Mathematical and Image Analysis of Stromatolite Morphogenesis     

M. T. Batchelor  R. V. Burne  B. I. Henry  S. D. Watt 《Mathematical Geology》2003,35(7):789-803

Stromatolites are internally laminated organosedimentary structures that result from the environmental interactions of Benthic Microbial Communities. They have been traditionally described and classified either by quasi-Linnean taxonomic systems or by morphometric schemes. Neither of these approaches has proved entirely satisfactory. The application of the mathematics of evolving surfaces provides a promising alternative for the modelling and classification of stromatolites in terms of their morphogenesis. The suggestion of Grotzinger and Rothman that stromatolite-growth in general could be attributed to a combination of four processes that constitute the variables of the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) equation has been analyzed and found to be an oversimplification. While some stromatolites can be characterized in this way, because of local growth effects, the majority of stromatolite forms exhibit nonlocal growth characteristic of Laplacian growth. Work is being undertaken to model such growth.  相似文献   

ZnAl_2O_4晶体的生长基元与结晶形态          下载免费PDF全文

童怀水  元如林 《岩石矿物学杂志》2003,(3)

从负离子配位多面体生长基元模型出发 ,建立了ZnAl2 O4 晶体生长基元的数学模型 ,并通过对ZnAl2 O4 晶体生长基元稳定能的计算 ,讨论了ZnAl2 O4 晶体生长基元的结构 ,从而认为正八面体是其有利生长基元。  相似文献   

植物特征与某滑坡坝形成时间和稳定性关系   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：2  

刘惠军  段志刚  崔银祥  聂德新 《山地学报》2003,21(6):736-738

植物生长受其生长环境的影响，一定的生长情况，反映了其生活环境。在环境、生物、地质等学科，通过对植物种属、生长形态等分析，可以表明其生活环境的某些特征。在地质上，马刀树的存在是滑坡存在一个典型证据，生存时间较长的树，是其生活地区的活化石，对其进行分析，可以论证地质体的稳定性，在自然风景区和国家保护区，这种方法是非常具有应用价值的。本文通过对某一保护区的滑坡坝顶部生长的树木分析，确定其形成时间，这同其它调查结果是一致的。计算分析表明滑坡坝在形成后处于稳定状态，它同植物生长特征符合。表明这种分析方法是一种简易实用的方法，对其它工程也有借鉴意义。  相似文献   

阿尔金断裂剪切过程中定向生长锆石的发现及其意义—来自于显微构造和锆石内部矿物包裹体的证据   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李海兵  杨经绥等 《地质通报》2002,21(6):298-303

阿尔金断裂带中段出露一套走滑过程中形成的花岗质和角闪质糜棱岩。从糜棱岩中分选出3种类型的锆石:岩浆成因的长柱状锆石、柱状锆石和变质成因的次浑圆状锆石。这3种锆石的显微结构和构造特征以及它们内部的矿物包裹体均有所区别。其中长柱状锆石在岩石中定向排列,晶体长轴方向与拉伸线理方向一致,并且内部的所有矿物包裹体的长轴方向均与锆石的长轴方向平行,即与拉伸线理方向平行;拉曼研究表明包裹体矿物具熔融相特征;阴极发光图像中反映出这种锆石具有相对均一的内部结构。因此,该长柱状锆石是在韧性剪切过程中部分熔融环境下快速定向生长的,不仅代表了走滑剪切过程中的剪切应变方向,而且其生长年龄代表了走滑剪切的时代。  相似文献   

Late Neoproterozoic crustal growth in the European Variscides: Nd isotope and geochemical evidence from the Sierra de Córdoba Andesites (Ossa-Morena Zone, Southern Spain)     

Christian Pin  Eladio Lin  Emilio Pascual  Teodosio Donaire  Alfonso Valenzuela 《Tectonophysics》2002,352(1-2)

Because the Hercynian overprint was extremely weak, the Sierra de Córdoba (southeastern Ossa-Morena Zone, OMZ) provides an excellent opportunity to study the tectonic evolution of sequences deposited close to the Late Neoproterozoic–Early Palaeozoic boundary. In order to put constraints on the sources and geodynamic significance of the Late Proterozoic magmatism, a representative set of 18 igneous rocks, and 3 interbedded sedimentary rocks from the San Jerónimo Formation have been studied for major and trace element geochemistry and for the Sm–Nd isotopic systematics. The igneous rocks are generally porphyritic to microporphyritic andesites, with abundant plagioclase (±amphibole) phenocrysts. With the exception of two intrusive rocks, possibly not related to the Late Proterozoic episode, all the samples display positive _{Nd550 Ma} values, ranging from +2.9 to +7.6. Most of them, with +4<_{Nd550 Ma}<+6, exhibit LREE enrichment, high La/Nb ratios, and elevated Zr/Nb ratios ranging from 21 to 32. There is no obvious correlation between the shape of REE patterns, La/Nb ratios and _{Nd550 Ma} values, precluding simple models of late-stage interaction with typical crustal components having low _Nd and high LREE/HREE and La/Nb ratios. Based on their major element composition and enriched, continental crust-like trace element characteristics, combined with distinctly positive _Nd initial values, the Córdoba andesites document an episode of crustal growth through the addition of calc-alkaline magmas, extracted from a mantle reservoir which was strongly depleted in LREE on a time-integrated basis. The occurrence of interlayered sediments of continental provenance (negative _Nd values) does not favour a purely ensimatic arc setting, remote from continental land masses, for this subduction-related magmatism, but the geochemical data suggest an active margin environment located on relatively juvenile crust. In any case, the Córdoba andesites document the addition of materials chemically similar to the bulk continental crust which were extracted from mantle sources with strong time-integrated LREE depletion. Therefore, they provide evidence for crustal growth related to Cadomian orogenic events during Late Proterozoic times.  相似文献   

