Airborne remote sensing of cloud radiative smoothing during the Baltex Bridge Cloud campaign     

Marc Schrder  Ralf Bennartz  Jürgen Fischer  Thomas Ruhtz 《Atmospheric Research》2004,72(1-4):107

Based on airborne observations during the Baltex Bridge Cloud (BBC) campaign in September 2001, the impact of two layer cloud systems, gas absorption and surface albedo on cloud radiative smoothing is investigated. Multispectral nadir radiance measurements have been conducted which cover the visible and near infrared wavelength range. The observed radiances are transformed into Fourier space where ranges of scale-invariance are identified. Associated slopes and scale breaks are determined and used to characterize the impacts on cloud radiative smoothing. The results reveal that an increase of gas absorption reduces the small scale slope and the scale break due to a decreasing likelihood of horizontal photon transport. Another impact is that the increasing gas absorption reduces the cloud surface interaction, which is indicated by an increase of the large scale slope. An increasing surface albedo results in large scale cloud radiative smoothing and is associated with a decrease of the large scale slope. This effect depends on the cloud height and the cloud morphology. Two layer cloud systems exhibit a similar behaviour in Fourier space as large surface albedos beneath a single cloud deck. It is argued that the impact of two layer cloud systems on large scale cloud radiative smoothing may not be typical for two layer clouds.  相似文献   

Structure et caractérisation des matériaux utilisés dans la construction d'une mosaı̈que romaine de la cité de Volubilis (Maroc)     

Abdelilah Dekayir  Marc Amouric  Juan Olives  Claude Parron  Abdelilah Nadiri  Abdelkader Chergui  M.Abdeljalil El Hajraoui 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2004,336(12):1061-1070

In Volubilis, Roman mosaics are very beautiful and reveal, from the bottom to the surface, three layers: (i) ‘hedgehog’ layer, (ii) coarse grain mortar layer (rudus + nucleus) and (iii) tesselatum. Mineralogical analysis of coarse grain mortar sampled in Flavius Germanus mosaic shows that it consisted of quartz and calcite, with some feldspar and probably mica and dolomite. Fine-grained mortar in tesselatum is made from a mixture of calcite and quartz only. Limestone tesserae (white, pink and brown) show petrographic facies that change from micritic to oolithic limestone. Conversely, black and brick red tesserae are respectively made of marble, red sandstone and from fire clay. Other colours as yellow, blue, green and grey are obtained from artificial glass with different chemical compositions. To cite this article: A. Dekayir et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).  相似文献   

Large enigmatic crater structures offshore southern California     

Mark R. Legg  Craig Nicholson  Chris Goldfinger  Randall Milstein  Marc J. Kamerling 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,159(2):803-815

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How flat is the lower-mantle temperature gradient?     

Marc Monnereau  David A. Yuen 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,202(1):171-183

The temperature gradient in the lower mantle is fundamental in prescribing many transport properties, such as the viscosity, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. The adiabatic temperature gradient is commonly employed for estimating these transport properties in the lower mantle. We have carried out a series of high-resolution 3-D anelastic compressible convections in a spherical shell with the PREM seismic model as the background density and bulk modulus and the thermal expansivity decreasing with depth. Our purpose was to assess how close under realistic conditions the horizontally averaged thermal gradient would lie to the adiabatic gradient derived from the convection model. These models all have an endothermic phase change at 660 km depth with a Clapeyron slope of around −3 MPa K⁻¹, uniform internal heating and a viscosity increase of 30 across the phase transition. The global Rayleigh number for basal heating is around 2×10⁶, while an internal heating Rayleigh number as high as 10⁸ has been employed. The pattern of convection is generally partially layered with a jump of the geotherm across the phase change of at most 300 K. In all thermally equilibrated situations the geothermal gradients in the lower mantle are small, around 0.1 K km⁻¹, and are subadiabatic. Such a low gradient would produce a high peak in the lower-mantle viscosity, if the temperature is substituted into a recently proposed rheological law in the lower mantle. Although the endothermic phase transition may only cause partial layering in the present-day mantle, its presence can exert a profound influence on the state of adiabaticity over the entire mantle.  相似文献   

Active hydrate destabilization in Lake Baikal,Siberia?   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Marc De Batist  Jan Klerkx  Pieter Van Rensbergen  Maarten Vanneste  Jeffrey Poort  Alexander Y. Golmshtok  rei A. Kremlev  Oleg M. Khlystov  Petr Krinitsky 《地学学报》2002,14(6):436-442

