Geoeffectiveness of solar wind interplanetary magnetic structures     

M.V. Alves  E. Echer  W.D. Gonzalez 《Journal of Atmospheric and Solar》2011,73(11-12):1380-1384

We address the geoeffectiveness of three interplanetary structures in the interplanetary space: magnetic clouds (MCs), interplanetary shocks (IPSs), and corotating interaction regions (CIRs). The geoeffectiveness is evaluated using the geomagnetic indices Kp, AE, and Dst. We find that MCs are more geoeffective than IPSs, or CIRs. The average values of magnetic indices are significantly enhanced during disturbed periods associated with MCs, IPSs and CIRs, compared to the whole interval. The highest effect is noted for MC disturbed periods.Results obtained for the three data sets are used to derive a theoretical (continuous) probability distribution function (PDF) by fitting the histograms representing the percentage of events against the intervals of magnetic index. PDFs allow estimation of the probability of a given level of geomagnetic activity to be reached after the detection, by in situ solar wind observations, of a given interplanetary structure approaching the Earth.  相似文献   

Numerical simulations and parametric study of SDCM and DCM piles under full scale axial and lateral loads     

Panich Voottipruex  Taweephong Suksawat  D.T. Bergado  Pitthaya Jamsawang 《Computers and Geotechnics》2011

The new kind of reinforced Deep Cement Mixing (DCM) pile namely, Stiffened Deep Cement Mixing (SDCM) pile is introduced to mitigate the problems due to the low flexural resistance, quality control problem and unexpected failure of DCM pile. The SDCM pile consists of DCM pile reinforced with concrete core pile. Previously, the full scale pile load test and the full scale embankment loading test were successfully conducted in the field. To continue the study on the behavior of SDCM and DCM piles, the 3D finite element simulations using PLAXIS 3D Foundation Software were conducted in this study. The simulations of full scale pile load test consisted of two categories of testing which are the axial compression and the lateral loading. For DCM C-1 and C-2 piles, the clay–cement cohesion, C_DCM, and clay–cement modulus, E_DCM, were obtained from simulations as 300 kPa and 200 kPa as well as 60,000 kPa and 40,000 kPa, respectively. For the SDCM piles, the simulation results show that increasing length ratio, L_core/L_DCM, increased the bearing capacity whereas the sectional area ratio, A_core/A_DCM, has only small effects on the bearing capacity for the axial compression loading. The verified parameters such as the clay–cement cohesion, C_DCM, and clay–cement modulus, E_DCM, from simulations of axial compression tests were 200 kPa and 30,000 kPa, respectively. On the other hand, increasing the sectional area ratio, A_core/A_DCM, significantly influenced the ultimate lateral resistance while the length ratio, L_core/L_DCM, is not significant in the ultimate lateral load capacity when the length of concrete core pile is longer than 3.5 m. In addition, the tensile strength of DCM, T_DCM, and concrete core pile, T_core, are very important to the lateral pile resistance. The back-calculation results from simulations of tensile strength were 5000 kPa and 50 kPa for the T_core and T_DCM, respectively.  相似文献   

注入速率对CO_2地质储存封存潜力的影响分析     

李采  张可霓  许雅琴  何庆成 《上海国土资源》2011,32(1):24-27,32

国内某著名煤炭企业计划实施每年10万吨的CO2地质储存（CCS）项目,拟选了5组地层做为目标储层。但所选封存层平均渗透率在0.15~0.6mD,平均孔隙度在2~6%,属于低渗低孔地层,如不进行人工压裂提高注入层渗透率,要实现预定存储目标尚有一些困难。笔者在研究中发现,除对目标层进行一定的水裂酸化处理提高地层渗透特性可以显著提高注入性和存储能力外,CO2注入速率的变化对地层的封存能力和注入性也有明显影响。运用TOUGH2-ECO2N软件分别模拟了无水裂及水裂情况下8种不同注入速率下这些目标存储层的压力变化及CO2封存状态比例及理论最大封存能力。模拟结果表明使用水裂酸化方法对储层进行处理后,不仅可以使注入总量达到项目要求,还可使系统理论最大储存能力提高55%;并且在灌注过程中采用变速灌注方式,可以有效控制系统压力积聚,对将来实际灌注压力控制具有重要意义。  相似文献   

A simple prediction model for wall deflection caused by braced excavation in clays     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2015

