Volcanoes of the Tibesti massif (Chad,northern Africa)     

Jason L. Permenter  Clive Oppenheimer 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2007,69(6):609-626

The Tibesti massif, one of the most prominent features of the Sahara desert, covers an area of some 100,000 km². Though largely absent from scientific inquiry for several decades, it is one of the world’s major volcanic provinces, and a key example of continental hot spot volcanism. The intense activity of the TVP began as early as the Oligocene, though the major products that mark its surface date from Lower Miocene to Quaternary (Furon (Geology of Africa. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh (trans 1963, orig French 1960), pp 1–377, 1963)); Gourgaud and Vincent (J Volcanol Geotherm Res 129:261–290, 2004). We present here a new and consistent analysis of each of the main components of the Tibesti Volcanic Province (TVP), based on examination of multispectral imagery and digital elevation data acquired from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). Our synthesis of these individual surveys shows that the TVP is made up of several shield volcanoes (up to 80 km diameter) with large-scale calderas, extensive lava plateaux and flow fields, widespread tephra deposits, and a highly varied structural relief. We compare morphometric characteristics of the major TVP structures with other hot spot volcanoes (the Hawaiian Islands, the Galápagos Islands, the Canary and Cape Verdes archipelagos, Jebel Marra (western Sudan), and Martian volcanoes), and consider the implications of differing tectonic setting (continental versus oceanic), the thickness and velocity of the lithosphere, the relative sizes of main volcanic features (e.g. summit calderas, steep slopes at summit regions), and the extent and diversity of volcanic features. These comparisons reveal morphologic similarities between volcanism in the Tibesti, the Galápagos, and Western Sudan but also some distinct features of the TVP. Additionally, we find that a relatively haphazard spatial development of the TVP has occurred, with volcanism initially appearing in the Central TVP and subsequently migrating to both the Eastern and Western TVP regions. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.  相似文献   

Geopositioning Accuracy of Ikonos Imagery: Indications from Two Dimensional Transformations   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Harry B. Hanley  & Clive S. Fraser 《The Photogrammetric Record》2001,17(98):317-329

Earth observation satellites with 1m resolution, such as Space Imaging's Ikonos system, offer the photogrammetric and remote sensing communities a significant new means for geospatial information collection. These satellites possess the potential for pixel-level geopositioning precision and promise timely, highly automated generation of two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) spatial information products. This paper concentrates on the pursuit of optimal accuracy and considers an essential first step in the evaluation of the Ikonos imaging system, namely the metric integrity of the sensor system. In the absence of sensor calibration information (the camera model), an empirical evaluation approach has been adopted. This involves an assessment of 2D transformations between image and planar object space. It is shown that based on results obtained in the Melbourne Ikonos Testfield, 2D geopositioning to 0.5 m accuracy is possible from the base-level "Geo"product when a modest amount of good quality ground control is available and sub-pixel image mensuration is achieved. These findings are applicable to both near-nadir imagery and oblique stereo images. Moreover, the results obtained suggest that there are no significant geometric perturbations in the sensor system and initial image processing, which augurs well for the successful application of non-collinearity based 3D orientation and triangulation models for Ikonos imagery.  相似文献   

Problems Associated with the Determination of Rare Earth Elements of a "Gem" Quality Zircon by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jinesh C. Jain  Clive R. Neal  John M. Hanchar 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2001,25(2-3):229-237

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Measurements of stratospheric chlorine monoxide (ClO) from groudbased FTIR observations     

W. Bell  C. Paton-Walsh  T. D. Gardiner  P. T. Woods  N. R. Swann  N. A. Martin  L. Donohoe  M. P. Chipperfield 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1996,24(3):285-297

Infrared absorption features due to ClO in the lower stratosphere have been identified from groundbased solar absorption spectra taken from Aberdeen, U.K. (57° N, 2° W) on 20 January 1995. A vertical column abundance of 3.42 (±0.47)×10¹⁵ molec cm^-2 has been derived from 13 independent absorption features in the P and R branches of the (0–1) vibration-rotation band of ³⁵ClO, spanning the spectral region 817–855 cm^-1. The observed absorption features are consistent with very high levels of ClO (approximately 2.6 parts per billion by volume (ppbv)) in the altitude range 16–22 km. A comparison of this profile with a 3D chemical transport model profile indicates the observation was made inside the polar vortex and shows good qualitative agreement but the model underestimates the concentrations of ClO. Simultaneous measurements of other species were made including HCl, HF and ClONO₂. These columns yield a value for HCl+ClONO₂+ClO of 7.02±0.65×10¹⁵ molec cm^-2. This is lower than the total inorganic chlorine (ClO _y ) column of 10.7±1.6×10¹⁵ molec cm^-2 estimated from mean measured (HCl+ClONO₂)/HF ratios together with in-vortex HF measurements. The discrepancy is probably due to significant amounts of the ClO dimer (Cl₂O₂) in the lower part of the stratosphere. The measurements of highly elevated levels of ClO are used to estimate O₃ loss rates at the 400, 475 and 550 K levels making assumptions about the probable distribution of ClO and Cl₂O₂. These are compared with loss rates derived from ozone sonde data.  相似文献   

