Otway Continental Margin Transect: Crustal architecture from wide‐angle seismic profiling across Australia's southern margin     

D. M. Finlayson  I. Lukaszyk  C. D. N. Collins  E. C. Chudyk 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(5):717-732

The Otway Basin in southeastern Australia formed on a triangular‐shaped area of extended continental lithosphere during two extensional episodes in Cretaceous to Miocene times. The extent of the offshore continental margin is highlighted by Seasat/Geosat satellite altimeter data. The crustal architecture and structural features across this southeast Australian margin have been interpreted from offshore‐onshore wide‐angle seismic profiling data along the Otway Continental Margin Transect extending from the onshore Lake Condah High, through the town of Portland, to the deep Southern Ocean. Along the Otway Continental Margin Transect, the onshore half‐graben geometry of Early Cretaceous deposition gives way offshore to a 5 km‐thick slope basin (P‐wave velocity 2.2–4.6 km/s) to at least 60 km from the shoreline. At 120 km from the nearest shore in a water depth of 4220 m, sonobuoy data indicate a 4–5 km sedimentary sequence overlying a 7 km thick basement above the Moho at 15 km depth. Major fault zones affect the thickness of basin sequences in the onshore area (Tartwaup Fault Zone and its southeast continuation) and at the seaward edge of the Mussel Platform (Mussel Fault). Upper crustal basement is interpreted to be attenuated and thinned Palaeozoic rocks of the Delamerian and Lachlan Orogens (intruded with Jurassic volcanics) that thin from 16 km onshore to about 3.5 km at 120 km from the nearest shore. Basement rocks comprise a 3 km section with velocity 5.5–5.7 km/s overlying a deeper basement unit with velocity 6.15–6.35 km/s. The Moho shallows from a depth of 30 km onshore to 15 km depth at 120 km from the nearest shore, and then to about 12 km in the deep ocean at the limits of the transect (water depth 5200 m). The continent‐ocean boundary is interpreted to be at a prominent topographic inflection point 170 km from shore at the bottom of the continental slope in 4800 m of water. P‐wave velocities in the lower crust are 6.4–6.8 km/s, overlying a thin transition zone to an upper mantle velocity of 8.05 km/s beneath the Moho. Outstandingly clear Moho reflections seen in deep‐marine profiling data at about 10.3 s two‐way time under the slope basin and continent‐ocean boundary place further strong controls on crustal thickness. There is no evidence of massive high velocity (>7 km/s) intrusives/underplate material in the lower crust nor any synrift or early post‐rift subaerial volcanics, indicating that the Otway continental margin can be considered a non‐volcanic margin, similar in many respects to some parts of the Atlantic Ocean margins e.g. the Nova Scotia ‐ Newfoundland margin off Canada and the Galicia Bank off the Iberian Peninsula. Using this analogue, the prominent gravity feature trending northwest‐southeast at the continent‐ocean boundary may indicate the presence of highly serpentinised mantle material beneath a thin crust, but this has yet to be tested by detailed work.  相似文献   

利用Argo 浮标资料研究西北太平洋三维声速分布特征   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

闫庆勋  胡建宇 《海洋科学》2013,37(3):22-29

利用西北太平洋海区2002～2009年的Argo浮标剖面温度、盐度资料构建成0.5°×0.5°水平分辨率的三维声速网格化资料,并据此分析该海区声速的空间分布及季节变化特征。研究表明：该海区10 m层等声速线分布的季节变化较为明显,春、冬季的等声速线几乎与纬线平行,黑潮流经区域等声速线呈现一定的弯曲。100 m层等声速线分布的季节变化较小：北赤道流区,等声速线从外海向近岸延伸;吕宋岛东南部沿海,等声速线向南弯曲;吕宋岛、台湾岛东部等声速线呈现偏北方向的弯曲;琉球群岛附近,等声速线朝北偏东方向弯曲。此外,研究海区存在深海声道,声道轴最深的区域主要在吕宋海峡和日本东南部海区,其中吕宋海峡处的声道轴有显著的季节变化特征。可见,利用Argo浮标资料可以初步得到西北太平洋声速的空间分布及其季节变化特征,随着Argo剖面资料的增多,对该海区的声速场认识将会愈加清晰。  相似文献   

The Global Distribution of Diapycnal Mixing and Mixing Coefficient Tensor in the Upper 2000m Ocean from Argo Observations     

Zengan Deng  Ting Yu  Suixiang Shi  Jiye Jin  Kejian Wu 《Marine Geodesy》2013,36(3):337-353

