Deciphering tectonic‐ and erosion‐driven exhumation of the Nevado–Filábride Complex (Betic Cordillera,Southern Spain) by low temperature thermochronology     

Mercedes Vázquez  Antonio Jabaloy  Luis Barbero  Finly M. Stuart 《地学学报》2011,23(4):257-263

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Settling velocity spectra and the ballast ratio hypothesis     

Robert A. Armstrong  Michael L. Peterson  Cindy Lee  Stuart G. Wakeham 《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》2009,56(18):1470-1478

Recently it has been observed that a strong quantitative relationship exists between asymptotic fluxes of particulate organic carbon (POC) to the deep ocean and asymptotic fluxes of “ballast” minerals (opal; calcium carbonate; dust). It has further been suggested that this relationship might provide a mechanistic basis for improved representations of remineralization in ocean carbon models. Since the depth scale of remineralization z* is the ratio k/v of a remineralization rate k and a settling velocity (SV) v, a mechanistic understanding of settling velocities will be crucial in developing such models.Historically, there have been two approaches to estimating the speed with which POC is transported to the deep ocean. First, settling speeds of single particles have been observed directly in both field and laboratory settings; estimates of fecal pellet sinking velocities tend to be higher and more variable than those of aggregates. Second, estimates have been made of the velocity at which temporal patterns in flux propagate between pairs of sediment traps separated in depth (the “benchmark approach”); recent studies have shown these results to be variable and to depend on mineral ballasting. Here we present SV estimates using a relatively new technology: indented rotating sphere (IRS) sediment traps run in settling velocity (SV) mode. In this approach, particles are separated into SV classes during settling to collection cups. In MedFlux, SV data were collected concurrently with time-series (TS) data; the latter were used to construct benchmark estimates for comparison to the SV estimates. From the SV data, the range of modal settling velocities (sinking velocities having the largest time-averaged mass flux densities on a logarithmic scale of SV) in the fast-sinking fraction was estimated to be 287–503 m/d; the average of these modal values is 353 m/d, with standard deviation 76 m/d. In contrast, mean settling velocities of the fast-sinking fraction depend on the range of settling velocity classes included in the estimate. If only SV classes settling at >50 m/d are included, the range of SVs at MedFlux was 214–298 m/d, with average mean value 242 m/d and standard deviation 31 m/d. These mean-velocity results are in excellent agreement with benchmark estimates of signal propagation velocities at Medflux (220±65 m/d); they are also well within the range of other recent benchmark studies. The agreement between the benchmark estimates and mean settling velocity estimates at MedFlux, but not with modal velocities, argues that the benchmark method estimates mean settling velocities.  相似文献   

An alternative scenario for earthquake prediction experiments     

Stuart Crampin 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,107(1):185-189

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Current earthquake prediction experiments investigate behaviour before potentially large earthquakes. There is some evidence that comparatively small typical events in isolated swarms of earthquakes may have precursory behaviour similar to that before much larger earthquakes in more complicated areas of seismicity. Such typical events in isolated swarms frequently recur with similar magnitudes in similar locations with repetition times sometimes as little as a few days. It is argued that monitoring such typical events in isolated swarms could be an effective way to gain experience of precursory activity, and might well be a good guide for investigations of precursors to large earthquakes.  相似文献   

Radio sources in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey – II. Local radio luminosity functions for AGN and star-forming galaxies at 1.4 GHz     

Elaine M. Sadler  Carole A. Jackson  Russell D. Cannon  Vincent J. McIntyre  Tara Murphy  Joss Bland-Hawthorn  Terry Bridges  Shaun Cole  Matthew Colless  Chris Collins  Warrick Couch  Gavin Dalton  Roberto De Propris  Simon P. Driver  George Efstathiou  Richard S. Ellis  Carlos S. Frenk  Karl Glazebrook  Ofer Lahav  Ian Lewis  Stuart Lumsden  Steve Maddox  Darren Madgwick  Peder Norberg  John A. Peacock  Bruce A. Peterson  Will Sutherland  Keith Taylor 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,329(1):227-245

