Ion acoustic instability of HPT particles,FAC density,anomalous resistivity and parallel electric field in the auroral region

During the magnetic storm of 21st March 1990, the DE-1 spacecraft encountered the auroral region at high invariant latitude at altitudes ranging from a few thousand kilometers in the ionosphere to many earth radii in the magnetosphere. The magnetic field perturbations interpretable as field aligned current (FAC) layers and the electrostatic turbulence possibly due to electrostatic ion acoustic instability driven by these currents are shown. The critical drift velocity of Hot Plasma Torus (HPT) electrons and the growth rate of ion acoustic wave as a function of electron to ion temperature ratio (T _e/T_i) for low and high current densities and energy of HPT electrons are found out. The intense FAC destabilizes the ion acoustic wave and the resultant electrostatic turbulence creates an anomalous resistivity. The current driven resistivity produces parallel electric field and high power dissipation. The anomalous resistivityη, potential difference along the auroral field lines V_t|, intensity of electric field turbulenceE _t| and power produced per unit volumeP are computed. It is found that the change in westward magnetic perturbation increasesJ _t|, η, V_t|, E_t| andP. Hence HPT electrons are heated and accelerated due to power dissipation during magnetically active periods in the auroral region. Concerning, applications, such HPT electrons can be used in particle accelerators like electron ring accelerator, smokatron etc.     

The signature of the interplanetary magnetic field components on the low latitude geomagnetic field disturbance

The signature of the interplanetary magnetic field componentB _y andB _z and their effects on the low lattitude field are studied for Alibag station. It has been found that the direction and magnitude of theB _y component of IMF have their signatures on the low latitude geomagnetic field, varying with the time of the day and season.     

地磁场数据处理关键技术应用

地磁场数据处理涉及的内容颇多。实际工作中,应该针对地磁场异常特点和需要解决的地质问题,必须抓住数据处理的关键技术。本文通过对已知矿区地磁场数据的曲化平、向下延拓、局部场和背景场的分离等关键技术的应用,结果表明,经三种地磁场数据处理关键技术的应用,取得了良好的地质效果。     

地球磁场的特性与分类研究

针对地球磁场起源研究中存在的有关地球磁极问题,在分析地球磁场特征的基础上,从地球磁场的成因和形成磁场的组合形式两方面,对地球磁场进行了分类。研究认为：地球磁场不仅具有突变性和偶极性,而且具有瞬时性、不变性等特征,初步分析了各种特性的影响原因。指出地球磁场具有二分结构,不同的分类方案可得到不同的分类结果,地球磁场可以分为...     

Tectonomagnetic study in the seismoactive area of Narmada-Son lineament,central India: Preliminary results on repeat field observations

Repeated measurements of the total geomagnetic field on the five profiles have revealed a picture of stress-induced tectonomagnetic effect in the form of secular variation of the total geomagnetic field in the tectonically and seismically active area of Jabalpur and adjoining areas of the Narmada-Son lineament (NSL), central India. For this experiment, a reference base station was established within the study area at Jabalpur. Using proton precession magnetometers with a sensitivity of 0.1 nT, simultaneous measurements of total geomagnetic field were made annually at the base and all field stations. Five cycles of repeated observations have been performed between 2003 and 2007. For data analysis, a difference method has been applied and the residuals have been calculated as secular variations of the total geomagnetic field with values ranging from ±0.1nT to about ±14.6nT/yr over the different stations. The anomalies in secular variation of the total geomagnetic field may be related to anomalous accumulation of tectonic stresses and tensions on the deep fault zones and crustal blocks due to recent geodynamic processes and active geological inhomogeneities in the NSL.     

古地磁场研究:挑战与机遇

地磁场源于地核流体的运动,至少已有约35亿年历史。地磁场的起源及演化一直是地球科学研究的前沿领域之一,这是因为它既是地球宜居环境的重要保障,也是探究地球系统各圈层联系的重要途径。本文重点围绕保留在岩石中的"深时"古地磁场记录,分析在地球内部磁场的形成与维持、地磁场极性倒转、以及地磁场强度变化等古地磁场研究三个方面的主要进展及面临的挑战。同时,结合古地磁测试技术的革新,磁发电机实验和超算模拟的应用,生物磁学的发展,阐述古地磁与地质学多学科交叉研究有望在揭示古地磁场变化及其对生物演化方面的贡献。对古地磁场变化的研究不仅有助于理解地磁场的起源与演化规律,也对认识地球的早期演化,甚至其它行星的演化有重要意义。     

