Separation of groundwater-flow components in a karstified aquifer using environmental tracers     

R. Nativ  G. Günay  H. Htzl  B. Reichert  D. K. Solomon  L. Tezcan 《Applied Geochemistry》1999,14(8):973

Groundwater discharges from the intensively karstified Taurus Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea, either along the contact zone between the mountains and the Travertine Plateau (the Kirkgozler Springs, 15 m³/s), or through the travertine (e.g. the Dudenbasi Spring, 18 m³/s) and underneath it (unnamed submarine springs, unknown discharges). In an attempt to identify the hydraulic connections between the various outlet points, groundwater was analyzed for stable and radioactive isotopes, CFCs and He. The upgradient springs, belonging to the Kirkgozler–Dudenbasi system, were proven to be a mixture of recent and older water on the basis of their low ¹⁴C values (12–22.4 pmc), their exceptionally high He content (429–991 μcc/kg) and ³He:⁴He (R:Ra) ratios (1.471–2.602) and their measurable ³H and CFC contents (1.9–5.9 TU and 0.84 to 3.27 pmoles/kg, respectively). The older component probably contains an even lower amount of modern C. However, the undersaturation of the mixture with respect to calcite, its high CO₂ content (up to 83 mg/L) and its enriched ¹³C values (−2.2 to −4.1‰) suggest intensive water/rock interactions, which would contribute ¹⁴C-devoid bicarbonates to the solution. Downgradient springs discharging along the Mediterranean coast contain groundwater contributions from higher altitudes, as evidenced by their depleted δ¹⁸O and δD composition with respect to the local precipitation; however, a larger portion of the recent water component could be contributed from direct precipitation on the travertine. This larger component is reflected in the increased ³H (3.4 to 8.4 TU) and ¹⁴C (32.7–63.6 pmc) contents, atmospheric He (43–82 pmoles/kg), R:Ra values (1.006–1.198) and CFC contamination of the water.  相似文献   

Fall and recovery of the Noblesville (Indiana,U.S.A.) H chondrite     

Michael E. Lipschutz  Brodie Spaulding  Brian D. Kinzie  Solomon Gartenhaus 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1993,28(2):240-242

Abstract We describe the circumstances of fall of a 0.5-kg meteorite that landed in Noblesville, Indiana, USA, 3.6 m in front of two witnesses on 1991 August 31. Provisional assessment of Noblesville as an H chondrite is confirmed by data reported elsewhere which demonstrate that it is a regolith breccia with unusual properties.  相似文献   

Transport of thermospheric NO to the upper stratosphere?     

Susan Solomon  Rolando R. Garcia 《Planetary and Space Science》1984,32(4):399-409

The rate of production of NO in the thermosphere is expected to vary greatly over the course of an 11-year solar cycle because the fluxes of both extreme ultraviolet radiation and auroral particles are known to increase substantially from solar minimum to solar maximum. In the stratosphere, NO participates in a catalytic cycle which constitutes the dominant photochemical destruction mechanism for stratospheric ozone. If appreciable long range transport of NO from the thermosphere to the upper stratosphere occurs, its effects should therefore be manifested in upper atmospheric ozone density variations over the 11-year solar cycle. In this paper, model predictions of the seasonal and latitudinal variations in upper stratospheric O₃ associated with NO transport for different levels of solar activity are compared to satellite observations of upper stratospheric ozone abundances.  相似文献   

The effect of carbon dioxide cooling on trends in the F2-layer ionosphere     

Liying Qian  Alan G. Burns  Stanley C. Solomon  Raymond G. Roble 《Journal of Atmospheric and Solar》2009,71(14-15):1592-1601

The effect of carbon dioxide (CO₂) cooling on trends of h_mF₂ and N_mF₂ are investigated using a coupled thermosphere and ionosphere general circulation model. Model simulations indicate that CO₂ cooling not only causes contraction of the upper atmosphere and changes of neutral and ion composition but also changes dynamics and electrodynamics in the thermosphere/ionosphere. These changes determine the altitude dependence of ionospheric trends and complex latitudinal, longitudinal, diurnal, seasonal, and solar cycle variations of trends of h_mF₂ and N_mF₂. Under the CO₂ cooling effect, trends of N_mF₂ are negative with magnitude from 0% to −40% for doubled CO₂, depending on location, local time, season, and solar activity. The corresponding trends of h_mF₂ are mostly negative with a magnitude from 0 to −40 km, but can be positive with a magnitude from 0 to 10 km at night, with maximum positive trends occurring after midnight under solar minimum conditions.  相似文献   

Spatiotemporal seismic hazard and risk assessment of M9.0 megathrust earthquake sequences of wood‐frame houses in Victoria,British Columbia,Canada     

Lizhong Zhang  Katsuichiro Goda  Maximilian J. Werner  Solomon Tesfamariam 《地震工程与结构动力学》2021,50(1):6-25