Measurements of upper and lower tidal currents at Banc de la Chapelle     

D. E. Cartwright  A. J. Woods 《Ocean Dynamics》1963,16(2):64-76

Summary Measuring and analysis techniques are described for two sets of measurements of tidal currents near the surface and near the bottom at Banc de la Chapelle, a location 165 m. deep above the edge of the West European Continental Shelf. Reliable results are obtained for the semi-diurnal currents, but the scatter of the data is too great for consistent results to be extracted for the small diurnal and quarter-diurnal tidal constituents. The major axes of the mean semidiurnal current ellipses are aligned at about 30°. This direction is normal to the line of greatest slope of the shelf edge and to the main alignment of the large sand waves on the bank, which accords with a theory of formation of the latter. Bottom currents are on the average about 69% of the surface currents in magnitude. There is also some evidence for a residual drift of about 0·2 knot towards the West. An analysis is made of the errors involved in estimating the drift of a ship from Radar sights on moored buoys.

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Messungen der oberen und unteren Gezeitenströmungen bei der La-Chapelle-Bank

Zusammenfassung Es werden Meß- und Analysemethoden beschrieben für zwei Serien von Gezeitenstrommessungen nahe der Oberfläche und in Bodennähe auf der La-Chapelle-Bank, einer 165 m tiefen Stelle am Rand des West-Europäischen Kontinentalabhangs. Für halbtägige Gezeitenströme wurden zuverlässige Ergebnisse erzielt, die Streuung der Werte ist jedoch zu groß, um übereinstimmende Ergebnisse für die kleinen ganztägigen und vierteltägigen Tiden aus ihnen ableiten zu können. Die Hauptachsen der mittleren halbtägigen Gezeitenstrom-Ellipse bilden einen Winkel von rechtweisend 30⁰. Diese Richtung verläuft senkrecht zur Linie der größten Neigung des Schelfrandes und zur Hauptrichtung der großen Sandwellen auf der Bank, was mit der Theorie über die Entstehung der Bank übereinstimmt. Die Bodenströmungen betragen ungefähr 69% der Oberflächenströmungen. Es scheint auch ein Reststrom von ungefähr 0,2 kn in westlicher Richtung vorhanden zu sein. Die Fehler, die bei Errechnung der Abdrift eines Schiffes mit Hilfe von Radar-Beobachtungen von einer verankerten Boje aus auftreten, werden untersucht.

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La mesure des courants supérieurs et inférieurs de marée sur la banque de la Chapelle

Résumé On décrit des méthodes de mesure et d'analyse pour deux séries de mesures des marées près de la surface et au voisinage du fond sur la banque de la Chapelle, un endroit situé à 165 m de profondeur au bord de la marge continentale de l'Europe occidentale. Des résultats authentiques ont été obtenus en ce qui concerne les marées semi-diurnes, leurs valeurs, cependant, diffèrent à un tel point que l'on ne peut en dériver des résultats conformes pour les petites marées quart-diurnes ou pour celles qui se produisent seulement une fois par jour. Les axes principaux de l'ellipse de la marée semi-diurne forment un angle vrai de 30 degrés. Cette direction suit un cours perpendiculaire à la ligne de la plus grande pente de la marge continentale et à la direction principale de grandes rides de sable sur la banque ce qui s'accorde bien avec la théorie de sa genèse. Les courants au voisinage du fond font 69% des courants superficiels. En outre, il paraît qu'il existe un courant résiduel orienté vers l'ouest dont la vitesse est de 0,2 noeud. Les erreurs se produisant lorsqu'on calcule la dérive du bâtiment à l'aide des observations de radar faites à bord d'une bouée ancrée sont étudiées.

