Application of the Lorenz equations for studying thermal convection in the lithosphere     

B. I. Birger 《Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth》2011,47(6):541-554

Stationary solutions including wave solutions with constant amplitudes are found for nonlinear equations of thermal convection in a layer with nonlinear rheology. The solution is based on the Fourier expansion of unknown velocities and temperatures with only the first and first two terms retained in the velocity and temperature series, respectively. This method, which can be regarded as the Lorenz method, yields the Lorenz equations that fairly well describe the thermal convection in a layer with Newtonian rheology if the Rayleigh number is not very large. The obtained generalization of the Lorenz equations to the case of an integral (having a memory) nonlinear rheology implies that only the first term is retained in the Fourier series for the stress components, i.e., the nonlinear rheological equation is harmonically linearized. However, in the Fourier series of temperature, it is essential to keep the second term: this term, which is independent of the horizontal coordinate, models the thermal boundary layer that characterizes the developed convection. We constructed the bifurcation curves that describe the stationary convection in the nonlinear integral medium simulating the rheology of the mantle, and analyzed the stability of stationary convective flows. The Lorenz method is applied to study small-scale thermal convection in the lithosphere of the Earth.  相似文献   

Meteorological Observations in 1999 at the Arctic Station,Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), Central West Greenland/Evidence of a warmer climate around AD 600, Mittivakkat Glacier,South East Greenland     

Birger Ulf Hansen  Niels Nielsen  Ole Humlum  Bent Hasholt 《Geografisk tidskrift / udgivet af Bestyrelsen for Det Kongelige danske geografiske selskab》2013,113(1):85-90

In october 1990 an automatic weather station was established at the Arctic Station (65° 15', 53°31'W), Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), Central West Greenland. The Station register parameters each 20 minutes, and the paramters have been described in an earlier paper in this journal by Nielsen et al.(1995). The present paper summarizes meteorological parameters during 1999.

During a field campaign in 1999, woody remains from Salix glauca were found on a nunatak, 515 m. a.s.l. on the Mittivakkat Glacier, South East Greenland. Radio carbon dating determined the age of a wood sample to AD 640. Together with analyses of macroscopic botanical remains and insect rests in peaty material found nearby, these results indicate, that a warmer climate prevailed near the glacier around AD 600. These findings are in accordance with temperature records based on studies of ice cores from the Greenland Ice sheet.  相似文献   

Meteorological observations 2006 and ground temperature variations over 12-year at the Sermilik Station,Ammassalik Island,Southeast Greenland     

Sebastian H. Mernild  Bent Hasholt  Bjarne H. Jakobsen  Birger U. Hansen 《Geografisk tidskrift / udgivet af Bestyrelsen for Det Kongelige danske geografiske selskab》2013,113(1):153-161

Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 108(1):153–161, 2008

Meteorological stations have been in operation since 1993 at the Sermilik Research Station (65°40′N, 38°10′W), Ammassalik Island, Southeast Greenland. This note presents meteorological observations for the calendar year 2006 from the two meteorological stations: Station Nunatak (515 m a.s.l.) and Station Coast (25 m a.s.l.). The year 2006 record is not complete due to a temporal break down of Station Coast (from end-of June through beginning of August). Special focus is given to ground temperature measurements at the meteorological Station Nunatak (1994–2006) 0.1 and 0.3 m below the surface. Data are presented to illustrate the intra- and inter-annual temperature variability and possible trends in the upper part of the soil.  相似文献   

Shocked chromites in fossil L chondrites: A Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy study          下载免费PDF全文

Surya S. Rout  Philipp R. Heck  Nestor J. Zaluzec  Takayuki Ishii  Jianguo Wen  Dean J. Miller  Birger Schmitz 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2017,52(9):1776-1796

Chromites from Middle Ordovician fossil L chondrites and from matrix and shock‐melt veins in Catherwood, Tenham, and Coorara L chondrites were studied using Raman spectroscopy and TEM. Raman spectra of chromites from fossil L chondrites showed similarities with chromites from matrix and shock‐melt veins in the studied L chondrite falls and finds. Chromites from shock‐melt veins of L chondrites show polycrystallinity, while the chromite grains in fossil L chondrites are single crystals. In addition, chromites from shock‐melt veins in the studied L chondrites have high densities of planar fractures within the subgrains and many subgrains show intergrowths of chromite and xieite. Matrix chromite of Tenham has similar dislocation densities and planar fractures as a chromite from the fossil meteorite Golvsten 001 and higher dislocation densities than in chromite from the fossil meteorite Sextummen 003. Using this observation and knowing that the matrix of Tenham experienced 20–22 GPa and <1000° C, an upper limit for the P,T conditions of chromite from Golvsten 001 and Sextummen 003 can be estimated to be 20–22 GPa and 1000° C (shock stage S3–S6) and 20 GPa and 1000° C (S3–S5), respectively, and we conclude that the studied fossil meteorite chromites are from matrix.  相似文献   

中国沿海海表温度均一性检验和订正   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

李琰  王国松  范文静  刘克修  王慧  Birger Tinz  Hans von Storch  冯建龙 《海洋学报》2018,40(1):17-28

利用惩罚最大T检验（Penalized Maximal T test，PMT）方法，选取均一的邻近气象站为参考站，基于月平均地面气温（SAT）资料，利用相关系数权重平均方法构建参考序列，同时结合元数据信息，对1960-2011年中国沿海27个海洋观测站月平均海表温度（SST）进行了均一性检验与订正，并分析了造成海表温度序列非均一的主要原因。结果表明，中国沿海海洋台站海表温度资料存在较为严重的非均一性问题，几乎所有的台站都存在断点，仪器变更（包括人工观测转自动观测）（占总断点数的52.4%）和迁站（占总断点数的33.3%）是造成序列非均一的主要原因。整套资料负订正量所占比例较高，这种负订正量与人工转自动观测后海表温度观测值偏低有密切关系。这也使得订正后中国沿海平均海表温度趋势与订正前存在明显差异，订正后中国沿海海表温度呈明显的加速上升趋势。  相似文献   

