Hydrogeology of a coal-seam gas exploration area, southeastern British Columbia, Canada: Part 1. Groundwater flow systems     

S. Harrison  J. Molson  H. Abercrombie  J. Barker  D. Rudolph  R. Aravena 《Hydrogeology Journal》2000,8(6):608-622

Discovery of high contents of methane gas in coals of the Mist Mountain Formation in the Elk River valley, southeastern British Columbia, Canada, has led to increased exploration activity for coal-seam gas (CSG). CSG production requires groundwater abstraction to depressurize the coal beds and to facilitate methane flow to the production wells. Groundwater abstraction will have hydrodynamic effects on the flow system, and an understanding of the groundwater flow system is needed to evaluate these effects. The purpose of this paper is to describe the groundwater flow system in the area by means of a groundwater flow model and interpretation of hydrochemical and isotopic analyses of groundwater and surface water. Groundwater flow for the Weary Creek exploration area is modeled in two vertical sections. The model domains, based on classic upland–lowland conceptual flow models, are approximately 10,000 m long and 4,000 m deep. Each consists of a fixed water-table boundary and no-flow boundaries along the traces of major faults. Steady-state groundwater flow is calibrated to hydraulic-head, streamflow, and groundwater-recharge data. Simulated steady-state velocity fields define regional and local flow components consistent with the conceptual model. The results are consistent with regional trends in δ²H, δ¹⁸O, tritium, and TDS, which define two distinct groundwater groups (A and B) and a third of intermediate composition. An active, shallow, local flow component (group A) is recharged in beds cropping out along subdued ridges; this component discharges as seeps along lower and mid-slope positions in the southern part of the study area. The waters are tritiated, relatively enriched in δ²H and δ¹⁸O, and have low TDS. A deeper regional flow component (group B), which originates at a higher altitude and which discharges to the Elk River valley bottom, is characterized by non-tritiated groundwater with relatively depleted δ²H and δ¹⁸O, and higher TDS. Groundwater contributes less than 10% of the total direct flow to the Elk River, as indicated by flow measurements and by the absence of group A and group B characteristics in the river water. Thus it is hypothesized that groundwater extraction during CSG production will have little impact on the river. The groundwater flow model developed in this work is used in a companion paper to further test this hypothesis. Electronic Publication  相似文献   

Fresh-water lenses and practical limitations of their three-dimensional simulation     

F. Ghassemi  K. Alam  K. Howard 《Hydrogeology Journal》2000,8(5):521-537

Fresh-water lenses are the major sources of water supply in many atoll islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, particularly in dry seasons. Several two- and three-dimensional models are currently available for the simulation of atoll-island aquifers; however, 2D models cannot include 3D spatial variability of material properties, they must simplify the boundary conditions, and they cannot correctly simulate pumping wells. In an attempt to overcome these difficulties, a 3D model, SALTFLOW, was adopted for the simulation of Home Island in the Indian Ocean. This exercise required a discretisation on the order of a few metres and time steps of a few hours requiring significantly high CPU times. High CPU demand proved to be a difficult challenge but cannot be considered a serious practical limitation with today's advanced computers. The exhaustive data demands of the model (e.g., 3D distributions of hydraulic conductivity, porosity, dispersivities, and spatial and temporal variations of recharge and extraction rates) proved to be more problematical. Although the Home Island data set is unusually comprehensive by any standards, nonetheless the quality and quantity of the available data proved inadequate to meet the calibration needs of a highly karstic aquifer system. The Home Island modeling demonstrates the practical limitations of 3D models. It raises the concern that our ability to develop computer codes capable of simulating complex systems now exceeds our ability to supply the input data necessary for reliable calibration. Finally, the paper demonstrates the importance of the transient calibration in reliable simulation of various management options and emphasises that transient calibration should be considered as an integral part of any similar 2D or 3D modeling. Electronic Publication  相似文献   

国际地面沉降研究综述   总被引：20，自引：2，他引：18  

张阿根  刘毅 《上海国土资源》2000,(4):1-7

文章在介绍国际地面沉降会议历史及２０００年第六届国际地面沉隆会议简况的基础上,并根据２０００年第六届国际地面沉降会议论文,对国际地面沉降研究进展情况分成如下六个方面进行了综述。地面沉降地质因素介绍了古代地面沉降、泥炭层沉降、地震砂土液化地面沉降和海平面上升研究状况。地下流体运移地面沉降方面介绍了以地下水开采为主的地面沉降问题及地面塌陷、天然气开采引起的地面沉降、均匀沉降对建筑结构的破坏和欠固结石英  相似文献   

接触摩擦问题的数值模拟   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

李卧东  陈胜宏 《岩土力学》2003,24(3):385-388

无网格伽辽金法(EFGM)可脱离单元的概念,特别适合岩体裂纹面的接触摩擦分析。基于EFGM,在裂纹面引入罚参数,通过迭代计算,得到裂纹面真实的应力状态,从而模拟闭合裂纹的粘接、滑移和张开行为,数值结果表明该方法是合理可行的。  相似文献   

