The reconstruction of eighteenth century temperature records through the use of content analysis     

William R. Baron 《Climatic change》1982,4(4):385-398

The reconstruction of a temperature record for eighteenth century eastern Massachusetts is discussed. In addition to instrumental records diaries were analyzed in order to produce temperature indices. Reliability tests demonstrate that the methodology used is capable of replicating results regardless of changes in coders or intraregional variability in language. Validity tests, comparing diary reconstructions with instrumental records for the same period, produced positive results. A compilation of all climate related data shows the decades of the 1720's, 1750's, and 1760's were cool, while the 1770's and 1790's were warm.  相似文献   

Pitchblende and galena ages in the Alligator Rivers region,Northern Territory,Australia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J. H. Hills  J. R. Richards 《Mineralium Deposita》1976,11(2):133-154

U-Pb and Pb isotopic studies have been made of pitchblendes and associated galenas from four major deposits in the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory, Australia. These are compared with previously-published data on deposits in the South Alligator Valley and in the Westmoreland area on the Queensland border. In all, four different times of possible mineral formation have been detected (1880 ± m. y., 1700 ± m. y., 800–900 m. y., 400–500 m. y.) Some deposits reveal only one time, others two; no deposit shows evidence for all four. The associated galenas are in general highly radiogenic (206/204 ratios range from 2000 to 29, 000); some can be interpreted as reflecting development in two completely different generations of pitchblende. The clearest evidence for solid-state formation of galena from presently-existing pitchblende is to be found at Nabarlek, where the major time of pitchblende formation (920 m. y.) bears no relationship to any known Rb-Sr or K-Ar age.  相似文献   

Rhyodacites,andesites, ferro-basalts and ocean tholeiites from the galapagos spreading center     

Gary R. Byerly  William G. Melson  Peter R. Vogt 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1976,30(2):215-221

Volcanic rocks, dredged from depths greater than 1000 m on the Galapagos spreading center, show extreme chemical diversity, including rhyodacites, andesite, ferro-basalts, and low-K oceanic tholeiite. All samples have fresh glassy margins. The ferro-basalts contain up to 18.5% total iron as FeO and up to 3.75% TiO₂, while the oceanic tholeiites are as low as 0.02% K₂O. The ferro-basalts correlate with the previously proposed zone of high magnetic anomaly amplitudes which flank the Galapagos hot spot, and are consistent with a genesis by shallow fractional crystallization.  相似文献   

Co²⁺ as a chemical analogue for Fe²⁺ in high-temperature experiments in basaltic systems     

William E. Coons  John R. Holloway  Alexandra Navrotsky 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1976,30(2):303-308

High-temperature experiments on ferromagnesian compositions have been hampered by the rapid absorption of up to 95% of the original iron by platinum and 40% by silver-palladium capsules. Molybdenum or iron capsule materials can decrease or alleviate iron loss, but restrict oxygen fugacities to values near the iron-wustite buffer. Because Co²⁺ is stable at f_O2 =HM and because the solubility of Co in platinum in this range of f_O2 is ～0.05% at temperatures to 1350°C, its use as an analogue for Fe²⁺ is possible. In addition, experiments simulating various Fe²⁺ ratios can be easily performed by choosing appropriate Co²⁺/Fe³⁺ ratios. The cobalt phases produced possess brilliant and distinctive colors which are valuable aids in optical identification of minute phases. The cobalt analogue hypothesis was tested with atmospheric pressure experiments in air on the cobalt analogue of the 1921 Kilauea basalt at three simulated Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ ratios. The results were compared with those of R.E.T. Hill (1969) for the natural 1921 basalt. The phase relations were the same, with the cobalt system stability fields systematically shifted by about +50°C. Microprobe analysis of olivines and the coexisting glasses indicate that the distribution of Co²⁺ between olivine and melt is independent of temperature and liquid composition. Although the analogue liquid composition differs from the equilibrium composition of the natural system, it may be corrected be employing distribution coefficients (K_D = 0.61 for the Co system; K_D = 0.33 for the Fe system) to closely approximate what the natural system would yield if iron loss did not occur.  相似文献   

Combined analysis and test of earthquake-resistant circuit breakers     

Edward G. Fischer  William M. Daube 《地震工程与结构动力学》1976,4(3):231-244

Following the severe earthquake damage at San Fernando in 1971, it became of technical and perhaps psychological importance to demonstrate that properly re-designed electrical equipment is able to withstand even worse transient vibration phenomena which can be produced in an earthquake simulator laboratory. This has been accomplished for one column of a 500 kV gas circuit breaker and the test results are used to qualify the much larger original 3-column assembly by means of a computer-aided structural analysis. Since the equipment exhibited some closely spaced, cross-coupled modes of vibration, a valuable comparison could be obtained between the effects produced by El Centro 1940 ground acceleration and those for a more purposeful sine beat vibration input. The latter can be adjusted to produce definite stresses and fatigue effects in specific parts of the equipment due to quasi-resonance response.  相似文献   

Petrology and geochemistry of plagiogranite in the Canyon Mountain ophiolite,Oregon     

David C. Gerlach  William P. Leeman  Hans G. Avé Lallemant 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1981,77(1):82-92

