Data assimilation into nonlinear stochastic models     

ROBERT N. MILLER  EVERETT F. CARTER  Jr.  and SALLY T. BLUE † 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1999,51(2):167-194

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Hf–Nd isotope constraints on the origin of Dehshir Ophiolite,Central Iran     

HADI SHAFAII MOGHADAM  ROBERT J. STERN  JUN‐ICHI KIMURA  YUKA HIRAHARA  RYOKO SENDA  TAKASHI MIYAZAKI 《Island Arc》2012,21(3):202-214

The peri‐Arabian ophiolite belt, from Cyprus in the west, eastward through Northwest Syria, Southeast Turkey, Northeast Iraq, Southwest Iran, and into Oman, marks a 3000 km‐long convergent margin that formed during a Late Cretaceous (ca 100 Ma) episode of subduction initiation on the north side of Neotethys. The Zagros ophiolites of Iran are part of this belt and are divided into Outer (OB) and Inner (IB) Ophiolitic Belts. We here report the first Nd–Hf isotopic study of this ophiolite belt, focusing on the Dehshir ophiolite (a part of IB). Our results confirm the Indian mid‐oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) mantle domain origin for the Dehshir mafic and felsic igneous rocks. All lavas have similar Hf isotopic compositions, but felsic dikes have significantly less‐radiogenic Nd isotopic compositions compared to mafic lavas. Elevated Th/Nb and Th/Yb in felsic samples accompany nonradiogenic Nd, suggesting the involvement of sediments or continental crust.  相似文献   

QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN PERIGLACIAL MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS AT A CATCHMENT SCALE USING GEOMORPHIC PROCESS UNITS     

BY A. BARTSCH  M. GUDE  S.D. GURNEY 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2009,91(1):1-9

The research record on the quantification of sediment transport processes in periglacial mountain environments in Scandinavia dates back to the 1950s. A wide range of measurements is available, especially from the Kärkevagge region of northern Sweden. Within this paper satellite image analysis and tools provided by geographic information systems (GIS) are exploited in order to extend and improve this research and to complement geophysical methods. The processes of interest include mass movements such as solifluction, slope wash, dirty avalanches and rock- and boulder falls. Geomorphic process units have been derived in order to allow quantification via GIS techniques at a catchment scale. Mass movement rates based on existing field measurements are employed in the budget calculations. In the Kärkevagge catchment, 80% of the area can be identified either as a source area for sediments or as a zone where sediments are deposited. The overall budget for the slopes beneath the rockwalls in the Kärkevagge is approximately 680 t a⁻¹ whilst about 150 t a⁻¹ are transported into the fluvial system.  相似文献   

PALEOENVIRONMENT AND “POCKET FEN” DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN GREAT PLAINS*     

KEVIN P. GILMORE  DONALD G. SULLIVAN 《Geographical review》2010,100(3):413-429

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Climate change in the Arctic: current and future vulnerability in two Inuit communities in Canada   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

JAMES D FORD  BARRY SMIT†  JOHANNA WANDEL†  MISHAK ALLURUT‡  KIK SHAPPA‡  HARRY ITTUSARJUAT§  KEVIN QRUNNUT§ 《The Geographical journal》2008,174(1):45-62

Climate change is already occurring in the Arctic and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment recently concluded that future climate change could be devastating for Inuit. This paper characterises vulnerability to climate change in two Inuit communities in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, focusing on the resource harvesting sector. In both communities, Inuit have demonstrated significant adaptability in the face of current changes in climatic conditions. This adaptability is facilitated by traditional Inuit knowledge, strong social networks, flexibility in resource use, and institutional support. Changing Inuit livelihoods, however, have undermined certain aspects of adaptive capacity and have resulted in emerging vulnerabilities. Global and regional climate projections indicate that climatic conditions which currently pose risks are expected to be negatively affected by future climate change. These projections are not without precedent and analysis of current vulnerability and identification of adaptation constraints by Inuit in the two communities indicate the continued importance of traditional coping mechanisms. The ability to draw on these coping mechanisms in light of future climate change, however, will be unequal and the research indicates that young Inuit and those without access to economic resources, in particular, are vulnerable.  相似文献   

The destruction of Iapetus and Tornquist's Oceans     

KEVIN T. PICKERING 《Geology Today》1989,5(5):160-166

The Cambro-Ordovician Iapetus and Tornquist's Oceans formed a Pacific-type ocean basin rimmed by volcanic island arcs and marginal basins. By the latest Ordovician to earliest Silurian this ocean basin was beginning to close, to become a Mediterranean-type ocean basin. This was caused by the collision between a microcontinent (comprising England, Wales, much of Ireland and parts of north-west Europe), called Eastern Avalonia, and the North American super-continent, Laurentia, which resulted in no oceanic crust remaining in the region of present-day central Newfoundland. Marine basins, however, persisted into the Middle Silurian. Throughout the Silurian and early Devonian, some 40–45 million years, various terranes continued to collide with the North American margin, predominantly under major left-lateral strike-slip until the remaining seaways were eliminated in the early Middle Devonian, to be replaced by terrestrial environments of the Old Red Sandstone.  相似文献   

