Scale Dependencies of Vegetation and Topography in a Mountainous Environment of Montana   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：2  

Ling Bian  Stephen J. Walsh 《The Professional geographer》1993,45(1):1-11

This research examines the effects of spatial scale on estimating the relationship between vegetation biomass and topography within a portion of Glacier National Park, Montana. The Reflectance/Absorptance vegetation index, developed from processed Landsat Thematic Mapper digital data, is related to three topographic variables obtained through processed Digital Elevation Models: elevation, slope angle, and slope aspect. R² values between the vegetation index and the topographic variables are obtained from regression analyses at a series of aggregated spatial scales. The effective range of spatial scales within which the two sets of variables are spatially dependent and the degree of the spatial dependencies are characterized through semivariance and fractal analyses.  相似文献   

Highly Localized Vernacular Regionalization in the Allentown-Bethlehem Area,PA-NJ*     

Douglas E. Heath 《The Professional geographer》1993,45(3):251-263

Yi-Fu Tuan's cognitive theory of the construction of place suggests the need for a higher level of resolution in research on American local vernacular regions. A survey-based case study of the Allentown-Bethlehem area demonstrates that municipal data can substantially refine an existing county-based delimitation by revealing previously undocumented regions and subregions, areas with mixed regional identity, and areas lacking regional identity. The resulting delimitations of subcounty vernacular regions are sufficiently precise to disclose a striking correspondence with area school districts.  相似文献   

Band-limited heterogeneous fractal structure of earthquakes and acoustic-emission events     

Xinglin Lei  Osamu Nishizawa  Kinichiro Kusunose 《Geophysical Journal International》1993,115(1):79-84

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安徽庐江龙桥铁矿含矿地层的古地磁学研究          下载免费PDF全文

阎桂林  魏燕平 《地球科学》1994,19(5):695-700

通过对安徽庐江龙桥铁矿ＺＫ１００４孔（深６１７ｍ）１３２个古地磁标本的研究，认为该矿区赋矿地层的时代应属晚侏罗世（１３６－１４７Ｍａ）；其上覆火山岩地层应旭属下白垩统；将龙门院组、砖桥组划归下白垩统较为合理。  相似文献   

地质流体与构造运动   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

陶于祥  谢鸿森 《地球科学进展》1994,9(3):24-29

运用大量的研究成果，综述了地质流体与岩石应变、微观裂隙开合，宏观（中等规模）褶皱、断裂的相互关系。并指出今后尚须加强中型构造运动过程中流体动力学基础理论、差异应力作用下水岩地球化学及其模拟实验、流体与灾害构造（泥石流、滑坡等）的关系等方面的研究。  相似文献   

Site effects in Mexico City eight years after the September 1985 Michoacan earthquakes     

Francisco J. Chvez-García  Pierre-Yves Bard 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》1994,13(4)

The purpose of this paper is to take a comprehensive look at site effects in Mexico City for the 1985 Michoacan earthquake. We examine, successively, 1D and 2D models. For the latter, we consider in detail both large scale and small scale heterogeneities, using extensively the Aki-Larner wave propagation method, in the version given by Bard and Gariel. In particular, we make a critical review of the different explanations proposed for the large duration of strong ground motion in the lake zone. Our purpose is two-sided. We first outline the difference between what is well established and what remains still unexplained regarding the seismic response of Mexico City basin. On the other hand, we wish to make explicit the conditions that the proposed models require to explain strong motion duration. Our results allow us to qualify the models proposed to date and to point out what could be the experiments and the new data required to find a truly satisfactory explanation of strong ground motion at Mexico City.  相似文献   

岩体结构面力学行为的尺寸效应研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

章仁友  杜时贵 《地质科技情报》1993,12(2):97-103

尺寸效应是岩体结构面力学行为的重要特征。本文列举了结构面力学行为中普遍存在的尺寸效应现象,并由实测统计资料的分析,论证了结构面力学行为的尺寸效应具有分形结构。通过结构面力学行为尺寸效应的机理研究,建立了结构面力学行为尺寸效应分维数和结构面粗糙度系数尺寸效应分维数之间的相关关系,从而简化了结构面力学行为尺寸效应规律的表述,为客观评价岩体结构面力学参数提供最为有效的手段。  相似文献   

The Effect of Scale and Criticality in Rock Slope Stability     

M. Borri-Brunetto  A. Carpinteri  B. Chiaia 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2004,37(2):117-126

Summary The apparent shear strength of rock discontinuities is considerably smaller than that of small scale samples. At the same time, the sliding behavior is characterized, in situ, by marked instabilities, with the typical features of Critical Phenomena. Contact mechanics permits to calculate normal and tangential forces at any point, and to follow the stick-slip transition for arbitrary loading histories. On the other hand, the above aspects are not captured by the classical theories, including those based on roughness indices. We argue that the multiscale topology of contact domains plays a fundamental role in determining the behavior of rock joints. In particular, experiments and numerical simulations show that these domains are lacunar sets with fractal dimension smaller than 2.0. This provides peculiar scaling of normal and tangential pressures at the interface, and the consequent size-dependence of the apparent friction coefficient. Moreover, we implement Renormalization Group to determine the critical point (e.g. the critical shear force) when rock sliding occurs. We show that the critical force is less than the one predicted by the classical Coulombs theory, and that it depends on the specimen size and on the topology of the interface. The same reasoning can be extended to other phenomena, e.g., to the rupture of brittle materials.  相似文献   