Plagiogranites in the Canyon Mountain ophiolite, Oregon, include a wide range of rock types ranging from diorite to trondhjemite. The plagiogranites are mostly concentrated as an intrusive sill swarm at the top of a section of gabbroic cumulates. The plagiogranites are typically low in K₂O and high in Na₂O, and are enriched 10–20 times chondrites in REE, and overlap with abundances in basic rocks from Canyon Mountain. All samples of plagiogranite are relatively depleted in LREE, with more silicic samples characterized by a slightly lesser degree of LREE depletion. Total REE content is not consistently correlated with contents of major and other trace elements. Fractional crystallization of basaltic magma may give rise to plagiogranites; however this model applied to Canyon Mountain plagiogranites is discounted because of the significant volume of plagiogranites relative to basic rocks, and the complete overlap of REE abundances of the basic rocks and the plagiogranites. The latter is also a major reason for rejecting the hypothesis of silicate liquid immiscibility in the generation of the plagiogranites. Field observations coupled with major-element and trace element chemistry lend support to a model by which the plagiogranites were produced by partial melting of basic rocks under hydrous conditions. REE data for the plagiogranites were used in calculations to delimit source REE contents. Relevant parameters in the calculations were estimated from experimentally determined phase relations of basalt under hydrous conditions. The resulting calculated source patterns are similar to those of basic rocks in ophiolites and oceanic settings, and suggest boundary conditions for the model. Partial melting as suggested for the Canyon Mountain plagiogranites probably occurred at relatively shallow depths (i.e., total pressures less than 5 kb).  相似文献   

Hibernation of the northern diamondback terrapin,Malaclemys terrapin terrapin     

Earl F. Yearicks  Roger C. Wood  William S. Johnson 《Estuaries and Coasts》1981,4(1):78-80

Studies of adult northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in the salt marshes on the Atlantic Ocean side of Cape May Peninsula reveal that from mid-November through December, terrapins gradually migrate from the open waters of the sounds into the marsh creeks. Within the creeks, hibernating diamondbacks hibernate as isolated individuals or in small groups. Three hibernating methods are used: 1) resting on the bottom under water, 2) burial atop creek banks, and 3) taking refuge beneath undercut banks. Hibernating diamondbacks apparently remain dormant all winter.  相似文献   

Plant and insect fossils at Norwood in south-central Minnesota: A record of late-glacial succession     

Allan C. Ashworth  Donald P. Schwert  William A. Watts  H.E. Wright 《Quaternary Research》1981,16(1):66-79

The Norwood site in Sibley Co., Minnesota, contains 1.6 m of silt resting on till and overlain by peat. The base of the peat has been radiocarbon dated at 12,400 ± 60 and the top at 11,200 ± 250 yr B.P. The pollen, plant macrofossils, and insect remains in the basal silt consist of boreal species inhabiting open environments, but not tundra. No modern analogue exists for the insect assemblage, which includes elements of boreal forest, tundra-forest, and western affinities. The transition from an unstable open environment to a stable coniferous forest is reflected by both plant and insect fossils and is interpreted as a successional rather than a climatic event. During this time of significant biologic change, the climate is inferred to have been relatively uniform, with temperatures similar to those presently existing in the boreal forest south of the tundra-forest transition zone. The geologic and ecologic succession at Norwood is generally similar to that presently associated with ice stagnation of the Klutlan Glacier in the Yukon Territory. Localized successional sequences similar to those at Norwood are conceived to have occurred repeatedly during the melting of the Laurentide ice, and thus the proposed model has potentially broad application to the interpretation of late-glacial sequences.  相似文献   

A direct determination of the oxygen isotope fractionation between quartz and magnetite at 600 and 800°C and 5 kbar     

William F Downs  Yen Touysinhthiphonexay  Peter Deines 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(11):2065-2072

The partitioning of oxygen isotopes between quartz and magnetite was measured at 600 and 800 C and 5 kbar, using an internally heated pressure vessel equipped with a Shaw-membrane. Through adjustment of the hydrogen fugacity the starting material, fayalite, was decomposed to form quartz and magnetite. The isotopic composition difference between the separated quartz and magnetite fraction was measured directly. As the mineral separates were not completely pure, a correction was applied to the measured fractionations. The independence of the measured isotopic composition differences of run length, the initial isotopic composition of the starting materials as well as the isotopic composition difference between them suggests that the fractionations, 1000 In α_Q-M = 7.8 ± 0.4% at 600°C and 1000 In α_Q-M = 6.1 ± 0.2% at 800°C, represent equilibrium values.  相似文献   

Pilbara galenas: Precise isotopic assay of the oldest Australian leads; model ages and growth-curve implications     

J. R. Richards  I. R. Fletcher  J. G. Blockley 《Mineralium Deposita》1981,16(1):7-30

Precise Pb isotopic data are reported for 19 galenas and 2 other minerals from the Archaean Pilbara District of Western Australia. Repeated measurements on the Broken Hill Standard Ore show good agreement with published calibrations from two other laboratories, and an overall 95 percent confidence level within ±0.05 percent per mass unit, whether fractionation correction is by the double-spike procedure or by use of a simple mass-dependent factor. Two stratiform deposits yield the most primitive ratios (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=11.89; ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=13.69; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=31.79) and model ages in good agreement with the 3.45 Ga age on zircons from volcanics correlatable with the host-rocks. Other minor galena occurrences, with quartz-vein association, appear to be younger, with position along the growth curve surprisingly consistent with the age sequence predicted from field observation. The data also extend the time-range of previously-reported trends in apparent U/Pb of the conceptual Pb source, and reveal new features of the corresponding Th/U systematics: a generally-observable trend in the Archaean of Australia, Southern Africa and West Greenland is that the source Th/U seems significantly higher than is allowed for in any of the current Pb-growth models. In detail, the sample-sample variations in indicated source parameters are in many cases correlatable with the nature of the neighbouring rocks and emphasise that, whereas Pb isotope rations in the galenas of huge deposits may well serve as a convenient sampler of overall trends in the Earth's crust, subeconomic occurrences such as these may reveal valuable information about local variations in U-Th-Pb distribution.  相似文献