Quantitative study of the distributary braidplain of the Preboreal ice-contact Gardermoen delta complex, southeastern Norway     

KEVIN J. TUTTLE  SVElN ROAR ØOUSTMO  BJ ÖRN G. ANDERSEN 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1997,26(2):141-156

This raised delta structure is an ice-contact deltaic complex with a volume of c. 4.4.10⁹ m³, deposited c . 9500 yr BP in a shallow wide 'fjord' during the retreat of the Scandinavian ice cap. The delta plain lies at an altitude of 200–223 m. It aggraded c . 20 m above the contemporaneous sea level during a regional marine regression. The braidplain palaeochannel characteristics indicate a peak meltwater discharge of 7–9 10³ m³/s. Calculations based on a glacial ablation model indicate a mid-summer discharge of c . 5.5 10³ m³/s. However, the fluvial topset of the delta has an erosive base whose altitude decreases upstream and indicates stream incision by more the 6 m below the contemporaneous sea level. The deep scour is ascribed to episodic floods over the relatively short delta plain, which exceeded direct ablation-associated discharges. The depositional time-span of the delta is assessed to have been 70 years, calculated from coastal gradient and shoreline displacement curves. The average sedimentation rate of the delta is thereby inferred to have been extremely high, c . 6. 10⁷ m³/yr. The sedimentation is thought to reflect 'extreme' ice-margin conditions, where the sediment and water discharge was maximized by full-scale ablation, with simultaneous subglacial, englacial and supraglacial sediment and water supply. These conditions might further coincide with an abundant rainfall in the catchment area or the drainage of dammed waters, initiating episodic floods which eroded deep beneath sea level. As a whole, the study illustrates the hydrological conditions of proglacial sedimentation at the front of the rapidly retreating last Scandinavian ice cap.  相似文献   

Early-Middle Jurassic Dolerite Dykes from Western Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica): Identifying Mantle Sources in the Karoo Large Igneous Province   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

RILEY  TEAL R.; LEAT  PHILIP T.; CURTIS  MICHAEL L.; MILLAR  IAN. L.; DUNCAN  ROBERT A.; FAZEL  ADELA 《Journal of Petrology》2005,46(7):1489-1524

A suite of dolerite dykes from the Ahlmannryggen region of westernDronning Maud Land (Antarctica) forms part of the much moreextensive Karoo igneous province of southern Africa. The dykecompositions include both low- and high-Ti magma types, includingpicrites and ferropicrites. New ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age determinationsfor the Ahlmannryggen intrusions indicate two ages of emplacementat 178 and 190 Ma. Four geochemical groups of dykes have beenidentified in the Ahlmannryggen region based on analyses of60 dykes. The groups are defined on the basis of whole-rockTiO₂ and Zr contents, and reinforced by rare earth element (REE),⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd isotope data. Group 1 were intrudedat 190 Ma and have low TiO₂ and Zr contents and a significantArchaean crustal component, but also evidence of hydrothermalalteration. Group 2 dykes were intruded at 178 Ma; they havelow to moderate TiO₂ and Zr contents and are interpreted tobe the result of mixing of melts derived from an isotopicallydepleted source with small melt fractions of an enriched lithosphericmantle source. Group 3 dyke were intruded at 190 Ma and formthe most distinct magma group; these are largely picritic withsuperficially mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB)-like chemistry (flatREE patterns, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_i 0·7035, Nd_i 9). However, theyhave very high TiO₂ (4 wt %) and Zr (500 ppm) contents, whichis not consistent with melting of MORB-source mantle. The Group3 magmas are inferred to be derived by partial melting of astrongly depleted mantle source in the garnet stability field.This group includes several high Mg–Fe dykes (ferropicrites),which are interpreted as high-temperature melts. Some Group3 dykes also show evidence of contamination by continental crust.Group 4 dykes are low-K picrites intruded at 178 Ma; they havevery high TiO₂–Zr contents and are the most enriched magmagroup of the Karoo–Antarctic province, with ocean-islandbasalt (OIB)-like chemistry. Dykes of Group 1 and Group 3 aresub-parallel (ENE–WSW) and both groups were emplaced at190 Ma in response to the same regional stress field, whichhad changed by 178 Ma, when Group 2 and Group 4 dykes were intrudedalong a dominantly NNE–SSW strike. KEY WORDS: flood basalt; depleted mantle; enriched mantle; Ahlmannryggen; Karoo dyke  相似文献   

Traces made by the amphipod Gammarus in subaerially-exposed marginal sediments of a freshwater lake     

ROBERT W. DUCK 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1986,15(1):19-23

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Physical initialization for numerical weather prediction over the tropics     

T. N. KRISHNAMURTI  JISHAN XUE  H. S. BEDI  KEVIN INGLES  D. OOSTERHOF 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1991,43(4):53-81

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