Analysis of geomagnetic field along seismic profile P4 of the International Project POLONAISE'97

This paper presents relative secular variations of the total intensity of the geomagnetic field against a background of results of magnetic anomaly interpretation along seismic profile P4. Profile P4 crosses a Variscan folding zone in the Paleozoic Platform (PLZ), the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ), and the Polish part of the East European Craton (EEC). Secular geomagnetic field variations measured in 1966–2000 along a line adjacent to seismic profile P4 were analysed. The study of secular variations, reduced to the base recordings at the Belsk Magnetic Observatory, showed that the growth of geomagnetic field at the East European Craton was slower than in the Trans-European Suture Zone and the Paleozoic Platform.A 2D crustal magnetic model was interpreted as a result of magnetic modelling, in which seismic, geological and geothermal data were also used. The modelling showed that there were significant differences in the magnetic model for geotectonic units, which had been earlier determined based on deep seismic survey data. It should be noted that a fundamental change of trend of the relative secular variations was observed at the slope of the Precambrian Platform. After analysing the geomagnetic field observed along profile P4, the hypothesis that the contact between Phanerozoic and Precambrian Europe lies in Poland's territory can be proven.     

Geomagnetic field variations in seismic waves traveling across a fault

The results of regular instrumental observations over geomagnetic field variations in the zones of influence of tectonic faults during movement of seismic waves of varied intensity are presented. It has been shown that seismic waves with an amplitude more than 5–10 μm/s, traveling across the fault zone, always produced geomagnetic field variations. At weaker seismic disturbances, geomagnetic field variations are of the “glimmer” character, and the relative frequency of appearance of the effect drops as the seismic wave amplitude decreases. The quantitative dependence between the maximal value of the full vector of variations in geomagnetic field induction in a fault zone and the amplitude of the seismic disturbance has been found for the first time.     

Reliability of Relative Paleointensity Recorded in Chinese Loess–Paleosol Sediments

A detailed paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic investigation spanning loess L7 to paleosol S8 has been carried out at the Baoji and Xifeng sections. Results of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility confirm that the studied loess–paleosol sediments retain primary sedimentary fabrics. Stepwise thermal demagnetization shows that two well-defined magnetization components can be isolated from both loess and paleosol specimens. A low-temperature component, isolated between 100°C and 200°C, is consistent with the present geomagnetic field direction, and a high-temperature component, isolated between 200–300°C and 620–680°C, includes clearly normal and reversed polarities. Isothermal remanent magnetization and thermomagnetic analyses indicate that characteristic remanent magnetization is mainly carried by magnetite and hematite. The Day plot, together with the stratigraphic variations of rock-magnetic parameters, shows that the uniformity of magnetic mineralogy and grain size fulfills the criteria for relative paleointensity (RPI) studies. RPI records have been constructed using natural remanent magnetization (NRM) intensity after thermal demagnetization at 300°C normalized by low-frequency magnetic susceptibility (NRM300/χ). The results show that the RPI record from the Baoji section, where pedogenesis is quite weak, is compatible with the stacked PISO-1500 paleointensity record, suggesting that it might reflect the paleointensity variation of the geomagnetic field. The RPI record from the Xifeng section, where pedogenesis is rather strong, indicates a clear dissimilarity with the stacked PISO-1500 paleointensity record, implying that it does not reflect the paleointensity variation of the geomagnetic field. Our new results show that the NRM300/χ from the strongly pedogenetic paleosols does not completely eliminate the pedogenetic (climatic) influence, so it might be unsuitable for a reliable paleointensity study.     

末次间冰期以来洛川黄土天然剩磁记录的可靠性

地磁倒转和漂移不仅是研究地球动力学的重要手段之一,也能使地磁年代框架更加准确。通过对洛川黄土剖面L1、S1进行详细的岩石磁学、古地磁研究,结果表明:L1、S1中主要的载磁矿物是磁铁矿,但赤铁矿也可能携带稳定的特征剩磁;洛川黄土剖面能够记录Blake漂移,并发生于(123±2)ka。通过S1中1 092~1 240cm处6套平行样品的古地磁结果,表明洛川黄土难以记录Blake漂移的形态学特征;L1未记录到Mono Lake和Laschamp漂移,但是在175cm处识别出1次明显的地磁异常事件,年代约17.9ka。我们认为该地磁异常事件应为Hilina Pali/Tianchi漂移。此外,导致同一极性事件在不同地区记录产生差异的可能原因有中国黄土存在千年尺度的沉积间断、较低的沉积速率及黄土剖面所处地理位置的不同。同一剖面平行样品间地磁漂移形态学存在差异,可能是由于极性漂移期间较低的古地磁场强度抑制了黄土剩磁记录能力所致。     