Megathrust earthquake sequences, comprising mainshocks and triggered aftershocks along the subduction interface and in the overriding crust, can impact multiple buildings and infrastructure in a city. The time between the mainshocks and aftershocks usually is too short to retrofit the structures; therefore, moderate‐size aftershocks can cause additional damage. To have a better understanding of the impact of aftershocks on city‐wide seismic risk assessment, a new simulation framework of spatiotemporal seismic hazard and risk assessment of future M9.0 sequences in the Cascadia subduction zone is developed. The simulation framework consists of an epidemic‐type aftershock sequence (ETAS) model, ground‐motion model, and state‐dependent seismic fragility model. The spatiotemporal ETAS model is modified to characterise aftershocks of large and anisotropic M9.0 mainshock ruptures. To account for damage accumulation of wood‐frame houses due to aftershocks in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, state‐dependent fragility curves are implemented. The new simulation framework can be used for quasi‐real‐time aftershock hazard and risk assessments and city‐wide post‐event risk management.  相似文献   

Impacts of climate change on August stream discharge in the Central-Rocky Mountains     

Jason C. Leppi  Thomas H. DeLuca  Solomon W. Harrar  Steven W. Running 《Climatic change》2012,112(3-4):997-1014

In the snowmelt dominated hydrology of arid western US landscapes, late summer low streamflow is the most vulnerable period for aquatic ecosystem habitats and trout populations. This study analyzes mean August discharge at 153 streams throughout the Central Rocky Mountains of North America (CRMs) for changes in discharge from 1950–2008. The purpose of this study was to determine if: (1) Mean August stream discharge values have decreased over the last half-century; (2) Low discharge values are occurring more frequently; (3) Climatic variables are influencing August discharge trends. Here we use a strict selection process to characterize gauging stations based on amount of anthropogenic impact in order to identify heavily impacted rivers and understand the relationship between climatic variables and discharge trends. Using historic United States Geologic Survey discharge data, we analyzed data for trends of 40–59 years. Combining of these records along with aerial photos and water rights records we selected gauging stations based on the length and continuity of discharge records and categorized each based on the amount of diversion. Variables that could potentially influence discharge such as change in vegetation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) were examined, but we found that that both did not significantly influence August discharge patterns. Our analyses indicate that non-regulated watersheds are experiencing substantial declines in stream discharge and we have found that 89% of all non-regulated stations exhibit a declining slope. Additionally our results here indicate a significant (α?≤?0.10) decline in discharge from 1951–2008 for the CRMs. Correlations results at our pristine sites show a negative relationship between air temperatures and discharge and these results coupled with increasing air temperature trends pose serious concern for aquatic ecosystems in CRMs.  相似文献   

Sub-daily scale validation of satellite-based high-resolution rainfall products     

Dawit A. Zeweldi  Mekonnen Gebremichael   《Atmospheric Research》2009,92(4):427-433

Recent research efforts have been geared towards developing high-resolution rainfall products from satellites for hydrological applications. A necessary step in assessing the potential and utility of these products is to quantify the uncertainty associated with them at validation scales appropriate for hydrological applications. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of the widely-known PERSIANN-CCS high-resolution (hourly, 0.04° × 0.04°) satellite rainfall products against high-quality NEXRAD radar rainfall observations in the Little Washita watershed. Our results reveal that (1) PERSIANN-CCS shows high skills in reproducing the patterns of inter-annual rainfall variability on a monthly basis; (2) both at the hourly and storm scales, the performance statistics of PERSIANN-CCS exhibit large spread, suggesting that the quality of PERSIANN-CCS product is almost unique for each hour and storm; and (3) significant improvement in performance statistics is obtained as PERSIANN-CCS products are averaged to longer sub-daily time scales. The implications of our results are: (1) PERSIANN-CCS could be used with high confidence for inter-annual rainfall variability studies; (2) PERSIANN-CCS products need to be accompanied by corresponding hourly error estimates in order to provide meaningful error estimates for hydrological applications; and (3) research is needed to characterize the tradeoff between the quality of rainfall input and the space-time resolution of hydrological modeling, as a function of watershed size and hydrologic model complexity level.  相似文献   

Large-scale GIS-based hydrogeological modeling of Flanders: a tool for groundwater management     

Jan Cools  Yves Meyus  Solomon Tuccu Woldeamlak  Okke Batelaan  Florimond De Smedt 《Environmental Geology》2006,50(8):1201-1209

For the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD), technological and scientific support are required. This paper presents a methodology to support a first step of the implementation of WFD, which is the delineation of groundwater bodies. The methodology consists of (1) the development of a complete and generally-accepted hydrogeological classification system for Flanders, named the HCOV code, (2) the development of a geographic information systems (GIS)-managed borehole database, and (3) the development of aquifer and aquitard models by means of a solid modeling approach. For each unit of the hydrogeological classification code for Flanders unit, GIS maps are generated for the three basic characteristics of hydrogeological layers: extent, base level and thickness, such that combined, the volume and extent of a hydrogeological layer is unambiguously defined. This GIS-based hydrogeological database has become a useful tool for groundwater management purposes and to provide the input for groundwater modeling.  相似文献   

