Causes of Land Subsidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia     

Amin  Ammar  Bankher  Khalid 《Natural Hazards》1997,16(1):57-63

The occurrence of land subsidence in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia is either natural or man-made. Natural land subsidence occurs due to the development of subterranean voids by a solution of host rocks in carbonate and evaporite terrains, over many areas of Saudi Arabia. Man-induced land subsidence is either due to the removal of groundwater in the agricultural areas or to wetting of unstable soils. Therefore, earth fissures and a lowering of the ground surface in unconsolidated sediments took place in alluvial plains and volcanic vent terrains. Unstable soils include Sabkha soils and loess sediments. These types of soils occur in coastal plains, desert areas and volcanic terrains. When this soil is wetted either during agricultural activities, waste disposal or even during a rain storm, subsidence takes place due to either the removal of salts from the Sabkha soil or the rearrangement of soil particles in loess sediments.  相似文献   

Estimation of groundwater evaporation and salt flux from Owens Lake, California, USA   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

S. W. Tyler  S. Kranz  M. B. Parlange  J. Albertson  G. G. Katul  G. F. Cochran  B. A. Lyles  G. Holder 《Journal of Hydrology》1997,200(1-4):110-135

Groundwater evaporation and subsequent precipitation of soluble salts at Owens Lake in eastern California have created one of the single largest sources of airborne dust in the USA, yet the evaporation and salt flux have not been fully quantified. In this study, we compare eddy correlation, microlysimeters and solute profiling methods to determine their validity and sensitivity in playa environments. These techniques are often used to estimate evaporative losses, yet have not been critically compared at one field site to judge their relative effectiveness and accuracy. Results suggest that eddy correlation methods are the most widely applicable for the variety of conditions found on large playa lakes. Chloride profiling is shown to be highly sensitive to thermal and density-driven fluxes in the near surface and, as a result, appears to underestimate yearly groundwater evaporation. Yearly mean groundwater evaporation from the playa surface estimated from the three study areas was found to range from 88 to 104 mm year⁻¹, whereas mean evaporation from the brine-covered areas was 872 mm year⁻¹. Uncertainties on these mean rates were estimated to be ±25%, based on comparisons between eddy correlation and lysimeter estimates. On a yearly basis, evaporation accounts for approximately 47 × 10⁶ m³ of water loss from the playa surface and open-water areas of the lake. Over the playa area, as much as 7.5 × 10⁸ kg (7.5 × 10⁵ t) of salt are annually concentrated by evaporation at or near the playa surface, much of which appears to be lost during dust storms in area.  相似文献   

Geochemistry of Brines from Salt Ore Deposits in Western Tarim Basin   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

马万栋  马海州  谭红兵  董亚萍  张西营  孙国芳 《中国地球化学学报》2004,23(3):238-244

In the geological evolution of the Tarim Basin, many transgressions and relictions happened. So there have been plentiful sources of salt. Moreover, because of uttermost drought, a lot of salt has been deposited. It is possible to find potash salt in this area. In our fieldwork, we have found salt and brine in western Tarim Basin. Based on a geological survey and the characteristics of sedimentary facies and paleogeography, this paper deals with the geochemical parameters and discusses the possibility of formation of potash salt in terms of the chemical analyses of samples collected from western Tarim Basin. Results of brine analysis lead to some conclusions: most of these salt brines have eluviated from very thick halite beds, mainly chloridetype salt and this kind of halite does not reach the stage of potash deposition in all aspects; WKSL (Wukeshalu) occupies a noticeable place, and we should attach importance to this district because there have been some indicators of the occurrence of potash deposits as viewed from the contents of Br and K. Finally, low Br contents are recognized in the Tarim Basin as a result of salt aggradation, and this point of view has been proved by the results of this experiment and the data available. It cannot depend upon the index of Br to judge the evolution stage of halite. We must look for other facies of potash except marine facies.  相似文献   

广西南丹大厂超大型锡多金属矿床的成矿时代   总被引：52，自引：11，他引：52       下载免费PDF全文

王登红  陈毓川  陈文  桑海清  李华芹  路远发  陈开礼  林枝茂 《地质学报》2004,78(1):132-138

通过对广西南丹大厂用多金属矿床91号和100号矿体中透长石和石英的常规快中子活化和激光原位~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar法同位素年代学的研究,获得91号矿体块状锡石硫化物矿石中石英的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar坪年龄为94.52±0.33 Ma,等时线年龄为 95.37±0.45 Ma,反等时线年龄为 94.89±0.16 Ma,透长石的激光~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar等时线年龄为91.4±2.9 Ma;100号矿体石英的坪年龄为 94.56±0.45 Ma,等时线年龄为 93.5±1.2 Ma,反等时线年龄为 93.29±0.16 Ma。这些资料有助于表明大厂锡矿形成于燕山期,在成因上证实后生成因的看法,并且表明产出特征不同的91号矿体与100号矿体是基本同时形成的。结合100号矿体规模巨大但围岩蚀变欠发育的特点,提出了含矿流体进入古溶洞后,由于突然的减压降温而导致成矿物质超常聚集的“失压沸腾”成矿机制。  相似文献   

