The Hubble Deep Field North SCUBA Super-map – III. Optical and near-infrared properties of submillimetre galaxies     

Alexandra Pope  Colin Borys  Douglas Scott  Christopher Conselice  Mark Dickinson  Bahram Mobasher 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,358(1):149-167

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Temporal constraints on the growth and decay of large-scale mobilized mud masses and implications for fluid flow mapping in sedimentary basins     

Christopher Jackson  Daniel Stoddart 《地学学报》2005,17(6):580-585

Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of the Cretaceous to succession of the Uer Terrace, North Sea seabed Basin, Norway, demonstrates that the Upper Oligocene succession has undergone large-scale mobilization of mudstone-dominated units due to the upward migration of water and associated hydrocarbons into the interval, which is in some way linked to a period of gas expulsion from adjacent deep basins. Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of units overlying the mobilized zones indicates they created positive seafloor topography during the Late Miocene implying gaseous fluids were expelled at the seabed. Loading by the overlying Pliocene succession caused the mobilized mud masses to deflate and resulted in the formation of low-relief, fault-bounded craters. The results of this study have implications for understanding the location and timing of fluid flow in sedimentary basins.  相似文献   

Critical mass transfer in double-degenerate Type Ia supernovae     

Rebecca G. Martin  Christopher A. Tout  Pierre Lesaffre 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,373(1):263-270

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The white dwarf in AE Aqr brakes harder     

Christopher W. Mauche 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,369(4):1983-1987

Taking advantage of the very precise de Jager et al. optical white dwarf orbit and spin ephemerides; ASCA , XMM–Newton and Chandra X-ray observations spread over 10 yr; and a cumulative 27-yr baseline, we have found that in recent years the white dwarf in AE Aqr is spinning down at a rate that is slightly faster than predicted by the de Jager et al. spin ephemeris. At the present time, the observed period evolution is consistent with either a cubic term in the spin ephemeris with     , which is inconsistent in sign and magnitude with magnetic dipole radiation losses, or an additional quadratic term with     , which is consistent with a modest increase in the accretion torques spinning down the white dwarf. Regular monitoring, in the optical, ultraviolet and/or X-rays, is required to track the evolution of the spin period of the white dwarf in AE Aqr.  相似文献   

Detection of large-scale intrinsic ellipticity–density correlation from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and implications for weak lensing surveys     

Rachel Mandelbaum  Christopher M. Hirata  Mustapha Ishak  Uro&#; Seljak  Jonathan Brinkmann 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(2):611-626

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The influence of radio galaxy activity on X-ray absorption lines from the intracluster medium     

Franziska Köckert  Christopher S. Reynolds 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,368(2):668-676

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Large-scale slope failure involving Triassic and Middle Miocene salt and shale in the Gulf of Cádiz (Atlantic Iberian Margin)     

Adolfo Maestro  Luis Somoza  Teresa Medialdea  Christopher J. Talbot  Allen Lowrie  Juan T. Vázquez  V. Díaz-del-Río 《地学学报》2003,15(6):380-391

Sheets of salt and ductile shale advancing beyond the thrust front of the Gibraltar Arc (Iberian–Moroccan Atlantic continental margin) triggered downslope movements of huge allochthonous masses. These allochthons represent the Cádiz Nappe, which detached from the Gibraltar Arc along low‐angle normal faults and migrated downslope from the Iberian and Moroccan continental margins towards the Atlantic Ocean. Extensional tectonics initiated upslope salt withdrawal and downslope diapirism during large‐scale westward mass wasting from the shelf and upper slope. Low‐angle salt and shale detachments bound by lateral ramps link extensional structures in the shelf to folding, thrusting and sheets of salt and shale in the Gulf of Cádiz. From backstripping analyses carried out on the depocentres of the growth‐fault‐related basins on the shelf, we infer two episodes of rapid subsidence related to extensional collapses; these were from Late Tortonian to Late Messinian (200–400 m Myr^?1) and from Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene (100–150 m Myr^?1). The extensional events that induced salt movements also affected basement deformation and were, probably, associated with the westward advance of frontal thrusts of the Gibraltar Arc as a result of the convergence between Africa and Eurasia. The complexities of salt and/or shale tectonics in the Gulf of Cádiz result from a combination of the deformations seen at convergent and passive continental margins.  相似文献   

A new synthetic model for asymptotic giant branch stars     

Robert G. Izzard  Christopher A. Tout  Amanda I. Karakas  Onno R. Pols 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,350(2):407-426

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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—II: Whole‐rock geochemistry of pristine samples     

Alexandra I. Blinova  Christopher D. K. Herd  M. John M. Duke 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2014,49(6):1100-1118

Four pristine specimens of the Tagish Lake C2 chondrite meteorite were previously determined through mineralogy, petrology, and organic chemistry to have been affected by aqueous alteration in the order (from least to most altered) TL5b < TL11h < TL11i, and TL11v as a mixture of the other specimens (Herd et al. 2011 ; Blinova et al. 2014 ). Here, we report the whole‐rock data for a total of 65 elements for the same four Tagish Lake samples as determined by ICP‐MS and ICP‐AES (utilizing the Parr bomb digestion method on small samples, approximately 50 mg), and by INAA. Our data demonstrate that the determined aqueous alteration sequence has a positive correlation with trace elements, such as K and Br that are mobile during aqueous alteration, which appear to be controlled by an increase of phyllosilicates from least to most altered samples. Yet, the homogeneity of other elements suggests that elemental mass transfer occurred on a localized scale and aqueous alteration was isochemical for these elements, similar to other primitive carbonaceous chondrites. By plotting data from three samples (TL5b, TL11h, and TL11i) on a Zn/Mn versus Sc/Mn diagram, we also confirm that the Tagish Lake meteorite is not a simple mixture of CI and CM material.  相似文献   

Developing seasonal rainfall scenarios for food security early warning     

Gregory J. Husak  Christopher C. Funk  Joel Michaelsen  Tamuka Magadzire  Kirk P. Goldsberry 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2013,114(1-2):291-302

Rainfed agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 95 % of the local cereal production, impacting hundreds of millions of people. Early identification of poor rainfall conditions is a critical indicator of food security. As such, monitoring accumulated seasonal rainfall gives an important mid-season estimate of final accumulated totals. However, characterizing the remaining uncertainty in a season has largely been ignored by the food security community. This paper presents a new technique describing rainfall conditions over the duration of a crop-growing cycle by combining estimated rainfall-to-date with potential scenarios for the remaining season based on available satellite rainfall estimates, the common tool for rainfall analysis in Africa. The limited historical record provided by satellite rainfall estimates using previous seasons provides only a coarse view of likely seasonal totals. To combat this, scenarios developed by bootstrapping dekadal data to create synthetic seasons allow for a finer understanding of potential seasonal accumulations. Updating this throughout the season shows a narrowing envelope of seasonal totals, converging on the final seasonal result. The resulting scenarios inform the expectations for the final seasonal rainfall accumulation, allowing analysts to quantify and visualize the uncertainty in seasonal totals. Giving decision makers a tool for understanding the likelihood of specific rainfall amounts provides additional time to enact and mobilize efforts to reduce the impact of agricultural drought.  相似文献