Formation of a shelfbreak front by freshwater discharge     

Chandrasekher Narayanan  Richard W. Garvine   《Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans》2002,36(1-3)

The circulation and transport of freshwater generated by an idealized buoyant source is studied using a three-dimensional primitive equation model. Freshwater enters the continental shelf, turns anticyclonically and moves downstream in the direction of Kelvin wave propagation. In the region close to the source, the flow reaches an equilibrium in the bottom boundary layer so that freshwater does not spread offshore any further. This offshore equilibrium distance increases as we move downstream until the freshwater is able to feel the presence of the shelfbreak. A shelfbreak front forms and the shelfbreak prevents any further offshore spreading of freshwater in the bottom boundary layer.Two complimentary mechanisms are responsible for the slow cross-shelf migration of freshwater and subsequent trapping of shelfbreak fronts: bottom stress and topographic changes. The shelfbreak creates an active, dynamic process preventing leakage from the continental shelf region to the slope region. However, the dynamical process that traps the front to the shelfbreak is still unclear.The location of the shelfbreak front depends on four dimensionless parameters: scaled inlet volume transport, scaled breadth, scaled “diffusivity” and scaled shelf width. We develop empirical relations for predicting the location of the frontal bottom intersection, given these parameters.  相似文献   

Impact of Kiri dam on the lower reaches of river Gongola, Nigeria     

Abdullahi Liman Tukur  Aishatu Muhammed Mubi 《GeoJournal》2002,56(2):93-96

Changes in Geomorphic characteristics in the lower reaches of the Gongola River channel following construction of Kiri dam have been investigated. The study focused on changes in the channel bankfull width and of riverbed width after the control of the river flow, variation in discharge characteristics between pre- and post- dam periods and the impact of discharge variation on post- dam river channel. Results of the analysis revealed that the main effect of the impoundment of the Gongola channel is a drastic decrease in flood peaks below the reservoir by 11.5% (from 1,420 m³/sec to 1,256 m³/sec). The low flows have on the other hand increased by 268% (from 5.7 m³/sec to 21 m³/sec). The resultant effect of decrease in the discharge was reduction in the channel bankfull and riverbed widths by 38.3% and 72.2% respectively. Also, the post- dam channel became less sinuous and braided in some of the reaches downstream. Discharges of high peaks were found during the period of maximum precipitation (June to September) whereas low discharges were recorded during the period of minimum or no precipitation (December to May). Some of the observed implications of the flow control on the geometric variables were reduction in the overall channel width, concave bank erosion and emergence of vegetation in some of the reaches.  相似文献   

扎赉诺尔煤田水文地球化学特征及成因分析     

武文  莫若平  孙培城  刘文国 《内蒙古地质》2002,(4)

扎赉诺尔煤田地处山前,有利的地理环境条件形成了独特的水文地质特征—地下水的垂直分带和地下水顺层径流。其特有的水文地球化学环境导致了地下水成分的差异性。本文从水文地球化学的角度,对煤田地下水的水文地球化学特征及成因进行了论述分析。  相似文献   

Wind erosion from military training lands in the Mojave Desert, California, U.S.A.   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Simon J. van Donk  Xuewen Huang  Edward L. Skidmore  Alan B. Anderson  Dick L. Gebhart  Valerie E. Prehoda  Elizabeth M. Kellogg 《Journal of Arid Environments》2003,54(4):687-703

Military training activities reduce vegetation cover, disturb crusts, and degrade soil aggregates, making the land more vulnerable to wind erosion. The objective of this study was to quantify wind erosion rates for typical conditions at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, U.S.A. Five Big Spring Number Eight (BSNE) sampler stations were installed at each of five sites. Each BSNE station consisted of five BSNE samplers with the lowest sampler at 0·05 m and the highest sampler at 1·0 m above the soil surface. Once a month, sediment was collected from the samplers for analysis. Occurrence of saltating soil aggregates was recorded every hour using Sensits, one at each site. The site with the most erosion had a sediment discharge of 311 kg m⁻¹ over a period of 17 months. Other sites eroded much less because of significant rock cover or the presence of a crust. Hourly sediment discharge was estimated combining hourly Sensit count and monthly sediment discharge measured using BSNE samplers. More simultaneously measured data are needed to better characterize the relationship between these two and reconstruct a detailed time-series of wind erosion. This measured time-series can then be used for comparison with simulation results from process-based wind erosion models such as the Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS), once it has been adapted to the unique aspects of military lands.  相似文献   

