Application of matrix analysis in delineating sinkhole risk areas along highway (I-70 near Frederick,Maryland)     

Wanfang?ZhouEmail author  Barry?F.?Beck  Angela?L.?Adams 《Environmental Geology》2003,44(7):834-842

Sinkhole collapse in the area of Maryland Interstate 70 (I-70) and nearby roadways south of Frederick, Maryland, has been posing a threat to the safety of the highway operation as well as other structures. The occurrence of sinkholes is associated with intensive land development. However, the geological conditions that have been developing over the past 200 million years in the Frederick Valley control the locations of the sinkholes. Within an area of approximately 8 km², 138 sinkholes are recorded and their spatial distribution is irregular, but clustered. The clustering indicates the existence of an interaction between the sinkholes. The point pattern of sinkholes is considered to be a sample of a Gibbsian point process from which the hard-core Strauss Model is developed. The radius of influence is calculated for the recorded sinkholes which are most likely to occur within 30 m of an existing sinkhole. The stochastic analysis of the existing sinkholes is biased toward the areas with intensive land use. This bias is adjusted by considering (1) topography, (2) proximity to topographic depressions, (3) interpreted rock formation, (4) soil type, (5) geophysical anomalies, (6) proximity to geologic structures, and (7) thickness of overburden. Based on the properties of each factor, a scoring system is developed and the average relative risk score for individual 30-m segments of the study area is calculated. The areas designated by higher risk levels would have greater risk of a sinkhole collapse than the areas designated by lower risk levels. This risk assessment approach can be updated as more information becomes available.  相似文献   

城市地质信息系统建设的目标与解决方案   总被引：20，自引：0，他引：20  

吴冲龙  牛瑞卿  刘刚  孔春芳  雷世泰  刘丕德 《地质科技情报》2003,22(3):67-72

城市地质信息系统建设的基本功能目标是：支持多源异构地质空间数据的存储、管理、提取、传输与交叉访问,实现地下地质结构与关系的表达、分析和过程的三维可视化,支持政府决策并开展相关领域的信息社会化服务。为此,应当将其纳入“数字国土”和“数字城市”工程的统一规划中去,一方面借鉴地矿点源信息系统的设计思路与方法,研发并建造主题武的“城市国土资源基础数据平台”,以及相关的决策支持系统和服务应用系统;另一方面运用“多S”集成技术、联邦数据库技术、数据仓库技术、三维可视化技术和计算机网络技术,整合各种已有的和新建的多源异构的数据库、图形库、知识库、方法库、模型库和管理系统、决策系统。在具体设计时,可以将客户机／服务器(C／S)结构与浏览器／服务器(B／S)结构结合起来,并按市(局)—县(区、分局)两级联网的构架进行设置。  相似文献   

大地热流对中国西部环境与生态演变的影响及其研究意义   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

匡耀求  黄宁生  吴志峰  胡振宇  孙波  刘承帅 《地球科学进展》2003,18(1):22-029

中国西部地区生态环境的优劣与大地热流的高低有良好的对应关系。大地热流较高的西南地区生态环境优良,孕育了我国最好的生物多样性;而大地热流较低的西北地区环境恶劣,生态脆弱,荒漠化严重。大地热流的脉动影响区域大气系统下垫面的热力背景和气流运动,从而影响降水的分布和区域气候的干湿程度;大地热流的高低决定了一个地区地表生态系统能量供给的下限,是生态系统演变过程中一个重要的物种限制因子,制约了一些地区生态系统物种的多样性,进而影响到区域生态系统的稳健性。对大地热流影响生态系统发育和演变机理的研究将为人类科学干预地表生态系统的演化、恢复与重建退化生态系统提供科学依据与技术方案。提出了西部生态环境整治的一些新的思路。  相似文献   

阿尔金山中段清水泉-茫崖蛇绿构造混杂岩带地质特征   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5  

校培喜 《西北地质》2003,36(2):20-29

清水泉—茫崖蛇绿构造混杂岩带沿阿尔金山南坡分布,呈醒目的“绿色岩带”,其主要由蛇绿岩、蛇绿岩上覆岩系和元古代外来岩片或岩块组成,现多为构造透镜体,蛇绿岩上覆岩系具远洋深海沉积特征;岩石地球化学资料研究证明,蛇绿岩中的玄武岩与洋内岛弧拉斑玄武岩相似;同位素测年结果显示蛇绿岩形成于早古生代,蛇绿岩源自亏损的软流圈地幔,同时有富集地幔物质加入,暗示早古生代研究区曾出现过小洋盆构造环境。  相似文献   

Peculiarities of the UV continuum energy distribution for T Tauri stars     

A. S. Kravtsova  S. A. Lamzin 《Astronomy Letters》2003,29(9):612-620

In the UV spectra of BP Tau, GW Ori, T Tau, and RY Tau obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, we detected an inflection near 2000 Å in the F _λ ^c (λ) curve that describes the continuum energy distribution. The inflection probably stems from the fact that the UV continuum in these stars consists of two components: the emission from an optically thick gas with T<8000 K and the emission from a gas with a much higher temperature. The total luminosity of the hot component is much lower than that of the cool component, but the hot-gas radiation dominates at λ<1800 Å. Previously, other authors have drawn a similar conclusion for several young stars from low-resolution IUE spectra. However, we show that the short-wavelength continuum is determined from these spectra with large errors. We also show that, for three of the stars studied (BP Tau, GW Ori, and T Tau), the accretion-shock radiation cannot account for the observed dependence F _λ ^c (λ) in the ultraviolet. We argue that more than 90% of the emission continuum in BP Tau at λ>2000 Å originates not in the accretion shock but in the inner accretion disk. Previously, a similar conclusion was reached for six more classical T Tau stars. Therefore, we believe that the high-temperature continuum can be associated with the radiation from the disk chromosphere. However, it may well be that the stellar chromosphere is its source.  相似文献   

