Buckling of a pervasively faulted lithosphere     

Michelle Hall Wallace  H. Jay Melosh 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1994,142(2):239-261

We investigated the buckling response of a faulted elastic plate under horizontal compression using the finite element technique to better understand the effect of faults on the elastic behavior of a plate. We studied the effect of changes in fault spacing, depth and dip on the effective Young's modulus, buckling stress and wavelength. Our model consists of a thick elastic plate whose entire upper surface is cut by evenly spaced faults. We impose either an initial sinusoidal deformation with a fixed wavelength or a random deformation to the grid. A fault is represented as a free surface with no resolved shear stress and is allowed to slip in a specified direction using the method of slippery nodes. With the assumption of free slip on the faults, our model results represent an end member case in which the buckling wavelength and buckling stress are minimized by the presence of the faults.In our models, fault depth was varied from 0 to 75% of the plate thickness. As strain increases, the grid deforms by antisymmetric flexural folding and the initial imposed wavelength of deformation is modified such that the new buckling wavelength emerges. Our results show that the effective Young's modulus is a decreasing function of fault depth and an increasing function of fault spacing. In addition, buckling of the plate occurs at a lower stress for greater fault depths. Buckling wavelength is independent of the initial deformation wavelength however, it is modified by the presence of faults. For a plate with closely spaced faults extending through at least 75% of the plate, buckling occurs at a wavelength one half as large as that for a continuous plate. Buckling stress is not independent of the intial deformation wavelength, rather it increases slightly with increasing difference between the initial deformation wavelength and the buckling wavelength.Analytical models that approximate or ignore the effect of faulting can have large errors in calculation of the buckling stress. More importantly, modeling the observed wavelength of deformation in a faulted region with analytical solutions for continuous plates may result in a significant underestimate of elastic thickness. Fault dip does not strongly affect either the effective Young's modulus or the buckling wavelength. Thus, the buckling response should be the same for a plate cut by a low angle fault or a high angle fault.  相似文献   

Hydraulic modeling of the 2011 New Madrid Floodway activation: a case study on floodway activation controls   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

Adam Luke  Brad Kaplan  Jeff Neal  Jeremiah Lant  Brett Sanders  Paul Bates  Doug Alsdorf 《Natural Hazards》2015,77(3):1863-1887

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X‐ray computed tomography imaging: A not‐so‐nondestructive technique          下载免费PDF全文

Derek W. G. Sears  Hazel Sears  Denton S. Ebel  Sean Wallace  Jon M. Friedrich 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2016,51(4):833-838

X‐ray computed tomography has become a popular means for examining the interiors of meteorites and has been advocated for routine curation and for the examination of samples returned by missions. Here, we report the results of a blind test that indicate that CT imaging deposits a considerable radiation dose in a meteorite and seriously compromises its natural radiation record. Ten vials of the Bruderheim L6 chondrite were placed in CT imager and exposed to radiation levels typical for meteorite studies. Half were retained as controls. Their thermoluminescence (TL) properties were then measured in a blind test. Five of the samples had TL data unaltered from their original (~10 cps) while five had very strong signals (~20,000 cps). It was therefore very clear which samples had been in the CT scanner. For comparison, the natural TL signal from Antarctic meteorites is ~5000–50,000 cps. Using the methods developed for Antarctic meteorites, the apparent dose absorbed by the five test samples was calculated to be 83 ± 5 krad, comparable with the highest doses observed in Antarctic meteorites and freshly fallen meteorites. While these results do not preclude the use of CT scanners when scientifically justified, it should be remembered that the record of radiation exposure to ionizing radiations for the sample will be destroyed and that TL, or the related optically stimulated luminescence, are the primary modern techniques for radiation dosimetry. This is particularly important with irreplaceable samples, such as meteorite main masses, returned samples, and samples destined for archive.  相似文献   

Magnesium Isotopic Compositions of International Geological Reference Materials          下载免费PDF全文