Deep excavations particularly in deep deposits of soft clay can cause excessive ground movements and result in damage to adjacent buildings. Extensive plane strain finite element analyses considering the small strain effect have been carried out to examine the wall deflections for excavations in soft clay deposits supported by retaining walls and bracing. The excavation geometry, soil strength and stiffness properties, and the wall stiffness were varied to study the wall deflection behavior. Based on these results, a simple Polynomial Regression (PR) model was developed for estimating the maximum wall deflection. Wall deflections computed by this method compare favorably with a number of field and published records.  相似文献   

Development of the Global Earthquake Model’s neotectonic fault database   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Annemarie Christophersen  Nicola Litchfield  Kelvin Berryman  Richard Thomas  Roberto Basili  Laura Wallace  William Ries  Gavin P. Hayes  Kathleen M. Haller  Toshikazu Yoshioka  Richard D. Koehler  Dan Clark  Monica Wolfson-Schwehr  Margaret S. Boettcher  Pilar Villamor  Nick Horspool  Teraphan Ornthammarath  Ramon Zuñiga  Robert M. Langridge  Mark W. Stirling  Tatiana Goded  Carlos Costa  Robert Yeats 《Natural Hazards》2015,79(1):111-135

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Diagenetic evolution of Aptian evaporites in the Namibe Basin (south‐west Angola)          下载免费PDF全文

Laurent Gindre‐Chanu  John K. Warren  Cai Puigdefabregas  Ian R. Sharp  David C. P. Peacock  Roger Swart  Ragnar Poulsen  Hercinda Ferreira  Lourenco Henrique 《Sedimentology》2015,62(1):204-233

The widespread and dissected nature of the Angolan gypsiferous salt residuals offers a uniquely detailed view of the lateral and vertical relations inherent to secondary evaporite textures, which typify exhumed salt masses worldwide. Such secondary textures are sometimes misinterpreted as primary evaporite textures. Thin, metre‐scale and patchy, dome‐like gypsum accumulations are well‐exposed within strongly incised present‐day river valleys along the eastern margin of the Namibe and Benguela basins (south‐west Angola). These sections are time equivalent to the main basinward subsurface evaporites (Aptian Loeme Formation) which mostly consist of halite. The gypsum (here called the Bambata Formation) is interpreted to represent the final residual product of fractional dissolution and recrystallization of the halite mass that occurred during Late Cretaceous margin uplift and continues today. This halite underwent multiple episodes of diagenetic alteration between its deposition and its final exhumation, leading to the formation of various secondary gypsum fabrics and solution‐related karst and breccia textures that typify the current evaporite outcrop. Four different diagenetic gypsum fabrics are defined: thinly bedded alabastrine, nodular alabastrine, displacive selenite rosettes and fibrous satin‐spar gypsum. Current arid conditions are responsible for a thin weathered crust developed at the top of the outcropping gypsum, but the fabrics in the main core of the current at‐surface evaporite unit mostly formed during the telogenetic stage of uplift prior to complete subaerial exposure. Alteration occurred as various dissolving and rehydrating saline minerals encountered shallow aquifers in the active phreatic and vadose zones. Geomorphological and petrographic analyses, mostly based on the cross‐cutting relations and crystallographic patterns in the outcrop, are used to propose a sequence of formation of these different fabrics.  相似文献   

Complex rift geometries resulting from inheritance of pre-existing structures: Insights and regional implications from the Barmer Basin rift     

《Journal of Structural Geology》2015

Structural studies of the Barmer Basin in Rajasthan, northwest India, demonstrate the important effect that pre-existing faults can have on the geometries of evolving fault systems at both the outcrop and basin-scale. Outcrop exposures on opposing rift margins reveal two distinct, non-coaxial extensional events. On the eastern rift margin northwest–southeast extension was accommodated on southwest- and west-striking faults that form a complex, zig-zag fault network. On the western rift margin northeast–southwest extension was accommodated on northwest-striking faults that form classical extensional geometries.Combining these outcrop studies with subsurface interpretations demonstrates that northwest–southeast extension preceded northeast–southwest extension. Structures active during the early, previously unrecognised extensional event were variably incorporated into the evolving fault systems during the second. In the study area, an inherited rift-oblique fault transferred extension from the rift margin to a mid-rift fault, rather than linking rift margin fault systems directly. The resultant rift margin accommodation structure has important implications for early sediment routing and depocentre evolution, as well as wider reaching implications for the evolution of the rift basin and West Indian Rift System. The discovery of early rifting in the Barmer Basin supports that extension along the West Indian Rift System was long-lived, multi-event, and likely resulted from far-field plate reorganisations.  相似文献   

Inland capture fisheries in the Mekong and their place and potential within food-led regional development     

