A Numerical Study on Coastal Defence at Chennai and Related Management Strategies     

J. S. Mani 《Natural Hazards》2004,31(2):523-536

Chennai coast, right from the inception of Madras harbourin the year 1876, has been experiencinghostile conditions such as (i) coastal erosion, (ii) sandbar formation at the entrance to inlets, (iii) sea water ingression and (iv) change insea bed elevation, etc. In addition, construction of a new satellite harbour, about18 km north of Madras harbour has produced a negative impact on the delicatecoastal features such as (i) Pulicat lake, (ii) Ennore shoals, etc. Construction ofthis satellite harbour has led to the accumulation of sand south of the southbreakwater of the harbour and its accelerated growth is of concern to an inletlocated 2.6~km south of the harbour. `Coastal erosion', a perennial problemassociated with north Chennai sea front for the past 100 years has been addressedin this paper. The paper discusses on a long term solution and details of themethodologies to be adopted for effective management of the coast. Thesolution presented in this paper is based on numerical model study consideringthe nearshore currents and wave induced sediment transports.  相似文献   

三峡大坝建成后长江输沙量的减少及其对长江三角洲的影响   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

李从先  杨守业  范代读  赵娟 《第四纪研究》2004,24(4):495-500

三峡大坝建成之后,大量泥沙滞留于库区,出库泥沙量减少,坝下河床冲刷而提供相当数量的泥沙,支流湖泊供沙也发生变化,这将使进入河口地区的泥沙有所减少。三峡大坝以上长江干流和支流建设新的大坝,南水北调、封山育林、退耕还林以及减少水土流失都将进一步减少长江进入河口地区的泥沙。由此估计,三峡大坝建成后的百年内长江输入河口地区的泥沙约为2.0×10⁸～2.5×10⁸t/a;冰后期长江三角洲形成和发育期间的长江年均输沙量为1.84×10⁸～2.28×10⁸t。二者的数值相当接近,然而与近50年的观测(4.33×10⁸t/a)相差甚远,长江流域的气候变化和人类活动可能是造成这一现象的原因。文章着重说明中国和长江上游人口的增长、种植作物的改变可能是水土流失、长江泥沙量增长的主要原因。  相似文献   

Tracing the protolith, UHP metamorphism, and exhumation ages of orthogneiss from the SW Sulu terrane (eastern China): SHRIMP U–Pb dating of mineral inclusion-bearing zircons     

Fulai Liu  Zhiqin Xu  Huaimin Xue 《Lithos》2004,78(4):411-429

Orthogneisses are the major country rocks hosting eclogites in the Sulu UHP terrane, eastern China. All of the analyzed orthogneiss cores from the main drilling hole of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project (CCSD-MH) have similar major and trace element compositions and a granite protolith. These rocks have relatively high LREE/HREE ratios, strong negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*=0.20–0.39), and negative Ba anomalies (Ba/Ba*=0.25–0.64). Coesite and coesite-bearing UHP mineral assemblages are common inclusions in zircons separated from orthogneiss, paragneiss, amphibolite, and (retrograded) eclogite of the CCSD-MH. This suggests that the eclogite, together with its country rocks, experienced in situ ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism. Laser Raman spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence (CL) images show that zircons from the orthogneisses are zoned and that they have distinct mineral inclusions in the different zones. Most zircons retain early magmatic cores with abundant low-pressure mineral inclusions, which are mantled with metamorphic zircon-containing inclusions of coesite and other UHP minerals. The outermost rims on these grains contain low-pressure mineral inclusions, such as quartz and albite. SHRIMP U–Pb dating of the zoned zircons gives three discrete and meaningful groups of ages: Proterozoic ages for the protolith, 227±2 Ma for the coesite-bearing mantles, and 209±3 Ma for the amphibolite facies retrograde rims. The widespread occurrence of UHP mineral inclusions in zircons from the Sulu metamorphic belt dated at about 227 Ma suggests that voluminous continental crust experienced late Triassic subduction to depths of at least 120 km and perhaps more than 200 km. Eighteen million years later, the terrane was rapidly exhumed to midcrustal levels, and the UHP rocks were overprinted by amphibolite facies metamorphism. The exhumation rate deduced from the zircon age data and previously obtained metamorphic P–T data is estimated to be 5.6–11.0 km/Ma. Such rapid exhumation of the Sulu UHP terrane may be due to the buoyancy forces produced by subduction of low-density continental material into the deep mantle.  相似文献   

