Using modified Soil Conservation Service curve number method to simulate the role of forest in flood control in the upper reach of the Tingjiang River in China

To improve flood control efficiency and increase urban resilience to flooding,the impacts of forest type change on flood control in the upper reach of the Tingjiang River(URTR) were evaluated by a modified model based on the Soil Conservation Service curve number(SCS-CN) method. Parameters of the model were selected and determined according to the comprehensive analysis of model evaluation indexes. The first simulation of forest reconstruction scenario,namely a coniferous forest covering 59.35km^2 is replaced by a broad-leaved forest showed no significant impact on the flood reduction in the URTR. The second simulation was added with 61.75km^2 bamboo forest replaced by broad-leaved forest,the reduction of flood peak discharge and flood volume could be improved significantly. Specifically,flood peak discharge of 10-year return period event was reduced to 7-year event,and the reduction rate of small flood was 21%-28%. Moreover,the flood volume was reduced by 9%-14% and 18%-35% for moderate floods and small floods,respectively. The resultssuggest that the bamboo forest reconstruction is an effective control solution for small to moderate flood in the URTR,the effect of forest conversion on flood volume is increasingly reduced as the rainfall amount increases to more extreme magnitude. Using a hydrological model with scenarios analysis is an effective simulation approach in investigating the relationship between forest type change and flood control. This method would provide reliable support for flood control and disaster mitigation in mountainous cities.

Changes of the Period and the Light Curves of the Contact Binary V1073 Cygni

Observational evidence of unstable behavior for the W UMa type binary system V1073 Cygni is presented in this paper. Around 1939 the period of the binary suddenly decreased by 0 580 seconds and again suddenly decreased by 0 746 seconds around 1981.Obvious variable O’ Connell effect of the light curves in V can be seen. The relation between the changes in the orbital period and variation in the O’ Connell effect and possible reasons for the unstable behavior of V1073 Cyg were discussed.

Sequence Stratigraphic Features of Mesozoic－Cenozoic Nonmarine Sediments in Eastern China

The basic concepts of sequence stratigraphy can be applied to any cyclic successions regardless of their origin being marias or nonmarine .The storm base can be taken as the base level at the gentle slope side of a faulted basin for distinguishing the systems tractS as no shelf edge is present in nonmarihe fault6d basins. Most of coatinuous rethetions with high amplitude in seismic sections, misunderstood previously as the boundaries of stratigraphic unit, are maximum flooding surface (MFS)in fact. Abundant and diversified microfossils and nannofossils high content of organic carbon,various authigenic minerals such as glauconie,siderite are concentrated nearby these surfaces. It means that the open sea water invaded iato the faulted basins many times in Cretaceous and Paleogene, which make a restricted environment favourable for oil generation. The trend of lake level changes is similar to that of Haq's curve generally, however, the influence of local movements and autostrahgraphic events have to be colandered. The stratal patterns and models of nonmarine sequence are proposed.