We have cross-matched the 1.4-GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) with the first 210 fields observed in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), covering an effective area of 325 deg² (about 20 per cent of the final 2dFGRS area). This yields a set of optical spectra of 912 candidate NVSS counterparts, of which we identify 757 as genuine radio identifications – the largest and most homogeneous set of radio source spectra ever obtained. The 2dFGRS radio sources span the redshift range     to 0.438, and are a mixture of active galaxies (60 per cent) and star-forming galaxies (40 per cent). About 25 per cent of the 2dFGRS radio sources are spatially resolved by NVSS, and the sample includes three giant radio galaxies with projected linear size greater than 1 Mpc. The high quality of the 2dF spectra means we can usually distinguish unambiguously between AGN and star-forming galaxies. We make a new determination of the local radio luminosity function at 1.4 GHz for both active and star-forming galaxies, and derive a local star formation density of         .  相似文献   

The Power Spectral Density technique applied to micropulsation analysis     

W. F. Stuart  Vicki Sherwood  Sheena M. Macintosh 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1971,92(1):150-164

Summary An empirical investigation has been conducted on the practical methods of obtaining the spectra of micropulsation activity, and the interpretational limits which can be applied to the detailed use of spectra computed by the Power Spectral Density (PSD) method. Results indicate that sufficiently high resolution may be obtained reliably from the PSD method for it to be regarded as a useful improvement over handscaling methods. The limitation is shown to remain in the selection of events rather than in computational or instrumental properties.  相似文献   

A change in seismicity near the Mid-America Trench following the Oaxaca earthquake     

Stuart Wier 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1981,24(1):30-32

Immediately after the Oaxaca earthquake of November 29, 1978, the rate of occurrence of earthquakes (magnitude m_b ? 4.9) increased all along the Mid-America Trench, and stayed above the average level for the area for five months. The highest rate was recorded in the month just after the Oaxaca earthquake, after which the rate gradually declined for five months. No aftershocks of the Oaxaca earthquake are included in the counts. The past seismicity history of the area suggests that it is unlikely that the simultaneous timing is a simple matter of coincidences. These observations suggest that motion of the Cocos plate is episodic, and that stress changes are rapidly transmitted throughout the plate.  相似文献   

Submersed macrophyte effects on nutrient exchanges in riverine sediments     

Cathleen Wigand  Melissa Finn  Stuart Findlay  David Fischer 《Estuaries and Coasts》2001,24(3):398-406

Submersed macrophytes are important in nutrient cycling in marine and lacustrine systems, although their in nutrient exchange in tidally-influenced riverine systems is not well studied. In the laboratory, plants significantly lowered porewater nutrient pools of riverine sediments compared with bare controls. Deep-rootedVallisneria americana lowered the porewater nutrients to a greater extent than the shallow-rootedPotamogeton pectinatus. V. americana showed significantly higher tissue nutrient content (N in roots, P in leaves) thanP. pectinatus. porewater nutrients in the river increased from spring to summer (1995) when vegetation was at its peak (for porewater PO₄-P, p<0.05). In 1996, porewater nutrients were higher during peak plant biomass in the summer than in the fall (for porewater PO₄-P, p<0.05). In the summer (1995) vegetated patches had significantly greater porewater PO₄-P than bare patches. We hypothesize that the concentrating of particulates in riverine grassbeds and subsequent microbial processing may provide an indirect source of nutrients for submersed macrophytes. In tidally-influenced riverine systems, biological mechanisms such as root uptake of nutrients and lateral oxygen release may be masked by the interaction of physical forces (i.e., tides, currents) with the structure of the grassbeds.  相似文献   

Indication of high pore-fluid pressures in a seismically-active fault zone   总被引：12，自引：0，他引：12  

