Seismic activities before and after the impoundment of the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs in the lower Jinsha River

The lower Jinsha River basin is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China,a region with intense tectonic movements and frequent moderate to strong seismic activities.Cascade hydropower stations have been constructed along the lower Jinsha River since 2012.However,research on the effect of the impoundment of large-scale cascade reservoirs in a river basin on local seismic activities is currently lacking.Accurately identifying earthquake locations is essential for studying reservoir-induced earthquakes.Analyzing the spatiotemporal migration process of seismic activities based on complete and precise earthquake relocation is fundamental for determining the fluid diffusion coefficient,constructing fault models for reservoir areas,identifying earthquake types,exploring earthquake mechanisms,and evaluating seismic hazards.The seismicity pattern in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas,where seismic activities had been weak for a long time,has changed with the successive impoundment of the two reservoirs,showing microseismic events and seismic clusters.We investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics of seismic activities in the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoir areas using the waveform cross-correlation-based double-difference relocation technique and the b-value analysis method.We discovered that seismic events after the impoundment of these two reservoirs exhibited different characteristics in different regions.The seismic activities at the Xiluodu dam quickly responded to the rising water level,with the seismic intensity decaying rapidly afterward.These events were concentrated in the limestone strata along both sides of the Jinsha River,with a shallow focal depth,generally within 5 km,and a high b-value of approximately 1.2.Such features are close to those of karst-type earthquakes.Microseismic activities frequent occur on the eastern bank of the Yongshan reservoir section downstream of the Xiluodu dam,with two parallel NW-trending earthquake strips visible after precise earthquake relocation.The M_(S)5.2 earthquake near Wuji town on August 17,2014,had prominent foreshocks and aftershocks distributed in a clear NW-trending 20-km-long strip,perpendicular to the riverbank.These seismic events had a low b-value of approximately 0.7.The orientation of the node plane revealed by the strike-slip focal mechanism of the mainshock is consistent with that of the strip formed by the foreshock-mainshock-aftershock sequence,indicating the existence of a NW-striking concealed fault.Seismic activities near the Yanjin-Mabian fault upstream of the Xiangjiaba reservoir area since 2013 were concentrated in a NW-trending strip,with several near EW-trending seismic clusters on its western side,and with the largest event having a magnitude of M_(L)3.7.So far,the impoundment of the Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu reservoirs has not triggered seismic activities on the large Jinyang-Ebian and Yanjin-Mabian faults nearby.

Seismic analysis of the Xiluodu reservoir area and insights into the geometry of seismogenic faults

The Xiluodu(XLD)reservoir is the second largest reservoir in China and the largest in the Jinsha River basin.The occurrence of two M>5 earthquakes after reservoir impoundment has aroused great interest among seismologists and plant operators.We comprehensively analyzed the seismicity of the XLD reservoir area using precise earthquake relocation results and focal mechanism solutions and found that the seismicity of this area was weak before impoundment.Following impoundment,earthquake activity increased significantly.The occurrence of M≥3.5 earthquakes within five years of impoundment also appear to be closely related to rapid rises and falls in water level,though this correlation weakened after five years because earthquake activity was far from the reservoir area.Earthquakes in the XLD reservoir area are clustered;near the dam(Area A),small faults are intermittently distributed along the river,while Area B is composed of multiple NW-trending left-lateral strikeslip faults and a thrust fault and Area C is composed of a NW-trending left-lateral strike-slip main fault and a nearly EWtrending right-lateral strike-slip minor fault.The geometries of the deep and the shallow parts of the NW-trending fault differ.Under the action of the NW-trending background stress field,a series of NW-trending left-lateral strike-slip faults and NE-trending thrust faults in critical stress states were dislocated due to the stress caused by reservoir impoundment.The two largest earthquakes in the XLD reservoir area were tectonic earthquakes that were directly triggered by impoundment.