Clay slides in the Målselv valley, northern Norway: Characteristics, occurrence, and triggering mechanisms     

Raymond S. Eilertsen  Louise Hansen  Terje H. Bargel  Inger-Lise Solberg 《Geomorphology》2008,93(3-4):548-562

The distribution of a large number of clay slides in the Målselv valley, northern Norway, is analysed and put into context with the stratigraphic organization of the valley-fill sediments. About 32% of the landslides larger than 10⁴ m³ occur close to the valley margins, where mud is either exposed or at shallow depth. About 57% of the landslides occur mid-valley, where relatively thin (< 15 m) coarse-grained deltaic sediments overlay fine-grained marine and glaciomarine sediments, and about 11% of the landslides occur in front of ice-contact deposits. The slide-prone areas are all characterized by the occurrence of heterogeneous sediments (interbedded clay, silt and sand), in addition to the presence of steep slopes eroded by rivers. The heterogeneous nature of the sediments probably enhanced groundwater drainage and leaching of salts from the clay, increasing sensitivity. Thus, the distribution and organization of the valley-fill sediments and groundwater drainage probably controlled the position of the slide scars and sliding planes. Since deglaciation of the valley (11,500 BP–present), isostatic rebound has enhanced fluvial incision and the creation of steep slopes due to a fall in relative sea level of up to 80 m.Arcuate-shaped, ‘bottleneck’ landslide scars ranging from c. 10⁴ to 10⁷ m³ in size is the dominant morphological signature of the slides, typical for quick clay slides or earth flows involving fluid mud. Their most common triggering mechanism is probably erosion at the toe slopes by the river Målselv or its tributaries. River erosion close to the valley margin, where glaciomarine and marine sediments are present, seems to give the most severe slides. The overall valley-fill organization controls the distribution of clay slides, which may apply to other fjord valleys having similar sediment distribution.  相似文献   

Accumulation of elastic strains in the upper crust on the locked transform faults and the tectonomagnetic effect     

B. I. Birger 《Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth》2016,52(6):928-935

Plate tectonics only allows small deformations in the lithospheric plates. The laboratory experiments with the rock specimens show that the creep is transient when the creep strain is at most 1%. Hence, if we assume that the creep strain in the lithospheric plates is below this threshold, the creep is transient. The present paper addresses the role of the elastic, brittle (pseudo-plastic), and creep rheology of the lithosphere during the accumulation of elastic shear strains on the locked faults in the Earth’s crust, i.e., during the process of preparation of the earthquakes. The effective viscosity characterizing the transient creep is lower than that under the steady-state creep and it depends on the characteristic time of a given process. The characteristic duration of the stress and strain accumulation process in the vicinity of the locked faults is a few dozen years. On these time intervals, the thin upper crustal layer behaves as brittle; the underlying layer behaves as elastic (it is just this layer which accommodates stress accumulation leading to the earthquake), whereas the transient creep is predominant in the lower crust and mantle lithosphere. Transient creep entails nonlinear time dependence of the strains arising in the vicinity of the locked fault in the elastic crust. The perturbations in the magnetic field induced by these strains can be treated as the magnetic precursor of the earthquake.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Monazite trumps zircon: applying SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology to systematically evaluate emplacement ages of leucocratic,low-temperature granites in a complex Precambrian orogen     

Agnieszka?M.?PiechockaEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile  Courtney?J.?Gregory  Jian-Wei?Zi  Stephen?Sheppard  Michael?T.?D.?Wingate  Birger?Rasmussen 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2017,172(9):73

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Upscaling of Geological Models for Reservoir Simulation: Issues and Approaches     

J?rg E. Aarnes  Vegard Kippe  Knut-Andreas Lie  Alf Birger Rustad 《Computational Geosciences》2002,6(1):1-4

Introduction

Upscaling of Geological Models for Reservoir Simulation: Issues and Approaches  相似文献   

European VOC Emission Estimates Evaluated by Measurements and Model Calculations     

øystein Hov  Asgeir Sorteberg  Norbert Schmidbauer  Sverre Solberg  Frode Stordal  David Simpson  Anne Lindskog  Hans Areskoug  Pedro Oyola  Heikki Lättilä  Niels Z. Heidam 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1997,28(1-3):173-193

Observations and model calculations of the concentration of hydrocarbonsat five Scandinavian rural sites during March–June 1993are reported.Decreasing concentrations from March to June are observedat all sites. The highest concentrations of hydrocarbons were found in air massescoming in from the southwest to southeast, indicating that long rangetransport fromcontinental Europe and the U.K. is important in pollution episodes. An episode of elevated concentrations of hydrocarbons observed at three of the sites in the middle of Marchis described and discussed in relation to the synoptic situation and thepresenceof other chemical compounds (NO₂, PAN, total nitrate andozone).A Lagrangian numerical model is used to calculate the concentrations of theindividual hydrocarbons at the fivesites and comparison with observations is made.The calculated concentrations for nonmethane hydrocarbons with quite longchemicallifetimes agree well with the observations.For the sum of observed and calculated hydrocarbons the correlationcoefficientsare in the range of 0.65–0.88 for the five sitesand the ratio between calculated and measured concentrations was0.72–0.97, indicating thatthe European VOC emission inventory is quite well estimated.  相似文献