Evolution and sedimentology of a channel fill in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River and its comparison to the deposits of an adjacent compound bar     

PHILIP J. ASHWORTH  GREGORY H. SAMBROOK SMITH  JAMES L. BEST  JOHN S. BRIDGE  STUART N. LANE  IAN. A. LUNT  ARNOLD J. H. REESINK  CHRISTOPHER J. SIMPSON  ROBERT E. THOMAS 《Sedimentology》2011,58(7):1860-1883

The depositional stratigraphy of within‐channel deposits in sandy braided rivers is dominated by a variety of barforms (both singular ‘unit’ bars and complex ‘compound’ bars), as well as the infill of individual channels (herein termed ‘channel fills’). The deposits of bars and channel fills define the key components of facies models for braided rivers and their within‐channel heterogeneity, knowledge of which is important for reservoir characterization. However, few studies have sought to address the question of whether the deposits of bars and channel fills can be readily differentiated from each other. This paper presents the first quantitative study to achieve this aim, using aerial images of an evolving modern sandy braided river and geophysical imaging of its subsurface deposits. Aerial photographs taken between 2000 and 2004 document the abandonment and fill of a 1·3 km long, 80 m wide anabranch channel in the sandy braided South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Upstream river regulation traps the majority of very fine sediment and there is little clay (< 1%) in the bed sediments. Channel abandonment was initiated by a series of unit bars that stalled and progressively blocked the anabranch entrance, together with dune deposition and stacking at the anabranch entrance and exit. Complete channel abandonment and subsequent fill of up to 3 m of sediment took approximately two years. Thirteen kilometres of ground‐penetrating radar surveys, coupled with 18 cores, were obtained over the channel fill and an adjacent 750 m long, 400 m wide, compound bar, enabling a quantitative analysis of the channel and bar deposits. Results show that, in terms of grain‐size trends, facies proportions and scale of deposits, there are only subtle differences between the channel fill and bar deposits which, therefore, renders them indistinguishable. Thus, it may be inappropriate to assign different geometric and sedimentological attributes to channel fill and bar facies in object‐based models of sandy braided river alluvial architecture.  相似文献   

Assessment of the natural and anthropogenic sources of chemical elements in alluvial soils from the Drava River using multivariate statistical methods   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Robert Šajn  Josip Halamić  Zoran Peh  Lidija Galović  Jasminka Alijagić 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》2011

The objectives of this study are as follows: (a) an assessment of the geochemical background signature of the Drava Valley before the industrial revolution; (b) an evaluation of anthropogenic geochemical influences on the alluvial plains and river terraces in the valley; and (c) a determination of the spatial distribution of trace elements in the alluvial soils of the Drava River downstream of the Austrian–Slovenian border to the confluence of Mura and Drava Rivers.  相似文献   

一次强烈雹暴的多普勒天气雷达资料分析   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

王丛梅  景华  王福侠  王丽荣 《气象科学》2011,31(5):659-665

利用石家庄多普勒天气雷达资料和常规探测资料,对2008年5月17日发生在河北南部的强烈雹暴的生成环境和动力机制以及发展演变特征进行了分析。内蒙古东部冷涡后部的冷空气和低层暖湿气流在河北中南部交汇,导致这个地区上空的层结不稳定,低层的暖切变和地面的东风辐合线为触发系统。高低空急流、不稳定层结、强垂直风切变为强烈雹暴的发生提供了有利的环境条件。强烈雹暴的多普勒天气雷达观测特征表现为一个次超级单体的发展移动过程,呈现回波悬垂和弱回波区特征,强回波核区反射率因子达到73 dBz,三体散射现象明显,对应径向速度图表现为弱中气旋,旋转速度为15 m/s。次超级单体右移特征明显,沿承载层平均风方向偏右侧移动。风暴相对螺旋度(Srh)大值与强雹暴的产生密切相关,0.3～2.1 km的Srh正值出现以及2.1～6.1 km的Srh减小随后迅速增加对冰雹的预报有很好的指示意义。  相似文献   

The Seasonal Variations of Aerosols over East Asia as Jointly Inferred from MODIS and OMI          下载免费PDF全文

LIU Qi  DING Wei-Dong  FU Yun-Fei 《大气和海洋科学快报》2011,4(6):330-337

Data on aerosol optical thickness(AOT) and single scattering albedo(SSA) derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer(MODIS) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument(OMI) measurements,respectively,are used jointly to examine the seasonal variations of aerosols over East Asia.The seasonal signals of the total AOT are well defined and nearly similar over the land and over the ocean.These findings indicate a natural cycle of aerosols that originate primarily from natural emissions. In contrast,the small-sized aerosols represented by the fine-mode AOT,which are primarily generated over the land by human activities,do not have evident seasonalscale fluctuations.A persistent maximum of aerosol loadings centered over the Sichuan basin is associated with considerable amounts of fine-mode aerosols throughout the year.Most regions exhibit a general spring maximum. During the summer,however,the aerosol loadings are the most marked over north central China.This occurrence may result from anthropogenic fine particles,such as sulfate and nitrate.Four typical regions were selected to perform a covariation analysis of the monthly gridded AOT and SSA.Over southwestern and southeastern China,if the aerosol loadings are small to moderate they are composed primarily of the highly absorptive aerosols. However,more substantial aerosol loadings probably represent less-absorptive aerosols.The opposite covariation pattern occurring over the coastal-adjacent oceans suggests that the polluted oceanic atmosphere is closely correlated with the windward terrestrial aerosols.North central China is strongly affected by dust aerosols that show moderate absorption.This finding may explain the lower variability in the SSA that accompanies increasing aerosol loadings in this region.  相似文献   

