The Mushroom Stone Forest, which consists of granite boulders looking like mushrooms with flared sidewalls, is located in eastern Guangdong China, and is a famous scenic spot that draws many tourists each year. The Mu...The Mushroom Stone Forest, which consists of granite boulders looking like mushrooms with flared sidewalls, is located in eastern Guangdong China, and is a famous scenic spot that draws many tourists each year. The Mushroom Stone Forest has been traditionally recognized as a collection of wave erosion landforms and used for the reconstruction of palaeo-sea-level changes along the coastal areas of eastern Guangdong in previous coastal researches. By combining in situ measurements of the aspect,vertical profile and height of boulder sidewalls,palaeo-coastal wave direction estimation, rock density determination, major elemental analysis, and petrographic thin section analysis, this paper presents an alternative origin for the Mushroom Stone Forest.Our results suggest that wave or wind erosion cannot offer a satisfactory explanation for the formation of the Mushroom Stone Forest; The boulders that make up the Mushroom Stone Forest originated from the corestones in the granite weathering crusts of the Little Sangpu Mountain; When the debris of the weathering crust was removed, the corestones are perched on rocky outcrops or half-buried by weathering debris beneath the natural land surface;The flared sidewall (concave vertical profile) of the boulders is a particular form developed in the foot zone of a half-buried boulder through increased chemical weathering beneath the land surface. A recent exposed half-buried boulder found in the study area provides convincing evidence to support this argument. Sea water reached the foot of the Sangpu Mountain during the Holocene transgression, but it merely provided a mechanism to erode the weathering debris from the bottom of the mushroom rocks and enhanced salt weathering that created tafoni on the boulders. These findings demonstrate that the boulders of the Mushroom Stone Forest are not sea stacks and cannot be served as a palaeo-sea-level indicator.展开更多
The mountain wave induced by a ridge in two-layer stratified fluid has been successfully simulated in a tank.The wave pattern is qualitatively similar to that calculated with linear theory.
The Gravity waves activities in the Tibetan Plateau are very complex with different effects and natures that are not clear due to the lack of high resolution data from space and also from ground. In this paper,using C...The Gravity waves activities in the Tibetan Plateau are very complex with different effects and natures that are not clear due to the lack of high resolution data from space and also from ground. In this paper,using COSMICGPS radio occultation data from 2006 to 2014, the atmospheric gravity waves activities and climatologic behaviors in Tibetan stratosphere are studied and analyzed, which show different characteristics. Most of the gravity waves with potential energy(Ep) at altitude of 17-24 km are associated with mountain waves. A good correlation between gravity wave activities and zonal wind flow is found. The distribution of gravity wave(GW) activities in Tibet is strongly connected with zonal wind variation and topography. GW activities are enhanced in winter seasons and decreased in summer seasons since strong western winds persist at all heights of the Tibetan troposphere. The gravity waves generated in the Tibetan area are mostly related to the orography of the area. The vertical wavelengths of GWS are shorter.Gravity waves in the Northwest have different vertical wavelengths in the Southeastern part of Tibetan Plateau, and dominant wavelengths are 3-5 km in the Northwest and 2-3 km in the Southeast,respectively. In the summer, the Northwestern part is the main source of wave generation while in the winter the GW is generated almost from all peaks of the Tibetan Plateau. Gravity waves in the region are clearly related to deep convection, which can also be proved by the inverse relation of Outgoing long wave radiation(OLR) and potential energy(Ep).展开更多
