Effects of urbanization on streamflow in the Atlanta area (Georgia,USA): a comparative hydrological approach   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Seth Rose  Norman E. Peters 《水文研究》2001,15(8):1441-1457

For the period from 1958 to 1996, streamflow characteristics of a highly urbanized watershed were compared with less‐urbanized and non‐urbanized watersheds within a 20 000 km² region in the vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia: in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces of the southeastern USA. Water levels in several wells completed in surficial and crystalline‐rock aquifers were also evaluated. Data were analysed for seven US Geological Survey (USGS) stream gauges, 17 National Weather Service rain gauges, and five USGS monitoring wells. Annual runoff coefficients (RCs; runoff as a fractional percentage of precipitation) for the urban stream (Peachtree Creek) were not significantly greater than for the less‐urbanized watersheds. The RCs for some streams were similar to others and the similar streams were grouped according to location. The RCs decreased from the higher elevation and higher relief watersheds to the lower elevation and lower relief watersheds: values were 0·54 for the two Blue Ridge streams, 0·37 for the four middle Piedmont streams (near Atlanta), and 0·28 for a southern Piedmont stream. For the 25 largest stormflows, the peak flows for Peachtree Creek were 30% to 100% greater than peak flows for the other streams. The storm recession period for the urban stream was 1–2 days less than that for the other streams and the recession was characterized by a 2‐day storm recession constant that was, on average, 40 to 100% greater, i.e. streamflow decreased more rapidly than for the other streams. Baseflow recession constants ranged from 35 to 40% lower for Peachtree Creek than for the other streams; this is attributed to lower evapotranspiration losses, which result in a smaller change in groundwater storage than in the less‐urbanized watersheds. Low flow of Peachtree Creek ranged from 25 to 35% less than the other streams, possibly the result of decreased infiltration caused by the more efficient routing of stormwater and the paving of groundwater recharge areas. The timing of daily or monthly groundwater‐level fluctuations was similar annually in each well, reflecting the seasonal recharge. Although water‐level monitoring only began in the 1980s for the two urban wells, water levels displayed a notable decline compared with non‐urban wells since then; this is attributed to decreased groundwater recharge in the urban watersheds due to increased imperviousness and related rapid storm runoff. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The 1966 Kremasta reservoir earthquake sequence     

Seth Stein  Douglas A. Wiens  Kazuya Fujita 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1982,59(1):49-60

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Number three orebody, ranger one, Australia — a case history     

G.H. Sherrington  A.L.L. Browne  R.H. Duffin  M.J. Danielson 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1983,19(1-3)

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西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带--深部地球物理结构给出的启示   总被引：16，自引：5，他引：16  

赵文津　刘葵蒋忠惕  吴珍汉赵逊史大年  熊嘉育J.Mechie　L.Brown　T.Hearn　J.R.Guo　Seth S.Haines 《地质通报》2004,23(7):623-635

通过跨越缝合带的综合地球物理和地质调查研究，查明了地质上推测的“班公湖一怒江缝合带”的深部结构和构造，提出了下述观点：现有资料尚不足以证明，“班公湖一怒江缝合带”是严格意义上的缝合带，而趋向表明是一个老的弧后拉张区，在后来的印度大陆与拉萨地块碰撞挤压过程中，先是沉积了巨厚的第三纪地层，仅在20Ma(?)以来才转变成挤压体制，形成多条逆冲断裂；纳木错一申扎逆冲的蛇绿岩片带代表着侏罗纪洋的主要缝合带位置，在其闭合过程中洋壳与陆壳一起向北发生俯冲，并形成班戈岩带所代表的岩浆弧，在岩浆弧后出现了拉张区；下地壳向北挤压增厚，物理性质不同的上、下地壳之间相互运动而形成了一条缓倾的剪切片理化带，南北长达300km，命名为主羌塘逆冲断裂带(MQT)；并使班戈岩片整体向南逆推上去，致使地壳分层增厚；在拉张期伦坡拉小地块向下运动，20Ma以后转变成压缩体制后又开始向上逆推，再加上后期的剥蚀，致使班戈深成岩体出露于地表；唐古拉山、各拉丹冬等年轻的火山岩浆带与地表显示的构造活动无直接关系，推测应是地壳深层作用引起的构造岩浆活动的显示。  相似文献   

