Ants in Labyrinths: Lessons for Critical Landscapes     

《The Professional geographer》2013,65(2):155-170

Percolation theory provides a starting point for models for the movement of organisms in fragmented landscapes. We simulated six general rules for movement on three general landscape patterns with different degrees of habitat fragmentation. Fragmentation pattern affects migration success. Organisms moving within habitat patches are restricted by fragmentation, but the response is less abrupt as one moves from random to hierarchical to fractal landscapes, respectively. Success for organisms moving along edges is more strongly differentiated by landscape pattern. Success and speed are usually directly related, but indirect relations may indicate rare but efficient pathways or cul-de-sacs. We propose that general rules can be applied to the identification of landscapes near critical levels of fragmentation that will respond sensitively to increases in fragmentation or efforts at restoration.  相似文献   

组合切削具产生的预破碎区对钻进效果的影响          下载免费PDF全文

鄢泰宁  段隆臣  Р.К.波格丹诺夫  И.А.斯维什尼科夫 《探矿工程》2010,37(12):5-8

从组合切削具将在岩石中产生预破碎区的论点出发,通过实验定量研究了预破碎区深度与掏槽刃切入深度的关系,得出了预破碎区有利于降低岩石强度及岩石破碎能耗的结论,并用生产试验结果进行了验证。提出了孕镶金刚石钻头钻进Ⅶ～Ⅷ级硬岩时仍存在预破碎区和切削、微切削破岩方式,以及预破碎区并非越大越好的学术观点。  相似文献   

盾构切刀顺次破岩机制的数值模拟研究     

徐孜军  谭青  夏毅敏  易念恩  朱逸  刘川 《岩土力学》2013,34(12):3625-3632

在对盾构切刀顺次破岩实际工况提出合理简化的基础上,从岩土细观角度出发,采用颗粒离散元法建立了切刀破岩的二维数值模型,研究了两把盾构切刀顺次作用下的破岩机制和影响因素,并通过试验对切刀破岩过程中切屑堆积现象及破岩力学特性进行了验证。研究表明,刀具尖端的破坏作用最为明显;切削岩石时切削力随着切削行程不断波动,水平切削力大于垂直切削力;不同于单刀切削,切刀顺次作用时前刀刮过的岩面留下了大量残余裂纹,使得后刀所受的切削力减小;从切削性能来看,随着切削深度的增加,岩石破碎块度不断增大,切削力和裂纹数迅速增加,说明切深与切削力密切相关;切削试验观测到了切屑在前刀面堆积和切削力的波动现象,与数值模拟具有较好的一致性。  相似文献   

重庆市岩溶区县土地利用景观破碎化及土壤侵蚀影响评价   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

彭月  王建力  魏虹  李清 《中国岩溶》2008,27(3):246-254

根据重庆岩溶区县土地利用景观破碎情况,采用双向指示种分析法和除趋势典范对应分析法对研究区县及各土地利用类型进行分类和排序,揭示其空间分布的景观生态学意义及土壤侵蚀对土地利用景观破碎化的影响。根据分析结果, 可将研究区22种土地利用类型分为未利用地、平原耕地、山地耕地和灌草地4大类;可将研究区25个区县样方可分为低脆弱剧烈破碎区;低脆弱极强破碎区;低脆弱强破碎区;中脆弱中强破碎区;重脆弱中破碎区;重脆弱轻破碎区;中脆弱微破碎区7个样方群,空间上它们分属于渝东部、渝中部和渝西部3个区域,其土壤侵蚀性从东往西逐渐减弱。除趋势典范对应分析结果表明,较强的土壤侵蚀会加剧土地利用景观的破碎化,加剧破碎化的强度同土壤侵蚀等级呈现出相反的趋势。   相似文献   

On the fractal dimension of the fallout deposits: A case study of the 79 A.D. Plinian eruption at Mt. Vesuvius     

