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Earth Sciences
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**-**a Ding
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Study on Countermeasures for Risks of Flood Resources Utilization in the Three Gorges Project
The flood resources utilization of the Three Gorges Reservoir is limited due to the short forecast period of respiration and flood, and results errors. There are also uncertainties in various aspects such as w...
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Study on Pre-impounding Method of the Three Gorges Project at the End of Flood Season
The initial design considers the need for flood control and conducive to the sand discharge. The reservoir arranges to store water in early October after flood. It is very important to complete the water stora...
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Conclusion and Prospect
The basin-wide utilization of flood resources is an important measure to give full play to the characteristics of flood resources, alleviate the shortage of water resources and realize the sustainable developm...
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Overall Situation of Yangtze River Basin
The Yangtze River drains a total area of 1.8 million km2, representing 18.8% of the territorial area of China, with a total mainstream length of 6300 km. The Yangtze River Basin possesses total water resources of...
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Study on Regulation Mode of Small and Medium Floods in the Three Gorges Project
Since the experimental impoundment of the Three Gorges Project in 2008, the maximum flood peak flow rate was 71,200 m3/s, which is much smaller than the design flood (the maximum flood peak flow of 98,800 m3/s). ...
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Feasibility Study on Flood Resources Utilization in Yangtze River Basin
Generally speaking, the evaluation system for flood resources utilization mainly includes the analysis of flood resources utilization methods and utilization level, evaluation of utilization amount and potenti...
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Countermeasures for the Utilization of Flood Resources and Risk Reduction in the Yangtze River Basin
The risk of flood resources utilization refers to the unexpected events and the occurrence probability of using flood resources to solve water shortages and maintain a healthy ecological environment under the ...
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Study on Floating Water Level During Flood Season of the Three Gorges
According to the flood control needs of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the requirements of “store clear and dredge muddy” for the reservoir, the preliminary design of the Three Gorges Re...
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Necessity of Study
At present, there are some disputes and differences in the basic concept of flood resources utilization within the academic circles. The existing concepts of flood resources utilization are summarized, compare...
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Analysis on Characteristics and Changes of Flow-Sediment in Yangtze River Basin
The Upstream Yangtze is the reach above Yichang City on the Mainstream Yangtze, draining an area of about 1 million km2
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Feasibility Study on Flood Resources Utilization of Three Gorges Project
The Three Gorges Project take up the tasks for regulating the flood of the Yangtze River to make the **gjiang Reach meet standard-compliance feature to defend the flood in recurrence of 100 years, and in case...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characteristics of Surrounding Soils Influenced by High Frequency Vibratory Pile Pulling
A field test was performed on steel sheet piles penetrated and extracted in soils by an excavator vibrator. The maximum vibration frequency of the vibrator was 50 Hz and the study conducted near a railway con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Seismic Response of a Cross Transfer Subway Station in Soft Soil Subjected to Different Ground Motion Directions
Cross transfer station plays an important role in the urban transit system, but few studies focus on its seismic performance. A 3-D numerical model of a typical cross transfer station structure-soil system is ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Construction Efficiency Analysis of Shield Tunnelling in Ji’nan R1 Yu-Wang Section
Based on the shield tunnel practice of Yu-Wang section in Ji’nan Rail Transit Line R1, the energy and resource consumption, and environmental impaction on the shield tunnel were researched to estimate the eng...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Top-Down SO2 Emissions Over China; A Satellite Approach
With the rapid development of the Chinese economy since 2000, sulfur dioxide, SO2, emissions from China have been of increasing global concern. There have been indications that the emission growth rate slowed aro...
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Scientific Products Serving the Earthquake Emergency
Serving the emergency response to the Lushan earthquake, several scientific products were produced and disseminated by the CEA institutions. This system of emergency-oriented scientific information service, wh...
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Locally Characterized Seismic Destruction Phenomenology
Field investigation of the engineering damages of the Lushan earthquake revealed some new and to much extent unique damage phenomena. The performance of the engineering facilities as well as the lifeline syste...
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The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, Earthquake: An Overview
The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, earthquake is one of the significant earthquakes in China in the 21st century. The earthquake was a test of the enhancement of the capacity to protect against earthq...
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Tectonic Setting of the Earthquake
The seismo-tectonic picture of the Lushan earthquake is clear at the scales of lithospheric plate and crustal block, but remains puzzle at the scale of seismogenic faults. Role of such ‘missing earthquakes’ in...
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Concluding Remarks Without Conclusions: Earthquake and Disaster Phenomenology not yet Included in our Textbooks
Each earthquake teaches us on the understanding of earthquakes and the reduction of earthquake disaster risk. Earthquake and disaster phenomenology, although being empirical and to much extent in lack of syste...