Vicissitude of Sogo Nur and environmental-climatic change during last 1500 years     

JIN Heling  XIAO Honglang  SUN Liangying  ZHANG Hong  SUN Zhong  LI Xiaoze 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2004,47(Z1)

Lakes in arid zone are sensitive to climatic changes. The lacustrine sediment sequence in Sogo Nur has well and truly recorded climatic events such as the Sui-Tang Dynasty Warm Period, the Song-Liao Dynasty Cold Period, the Medieval Warm Period, the Little Ice Age and the 20th Century Warm Period. Commonly, the climate in warm Periods was relatively humid,accordingly the lake area extended and water level rose, and vice versa. Apart from climatic change, human activity is also an important factor of influencing lake vicissitude, and they played the dominant role alternatively during different periods; the factor of climatic change predominated in historical period, while since the beginning of the 20th century the utilization of water resources by human has became decisive.  相似文献   

土体冻结过程中的盐分场研究     

邴慧  何平  杨成松 《冰川冻土》2004,26(Z1):44-49

As to salty soil, salt migrates with water in freezing soils, assembles and crystallizes continuously. Consequently the swelling of the soil volume leads to the phenomenon of salt heaving. It has a practical significance for solving salt-heaving and frost-heaving damage in engineering to deepen the understanding of salt heaving mechanism. In this paper a general overview about new research results at this aspect was presented. And then the study of salt migration and salt heaving mechanism and present salt heaving models were summarized. For further researching the field of salt transfer it is urgent to continually strengthen the salt migration and the numerical simulation study of salt heaving mechanism to expect perfecting the general evaluation of salt heaving prediction models so as to have a better service for engineering.  相似文献   

地下水浅埋区土壤水的矿化度变化规律及其影响因素浅析   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

张德强  邵景力  李慈君  崔亚莉  贺学海 《水文地质工程地质》2004,31(1):52-56

土壤水的研究对农田水利、水文地质、生态与环境等都具有很重要的意义 ,本文概略介绍了在黄河三角洲地区开展包气带水分运移试验研究过程中 ,野外获取土壤水的方法及设备。在对水样分析结果进行总结的基础上 ,对试验点土壤水的矿化度变化规律及其影响因素进行了初步的分析。主要结论为 ,在地下水浅埋区 ,地下水与土壤水矿化度变化关系密切 ;蒸发作用与蒸腾作用对土壤水矿化度的影响效果是不同的 ,蒸发作用使上层土壤水的矿化度加大 ,而植被在其生长期降低土壤水的矿化度 ;地下水、植被和土壤性质是影响土壤水矿化度的重要因素  相似文献   

塔里木盆地西部古岩盐地质地球化学特征与成钾条件分析   总被引：11，自引：1，他引：11  

谭红兵  马海州  马万栋  董亚萍  张西营  许建新 《矿物岩石地球化学通报》2004,23(3):194-199

塔里木盆地是我国重要的成盐盆地,为我国最有远景的找古钾矿地区之一。本文通过多年野外实地调查和大量岩盐样品的化学分析,特别是岩盐中可以指示沉积阶段的Br×103/Cl系数等区域分布特征,联系前人研究资料,分别从构造环境、地层和岩相古地理、地球化学特征等方面进行了成钾条件分析。结果表明,莎车盆地西部喀什坳陷和库车盆地中部拜城坳陷宏观地质特征均有利于钾盐沉积;岩盐地球化学组成相对于正常海相沉积表现出明显的贫Br特征,属海陆交互相或海源陆相沉积。相比之下,莎车盆地的喀什次级坳陷是目前最有前景的找钾远景区。  相似文献   

川西亚高山三个森林群落的湿林冠蒸发速率     

杨万勤  王开运  肖玲 《山地学报》2004,22(5):598-605

于3个假说和林冠上方2m处的气象变量，采用Penman-Monteith组合模型估算了一个生长季节内川西亚高山林区分别以云杉(SF)、冷杉(FF)和白桦(BF)为优势树种的3个林分的湿林冠蒸发速率(Er)。研究结果表明，SF、FF和BF的湿林冠蒸发量(E)分别为44．51mm、88．51mm和57．8mm，分别占总降雨量的9．2％、16．6％和10．2％。与SF和BF相比，FF具有最高的月平均Er和蒸发比例。SF、FF和BF的平均Er分别为0．097mm／h(变化范围：0．028-0．487mm／h)、0．242mm／h(变化范围：0．068～0．711mm／h)和0．149mm／h(0．060～0．576mm／h)。最高和最低的月平均Er分别在6月(SF、FF和BF分别为0．120mm／h、0．317mm／h和0．169mm／h)和10月(SF、FF和BF分别为0．083mm／h、0．187mm／h和0．101mm／h)。8：00至16：00期间的平均点Er显著高于0：00至8：00以及16：00至0：00期间的平均Er。Er显著的日变化和月变化主要归因于林冠上方的太阳辐射、空气温度和相对湿度的变化。  相似文献   

无机盐超细粉体制备技术的回顾与展望   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3       下载免费PDF全文

吴健松  李海民 《盐湖研究》2004,12(3):50-54

评述了制备无机盐超细粉体的传统方法以及一些传统方法的改进 ,对当前几种新技术做了介绍与展望  相似文献