Matuyama-Brunhes reversal and Kamikatsura event on Maui: paleomagnetic directions, Ar/Ar ages and implications     

Robert S. Coe  Brad S. Singer 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2004,222(2):667-684

Eighty-nine basaltic lava flows from the northwest wall of Haleakala caldera preserve a concatenated paleomagnetic record of portions of the Matuyama-Brunhes (M-B) reversal and the preceding Kamikatsura event as well as secular variation of the full-polarity reversed and normal geomagnetic field. They provide the most detailed volcanic record to date of the M-B transition. The 24 flows in the transition zone show for the first time transitional virtual geomagnetic poles (VGPs) that move from reverse to normal along the Americas, concluding with an oscillation in the Pacific Ocean to a cluster of VGPs east of New Zealand and back finally to stable polarity in the north polar region. All but one of the 16 Kamikatsura VGPs cluster in central South America. The full-polarity flows, with ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages spanning a total of 680 kyr, pass a reversal test and give an average VGP insignificantly different from the rotation axis, with standard deviation consistent with that for other 0-5 Ma lava flows of similar latitude. Precise ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating consisting of 31 incremental heating experiments on 12 transitional flows yields weighted mean ages of 775.6±1.9 and 900.3±4.7 ka for the M-B and Kamikatsura transitional flows, respectively. This Matuyama-Brunhes age is ∼16 kyr younger than ages for M-B flows from the Canary Islands, Tahiti and Chile that were dated using exactly the same techniques and standards, suggesting that this polarity transition may have taken considerably longer to complete and been more complex than is generally believed for reversals.  相似文献   

ENSO事件与鲁西北夏季降水的关系     

于凤英  张国胜 《山东气象》2004,24(1):13-15

应用近百年ENSO事件的研究成果和ENSO事件影响年的资料，统计分析近50年来ENSO事件与鲁西北夏季降水关系，为短期气候预测和汛期气象服务提供参考依据。  相似文献   

GPS掩星切点水平漂移规律的数值研究   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2       下载免费PDF全文

孙学金  赵世军余鹏 《应用气象学报》2004,15(2):174-180

在现有GPS星座和大气球对称假设条件下，利用射线追踪法对掩星事件进行了数值模拟，讨论了大气折射指数垂直分布、LEO卫星轨道倾角和高度对GPS掩星切点水平漂移的影响情况。结果表明:在太阳活动剧烈的白天和夜间两种典型情况下，切点平均水平漂移变化约20 km；对735 km高度的LEO卫星来说，轨道倾角在130°附近时，切点平均水平漂移最小，并随着倾角向0°或180°变化，切点平均水平漂移均增大，但在55°附近时随倾角变化稍有波动；对倾角为70°的LEO卫星来说，当轨道高度从400 km变化到1500 km时，切点平均水平漂移变化约141 km，且随高度增加而单调减小  相似文献   

2002年6月13日重庆区域大暴雨分析   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

王中  周毅 《气象》2004,30(5):30-32

通过对重庆西部“6 1 3”区域大暴雨的分析 ,发现此次天气过程是一次典型的高原涡与西南涡耦合 ,结合地面弱冷空气条件下产生的 ,同时对ECMWF和T2 1 3数值预报产品进行了简要的分析 ,发现ECMWF和T2 1 3的形势预报能力都比较好 ,但T2 1 3的部分物理量要素和降水量预报能力还有待提高。  相似文献   

从安徽气候变化看2003年洪涝和高温的必然性   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

田红  刘勇  何金海 《气象》2004,30(6):24-27

利用近 50年温度和降水资料研究了安徽夏季气候变化特征 ,解释了 2 0 0 3年夏季洪涝、高温等极端气候事件出现的必然性。研究结果表明 :(1 )近 50年来安徽夏季温度呈下降趋势 ,降水则呈增加趋势 ,两者变化是相协调的。目前夏季温度处于较低的气候基本态 ,降水处于高基本态。 (2 )无论是温度还是降水 ,其变率都在 2 0世纪80年代中后期开始上升 ,目前均处于高气候变率时期。降水的“两高”(高基本态和高气候变率 )结合决定了 2 0 0 3年夏季洪涝出现的必然性 ;温度的较低基本态决定了“凉夏”背景 ,但由于基本态的回升和变率的加大 ,仍会出现像 2 0 0 3年夏季的若干高温天气。 (3)最大熵谱估计表明 ,安徽夏季降水变化的主周期为 2 5年 ,反映了降水的准两年振荡特征  相似文献   

