimentology》2006,53(6):1347-1359

A combination of cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy with digital image analysis and spectroscopic analysis allows the detailed investigation of the commonly occurring colour shift from initial to final CL‐colours in detrital quartz with increasing irradiation. A method for the quantification of the colour shift is presented and applied to different quartz sands: unlithified sands of the Lower Cretaceous Kuhfeld Formation from Ottenstein (W Germany) and Holocene sands from the barrier island of Wangerooge (N Germany). The colour shift depends on the defect structure of the quartz grains. The defect structure is determined by the physico‐chemical conditions during crystallization and therefore can help trace the source of quartz grains. A total of 25 different types of quartz grains in the Ottenstein‐sands indicates a highly variable southern provenance. Many of the grains have recycled quartz cement overgrowths indicating an at least second cycle origin. In contrast, only 16 different quartz types have been observed in the Wangerooge‐sands reflecting a less varied plutonic to metamorphic Scandinavian provenance. The study demonstrates the potential of quantified CL initial colour and colour shift in assessing the provenance of quartz‐rich sands and sandstones.  相似文献   

The influence of salt withdrawal subsidence on palaeosol maturity and cyclic fluvial deposition in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation: Castle Valley, Utah   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

SHANE J. PROCHNOW†  STACY C. ATCHLEY  THOMAS E. BOUCHER‡  LEE C. NORDT  MICHAEL R. HUDEC§ 《Sedimentology》2006,53(6):1319-1345

Integrated fluvial sequence stratigraphic and palaeosol analysis can be used to better reconstruct depositional systems, but these approaches have not been combined to examine halokinetic minibasins. This study characterizes the temporal and spatial patterns of lithofacies and palaeosols in a sequence stratigraphic framework to reconstruct a model of minibasin evolution and identify halokinetic influences on fluvial deposition. This research documents fluvial cycles and stratigraphic hierarchy, palaeosol maturity and apparent sediment accumulation rates in the Chinle Formation within the Big Bend minibasin. This study also uses palaeosols to help identify fluvial aggradational cycle (FAC) sets. The Chinle is divided into two hectometre‐scale (10² m) fluvial sequences, six decametre‐scale (10¹ m) FAC sets, and variable numbers of metre‐scale FACs depending on proximity to the minibasin. Ten pedotypes representing 225 palaeosol profiles are recognized. The pedotypes include palaeosols similar to modern Entisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols, Vertisols and Alfisols. A maturity index (1–5) is assigned to each pedotype to assess its variability in palaeosol development. Estimated palaeosol development time is used to approximate apparent sediment accumulation rates. Increased subsidence resulted in a greater number and thicker FACs, thicker FAC sets and fluvial sequence sections, and lithofacies associations reflecting more rapid sedimentation along the minibasin axis. Palaeocurrent indicators converge towards the minibasin axis and indicate that it formed and drifted through time. Relative palaeosol maturity is inversely related to stratal thickness, and decreases towards the minibasin where episodic burial by fluvial sediment was more frequent. Metre‐scale FACs are most abundant towards the minibasin axis, and locally have Entisols and Inceptisols developed upon their upper boundaries reflecting increased sediment accumulation rates. Areas outside the minibasin are characterized by fewer FACs that are associated with more mature palaeosols. Palaeosol‐derived apparent sediment accumulation rates are as much as two orders of magnitude greater within the minibasin than in marginal areas. The combined stratigraphic, palaeocurrent and palaeosol evidence is used to develop a model for the evolution of the Big Bend minibasin that illustrates the halokinetic affect on fluvial and landscape processes.  相似文献   

STUDY OF INFILTRATION INTO A HETEROGENEOUS SOIL USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING     

M. H. G. AMIN  R. J. CHORLEY  K. S. RICHARDS  L. D. HALL  T. A. CARPENTER  MELENA CISLEROVA  THOMAS VOGEL 《水文研究》1997,11(5):471-483

