An Early Cretaceous extinct spreading center in the northern Natal valley     

Anahita A. Tikku  Karen M. Marks  Louis C. Kovacs 《Tectonophysics》2002,347(1-3)

We have identified an extinct E–W spreading center in the northern Natal valley on the basis of magnetic anomalies which was active from chron M11 (133 Ma) to 125.3 Ma, just before chron M2 (124 Ma) in the Early Cretaceous. Seafloor spreading in the northern Natal valley accounts for approximately 170 km of north–south motion between the Mozambique Ridge and Africa. This extension resolves the predicted overlap of the continental (central and southern) Mozambique Ridge and Antarctica in the chron M2 to M11 reconstructions from Mesozoic finite rotation parameters for Africa and Antarctica. In addition, the magnetic data reveal that the Mozambique Ridge was an independent microplate from at least 133 to 125 Ma. The northern Natal valley extinct spreading center connects to the spreading center separating the Mozambique Basin and the Riiser-Larsen Sea to the east. It follows that the northern Mozambique Ridge was either formed after the emplacement of the surrounding oceanic crust or it is the product of a very robust spreading center. To the west the extinct spreading center connects to the spreading center separating the southern Natal valley and Georgia Basin via a transform fault. Prior to chron M11, there is still a problem with the overlap of Mozambique Ridge if it is assumed to be fixed with respect to either the African or Antarctic plates. Some of the overlap can be accounted for by Jurassic deformation of the Mozambique Ridge, Mozambique Basin, and Dronning Maud land. It appears though that the Mozambique Ridge was an independent microplate from the breakup of Gondwana, 160 Ma, until it became part of the African plate, 125 Ma.  相似文献   

圆弧状沉积盆地与软土单覆盖层出平面地表运动对比   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

袁晓铭  李雨润  孙锐 《地震工程与工程振动》2002,22(4):16-21

采用解析方法，通过圆弧状沉积盆地与同样参数的软土均匀单覆盖层的对比，研究沉积盆地对平面SH波二维散射效应和其出平面地表运动。数值对比结果表明：（1）波垂直入射时盆地中央地表位移幅值反应，其随频率变化形式与软土单覆盖层的地表运动有较强的对应性，且此时单覆盖层地表位移幅值为其下降；（2）盆地的二维散射效应特点显著波的汇聚作用使盆地中的地表运动显著放大，总体上较软土单覆盖层的地表位移幅值要大，其频域内的最大反应则明显大于单覆盖层情况，但最大反应在盆地表面出现的位置依赖于入射波角度、盆地深宽比和盆地的软硬程度；（3）沉积盆地中地表位移运动有强烈扭转效应，且随盆地变软和入射波频率增高而增强。  相似文献   

金沙江干热河谷土地荒漠化评价方法研究   总被引：7，自引：5，他引：7  

范建容  刘淑珍  钟祥浩  李勇 《地理科学》2002,22(2):243-248

什么样的退化土地才是荒漠化土地，土地荒漠化的发生发展以及程度和区别等问题的定量确定，至今有关报道甚少。干热河谷是我国西南地区特殊的生态环境类型，自然资源丰富，但土地荒漠化问题十分突出，这一现象的定量认识尤为重要。针对土地景观生态系统的复杂和模糊性，在建立评价指标的基础上，采用模糊综合评判的方法，对土地荒漠化程度进行定量评价，为荒漠化土地的预防和防治提供科学依据和决策支持。  相似文献   

兰州市地域结构分析   总被引：13，自引：3，他引：13  

杨永春  曾尊固 《地理科学》2002,22(4):468-475

兰州市是西北干旱地区典型的河谷盆地型城市，通过分析了兰州市域地域结构的特征，模式以及市区的结节地域和均质地域，讨论城市地域结构形成与发展的影响因素，兰州市域地域结构呈现带状分散多中心组团结构形态，而且各功能区的均质度，紧凑度都比较低，城市结节地域结构虽然发生了不同程度的变形，但仍遵循六边性构造的理论模型。  相似文献   

太湖流域社会经济发展对水环境的影响研究 ——以无锡市为例   总被引：16，自引：2，他引：16  

许刚 《地域研究与开发》2002,21(1):55-59

近20年来，太湖流域地区在社会经济快速发展的同时，其生态环境也急剧恶化，特别是水体污染严重，其水质每5－10年下降一个等级。文章以无锡市为例,分析了社会经济发展对太湖流域水环境影响的主要因素与原因，并从产业结构的优化、水资源重复利用、污水处理企业化经营以及环境宣传等方面探讨了应对目前太湖流域水环境问题的主要措施。  相似文献   