Diapycnal Mixing (DM) within the upper 2000m of the global ocean is calculated by a fine-scale parameterization using the multiyear-mean density gridded product that created by employing all the Argo float observations to date through the recently published equation of seawater TEOS-10. The geographic distribution of Argo-derived DM derived in this study is spatial-dependent and varies with latitude and depth. The magnitude and pattern of DM is favorably validated by comparisons with previous studies. Furthermore, the mixing coefficient tensor K is calculated and analyzed. Components of the tensor fitting for the geopotential coordinate models are also presented. It is found that the tensor components in horizontal direction, K_xx and K_yy, have similar magnitude and distribution pattern. In the vertical, K_zz is enhanced over regions with rough topography and strong wind (e.g., Westerly region), suggesting agreement with previous estimates. This work presents a scheme to estimate the DM and mixing coefficient tensor using Argo observations, and offers a useful Argo-based mixing product for the purpose of promoting the study and modeling of ocean circulation and other processes.  相似文献   

Circulation Around Luzon Strait in September as Inferred from CTD,Argos and Argo Measurements and a Generalized Topography-Following Ocean Model     

《大气与海洋》2012,50(4):40-58

The hydrography, wind, Argos and Argo measurements in the areas surrounding Luzon Strait were collected. Based on the hydrographic data obtained during September 1994, the improved Princeton Ocean Model using a generalized topography-following coordinate system together with a modified inverse method was applied to study the circulation in September. Observations and the diagnostic simulation produce a consistent circulation pattern, and the main dynamical features can be summarized as follows. (1) The Kuroshio has two branches with the main Kuroshio existing above 800 m depth and the western part existing above 400 m depth. The western branch of the Kuroshio leaves the main current near 20.5°N, then flows northwestward through Luzon Strait and finally flows out of the northern boundary southwest of Taiwan, consistent with the trajectory of Argos drifters. (2) The non-linear term is important and cannot be neglected in the momentum equations in the northern part of Luzon Strait under the baroclinicity field. Using non-linear dynamics, the westward intrusion of the Kuroshio into the northern part of Luzon Strait is more curved than when using linear dynamics. However, the non-linear term is smaller and so negligible around Luzon Strait under the homogeneous density field. (3) In the area from 117°E to 119°E and from 20.2°N to 21.7°N, an anticyclonic eddy appears east of Dongsha Islands. (4) At depths above 400 m, the circulation is mainly dominated by the basin-scale cyclonic gyre. (5) In the computational domain west of 121°E, the circulation below 800 m is mainly dominated by the basin-scale anticyclonic gyre. (6) The South China Sea water flows eastward across Luzon Strait in the middle layers, then turns cyclonically, finally flowing northward into the region east of Taiwan Island, which is qualitatively in agreement with the trajectories of Argo floats at about 1000 m depth in the area east of 121°E.

RÉSUMÉ?[Traduit par la rédaction] Nous avons rassemblé l'hydrographie, le vent, les Argo et les mesures Argo dans les régions avoisinant le détroit de Luçon. Sur la base des données hydrographiques relevées durant le mois de septembre 1994, nous avons appliqué le modèle océanique amélioré de Princeton utilisant un système de coordonnées « suivant le terrain » généralisé de pair avec une méthode inverse modifiée pour étudier la circulation en septembre. Les observations et la simulation diagnostique produisent une configuration de circulation cohérente dont on peut résumer comme suit les principales caractéristiques dynamiques. (1) Le Kuroshio possède deux branches : le Kuroshio principal existant au-dessus d'une profondeur de 800 m et la partie ouest existant au-dessus d'une profondeur de 400 m. La branche ouest du Kuroshio quitte le courant principal aux environs de 20,5°N et se dirige vers le nord-ouest à travers le détroit de Luçon pour finalement franchir la limite nord du détroit au sud-ouest de Taïwan, ce qui correspond à la trajectoire des bouées dérivantes Argos. (2) Le terme non linéaire dans les équations est important et ne peut pas être considéré négligeable de quantité de mouvement dans la partie nord du détroit de Luçon dans le champ de baroclinité. Lorsqu'on utilise la dynamique non linéaire, l'intrusion vers l'ouest du Kuroshio dans la partie nord du détroit de Luçon est plus incurvée que lorsqu'on utilise la dynamique linéaire. Cependant, le terme non linéaire est plus petit et donc négligeable autour du détroit de Luçon dans le champ de densité homogène. (3) Dans la région allant de 117°E à 119°E et de 20,2°N à 21,7°N, un remous anticyclonique apparaît à l'est des îles Dongsha. (4) Aux profondeurs inférieures à 400 m, la circulation est principalement dominée par le gyre cyclonique à l’échelle du bassin. (5) Dans le domaine de calcul à l'ouest de 121°E, la circulation sous 800 m est principalement dominée par le gyre anticyclonique à l’échelle du bassin. (6) Les eaux de la mer de Chine méridionale s’écoulent vers l'est à travers le détroit de Luçon dans les couches intermédiaires, puis tournent de façon cyclonique pour finalement s’écouler vers le nord dans la région à l'est de l’île Taïwan, ce qui, qualitativement, s'accorde avec la trajectoire des flotteurs Argo à environ 1000 m de profondeur dans la région à l'est de 121°E.  相似文献   

Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Pacific Temperature with Argo and Satellite Observations     

《大气与海洋》2012,50(4):116-128

Combining Argo temperature and salinity profiles with satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST), weekly three-dimensional temperature fields of the Pacific Ocean were reconstructed for the period January 2000 to December 2010. The data reconstruction methodology we used has three salient features: the first is a combined application of the Optimal Interpolation (OI) and the Multivariate Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Function (MDINEOF) methods, the second is an emphasis on the multivariate nature of the vertical thermohaline structure, and the third is the inclusion of a continuous satellite-derived SST dataset to compensate for the discontinuities and the lack of surface observations in Argo data. Comparisons with other observations and data products indicate that our gridded temperature product is able to capture the main features of temperature distribution as well as its variability from intraseasonal to interannual time scales, thus providing a useful new dataset for ocean and climate studies.

RÉSUMÉ?[Traduit par la rédaction] En combinant les profils de température et de salinité Argo avec les températures de la surface de la mer dérivées des données satellitaires, nous avons reconstruit les champs tridimensionnels hebdomadaires de température de l'océan Pacifique pour la période de janvier 2000 à décembre 2010. La méthodologie de reconstruction des données que nous avons utilisée présente trois points saillants : le premier est une application combinée des méthodes de l'interpolation optimale et de la fonction orthogonale empirique d'interpolation de données multivariées (MDINEOF), le deuxième est une mise en évidence de la nature multivariée de la structure thermohaline verticale et le troisième est l'inclusion d'un ensemble continu de données de température de la surface de la mer dérivées des données satellitaires pour compenser les discontinuités et le manque d'observations de surface dans les données Argo. Les comparaisons avec d'autres observations et produits de données montrent que notre produit de températures à des points de grille est capable de discerner les caractéristiques principales de la distribution des températures de même que sa variabilité de l’échelle intrasaisonnière à l’échelle interannuelle, ce qui fournit un nouvel ensemble de données utile pour les études océaniques et climatiques.  相似文献   

Sedimentary processes on the Crimean continental margin in the Black Sea     

V. M. Sorokin  A. V. Starovoitov  A. G. Roslyakov 《Moscow University Geology Bulletin》2009,64(1):1-9

Structural specific features of the sedimentary succession on the continental margin of the South Crimea in the Black Sea have been examined in the Yalta Area using geomorphologic, acoustic, and lithologic methods. Alternation of regressive and transgressive sequences has been ascertained in sediment sections formed on the shelf and in the Yalta deep-sea fan due to Quaternary oscillations of the basin level. The analysis of sediment sections resulted in revealing a leading role of sedimentary material transference from upper hypsometric levels to lower ones in the sediment accumulation.  相似文献   

A dataset of global ocean surface currents for 1999-2007 derived from Argo float trajectories: Comparison with surface drifter and TAO measurements          下载免费PDF全文

Xie Jiping  Zhu Jiang 《大气和海洋科学快报》2009,2(2):97-102

A dataset of surface current vectors with error estimate from 1999 to 2007 is derived from the trajectories of the Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography （Argo） drifting on surface over the global ocean. The error of the estimated surface currents is about 4.7 cm s-1 which is equivalent to the accuracy of the currents determined from the surface drifters. Geographically, the Argo-derived surface currents can fill many gaps left by the Global Drifter Program due to the greater number of floats, and can provide a complementary in situ observational system for monitoring global ocean surface currents. The surface currents from the Argo floats are compared with the surface drifter-derived currents and the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean program （TAO） measurements. The comparisons show good agreement for both the current amplitude and the direction of surface currents. Results indicate the feasibility of obtaining ocean surface currents from the Argo array and of combining the surface currents from Argo and the ocean surface drifters for in situ mapping of the global surface currents. The authors also make the dataset available to users of interest for many types of applications.  相似文献   