Fast modeling of cross-covariances in the LMC: A tool for data integration     

J. A.?Vargas-GuzmánEmail author 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2004,18(2):91-99

Although modeling of cross-covariances by fitting the linear model of coregionalization (LMC) is considered a cumbersome task, cross-covariances are the key for integration of data for multiple attributes in environmental hydrology, aquifer and reservoir characterizations using multivariate geostatistics. This paper proposes a novel method of modeling cross-covariances in the linear model of coregionalization (LMC). The classic minimum/maximum autocorrelation factors (MAF) method is analyzed and found to be a good tool to discriminate the elementary nested structures of directional sample covariance matrices. Thus, separate modeling of the scalar sample covariance for each MAF factor may allow to obtain the complete LMC model for the original attributes after a back rotation of the diagonal model covariance matrix of directional factors. However, such a back rotation is not computable following the classic MAF formulation. This paper introduces an ambi-rotational minimum/maximum autocorrelation factors (AMAF) method that allows a back and forth double rotation of the directional diagonal model covariance matrix for factors. This approach provides a device for modeling of the full matrix of directional covariance and cross-covariance for the original attributes in the LMC without recurring to iterations. In this way, the use of multivariate geostatistics for data integration is allowed avoiding collocated approaches or rotation and modeling of data factor scores. The method is illustrated with an example for covariances for three attributes.  相似文献   

Sustainable development and management of an aquifer system in western Turkey     

Jale?SakiyanEmail author  Hasan?Yazicigil 《Hydrogeology Journal》2004,12(1):66-80

This study presents the establishment of sustainable development and management policies for the Küçük Menderes River Basin aquifer system in western Turkey. Geological, hydrogeological, and geophysical data are used conjunctively to define various hydrogeological units and their geometry. Distributions of hydraulic-parameter values and recharge are estimated by geostatistical methods and hydrologic simulations, respectively. A finite-difference groundwater flow model is used to represent the unconfined flow in the aquifer system. The model has been calibrated under steady state and transient conditions. The resulting model was used to test seven management scenarios for a planning period of 21 years to determine the so-called safe yield and sustainable yield of the aquifer system and to investigate the potential impacts of four planned surface water reservoirs on groundwater resources in the basin. The results demonstrate that the continuation of the present pumping rates exceeds both the safe yield and the sustainable yield of the aquifer system. Consequently, the growing need for irrigation water should be met by the construction of the planned surface water reservoirs and the implementation of efficient water management policies and plans.

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Resumen Este estudio presenta el establecimiento de políticas sustentables de desarrollo y gestión en el sistema acuífero de la cuenca del río Küçük Menderes, al Oeste de Turquía, para lo que se ha utilizado datos geológicos, hidrogeológicos y geofísicos de forma conjunta de cara a definir diversas unidades hidrogeológicas y su geometría. La distribución de los parámetros hidráulicos y de la recarga ha sido estimada mediante métodos geoestadísticos y simulaciones hidrológicas, respectivamente. Se ha empleado un modelo de las aguas subterráneas en diferencias finitas para representar el flujo no confinado en el sistema acuífero, el cual se ha calibrado bajo condiciones estacionarias y transitorias. El modelo resultante ha sido usado para contrastar siete escenarios de gestión durante un período de planificación de 21 años con el fin de determinar el punto de explotación segura y sustentable del sistema acuífero, así como para investigar los impactos potenciales sobre los recursos subterráneos de los cuatro embalses superficiales que se hallan en proyecto. Los resultados demuestran que el mantenimiento de las tasas actuales de extracción del acuífero supera tanto el régimen de bombeo seguro como el sustentable del sistema. Por consiguiente, se debería compensar la necesidad creciente de agua para riego con la construcción de los reservorios superficiales previstos y con la implementación de políticas y planes de gestión eficiente del agua.

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Résumé Cette étude présente la proposition dune politique de développement et de gestion durables du système aquifère du bassin du Petit Mendérès dans louest de la Turquie. Des données géologiques, hydrogéologiques et géophysiques ont été utilisées conjointement pour définir les différentes unités hydrogéologiques et leur géométrie. Les distributions des paramètres hydrauliques et de la recharge ont été estimées respectivement par des méthodes géostatistiques et des simulations hydrologiques. Un modèle découlement souterrain aux éléments finis a été utilisé pour représenter lécoulement non captif dans le système aquifère. Le modèle a été calibré dans des conditions de régimes permanent et transitoire. Le modèle résultant a servi à tester sept scénarios de gestion pour une période de programmation de 21 ans, afin de déterminer les débits de prélèvement sûr et durable dans le système aquifère et détudier les impacts potentiels de quatre réservoirs deau de surface en projet sur les eaux souterraines du bassin. Les résultats montrent que la poursuite des prélèvements au débit actuel excède aussi bien le débit dexploitation de sécurité que celui durable pour le système aquifère. Par conséquent, les besoins croissants deau pour lirrigation doivent être satisfaits par la construction des réservoirs projetés et par la mise en place de politiques et de plans de gestion de leau efficace.

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