S. Pepe  G. Solaro  G.P. Ricciardi  P. Tizzani 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

We investigated the existence of a fractal law (power law) distribution of size pyroclastic fragments erupted during the fallout phase of the 79 A.D. Plinian eruption at Mt. Vesuvius. In particular, we performed a particle size distribution analysis on 18 white and grey pumice samples collected in six sites distributed in the SW sector of Mt. Vesuvius. Our measurements show that the fragmentation of samples in the investigated range (from 32 mm to 850 μm) follows a power law, guaranteeing the scale invariance of the process. The relationship frequency-size distribution of the fragments is verified independently from the nature (i.e., pumices and lithics) and stratigraphic height of the considered samples in the pyroclastic deposit. Therefore, the fractal fragmentation theory can be indicated for evaluating the relationship between the intensity of fragmentation (fractal dimension D) and eruption energy. In this way the apparent chaotic distribution of the particles in the fallout deposits hides a self-organized complexity revealed by the retrieved power law distribution. We further remark that a key aspect of our analysis is the founded evidence that the fractal dimension of the lithics is systematically greater than that of the pumices.  相似文献   

A fragmentation criterion for highly viscous bubbly magmas estimated from shock tube experiments     

Takehiro Koyaguchi  Bettina Scheu  Noriko K. Mitani  Oleg Melnik 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

When a highly viscous bubbly magma is sufficiently decompressed, layer-by-layer fracturing propagates through the magma at a certain speed (fragmentation speed). On the basis of a recent shock tube theory by Koyaguchi and Mitani [Koyaguchi, T., Mitani, N. K., 2005. A theoretical model for fragmentation of viscous bubbly magmas in shock tubes. Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (B10), B10202. doi:10.1029/2004JB003513.], gas overpressures at the fragmentation surface are estimated from experimental data on fragmentation speed in shock tube experiments for natural volcanic rocks with various porosities. The results show that gas overpressure at the fragmentation surface increases as initial sample pressure increases and sample porosity decreases. We propose a new fragmentation criterion to explain the relationship between the gas overpressure at the fragmentation surface, the initial pressure and the porosity. Our criterion is based on the idea that total fragmentation of highly viscous bubbly magmas occurs when the tensile stress at the midpoint between bubbles exceeds a critical value. We obtain satisfactory agreement between our simulation and experiment when we assume that the critical value is inversely proportional to the square root of bubble wall thickness. This fragmentation criterion suggests that long micro-cracks or equivalent flaws (e.g., irregular-shaped bubbles) that reach the midpoints between bubbles are a dominant factor to determine the bulk strength of the bubbly magma.  相似文献   

On magma fragmentation by conduit shear stress: Evidence from the Kos Plateau Tuff,Aegean Volcanic Arc     

Danilo M. Palladino  Silvia Simei  Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

Large silicic explosive eruptions are the most catastrophic volcanic events. Yet, the intratelluric mechanisms underlying are not fully understood. Here we report a field and laboratory study of the Kos Plateau Tuff (KPT, 161 ka, Aegean Volcanic Arc), which provides an excellent geological example of conduit processes that control magma vesiculation and fragmentation during intermediate- to large-scale caldera-forming eruptions. A prominent feature of the KPT is the occurrence of quite unusual platy-shaped tube pumice clasts in pyroclastic fall and current deposits from the early eruption phases preceding caldera collapse. On macroscopic and SEM observations, flat clast faces are elongated parallel to tube vesicles, while transverse surfaces often occur at ~ 45° to vesicle elongation. This peculiar pumice texture provides evidence of high shear stresses related to strong velocity gradients normal to conduit walls, which induced vesiculation and fragmentation of the ascending magma. Either an increasing mass discharge rate without adequate enlargement of a narrow central feeder conduit or a developing fissure-like feeder system related to incipient caldera collapse provided suitable conditions for the generation of plate tube pumice within magma volumes under high shear during the pre-climactic KPT eruption phases. This mechanism implies that the closer to the conduit walls (where the stronger are the velocity gradients) the larger was the proportion of plate vs. conventional (lensoid) juvenile fragments in the ascending gas–pyroclast mixture. Consequently, plate pumice clasts were mainly entrained in the outer portions of the jet and convecting regions of a sustained, Plinian-type, eruption column, as well as in occasional lateral blast currents generated at the vent. As a whole, plate pumice clasts in the peripheral portions of the column were transported at lower altitudes and deposited by fallout or partial collapse closer to the vent relative to lensoid ones that dominated in the inner column portions. The plate tube pumice proportion decreased abruptly up to disappearance during the emplacement of the main pyroclastic currents and lithic-rich breccias related to extensive caldera collapse at the eruption climax, as a consequence of an overall widening of the magma feeder system through the opening of multiple conduits and eruptive vents, along with fissure erosion, concomitant to the disruption of the collapsing block.  相似文献   

Bedrock erosion due to hoeing as tillage technique in a hilly agricultural landscape,southwest China     