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A Seismic Refraction Survey on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge     

Charlotte Keen  Clive Tramontini 《Geophysical Journal International》1970,20(5):473-491

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An Iterative Approximation to the Mixed-Signal Processor     

R. Blandford  T. Cohen  J. Woods 《Geophysical Journal International》1976,45(3):677-687

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HCl emissions at Soufrière Hills Volcano,Montserrat, West Indies,during a second phase of dome building: November 1999 to October 2000     

Marie?EdmondsEmail author  David?Pyle  Clive?Oppenheimer 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2002,64(1):21-30

HCl:SO₂ mass ratios measured by open path Fourier transform spectroscopy (OP-FTIR) in the volcanic plume at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, are presented for the second phase of dome building between November 1999 and November 2000. HCl:SO₂ mass ratios of greater than 1 and HCl emission rates of greater than 400 t day^–1 characterise periods of dome building for this volcano. The data suggest that chlorine partitions into a fluid phase as the magma decompresses and exsolves water during ascent. This is substantiated by a correlation between chlorine and water content in the melt (derived from the geochemical analysis of plagioclase melt inclusion and matrix glasses from phase I and II of dome growth). The matrix glass from the November 1999 and March 2000 domes indicate an open system degassing regime with a fluid-melt partition coefficient for chlorine of the order of 250–300. September 1997 glasses have higher chlorine contents and may indicate a switch to closed system degassing prior to explosive activity in September and October 1997. The OP-FTIR HCl time series suggests that HCl emission rate is strongly related to changes in eruption rate and we infer an emission rate of over 13.5 kt day^–1 HCl during a period of high extrusion rate in September 2000. A calculation of the HCl emission rate expected for varying extrusion rates from the open-system degassing model suggests a HCl emission rate of the order of 1–4 kt day^–1 is indicative of an extrusion rate of between 2 and 8 m³ s^–1. Monitoring of HCl at Soufrière Hills Volcano provide a proxy for extrusion rate, with changes in ratio between HCl and SO₂ occurring rapidly in the plume. Order of magnitude changes occur in HCl emission rates over the time-scale of hours to days, making these changes easy to detect during the day-to-day monitoring of the volcano. Mean water emission rates are calculated to range from 9–24 kt day^–1 during dome building activity, calculated from the predicted mass ratio of H₂O:HCl in the fluid at the surface and FTIR-derived HCl emission rates.  相似文献   

Groundwater flow and solute transport at the Mourquong saline-water disposal basin, Murray Basin, southeastern Australia   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Craig T. Simmons  Kumar A. Narayan  Juliette A. Woods  Andrew L. Herczeg 《Hydrogeology Journal》2002,10(2):278-295

Saline groundwater and drainage effluent from irrigation are commonly stored in some 200 natural and artificial saline-water disposal basins throughout the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia. Their impact on underlying aquifers and the River Murray, one of Australia's major water supplies, is of serious concern. In one such scheme, saline groundwater is pumped into Lake Mourquong, a natural groundwater discharge complex. The disposal basin is hydrodynamically restricted by low-permeability lacustrine clays, but there are vulnerable areas in the southeast where the clay is apparently missing. The extent of vertical and lateral leakage of basin brines and the processes controlling their migration are examined using (1) analyses of chloride and stable isotopes of water (²H/¹H and ¹⁸O/¹⁶O) to infer mixing between regional groundwater and lake water, and (2) the variable-density groundwater flow and solute-transport code SUTRA. Hydrochemical results indicate that evaporated disposal water has moved at least 100 m in an easterly direction and that there is negligible movement of brines in a southerly direction towards the River Murray. The model is used to consider various management scenarios. Salt-load movement to the River Murray was highest in a "worst-case" scenario with irrigation employed between the basin and the River Murray. Present-day operating conditions lead to little, if any, direct movement of brine from the basin into the river. Electronic Publication  相似文献   

ASCA Observation of the Quiescent X-Ray Counterpart to SGR 1627-41     

Hurley K  Strohmayer T  Li P  Kouveliotou C  Woods P  van Paradijs J  Murakami T  Hartmann D  Smith I  Ando M  Yoshida A  Sugizaki M 《The Astrophysical journal》2000,528(1):L21-L23

We present a 2-10 keV ASCA observation of the field around the soft gamma repeater SGR 1627-41. A quiescent X-ray source, whose position is consistent both with that of a recently discovered BeppoSAX X-ray source and with the Interplanetary Network localization for this soft gamma repeater, was detected in this observation. In 2-10 keV X-rays, the spectrum of the X-ray source may be fit equally well by a power-law, blackbody, or bremsstrahlung function, with unabsorbed flux approximately 5x10-12 ergs cm-2 s-1. We do not confirm a continuation of a fading trend in the flux, and we find no evidence for periodicity, both of which were noted in the earlier BeppoSAX observations.  相似文献