华北克拉通早前寒武纪基性火山作用与地壳增生   总被引：17，自引：3，他引：17       下载免费PDF全文

耿元生  万渝生  沈其韩 《地质学报》2002,76(2):199-208

大量的年代学资料表明,华北克拉通在早前寒武纪阶段有两个主要的基性火山活动时期,一期发生在2.7Ga左右,另一期发生在2.5Ga左右,代表了两期强烈的地壳增生事件。太古宙末期基性火山岩的分布、地球化学特征、基性火山岩与其他岩石的关系和组合特征表明,华北克拉通在新太古代时期,在陆块之间基性火山岩的喷溢使地壳面积增大并把原本分离的小陆块拼合到一起,造成地壳的增生。在陆块内部,地壳的增生主要通过地幔柱的方式进行,在较均匀的地壳部分主要通过基性岩浆的垫托方式使地壳增厚,部分岩浆侵位到地壳较浅部位,甚至溢出地表。这两种地壳增生方式是相辅相成的,它们的联合作用形成了太古宙末的华北古大陆。  相似文献   

初论尾祁秦缝合系   总被引：23，自引：1，他引：23  

边千韬  赵大升  叶正仁  常承法  罗小全  高山林 《地球学报》2002,23(6):501-508

阿尔金断裂具有线性与弧形相叠加的几何学特征及强烈的时空不均一性，阿尔金断裂是一条同时具有逆冲、左行走滑和正滑复杂力学性质的巨型断裂系。走滑作用和正滑作用的主要时期分别为白垩纪-新生代和上新世一第四纪，逆冲作用则是晚古生代以来一直起主导作用的变形事件（大约305Ma以来）。阿尔金断裂的形成与其两侧地块的强烈不均一变形（阿尔金山腹地以收缩变形为主，祁连地块以逆冲扩展为主）有关，它经历了分段破裂、逐段连接和逐渐扩展的动力学过程，其形成与祁连地块中的上叠式逆冲序列和青藏高原隆升同步，随着自南而北逆冲扩展和青藏高原  相似文献   

北京大都市土地开发的乘数效应和增长模式研究   总被引：5，自引：5，他引：5  

宗跃光  张振世  陈红春  郭瑞华 《地理研究》2002,21(1):89-96

本依据1992－2000年北京地区2000多个土地开发项目统计资料，通过实证对城市土地空间开发的理论模式进行研究。结果表明，城市特定区域的土地开发，表现为乘数效应作用下的逻辑斯蒂增长。根据模型对各环线和扇面模拟的相关系数高达0．95以上。在此基础上，结合北京举办奥运会带来的巨大投资规模，预测北京大市土地开发的趋势。  相似文献   

北京市经济增长与环境污染水平计量模型研究   总被引：171，自引：10，他引：171  

吴玉萍  董锁成  宋键峰 《地理研究》2002,21(2):239-246

选取北京市 1985～ 1999年经济与环境数据 ,通过分析经济因子与环境因子相互关系 ,探究北京市经济增长与环境质量演替轨迹 ,以建立北京市经济增长与环境污染水平计量模型 ,为评价北京市环境政策提供依据。实证研究表明 :北京市自 1985年以来随着经济增长其环境恶化程度在下降 ,且已进入经济与环境协调发展后期阶段。北京市各环境指标与人均GDP演替轨迹呈现显著的环境库兹涅茨曲线特征 ,但比发达国家较早实现了其环境库兹涅茨曲线转折点 ,且到达转折点的时间跨度小于发达国家。这主要归功于中国及北京市政府近 10年来 ,尤其 1995年以来有效环境政策和巨额环境投资以及科技后发优势。  相似文献   

Spatial patterns of urban land use growth in Beijing   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

Liu Shenghe Ph.D.  Sylvia Prieler  Li Xiubin 《地理学报(英文版)》2002,12(3):266-274

By using digitized land use maps of Beijing in 1982, 1992 and 1997 and employing GIS spatial analysis techniques, this paper conducts an empirical study on the spatial differentiation and spatial patterns of urban land use growth in Beijing in the period of 1982–1997. It is observed that urban land use growth in Beijing went beyond the control of urban planning, in terms of the extraordinary high growth rate and undesired spatial pattern. The rate of urban expansion after 1982, which was predominated by growth of industrial land, was extraordinary high compared to its historical period. While its growth centers have been actively shifting toward the northern part, rather than toward the southern and eastern parts as designated by the latest General Plan (1991–2010) of Beijing, its spatial pattern of urban land use growth in general was in distinct concentric sprawl, which seriously violated the General Plan of Beijing.  相似文献