Airborne imagery of a disintegrating Sargassum drift line     

George O. Marmorino  W.D. MillerGeoffrey B. Smith  Jeffrey H. Bowles 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2011,58(3):316-321

Airborne hyperspectral and thermal infrared imagery collected over the Florida Current provide a view of the disintegration of a Sargassum drift line in 5 m s⁻¹ winds. The drift line consists mostly of rafts 20-80 m² in size, though aggregations larger than 1000 m² also occur. Rafts tend to be elongated, curved in the upwind direction, and 0.1-0.5 °C warmer than the surrounding ocean surface. Long weed ‘trails’ extending upwind from the rafts are evidence of plants dropping out and being left behind more rapidly drifting rafts. The raft line may be a remnant of an earlier Sargassum frontal band, which is detectible as an upwind thermal front and areas of submerged weed. Issues are identified that require future field measurements.  相似文献   

Thermal history of the Rio Muni (West Africa)–NE Brazil margins during continental breakup     

Jonathan P. Turner  Paul F. Green  Simon P. Holford  Stephen R. Lawrence 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2008,270(3-4):354-367

We document the thermal record of breakup of the conjugate Rio Muni (West Africa) and NE Brazil margins using apatite fission track analysis, vitrinite reflectance data and stratigraphic observations from both margins. These results permit determination of the timing of four cooling episodes, and the temperature of samples at the onset of each episode. All samples are interpreted to have experienced higher temperatures in the geological past due to i) elevated basal heatflow (palaeogeothermal gradient in Rio Muni-1 well decaying from 58 °C/km during the Mid Cretaceous to 21.5 °C/km in the Late Cenozoic) and ii) progressive exhumation from formerly greater burial depth. A well constrained history of changing palaeogeothermal gradient allows for much more precise quantification of the thickness of eroded section (exhumation) than if a constant heatflow is assumed. Cooling episodes identified from the palaeotemperature data at 110–95 Ma (both margins) and 85–70 Ma (Rio Muni only) coincide with major unconformities signifying, respectively, the cessation of rifting (breakup) and compressional shortening that affected the African continent following the establishment of post-rift sedimentation (drift). The interval between these separate unconformities is occupied by allochthonous rafts of shallow-water carbonates recording gravitational collapse of a marginal platform. The rift shoulder uplift that triggered this collapse was enhanced by local transpression associated with the obliquely divergent Ascension Fracture Zone, and thermal doming due to the coeval St Helena and Ascension Plumes. The data also reveal a c.45–35 Ma cooling episode, attributed to deep sea erosion at the onset of Eo-Oligocene ice growth, and a c.15–10 Ma episode interpreted as the record of Miocene exhumation of the West African continental margin related to continent-wide plume development. Integration of thermal history methods with traditional seismic- and stratigraphy-based observations yields a dynamic picture of kilometre-scale fluctuations in base level through the breakup and early drift phases of development of these margins. Major unconformities at ocean margins are likely to represent composite surfaces recording not only eustasy, but also regional plate margin-generated deformation, local ‘intra-basinal’ reorganization, and the amplifying effect of negative feedbacks between these processes.  相似文献   

Estimating leaf area index by inversion of reflectance model for semiarid natural grasslands     

Na Zhang  YingShi Zhao 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2009,52(1):66-84

