Deterministic sensitivity analysis for a model for flow in porous media     

Estelle Marchand  François Clément  Jean E. Roberts  Guillaume Pépin 《Advances in water resources》2008

A deterministic method for sensitivity analysis is developed and applied to a mathematical model for the simulation of flow in porous media. The method is based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the Jacobian matrix of the model. It is a local approach to sensitivity analysis providing a hierarchical classification of the directions in both the input space and of those in the output space reflecting the degree of sensitiveness of the latter to the former. Its low computational cost, in comparison with that of statistical approaches, allows the study of the variability of the results of the sensitivity analysis due to the variations of the input parameters of the model, and thus it can provide a quality criterion for the validity of more classical probabilistic global approaches. For the example treated here, however, this variability is weak, and deterministic and statistical methods yield similar sensitivity results.  相似文献   

Relativistic anisotropic pair plasmas     

Estelle Asseo  Alain Riazuelo 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,318(4):983-1004

The properties of waves able to propagate in a relativistic pair plasma are at the basis of the interpretation of several astrophysical observations. For instance, they are invoked in relation to radio emission processes in pulsar magnetospheres and to radiation mechanisms for relativistic radio jets. In such physical environments, pair plasma particles probably have relativistic, or even ultrarelativistic, temperatures. Besides, the presence of an extremely strong magnetic field in the emission region constrains the particles to one-dimensional motion: all the charged particles strictly move along magnetic field lines.
We take anisotropic effects and relativistic effects into account by choosing one-dimensional relativistic Jűttner–Synge distribution functions to characterize the distribution of electrons and/or positrons in a relativistic, anisotropic pair plasma. The dielectric tensor, from which the dispersion relation associated with plane wave perturbations of such a pair plasma is derived, involves specific coefficients that depend on the distribution function of particles. A precise determination of these coefficients, using the relativistic one-dimensional Jűttner–Synge distribution function, allows us to obtain the appropriate dispersion relation. The properties of waves able to propagate in anisotropic relativistic pair plasmas are deduced from this dispersion relation. The conditions in which a beam and a plasma, both ultrarelativistic, may interact and trigger off a two-stream instability are obtained from this same dispersion relation. Two astrophysical applications are discussed.  相似文献   

High‐resolution evolution of terrigenous sediment yields in the Provence Basin during the last 6 Ma: relation with climate and tectonics          下载免费PDF全文

Estelle Leroux  Marina Rabineau  Daniel Aslanian  Christian Gorini  Stéphane Molliex  Francois Bache  Cécile Robin  Laurence Droz  Maryline Moulin  Jeffrey Poort  Jean‐Loup Rubino  Jean‐Pierre Suc 《Basin Research》2017,29(3):305-339

Basin‐wide correlation of Messinian units and Plio‐Quaternary chronostratigraphic markers (5.3 Ma, 2.6 Ma, 0.9 Ma and 0.45 Ma), the mapping of total sediment thickness and the determination of overall sedimentary volumes enabled us to provide a high‐resolution quantitative history of sediment volumes for the last 6 Ma along the Gulf of Lions margin. The results point to (i) a dramatic increase in terrigenous sediment input during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. This increased sedimentation reflects enhanced regional fluvial erosion related to the dramatic fall of Mediterranean base‐level. Stronger weathering due to a regional wetter climate probably also increased erosional fluxes. (ii) A sediment input three times higher during the Plio‐Quaternary compared to the Miocene seems in agreement with published measurements from World's ocean. However, the timing of this increase being uncertain, it implies that the trigger(s) also remain(s) uncertain. (iii) A decrease in detrital volume around 2.6 Ma is attributed to a regional change in the drainage pattern of rivers in the northwestern Alps. (iv) This study also highlights the Mid‐Pleistocene Revolution around 0.9 Ma, which resulted in an almost doubling of sediment input in the Provencal Basin.  相似文献   