地球系统科学与成矿学研究   总被引：24，自引：6，他引：24  

翟裕生 《地学前缘》2004,11(1):1-10

在简述地球系统科学的基础上 ,文中提出了由地球系统科学引发的成矿学研究 3个观点 :(1 )成矿系统是一个特色的地质系统 ;(2 )成矿系统与其它系统的关联 ;(3)地质突发事件具有灾害和资源的两重性。针对地球系统科学要求和矿床学学科发展进程 ,提出了 5个亟待加强的研究领域或课题 :(1 )深部过程、浅表环境与成矿系统 ;(2 )重大事件与成矿 ;(3)生命活动与成矿 ;(4 )物理成矿作用和(5 )海洋成矿作用。在结语中 ,作者强调要从地球系统的大背景来研究成矿环境、成矿过程和成矿动力学 ,也即将传统的矿床成因研究提高到地球系统科学的层次 ,为矿床学的发展提供新的广阔的理论基础。  相似文献   

中国兴凯湖北岸平原晚全新世花粉记录及泥炭沼泽形成   总被引：7，自引：1，他引：7  

张淑芹  邓伟  阎敏华  李小强  王升忠 《湿地科学》2004,2(2):110-115

通过兴凯湖北岸平原泥炭剖面高分辩率花粉分析研究，对晚全新世花粉划分4个组合带。XKH-4组合时期(1857～1746aB．P．)为沼泽发育前期，这一时期花粉浓度小，陆生草本植物占优势，气候干冷。XKH-3组合时期(1746～1287aB．P．)为沼泽发育早期，这一时期花粉浓度较大，且水生植物花粉含量为剖面最高，喜温落叶阔叶植物大发展时期，气候温和湿润。XKH-2组合时期(1287～602aB．P．)为沼泽发育中期，这一时期花粉浓度最小，但以陆生草本植物为主，木本植物为辅，水生植物急剧减少，针叶植物出现两次高峰，气候向冷干方向发展。XKH-1组合时期(602aB．P．至今)为沼泽发育盛期，这一时期花粉浓度最大，陆生草本植物大发展时期，气候波动较大。  相似文献   

On the Mechanism of the Locking of the El Nio Event Onset Phase to Boreal Spring     

严邦良 《大气科学进展》2005,(5)

1. Introduction The observed facts show that the ENSO cycle has obvious phase-locking and oscillates irregularly (An and Wang, 2001; Kaplan et al., 1998). Based on Zibiak and Cane's (1987) model (hereafter, the Z-C model) and simple, coupled ocean-atmosph…  相似文献   

Small inflation sources producing seismic and infrasonic pulses during the 2000 eruptions of Miyake-jima, Japan     

Tomokazu Kobayashi  Yoshiaki Ida 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2005,240(2):291-301

During the 2000 activity of Miyake-jima volcano, Japan, we detected long period seismic signals with initial pulse widths of 1-2 s, accompanied by infrasonic pulses with almost the same pulse widths. The seismic signals were observed from 13 July 2000, a day before the second summit eruption. The occurrences of the seismic signals were intermittent with a gradual increase in their magnitudes and numbers building toward a significant explosive eruption on 18 August. After the eruption, the seismic and infrasonic events ceased. The results of a waveform inversion show that the initial motions were excited by an isotropic inflation source beneath the south edge of the caldera at a depth of 1.4 km. On the other hand, the sources of the infrasonic pulses were located in the summit caldera area. The times at which the infrasonic pulses were emitted at the surface were delayed by about 3 s from the origin times of the seismic events. It is suggested that small isotropic inflations excited seismic waves in the crust and simultaneously caused acoustic waves that traveled in the conduit and produced infrasonic pulses at the crater bottom. Considering the observed time differences and gas temperatures emitted from the vent, the conduit should have been filled with vapor mixed with SO₂ gas and volcanic ash. The change of the time differences between the seismic and infrasonic signals suggests that the seismic source became shallower within half a day before the August 18 explosive eruption. We interpret the source process as a fragmentation process of magma in which gas bubbles burst and quickly released part of the pressure that had been sustained by the tensional strength of magma.  相似文献   

Real-time simulation of ground displacement by digital accelerograph record   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

金星  马强  李山有 《地震学报(英文版)》2005,18(1):82-88

Introduction The observation records of strong ground motion previously, on the one hand, supplied basicdata both to research on earthquake engineering and to constitute the criterion of aseismatic de-signing of all project structures; on the other hand, it provided important information for the re-search on the process of epicenter burst in seismology. With the development of research on strongground motion observation, especially the development of the new generation accelerograph,which…  相似文献