146-day signal in the geomagnetic field—a probable association with the periodicity of the solar flare index

Results on the spectral analysis using geomagnetic field at three low latitude stations and the planetary magnetic activity index have shown peaks in the power densities in a broad band centred around 146-day period. This periodic behaviour appears to be close to that shown by the solar flare activity index for the same interval. It is suggested that the geoeffectiveness of the flare activity signal in different phases of the solar cycle can be better worked out using long series of ground-based geomagnetic data.     

Variations of the geomagnetic field during the Cretaceous

This study provides a compilation of the paleointensity records for the Cretaceous period derived from sediments of the Russian Plate and adjacent areas. The paleoinetensity values were calibrated using the laboratory redeposition experiments. Remarkable differences in the relative paleointensity variations were detected at the Berriasian–Early Barremian, Late Barremian–Santonian and Early–Late Maastrichtian boundaries. In the Berriasian–Early Barremian interval, the paleointensity varied stochastically, with the amplitude of about 1H_o and the mean value of 0.63H_o (H_o is the present-day geomagnetic field intensity assumed to be 40 μT). The records for the Barremian–Santonian give a picture of the geomagnetic field with alternating high- and low-amplitude features. The mean paleointensities remain constantly high (being on average 0.87H_o), and intervals of low-amplitude variation alternate with the pronounced bursts (3.5H_o). The Late Maastrichtian interval is characterized by high-amplitude paleointensity variations (4H_o) and a sharp drop towards the end of the interval. All records show remarkable similarities near the boundaries between geological time intervals, which are an increase in the amplitude and mean values of intensity at the end of intervals followed by a decrease towards the beginning of the subsequent interval.     

Optimization fitting of the eccentric dipole models to the observed geomagnetic field

We have obtained formulas to calculate the field components of an eccentric dipole (ED) with an arbitrarily directed moment from specified coordinates of the dipole center and from its moment vector. With these formulas, the model dipole position was fitted to the observed geomagnetic field, and the approximation accuracy was estimated according to the standard deviation from IGRF along the X, Y, and Z components; the fitting procedure was checked in several tests.We computed the ED parameters (position and moment orientation) and harmonic coefficients of the ED field for 50 years using surface IGRF components, discovered some changes, and compared them with those according to the Schmidt eccentric dipole model. It was found that the nondipolar contributions to the geomagnetic field increase as the dipole field decays with time, and the dipole center drifts northand eastward away from the Earth's gravity center.The main contribution of the dipole part in the Gaussian spherical harmonic expansion of the geomagnetic field turned out to come from the terms with n of 1 to 5 rather than from two first terms, and the contribution of higher harmonics increases with time. Therefore, the Schmidt ED approximation based on the first eight Gauss coefficients (n ≤ 2) must have only relative significance indicating changes of the parameters. On the other hand, world magnetic anomalies (WMA) show up already in two first Gauss terms rather than since the third term as it has been commonly assumed.     

地球磁场起源之粒子起电问题研究

粒子起电问题是解决地球磁场起源中固体地球内部电流形成问题的关键之一。通过引述电化学领域二相流起电机制,建立了有利于分析地球磁场起源的固体地球内部物质流动的双电层模型结构,即液/液界面双电层模型和液/固界面双电层模型,分析了地球外核物质流动及流动起电问题。在地球运动动力和运动定律作用下,地球外核物质的定向移动是形成地下电流、产生磁场的直接原因。研究了形成地磁场电流的一般算法及影响因素,探讨了“静电”的“动电”本质,讨论了双电层模型的适应性、起电电荷电性变化、局部气旋电流、磁异常等问题。指出固体地球内部物质起电电荷电性的改变是地磁场极性倒转主要原因。     

地面磁测数据正常场改正现行方法探讨

地面磁测数据正常场改正是地面磁测工作资料整理的一个不可或缺的步骤。正常场改正的好与坏、对与错,改正的程度如何,都直接关系到磁异常的形态,以至于磁测工作的解释结果。本文通过讨论国际地磁参考场的求法、地面磁测工作正常场的改正意义,比较了国际地磁参考场与地磁图的精度,对现行的地面磁测数据正常改正的方法探讨后,通过工作实例说明...     

