A greenhouse study on root dynamics of cactus pears, Opuntia ficus-indica and O. robusta     

H.A. Snyman   《Journal of Arid Environments》2006,65(4):529-542

Over the last 10 years a great interest in spineless cactus pear was shown in the drier areas in terms of both fresh fruit and fodder production. However, there is a lack of knowledge on quantitative data on root dynamics of these plants needed to fully understand its potential under water limiting conditions. This study aimed at quantifying the effects of water stress on the growth of tap roots, side roots and rain roots of the species Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller (cultivar Morado—green cladode) and O. robusta Wendl. (cultivar Monterey—blue cladode). One-year-old cladodes were planted in root boxes and pots (2002/2003 season) that were kept in the greenhouse at day/night temperatures of 25–30 °C/15–18 °C. Placing the cladodes flat on the soil, more areoles came in contact with the soil and therefore more roots developed in both species with an average of only 3.4% areole complexes not rooting. Each areole complex formed on average 3 roots. The highest daily tap root growth was 42 and 36 mm for O. ficus-indica and O. robusta, respectively. Tap root growth increased in the morning with water stress for both species but decreased in the afternoon. Side root growth increased with water stress, with that of O. robusta more per tap root than O. ficus-indica. O. robusta showed a finer root system than O. ficus-indica. The side roots grew as much as 8 and 5 mm per day for O. ficus-indica and O. robusta, respectively. Whitish rain roots developed on the established roots within the first hour after rewetting the soil and grew for only 3 days. Rain roots grew up to 7 and 5 mm within a day for O. ficus-indica and O. robusta, respectively. Considering all studied aspects of their roots systems, O. robusta appears to be better adapted to drought (less sensitive to water stress) than O. ficus-indica.  相似文献   

Strain partitioning and stress rotation at the North Anatolian fault zone from aftershock focal mechanisms of the 1999 Izmit M_w= 7.4 earthquake     

Marco Bohnhoff  Helmut Grosser  Georg Dresen 《Geophysical Journal International》2006,166(1):373-385

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Traction image method for irregular free surface boundaries in finite difference seismic wave simulation   总被引：16，自引：1，他引：16  

Wei Zhang  Xiaofei Chen 《Geophysical Journal International》2006,167(1):337-353

In this study, we propose a new numerical method, named as Traction Image method, to accurately and efficiently implement the traction-free boundary conditions in finite difference simulation in the presence of surface topography. In this algorithm, the computational domain is discretized by boundary-conforming grids, in which the irregular surface is transformed into a 'flat' surface in computational space. Thus, the artefact of staircase approximation to arbitrarily irregular surface can be avoided. Such boundary-conforming gridding is equivalent to a curvilinear coordinate system, in which the first-order partial differential velocity-stress equations are numerically updated by an optimized high-order non-staggered finite difference scheme, that is, DRP/opt MacCormack scheme. To satisfy the free surface boundary conditions, we extend the Stress Image method for planar surface to Traction Image method for arbitrarily irregular surface by antisymmetrically setting the values of normal traction on the grid points above the free surface. This Traction Image method can be efficiently implemented. To validate this new method, we perform numerical tests to several complex models by comparing our results with those computed by other independent accurate methods. Although some of the testing examples have extremely sloped topography, all tested results show an excellent agreement between our results and those from the reference solutions, confirming the validity of our method for modelling seismic waves in the heterogeneous media with arbitrary shape topography. Numerical tests also demonstrate the efficiency of this method. We find about 10 grid points per shortest wavelength is enough to maintain the global accuracy of the simulation. Although the current study is for 2-D P-SV problem, it can be easily extended to 3-D problem.  相似文献   

A review of the adjoint-state method for computing the gradient of a functional with geophysical applications   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

R.-E. Plessix 《Geophysical Journal International》2006,167(2):495-503

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Quantitative determination of stress by inversion of speckle interferometer fringe patterns: experimental laboratory tests     

Douglas R. Schmitt  Mamadou S. Diallo  Frank Weichman 《Geophysical Journal International》2006,167(3):1425-1438

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隧道锚杆锚固质量无损检测技术   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

黄华林  朱自强  杨天春  王齐仁  鲁光银 《物探与化探》2005,29(6):551-553

采用声波检测仪,应用声频应力波在不同波阻抗面反射的能量和相位的变化原理,对隧道的锚杆锚固质量进行了无损检测试验研究,并对检测技术进行了探讨.结果表明,作为一种工程质量管理辅助手段,采用应力波对锚杆锚固质量进行无损检测,丰富了隧道围岩锚固质量检测方法,为隧道工程建设提供更好的质量保障.  相似文献   