A parameterization of the wavelength of tidal dunes     

Paolo Blondeaux  Giovanna Vittori 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2011,36(9):1152-1161

The idealized model of Besio et al. (On the formation of sand waves and sand banks. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2006; 557: 1–17) is used to predict the wavelength of tidal dunes (sand waves) generated by tidal currents in estuaries and shallow seas. The predictions are then analysed and a formula is proposed to estimate the wavelength of tidal dunes as a function of the parameters of the problem. The wavelength of the dunes is found to increase when the water depth is increased and/or the strength of the tidal current is decreased. On the other hand, the size of the bottom material (if medium sand is considered) and the tidal ellipticity are found to have a relatively small influence on the length of the bottom forms. The formula proposed provides results which are consistent with field observations of different authors. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Waves and tides responsible for the intermittent closure of the entrance of a small, sheltered tidal wetland at San Francisco, CA     

Daniel M. Hanes  Kristen WardLi H. Erikson 《Continental Shelf Research》2011,31(16):1682-1687

Crissy Field Marsh (CFM; http://www.nps.gov/prsf/planyourvisit/crissy-field-marsh-and-beach.htm) is a small, restored tidal wetland located in the entrance to San Francisco Bay just east of the Golden Gate. The marsh is small but otherwise fairly typical of many such restored wetlands worldwide. The marsh is hydraulically connected to the bay and the adjacent Pacific Ocean by a narrow sandy channel. The channel often migrates and sometimes closes completely, which effectively blocks the tidal connection to the ocean and disrupts the hydraulics and ecology of the marsh. Field measurements of waves and tides have been examined in order to evaluate the conditions responsible for the intermittent closure of the marsh entrance. The most important factor found to bring about the entrance channel closure is the occurrence of large ocean waves. However, there were also a few closure events during times with relatively small offshore waves. Examination of the deep-water directional wave spectra during these times indicates the presence of a small secondary peak corresponding to long period swell from the southern hemisphere, indicating that CFM and San Francisco Bay in general may be more susceptible to long period ocean swell emanating from the south or southwest than the more common ocean waves coming from the northwest. The tidal records during closure events show no strong relationship between closures and tides, other than that closures tend to occur during multi-day periods with successively increasing high tides. It can be inferred from these findings that the most important process to the intermittent closure of the entrance to CFM is littoral sediment transport driven by the influence of ocean swell waves breaking along the CFM shoreline at oblique angles. During periods of large, oblique waves the littoral transport of sand likely overwhelms the scour potential of the tidal flow in the entrance channel.  相似文献   

长周期形变波特征分析   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈双贵  杨斐  陈继锋  闫万生  田文通 《地震研究》2011,34(3):308-312

利用一些大地震前观测到的短临和临震地震前兆异常资料,综述了多年来长周期形变波观测事实和研究状况.利用地震前后记录到的典型震例异常图像的特点、形态、量级,多层次分析了长周期形变波的异常持续时间,有效监测范围,主震震级范围,异常形态,周期及传播速度特性.结果表明:长周期形变波异常持续时间多为震前几个小时到6.5天,对应地震...  相似文献   

Broadband Analytical Solution to the Scattering of Plane SV Waves by Circular Cylindrical Canyons     

Zhong Hui  Zhang Yushan 《中国地震研究》2011,25(1):13-27

Based on Fourier-Bessel series expansion of wave functions,an analytical solution to 2-D scattering ofincident plane SV waves by circular cylindrical canyons with variable depthto-width ratios is deduced in this paper. Unlike other analytical solutions,this paper uses the asymptotic behavior of the cylindrical function to directly define the undetermined coefficients of scattered waves,thus,avoiding solving linear equation systems and the related numerical computation problems under high-frequency incident waves,thereby broadening the applicable frequency range of analytical solutions. Through comparison with existing analytical solutions,the correctness of this solution is demonstrated. Finally, the incident plane SV wave scattering effect under circular cylindrical canyons in wider frequency bands is explored.  相似文献   

平面SV波在层状半空间中沉积谷地周围的散射   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

巴振宁  梁建文 《地震工程与工程振动》2011,31(3):18-26

采用间接边界元方法求解了入射平面SV波在层状半空间中沉积谷地周围的散射问题.问题的解答包含自由场和散射场两部分.自由场可由直接刚度法求得,散射场由层状半空间中斜线荷载动力格林函数来模拟.文中以入射平面SV波在基岩上单一土层中沉积谷地周围散射为例研究了土层和沉积谷地周围的影响.结果表明,由于考虑了土层的动力特性,平面SV...  相似文献   

前兆波及其地震预测意义     

杨军  田韬  卢永 《中国地震》2011,27(2):113-125

通过回顾自20世纪60年代以来地震前兆波的研究与地震预测实践的进展情况,分析利用地震前兆波进行地震预测研究所取得的一些有意义的进展及其在科学上面临的困难,分别对前兆波及其定义、前兆波预测大地震事件基本依据、前兆波观测技术概述、前兆波的地震预测意义进行了探讨.文中定义了地震前兆波,以固体均匀弹性中的介质点波动方程和大量震例总结的前兆波阶段性特征,说明利用地震前兆波预测大地震事件具有坚实的理论基础和实践依据.文中阐述了前兆波观测技术的发展要求,并提出了改变目前的被动观测状况、对观测目标区域发生破坏性地震的短期和临震前兆进行主动观测的科学思路;应强化对地震震源区的观测,利用前兆波携带的信息研究震源及其附近地区的介质参数变化,对实现短临地震预测是有意义的.  相似文献