西南地区中药产业发展   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

徐云  何景峰 《山地学报》2004,(Z1)

本文总结西南地区中药产业发展现状,分析西南地区中药产业中药材、生产加工和研发能力上的竞争优势,提出西南地区中药产业的发展对策。  相似文献   

中国土壤系统分类——土纲级别多样性格局     

张学雷  龚子同  ZHANG XUELEI  Gong Zitong 《地理学报(英文版)》2004,14(Z1)

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Determining the climatic boundary between the Chinese loess and palaeosol: evidence from aeolian coarse-grained magnetite   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Qingsong Liu  Subir K. Banerjee  Michael J. Jackson  Fahu Chen  Yongxin Pan  Rixiang Zhu 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,156(2):267-274

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A macroscale analysis of coastal steepening around the coast of England and Wales   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J A Taylor  A P Murdock  N I Pontee 《The Geographical journal》2004,170(3):179-188

Coastal steepening potentially presents an array of management issues in the form of financial implications of sea defence degradation, increased risk posed to the hinterland as wave attenuation is reduced, 'coastal squeeze' and statutory requirements in the light of the Habitats Directive. The extent to which coastal steepening has occurred throughout England and Wales has been investigated through use of a GIS and dataset based on historical Ordnance Survey map information. Data were collected along 1084 selected profile lines, positioned so as to be geomorphologically representative of the coast. Features recorded from each map year included the positions of mean high water (MHW) and mean low water (MLW), the relative movements of which infer changing intertidal gradients. The results presented in this paper are on a subject and scale not previously published. It is revealed that 61% of the coastline studied has experienced a tendency towards steepening. Of the remainder, 33% has flattened, and 6% has experienced no rotational movement. This tendency towards steepening has been the dominant movement on each of the west, south, and east coasts.  相似文献   

海岸带临港工业、海运物流与全球化大生产的探讨   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

田汝耕  张振克  朱大奎 《世界地理研究》2004,13(2):1-8

海岸带是世界人口密集、经济发达的地带，在全球经济一体化和全球化大生产中具有重要的地位。近半个世纪以来，海岸带临港工业迅速崛起并持续高速发展，依托海港建设、大型船舶运输发展起来的临港工业和海运物流，在跨国公司的运作下形成了现代意义上的全球化大生产。这种生产方式使资源贫乏的日本快速发展成发达国家；深圳赤湾临港工业区成为中国高效益工业的典范。本文着重讨论了海岸带经济建设中大力发展临港工业对地区、国家和全球经济的影响，指出中国21世纪应大力开发利用海岸带港湾资源、重点建设全球化大生产的大进大出的基地，建立若干个具有国际竞争力的海岸带产业中心，推动国民经济持续、快速发展。  相似文献   

基于受限汉语的GIS路径重建研究   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

刘瑜  高勇  林报嘉  邬伦 《遥感学报》2004,8(4):323-330

主要研究基于自然语言 (汉语 )的GIS路径重建问题 ,通过分析带有路径表述信息的汉语文本 ,建立了汉语的NLRP句法模型 ,它是由带有空间语义的动作以及作为动作对象的地理要素构成的集合。考虑到自然语言理解实现的需求 ,论文基于NLRP句法模型定义了受限汉语的NLRP文法 ,在此基础上 ,描述了路径重建算法PRA ,并探讨了算法实现中由于空间认知原因带来的不确定性问题以及其解决方案。最后 ,基于该算法进行了相关实例研究 ,从而验证了该算法的正确性  相似文献   

Tectonic elements with South China affinity in the Korean Peninsula: new Early Jurassic palaeomagnetic data   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Koji Uno  Tae Woo Chang  Kuniyuki Furukawa 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,158(2):446-456

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