中医药干预冠心病经皮冠状动脉介入术后心绞痛的随机对照试验现状分析

系统梳理中医药干预冠心病经皮冠状动脉介入术(PCI)后心绞痛的随机对照试验(RCT),分析中医药临床试验设计的基本要素(样本量及估算方法、随机化方案、分配隐藏、盲法实施、数据完整性、统计方法、中医证型、干预措施、疗程、随访时间、结局指标),以期为后续开展中医药干预冠心病PCI后心绞痛的RCT设计提供参考,为中医药在PCI后心绞痛中的临床应用提供依据。系统检索中国知网(CNKI)、万方(Wanfang)、维普(VIP)、中国生物医学文献服务系统(SinoMed)、PubMed、Cochrane library、EMbase、Web of Science,并查询美国临床试验注册库(ClinicalTrials.gov)和中国临床试验注册中心,纳入符合标准的中医药干预冠心病PCI后心绞痛的RCT,检索时限均为建库至2024年1月31日。共纳入188篇RCTs,其中184篇为临床试验,4篇为临床试验注册方案;样本量15521例,平均样本量83例,最大样本量248例;126篇RCTs报告了中医证型,频次排名前3位的是气虚血瘀证(38.89%)、痰瘀互结证(17.46%)、气滞血瘀证(9.52%);对照组干预措施为指南推荐的最佳药物治疗(GDMT)或GDMT联合安慰剂,试验组均为GDMT联合中医药;治疗疗程以4~8周为主,大部分RCT未设置随访期或随访期不明;共使用160种结局指标,总频次1348次。结局指标按功能整体可分为6个指标域:症状/体征(403次,29.90%)、中医证候/症状(182次,13.50%)、理化检查(468次,34.72%)、生活质量(89次,6.60%)、远期预后(5次,0.37%)、安全性评价(201次,14.91%)。中医药干预冠心病PCI后心绞痛的临床试验设计日趋严谨,方案设计尚需完善,期待未来采用更多设计严谨、兼顾中医药特色优势的临床试验方案,为中医药治疗冠心病PCI后心绞痛的临床实践提供依据。

Coupled attitude-vibration analysis of an E-sail using absolute nodal coordinate formulation

In this study,the effects of solar wind on an electric sail(E-sail)are modeled and analyzed using an absolute nodal coordinate formulation(ANCF).First,the thrust of the charged metal tether that makes up the E-sail was analyzed and a model was established.Numerical simulations of a single metal tether were performed.Then,an overall E-sail model was established using the connection matrix,and E-sails subjected to different angular velocities were compared.Simulation results of the ANCF model and a dumbbell model were compared at different angular velocities.The results confirm that with a relatively high angular velocity,the flexible metal chain can be approximately regarded as a rigid body.However,with a small angular velocity,the flexibility of the metal chain cannot be ignored.

Coupling model and optimal combination scheme of water,fertilizer,dissolved oxygen and temperature in greenhouse tomato under drip irrigation

Water-fertilizer coupling technology has been widely used in the world.Poor soil aeration,low temperature or high temperature can affect the rate of nutrient uptake by crop roots.Aiming at the interaction between water,fertilizer,dissolved oxygen and temperature(WFOT)coupling model and irrigation flux of tomato in greenhouse,using these four factors with a five-level uniform-precision rotatable central composite design,a mathematical model was established among the four factors affecting tomato yield in a greenhouse,and the optimal combination scheme of WFOT was obtained.Within the test range,tomato yields increased with increasing irrigation quotas(X_(1)),fertilization amount(X_(2)),dissolved oxygen(X_(3))and geothermal pipe water temperature(X_(4)).The magnitude of the effect of each factor of WFOT on tomato yield was in the following order:X_(1),X_(2),X_(4),X_(3)(spring and summer),and X_(1),X_(3),X_(2),X_(4)(autumn and winter).The interaction between high water-low heat and low water-high heat were beneficial for yield increase(spring and summer),the high fertilizer-low heat and low fertilizer-high heat interactions were beneficial to yield increase(autumn and winter).If WFOT agronomic measures were adopted according to the 95%confidence interval,there was a 95%probability that the spring-summer tomato yield will be higher than 89902 kg/hm^(2).The WFOT coupling scheme was X_(1)of 4808-5091 m3/hm^(2),X_(2)(N-P_(2)O_(5)-K_(2)O)of 171-57-84 to 186-62-89 kg/hm^(2),X_(3)of 7.9-8.2 mg/L,and X_(4)of 34.9°C-37.0°C.There was a 95%probability of tomato yield higher than 85209 kg/hm^(2)in autumn and winter,and the WFOT coupling scheme was X_(1)of 5270-5416 m3/hm^(2),X_(2)(N-P_(2)O_(5)-K_(2)O)of 151-50-76 to 167-56-82 kg/hm^(2),X_(3)of 8.0-8.2 mg/L,and X_(4)of 34.1°C-36.2°C.Overall,and the model had a very good simulation effect,with application value.The relative error between spring-summer and autumn-winter yields ranged from 1.12%to 25.34%.The results of the study can provide a theoretical basis for improving the quality and efficiency of greenhouse tomatoes.