毛乌素沙地南缘横向沙丘粒度分布及其对风向变化的响应   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

哈斯  庄燕美  王蕾  王志 《地理科学进展》2006,25(6):42-51

在风季发生转换期间, 根据不同方向风的持续时间, 对毛乌素沙地南缘长48m, 高8m 的 横向沙丘进行了7 次断面形态测量和表面沉积物采样分析。结果表明, 横向沙丘断面形态及表面 沉积物粒度分布随区域气流方向和强度而发生变化。在沙丘各部位, 丘顶及附近两侧的沙粒活动 性强, 表面沉积物粒径及分选参数变化显著。在粒径及分选参数中, 粒径频率曲线、平均粒径和偏 度对风的作用比较敏感, 随时间的变化也明显, 利用它们的变化可以解释区域气流变化对沙丘的 影响。风向发生转换时期的短期观测和采样分析结果进一步说明采样时间是影响沙丘表面沉积 物粒度特征的重要因素。  相似文献   

Predicting bimodal soil–water characteristic curves and permeability functions using physically based parameters     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2014

Experimental evidence shows that a gap-graded soil or a widely-graded granular material may have a bimodal soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) and a bimodal permeability function. A bimodal SWCC or a bimodal permeability function originates from a dual-porosity structure. To date, the prediction of bimodal SWCCs for gap-graded soils is still a difficult task. In this paper, a bimodal SWCC model is proposed to describe the drying process of granular soils considering a dual-porosity structure. The new SWCC model shows powerful capability in fitting the SWCCs for soils varying from gravel to silt. Regression analysis is conducted to establish empirical relations between the model parameters and the indexes of soil grain-size distribution (GSD). Based on these relations, the new model predicts well both the bimodal SWCCs for gap-graded soils and the unimodal SWCCs for well-graded soils and uniform soils. A bimodal permeability function is also proposed and linked to the new SWCC model. In the absence of experimental SWCCs and permeability functions, the new model can be used to obtain preliminary SWCCs and permeability functions for granular soils. It should be mentioned that the prediction of the SWCC from the GSD is still empirical and does not address the cyclic wetting/drying process. Measurement of the SWCC should be performed wherever an accurate SWCC is required.  相似文献   

Grain-size end-members and environmentally sensitive grain-size components: A comparative study in the mud shelf depocenters off southern Brazil     

Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques  Samara Cazzoli y Goya  Maria Carolina da Silva Nogueira de Matos  Rodrigo Augusto Udenal de Oliveira  Bianca Sung Mi Kim  Paulo Alves de Lima Ferreira  Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira  Marcia Caruso Bícego 《国际泥沙研究》2021,36(2):317-327

The current study aims to do a comparative analysis of the results obtained with two End-Member(EM)grain-size modeling techniques(AnalySize and BasEMMA)and the Environmental Sensitive Grain-Size(ESGS)modeling for sediment samples collected in the mudbelts of the southern Brazilian shelf.The methods were compared using grain-size data from the south Brazilian shelf,and the results are discussed here.It is the first time that the concept of ESGS,in its present form,is utilized outside China.The results show that despite its relative ease of use,the ESGS is not fully comparable to the EM analyses,and only two grain-size ESGS classes were recognized as analogous to EMs.The comparison of the AnalySize and BasEMMA procedures also revealed significant differences between the techniques.A comparative analysis between the two EM techniques revealed advantages in the BasEMMA,especially in the better correlation of the end-members with the original grain size distribution.The analysis of the geographical distribution of the EM abundances allowed point sources of sandy populations to be recognized as well as the contribution of the Rio de la Plata as a source of silty sediments to be inferred.  相似文献   

Inferring bottom circulation based on sediment pattern distribution in the San José Gulf,Patagonia Argentina     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2019

The goal of this work was to infer the spatio-temporal patterns of bottom circulation of San José Gulf (SJG), Patagonia, Argentina. The SJG is mainly affected by tidal circulation and presents two hydrographic domains. The Western Hydrographic Domain (WHD) presents vertically mixed waters year-round contrary to the seasonal stratified Eastern Hydrographic Domain (EHD), resulting in the formation of a thermal front between domains. Samples of sediments were collected in spring 2016 and summer 2017 at several locations to analyze the grain-size composition by means of laser diffractometry. A conceptual model of bottom hydrodynamics was inferred based on sediment's grain-size trends. Asymmetric dominant tidal currents affect bottom sediment distribution. A general northward sediment transport is dominant at the WHD, while at the EHD there is a seasonal shift in the transport direction. There, a net northward transport with a counterclockwise gyre dominates bottom hydrodynamics at the end of the thermal front formation, conditioned by residual currents. In contrast, a net southward circulation likely driven by strong westerly winds throughout autumn and winter prevails at the beginning of the water column stratification. The inferred sediment transport suggests a net loss of material that has to be recovered by tidal currents entering through the mouth and coastal sources as runoff, mudslides, and/or aeolian dust.  相似文献   

Photo-sieving: A method for grain-size analysis of coarse-grained,unconsolidated bedding surfaces     

Hillert Ibbeken  Ruprecht Schleyer 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1986,11(1):59-77