R.I. Arthur  R.M. Friend   《Global Environmental Change》2011,21(1):219-226

The inland capture fisheries of the Mekong represent critical sources of nutrition in rural diets in a region that faces endemic food and nutritional deficits. However within regional development debates that prioritize utilising the waters of the Mekong to generate electricity, capture fisheries are often presented as ultimately doomed, and therefore as an unfortunate, but necessary trade-off for hydropower. At the heart of these debates, lie contested definitions of development. The notion that fisheries could or should be traded-off for some other form of development exemplifies this tension.This paper draws on anthropological approaches to policy analysis based on discourse and narratives. We begin by placing the conventional wisdom regarding the place of fisheries in regional development under closer scrutiny. We then explore the potential for a counter narrative based around food and food sovereignty, in which fisheries and fishers are drivers, rather than costs of development. We argue that fisheries provide a range of livelihood and developmental values that cannot be replaced and that their management continues to hold potential for strengthening independence and self-reliance. In doing so, we build on empirical evidence from the Lao PDR, a country with a rich capture fishery but also endemic food crises, and also a national policy commitment to both poverty reduction and extensive large-scale hydropower development. As such, this paper attempts to reframe the debate on development in the Mekong. The paper has wider significance for considering how a broader focus on food and food producers can generate alternative development pathways.  相似文献   

New aspects and perspectives on tsavorite deposits     

《Ore Geology Reviews》2013

Tsavorite, the vanadian variety of green grossular, is a high value economic gemstone. It is hosted exclusively in the metasedimentary formations from the Neoproterozoic Metamorphic Mozambique Belt. The deposits are mined in Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar and other occurrences are located in Pakistan and East Antarctica. They are located within metasomatized graphitic rocks such as graphitic gneiss and calc-silicates, intercalated with meta-evaporites. Tsavorite is found as primary deposits either in nodule (type I) or in quartz vein (type II), and in placers (type III). The primary mineralizations (types I and II) are controlled by lithostratigraphy and/or structure. For the African occurrences, the protoliths of the host-rocks were deposited at the beginning of the Neoproterozoic within a marine coastal sabkha environment, located at the margin of the Congo–Kalahari cratons in the Mozambique Ocean. During the East African–Antarctican Orogeny, the rocks underwent high amphibolite to granulite facies metamorphism and the formation of tsavorite deposits occurred between 650 and 550 Ma. The nodules of tsavorite were formed during prograde metamorphism, calcium coming from sulphates and carbonates, whereas alumina, silicates, vanadium and chromium probably came from clays and chlorite. The veins were formed during the deformation of the metasedimentary platform units which experienced shearing, leading to the formation of fault-filled veins. Metasomatism developed during retrograde metamorphism. The metasedimentary sequences are characterized by the presence of evaporitic minerals such as gypsum and anhydrite, and scapolite. Evaporites are essential as they provide calcium and permit the mobilization of all the chemical elements for tsavorite formation. The H₂S–S₈ metamorphic fluids characterized in primary fluid inclusions of tsavorites and the δ¹¹B values of coeval dravite confirm the evaporitic origin of the fluids. The V₂O₃ and Cr₂O₃ contents of tsavorite range respectively from 0.05 to 7.5 wt.%, while their δ¹⁸O values are in the range of 9.5–21.1‰. The genetic model proposed for tsavorite is metamorphic, based on chemical reactions developed between an initial assemblage composed of gypsum and anhydrite, carbonates and organic matter deposited in a sabkha-like sedimentary basin.  相似文献   

A perturbation method for optimization of rigid block mechanisms in the kinematic method of limit analysis     

《Computers and Geotechnics》2013

Collapse mechanisms consisting of sliding rigid blocks are used widely as the basis for computing bounds on limit loads in geotechnical and structural engineering problems. While these mechanisms are conceptually straightforward to analyze, evaluating kinematically admissible velocities for a particular arrangement of blocks can be a tedious process, and optimizing the geometry of the mechanism is often prohibitively cumbersome for more than a few blocks. In this paper, we present a numerical technique for evaluating and optimizing mechanisms composed of an arbitrary number of sliding triangular blocks, assuming plane strain and homogenous, ponderable material obeying the Mohr–Coulomb yield condition. In the proposed method, coordinates defining the vertices of the blocks are treated as unknowns, and the optimal geometry is found by successively perturbing the vertex coordinates and block velocities, starting initially from a user-specified arrangement of blocks. The method is applied to three different examples related to geotechnical engineering, each of which illustrate that the approach is an efficient way to evaluate bounds that are often close to the true limit load.  相似文献