A lunar core of Fe-Ni-S     

Robin Brett 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1973,37(1):165-170

Several workers have proposed that lunar samples were magnetized by a field created by a lunar core of molten Fe. Low abundances of siderophile elements in lunar rocks are compatible with formation of a metallic lunar core. A molten Fe core requires that the bulk of the Moon was above, or close to, the melting point, a requirement which disagrees with most models of the lunar thermal regime.A core (or perhaps a layer or pockets) of molten Fe-Ni-S, at or close to the eutectic composition would act as a lunar dynamo, and be at a temperature (approx. 1000°C) consistent with some reasonable models of lunar thermal history. The existence of a Fe-Ni-S core would also partly explain the depletion in volatile elements in lunar basalts. Such a core, occupying up to 20 per cent of the Moon's radius requires a bulk S content for the moon of only 0.3 wt per cent.  相似文献   

The lunar crust: a product of heterogeneous accretion or differentiation of a homogeneous Moon?     

Robin Brett 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1973,37(12):2697-2703

The outer portion of the Moon including the Al-rich crust and the source regions of mare basalts was either accreted heterogeneously or was the product of widespread differentiation of an originally homogeneous source. A number of constraints make the heterogeneous accretion model unlikely; the differentiation model appears more plausible.If the differentiation model is correct, a series of cumulate rocks complimentary to the Al-rich crustal rocks must exist. The mare basalts may have been derived from such a complimentary cumulate for several reasons. For example, Philpottset al. (1973) on the basis of REE studies, suggest that Apollo 11 and 17 mare basalts were formed by partial melting of a cumulate rich in a phase(s) containing high Ti and heavy REE. The high Ti of Apollo 11 and 17 basalts is not readily explained in terms of partial melting of an undifferentiated mantle, but is consistent with partial melting of a pyroxene cumulate enriched in Fe, Ti oxides. The characteristic Fe-rich nature of mare basalts would be partly a consequence of melting of oxide cumulate minerals. It is postulated that the plagioclase-poor source region of mare basalts was enriched in an intercumulus residual liquid. During the partial melting that produced mare basalts, this material was largely incorporated into the melt, thus explaining the ancient model ages observed in most mare basalts. If the cumulate model is correct, then samples derived from the true (undifferentiated) lunar mantle have not been identified.  相似文献   

On the standardization of geophysical observations at volcanoes     

J. P. Eaton 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1964,27(1):417-419

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Risk analysis of possible impacts of climate change on South Australian wheat production     

Qunying Luo  William Bellotti  Martin Williams  Ian Cooper  Brett Bryan 《Climatic change》2007,85(1-2):89-101

This study presents a model-based risk assessment of wheat production under projected climate change by 2080 in eight locations of South Australia. The vulnerability of wheat production under future climate change was quantitatively evaluated via a risk analysis in which the identification of critical yield thresholds applies. Research results show that risk (conditional probability of not exceeding the critical yield thresholds) increased more or less across all locations under the most likely climate change. Wheat production in drier areas such as Minnipa, Orroroo and Wanbi will not be economically viable under the most likely climate change. Intensive studies on adaptation are now required.  相似文献   

Leachable trace elements in San Francisco bay sediments: Indicators of sources and estuarine processes     

Andrew Eaton 《Environmental Geology》1978,2(6):333-339

Geographic variations of leachable Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Co, and Ni in San Francisco Bay sediments indicate that Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni are all predominantly supplied to bay sediments from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River system, with little evidence for direct contributions from municipal and industrial sources. In contrast, both Cu and Zn have significant sources within the Bay system, probably municipal and industrial discharges. Precipitation and coagulation of Fe oxides in the low-salinity region of the estuary results in significantly greater concentrations of that element in the most landward portion of the estuary. Co and Ni appear to be actively coprecipitating with Fe but their distributions are also influenced by other factors. Mn is not a major geochemical agent in this system. Its pattern is different from the other elements and it does not account for any of the other elemental variance. The behavior of Cu and Zn is affected not only by the presence of nonriverine sources but also through surface-active processes and organic complexing, coupled with the transportation of fine-grained sediment.  相似文献   

Palynostratigraphy of some Middle Eocene sections from the Hampshire Basin (England)     

Lucy I. Costa  Charles Downie  Geoffrey L. Eaton 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》1976,87(3):273-284

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Fracture control of ground water flow and water chemistry in a rock aquitard   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Eaton TT  Anderson MP  Bradbury KR 《Ground water》2007,45(5):601-615

There are few studies on the hydrogeology of sedimentary rock aquitards although they are important controls in regional ground water flow systems. We formulate and test a three-dimensional (3D) conceptual model of ground water flow and hydrochemistry in a fractured sedimentary rock aquitard to show that flow dynamics within the aquitard are more complex than previously believed. Similar conceptual models, based on regional observations and recently emerging principles of mechanical stratigraphy in heterogeneous sedimentary rocks, have previously been applied only to aquifers, but we show that they are potentially applicable to aquitards. The major elements of this conceptual model, which is based on detailed information from two sites in the Maquoketa Formation in southeastern Wisconsin, include orders of magnitude contrast between hydraulic diffusivity (K/S(s)) of fractured zones and relatively intact aquitard rock matrix, laterally extensive bedding-plane fracture zones extending over distances of over 10 km, very low vertical hydraulic conductivity of thick shale-rich intervals of the aquitard, and a vertical hydraulic head profile controlled by a lateral boundary at the aquitard subcrop, where numerous surface water bodies dominate the shallow aquifer system. Results from a 3D numerical flow model based on this conceptual model are consistent with field observations, which did not fit the typical conceptual model of strictly vertical flow through an aquitard. The 3D flow through an aquitard has implications for predicting ground water flow and for planning and protecting water supplies.  相似文献   

Ultraviolet light curves of V535 Arae     

Joel A. Eaton 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1991,186(1):7-20

Observations of V535 Ara obtained with IUE define the light curve of this long-period W UMa binary in the ultraviolet and let us estimate its gravity darkening. This star was chosen as a contact binary near the high-T _eff limit for convection. The ultraviolet colours and spectral type correspond to (B–V)₀=0.24, or A8V, and imply the star should have very little residual convection in its envelope. The gravity darkening thus ought to be large, as in a radiative star, unless it is modified by circulation in the common envelope, or unless all stars this warm are convective. The light-curve analysis is complicated by a long-term wave that depresses the orbital phases before and after secondary eclipse. We have obtained four solutions to a combination of optical and ultraviolet light curves, two for high, radiative gravity darkening and two for low, convective gravity darkening. For each value of the gravity-darkening exponent, we let the larger, more massive binary component either (a) have a dark spot in its back side or (b) have an excessively hot side facing its companion. The light curves were fitted equally well in all four cases; however, in all but the one with low-gravity darkening and a hot inner face there was a rather large global temperature difference between the two stars. The primary component of this system appears to be significantly undermassive for its spectral type, more so than the primary in AW UMa, but this probably results simply from systematic errors in a radial-velocity solution by Schöffel. It is suggested that the W UMa binaries are found only at spectral types later than about A8 because their outer envelopes must be convective to transfer luminosity.  相似文献   

The automated classification of astronomical light curves using Kohonen self-organizing maps     

David R. Brett  Richard G. West  Peter J. Wheatley 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,353(2):369-376

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Probabilistic seismic source inversion from regional landslide evidence     

Rasanen  Ryan A.  Maurer  Brett W. 《Landslides》2022,19(2):407-419

Landslides - In regions of infrequent but potentially damaging seismicity, modern earthquake inventories may be insufficient to provide inputs to seismic hazard analyses (i.e., fault locations and...  相似文献