Multi-spectroscopic study of Fe(II) in silicate glasses: Implications for the coordination environment of Fe(II) in silicate melts   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

William E. Jackson  Mark Yeager  Stéphanie Rossano  Edward I. Solomon 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2005,69(17):4315-4332

The coordination environment of Fe(II) has been examined in seven anhydrous ferrosilicate glasses at 298 K and 1 bar using ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer, Fe K-edge X-ray near edge structure (XANES), and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), UV-Vis-NIR, and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopies. Glasses of the following compositions were synthesized from oxide melts (abbreviation and nonbridging oxygen:tetrahedral cation ratio (NBO/T) in parentheses): Li₂FeSi₃O₈ (LI2: 1.33), Rb₂FeSi₃O₈ (RB2: 1.33), Na_l.08Fe_l.l7Si_3.l3O₈ (NAl: 1.09), Na_l.46Ca_0.24Fe_l.08Si_2.97O₈ (NC6: 1.38), Na_l.09Ca_0.51Fe_0.72Si_3.10O₈ (NC2: 1.15), Na_0.99Ca_0.92Fe_0.24 Si_3.17O₈ (NCl: 1.04), and Na_0.29Mg_0.53Ca_0.52Fe_0.56Al_0.91Si_2.44O₈ (BAS: 1.05). Mössbauer, XANES, and EXAFS information suggests that iron is dominantly ferrous in all glasses (<10 atom% Fe(III)) with an average first-neighbor Fe(II) coordination varying from ∼ 4 to 5.2 (±0.2) oxygens. The UV-Vis-NIR spectrum of each sample exhibits intense absorption centered near 8100-9200 cm⁻¹ and weak absorption near 5000 cm^−l, which cannot be assigned unambiguously. The MCD spectrum of NC6 glass, which is the first such measurement on a silicate glass, shows three transitions at ∼8500 cm⁻¹, ∼6700 cm⁻¹, and ∼4500 cm⁻¹. The behavior of these MCD bands as a function of temperature (1.6 K to 300 K) and magnetic field strength (1 T to 7 T) indicates that they most likely arise from three distinct Fe(II) sites with different ground states, two of which are 5-coordinated and one of which is 4-coordinated by oxygens.The combined results suggest that Fe(II) predominantly occupies 5- and 4-coordinated sites in each glass, with the ratios differing for the different compositions. Small amounts of 6-coordinated Fe(II) are possible as well, but primarily in the more basic glass compositions such as BAS. The substitution of Li(I) for Rb(I) in the M₂FeSi₃O₈ base glass composition causes a weakening of the average Fe(II)-O bond, as indicated by the longer Fe(II)-O distance in the latter. The basalt composition glass was found to have the largest Fe(II) sites relative to those in the other glasses in this study. A bond valence model that helps predict the coordination number of Fe(II) in silicate glasses is proposed. The structural information extrapolated to Fe(II)-bearing melts is parameterized using bond valence theory, which helps to rationalize the melt-crystal partitioning behavior of ferrous iron in natural and synthetic melt-crystal systems.  相似文献   

3H/3He age data in assessing the susceptibility of wells to contamination   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Manning AH  Kip Solomon D  Thiros SA 《Ground water》2005,43(3):353-367

Regulatory agencies are becoming increasingly interested in using young-ground water dating techniques, such as the 3H/3He method, in assessing the susceptibility of public supply wells (PSWs) to contamination. However, recent studies emphasize that ground water samples of mixed age may be the norm, particularly from long-screened PSWs, and tracer-based "apparent" ages can differ substantially from actual mean ages for mixed-age samples. We present age and contaminant data from PSWs in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, that demonstrate the utility of 3H and 3He measurements in evaluating well susceptibility, despite potential age mixing. Initial 3H concentrations (measured 3H + measured tritiogenic 3He) are compared to those expected based on the apparent 3H/3He age and the local precipitation 3H record. This comparison is used to determine the amount of modern water (recharged after approximately 1950) vs. prebomb water (recharged before approximately 1950) samples might contain. Concentrations of common contaminants were also measured using detection limits generally lower than those used for regulatory purposes. A clear correlation exists between the potential magnitude of the modern water fraction and both the occurrence and concentration of contaminants. For samples containing dominantly modern water based on their initial 3H concentrations, potential discrepancies between apparent 3H/3He ages and mean ages are explored using synthetic samples that are random mixtures of different modern waters. Apparent ages can exceed mean ages by up to 13 years for these samples, with an exponential age distribution resulting in the greatest discrepancies.  相似文献