针对我国陡峭地形数值预报难题,本文在国际先进WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)模式动力框架中引入阶梯地形垂直坐标,以期为改进复杂地形区域数值天气预报提供模式发展可选方案。设计气柱质量变换方法,实现阶梯地形和追随地形两...针对我国陡峭地形数值预报难题,本文在国际先进WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)模式动力框架中引入阶梯地形垂直坐标,以期为改进复杂地形区域数值天气预报提供模式发展可选方案。设计气柱质量变换方法,实现阶梯地形和追随地形两种垂直坐标下动力方程组的形式一致,从而简化方程组离散及程序实现的复杂过程。阶梯地形的构造借鉴了AREM(Advanced Regional Eta-coordinate Model)的设计思路,即首先构造参考大气,而后定义阶梯地形网格特征量,最后进行阶梯地形表达。在Eta坐标下的WRF动力框架搭建完成后,采用山脉波理想试验和实例试验对新动力框架的正确性和有效性进行了检验。结果表明:由于阶梯地形固有的孤立分布特征,可造成不同台阶处气流的分离,从而使得阶梯地形在较粗垂直分辨率情形下,不能很好模拟山脉波;但如果垂直分层足够精细,或模拟时间足够长,可通过减弱气流分离现象或调整气流分布状态,对地形波进行有效刻画。展开更多
A series of parallel normal faults are distributed in the Helan Mountain-Yinchuan Basin tectonic belt,where a historical M8.0 earthquake occurred.It is rare that such a great earthquake occurs in a normal fault system...A series of parallel normal faults are distributed in the Helan Mountain-Yinchuan Basin tectonic belt,where a historical M8.0 earthquake occurred.It is rare that such a great earthquake occurs in a normal fault system within the continent.To deeply understand the fine structure of the normal fault system,we deployed 104 broadband temporary stations near the system,collected data from permanent stations and other temporary stations nearby,and obtained the high-precision threedimensional S-wave velocity structure beneath 206 stations via joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave.A typical graben-in-graben feature bounded by four major faults was identified in the Yinchuan Basin.We analyzed the seismicity in the normal fault system and found a seismic strip in the southern part of the basin,where there are significant changes in the sedimentary thickness,which is speculated to be the southern boundary of the normal fault system.There are significant differences in the crustal thickness and velocity structure in the crust on both sides of the boundary between the Helan Mountain and the Yinchuan Basin,and a low-velocity zone was identified in the upper mantle beneath this boundary,which could be related to the fact that the Helan Mountain-Yinchuan Basin tectonic belt is located between the Alxa Block and the Ordos Block.The M8.0 Yinchuan-Pingluo earthquake occurred at the junction of four major faults in the Yinchuan Basin,which was located in the high-velocity zone near the velocity transition zone at the basin-mountain boundary.The low-velocity zone in the upper mantle beneath this boundary may have promoted the nucleation of this earthquake.Based on evidence from geological drilling,micro seismicity,the regional stress field,and the velocity models obtained in this study,it is inferred that the eastern piedmont fault zone of the Helan Mountain was the seismogenic fault of the 1739 M8.0 Yinchuan-Pingluo earthquake.展开更多
On studying traveling waves on a nonlinearly suspended bridge,the following partial differential equation has been considered:\$\$u\-\{tt\}+u\-\{xxxx\}+f(u)=0,\$\$where f(u)=u\++-1 .Here the bridge is seen as a vib...On studying traveling waves on a nonlinearly suspended bridge,the following partial differential equation has been considered:\$\$u\-\{tt\}+u\-\{xxxx\}+f(u)=0,\$\$where f(u)=u\++-1 .Here the bridge is seen as a vibrating beam supported by cables,which are treated as a spring with a one\|sided restoring force.The existence of a traveling wave solution to the above piece\|wise linear equation has been proved by solving the equation explicitly (McKenna & Walter in 1990).Recently the result has been extended to a group of equations with more general nonlinearities such as f(u)=u\++-1+g(u) (Chen & McKenna,1997).However,the restrictions on g(u) do not allow the resulting restoring force function to increase faster than the linear function u-1 for u >1.Since an interesting “multiton” behavior,that is ,two traveling waves appear to emerge intact after interacting nonlinearly with each other,has been observed in numerical experiments for a fast\|increasing nonlinearity f(u)=e u-1 -1 ,it hints that the conclusion of the existence of a traveling wave solution with fast\|increasing nonlinearities shall be valid as well.\;In this paper,the restoring force function of the form f(u)=u·h(u)-1 is considered.It is shown that a traveling wave solution exists when h(u)≥1 for u≥1 (with other assumptions which will be detailed in the paper),and hence allows f to grow faster than u-1 .It is shown that a solution can be obtained as a saddle point in a variational formulation.It is also easy to construct such fast\|increasing f(u) 's for more numerical tests.展开更多
