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In our opinion the amino acid data are consistent with the till/nonglacial stratigraphy. We reject Dyke's proposal that the plotting of data in 0.04 increments is appropriate as an unwarranted interpretation that errors are cumulative. We also see no grounds for accepting his alternative interpretation that the groups of amino acid ratios reflect various transport (read temperature) histories of a single population of Bell Sea shells. It is our opinion that the relative sequence of marine incursions in Hudson Bay is reliable and we repeat that the evidence favors one or more deglacial events. We stress that the ages of the units between the Tyrrell Sea and Bell sea end membrers are interpolated and that the chronology of events is currently based on the assumption that the Bell Sea represents marine incursion at the onset of marine isotope stage 5.Dyke has raised a number of points which have concerned us since we started our joint research on the aminostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. The answer to many questions will come, not from the amino acid results per se, but from detailed litho-, and biostratigraphic logging of the thousands of kilometers exposed along the large rivers that drain into James Bay and southwestern Hudson Bay. This work is presently going on. Let us say in conclusion that analysis of a further 63 shells and shell fragments resulted in a virtually identical frequency distribution to that discussed in our paper. We are currently evaluating the stratigraphic integrity of these results. Field expeditions by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1982 and 1983 into the Hudson Bay Lowlands were specifically designed to log new sections and make additional shell collections. We hope to report on these new data in due course.  相似文献   

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In order to understand the origin of long-lived loci of volcanism (sometimes called “hot spots”) and their possible role in global tectonic processes, it is essential to know their deep structure. Even though some work has been done on the crustal, upper-mantle, and deep-mantle structure under some of these “hot spots”, the picture is far from clear. In an attempt to study the structure under the Yellowstone National Park U.S.A., which is considered to be such a “hot spot”, we recorded teleseisms using 26 telemetered seismic stations and three groups of portable stations. The network was operated within a 150 km radius centered on the Yellowstone caldera, the major, Quaternary volcanic feature of the Yellowstone region. Teleseismic delays of about 1.5 sec are found inside the caldera, and the delays remain high over a 100 km wide area around the caldera. The spatial distribution and magnitude of the delays indicate the presence of a large body of low-velocity material with horizontal dimensions corresponding approximately to the caldera size (40 km × 80 km) near the surface and extending to a depth of 200–250 km under the caldera. Using ray-tracing and inversion techniques, it is estimated that the compressional velocity inside the anomalous body is lower than in the surrounding rock by about 15% in the upper crust and by 5% in the lower crust and upper mantle. It is postulated that the body is partly composed of molten rock with a high degree of partial melting at shallow depths and is responsible for the observed Yellowstone volcanism. The large size of the partially molten body, taken together with its location at the head of a 350 km zone of volcanic propagation along the axis of the Snake River Plain, indicates that the volcanism associated with Yellowstone has its origin below the lithosphere and is relatively stationary with respect to plate motion. Using our techniques, we are unable to detect any measurable velocity contrast in the mantle beneath the low-velocity body, and, hence, we are unable to determine whether the Yellowstone melting anomaly is associated with a deep heat source or with any deep phenomenon such as a convection plume, chemical plume, or gravitational anchor.  相似文献   

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In a recent study [Rao, L., Srinivasan, T.G., Garnov, A.Yu., Zanonato, P., Di Bernardo, P., Bismondo, A., 2004. Hydrolysis of neptunium(V) at variable temperatures (10-85 °C). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta68, 4821-4830.] the hydrolysis of Np(V) was investigated at 10-85 °C by absorption spectroscopy, potentiometry, and microcalorimetry along the titration of Np(V) solutions with tetramethylammonium hydroxide up to pH 10. However, there is strong evidence that the precautions to avoid competing reactions with carbonate were not sufficient and that the measured effects are not caused by the formation of Np(V) hydroxide complexes but primarily by the formation of Np(V) carbonate complexes. The reported equilibrium constants, enthalpies, entropies, and heat capacities for the complexes NpO2OH(aq) and are severely in error and must not be used for the geochemical modeling of neptunium. If the hydrolysis constants reported by Rao et al. [Rao, L., Srinivasan, T.G., Garnov, A.Yu., Zanonato, P., Di Bernardo, P., Bismondo, A., 2004. Hydrolysis of neptunium(V) at variable temperatures (10-85 °C). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta68, 4821-4830] are used to calculate neptunium solubilities in alkaline solutions relevant for nuclear waste repositories, the Np(V) concentrations are overestimated by orders of magnitude.  相似文献   

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Pagani et al. [Pagani M., Lemarchand D., Spivack A., and Gaillardet J. (2005). A critical evaluation of the boron isotope-pH proxy: the accuracy of ancient ocean pH estimates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta69(4), 953-961] use data from previous boron isotope studies to suggest that the fractionation between boric acid and borate in seawater as well as the history of δ11B in seawater are poorly understood, thus limiting our ability to capture realistic ocean pH with this proxy. Although we agree with the authors that the long recognized uncertainty in the secular variation of δ11Bseawater imposes a temporal limit on paleo-pH reconstructions, their evaluation of the δ11B/pH relationship in carbonates is flawed. Potential complications from vital, temperature and dissolution effects reported in that paper are based on studies that are experimentally and/or analytically poorly constrained. Using published validation studies we will demonstrate that many of the problems outlined by Pagani et al. have already been addressed, or are based on misinterpretations of previous work. Most importantly, statistical evaluation suggests empirical data are best described by a fractionation of ∼20‰. Recent paleoreconstructions confirm that the boron isotope proxy can be used with confidence, if sample selection and analyses are done carefully.  相似文献   

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刘东生 《第四纪研究》2004,24(4):481-485
文章详细介绍了最近INUQA组织和INQUA地层与年代学委员会在“Episodes”杂志2004年第27卷第2期公布的新的地质时代标尺,并就关于“第四系”这个地层单位的重新定义问题提出了重要的见解。对于取消“第四纪”(Quaternary)一词,发表了意见以及不认同的观点,同时文章还呼吁,希望更多的从事第四纪研究的工作者踊跃发表意见、积极呼吁,使“第四纪”(Quaternary)一词正式保持不变。  相似文献   

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Heat‐induced excess pore pressures on the failure surface of a planar slide have been calculated by solving the mass and heat balance equations on the shear band. The set of differential equations and the equation of motion of the slide have been solved in closed form for the case of incompressible fluid and incompressible soil skeleton. The solution describes the accelerated motion of the slide. It has been compared with the numerical solution when soil and water stiffness terms are not disregarded. A case study, based on a well‐known translational slide (Cortes slide) has been solved. Numerical and analytical solutions are compared. Results of a sensitivity analysis indicate that the permeability of the shear band is the key parameter to control the onset of a rapid motion. For a band permeability above a threshold value, in the vicinity of 10?15m2 (10?8m/s), fast accelerated motions are very unlikely. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

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