The photo-sieving method enables the grain-size analysis of particles > 10 mm from unconsolidated openwork bedding surfaces. The accuracy is equal to the machine-sieving method. The sediment surface is photographed in the field using a camera stand. The enlarged print is digitized for computer processing by tracing the outlines of the pebbles. From the size and shape of the projection area of the individual pebble images the computer determines the ellipsoids of revolution, classifies these ellipsoids, and establishes their grain-size distribution in percentage by weight. Thus photo-sieving differs distinctly from point-counting techniques. With the aid of photo-sieving, the surface grain-size distributions of larger sedimentary systems may be regularly mapped. Alluvial fans, braided rivers, both onshore and offshore coasts or areas of relict sediments and manganese nodules are suitable for this method.  相似文献   

A physically-based bedload transport model developed for 3-D reach-scale cellular modelling     

Rebecca Hodge  Keith Richards  James Brasington 《Geomorphology》2007,90(3-4):244

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Compositional data analysis of Holocene sediments from the West Bengal Sundarbans,India: Geochemical proxies for grain-size variability in a delta environment     

《Applied Geochemistry》2016

This paper is part of a special issue of Applied Geochemistry focusing on reliable applications of compositional multivariate statistical methods. This study outlines the application of compositional data analysis (CoDa) to calibration of geochemical data and multivariate statistical modelling of geochemistry and grain-size data from a set of Holocene sedimentary cores from the Ganges-Brahmaputra (G-B) delta. Over the last two decades, understanding near-continuous records of sedimentary sequences has required the use of core-scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry, for both terrestrial and marine sedimentary sequences. Initial XRF data are generally unusable in ‘raw-format’, requiring data processing in order to remove instrument bias, as well as informed sequence interpretation. The applicability of these conventional calibration equations to core-scanning XRF data are further limited by the constraints posed by unknown measurement geometry and specimen homogeneity, as well as matrix effects. Log-ratio based calibration schemes have been developed and applied to clastic sedimentary sequences focusing mainly on energy dispersive-XRF (ED-XRF) core-scanning. This study has applied high resolution core-scanning XRF to Holocene sedimentary sequences from the tidal-dominated Indian Sundarbans, (Ganges-Brahmaputra delta plain). The Log-Ratio Calibration Equation (LRCE) was applied to a sub-set of core-scan and conventional ED-XRF data to quantify elemental composition. This provides a robust calibration scheme using reduced major axis regression of log-ratio transformed geochemical data. Through partial least squares (PLS) modelling of geochemical and grain-size data, it is possible to derive robust proxy information for the Sundarbans depositional environment. The application of these techniques to Holocene sedimentary data offers an improved methodological framework for unravelling Holocene sedimentation patterns.  相似文献   

Comparison of two classification methods to identify grain size fractions of aeolian sediment     

YanZai Wang  YongQiu Wu  MeiHui Pan  RuiJie Lu 《寒旱区科学》2018,10(5):413-420

Grain-size class-Std(GSCStd) and Grain-size class-dD(GSCdD) methods are simple statistical approaches for classifying bulk grain-size distributions(GSDs) into grain-size fractions. Although these two methods were developed based on similar statistical principles, the classification difference between these two methods has not been analyzed. In this study, GSCStd and GSCdD methods are conducted in thirteen grain-size data sequences to examine the applicability for identifying grain size fractions. Results show that, application of the GSCStd method is equivalent to that of the GSCdD method in identifying finer grain-size fractions, and the difference between the two methods mainly comes from the identification of coarse grain-size fractions. Thus, finer grain-size fractions are recommended for use in research of surface aeolian and paleo-aeolian sediments. In addition, our results do not completely agree with previous studies, coarser grain-size fractions in our case suggest that the GSCdD method may not be more applicable than the GSCStd method.  相似文献   

Application of Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) method to detect the spatial grain-size fractionation of aeolian sediment and comparison with other methods in case studies from northwestern China     

Yanzai Wang  Yongqiu Wu  Ruijie Lu  Meihui Pan 《自然地理学》2018,39(3):216-229

A grain-size fraction/population of sediment can reflect a specific transport process. Use of this potential grain-size fraction is more meaningful than that of a single grain-size value for analysis of grain-size fractionation over space, so identifying the potential grain-size fraction is key in analyzes of grain-size fractionation. Our aim was to test the applicability of Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis for sediment grain-size fractionation. We performed EOF analysis on grain-size data of aeolian sediment to identify the potential grain-size fraction and detect its grain-size fractionation over space. Two other methods, the grain-size-class standard deviation (GSC-std) method and end-member analysis (EMA) were conducted for comparison. The results show that the EOF method is not only able to identify the potential grain-size fraction, but also to simultaneously determine the spatial change of the potential grain-size fraction. The GSC-std method provides the potential grain-size fraction, but fails to exhibit its spatial change at the same time. EMA end members resemble a grain-size distribution that differs from the potential grain-size fraction; thus, the EMA method fails to identify the potential grain-size fraction directly. Our results suggest that EOF analysis is suitable for detecting grain-size fractionation over space.  相似文献   

贵州岩溶区镶嵌景观上覆土层的粒度分布特征及其指示意义   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

刘秀明  王世杰  冯志刚  孙承兴  周德全 《中国岩溶》2002,21(4):245-251

通过对贵州岩溶区喀斯特镶嵌景观中碳酸盐岩与碎屑岩相互接触部位剖面的粒度分布特征综合对比、分析研究,结果表明:不同岩石上覆土层之间的粒度频率曲线和粒度参数存在明显的差异,仅在两种岩石类型的接触过渡带显示出一定混合特征,且与区域其它岩类上覆土层没有关联性;各土层粒度分布特征与下伏基岩有着密切的联系,显示出继承性。同时,进一步肯定了粒度分布特征在贵州岩溶区上覆土层的物源指示意义。   相似文献