Investigation of non-linear site amplification at two downhole strong ground motion arrays in Taiwan     

Kuo-Liang Wen  Igor A. Beresnev  Yeong Tein Yeh 《地震工程与结构动力学》1995,24(3):313-324

Non-linear seismic response of soil is studied by comparing the spectral ratios of surface to downhole horizontal accelerations on weak and strong motion. Data from two boreholes are analysed. One is drilled in the alluvial deposits in the south–west quadrant of the SMART 1 array. The second one penetrates Pleistocene terrace deposits in the northern part of the SMART2 array. Observed weak and strong motion spectral ratios are compared with the theoretical ones predicted by the geotechnical soil model which postulates a hysteretic constitutive law. A significant non-linear response is found at the first site for the events with surface peak acceleration exceeding roughly 0–15g. Deamplification of the strong motion occurred in the frequency range from approximately 1 to 10 Hz. The maximum observed difference between the average weak and strong motion amplification functions of an 11 m-thick near-surface stratum is a factor of 2–3. Nonlinear response characteristics are in qualitative agreement with the model. An additional corollary is that the amplification function calculated from the shear wave coda is equivalent to the average amplification calculated over the ensemble of small earthquakes. No statistically significant non-linear response is detected on the second array, that is tentatively accounted for by the stiffer soil conditions and weaker accelerations achieved at the SMART2 site. The results indicate that the non-linear amplification can be detectable at certain soil conditions above a threshold acceleration level.  相似文献   

Hydrogen and carbon isotopes of petroleum and related organic matter     

Hsueh-Wen Yeh  Samuel Epstein 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(5):753-762

$\text{D}\text{H}$ and ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ ratios were measured for 114 petroleum samples and for several samples of related organic matter. δD of crude oil ranges from ?85 to ?181‰, except for one distillate (?250‰) from the Kenai gas field; δ¹³C of crude oil ranges from ?23.3 to ?32.5‰, Variation in δD and δ¹³C values of compound-grouped fractions of a crude oil is small, 3 and 1.1%., respectively, and the difference in δD and δ¹³C between oil and coeval wax is slight. Gas fractions are 53–70 and 22.6–23.2‰ depleted in D and ¹³C, respectively, relative to the coexisting oil fractions.The δD and δ¹³C values of the crude oils appear to be largely determined by the isotopic compositions of their organic precursors. The contribution of terrestrial organic debris to the organic precursors of most marine crude oils may be significant.  相似文献   

结构光性矿物学研究——论无水碳酸盐的折射度          下载免费PDF全文

曾荣树  叶大年 《地质科学》1980,15(1):43-49

研究矿物的晶体结构与其光学性质之间的关系,这是结构光性矿物学重要的研究内容。如何把矿物晶体结构中原子的性质及相互之间的关系应用到晶体光学中,有效地定量地解释矿物的光学参数,从而又推动晶体光学进一步发展,这是矿物学家所共同关心的问题。早在1924年布拉格就注意到方解石与文石光性的差异,并用晶体内部电场的理论进行解释。帕伯斯特(A.Pabst,1973,1974)在研究两个碳酸盐矿物的折射率时,根据布拉格的方法,计算了它们的折射度,得到了满意的结果。叶大年(1974)在论述具有氖型结构离子的化合物的折射率时,指出矿物的折射率取决于电子层结构和核电荷,而不是取决于原子量。  相似文献   

Earthquake strong motions recorded by a large near-source array of digital seismographs     

B. A. Bolt  Y. B. Tsai  K. Yeh  M. K. Hsu 《地震工程与结构动力学》1982,10(4):561-573

Specially designed arrays of strong-motion seismographs near to the earthquake source are required for seismological and engineering studies of the generation and near-field properties of seismic waves. The first such large digital array, called SMART 1 (with radius 2 km and 37 accelerometers), to record substantial ground motion (up to 0·24g horizontal acceleration) became operational in late 1980 in a highly seismic region of Taiwan. During the first 6 months of operation, SMART 1 recorded nine earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from M_L 3·8 to 6·9. Three were located directly below the array at focal depths of 59 to 76 km. The remaining six had shallow depths and epicentral distances from 7 to 193 km. Digital records from 27 three-component accelerographs were obtained from a magnitude 6·9 (M_L) local earthquake on 29 January 1981. Representative measurements are described of seismic wave coherency and power spectrum as a function of wave number, frequency, azimuth of propagation and wave type. Acceleration waveforms varied significantly across the array for each event. On average, peak acceleration of horizontal components was about three times that of the vertical component. Relative spectral changes from earthquake to earthquake were large.  相似文献   

A combinatorial optimization scheme for parameter structure identification in ground water modeling   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Tsai FT  Sun NZ  Yeh WW 《Ground water》2003,41(2):156-169

This research develops a methodology for parameter structure identification in ground water modeling. For a given set of observations, parameter structure identification seeks to identify the parameter dimension, its corresponding parameter pattern and values. Voronoi tessellation is used to parameterize the unknown distributed parameter into a number of zones. Accordingly, the parameter structure identification problem is equivalent to finding the number and locations as well as the values of the basis points associated with the Voronoi tessellation. A genetic algorithm (GA) is allied with a grid search method and a quasi-Newton algorithm to solve the inverse problem. GA is first used to search for the near-optimal parameter pattern and values. Next, a grid search method and a quasi-Newton algorithm iteratively improve the GA's estimates. Sensitivities of state variables to parameters are calculated by the sensitivity-equation method. MODFLOW and MT3DMS are employed to solve the coupled flow and transport model as well as the derived sensitivity equations. The optimal parameter dimension is determined using criteria based on parameter uncertainty and parameter structure discrimination. Numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the proposed methodology, in which the true transmissivity field is characterized by either a continuous distribution or a distribution that can be characterized by zones. We conclude that the optimized transmissivity zones capture the trend and distribution of the true transmissivity field.  相似文献   