Time constraints for Mesoproterozoic upper amphibolite facies metamorphism in NW Namibia: a multi-isotopic approach     

Barbara Seth  Richard A. Armstrong  Annett Büttner  Igor M. Villa   《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2005,230(3-4):355-378

This study presents the chronological evolution of the upper amphibolite facies Orue Unit in NW Namibia. Metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks of the Orue Unit were investigated using the Pb–Pb stepwise leaching technique on garnet and rutile, U–Pb multi-grain analysis on rutile, Sm–Nd–Lu–Hf leaching technique on garnet, SHRIMP analysis on zircon and Ar–Ar dating on amphibole. Each of these techniques pertains to different processes that occurred before, during, or after the metamorphic peak. Our age data can be integrated with petrological constraints to provide a more complete understanding of the metamorphic cycle. Our pre-peak metamorphic zircon ages, peak metamorphic garnet ages and peak to late peak metamorphic amphibole ³⁹Ar–⁴⁰Ar ages bracket the upper amphibolite facies metamorphic event including hydration or dehydration processes into a time span of only ca. 20 Ma. The age data obtained by peak metamorphic mineral analyses cluster around 1340–1320 Ma. Based on age data and field observation, we interpret the upper amphibolite facies metamorphism as a large-scale regional mid-crustal event. Spot analyses of inherited zircon cores obtained by SHRIMP reflect the sedimentary origin of the respective rocks of the Orue Unit and derivation from Palaeoproterozoic protoliths. The metamorphic rocks south of the anorthositic Kunene Intrusive Complex (KIC) have previously been ascribed to the Palaeoproterozoic Epupa Complex at the SW margin of the Congo craton and were thus thought to be older than the Mesoproterozoic KIC. Our data show that the high-grade metamorphic overprint took place 30–50 Ma after emplacement of the KIC. Rutile growth ages of 1248 Ma in one sample reflect fluid activity which seems to be a local phenomenon since there is no other evidence of geological activity throughout the Orue Unit at that time. The rutile ages predate the emplacement of satellite intrusions in that area by 30 Ma and there is no causal relation between these two events.  相似文献   

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami: What happened and why?     

Seth Stein  Emile A. Okal 《Visual Geosciences》2005,10(1):21-26

The December 26, 2004 Sumatra earthquake and the tsunami that followed killed over 300,000 people. In this paper, we analyze and discuss the geologic causes for this earthquake, the mechanisms that generated it, and follow up with a discussion on ways to prevent this type of disaster in the future.  相似文献   

Oxygen isotope fractionation during synthesis of CaMg-carbonate and implications for sedimentary dolomite formation     

Mark Schmidt  Seth Xeflide  Stephen Mann 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2005,69(19):4665-4674

Hydrous CaMg-carbonate was synthesized at temperatures of 40°, 60° and 80°C in the laboratory. This material has very similar mineralogical characteristics to natural disordered dolomite from the Coorong region in South Australia. Besides the dolomite variable amounts of amorphous carbonate are present in all samples. The oxygen isotope compositions of synthesized bulk carbonate samples (e.g., amorphous carbonate plus dolomite) plot significantly lower than the Northrop and Clayton (1966) dolomite-water equilibrium. Fractionated degassing of the samples, however, revealed relatively low oxygen isotope values for fast-reacting (using 100% H₃PO₄) amorphous carbonate. In contrast, slow-reacting dolomite has more positive oxygen isotope values, and calculated carbonate-water oxygen isotope fractionation values are close to strongest known dolomite-water oxygen isotope fractionation published earlier on. Variations of reaction/stabilization temperatures during synthesis gave evidence for dolomite formation from hypersaline solutions by a dissolution/reprecipitation process. It is likely that amorphous carbonate has been a problem in defining the dolomite-water fractionation in the past. Moreover, dolomite-associated amorphous carbonate contents probably led to incorrect speculations about lower oxygen isotope fractionation in a so-called protodolomite-water system.  相似文献   

Why does near ridge extensional seismicity occur primarily in the Indian Ocean?     

