Carbonate platform drowning caught in the act: The sedimentology of Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean)     

Christian Betzler  Sebastian Lindhorst  John J. G. Reijmer  Juan Carlos Braga  Thomas Lüdmann  Or M. Bialik  Jesus Reolid  Anna-Lena Geßner  Dagmar Hainbucher  Dass Bissessur 《Sedimentology》2023,70(1):78-99

Mesophotic reefs, hardgrounds and current-controlled pelagic to hemipelagic carbonates are facies marking carbonate platform drowning successions, irrespective of the factors controlling this evolution. A modern analogue of a carbonate platform in a state of drowning, where these facies occur has not been properly reported on to date. In the present study, the sedimentary environments of the Saya de Malha Bank are characterized using a multi-disciplinary approach including sedimentology, hydroacoustics, seismics and oceanography. The Saya de Malha Bank edifice with a surface of 40 808 km² is located in the tropical Indian Ocean and lies in a water depth of 8 to 300 m extending from the surrounding more than 2000 m deep ocean floor, with no reef reaching the sea surface. Mesophotic coral and red algal facies co-exist with hemipelagic and bioclastic sands, together with a hardground. Ocean currents and internal waves are identified as major sedimentological controlling factors in the absence of elevated nutrient influx. Many features distributed along the present-day Saya de Malha Bank were described from studies presenting fossil examples of carbonate platform drowning. The results herein can therefore be applied to other drowning examples, in some cases allowing for more accurate interpretation of the stratigraphic record.  相似文献   

Erosion rates on subalpine paleosurfaces in the western Mediterranean by in-situ <Superscript>10</Superscript>Be concentrations in granites: implications for surface processes and long-term landscape evolution in Corsica (France)     

Joachim Kuhlemann  Klaas van der Borg  Paul D. Bons  Martin Danišík  Wolfgang Frisch 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2008,97(3):549-564

A study of erosion rates by in-situ ¹⁰Be concentrations in granites of Miocene high-elevation paleosurfaces in Corsica indicates maximum erosion rates between 8 and 24 mm/kyear. The regional distribution of measured erosion rates indicates that the local climatic conditions, namely precipitation, the petrographic composition of granites, and the degree of brittle deformation govern erosion rates. Chemical erosion dominates even at elevations around 2,000 m in presently subalpine climate conditions. Field evidence indicates that erosion operates by continuous dissolution and/or disintegration to grains (grusification). The erosion rates are relatively high with respect to the preservation of inferred Early Miocene landscapes. We infer temporal burial in the Middle Miocene and significantly lower erosion rates in the Neogene until ∼3 Ma to explain the preservation of paleosurfaces, in line with fission track data. Valley incision rates that are a magnitude higher than erosion rates on summit surfaces result in relief enhancement and long-term isostatic surface uplift. On the other hand, widening and deepening of valleys by cyclic glaciation progressively destroys the summit surface relics.

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Assessment of workplace accident risks in underground collieries by integrating a multi-goal cause-and-effect analysis method with MCDM sensitivity analysis     

Ezzeddin?BakhtavarEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile  Samuel?Yousefi 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2018,32(12):3317-3332

This study introduces a method using a multi-goal fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) and multi-criteria decision making based on sensitivity analysis to assess the risks associated with working accidents in underground collieries. Safety, stoppage in operation, and operational and capital costs are considered as the main goals during the FCM process with significant emphasis on safety. Workplace accidents data from Kerman underground collieries are statistically evaluated to find the degrees of occurrence probability, severity, and work-disability duration as the main risk factors. The causes and effects of accidents are analyzed using FCM based on three goals and the effects of risk factors. A sensitivity analysis on the weights of the goals is conducted with the aim of increasing the workplace safety in TOPSIS environment after solving the designed multi-goal FCM. Results indicate that “gas poisoning,” “roof fall,” and “debris and destruction” take the first three ranks and impose high risks to the system. By contrast, “collision, hit, and crash” presents the lowest risk among all accidents.  相似文献   

Joint modelling of brain cancer incidence and mortality using Bayesian age- and gender-specific shared component models     

J.?Etxeberria  T.?Goicoa  M.?D.?UgarteEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2018,32(10):2951-2969

Joint analyses of two or more related diseases bring advantages over individual studies to look into diseases with low incidence, or to disentangle spatial patterns by age-group and gender. Incidence and/or mortality are not homogeneously distributed according to age-groups and ignoring age may lead to biased estimates. In addition, counts at a very disaggregated level can be very scarce or even zero for rare diseases and powerful models to borrow strength from related processes and geographical areas are strongly recommended. In this paper, gender and age-specific spatial shared component models are proposed for a joint modelling of brain cancer incidence and mortality rates in Navarre and the Basque Country, two regions in the north of Spain with the highest incidence rates among European regions.  相似文献   

Thermochronological insights into the structural contact between the Tian Shan and Pamirs,Tajikistan          下载免费PDF全文

Gilby Jepson  Stijn Glorie  Dmitry Konopelko  Jack Gillespie  Martin Danišík  Noreen J. Evans  Yunus Mamadjanov  Alan S. Collins 《地学学报》2018,30(2):95-104

Multi‐method thermochronology along the Vakhsh‐Surkhob fault zone reveals the thermotectonic history of the South Tian Shan–Pamirs boundary. Apatite U/Pb analyses yield a consistent age of 251 ± 2 Ma, corresponding to cooling below ~550–350°C, related to the final closure of the Palaeo‐Asian Ocean and contemporaneous magmatism in the South Tian Shan. Zircon (U–Th–Sm)/He ages constrain cooling below ~180°C to the end of the Triassic (~200 Ma), likely related either to deformation induced by the Qiangtang collision or to the closure of the Rushan Ocean. Apatite fission track thermochronology reveals two low‐temperature (<120°C) thermal events at ~25 Ma and ~10 Ma, which may be correlated with tectonic activity at the distant southern Eurasian margin. The late Miocene cooling is confirmed by apatite (U–Th–Sm)/He data and marks the onset of mountain building within the South Tian Shan that is ongoing today.  相似文献   