Fang‐Zhen Teng  Wang‐Ye Li  Shan Ke  Wei Yang  Sheng‐Ao Liu  Fatemeh Sedaghatpour  Shui‐Jiong Wang  Kang‐Jun Huang  Yan Hu  Ming‐Xing Ling  Yan Xiao  Xiao‐Ming Liu  Xiao‐Wei Li  Hai‐Ou Gu  Corliss K. Sio  Debra A. Wallace  Ben‐Xun Su  Li Zhao  Johnnie Chamberlin  Melissa Harrington  Aaron Brewer 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2015,39(3):329-339

Magnesium isotopic compositions are reported for twenty‐four international geological reference materials including igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, as well as phlogopite and serpentine minerals. The long‐term reproducibility of Mg isotopic determination, based on 4‐year analyses of olivine and seawater samples, was ≤ 0.07‰ (2s) for δ²⁶Mg and ≤ 0.05‰ (2s) for δ²⁵Mg. Accuracy was tested by analysis of synthetic reference materials down to the quoted long‐term reproducibility. This comprehensive dataset, plus seawater data produced in the same laboratory, serves as a reference for quality assurance and inter‐laboratory comparison of high‐precision Mg isotopic data.  相似文献   

Assessing the potential underestimation of sediment and nutrient loads to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon during floods     

Wallace J  Karim F  Wilkinson S 《Marine pollution bulletin》2012,65(4-9):194-202

Much of the sediment and nutrient load to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon happens during over bank floods, when discharge can be significantly underestimated by standard river gauges. This paper assesses the potential need for a flood load correction for 28 coastal rivers that discharge into the GBR lagoon. For each river, daily discharge was divided into flows above and below a 'flood' threshold to calculate the mean annual percentage flow above this threshold. Most GBR rivers potentially need a flood load correction as over 15% of their mean annual flow occurs above the minor flood level; only seven rivers need little/no correction as their flood flows were less than 5% of the mean annual flow. Improved assessment of the true load of materials to the GBR lagoon would be an important contribution to the monitoring and reporting of progress towards Reef Plan and associated marine load targets.  相似文献   

Relative importance of multiple environmental variables in structuring benthic macroinfaunal assemblages in chronically metal-polluted salt marshes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Daisuke Goto  William G. Wallace 《Marine pollution bulletin》2010,60(3):363-375

In this study, we assessed importance of sediment-associated trace metals in structuring benthic macroinfaunal assemblages along multiple environmental gradients in chronically polluted salt marshes of the Arthur Kill - AK (New York, USA). More than 90% of benthic macroinfaunal communities at the northern AK sites consisted of a considerably large number of only a few polychaete and oligochaete species. Approximately 70% of among-site variances in abundance and biomass of benthic macroinfaunal communities was strongly associated with a few environmental variables; only sediment-associated mercury consistently contributed to a significant proportion of the explained variances in species composition along natural environmental gradients (e.g., salinity). Although sediment-associated copper, lead, and zinc were substantially elevated at some of the AK sites, their ecological impacts on benthic macroinfaunal communities appeared to be negligible. These findings suggest that cumulative metal-specific impacts may have played an important role in structuring benthic macroinfaunal communities in chronically polluted AK ecosystems.  相似文献   

应用地震层析成象技术研究深部速度结构     

范广伟 Wall.  TC 《CT理论与应用研究》1999,8(1):1-8

罗马尼亚Ｖａｎｃｅａ地震区是大陆上发生与板块磁撞和削减有关的中深部地震活动的地区之一。本文介绍了应用地震层析成象方法研究该地区深部速度结构成果。在研究中使用了地方和区域地震所记录的４３３个浅源和中部地震的到时资料反演求解深至２００ｋｍ的三维速度结构,在走时和射线路径的计算中利用了有效的三维射线跟踪技术,在反演中采用ＬＳＱＲ算法,高分辨率的地震层析图象揭示了速度结构的广泛不均匀性,结果表明,地震层析  相似文献   

Bikini Atoll coral biodiversity resilience five decades after nuclear testing     

Richards ZT  Beger M  Pinca S  Wallace CC 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(3):503-515