洪水演进三维模拟仿真系统可视化研究   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

袁艳斌  袁晓辉  张勇传  刘吉平  侯国祥 《山地学报》2002,20(1):103-107

洪水演进仿真系统的研制，是实施“数字流域”工程的重要组成部分；结合洪水演进可视化目标的分析，基于Visual C 系统开发平台，融GIS技术和Opengl开发技术，采用三角形逼近、光滑处理和加入法向量以控制光照的方式，实现了流域地形及河床的三维可视化仿真；应用广度优先搜索算法确定了运动水体与流域河床形态的自适应与自相依的关系，使流域洪水演进模拟具有真实自然的可视化效果。所研制的系统雏形，可有效的模拟流域洪水的三维演进过程；  相似文献   

泥石流多发干旱河谷区植被恢复研究   总被引：10，自引：2，他引：10  

沈有信  张彦东  刘文耀 《山地学报》2002,20(2):188-193

云南东北部东川小江流域的干旱河谷土地退化十分严重，土地表层的砾石含量已超过60％，有机质含量、全氮、有效氮、有效磷、有效钾的含量相对于残存燥红土明显下降。草坡是当地的主要植被类型，并未起到防治土地退化的应有作用。以合欢（Leucaena glauca)、马桑（Coriaria sinica)种植为主的恢复方式对土地的恢复有明显的改善作用。高密度的乔木树种合欢的种植使林下的草本物种的数量和组成发生了极大变化，较耐荫的植物占据了林分下层，且物种数量较草坡减少，群落多样性指数降低。三种马桑种植方式下，不但原有的草坡群落的物种仍有大量的生存空间，而且为一些新物种创造了生存环境，从而使物种的种类较原有草坡地增加，提高了群落的多样性指数。合欢种植的生物量最高，对解决当地薪柴严重短缺意义重大，马桑种植在增加灌木层生物量的同时，并未改变草坡的物种组成，还可兼顾解决当地的饲草和放牧，应大力推广。  相似文献   

Sedimentary cycles of trace elements in Salawusu River Valley since 150 ka BP   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Yao Chun-xial  Li Bao-sheng  Jin He-ling  David Dian Zhang  Yan Man-cun  Zhu Yi-zhi  Li Hou-xin  Zhang Yu-hong  Luo Kai-li 《地理学报(英文版)》2002,12(1):65-71

The paper makes some analyses on 11 trace elements in the Milanggouwan stratigraphical section in the Salawusu River valley, which is regarded as a prototype geology-palaeoclimate record since 150 ka BP. The results show that the content and variation of trace elements has experienced remarkably regular changes in the pace with coarse and fine sedimentary cycles of palaeo-aeolian sands to its overlying fluvio-lacustrine facies or/and palaeosols. The trace elements with chemical properties of relatively active (V, Sr, Cu, Ni, As) and relatively stable (P, Pb, Rb, Mn, Nb, Zr) are a manifestation of the corresponding 27 changeable cycles between peak and valley values, appearing a multi-fiuctuational process line of relative gathering and migration since then. The low numerical value distribution of these two types of trace elements in the aeolian sand facies represents erosion and accumulation under wind force during the cold-dry climate. Whereas their enrichments in both fluvio-lacustrine facies and palaeosols are related to the valley’s special low-lying physiognomic position between the Ordos Plateau and the Loess Plateau under the warm and humid climate conditions. The above relatively migrated and gathered change of the trace elements is the result of 27 climatic cycles of cold-dry and warm-humid, which is probably caused by repeated alternations of winter monsoon and summer monsoon in the Mu Us Sandy Land influenced by the climate vicissitudes in northern hemisphere during glacial and interglacial periods since 150 ka BP.  相似文献   

A 2-D hybrid technique to model the effect of topography on coseismic displacements. Application to the Umbria-Marche (central Italy) 1997 earthquake sequence     

Stefano Tinti  Alberto Armigliato 《Geophysical Journal International》2002,150(2):542-557

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Evolution of orogenic wedges and continental plateaux: insights from crustal thermal–mechanical models overlying subducting mantle lithosphere     

O. Vanderhaeghe  S. Medvedev  P. Fullsack  C. Beaumont  R. A. Jamieson 《Geophysical Journal International》2003,153(1):27-51

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