Water discharge changes of the Changjiang River downstream Datong during dry season     

ZHANG Erfeng  CHEN Xiqing  WANG Xiaoli 《地理学报》2003,13(3):355-362

Based on hydrometric data and extensive investigations on water-extracting projects, this paper presents a preliminary study on water discharge changes between Datong and Xuliujing during dry season. The natural hydrological processes and human factors that influence the water discharge are analyzed with the help of GIS method. The investigations indicate that the water-extracting projects downstream from Datong to Xuliujing had amounted to 64 in number by the end of 2000, with a water-extracting capacity up to 4,626 m3/s averaged in a tidal cycle. The water extraction from the Changjiang River has become the most important factor influencing the water discharge downstream Datong during dry season. The potential magnitude in water discharge changes are estimated based on historical records of water extraction and a water balance model. The computational results were calibrated with the actual data. The future trend in changes of water discharge into the sea during dry season was discussed by taking into consideration of newly built hydro-engineering projects. The water extraction downstream Datong in dry season before 2000 had a great influence on discharges into the sea in the extremely dry year like 1978-1979. It produced a net decrease of more than 490 m3/s in monthly mean discharges from the Changjiang into the sea. It is expected that the water extraction will continually increase in the coming decades, especially in dry years, when the net decrease in monthly mean water discharge will increase to more than 1000 m3/s and will give a far-reaching effect on the changes of water discharge from the Changjiang into the sea.  相似文献   

公婆泉盆地局部排泄源氧化还原属性与铀矿化关系探讨   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘金辉  孙占学  陈功新  朱捌  成海 《华东地质学院学报》2003,26(3):221-224

在系统分析公婆泉盆地地质背景、水文地质条件的基础上，对该区局部排泄源氧化还原属性与铀矿化的关系进行了探讨。研究结果表明，局部排泄源的存在对铀矿化具有重要作用，当局部排泄源属于还原性质时，铀矿体常常分布于该排泄源上游；若属氧化性质，排泄源铀矿体通常位于其下游或附近。公婆泉盆地存在相对氧化和相对还原的二种局部排泄源，北骆驼泉区的沙泉沟与平沙地、麻黄沟、北骆驼泉沟排泄源之间应为有利的铀矿化地段。  相似文献   

沁南地区煤层气生产潜力研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

吴建光 《中国煤田地质》2003,15(1):27-28,70

本文以沁水盆地南部地区煤层气生产试验井的徘采资料为基础，结合煤田地质勘探和中联公司煤层气勘探所获得的地质、生产资料，阐述了煤层气井的排采机理。并以TL—003井排采试验为例进行详细剖析，运用储层模拟技术，研究、分析影响煤层气产出的主要参数，初步预测了该区煤层气井的生产潜力。  相似文献   

高坝泄流雾化环境污染原体观测研究          下载免费PDF全文

吴福生  程和森 《水科学进展》1997,8(2):189-196

高水头大流量的泄水建筑物泄流时产生严重泄流雾化对工程和环境造成污染,是必须考虑的重要问题。介绍了泄流雾化观测的新技术及其原理,包括:用立体摄影测量方法观测雾化流运动扩散的形态范围;用放射性同位素测量典型区域内泄流雾化浓度,并配合以雨量简测量典型范围内泄流雾化降雨强度等。并以漫湾水电站原体观测为实例,介绍了实施方法和效果。  相似文献   

古洪水流量的误差计算   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

谢悦波 《水文》1997,(1):6-11

古洪水研究已在大型工程和长江三峡，黄河小浪底等的设计洪水中得到动用取得了令人虚心成功，但古洪水流量的推求与实测量的计算往往有大的差别，根据随机误差的传播给出了一般情况下的古洪不流量推误差计算公式，以小流底２３６０ａＢＰ古洪水注同误差的计算为例，对最终计算出的古洪水流量成果给出了一个误差范围。  相似文献   

矿物材料合成的直流弧光法   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈素纯  傅慧芳 《大地构造与成矿学》1996,20(2):186-187

阐述了Ａｒ＋Ｈ２＋ＣＨ４气体体系中直流弧光放电过程，及其在金刚石膜等矿物材料合成中的应用。  相似文献