基金jointly funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (41571002)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, China (2015A030313385)Foundation for the Young Creative Talent Foundation in Higher Education of Guangdong, China (2014KQNCX193)
文摘The Mushroom Stone Forest, which consists of granite boulders looking like mushrooms with flared sidewalls, is located in eastern Guangdong China, and is a famous scenic spot that draws many tourists each year. The Mushroom Stone Forest has been traditionally recognized as a collection of wave erosion landforms and used for the reconstruction of palaeo-sea-level changes along the coastal areas of eastern Guangdong in previous coastal researches. By combining in situ measurements of the aspect,vertical profile and height of boulder sidewalls,palaeo-coastal wave direction estimation, rock density determination, major elemental analysis, and petrographic thin section analysis, this paper presents an alternative origin for the Mushroom Stone Forest.Our results suggest that wave or wind erosion cannot offer a satisfactory explanation for the formation of the Mushroom Stone Forest; The boulders that make up the Mushroom Stone Forest originated from the corestones in the granite weathering crusts of the Little Sangpu Mountain; When the debris of the weathering crust was removed, the corestones are perched on rocky outcrops or half-buried by weathering debris beneath the natural land surface;The flared sidewall (concave vertical profile) of the boulders is a particular form developed in the foot zone of a half-buried boulder through increased chemical weathering beneath the land surface. A recent exposed half-buried boulder found in the study area provides convincing evidence to support this argument. Sea water reached the foot of the Sangpu Mountain during the Holocene transgression, but it merely provided a mechanism to erode the weathering debris from the bottom of the mushroom rocks and enhanced salt weathering that created tafoni on the boulders. These findings demonstrate that the boulders of the Mushroom Stone Forest are not sea stacks and cannot be served as a palaeo-sea-level indicator.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China.partly supported by the President Foundation of Peking Universitythe State Key Project 96-908-02-02 in the Ninth FiveYear Plan.
文摘The mountain wave induced by a ridge in two-layer stratified fluid has been successfully simulated in a tank.The wave pattern is qualitatively similar to that calculated with linear theory.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Project(Grant No.11573052)
文摘The Gravity waves activities in the Tibetan Plateau are very complex with different effects and natures that are not clear due to the lack of high resolution data from space and also from ground. In this paper,using COSMICGPS radio occultation data from 2006 to 2014, the atmospheric gravity waves activities and climatologic behaviors in Tibetan stratosphere are studied and analyzed, which show different characteristics. Most of the gravity waves with potential energy(Ep) at altitude of 17-24 km are associated with mountain waves. A good correlation between gravity wave activities and zonal wind flow is found. The distribution of gravity wave(GW) activities in Tibet is strongly connected with zonal wind variation and topography. GW activities are enhanced in winter seasons and decreased in summer seasons since strong western winds persist at all heights of the Tibetan troposphere. The gravity waves generated in the Tibetan area are mostly related to the orography of the area. The vertical wavelengths of GWS are shorter.Gravity waves in the Northwest have different vertical wavelengths in the Southeastern part of Tibetan Plateau, and dominant wavelengths are 3-5 km in the Northwest and 2-3 km in the Southeast,respectively. In the summer, the Northwestern part is the main source of wave generation while in the winter the GW is generated almost from all peaks of the Tibetan Plateau. Gravity waves in the region are clearly related to deep convection, which can also be proved by the inverse relation of Outgoing long wave radiation(OLR) and potential energy(Ep).
