简介：Thispapersummarizesthelatestdevelopments,futureprospects,andproposedcountermeasuresofreservoirsedimentationandchannelscourdownstreamoftheThreeGorgesReservoir(TGR)ontheYangtzeRiverinChina.Threekeyresultshavebeenfound.(1)TheincomingsedimentloadtotheTGRhasbeensignificantlylowerthanexpected.(2)TheaccumulatedvolumeofsedimentdepositionintheTGRissmallerthanexpectedbecausetheoverallsedimentdeliveryratioisrelativelylow,andthedepositioninthenear-damareaoftheTGRisstilldeveloping.(3)RiverbedscourintheriverreachesdownstreamoftheGezhoubaDamisstilloccurringandchannelscourhasextendedtoreachesasfardownstreamastheHukoureach.Significantly,sedimentationoftheTGRislessproblematicthanexpectedsincethestartofoperationoftheTGRontheonehand;ontheotherhand,thepossibleincreasesinsedimentrisksfromdependenceonupstreamsedimentcontrol,depositioninthereservoir,andscouralongmiddleYangtzeRivershouldbepaidmoreattention.(1)SedimenttrappedbydamsbuiltalongtheupperYangtzeRiverandbilliontonsofloosematerialsonunstableslopesproducedbytheWenchuanEarthquakecouldbenewsedimentsourcesfortheupperYangtzeRiver.Moreseriously,possiblereleaseofthissedimentintotheupperYangtzeRiverduetonewearthquakesorextremeclimateeventscouldoverwhelmtheriversystem,andproducecatastrophicconsequences.(2)IncreasingsedimentdepositionintheTGRisharmfultothesafetyandefficiencyofprojectoperationandnavigation.(3)ThedrasticscouralongthemiddleYangtzeRiverhasintensifiedthedown-cuttingoftheriverbedanderosionofrevetment,ithasalreadyledtoincreasingrisktofloodcontrolstructuresandecologicalsafety.ItissuggestedtocontinuetheFieldObservationProgram,toinitiateresearchprogramsandtofocusonrisksofsedimentation.

简介：TheGarouaZoneinNorthCameroon,thesubjectofthisstudy,isknowntohaveundergonetectonicmovementsduringtheCretaceous,butthezone’sstructuraldataremainpoorlyknown.ThisstudyexploitstheBougueranomalytoimproveknowledgeofGarouatectonicsstructures.Inordertocharacterizethesestructures,twomethodsareused:Euler’sdeconvolutionmethodandthemethodofthehorizontalgradientoftheverticalderivative.SuperpositionoftheEuler’ssolutionsmapforindexN=1withthemapfromthehorizontalgradientoftheverticalderivativemethodallowsdeterminationofgravimetriclineaments,interpretedasfaultsoraslinearcontacts,fromwhichwededuceastructuralmapofthestudyarea.Basedonthismap,weidentifysixteenlineaments,ofwhichwecounteightaslinearcontactsandeightasfaults.Amongthefaults,wedenoteoneofdepthbetween4and8km,fivefaultsofdepthrangingbetween8and13km,andtwofaultsofdepthsbetween13and36km.Analysisofthesefaultsshowsthatthesevendeepestfaultsmightpresentanaturalriskinourstudyarea.Forpurposesofcivilprotection,suchdeepfaultsshouldbemonitoredandtakenintoconsiderationintheimplementationoflargepublicworks.Thestructuralmap,establishedhereinfromdataonthein-depthextensionofeachfault,thusincreasesscientificknowledgeintheareathatcanbeusedtositepublicworksinwaysthatreducerisk.