Seasonal differences in seismic responses of embankment on a sloping ground in permafrost regions     

《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2015

Because of its direct influence on the amount of unfrozen water and on the strength of intergranular ice in a frozen soil, temperature has a significant effect on all aspects of the mechanical behavior of the active layer in which temperature fluctuates above and below 0 °C. Hence seismic responses of engineering structures such as embankment on a sloping ground in permafrost regions exhibit obvious differences with seasonal alternation. To explore the distinctive seismic characteristics of a railway embankment on the sloping ground in permafrost regions, a coupled water-heat-dynamics model is built based on theories of heat transfer, soil moisture dynamics, frozen soil mechanics, soil dynamics, and so on. A well-monitored railway embankment on a sloping ground in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is taken as an example to simulate seismic responses in four typical seasons in the 25th service year. The numerical results show that seismic acceleration, velocity and displacement responses are significantly different in four typical seasons, and the responses on October 15 are much higher among the four seasons. When the earthquake is over, there are still permanent differential deformations in the embankment and even severe damages on the left slope on October 15. Therefore, this position should be monitored closely and repaired timely to ensure safe operation. In addition, the numerical model and results may be a reference for maintenance, design and study on other embankments in permafrost regions.  相似文献   

气候变暖条件下,中(高)亚洲地区不稳定型冻土的巨大挑战和创新解决方案:——来自首届亚洲冻土大会及会后青藏高原考察的总结报告     

金会军  马巍  赖远明  吴青柏  王贵荣  牛富俊  沈永平  赵淑萍  Jerry Brown  Max C.Brewer 《冰川冻土》2006,28(6):838-843

首届亚洲冻土大会于2006年8月5~16日在兰州、青藏线和拉萨顺利召开.大会讨论主要包括以下5个议题:1)冻土工程;2)山区和高原冻融灾害及冰缘环境;3)冰冻圈的气候与环境条件;4)冻土水文、寒区水资源及土地利用,和;5)冻土监测、制图及模拟.国内论文大多集中于青藏铁路各种科技创新和工程(示范)建设方面.中亚冻土分类、制图和监测研讨会明确了制定统一的中亚地区冻土图的计划和实施方案.会议期间,国内主要新闻媒体对全球15位著名冻土学家进行了联合采访.大约80位中外代表参加了青藏(公)铁路沿线考察,并于8月15日在拉萨举行青藏铁路工程和环境问题讨论会.专家一致认为,青藏铁路所采取的冻土工程措施基本上是恰当、有效的,能够保证青藏铁路路基的长期稳定性.但是,沿线寒区环境保护问题还任重道远,需要尽快进行综合管(治)理,以达到青藏地区社会经济和谐、持续发展的目标.  相似文献   

利用InSAR技术研究青藏高原冻土形变特征     

罗毅  田云锋  张苏  张景发 《地震》2020,40(3):179-188

由于自然环境的限制, 青藏高原的大地测量网络十分稀疏, 不能满足区域地壳运动监测的需求。干涉合成孔径雷达(InSAR)是非接触监测地壳运动的一种重要方式, 但在高原上受到冻土的影响。本文基于2014~2018年的Sentinel-1卫星C波段雷达数据, 采用InSAR时序技术分析了冻土形变的时空特征。针对InSAR位移时间序列, 采用空间滤波去除了大气延迟、 地形效应等局部公共误差, 提高了时间序列的信噪比。结果显示, 青藏高原的冻土运动可分为差异较大的两类: 在大部分冻土区域, 与周边高山(基岩)区域相比, 冻土地区显示类似的季节波动或一定的长期沉降; 在部分冻土地区存在异常快速下沉区域, 例如在西藏中部布若错湖西南侧的沉积盆地内, 存在一个直径约2 km的漏斗型沉降区, LOS向沉降速率可达约10±2.1 mm/a。构造运动造就了高原上大量沿断裂线分布的河流、 湖泊, 河床和沉积盆地等广泛分布着冻土, 给准确分析构造形变带来很大挑战, 本文所得的结果可作为区分冻土运动与构造变形的一种有效判据, 也有益于研究高原冻土的物理特性及变形机理。  相似文献   

昆仑山隧道沟谷融区发育特征分析     

王星华  汤国璋  王曰国  巢万里 《工程地质学报》2006,14(5):588-5914

利用多年冻土区昆仑山隧道2#冲沟帷幕注浆的机会,将注浆孔当作测试孔,测试每个孔的水位和孔温。通过测试孔水位、孔温和注浆量变化分析,判断2#冲沟融区发育特征,得出2#冲沟沟底的融化深度远大于通常的冻土上限;阳坡地温高于阴坡地温;在2#冲沟段,昆仑山隧道中心线左右至少7m范围内为融化区,融区深度在隧底25m以下;阳坡地层的孔隙率高于阴坡孔隙率,沟底岩层与地表有较为畅通的地下水流通道,沟底地下水渗流通道明显优于两侧山坡,沟心纵断面位置附近存在至少一条未被冻结的地下水通道,且该通道的埋置深度至少可达1730m,为昆仑山隧道渗漏水病害治理提供依据。  相似文献   

Modelling alpine permafrost distribution,Val de Rechy,Valais Alps (Switzerland)     

《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2012,66(4):224-229

The spatial distribution of the alpine permafrost is modelled in the uppermost part of Val de Rechy (Valais Alps, Switzerland) with the use of a geographical information system (GIS). Two empirical-statistical models are compared and their validity tested by a set of bottom temperature of winter snow (BTS) measurements carried out in the field. One model can simulate the spatial distribution of the permafrost facing ground warming consecutive to climatic change. Local/regional maps of simulated permafrost distribution as presented in this paper can be useful in the context of a preventive approach for natural hazards management.  相似文献   

