Modelling the spectral response of the desert tree Prosopis tamarugo to water stress     

《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》2013

In this paper, we carried out a laboratory experiment to study changes in canopy reflectance of Tamarugo plants under controlled water stress. Tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo Phil.) is an endemic and endangered tree species adapted to the hyper-arid conditions of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile. Observed variation in reflectance during the day (due to leaf movements) as well as changes over the experimental period (due to water stress) were successfully modelled by using the Soil-Leaf-Canopy (SLC) radiative transfer model. Empirical canopy reflectance changes were mostly explained by the parameters leaf area index (LAI), leaf inclination distribution function (LIDF) and equivalent water thickness (EWT) as shown by the SLC simulations. Diurnal leaf movements observed in Tamarugo plants (as adaptation to decrease direct solar irradiation at the hottest time of the day) had an important effect on canopy reflectance and were explained by the LIDF parameter. The results suggest that remote sensing based assessment of this desert tree should consider LAI and canopy water content (CWC) as water stress indicators. Consequently, we tested fifteen different vegetation indices and spectral absorption features proposed in literature for detecting changes of LAI and CWC, considering the effect of LIDF variations. A sensitivity analysis was carried out using SLC simulations with a broad range of LAI, LIDF and EWT values. The Water Index was the most sensitive remote sensing feature for estimating CWC for values less than 0.036 g/cm², while the area under the curve for the spectral range 910–1070 nm was most sensitive for values higher than 0.036 g/cm². The red-edge chlorophyll index (CI_red-edge) performed the best for estimating LAI. Diurnal leaf movements had an effect on all remote sensing features tested, particularly on those for detecting changes in CWC.  相似文献   

南海南北陆缘中生代地层—构造特征及碰撞造山     

赵美松  刘海龄  吴朝华 《地球物理学进展》2012,27(4):1454-1464

为进一步深入了解南海地区中生代构造演化过程.本文对南海南北陆缘的中生代地层进行了分析对比,在此基础上挑选了南北陆缘处的两条地震测线07ns-6和97301进行了详细的解释分析.通过地震剖面的解释发现,南海北部和南部(礼乐地块)地震剖面中的中生代地层均显示有褶皱—冲断构造发育.据此推断,研究区在中生代先后经历了洋—陆俯冲活动、陆 陆碰撞造山运动及中生代晚期开始的造山带的塌陷.提出南海地区中生代晚期的“古双峰笔架碰撞造山带”概念.  相似文献   

二维饱和地基中空沟主动隔振分析     

朱兵见  熊浩 《岩土力学》2013,34(2):462-467

根据饱和土Biot理论,在频域内提出了一种适用于弹性波波动问题的有限元-无限元解法,其中有限单元用于近场介质的模拟,而形函数基于一维解析解答的无限单元则被用于人工边界,它可反映波传递到无限远处的特性;应用该法计算算例,以证明其有效性与正确性。在此基础上,对饱和地基中空沟主动隔振效果进行了详细的数值分析,结果表明,空沟深度是影响隔振效果的主要因素,一般沟深越大,隔振效果越好;当沟深一定时,空沟到振源的距离不宜超过1.5倍饱和土剪切波长;空沟的宽度对隔振效果的影响相对较小。  相似文献   

High-frequency rock temperature data from hyper-arid desert environments in the Atacama and the Antarctic Dry Valleys and implications for rock weathering   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Christopher P. McKay  Jamie L. Molaro  Margarita M. Marinova 《Geomorphology》2009,110(3-4):182-187

In desert environments with low water and salt contents, rapid thermal variations may be an important source of rock weathering. We have obtained temperature measurements of the surface of rocks in hyper-arid hot and cold desert environments at a rate of 1/s over several days. The values of temperature change over 1-second intervals were similar in hot and cold deserts despite a 30 °C difference in absolute rock surface temperature. The average percentage of the time dT/dt > 2 °C/min was ~ 8 ± 3%, > 4 °C/min was 1 ± 0.9%, and > 8 °C/min was 0.02 ± 0.03%. The maximum change over a 1-second interval was ~ 10 °C/min. When sampled to simulate data taken over intervals longer than 1 s, we found a reduction in time spent above the 2 °C/min temperature gradient threshold. For 1-minute samples, the time spent above any given threshold was about two orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding value for 1-second sampling. We suggest that a rough measure of efficacy of weathering as a function of frequency is the product of the percentage of time spent above a given threshold value multiplied by the damping depth for the corresponding frequency. This product has a broad maximum for periods between 3 and 10 s.  相似文献   