The study developed an integrated reflectance model combining radiative transfer and geometric optical properties in order to inverse leaf area index (LAI) of semiarid natural grasslands. In order to better link remote sensing information with land plants, and facilitate regional and global climate change studies, the model introduced a simple but important geometrical similarity parameter related to plant crown shapes. The model revealed the influences of different plant crown shapes (such as spherical, cylindrical/cuboidal and conic crowns) on leaf/branch angle distribution frequencies, shadow ground coverage, shadowed or sunlit background fractions, canopy reflectance, and scene reflectance. The modeled reflectance data agreed with the measured ones in the three Leymus chinensis steppes with different degradation degrees, which validated the reflectance model. The lower the degradation degree was, the better the modeled data agreed with the measured data. After this reflectance model was coupled with the optimization inversion method, LAI over the entire study region was estimated once every eight days using the eight-day products of surface reflectance obtained by multi-spectral Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) during the growing seasons in 2002. The temporal and spatial patterns of inversed LAI for the steppes with different cover degrees, swamps, flood plains, and croplands agreed with the general laws and measurements very well. But for unused land cover types (sands, saline, and barren lands) and forestlands, totally accounting for about 10% of the study region, the reasonable LAI values were not derived by inversing, requiring further revising of the model or the development of a new model for them. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30500076), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB714407), and the President Foundation of Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. YZJJ200205)  相似文献   

Relationship between statistical thermal alteration index and vitrinite reflectance for sedimentary rocks in northern Japan with reference to effects for unconformity,faulting, and contact metamorphism     

Yoshihiro Ujiié 《Island Arc》2009,18(4):661-669

Two organic maturity indices, the statistical thermal alteration index (stTAI) and vitrinite reflectance (R_O), are used to gain insight into the geological histories of sequences of Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous sediments in northern Japan that contain an unconformity and which are affected by faulting and contact metamorphism. The stTAI is based on the brightness, or gray level, of fossil pollen of Pinus, Podocarpus, Abies, and Picea species. Pollen brightness is measured using a transmitted‐light microscope equipped with a computer‐driven digital image processor. The stTAI represents the mean value of the modes for the complete array of indigenous pollen in rock samples. The stTAI indicates the level of organic maturation for Neogene sedimentary rocks of Japan, from incipient diagenesis to early catagenesis (R_O ≤1.0%). With the progressive diagenesis and catagenesis of sedimentary rocks, stTAI values generally show a progressive decrease, whereas R_O values increase. The effects of an unconformity and faulting are more clearly recorded in stTAI trends than in R_O trends. During early stages of organic maturation (R_O ≤0.7%), stTAI shows a rapid decrease, while R_O shows a rapid increase during the mature and post‐mature stages (R_O ≥0.8%). The occurrence of a range in R_O values for a given level of organic maturity makes it difficult to determine the influence of the unconformity on the increasing R_O trend. R_O values show a progressive increase toward an igneous dyke, but this trend is not apparent in stTAI values. Measurements of Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous rocks in Japan reveal that stTAI is more sensitive to heating duration than R_O, although R_O is more sensitive to heating temperature.  相似文献   

渤海盆地辽东湾地区古近系烃源岩成熟演化模拟   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

左银辉  邱楠生  李建平  郭永华  李翠翠  常健 《现代地质》2009,23(4):746-754

古近系是辽东湾地区的主力烃源岩层系, 包括孔店组(Ek)-沙河街组四段(Es⁴)、沙河街组三段(Es³)、沙河街组一、二段(Es1-2)、东营组三段(Ed³)4套烃源岩, 它们主要分布在该地区的3个凹陷(辽西、辽中和辽东)的各个次洼中。在沉积和构造发育史的基础上, 结合烃源岩地球化学和热史等参数对烃源岩成熟演化进行模拟。对辽中凹陷各洼陷典型井区的烃源岩演化模拟表明辽中凹陷不同洼陷内各烃源岩层系的成熟演化历史存在明显差异:在东营组沉积末期,Es⁴-Ek烃源岩普遍进入生油门限,现今,基本上处于高-过成熟阶段;在馆陶组沉积末期,Es³和Es^-2烃源岩普遍进入生油门限,Ed³烃源岩部分进入生油门限,现今,Es³和Es^-2烃源岩在辽中凹陷的部分地区达到生油高峰期。同时, 利用Basinview软件模拟了辽东湾地区古近系4套烃源岩的成熟演化历史, 表明在盆地演化过程中同一套烃源岩在辽东湾地区不同凹陷进入生油门限和达到生油高峰及生气阶段的时间存在差异。研究成果可以为该地区深凹区的烃源岩预测与评价和计算烃源岩体积、生、排烃量等提供重要参数,这对指导该地区的油气资源勘探具有重要意义。   相似文献   

