Succession of the Nanoplankton Community during a Brown Tide in a Scallop Culture Area in China

Ocean Science Journal - Brown tides caused by Aureococcus anophagefferens have occurred frequently in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao since 2009. The Changli coast is the area most strongly...     

X-ray activity from different types of stars

X-ray emission is an important indicator of stellar activity. In this paper, we study stellar Xray activity using the XMM-Newton and LAMOST data for different types of stars. We provide a sample including 1259 X-ray-emitting stars, of which 1090 have accurate stellar parameter estimations. Our sample size is much larger than those used in previous works. We find a bimodal distribution of the X-ray to optical flux ratio(log(fX/fV)) for G and K stars. We interpret that this bimodality is due to two subpopulations with different coronal heating rates. Furthermore, using the full widths at half maxima calculated from Hα and Hβ lines, we show that these stars in the inactive peaks have smaller rotational velocities. This is consistent with the magnetic dynamo theory that presumes stars with low rotational velocities have low levels of stellar activity. We also examine the correlation between log(fX/fV) and luminosity of the excess emission in the Hα line, and find a tight relation between the coronal and chromospheric activity indicators.     

Redundant and Nonredundant Information for Model Calibration or Hydraulic Tomography

Drawdown data from independent pumping tests have widely been used to validate the estimated hydraulic parameters from inverse modeling or hydraulic tomography (HT). Yet, the independent pumping test has not been clearly defined. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to define this independent pumping test concept, based on the redundant or nonredundant information about aquifer heterogeneity embedded in the observed heads during cross-hole pumping tests. The definition of complete, moderate redundancy and high nonredundancy of information are stipulated using cross-correlation analysis of the relationship between the head and heterogeneity. Afterward, data from numerical experiments and field sequential pumping test campaigns reinforce the concept and the definition.     

Simulation of the Hydroecological Regime of the Nizhnekamskoe Reservoir

Water Resources - The hydroecological simulation model GMV-MGU is applied to the Nizhnekamskoe Reservoir. The results of a series of diagnostic model calculations, which characterize the ecological...     

Characteristics of the Energy Transfer by Alfvén Waves in the Solar Atmosphere

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The propagation of linear Alfvén waves with periods of 10–200 s from the photosphere to the solar chromosphere under the conditions of an isothermal...     

Influence of Oxygen Ions on the Structure of the Thin Current Sheet in the Earth’s Magnetotail

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - During geomagnetic substorms, the current sheet in the Earth’s magnetotail can transversely reduce in thickness from a few radii of the Earth (RE) to one to...     

Stormflow threshold behaviour in a subtropical mountainous headwater catchment during forest recovery period

Forest ecohydrological feedbacks complicate the threshold behaviour of stormflow response to precipitation or wetting conditions on a long-term scale (e.g. several years). In this study, the threshold behaviours in an evergreen-deciduous mixed forested headwater catchment in southern China were examined during 2009–2015, when damaged vegetation was recovering after the great 2008 Chinese ice and snowstorm. The non-uniqueness of the thresholds and the slow and rapid responses of stormflow at the outlet of the catchment in different hydro-climate datasets with different maximum values of gross precipitation (P) and sums of precipitation and antecedent soil moisture index (P + ASI) were assessed. The thresholds of P and P + ASI required to trigger stormflows (i.e. ‘generation thresholds’) and the transition from slow to rapid responses of stormflow (i.e. ‘rise thresholds’) were compared both seasonally and annually. The results indicated significant differences in the analysed datasets, highlighting the need to compare thresholds with care to avoid misinterpretation. Seasonal variations in threshold behaviours in the catchment suggested that vegetation canopy interception contributed to higher rise thresholds, and wetter conditions resulted in higher runoff sensitivity to precipitation during the growing and rainy seasons. Furthermore, the generation thresholds were higher in the dormant season, possibly due to drier soil moisture conditions in the near-channel areas. During the vegetation recovery period, the annual generation thresholds increased, however the rise thresholds did not exhibit a similar trend. The rapid stormflow response above the threshold decreased, possibly due to transpiration and interception of the recovered vegetation. However, the slow stormflow response to small rainfall events below the thresholds was higher in wetter years but lower in drier years, suggesting that the total water input dominated the stormflow response during small rainfall events. In conclusion, the seasonal and annual variations in threshold behaviours highlight that vegetation recovery and hydro-climatic conditions had a notable impact on the stormflow response.     

Morphology of Dune-Like Relief in Rivers

Water Resources - Linearized equations of two-dimensional hydraulics have been analyzed by the method of small perturbations within a wide range of alluvial features sizes at large values of Froude...     

新疆准噶尔盆地东缘五彩湾地区煤田钻孔数据集

新疆准噶尔盆地是中国油气、煤炭等能源矿产的重要储集场所。本次研究对搜集到的准噶尔盆地东缘五彩湾地区20个煤田钻孔资料进行二次开发利用，通过提取钻孔坐标、高程、地层分层厚度、颜色、测井曲线解译数据等重要信息，重新建立了钻孔数据集。数据集共包含20个钻孔资料的Excel数据库型数据，每个Excel数据库由“钻孔基本信息”、“测井解释岩性分层”、“地质编录柱状分层”、“综合柱状信息”、“钻孔岩性分层”、“地层名称及代号表”、“地层颜色”、“测井曲线配置”、“测井曲线数据”、“数据字典”等10个工作表组成。利用石文软件可读取数据集信息，绘制地层沉积三维立体图，该成果能够对准噶尔盆地东缘五彩湾地区砂体的空间展布、三维地质结构等提供更加直观的认识，对研究准噶尔盆地东缘五彩湾地区的沉积环境具有重要意义。     

Geodynamic Model of the Neoproterozoic Evolution of the Yenisei Paleosubduction Zone (Western Margin of the Siberian Craton), Russia

Geotectonics - The article proposes a model of collisional and accretionary events of the Neoproterozoic at the western margin of the Siberian Craton based on the results of geological,...