Effects of open trench siding on vibration-screening effectiveness using the two-dimensional boundary element method     

P.H. Tsai  T.S. Chang 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2009

The two-dimensional boundary element method in frequency domain is used to investigate the screening effectiveness of the open trench–wall barrier system on reducing vibration generated by a footing. Sheet piles or diaphragm walls are on both sides of the open trench as a vibration barrier in this study. The results showed that screening effectiveness of the open trench without siding is greater than that of the open trench–wall barrier system, which is essential for stabilizing the excavation surface in practice. The trench depth of the barrier system appears to govern the screening efficiency of the barrier, and increase in depth results in better vibration-screening effectiveness. The influence of the open trench width, the embedded length of the trench wall and the distance between the vibration source and the barrier are proven to be insignificant. The screening effectiveness of an open trench barrier with walls increases with the frequency of the vibration.  相似文献   

A recharge model for high altitude,arid, Andean aquifers   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

John Houston 《水文研究》2009,23(16):2383-2393

Evidence for groundwater recharge in arid zones is mounting, despite early ideas that recharge was unlikely where evaporation greatly exceeded precipitation. The mechanisms and magnitude of groundwater recharge in the Andes and Atacama Desert are not well known but the subject of current research. Diffuse recharge is expected to be limited to high altitude areas with coarse‐grained soils devoid of vegetation. A recharge model for this environment is developed based on a simple soil moisture budgeting technique and the calculation of actual evaporation based on empirical studies. The model is run with data for the Linzor basins, over 4000 m elevation at 22·2°S on the west slope of the Andes. It is checked against independent estimates based on the chloride mass balance (CMB) method and flood events measured downstream in the Río Salado and found to provide robust and reliable results. The results indicate that irregular and volumetrically limited amounts of diffuse recharge occur at high elevations in half of all years, with a tendency to cluster during La Niña episodes. For the Linzor Basins, mean annual recharge is found to be equivalent to 28 mm a^?1, although no recharge occurs in years with precipitation less than 120 mm, and increases proportionately with annual rainfall amounts above this limit. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

DISTRIBUTION OF YANGJIA VILLAGE-YAODIAN SECTION OF WEIHE FAULT AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS LATE QUATERNARY ACTIVITY          下载免费PDF全文

TIAN Qin-hu  ZHOU Ben-gang  LI Xiao-ni  SHI Jin-hu  WEI Qing-ke  BIAN Ju-mei 《地震地质》2016,38(1):141-151

The Yangjia Village-Yaodian segment of Weihe Fault, starting from Yangjia Village in the west, passing through Weijiaquan, Jinjiazhuang, Donger Village, Chenjiatai to Yaodian, occurs as a NE-striking fault dipping south with a total length of 33 kilometers. As a syn-depositional normal fault, it extends along the leading and trail edge of T₁, T₂ and T₃ terrace at the northern bank of Weihe River. Results of remote sensing interpretation, shallow seismic exploration, exploratory trench, and drilling show that the Yangjia Village-Yaodian section of Weihe Fault manifests as fault scarps, overlapping with the NE-extending terrace scarp at the northern bank of Weihe River. Weihe Fault broke the T₁ that can be distinguished on the shallow seismic profile and multiple profiles with broken signs from T₁ to the ground, which is the same with the cracks through the Han Tomb at the top of the exploratory trench in Yangjia Village. It shows that the fault may still be active from the late Pleistocene to Holocene. Through composite drilling section and the analysis of exploratory trench, there is no significant difference in activity between the Yangjia Village-Jinjiazhuang and Donger Village-Yaodian section. This segment has experienced a large displacement event since (46.0±3.3)ka BP, approximately 11.0~16.5m, with a vertical slip rate of 0.34~0.45mm/a. The most recent activity occurred approximately around 2.0ka BP. The left-step en echelon fracture zone at Jingjiazhuang separates this section into two minor ones, Yangjia Village-Jinjiazhuang section and Donger Villag-Yaodian section. Yangjia Village-Yaodian section in Weihe Fault and Yaodian-Zhangjiawan section which was found out in the Xi'an active fault detection and seismic risk assessment project can be combined into the Yangjia Village-Zhangjiawan section.  相似文献   

