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SIMON J. COOK PETER G. KNIGHT DEBORAH A. KNIGHT RICHARD I. WALLER 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2012,94(3):351-362
Debris in basal ice produced by glaciohydraulic supercooling is typically characterized by high proportions of silt. A prominent hypothesis for this silt‐dominance is that frazil ice growing in supercooled water preferentially traps silt from sediment‐laden water percolating through it. It has therefore been suggested that silt‐dominance may be diagnostic of glaciohydraulic supercooling. The aim of our work is to test this hypothesis that freezing sediment‐laden supercooled water necessarily produces ice dominated by silt. We do this by simulating two freezing processes under laboratory conditions: (1) percolation of sediment‐laden water through frazil ice; (2) turbulent supercooling and subsequent freezing of sediment‐laden water. In experiments repeated using different particle sizes (sand, silt and clay in individual experiments) both processes entrained sand most effectively and silt least effectively. In experiments using a sediment mixture dominated by medium to coarse silt, both processes produced ice facies dominated by particle sizes between fine sand and coarse silt. These results suggest that silt‐dominance should therefore not be expected for supercooled freeze‐on, and is not a reliable diagnostic signature for supercooling. The silt‐dominated character of basal ice types associated with supercooling may result from other controls such as a silt‐dominated sediment supply or subglacial water flow rates, rather than the freezing process. 相似文献
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Donald W. KNIGHT 《国际泥沙研究》1999,(2)
IINTRODUCTIONCompoundortWo-stagechannelshavereceivedconsiderableattentioninrecentyearsduetotheirrelevancetofloodstudiesinnaturalrivers,theirsignificanceinunderstandingrivermol'phology,andtheiruseinsomefloodalleviationschemeswherethefloodplainshavebeenartificiallyloweredtoproduceengineeredchannels.ThispaperreviewsworkwhichhasbeenundertakenintheUKFloodChannelFacility(FCF)overthepastdecade.TheACewasbuiltatHRWallingfordin1986,asalargescalenationalfacilityforhydraulicengineeringstUdies.T… 相似文献
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IINTRODUCTIONTheNianchuRiverCatchmentisoneofthemaingrainproducingareasofTibet.TheengineeringregulationoftheriverisanimportantcomponentofstatekeyprojectofChina,"OneRiverandTwoTributariesProject"."OneRiver"herestandsfortheYarlungZhangboRiverandthe"TwoTributaries"aretheNianchuRiverandtheLasaRiverinCentral-SouthernTibet.InordertoimprovethewaterresourcesandtopreventfloodinginTibet,aseriesofhydropowerstations,irrigationdiversionprojects,floodcontrollevees,andreforestationprogramshaveb… 相似文献
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Microscopic fluid distribution can have a significant effect on the dielectric properties of partially saturated rocks. Evidence of this effect is found in the laboratory data presented by Knight and Nur in which different methods for controlling saturation produced very different results for the dependence of the dielectric response on water saturation. In this study, previously derived models for the dielectric response of a heterogeneous medium are generalized and the case of a pore space occupied by multiple pore fluids is considered. By using various geometrical distributions of water and gas, it is observed that both the pore geometry in which saturation conditions are changing and the gas–water geometry within a given pore space are critical factors in determining the effective dielectric response of a partially saturated rock. As an example, data for a tight gas sandstone undergoing a cycle of imbibition and drying are analysed. Previous research has demonstrated that significantly different microscopic fluid distributions result from the application of these two techniques to control the level of water saturation. By approximating these microscopic fluid distributions using simple geometrical models, good agreement is found between experimental data and calculated dielectric properties. 相似文献
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JASPER KNIGHT 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2009,38(3):545-554
Subglacial erosional forms are commonly found on bedrock substrates inside the Late Weichselian ice margin in County Donegal, northwest Ireland, and can be used to provide detailed information on subglacial processes and environments. The erosional forms occur on spatial scales from whalebacks (tens of metres in scale), to asymmetric and channelized bedrock-cut scours (tens of cm in scale) and striations (mm scale). Processes responsible for development of subglacial erosional forms occur along a continuum, from free meltwater existing as a laterally extensive sheet at the ice-bed interface, to abrasion by basal ice. Channelized bedrock-cut scours are particularly common in County Donegal, and show asymmetric and meandering thalwegs, U-shaped cross-profiles and steep lateral margins. Innermost parts of the scours are highly polished and have striations that follow thalweg direction. In places, bedrock surfaces are overlain by a delicate polish and thin calcite cement, and are buried beneath glacial till. Based on their morphology, the bedrock scours are interpreted as s-forms caused by high-pressure subglacial meltwater erosion. Striations within the scoured channels reflect periods of ice-bed coupling and subglacial abrasion. The range of features observed here was used to consider relationships between subglacial topography, hydraulic processes and ice-bed coupling. Precipitation of calcite cement took place in depressions on the bedrock surface by CO2 degassing. Infilling of depressions by glacial till formed a new type of 'sticky spot' related to spatial variations in subglacial water pressure. The temporal evolution of sticky spots reflects interactions within the subglacial environment between subglacial relief, hydraulic regime and ice-bed coupling. 相似文献
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In the Tempo Valley, north-central Ireland, flat-lying calcareous concretions are found within massive sand beds of glaciofluvial outwash which were deposited during the late Weichselian deglacial cycle. ( c . 17 000 14 000 BP). Morphologically, concretions (< 20 cm long. I I cm wide, 3 cm thick) arc bladcd to disc-shaped, lie parallel to sediment bedding planes, and have long axes aligned perpendicular to ice retreat direction. Internally, concretions are massive to framework-supported and were formed as calcareous cements precipitated from solute-rich groundwatcrs. Concretions, related to steep groundwater gradients and vigorous groundwater circulation cells, were formed proglacially at the base of a thin (1.5-2.0 m deep) layer of discontinuous permafrost as meltwater was actively expelled from the retreating ice margin. The presence of a discontinuous permafrost substrate can also help explain regional-scale geomorphic patterns indicating stagnation zone retreat of the Tempo Valley ice mass. 相似文献
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JASPER KNIGHT 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2011,40(2):289-302
Knight, J. 2010: Subglacial processes and drumlin formation in a confined bedrock valley, northwest Ireland. Boreas, 10.1111/j.1502‐3885.2010.00182.x. ISSN 0300‐9483. Subglacial processes beneath the Late Weichselian ice sheet in northwest Ireland are deduced from sediments and structures within drumlins in a bedrock valley at Loughros Beg, County Donegal. Here, a glacially smoothed bedrock surface underlies the drumlins, which are composed on their up‐ice side of stacked, angular rafts of local bedrock. Overlying and down‐ice from these rafts are down‐ice‐dipping beds of massive to bedded diamicton that contain sand and gravel interbeds. In a down‐ice direction the diamicton matrix coarsens and the beds become laterally transitional to water‐sorted gravels. The down‐ice end of one drumlin shows a concentrically bedded stratified gravel core aligned parallel to ice flow and resembling the internal structure of an esker. With distance away from this core, the gravels become more poorly sorted with an increase in matrix content, and are transitional to massive to stratified diamicton. A four‐stage model describes the formation of drumlins in this sediment‐poor setting. The sediments that are located directly above the bedrock represent deposition in a semi‐enclosed subglacial cavity. A trigger for this process was the formation of subglacial relief by the thrusting up of bedrock rafts, which created the leeside cavity. Subsequent sediment deposition into this cavity represents a form of feedback (self‐regulation), which may be a typical characteristic of subglacial processes in sediment‐poor settings. 相似文献