Time domain reflectometry measurement principles and applications     

Scott B. Jones  Jon M. Wraith  Dani Or 《水文研究》2002,16(1):141-153

Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is a highly accurate and automatable method for determination of porous media water content and electrical conductivity. Water content is inferred from the dielectric permittivity of the medium, whereas electrical conductivity is inferred from TDR signal attenuation. Empirical and dielectric mixing models are used to relate water content to measured dielectric permittivity. Clay and organic matter bind substantial amounts of water, such that measured bulk dielectric constant is reduced and the relationship with total water content requires individual calibration. A variety of TDR probe configurations provide users with site‐ and media‐specific options. Advances in TDR technology and in other dielectric methods offer the promise not only for less expensive and more accurate tools for electrical determination of water and solute contents, but also a host of other properties such as specific surface area, and retention properties of porous media. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Correlation between magnetic susceptibility and distribution of heavy metals in contaminated sea-floor sediments of Hong Kong Harbour     

L. S. Chan  C. H. Yeung  W. W.-S. Yim  O. L. Or 《Environmental Geology》1998,36(1-2):77-86

 Magnetic susceptibility measurements were conducted on 24 vibrocores obtained from an area located off the northeastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. High intensities of magnetic susceptibility were detected in the uppermost sections of the majority of the cores. Several magnetic parameters measured for one of the cores suggest that the variations in the magnetic characteristics over depth are mainly due to varying concentrations of the magnetic minerals. Since a strong correlation has been found between magnetic susceptibility and the heavy metals Pb, Cu, Zn and Cr, an anthropogenic contamination origin is thought to be the cause. The present study shows that magnetic susceptibility is a fast, inexpensive and non-destructive method for the detection and mapping of contaminated sediments. Received: 12 August 1997 · Accepted: 18 November 1997  相似文献   

Dating of fault zone activity by apatite fission track and apatite (U–Th)/He thermochronometry: a case study from the Lavanttal fault system (Eastern Alps)     

A. Wölfler  W. Kurz  M. Danišík  R. Rabitsch 《地学学报》2010,22(4):274-282

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An Integrated Geostatistical Approach for Contaminated Site and Soil Characterisation   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

D. D’Or  H. Demougeot-Renard  M. Garcia 《Mathematical Geosciences》2009,41(3):307-322

For several years, abandoned or stopped industrial sites increasingly arouse the interest of politics and investors. Having a high social and economic estate value, these sites generally reveal contaminated soils that must be remediated first before receiving any new use. Due to financial, environmental or human health stakes, heuristic methods appear inappropriate because they do not provide reliable estimations of contaminated soil volumes and ignore spatial uncertainties. Problems at hand may be very complex, involving multiple correlated contaminants for which spatially varying pollutant grades are to be estimated and confronted to various regulatory thresholds, depending on redevelopment target areas. In such conditions, geostatistics provides effective methods to quantify local and global uncertainties about soil contamination and contaminated soil volumes. By quantifying uncertainties, geostatistical models are useful as support for decision-making about redevelopment scenarios or remediation techniques. Specific approaches are required, however, to overcome particular modelling issues as related to the skewness of pollutant grade distributions or change of support. Making use of our practical experience, such an integrated geostatistical approach is proposed for modelling contaminated sites. It is illustrated by application to a recent actual case study.  相似文献   

In situ major and trace element analysis of amphiboles in quartz monzodiorite porphyry from the Tonglvshan Cu–Fe (Au) deposit,Hubei Province,China: insights into magma evolution and related mineralization     

Deng-Fei?Duan  Shao-Yong?JiangEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2017,172(5):36

The Tonglvshan deposit is the largest Cu–Fe (Au) skarn deposit in the Edong district, which is located in the westernmost part of the Middle and Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt, China. In this study, we performed a detailed in situ analysis of major and trace elements in amphiboles from the ore-related Tonglvshan quartz monzodiorite porphyry using electron microprobe (EMPA) analysis and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Two distinct populations of amphiboles, which can be distinguished by their aluminum content, are found in the quartz monzodiorite porphyry. The low-aluminum (Low-Al) amphiboles are subhedral or anhedral and formed at 46.3–73.5 MPa and 713–763 °C. In contrast, the high-aluminum (High-Al) amphiboles are euhedral and formed at 88–165 MPa and 778–854 °C. Some euhedral amphiboles are partially or completely replaced by Low-Al amphibole. The compositions of parental melts in equilibrium with the High-Al amphibole (Melt 1) and Low-Al amphibole (Melt 2) were computed by applying solid/liquid partition coefficients. This modeling shows that magma in equilibrium with High-Al amphibole (Melt 1) underwent 40% fractional crystallization of amphibole, plagioclase and apatite at a depth of ~5 km to evolve to magma in equilibrium with Low-Al amphibole (Melt 2). Copper enrichment occurred in the magma after undergoing fractional crystallization. The magma had a high oxygen fugacity, increasing from NNO + 1 (Melt 1) through NNO + 2 to HM (Melt 2), which could have prevented the loss of Cu (and possibly Au) to sulfide minerals during crystallization. Finally, the evolved magma intruded to shallower depths, where it presumably exsolved aqueous ore-forming fluids. Therefore, the large Cu–Fe–Au reserves of the Tonglvshan deposit can likely be attributed to a combination of controlling factors, including high oxygen fugacity, fractional crystallization, fluid exsolution, and a shallow emplacement depth.  相似文献