文摘针对我国陡峭地形数值预报难题,本文在国际先进WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)模式动力框架中引入阶梯地形垂直坐标,以期为改进复杂地形区域数值天气预报提供模式发展可选方案。设计气柱质量变换方法,实现阶梯地形和追随地形两种垂直坐标下动力方程组的形式一致,从而简化方程组离散及程序实现的复杂过程。阶梯地形的构造借鉴了AREM(Advanced Regional Eta-coordinate Model)的设计思路,即首先构造参考大气,而后定义阶梯地形网格特征量,最后进行阶梯地形表达。在Eta坐标下的WRF动力框架搭建完成后,采用山脉波理想试验和实例试验对新动力框架的正确性和有效性进行了检验。结果表明:由于阶梯地形固有的孤立分布特征,可造成不同台阶处气流的分离,从而使得阶梯地形在较粗垂直分辨率情形下,不能很好模拟山脉波;但如果垂直分层足够精细,或模拟时间足够长,可通过减弱气流分离现象或调整气流分布状态,对地形波进行有效刻画。
基金China University of Geosciences(Beijing)and the National Key R&D Program Key technologies and application of 3D modeling of active faults for three different structural types(Grant No.2018YFC1504100)for providing the 3D fault data of the normal fault system in the Yinchuan Basinsupported by the Special Fund of the Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration(Grant No.DQJB19A35)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41974058)the National Key R&D Program(Grant No.2018YFC1504103)。
文摘A series of parallel normal faults are distributed in the Helan Mountain-Yinchuan Basin tectonic belt,where a historical M8.0 earthquake occurred.It is rare that such a great earthquake occurs in a normal fault system within the continent.To deeply understand the fine structure of the normal fault system,we deployed 104 broadband temporary stations near the system,collected data from permanent stations and other temporary stations nearby,and obtained the high-precision threedimensional S-wave velocity structure beneath 206 stations via joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave.A typical graben-in-graben feature bounded by four major faults was identified in the Yinchuan Basin.We analyzed the seismicity in the normal fault system and found a seismic strip in the southern part of the basin,where there are significant changes in the sedimentary thickness,which is speculated to be the southern boundary of the normal fault system.There are significant differences in the crustal thickness and velocity structure in the crust on both sides of the boundary between the Helan Mountain and the Yinchuan Basin,and a low-velocity zone was identified in the upper mantle beneath this boundary,which could be related to the fact that the Helan Mountain-Yinchuan Basin tectonic belt is located between the Alxa Block and the Ordos Block.The M8.0 Yinchuan-Pingluo earthquake occurred at the junction of four major faults in the Yinchuan Basin,which was located in the high-velocity zone near the velocity transition zone at the basin-mountain boundary.The low-velocity zone in the upper mantle beneath this boundary may have promoted the nucleation of this earthquake.Based on evidence from geological drilling,micro seismicity,the regional stress field,and the velocity models obtained in this study,it is inferred that the eastern piedmont fault zone of the Helan Mountain was the seismogenic fault of the 1739 M8.0 Yinchuan-Pingluo earthquake.
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China! (19701029) by Outstanding Young Teacher Foundation of Chi
文摘On studying traveling waves on a nonlinearly suspended bridge,the following partial differential equation has been considered:\$\$u\-\{tt\}+u\-\{xxxx\}+f(u)=0,\$\$where f(u)=u\++-1 .Here the bridge is seen as a vibrating beam supported by cables,which are treated as a spring with a one\|sided restoring force.The existence of a traveling wave solution to the above piece\|wise linear equation has been proved by solving the equation explicitly (McKenna & Walter in 1990).Recently the result has been extended to a group of equations with more general nonlinearities such as f(u)=u\++-1+g(u) (Chen & McKenna,1997).However,the restrictions on g(u) do not allow the resulting restoring force function to increase faster than the linear function u-1 for u >1.Since an interesting “multiton” behavior,that is ,two traveling waves appear to emerge intact after interacting nonlinearly with each other,has been observed in numerical experiments for a fast\|increasing nonlinearity f(u)=e u-1 -1 ,it hints that the conclusion of the existence of a traveling wave solution with fast\|increasing nonlinearities shall be valid as well.\;In this paper,the restoring force function of the form f(u)=u·h(u)-1 is considered.It is shown that a traveling wave solution exists when h(u)≥1 for u≥1 (with other assumptions which will be detailed in the paper),and hence allows f to grow faster than u-1 .It is shown that a solution can be obtained as a saddle point in a variational formulation.It is also easy to construct such fast\|increasing f(u) 's for more numerical tests.