Five decades after a series of nuclear tests began, we provide evidence that 70% of the Bikini Atoll zooxanthellate coral assemblage is resilient to large-scale anthropogenic disturbance. Species composition in 2002 was assessed and compared to that seen prior to nuclear testing. A total of 183 scleractinian coral species was recorded, compared to 126 species recorded in the previous study (excluding synonomies, 148 including synonomies). We found that 42 coral species may be locally extinct at Bikini. Fourteen of these losses may be pseudo-losses due to inconsistent taxonomy between the two studies or insufficient sampling in the second study, however 28 species appear to represent genuine losses. Of these losses, 16 species are obligate lagoonal specialists and 12 have wider habitat compatibility. Twelve species are recorded from Bikini for the first time. We suggest the highly diverse Rongelap Atoll to the east of Bikini may have contributed larval propagules to facilitate the partial resilience of coral biodiversity in the absence of additional anthropogenic threats.  相似文献   

Laboratory calibration of chemical volcanic gas sampling techniques using an artificial fumarole     

Luke Mioduszewski  Victor Kress 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008,174(4):295-306

We have constructed an artificial laboratory fumarole to calibrate the most common chemical volcanic gas sampling techniques and obtain a quantitative measure of their efficacy. We have also developed and tested a new rugged and portable venturi spray gas sampler. The venturi sampler reproduced the output gas composition most accurately, followed by the Giggenbach bottles, filter packs, and lastly alkaline traps. Passive alkaline traps, however, did better than filter packs when sampling more concentrated fumarole gases. Under ideal conditions, the accuracy of the Giggenbach bottles was identical to the venturi sampler, although there was slightly more scatter. The Giggenbach sampler was more susceptible to problems with condensation on the input train even in a laboratory setting, and this technique was only effective in relatively concentrated gas streams. Filter packs are also effective, but extreme care must be exercised to maintain strong undersaturation with respect to the acid gas. If strong undersaturation (high pH) is not maintained, the filter packs return erroneously low S/Cl and S/F ratios. Use of a pH indicator is an effective way of avoiding this problem. The passive alkaline traps also under-sample sulfur, resulting in low reported S/Cl and S/F ratios. It appears that the overall sampling efficiency of all techniques was not strongly affected by oxygen fugacity over the limited range tested. When detecting sulfate and sulfite simultaneously, we found no difference in total sulfur before and after oxidation. This suggests that all sulfur from the gas regardless of oxidation state was absorbed as sulfite or sulfate and/or was quickly oxidized in solution. This conclusion is supported by IC HS⁻ reference samples.  相似文献   

Summit CO₂ emission rates by the CO₂/SO₂ ratio method at Kīlauea Volcano,Hawaiʻi,during a period of sustained inflation     

S.A. Hager  T.M. Gerlach  P.J. Wallace 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

The emission rate of carbon dioxide escaping from the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai?i, proved highly variable, averaging 4900 ± 2000 metric tons per day (t/d) in June–July 2003 during a period of summit inflation. These results were obtained by combining over 90 measurements of COSPEC-derived SO₂ emission rates with synchronous CO₂/SO₂ ratios of the volcanic gas plume along the summit COSPEC traverse. The results are lower than the CO₂ emission rate of 8500 ± 300 t/d measured by the same method in 1995–1999 during a period of long-term summit deflation [Gerlach, T.M., McGee, K.A., Elias, T., Sutton, A.J. and Doukas, M.P., 2002. Carbon dioxide emission rate of Kīlauea Volcano: Implications for primary magma and the summit reservoir. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 107(B9): art. no.-2189.]. Analysis of the data indicates that the emission rates of the present study likely reflect changes in the magma supply rate and residence time in the summit reservoir. It is also likely that emission rates during the inflation period were heavily influenced by SO₂ pulses emitted adjacent to the COSPEC traverse, which biased CO₂/SO₂ ratios towards low values that may be unrepresentative of the global summit gas plume. We conclude that the SO₂ pulses are consequences of summit re-inflation under way since 2003 and that CO₂ emission rates remain comparable to, but more variable than, those measured prior to re-inflation.  相似文献