The relationship between regional stress field,fracture orientation and depth of weathering and implications for groundwater prospecting in crystalline rocks

In a uniform granite gneiss study area in central Zimbabwe, lineaments oriented parallel to the maximum regional compressive stress orientation exhibit the thickest regolith development, while lineaments oriented perpendicular to the maximum compressive stress show the shallowest development of weathered regolith. The principal fracture set orientations were mapped using aerial imagery. The regional stress field, estimated from global stress maps, was used to determine the stresses acting on each principal lineament orientation. Multi-electrode resistivity profiling was carried out across fractures with different orientations to determine their subsurface regolith conditions. The results indicate that the 360 and 060° lineaments, which are sub-parallel to the principal compressive stress orientation (σ₁) exhibit maximum development of the regolith, while 130° lineaments perpendicular to σ₁ do not exhibit significant regolith development. Since regolith thickness has been positively correlated with groundwater resources, it is suggested that fractures with orientations sub-parallel to the principal compressive stress direction constitute favourable groundwater targets. Knowledge of the regional stress field and fracture set orientations can be used as an effective low cost tool for locating potentially higher yielding boreholes in crystalline rock terrains.     

中生代地球系统与核—幔边界动力学研究进展

本文介绍了９０年以来地球物理学在地球磁场方面的研究成果,揭示了２００－１００Ｍａ全球低的地球磁场古强度;１２４－８３Ｍａ低的极性反转频率以及１７０－１１０Ｍａ近乎停滞的真极移。     

Long-term variations in the asymmetry of the magnetic field of the sun and heliosphere

The asymmetry of the magnetic field of the Sun and its manifestation in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) are studied. The dominant magnetic polarity of the radial component of the IMF alternates from cycle to cycle, but with an overall systematic dominance of polarity directed toward the Sun. The global asymmetry is also manifest in the component of the IMF perpendicular to the plane of the solar equator. The dominance of positive values of B _z together with an appreciable linear trend in the cumulative sum of this quantity is interpreted as a manifestation of a relic solar magnetic field. The strength of this relic magnetic field near the Earth is estimated to be 0.048 ± 0.015 nT, based on the growth of the linear component of the cumulative sum of B _z . Time intervals, in which negative values of the B _z component of the IMF dominate and enhanced geomagnetic activity is observed, are identified. Our analysis of solar and heliospheric magnetic fields in an integrated representation has enabled us to compare various types of measurements and estimate their stability.     

EMM2010模型在中国大陆的精度评估及其适用性

基于我国大陆最新观测所得的1 302个地磁测点和32个地磁台站磁偏角D、磁倾角I、总强度F的1 334组准确数据,并结合地壳磁异常能谱变化特征,对增强地磁模型(EMM2010)在我国大陆的精度及其适用性进行了定量分析。结果表明：EMM2010模型(D、I、F)在我国大陆的总体精度分别为10.45′、8.08′、112.85 nT  ;东北、华北与新疆地区模型的精度为13.07′、8.90′、130.89 nT ;华南、青藏高原及其东缘地区模型的精度为7.07′、6.65′、81.84 nT;其精度是受模型有限的截断阶数、各区域的磁异常状况和磁测数据的误差等因素共同影响的。EMM2010模型的精度在我国大陆表现出显著的地域分布特征,与磁异常的分布形态及其复杂程度、梯度密切相关,异常越突出,形态越复杂,模型的精度越低。与世界地磁模型(WMM2010)、第11代国际参考地磁场(IGRF11)相比,EMM2010模型在我国大陆的总体精度平均提高了50%,主要原因是模型不仅包含了地球主磁场,同时还包含了地壳磁场。EMM2010模型应用于我国大陆的实例及精度分析表明,模型具有一定的适用性,但有其局限性,不能准确反映出我国大陆的地磁场信息,鉴于模型的精度,建议在EMM2010模型基础上,结合我国最新的各部门的高精度磁测数据,构建我国高精度的地磁场模型。     

地球磁极倒转的分形混沌研究

地球磁场多次发生南北(正负)磁极位置的变换,这已为大家所公认。但造成这种异常现象的原因,则是迄今未能很好解答的一个难题。应用分形混沌理论对地球磁极倒转进行了分析,认为发生地球磁极倒转时间段在时间轴上具有分形分布的性质;地球磁场系统通过不断与外界交换物质和能量,维持一种空间或时间的有序结构。地球磁场极性的随机倒转具有混沌运动的自逆转特性,混沌理论给地磁极性倒转提出了一个简明的动力机制解释。