Stuart Crampin  Theodora Volti  Sebastien Chastin  Agust Gudmundsson  Ragnar Stefánsson 《Geophysical Journal International》2002,151(2):F1-F5

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Effects of oxygen and redox oscillation on degradation of cell-associated lipids in surficial marine sediments   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Ming-Y.i Sun  Robert C. AllerCindy Lee  Stuart G. Wakeham 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2002,66(11):2003-2012

Degradation patterns of sedimentary algal lipids were tracked with time under variable redox treatments designed to mimic conditions in organic-rich, bioturbated deposits. Uniformly ¹³C-labeled algae were mixed with Long Island Sound surface muddy sediments and exposed to different redox regimes, including continuously oxic and anoxic, and oscillated oxic: anoxic conditions. Concentrations of several ¹³C-labeled algal fatty acids (16:1, 16:0 and 18:1), phytol and an alkene were measured serially. Results showed a large difference (∼10×) in first-order degradation rate constants of cell-associated lipids between continuously oxic and anoxic conditions. Exposure to oxic conditions increased the degradation of cell-associated lipids, and degradation rate constants were positive functions (linear or nonlinear) of the fraction of time sediments were oxic. Production of two new ¹³C-labeled compounds (iso-15:0 fatty acid and hexadecanol) further indicated that redox conditions and oxic: anoxic oscillations strongly affect microbial degradation of algal lipids and net synthesis of bacterial biomass. Production of ¹³C-labeled iso-15:0 fatty acid (a bacterial biomarker) was inversely proportional to the fraction of time sediments were oxic, rapidly decreasing after 10 days of incubation under oxic and frequently oscillated conditions. Turnover of bacterial biomass was faster under continuously or occasionally oxic conditions than under continuously anoxic conditions. ¹³C-labeled hexadecanol, an intermediate degradation product, accumulated under anoxic conditions but not under oxic or periodically oxic conditions. The frequency of oxic: anoxic oscillation clearly alters both the rate and pathways of lipid degradation in surficial sediments. Terminal degradation efficiency and lipid products from degradation of algal material depend on specific patterns of redox fluctuations.  相似文献   

多震相层析成像与在介质中的多波型射线跟踪     

毛伟健  ＧｒａｈａｍＷ．Ｓｔｕａｒｔ 《CT理论与应用研究》1996,(4)

本文介绍了多震相的层析成像的思路和算法，通过穿透和反射走时可以同时作出２维和３维慢度（速度的倒数）重建。我们分析了在穿透和反射数据中确定速度和深度的不确定性，并认识到深度扰动对反射走时异常比慢度扰动更敏感。由不同波类型所提供的对速度和深度的约束，这个算法实际上减少了在一般反射层析成像在速度和深度之间的不确定性，并且也避免了在穿透层析成像中的不确定问题。线性化反演是通过从反射界面深度由分离速度参数迭代进行的。使用一个快速的２－Ｄ和３－Ｄ射线跟踪算法来计算穿透和反射走时和对幔度及反射界面深度的偏导数。深度和速度都用立方Ｂ样条函数来进行参数化。合成例子表明，当同时考虑穿透和反射时间，层析成像的结果得到改进。这个方法也应用到英国煤炭测量局（ＢｒｉｔｉｓｈＣｏａｌＭｅａｓｕｒｅｓ）沿跨线排列所记录的逆ＶＳＰ数据组。通过使用波形配合技术，用同时确定时间延迟和叠加权，可以自动拾取旅行时间。所观察到的逆ＶＳＰ层析成像可比周围介质具有较低速度的两个断层区域成像。断层的位置由附近的反射测线所确定。本文还讨论了在复杂２－Ｄ和３－Ｄ非均匀各向同性介质中地震射线跟踪方法。界面的几何形状和水平速度场都通过使用非均匀步长立方Ｂ－样条节点  相似文献