Haichao Xu  Jianhui Zhang  Yuhang Wei  Jiadong Dai  Yong Wang 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2020,45(6):1418-1429

Tillage on hillslopes may not only induce severe soil erosion, but may also cause bedrock erosion under certain conditions. Yet, little is known about bedrock erosion by tillage in a hilly agricultural landscape, southwest China. The aim of this study is to quantify the translocation of rock fragments derived from bedrock fragmentation by hoeing under different conditions, including slope gradient, hoeing depth and soil-covered thickness using a gravel tracing method. The reliability of the gravel tracing method was confirmed by the bedrock dyeing tracing method. Hoeing depth is a significant factor affecting the translocation rate of rock fragments (Q_r ). Meanwhile, under the condition of overlying soil layers (0.06−0.10 m thick), the values of Q_r were significantly smaller with a reduction of 20.7−25.6%, compared with rock fragmentation by hoeing for bare bedrock. However, slope gradient was found to have insignificant effects on Q_r . Fractured bedrock moved as individual small fragments, which was mainly controlled by the hitting force of the hoe, while soil moved in the shape of lumps, which was dominated by both drag force of the hoe and gravity. This study suggests that hoeing into soil-covered bedrock can diminish bedrock erosion while providing soil matrix for shallow soil layers. Our work presents a quantitative assessment of bedrock erosion by hoeing and an underlying insight into characteristics of bedrock erosion by tillage operations in hilly agricultural regions with mudstone and shale, southwest China. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The Effect of Farmland Fragmentation on the Intensity of Farmland in Different Utilization Ways     

Yujuan Ge  Yuluan Zhao  Hongyu Ren 《地球科学进展》2020,35(2):180-188

The agricultural development of mountainous areas in China is undergoing the transformation from the traditional agricultural land use mode dominated by single and inefficient grain production to the new agricultural land use mode such as high-yield and efficient horticultural crops. The research on the impact of farmland fragmentation on the agricultural land intensity degree is the basis of agricultural modernization and land remediation in mountainous areas. Based on the UAV high-resolution remote sensing image data of two typical villages in Guizhou Province and the questionnaire survey data of farmers, using the road accessibility index of farmers' plot, the area index and the shape index to measure the degree of farmland fragmentation, we analyzed the impact of different degrees of farmland fragmentation on the traditional and new types of farmland use intensification. The research showed that the farmland fragmentation had a significant negative impact on the intensive degree of agricultural land, but the impact on the intensive degree of agricultural land in different ways of use was different. With the intensification of the degree of farmland fragmentation, the impact on the input and output of horticultural crops and other new-type agricultural land utilization was less than that of grain crops and other traditional agricultural land utilization. Adjusting agricultural structure and transformation of farmland utilization greatly alleviated the negative impact of farmland fragmentation on farmland intensity in mountainous areas.  相似文献   

Impacts of Land Fragmentation and Cropping System on the Productivity and Efficiency of Grain Producers in the North China Plain: Taking Cangxian County of Hebei Province as an Example     

WANG Xue  LI Xiubin 《资源与生态学报(英文版)》2020,11(6):580-588

Land fragmentation is widely known to have an impact on farm performance. However, previous studies investigating this impact mainly focused on a single crop, and only limited data from China are available. This study considers multiple crops to identify the impact of land fragmentation (LF), as well as cropping system (CS), on farm productivity and the efficiency of grain producers in the North China Plain (NCP), using Cangxian County of Hebei Province as an example. Detailed household- and plot-level survey data are applied and four stochastic frontier and inefficiency models are developed. These models include different sets of key variables in either the production function or the inefficiency models, in order to investigate all possibilities of their influences on farm productivity and efficiency. The results show that LF plays a significant and detrimental role, affecting both productivity and efficiency. A positive effect is evident with respect to the CS variable, i.e., multiple cropping index (MCI), and the wheat-maize double CS, rather than the maize single CS, is usually associated with higher farm productivity and efficiency. In addition to LF and CS, four basic production input variables (labor, seed, pesticide and irrigation), also significantly affect farmers’ productivity, while the age of the household head and the ratio of the off-farm labor to total labor are significantly relevant to technical inefficiency. Policies geared toward the promotion of land transfer and the rational adjustment of cropping systems are recommended for boosting farm productivity and efficiency, and thus maintaining the food supply while mitigating the overexploitation of groundwater in the NCP.  相似文献