FRESH GROUND WATER STORED IN AQUIFERS UNDER THE CONTINENTAL SHELF: IMPLICATIONS FROM A DEEP TEST,NANTUCKET ISLAND,MASSACHUSETTS1

ABSTRACT: A deep water-resource and stratigraphic test well near the center of Nantucket Island, about 40 miles (64 km) off the New England Coast, has encountered freshwater at greater depth than predicted by the Ghyben-Herzberg principle. An uppermost lens of fresh-water, which occupies relatively permeable glacial-outwash sand and gravel to a depth of 520 ft. (158 m), is probably in hydrodynamic equilibrium with the present level of the sea and the height of the water table. However, two zones of freshwater between 730-820 ft. (222-250 m) and 900-930 ft. (274-283 m) are anomalously deep. A third zone extending from 1150-1500 ft. (350-457 m) contains slightly salty ground water (2 to 3 parts per thousand dissolved solids). Several explanations are possible, but the most likely is that large areas of the Continental Shelf were exposed to recharge by precipitation during long periods of low sea level in Pleistocene time. After the last retreat of glacial ice, seawater rapidly drowned the shelf around Nantucket Island. Since then, about 8000 years ago, the deep freshwater zones which underlie dense clay layers have not had time to adjust to a new equilibrium. Under similar circumstances freshwater may remain trapped under extensive areas of the Continental Shelf wherever clay confining beds have not permitted saltwater to intrude rapidly to new positions of hydrodynamic equilibrium. The implications are far reaching because all continental shelfs were exposed to similar hydrologic influences during Pleistocene time.     

林带遮荫地种植苜蓿带的棉蚜生态防治

从进一步提高土地利用率、农田生态环境保护、优化农业结构、农区畜牧业发展前景以及国家西部大开发战略等方面,阐述了种植苜蓿带的意义。同时,简要介绍了苜蓿对棉花害虫的控制作用、操作方法以及苜蓿的栽培管理技术等。     

沿空窄煤柱锚网带支护的巷道稳定性研究

锚杆支护是煤矿采准巷道的重要支护方式 ,沿空留巷技术是回采巷道支护技术改革的主要方面。笔者将两种技术相结合 ,用于保证回采巷道的稳定。在现场矿压观测的基础上 ,讨论了支承压力分布规律和窄煤柱护巷机理 ,运用极限平衡理论计算出护巷煤柱宽度 ,同时结合数值分析和现场巷道变形以观测结果 ,实践证明 ,只要设计参数合理 ,施工质量满足要求 ,沿空窄煤柱锚网带支护技术就可以保证回采巷道的稳定     

长江经济带建设的可持续发展研究

９０年代以来长江沿江地区经济发展速度明显加快,为实现其快速协调发展,须大力发展外向型经济。中快中上游开发开放促进区域经济合作,借鉴国外大河开发经验进行统一规划和建设。构筑上中下注重协调发展的农业支持系统,挖掘土地生产潜力,建设农业生产基地。     

简单静力系统安全性的平衡裕度分析法

静力体系的平衡问题在经典物理学中已有深入的讨论,并形成了完整的理论体系.本文提出了静力体系平衡域和平衡裕度的新概念,用以表述处于稳定静力平衡体系各不同状态点平衡性质之间的差别.文中以日常生活中两个简单而典型的静力平衡实例形象地说明了平衡域和平衡裕度的本质内涵,并说明了利用这两个概念对静力体系平衡性质和安全性进行定量评价的方法.     

沿海铁路东通道建设对淮安经济发展的影响

以淮安市现实产业布局为基础,分析了新长铁路建设可能对该市产业布局产生的影响,并充分利用新长铁路贯通的良好契机,调整产业布局,建设沿线交通经济带,推动淮安经济跨越式发展,进而实现苏南、苏北经济联动,对江苏实施区域共同发展战略具有现实意义.     

扁平形金属丝带纤维栅除尘的实验研究

本实验研究了湿式振动纤维栅的一种新型过滤材质——扁平形金属丝带。根据影响除尘性能的因素，分别研究了风速和过滤片数对金属丝带纤维栅的除尘效率和过滤阻力的影响，并从理论上解释了金属丝带纤维栅的过滤阻力增加的原因，提出了一种新型结构的金属丝带纤维栅。矩形金属纤维栅实验结果说明：在一定风速下，随着过滤片数的增加，除尘效率增加。当风速为3．3m／s，过滤片为6片时，全粉尘的除尘效率达99％；呼吸性粉尘的分级效率大于94％，达到了与化学纤维栅相同的水平。过滤阻力随着速度和过滤片数的增加近似呈线性增加。当湿式振动矩形金属纤维栅为6片，风速为3．3m／s时，纤维栅在当量直径为0．074mm和0．109mm时的最大过滤阻力分别为488Pa和500Pa。     

皮带运输机的故障原因与安全防范措施

重点分析了皮带运输机在生产过程中容易发生故障的原因 ,并针对原因提出了不同的防范措施     

东北林区火烧防火线方法研究

火烧防火线在东北林区应用广泛,是预防森林火灾的重要措施.这项工作由于受天气、可燃物、点火技术等各方面因素影响较大,应用时具有一定的风险性.本文针对火烧防火线过程中,用火条件的选择、点火技术的运用以及用火安全等方面加以分析.     

Environmental Optimisation in Fractionating Industrial Wastes Using Contribution Margin Analysis as a Sustainable Development Tool

This paper describes a method of estimating the “true” internal costs of industrial waste, aimed at promoting environmentally friendly waste management. The study employs contribution margin analysis and a model – The Model for Efficient Use of Resources for Optimal Production Economy (EUROPE) – introduced by the author for assigning industrial costs to waste. In a business sense, waste is regarded as having the same basic status as any normal industrial product – the equality principle. Application of the method is suggested to create incentives for environmental improvement and profitability improvement in companies. Although the results of two case studies show the generation of waste to have a substantial negative impact on the final operating income, due to the internal shadow price costs it creates, this is regarded as an unavoidable consequence of the companies' acting in accordance with the principle of sustainable development. Readers should send their comments on this paper to: BhaskarNath@aol.com within 3 months of publication of this issue.