CloudSat卫星及其在天气和云观测分析中的应用   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

周毓荃  赵姝慧 《南京气象学院学报》2008,31(5):603-614

介绍了2006年4月28日成功发射的第1颗以对云层特性进行全球主动遥感测量CloudSat卫星的观测仪器、工作参数、运行方式、数据产品及“A—Train”卫星群等基本概况。CloudSat卫星主要有效载荷是94GHz（3mm波）云雷达,它可以“切开”云层,获得许多有关云的最新气象数据,主要数据产品包括了云的宏观物理参量和微观物理参量。介绍了CloudSat卫星已获得的典型天气和云的初期观测结果：从首次观测的云三维图片,可以清楚地看到南极洲上空风暴云的垂直剖面结构特征;从首张获得降雪云的垂直剖面图像可以得到降雪云层的发展状态以及结构特点;使用CloudSat统计数据可分析全球水凝物的分布特征。将TRMM卫星上的测雨雷达与CloudSat卫星上的云雷达联合观测研究,可以获得从薄云到浓厚云及降水的精细垂直结构特征。通过下载的CloudSat观测资料,对我国典型台风和层状云系等两类不同天气条件下云的宏微观结构特征等进行了初步分析,可以看到台风眼区附近云系的垂直结构随台风发展不同阶段的演变;从层状云系的垂直剖面可以清楚地发现云层的内部分层结构及不同相态的垂直分布特征等。  相似文献   

Testing for sufficient signal resetting during sediment transport using a polymineral multiple-signal luminescence approach     

《Quaternary Geochronology》2015

We present a multiple luminescence signal measurement procedure that simultaneously measures six different luminescence signals from a single polymineral aliquot (i.e. multiple-signal, short MS-SAR approach). The six signals show different bleaching rates in bleaching experiments, ranging from rapid bleaching for the quartz dominated blue stimulated luminescence signal (measured at 125 °C, BSL-125), to the slow-bleaching polymineral thermoluminescence signal. The bleaching rate of the infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) measured at room temperature (IR-25) and elevated temperature post-IR IRSL (pIRIR-90, pIRIR-155, pIRIR-225) signals decrease with increasing measurement temperature. Owing to these different bleaching rates, the MS-SAR approach allows inference of the degree of bleaching, and thereby information on the transport history of sediments. We test this approach by applying the MS-SAR to four coastal samples from a well-monitored sand-nourishment site at the Dutch coast. Our results show that the proposed MS-SAR approach can be utilised to construct bleaching plateaus which provide an independent and time-effective measure of the degree of poor bleaching in a sediment sample based on the measurement of only a few large aliquots. We propose that the MS-SAR protocol can be used to profile the age, luminescence properties and degree of bleaching of minimal prepared polymineral. This pre-profiling will allow the selection of suitable samples for full luminescence dating analysis in a target-orientated and time-effective manner.  相似文献   

The eastern extent of the Barents–Kara ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum based on seismic-reflection data from the eastern Kara Sea     

Leonid Polyak  Frank Niessen  Valery Gataullin  & Valery Gainanov 《Polar research》2008,27(2):162-174

We present sub-bottom profiling (sparker and Parasound) results from the eastern Kara Sea, on the Eurasian Arctic margin, which enable the identification of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice extent. The analysed profiles show that glacigenic diamicton is ubiquitous at the seafloor, east of about 95°E and 78°N. The eastern margin of this diamicton is expressed in a conspicuous morainic ridge at the entrance to the Vilkitsky Strait, and to the south the diamicton projection aligns with the LGM limit mapped at the north-western Taymyr. The bottom of the Voronin Trough further north is also covered with diamicton and has numerous erosional bedforms, indicating a streamlined flow of grounded ice along the trough. Accurate dating of the diamicton is not attainable, but the correlation of pre-diamict sediments to well-dated sections in the Laptev Sea, and available ¹⁴C ages from sediments on top of the diamicton, indicate its LGM age. These results support the palaeogeographic reconstruction that assumes the extension of the LGM Barents–Kara ice sheet as far east as Taymyr. This configuration implies that LGM ice blocked the drainage of the Ob and Yenisey rivers on the Kara shelf. This inference is consistent with the presence of large (>100 km wide) lenses of basin infill adjacent to the southern margin of the diamicton. However, the limited distribution of the eastern Kara ice lobe, not extending on Severnaya Zemlya, suggests that the ice was fairly thin and short-lived: insufficient for the accumulation of the gigantic proglacial lakes that occurred during earlier glaciations.  相似文献