ABSTRACT In this paper, we present new seismic and heat-flow data that show the base of the hydrate stability zone (BHSZ) in Lake Baikal to be locally characterized by abnormal variations in depth, with distinct regions of deeper-than-normal and regions of shallower-than-normal BHSZ. These variations are related to strong lateral variations in heat flow, and occur in close association with important rift-basin faults. Areas of shallow BHSZ are also characterized by the presence of several methane seeps and mud volcanoes at the lake floor. We infer that the seeps are the surface expression of escape pathways for overpressured fluids generated by the dissociation of pre-existing hydrates, in response to a thermal pulse caused by an upward flow of hydrothermal fluids towards the BHSZ. It thus seems that present-day hydrate dissociation in Lake Baikal is modulated by the tectonic activity in the rift rather than by – climatically controlled – changes in lake level or water temperature.  相似文献   

Mathematical modelling of gravitational compaction and clay dehydration in thick sediment layers     

D. Marc Audet 《Geophysical Journal International》1995,122(1):283-298

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Stephen J. De Mora, Serge Demers, Maria Vernet: The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Marine Environment     

Marc Von Hobe 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2001,38(3):348-350

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Quantitative Imaging of Stable Isotopes by Ion Microprobe     

Jérôme Aléon  Marc Chaussidon  Michel Champenois  Denis Mangin 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2001,25(2-3):417-429

A new analytical procedure has been developed to measure oxygen isotopic ratios and, more generally, stable isotopic ratios in microparticles with a few % precision. This procedure uses ion microprobe quantitative imaging with a scanning microbeam. In this mode, ion images are acquired on the electron multiplier. Image processing allows extraction of areas of interest from the whole image and computation of isotopic ratios in the selected areas. The accuracy of this method has been tested for the analysis of the 18O/16O ratio in quartz and magnetite reference samples powdered to a grain size of 2-5 μm. A detailed study of the instrumental mass fractionation allowed an understanding of differences between classical spot analysis and scanning ion imaging, and showed that fractionation effects were related to grain topography for microparticle analysis, and to image processing or to secondary optical settings for ion imaging. The precision obtained for the measurement of ä18O was 3% for grains having a diameter of 2 μm.  相似文献   

Experimental study of clinopyroxenite partial melting and the origin of ultra-calcic melt inclusions   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

Tetsu Kogiso  Marc M. Hirschmann 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2001,142(3):347-360

Ultra-calcic melt inclusions (UCMI: CaO>13.5 wt% and/or CaO/Al₂O₃>0.9) are magnesian and near-primary liquids trapped in volcanic phenocrysts from mid-ocean ridges, arcs, back-arcs, and ocean islands. UCMI can be subdivided into two classes based on tectonic association and degree of silica saturation: those from arcs are nepheline normative and those from all other localities (silicic UCMI) are hypersthene normative. Silicic UCMI share a number of common features, including primitive host minerals, low alkali contents, and variable ratios of K₂O/TiO₂ ranging to high values. Their compositions are not easily derived by partial melting of mantle lherzolite. Accordingly, we have performed a series of partial melting experiments on three clinopyroxenite compositions at 1.0 to 2.0 GPa to investigate the role of partial melting of clinopyroxene-rich lithologies in silicic UCMI genesis. Estimated solidus temperatures for all three compositions are similar to those of normal peridotites, but 1.0 GPa isobaric melt productivities are higher for clinopyroxenite than for peridotite. High degree partial melts of the clinopyroxenites are ultra-calcic and have similarities to silicic UCMI, but the experiments produce ultra-calcic liquids only at melt fractions greater than 30% and temperatures higher than 1,350 °C at 1.0 GPa. Such temperatures are higher than those likely to be prevailing beneath normal mid-ocean ridges, which suggests that some or all silicic UCMI may originate by a process other than simple partial melting of clinopyroxene-rich lithologies. We consider a possible role for partial melting of depleted harzburgite in the genesis of silicic UCMI.  相似文献   

The groundwater vulnerability map for the Flemish region: its principles and uses   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Bart Fobe  Marc Goossens 《Engineering Geology》1990,29(4):355-363

Fobe, B. and Goossens, M., 1990. The groundwater vulnerability map for the Flemish region: its principles and uses. Eng. Geol., 29: 355–363.

The vulnerability map of the groundwater for the Flemish region demonstrates the possible risk for contamination of the groundwater in the upper aquifer of economical value. The map was ordered by the Flemish government and distributed among the people working in the environmental sector. The vulnerability map, in scale 1/100,000, is based on static factors, like the lithology of the aquifer and its possible coverlayers and the depth of the water table. The map will serve as a tool for proper management of the groundwater. Because of its smaller scale, the document will be used to determine areas where particular regulations and actions for the protection of groundwater are necessary.

Some of the data presented by the map suggest a safer situation than actually present. This is because the compilation followed strictly the principles of the legend. In the future, care should be taken to avoid such ambiguous situations on a map that is available for the public.

Plans exist to start with the compilation of dynamic vulnerability maps. One experimental project is already finished. This study and other recent scientific research gave experience about the influence of topography on the recharge of groundwater. It will be necessary to review the risk of groundwater contamination in some of the areas on the vulnerability map, especially in sandy hill ridges.  相似文献