南海沉积物漫反射光谱反映的220ka以来东亚夏季风变迁   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘连文  郑洪波  翦知湣 《地球科学》2005,30(5):543-549

对南海越南岸外“太阳号”95航次17954孔220ka以来的沉积样品进行了漫反射光谱分析, 并从中提取F1和F2两个主因子及亮度和红度等漫反射光谱特征值, 发现漫反射光谱F1值和亮度反映了沉积物中的碳酸盐含量, 而漫反射光谱F2值和红度反映了沉积物中的铁氧化物含量, 后者可用作东亚夏季风的替代性指标.17954孔沉积物的漫反射光谱F2值显示, 倒数第二次冰消期东亚夏季风快速增长时间约在129ka; 本次工作还发现东亚夏季风在两次冰消期前的氧同位素2阶段和6阶段晚期各有一个异常强盛的时期.漫反射分析结果显示东亚夏季风主要受控于太阳辐射强度变化, 并明显地受低纬地区气候的影响.   相似文献   

植物单叶偏振反射特征研究   总被引：41，自引：1，他引：40  

赵云升  黄方  金伦  金锡锋  周淑香 《遥感学报》2000,4(2):131-135

简明地阐述了植物单叶偏振反射特征以及影响植物单叶偏振反射的主要因素 ,这对偏振光遥感的深入研究具有一定的理论和实践意义  相似文献   

论砂岩储集岩相   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

金奎励 《古地理学报》2000,2(2):11-18

储集岩相是以基本标志反映储集岩的沉积相、成岩变化以及油气显示面貌的。采用的标志包括：岩石学标志(沉积相、镜质体反射率),物性标志(三维孔喉比、配位数)以及有机地球化学标志(单有机包裹体光化学参数)。区分出的储集岩相类型不仅根据上述定量标志能进行自身评价,还可以编入相柱状图和古地理图进行预测和追索油气藏。依据由岩心或者岩屑制成双面抛光不加盖片的薄光片(岩心部分副样要浸注玫瑰红荧光剂并制成平行与垂直层理的三维薄光片),用显微镜光度法、显微付里叶红外谱和激光拉曼谱确定以上标志。  相似文献   

用TM影像和DEM获取黑河流域地表反射率和反照率   总被引：28，自引：13，他引：15  

刘三超  张万昌  蒋建军  赵登忠 《地理科学》2003,23(5):585-591

传统的大气校正方法原理比较复杂,而且有些参数特别是实时的大气剖面资料难以获取。本文利用DEM对TM 影像进行地形校正后,用简便而又实用的方法对TM影像进行了大气校正,较精确地反演出黑河流域河西走廊中段对应于Landsat TM 1~5 和7波段的地表反射率。在此基础上,通过不同波段地表反射率的组合,获得了地表反照率。通过与实地观测数据对比分析,表明对于植被覆盖区用TM 2,4,7波段组合结果较好,而在非植被覆盖区用TM 1~5,7这6 个波段组合结果更佳。  相似文献   

星载高光谱Hyperion数据在海滩涂调查应用中的分析   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

唐伯惠姜小光  唐伶俐习晓环 戴昌达 《地球信息科学学报》2004,6(2):81-87

以江苏苏北地区为研究区,较系统地分析了目前世界上星载传感器中光谱分辨率最高的EO-1卫星Hyperion数据的基本特点和处理方法,研究了将图像的灰度值转变为辐射能量值和反射率的方法和步骤,并选取了15类典型地物,进行了样本采集、辐射亮度和反射率反演,最后对典型地物的光谱曲线进行综合分析研究,并概括了苏北沿海滩涂典型地物的基本光谱特征。  相似文献