In this paper, the feasibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study water infiltration into a heterogeneous soil is examined, together with its difficulties and limitations. MRI studies of ponded water infiltration into an undisturbed soil core show that the combination of one- and two-dimensional imaging techniques provides a visual and non-destructive means of monitoring the temporal changes of soil water content and the moisture profile, and the movement of the wetting front. Two-dimensional images show air entrapment in repetitive ponded infiltration experiments. During the early stages of infiltration, one-dimensional images of soil moisture profiles clearly indicate preferential flow phenomena. The observed advance of wetting fronts can be described by a linear relationship between the square root of infiltration time (√t) and the distance of the wetting front from the soil surface. Similarly, the cumulative infiltration is also directly proportional to √t. Furthermore, from the MRI infiltration moisture profiles, it is possible to estimate the parameters that feature in infiltration equations. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

WIND ENERGY VARIATIONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN KALAHARI DESERT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LINEAR DUNEFIELD ACTIVITY     

J. E. BULLARD  D. S. G. THOMAS  I. LIVINGSTONE  G. F. S. WIGGS 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1996,21(3):263-278

The southwestern Kalahari linear dunefield, which displays marked morphological variability, possesses a partial but temporally and spatially variable vegetation cover and has frequently been described as a palaeodunefield. Palaeo status has been ascribed on the basis of several criteria including the presence of vegetation, but also because dunes are thought to be out of alignment with modern resultant potential sand-moving wind directions and because present-day wind energy is regarded as low. For the period 1960–1992, wind data from eight dunefield meteorological stations are analysed in detail to examine these assertions. Potential sand transport directions, including spatial and temporal variations, and potential drift directions for the windiest three month periods, are calculated and explained. It is concluded that the present-day potential sand transport environment is markedly variable from year to year and from place to place. While periods of low sand transport energy do occur, it is also noted that the 1980s possessed considerable potential for sand transport in the dunefield. Directional variability is also relatively high, perhaps exceeding that under which linear dunes can be expected to form. Because linear dune aeolian activity has a number of states, however, the present-day wind environment may allow dune surface aeolian activity to occur which does not alter the overall pattern of the dunes.  相似文献   

Mapping Systems and GIS: A Case Study using the Ghana National Grid     

GRAHAM THOMAS  CRISTOPHE A.D. SANNIER  JOHN C. TAYLOR 《The Geographical journal》2000,166(4):306-311

The problem of incompatible projections and conversion between mapping systems is of general concern to those involved in the collection of natural resources data. The Ghana National Grid (GNG) is an example of a mapping system that is not defined in image processing and GIS software and for which the transformation parameters are not readily available in the literature. Consequently, integrating GNG topographic map data within a GIS with data derived from other sources can be problematic. In this paper a practical solution for deriving the required transformation parameters to convert from the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84) to the GNG system is demonstrated. The method uses a single geodetic control point, available 1:50 000 topographic maps and a SPOT satellite panchromatic image geo-referenced to GNG. The resultant parameters are applied to road survey data in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) format for overlay with the SPOT image. Despite the approximations made in applying the method, when compared against official estimates of the datum transformation parameters, this relatively simple procedure resulted in estimates that appear acceptable in regard to combining data sets at a nominal scale of 1:50000.  相似文献   

Origin of the Charnockites of the Louis Lake Batholith, Wind River Range, Wyoming   总被引：12，自引：2，他引：10  

RONALD FROST  B.; FROST  CAROL D.; HULSEBOSCH  THOMAS P.; SWAPP  SUSAN M. 《Journal of Petrology》2000,41(12):1759-1776

The 2·63 Ga Louis Lake batholith, a calc-alkalic plutonexposed in Wind River Range of western Wyoming, consists ofminor diorite, quartz diorite, granodiorite, and granite. Atshallow structural levels the batholith is pyroxene free, butat deeper levels, all units of the batholith contain pyroxenes.On its northern margin the batholith was emplaced at P = 5–6kbar, T = 775–800°C, fO₂ at FMQ (fayalite–magnetite–quartz)+ 1·5 to FMQ + 1·8, and aH₂O  相似文献