设定琉球海沟发生罕遇地震评估我国东南沿海地区的海啸风险          下载免费PDF全文

温燕林  于海英  朱艾斓  宋治平  李春峰 《地震工程学报》2016,38(2):285-291,317

根据构造相似条件分析,琉球海沟与日本海沟、智利海沟、印尼巽他海沟一样具备发生9级罕遇超巨大地震的可能。在对近几年来全球发生的超巨大地震参数及构造对比分析的基础上,设定琉球海沟9.0级地震参数,并将其引发的海啸进行数值模拟研究。结果表明,该地震可引发初始波高为8m的海啸,台湾东北部半小时后遭受10m以上海啸,3~4小时左右传至浙南、闽北沿岸,近岸各处波高在1~2m;5小时左右传至浙北、粤北沿岸,浙江近岸各处波高在2m左右,广东沿海、台湾海峡由于台湾岛的正面阻挡,海啸波高低于50cm;8小时后靠近上海海岸线,最大波高约1m。海啸的上岸高度与海岸附近的海深和海岸线的形态密切相关,我国东南海域地形变化复杂、海湾众多,对海啸波有放大作用,模拟结果可能比实际海啸偏小。我国沿海地区分布着不少已建和在建的核电厂,在核电设计时未考虑海啸,一旦发生这种罕遇地震海啸则影响不可忽视,尤其是若与风暴潮、天文大潮叠加则可能出现严重后果。由于核电安全要求万无一失,故须制订有效预警和应对措施。  相似文献   

南海东部现时地壳运动、震源机制及晚中新世以来的板块相互作用          下载免费PDF全文

孙金龙  曹敬贺  徐辉龙 《地球物理学报》2014,57(12):4074-4084

南海东部的板块汇聚带是了解南海和菲律宾海晚中新世以来构造演化的一个重要窗口.针对这一区域地壳运动的研究,获得了该区内微块体的现时地壳运动特征及其动力机制,在此基础上结合俯冲板片形态和震源机制资料提出了该区晚中新世以来的板块汇聚作用特征.研究发现:晚中新世晚期,菲律宾海板块西缘在南、北部的西向运动均受到限制的情况下,位于中间区域的吕宋岛北部则由于其西侧相对自由而继续往NW方向运动.该过程中,菲律宾大断裂等汇聚带内部的走滑断裂对于协调不同块体之间的地壳运动速度差异有着重要作用.受南、北阻挡的影响,中间部分的西向运动速率呈现出中间大(吕宋岛北部)两端小的特征.因而北吕宋西侧的马尼拉海沟也以相对于南部更快的速率不断向NW迁移.然而俯冲的南海岩石圈受其下方SE向地幔流的影响,未能发生相应的俯冲板片后撤,而是在两板块之间的直接接触面形成强烈推挤并发生反向弯曲.结合这一板块作用特征认为,马尼拉海沟现今的构造形迹是在上述背景下北段多次向NW方向变迁形成的,而双火山弧的形成则主要是由菲律宾海板块在吕宋岛弧南、北部的西向运动速率差异引起的.  相似文献   

茅口晚期黔中台沟相锰矿地质特征及控矿条件   总被引：9，自引：3，他引：6  

刘平  廖友常  韩忠华  杨光龙  樊正烈 《贵州地质》2005,22(1):31-38

依据地层学的对比研究,云南格学、贵州水城——纳雍和遵义的锰矿均产于中二叠统茅口晚期黔中台沟相带的茅口组第二段,它们在同一成矿地质背景下,其矿床地质特征相似,物质来源相同,具有一定亲缘关系的可比性。该区(带)的锰矿,主要受被动大陆边缘强烈拉张及同生沉积断裂作用,茅口晚期黔中台沟相带和基性火山喷发活动,以及硅灰泥锰矿组合等条件的严格控制。  相似文献