Paleomagnetic evidence for the emplacement mechanism of an enigmatic boulder accumulation on a coastal cliff top in New South Wales: implications for the Australian Megatsunami Hypothesis     

D. N. Thomas  P. W. Schmidt 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2018,65(4):503-515

Paleomagnetic sampling and measurement of a boulder accumulation on Little Beecroft Head on the Illawarra coastline of New South Wales was undertaken to evaluate potential emplacement mechanisms. This deposit is of central importance in the Australian Megatsunami Hypothesis (AMH) debate, but to date, there has been no unequivocal determination of its provenance. The most likely emplacement mechanisms are by slow collapse during denudation of overlying strata, storm wave overwash or a combination of these. Characteristic Remanent Magnetisation (ChRM) directions were obtained from 15 individual boulders and the in situ bedrock platform on which they currently rest. The in situ Permian bedrock has a normal polarity mean ChRM direction of D/I = 1.6°/–66.7° (α₉₅ = 5.2°; k = 33.9) that is statistically indistinguishable from the Present Earth Field direction at the site. The magnetisation is most likely due to Cenozoic/recent weathering, which is common in surficial rocks throughout the Sydney Basin. ChRM directions for the boulders are stable but scattered, although not random, and the mean boulder direction is indistinguishable in geographic (i.e. current in situ) coordinates, at the 5% significance level, from the mean direction of the in situ bedrock. Further statistical tests confirm that the scatter in the mean directions of the boulders and the in situ bedrock is different, at the 5% significance level, with the boulder mean being more scattered. At an individual boulder level, some blocks have mean ChRM directions that are statistically indistinguishable from the mean in situ rock ChRM direction, whereas others are distinguishable at the 5% significance level.

These results indicate that the boulders were magnetised prior to emplacement but were not moved far from their original positions during emplacement. The emplacement age is constrained to the last ca 780 000 years. These observations strongly support the hypothesis that the Little Beecroft Head boulder deposit was emplaced by a non-catastrophic mechanism, namely slow collapse during denudation of pre-existing cliff material or overtopping from severe storms, which occur regularly on the east coast of New South Wales. Even if a catastrophic wave were responsible, the results constrain the age of that event to be older than 780 000 years. Therefore, the results presented here are not supportive of the AMH as it currently stands. Further paleomagnetic work, on similar deposits along the Illawarra coastline and from elsewhere in Australia, is needed to evaluate the interpretations presented here.  相似文献   

不固结不排水剪试验中多个试样加荷与一个试样多级加荷的应用     

杨建华 《地质灾害与环境保护》2005,16(2):212-214

通过对原状土作多试样加荷与一个试样多级加荷不固结不排水剪试验(UU试验),对两种方法得到的凝聚力c及内摩擦角的值,做F检验。结果表明：只要方法得当,两种测试方法得到的c、φ值无显著性差异。  相似文献   

2013年前郭M_S5.8震群矩张量研究          下载免费PDF全文

刘俊清  刘财  雷建设  甘卫军  杨清福  张晨侠 《地球物理学报》2017,60(9):3418-3431

2013年吉林前郭M_S5.8震群为爆发性震群,目前余震活动仍然在持续.基于吉林、辽宁、黑龙江、内蒙古四省地震台网记录的前郭震群波形资料,利用波形信噪比、震源类型、台站及速度模型组合的指标选择最佳的反演方案,应用矩张量的三种反演模式,对序列中5个M_S≥5.0地震进行矩张量反演研究,获得了全矩张量、偏矩张量和纯双力偶的矩张量.使用F-test对地震的三种模式的矩张量反演结果进行显著性检验来确定最佳反演模式.结果显示,5个地震的最优矩张量解均为全矩张量模式反演获得的结果,其双力偶分量仅有20%~65%,矩心深度位于地下3~4 km处,地震在Hudson震源类型图上的投影远离双力偶震源类型区域.这些结果表明,震源类型并非典型的构造地震,推断前郭地震可能是与人类活动有关的诱发地震.  相似文献   

THE DETECTION OF CLIMATE ABRUPT CHANGE WITH MANN-KENDALL RANK STATISTICS   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2       下载免费PDF全文

Wang Qiang  Fu Congbin 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1992,6(2):254-260

The characteristics of Mann-Kendall Rank Statistics and its applications in detecting abrupt change of climatehave been described.At the same time,a new method is put forward to detect the abrupt change in variance.  相似文献   

形变观测序列变振幅年周期探测方法研究     

王维  李鸿宇  叶碧文  田韬 《大地测量与地球动力学》2020,40(1):7-10

针对形变观测数据振幅非均匀变化的情况,分别采用最小二乘法、基于F检验的分段最小二乘法及滑动傅里叶法进行年周期拟合,通过比较拟合残差分析各种方法的优劣和适用性。结果显示,在年周期振幅不变或渐变的情况下,3种方法拟合效果均较好,滑动傅里叶拟合略优于其他两种方法;在年周期振幅变化复杂且存在相位差的情况下,分段最小二乘法明显最优,但在分段点会产生阶跃及周期不连续的现象。  相似文献   

关于因子显著性问题的F-信度检验法          下载免费PDF全文

陈创买  周文 《热带气象学报》2007,23(6):679-682

在时序方差分析周期外推预测、双重检验逐步回归预测及其他相关问题的分析中,需要从若干因子的F-统计量中选取最大值进行 F-检验来确定这类问题的显著性.研究发现这种检验方法是有问题的、不准确的和会影响气候预测的准确性.这是由于 F-检验是对 F-分布的分位数的检验,其检验标准受到两个自由度的制约而成为变数;存在 F-统计量最大的因子与显著性最高的因子不对应问题.为此提出 F-信度检验法,它是对 F-分布的分布函数的检验.定义因子达到的 F-信度为 F-分布的分布函数值的百分数Pi=(1-α)×100%,它必须利用 F-统计量和两个自由度去计算.设显著性水平为α,则临界 F-信度值为Pα=(1-α)×100%.在理论上这种检验法的临界 F-信度值是唯一的,因而可从若干 F-信度值中选取最大值进行检验.实践证明这种检验法可明显提高对因子显著性问题的判别能力和气候预测水平.  相似文献   

GPS监测网数据质量分析     

田泽海  徐绍铨  余学祥 《全球定位系统》2002,27(5):4-9

为保证GPS监测网络满足监测精度要求，本文提出了GPS外业数据采集，基线解算应采取的措施及数据处理方法，并对两期观测数据及处理结果进行质量分析，以保证变形分析的可靠性。  相似文献   

Seismological evidence for the convergence of crustal stress orientation before large earthquakes   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Yongge Wan    Shuzhong Sheng 《地震学报(英文版)》2009,(6):623-629

Earthquakes are caused by the failure of faults,driven by tectonic stress build-up in the Earth’s crust.To study the earthquake preparation process and assess regional earthquake potentials,it is vitally important to understand the crustal stress evolution process and identify its change in pattern associated with the seismogenic process.In this study we investigate the focal mechanism orientations of earthquakes in southern California from 1982 to 1999,basing on a focal mechanism catalog from Hauksson.We f...  相似文献