Observations of desert flood bores     

Marwan A. Hassan 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1990,15(5):481-485

Flood bores have been measured in desert stream floods. The bores were steep and small pebbles were observed to be pushed ahead. Bore velocity changed downstream and was controlled by local channel geometry. In narrow reaches, the bore advanced at rates twice those of wide reaches. Mean bore velocity was about 50 per cent of that of mean flow at peak flood discharge. The surfaces of shallow bores were covered by air foams. This was not the case in deeper, faster examples.  相似文献   

中国北方沙漠地区第四纪研究的新进展   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

董光荣  陈惠忠 《地球科学进展》1991,6(2):29-32

采用第四纪地质工作方法,通过近十年来的野外调查与室内分析工作,对中国北方沙漠地区古风成沙的分布、类型、特征,沙漠及沙漠化的形成时代、发展模式、性质、沉积环境、成因以及防治对策等方面取得了许多新认识。  相似文献   

独山子地区荒漠土的￣（14）C年龄测定及意义          下载免费PDF全文

彭贵  焦文强  张嘉麟  李桂英  高松升 《地震地质》1994,16(1):26

通过对独山子地区荒漠土碳酸盐淀积层的￣１４Ｃ年龄测定，探讨了碳酸盐淀积层碳的来源及其￣１４Ｃ年龄的可靠性问题。提出了根据碳酸盐淀积层的无机碳年龄，对确定土壤的年龄是有意义的  相似文献   

远离绿洲的沙漠近地面观测实验   总被引：10，自引：1，他引：10  

佴抗  胡隐樵 《高原气象》1994,13(3):282-290

通过比较远离经录洲沙漠区与临近绿洲沙漠区近地面的观测资料，发现临近绿洲沙漠区的逆湿现象主要是受到绿洲干扰的影响，沙漠地区地气之间能量交换主要由感热控制，潜热能量可以忽略不计，两个沙漠地区感热通量基本相当。ＨＥＩＦＥ中沙漠或戈壁观测到的能量收支过程基本上能够代表干旱地区的特征。  相似文献   

沙漠地区春季的大气浑浊度及沙尘大气对地面辐射平衡的影响   总被引：10，自引：8，他引：10  

沈志宝  文军 《高原气象》1994,13(3):330-338

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Hydrogeologic role in sinkhole development in the desert of Kuwait     

F. Shaqour 《Environmental Geology》1994,23(3):201-208

Sinkhole development is unlikely in desert areas with very low precipitation. However, a few cases of land subsidence and sinkhole development took place within the suburbs of Kuwait City. A few sinkholes developed in a sudden and rapid way, leading to great economic losses. In this paper the mechanism and causes of such a land subsidence are described. Decline in groundwater level and downward infiltration of excess irrigation are suggested to be the main factors in the development of the land subsidence in Kuwait. Urbanization and excessive garden irrigation are most probably the triggers of the sudden and rapid land subsidence.  相似文献   

A note on the characteristics and possible origins of desert varnishes from Southeast Morocco. A reply to comments by R. I. Dorn     

B. J. Smith  W. B. Whalley 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1989,14(2):171-172

This reply to Dorn (1989) argues that a biotic origin is not the only way in which desert varnishes may be formed. It is suggested that a variety of initial conditions may result in similar end products. It is agreed that the dissimilar views of the authors may result from their different philosophies concerning the classification of Mn/Fe varnishes.  相似文献   

Winds and sand movements in the Namib Sand Sea     

N. Lancaster 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1985,10(6):607-619

Wind regimes in the vicinity of the Namib Sand Sea are high energy unimodal near the coast, becoming bimodal or complex inland. There is an overall decrease in wind energy and sand transport rates from south to north and west to east, such that sand moves from coastal and southern source areas to accumulate in the northern and central parts of the sand sea. Such a pattern can explain much of the observed spatial variability in dune types, sizes, and sediment characteristics and lends support to a climatic model of sand sea formation in this region. Seasonal and daily cycles of wind velocity and direction give rise to episodic sand transport, most of which is generated by winds of moderate velocity and frequency.  相似文献   

A study of the depth of weathering and its relationship to the mechanical properties of near-surface rocks in the Mojave Desert     

Donald J. Stierman  John H. Healy 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1984,122(2-4):425-439

Weathered granite extends 70 m deep at Hi Vista in the arid central Mojave Desert of southern California. The low strength of this granite is due to the alteration of biotite and chlorite montmorillonite. Deep weathering probably occurs in most granites, although we cannot rule out some anomalous mechanisms at Hi Vista. Geophysical instruments set in these slightly altered rocks are limited by the unstable behavior of the rocks. Thus, tectonic signals from instruments placed in shallow boreholes give vague results. Geophysical measurements of these weathered rocks resemble measurements of granitic rocks near major faults. The rheology of the rocks in which instruments are placed limits the useful sensitivity of the instruments.  相似文献   

A test of granulometric control of desert dune geometry   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R. J. Wasson  R. Hyde 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1983,8(4):301-312

I. G. Wilson's hypothesis of coarse-tail grain-size control of dune spacing was derived from three dunefields in the Sahara and, although it was supplemented by measurements of spacing from other parts of the world, the grain-size data come only from North Africa. In this paper the hypothesis is tested in the Australian dunefields. Australian dunes do not form separate categories on a P₂₀/s (twentieth percentile/spacing) plot and, when placed on Wilson's diagram, the Australian data form a continuum between dunes and draas. Ripples maintain their identity, suggesting that the average saltation length of sand controls ripple wavelength while dunes and Wilson's draas are formed by secondary flow of some kind. In Australia the spread of data on the P₂₀/s diagram indicates that grain-size is not the prime control on s. Data from Australia and the Sahara indicate that direct linear relationships between s and h (dune spacing and height means respectively for blocks of dunes) occur but they have different slopes in different areas. These differences possibly reflect variations in vegetation and substrate as well as differences in wind regime. The separation of dunes from draas in the Sahara reflects the greater role of grain-size in an area where coarse grains frequently occur in dune crests. The relative paucity of coarse grains in Australian dune crests may reflect the fine-grained alluvium from which the dunes are derived. These differences may be ascribed to differing topography in Australia and the Sahara.  相似文献