Seth Stein  Sierd Cloetingh  Douglas A. Wiens  Rinus Wortel 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1987,82(1-2)

The possibility that thermoelastic stresses due to plate cooling contribute significantly to the stress field and seismicity in young oceanic lithosphere has been a subject of considerable recent interest. This effect is suggested by three key observations: a decrease in seismicity with lithospheric age, the fact that focal mechanisms show extension perpendicular to the spreading direction, and a depth stratification of mechanism types. A difficulty with this idea is that although thermoelastic stresses should be comparable in different regions, the intraplate seismicity seems to occur in local concentrations. In particular, the ridge-parallel extensional seismicity occurs preferentially in the Central Indian Ocean region.We explore the possibility that much of the data favoring thermoelastic stresses can be interpreted in terms of stresses resulting from individual plate geometry and local boundary effects. In particular, the dramatic concentration of extensional seismicity in the Central Indian Ocean region is consistent with finite element results for the intraplate stress incorporating the effects of the Himalayan collision and the various subduction zones. The ridge parallel extensional stresses show a decrease with age similar to that of the seismicity. As earthquakes in this area provide a major portion of the data for both ridge-parallel extension and depth stratification, these effects may be due more to the regional stress. We thus propose that thermoelastic stresses provide a low level “background” in all plates, but that the dominant effect is that of individual plate geometry and local boundary effects.  相似文献   

Tectonics of the Nazca-Antarctic plate boundary     

Sandra Anderson-Fontana  Joseph F. Engeln  Paul Lundgren  Roger L. Larson  Seth Stein 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1987,86(1)

We have constructed a new bathymetric chart of part of the Chile transform system, based mainly on an R/V “Endeavor” survey from 100°W to its intersection with the East Ridge of the Juan Fernandez microplate at 34°30′S, 109°15′W. A generally continuous lineated trend can be followed through the entire region, with the transform valley being relatively narrow and well-defined from 109°W to approximately 104°30′W. The fracture zone then widens to the east, with at least two probable en echelon offsets to the south at 104° and 102°W. Six new strike-slip mechanisms along the Chile Transform and one normal fault mechanism near the northern end of the Chile Rise, inverted together with other plate motion data from the eastern portion of the boundary, produce a new best fit Euler pole for the Nazca-Antarctic plate pair, providing tighter constraints on the relative plate motions.  相似文献   

Statistical tests of additional plate boundaries from plate motion inversions   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Seth Stein  Richard G. Gordon 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1984,69(2):401-412

We have investigated the application of the F-ratio test, a standard statistical technique, to the results of relative plate motion inversions. The method tests whether the improvement in fit of the model to the data resulting from the addition of another plate to the model is greater than that expected purely by chance. This approach appears to be useful in determining whether additional plate boundaries are justified. We confirm previous results favoring separate North American and South American plates with a boundary located between 30°N and the equator. Using Chase's global relative motion data, we show that in addition to separate West African and Somalian plates, separate West Indian and Australian plates, with a best-fitting boundary between 70°E and 90°E, can be resolved. These results are generally consistent with the observation that the Indian plate's internal deformation extends somewhat westward of the Ninetyeast Ridge. The relative motion pole is similar to Minster and Jordan's and predicts the NW-SE compression observed in earthquake mechanisms near the Ninetyeast Ridge.  相似文献