Permafrost dynamics in the north-east of European Russia at the end of the 20th century     

《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2012,66(4):241-244

In the major physiographic divisions of the north-east of European Russia, temperatures in the cryolithozone and the active/seasonally frozen layer were monitored during the period 1970 to 1995. Active layer depths increased on average by 11% to 15%, whereas the depths of the seasonally frozen layer decreased by 19% to 40%. The largest positive temperature increments, up to 1.2C, were characteristic for the piedmont and basement plains. Lacustrine-alluvial lowlands demonstrated oppositely directed temperature trends depending on a landform. Numerous sites with ongoing permafrost formation demonstrated negative temperature increments varying from 0.1C to 2.0C.  相似文献   

Retrogression characteristics of landslides in fine-grained permafrost soils, Mackenzie Valley, Canada   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

Baolin Wang  Bhuwani Paudel  Haoqiang Li 《Landslides》2009,6(2):121-127

Thirteen landslides (retrogressive thaw flows) were investigated to study the behavior of thaw retrogression in permafrost in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. Those landslides are all in fine-grained ice-rich permafrost soils. Such landslides usually start from small-scale slope failures followed by retrogressive thaw flows when ice-rich permafrost soils are exposed to the atmosphere. The landslides were marked with survey stakes to measure their retreat rates for the thawing season of 2007. Two correlations are presented: one is between scarp wall height and retreat rate; another is between overall slope angle and retreat rate. It was found that thaw flow retrogression rate increases with increase in scarp wall height and slope angle up to a certain limit. It was also confirmed that thaw flow retrogression is not influenced by slope orientation.  相似文献   

青藏铁路沿线永冻土区近千年的气候演变特征     

王振宇  李林  李栋梁  秦宁生  汪青春  朱西德 《高原气象》2005,24(3):338-343

利用树木年轮重建了青藏铁路沿线多年冻土区的年平均气温(763—1998年)、年降水序列(1518—1983年)。利用小波分析,发现10年时间尺度上气温可分为14个暖期和13个冷期,在30年时间尺度上中世纪暖期和小冰期表现明显;降水从30年左右时间尺度上看,大致上只有1591—1640年、1671—1730年和1770—1950年降水偏多,其余时间降水都偏少。现今依然处在暖干期。功率谱分析发现,气温主要周期为2．0,2．5,3．6,7．2,22．8和117．7年,降水主要周期为2．1,3．1,4．5,7．7,11．3,20．8,28和62年。  相似文献   

Formation history and physical properties of sediments from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope     

Sheng Dai Changho Lee  J. Carlos Santamarina 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2011,28(2):427-438

The synthesis of available geological information and surface temperature evolution in the Alaska North Slope region suggests that: biogenic and deeper thermogenic gases migrated through fault networks and preferentially invaded coarse-grained layers that have relatively high hydraulic conductivity and low gas entry pressures; hydrate started forming before the beginning of the permafrost; eventually, the permafrost deepened and any remaining free water froze so that ice and hydrate may coexist at some elevations. The single tested specimen (depth 620.47-620.62 m) from the D unit consists of uncemented quartzitic fine sand with a high fraction of fines (56% by mass finer than sieve #200). The as-received specimen shows no evidence of gas present. The surface texture of sediment grains is compatible with a fluvial-deltaic sedimentation environment and shows no signs of glacial entrainment. Tests conducted on sediments with and without THF hydrates show that effective stress, porosity, and hydrate saturation are the major controls on the mechanical and geophysical properties. Previously derived relationships between these variables and mechanical/geophysical parameters properly fit the measurements gathered with Mount Elbert specimens at different hydrate saturations and effective stress levels. We show that these measurements can be combined with index properties and empirical geomechanical relationships to estimate engineering design parameters. Volumetric strains measured during hydrate dissociation vanish at 2-4 MPa; therefore, minimal volumetric strains are anticipated during gas production at the Mount Elbert well. However, volume changes could increase if extensive grain crushing takes place during depressurization-driven production strategies, if the sediment has unexpectedly high in situ porosity associated to the formation history, or if fines migration and clogging cause a situation of sustained sand production.  相似文献   

多年冻土区天然气水合物研究综述   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5  

吴青柏  程国栋 《地球科学进展》2008,23(2):111-119

由于多年冻土区天然气水合物的潜在资源价值和对气候、环境的影响,各国纷纷开展了大量的研究,取得了很好的研究进展。本文主要分析了天然气水合物与多年冻土间的关系、多年冻土区天然气水合物的蕴藏情况以及典型多年冻土区天然气水合物研究现状。其结果表明多年冻土控制了天然气水合物形成的温压条件,且在多年冻土层间发现具自保护效应的天然气水合物。同时多年冻土可影响分散性土体中游离气体的聚集和迁移,多年冻土融化可提高孔隙水压力。目前多年冻土区天然气水合物的蕴藏情况的估算并不完整,各国仅对典型多年冻土区天然气水合物储量进行了初步的估算。天然气水合物储量估算结果表明,在美国阿拉斯加地区大约为1.0~1.2×1012 m3,加拿大马更些三角洲Beaufort海地区大约为1.6×1013 m3,俄罗斯西西伯利亚盆地250 m深度范围内可达1.7×1013 m3。我国青藏高原多年冻土区亟待搞清天然气水合物存在与否的直接证据和储量估算等关键问题。  相似文献