A preliminary study of crustal structure in Taiwan region using receiver function analysis   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kwang-Hee Kim  Jer-Ming Chiu  Honn Kao  Qiyuan Liu  Yih-Hsiung Yeh 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,159(1):146-164

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基于神经网络的元胞自动机及模拟复杂土地利用系统   总被引：57，自引：9，他引：57  

黎夏  叶嘉安 《地理研究》2005,24(1):19-27

本文提出了基于神经网络的元胞自动机(CellularAutomata),并将其用来模拟复杂的土地利用系统及其演变。国际上已经有许多利用元胞自动机进行城市模拟的研究,但这些模型往往局限于模拟从非城市用地到城市用地的转变。模拟多种土地利用的动态系统比一般模拟城市演化要复杂得多,需要使用许多空间变量和参数,而确定模型的参数值和模型结构有很大困难。本文通过神经网络、元胞自动机和GIS相结合来进行土地利用的动态模拟,并利用多时相的遥感分类图像来训练神经网络,能十分方便地确定模型参数和模型结构,消除常规模拟方法所带来的弊端。  相似文献   

Designing an optimal multivariate geostatistical groundwater quality monitoring network using factorial kriging and genetic algorithms   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ming-Sheng Yeh  Yu-Pin Lin  Liang-Cheng Chang 《Environmental Geology》2006,50(1):101-121

The optimal selection of monitoring wells is a major task in designing an information-effective groundwater quality monitoring network which can provide sufficient and not redundant information of monitoring variables for delineating spatial distribution or variations of monitoring variables. This study develops a design approach for an optimal multivariate geostatistical groundwater quality network by proposing a network system to identify groundwater quality spatial variations by using factorial kriging with genetic algorithm. The proposed approach is applied in designing a groundwater quality monitoring network for nine variables (EC, TDS, Cl⁻, Na, Ca, Mg, SO ₄ ²⁻ , Mn and Fe) in the Pingtung Plain in Taiwan. The spatial structure results show that the variograms and cross-variograms of the nine variables can be modeled in two spatial structures: a Gaussian model with ranges 28.5 km and a spherical model with 40 km for short and long spatial scale variations, respectively. Moreover, the nine variables can be grouped into two major components for both short and long scales. The proposed optimal monitoring design model successfully obtains different optimal network systems for delineating spatial variations of the nine groundwater quality variables by using 20, 25 and 30 monitoring wells in both short scale (28.5 km) and long scale (40 km). Finally, the study confirms that the proposed model can design an optimal groundwater monitoring network that not only considers multiple groundwater quality variables but also monitors variations of monitoring variables at various spatial scales in the study area.  相似文献   

Karst groundwater management by defining protection zones based on regional geological structures and groundwater flow fields   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Yonghong Hao  Tian-Chyi J. Yeh  Caihong Hu  Yanrong Wang  Xia Li 《Environmental Geology》2006,50(3):415-422

In a semiarid region, the karst aquifer generally forms a large groundwater reservoir that can play an important role in regional water supply. But because of the specific physical properties of karst aquifers, they are vulnerable to pollution and anthropogenic impacts. Karst groundwater management strategies are vital. As representative of karst springs in a semiarid area, Niangziguan Springs is located in the east of Shanxi Province, China with an annual average rate of discharge of 10.34 m³/s (1956–2003) (Y. Liang, unpublished data). The Niangziguan Spring Basin covers an area of 7,394 km² with an annual average precipitation of 535 mm (1958–2003) (Hao et al. in Carsologica Sinica 23(1):43–47, 2004). Over the past three decades, accelerated groundwater exploitation has caused water-table decline in the aquifer, reduction of the spring discharge, and deterioration of water quality. In this study, three protection zones were defined to ensure the quality and capacity of this resource. The confluence of the 11 spring systems and the discharge areas were defined as I protection zone, the recharge basin was II protection zone, and the slack water area where there is little surface recharge was the III protection zone. Management strategies for each zone were suggested and evaluated to provide a scientific foundation for sustainable utilization.  相似文献   

On simulating reactive chemical transport with dominating precipitated species controlling chemical equilibrium     

Hwai‐Ping Cheng  Gour‐Tsyh Yeh 《Computational Geosciences》1998,2(2):151-170

We present an approach developed to compute chemical equilibrium and its corresponding reactive chemical transport when dominating precipitated species (DPS) exist. In computing chemical equilibrium, most models take the concentrations or activities of component species and precipitated species as the master variables. However, when the amount of a precipitated species is much larger than those of other species, small computational errors on this DPS concentration might introduce large errors on the concentrations of other species and would cause non‐mass‐conserved numerical results. To deal with the existence of DPS, we pick as master variables the concentration change, rather than the concentration, of DPS to compute chemical equilibrium. Since the concentration changes of DPS will no longer be much larger than the concentrations of other species in determining equilibrium, our approach is able to provide correct numerical results. We also employ the modified total analytical concentrations, rather than the total analytical concentrations, of aqueous components as the dependent variables in presenting and solving corresponding transport equations. Several examples are given to reveal the numerical problems associated with DPS and to demonstrate the success of our approach. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献