吉林台爆破料应力应变关系的三轴试验研究     

侯新强  张远芳  高盟  慈军  刘红  张之科 《新疆地质》2005,23(2):194-198

通过室内大型三轴实验，研究了吉林台水库爆破料在不同级配下的应力应变关系，得到了在一定击实功下爆破料的最大干密度随细料含量变化的规律，分析了爆破料在不同级配和不同围压下应力与应变的变化规律、轴向应变与体积应变的关系及抗剪强度变化特性．从微观的角度说明了变化规律产生的原因，得出爆破料的抗剪强度随级配的变化而变化的规律．  相似文献   

环境样品中痕量元素的化学形态分析Ⅰ．分析技术在化学形态分析中的应用   总被引：21，自引：7，他引：21  

何红蓼 李冰杨红霞  倪哲明 《岩矿测试》2005,24(1):51-58

文章介绍了形态分析的基本概念,常用的联用分析技术,如气相色谱原子吸收光谱、气相色谱原子荧光光谱、气相色谱微波诱导等离子体原子发射光谱、气相色谱电感耦合等离子体质谱、高效液相色谱电感耦合等离子体质谱等在环境样品(水、土壤、沉积物)中痕量元素化学形态(价态、金属有机化合物等)分析中的应用,土壤和沉积物中污染元素的顺序提取步骤,以形态分析发展动态。引用文献72篇。  相似文献   

新疆绿色电气石颜色成因研究   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5       下载免费PDF全文

王进军陶晓风  王武军 《岩石矿物学杂志》2005,24(4):319-323

新疆绿色电气石颜色成因比较特殊,为了更好地了解其颜色的形成,主要采用化学分析、吸收光谱、穆斯堡尔谱等测试手段对绿色电气石颜色成因进行研究。化学分析结果显示每个样品中均含有少量不同过渡元素离子,如Fe2 、Ti4 、Cr3 等,影响着绿色的形成;利用吸收光谱测试方法确定了致色离子的吸收带位置及主要离子的种类、价态,并根据化学成分计算出相应的化学式,利用穆斯堡尔谱确定了铁离子在晶体中的占位。综合运用上述测试方法,确定了绿色电气石的颜色成因。  相似文献   

青藏高原中部的东西向扩张构造运动   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

徐纪人赵志新  石川有三 《岩石矿物学杂志》2005,24(5):447-452

系统分析了1933~2003年间青藏高原及其周缘发生的745个中、强地震的震源机制解,研究了高原地壳构造运动及其动力学特征。结果表明,大量正断层型地震集中发生在青藏高原中部海拔4000m以上的地区,其中许多地震是纯正断层型地震。震源机制结果显示,该区正断层型地震的断层走向多为南北方向,断层位错矢量的水平分量均位于近东西方向,这表明青藏高原高海拔地区存在着近东西方向的扩张构造运动。地震震源应力场的研究结果表明,在高原中部高海拔地区,E-W向或WNW-ESE向的水平扩张作用控制着该区的地壳应力场。青藏高原高海拔地区近东西方向的扩张构造运动是该区引张应力场的作用结果,其动力学原因可能与持续隆升的高原自重增大引起的重力崩塌及其周边区域构造应力状况有关。而青藏高原周缘地区,除了东部边缘外,南部的喜马拉雅山前沿以及青藏高原的北部、西部边缘所发生的绝大部分地震都是逆断层型或走滑逆断层型地震。在青藏高原周缘地区,北东或者北北东方向水平挤压的构造应力场为优势应力场。在中国西部的大范围内,主压应力P轴水平分量位于NE-SW方向,形成了一个广域的NE-SW方向的挤压应力场。青藏高原及其周缘应力场特征表明,印度板块的北上运动以及它与欧亚板块之间的碰撞所形成的挤压应力场是高原强烈隆起的直接原因。在青藏高原中南部形成了近东西向引张应力场为主的区域,并以东西向扩张构造运动部分释放其应力积累。研究高原高海拔地区的引张应力场和近东西向扩张构造运动的特征,对于认识青藏高原强烈隆起的地球动力学过程与机制,有着重要的理论意义。  相似文献