离心模拟技术中运动学的物理意义   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

雷国辉  施建勇 《岩土力学》2003,24(2):188-193

研究离心模拟中的运动学,有助于提高对离心模型试验结果的认识。笔者推导了描述离心模型中任一质点运动的整体速度和加速度的数学表达式。按照牛顿第二定律,在离心模拟中的加速度是连接运动学与动力学的重要因素。笔者描述了整体加速度表达式中各项的物理意义,指出了离心机稳定运转时的向心加速度、由角加速度效应引起的切向加速度、互补(复合向心)加速度分量、径向(原型的竖向)、环向和轴向(原型的两个水平方向)振动效应以及离心机臂伸长效应对整体加速度的贡献。分析结果表明,对于单向振动的动力离心模拟试验,选轴向(平行于转轴)为振动方向便于理解试验结果。另外,仔细检查了Schofield[1]对离心模拟中运动学的描述并发现其混淆之处。  相似文献   

环境模拟和GIS集成的初步研究   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：7  

李硕  曾志远  张运生 《冰川冻土》2002,24(2):134-141

GIS与环境模拟在技术、研究内容、方法上的进一步集成,具有广泛的应用前景.以开展的流域土壤和水资源研究模型的集成和系统化及其应用项目的实际工作,说明了环境模拟和GIS技术集成的必然性;从GIS技术的发展,环境模拟模型的改进与完善,数据的初始化与管理等方面系统地论述了环境模拟模型和GIS集成的必要性.通过现有集成模式的分析,对二者集成的概念框架以及不同的集成方式进行了概念性的描述,结合研究项目给出了集成示例.  相似文献   

天津市深层基岩地下热水系统数值模拟中若干问题的处理   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

周训  陈明佑  吴胜军  崔红梅  付丽  赵越 《地球科学》2002,27(2):163-167

天津市基岩地下热水具有密度随温度变化显著、存在水岩之间热交换的特点, 采用适合于描述深层地下热水水流和热量运移的压力场和温度场控制方程, 通过对渗流场、边界条件的合理概化和对初始条件、热储层缺失区域及倾斜断层等的合理处理, 使所建立的三维数值模型变得更为有效和实用.   相似文献   

半干旱地区地表水平衡的特征和模拟   总被引：13，自引：1，他引：12  

季劲钧  刘青  李银鹏 《地理学报》2004,59(6):964-971

作者分析了我国半干旱区草原典型地区的水量平衡的特点。由于地处东亚季风区和西风带的过渡带,降水主要集中在夏季,且多短时间对流性降水,其中绝大部分消耗于蒸发,地表径流很少,土壤比较干燥。冬季积雪, 春季融雪集中,能产生较强的径流,这与夏季降水形成的径流构成双峰型特征,在我国半干旱区较为典型。由于这些特点,在地表水量平衡的计算和模拟中,蒸发的估算十分重要,为此在植被-大气相互作用模式 (AVIM) 中对水文过程作了改进,模式中包含了大气-植被-土壤间的能量和水分传输过程,特别是半干旱区地表蒸发和植被的蒸腾过程作了比较细致的处理,考虑了蓄满和超渗两种产流机制,同时采用了一个简化的雪盖模型。以此模型模拟了内蒙古半干旱草原上锡林河流域的地表水文过程。计算结果显示,半干旱区地表水平衡,蒸发大而径流小及产流的春夏双峰型特征都能很好地模拟。这些过程的参数化方案也适用于非干旱区。  相似文献   

侵入型岩体三维可视化构模技术研究   总被引：5，自引：2，他引：3  

何满潮  李学元  刘斌  徐能雄 《煤田地质与勘探》2004,32(4):29-32

根据侵入型岩体的空间几何特征及地质数据的特点,采用断面构模技术实现侵入型岩体三维构模。利用多条轮廓线之间的三维表面重构方法,构建侵入型岩体的表面模型。在生成体数据时使用改进的MC法,提高了构模精度,将多条轮廓线之间的表面重构问题转化为体数据中的等值面构造问题。开发了一种三维可视化构模系统,并利用该系统所提供的构模技术,实现了灵宝金矿侵入型岩体三维模型的构建。   相似文献   

桩体复合地基的拉格朗日法模拟   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

席先武  邵铁全  彭建兵  王岳军  雷小青 《煤田地质与勘探》2004,32(5):46-48

利用拉格朗日方法,将桩体复合地基分解为桩体、土体和桩土界面3个分离式单元,模拟了非均质地层中复合地基各种应力的分布,以及3个单元的相互影响及响应机理。结果表明,复合地基各种应力的分布受承台大小、桩体间距,及其弹模、土体的性质等多种因素的控制。   相似文献