基于遥感与GIS技术的城镇体系空间特征的分形分析--以绍兴市为例   总被引：20，自引：5，他引：15  

赵萍  冯学智 《地理科学》2003,23(6):721-727

在遥感技术与GIS技术的支持下,采用分形几何理论对绍兴市城镇体系空间结构特征和形态特征进行分析,探讨城镇体系的演化规律。研究表明,绍兴市城镇体系无论在空间结构上还是在空间形态上都具有分形特征。城镇分布密度由绍兴市区向周围逐渐衰减,且分布不均衡,具有向交通线集中的趋势,形成了优化的空间结构。但1984～1997年间,空间结构的演化趋向于围绕绍兴市在半径方向上均匀分布,分形特性减弱。此外,各城镇基本是以各自的中心逐渐向外扩展,空间关联性大致不变。空间形态则日趋复杂,稳定性越来越低,发展的随意性越来越大。绍兴市区这一特点更明显。  相似文献   

Paleolimnological assessment of human impacts in Lake Blanca, SE Uruguay     

F. García-Rodríguez  N. Mazzeo  P. Sprechmann  D. Metzeltin  F. Sosa  H.C. Treutler  M. Renom  B. Scharf  C. Gaucher 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,28(4):457-468

Paleolimnological techniques were used to assess human impacts onLake Blanca, a small (0.6 km²), coastal fresh waterbodyin southern Uruguay, which is the drinking water source for 100,000 localresidents. We retrieved a core that extends to about 1100 ¹⁴Cyr BP. ²¹⁰Pb ages, organic mater, CO₃, totalcarbon, nutrients, fossil pigments and diatoms allowed us to establishlimnological conditions before and after cultural impacts. Soil removal(1880–1960) and intensive cattle and sheep grazing (1943–1966) ledto gully formation in the catchment. This watershed erosion resulted inincreased sedimentation rates. The aquatic system appeared to be mesotrophicwith dominance of epibenthic diatoms until 1966, at which timeeutrophication intensified with forestry activities. Increases in nutrients, aswell as blooms of planktonic diatoms, were observed. During the last decade,tourist/urban development as well as high drinking water demand caused areduction in lake area. Subsequent marked increases in rainfall led to furtherphytoplankton blooms and macrophyte proliferation.  相似文献   

新疆棉花"矮密早"栽培技术的气候条件   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

李星华 《沙漠与绿洲气象(新疆气象)》2002,25(6):19-21

简要论述了新疆棉花“矮密早”栽培技术形成的气候条件和依据。  相似文献   

Seismic Activity Around and Under Krakatau Volcano,Sunda Arc: Constraints to the Source Region of Island Arc Volcanics     

Špičák  A.  Hanuš  V.  Vaněk  J. 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》2002,46(3):545-565

There is general agreement that calc-alkaline volcanic rocks at convergent plate margins are genetically related to the process of subduction (Ringwood, 1974; Maaloe and Petersen, 1981; Hawkesworth et al., 1997). However, opinions on the mode and site of generation of primary magma for island arc volcanism differ substantially. The site of generation of calc-alkaline magma is thought to be either in the mantle wedge (Plank and Langmuir, 1988; McCulloch and Gamble, 1991) or in the subducting slab (White and Dupré, 1986; Defant and Drummond, 1990; Edwards et al., 1993; Ryan and Langmuir, 1993). We present seismological evidence in favour of the latter concept. A distinctive seismicity pattern around and under the Krakatau volcano was identified during systematic studies of the SE Asian convergent plate margins by means of global seismological data. A column-like cluster of events, probably associated with the dynamics of the volcano, is clearly separated from the events in the Wadati-Benioff zone. The accuracy of hypocentral determinations of the events of the cluster does not differ from the accuracy of the events belonging to the subducting slab. The depths of the cluster events vary from very shallow to about 100 km without any apparent discontinuity. On the other hand, there is a pronounced aseismic gap in the Wadati-Benioff zone directly beneath the volcano at depths between 100-150 km. The Krakatau cluster connects this aseismic gap to the volcano at the surface. The pervasive occurrence of earthquakes in the continental wedge between the subducting slab and the Earth surface bears witness to the brittle character of the continental lithosphere and casts doubt on the existence of large-scale melting of mantle material. The aseismic gap (Hanu and Vank, 1985), interpreted by us as a partially melted domain occurring in subducted slabs in practically all active subduction zones that reach depths greater than 100 km, is here used as evidence for the location of the primary source region of island arc volcanics in the subducting plate.  相似文献   

图文办公自动化系统的开发策略与实现   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

李宗华  肖道纲 《测绘信息与工程》2002,27(2):10-11,15

从规划土地管理局业务审批工业的实际,分析了其对图文办公自动化系统的基本需求,提出了将图文办公自动化系统分三部分进行设计的思想,使系统开发简捷、方便,减轻了开发难度,提高了信息管理的安全性。  相似文献