Analytical Procedures for the Measurement of Boron Isotope Compositions by Ion Microprobe in Meteorites and Mantle Rocks   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

Marc Chaussidon  François Robert  Denis Mangin  Pascal Hanon  Estelle F. Rose 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》1997,21(1):7-17

An analytical procedure has been developed to measure in situ the ¹¹ B/¹⁰ B ratio in terrestrial basaltic rocks and meteoritic chondrules having B concentration of less than 1 μg g^?1 using a small radius ims3f ion microprobe. The central difficulties for these measurements are (i) the removal of the trace amount of B contamination introduced in the sample during polishing, (ii) the precise calibration of instrumental mass fractionation of B isotopes and (iii) the low count rates of ¹⁰ B and ¹¹ B. Contamination experiments conducted with isotopically labelled B enriched in ¹⁰ B showed that ultrasonic cleaning in bi-distilled water (< 1 ng g^?1 B) and pre-sputtering of the analysed area decrease B contamination to the level of 0.01 μg g^?1. Analyses of isotope standards spanning a range of ¹¹ B/¹⁰ B between 3.93 and 4.20 showed that instrumental mass fractionation was constant within? during one session of analyses. Repeated analyses of a standard glass showed a reproducibility of instrumental mass fractionation between February 1991 and October 1996 of 1.3. Taking into account all sources of error, boron isotope measurements are accurate to within 5 for meteoritic samples having B contents in the range 0.1 to 1 μg g^?1. A slightly better accuracy of 1.5 can be achieved for basaltic glasses which can be sputtered with very intense primary beams.  相似文献   

Heavy metals distribution in mangrove sediments along the mobile coastline of French Guiana   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

C. Marchand  E. Lallier-Vergès  F. Baltzer  P. Albéric  D. Cossa  P. Baillif 《Marine Chemistry》2006

The accumulation of nine heavy metals in fine-grained sediments from the mangrove fringed coast of French Guiana is evaluated. The dynamic features of the South American tropical coastline, from the Amazon to the Orinoco Rivers, result in mangrove sediments being alternately submitted to phases of erosion and net sedimentation a few tens of years long. This process influences the distribution of the heavy metals associated with these frequently re-mobilized deposits. Sedimentary cores and mangrove plant samples were collected, at different seasons, in various swamps characterized by different properties (content of sedimentary organic matter, distance from sea water and fresh water). The ranges of measured concentrations expressed in μmol g^− 1 were the following: Cu (0.06 to 0.61), Co (0.12 to 0.68), Pb (0.08 to 0.18), Ni (0.32 to 0.76), Cr (0.61 to 1.40), Zn (1.25 to 5.94), Mn (4.36 to 45.4) and Fe (441 to 1128). No differences were found between sediments from mangroves developing upstream and downstream of urban areas, i.e. Cayenne and Kourou. This suggests that the content of mangrove sediments in heavy metals along the coastline of French Guiana is essentially the result of the continuous alternation of accumulation and transport phases occurring upstream after departing from the Amazon watershed. The sources of this heavy metals content are thus difficult to identify. However it is well known that the alluvium produced by the natural erosion of the Amazonian soils is naturally enriched in mercury. Also, the run-off from gold mining activities is known to contribute to mercury pollution. Ranges in total Hg were between 0.15 and 2.57 nmol g^− 1, with mean values close to 0.41 nmol g^− 1, and were clearly correlated with total organic carbon except for some outstanding high values, which may be a result of rapid geochemical changes. Heavy metal concentrations showed variations with depth. The redox conditions and the decay processes affecting the organic matter control the cycling of iron and manganese, which in turn control the concentrations and associations of heavy metals. These preliminary results suggest that the variations in heavy metal content with depth or between mangrove areas result largely from diagenetic processes rather than changes in metal input resulting from local human activities.  相似文献   

Titanium in phengite: a geobarometer for high temperature eclogites   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Estelle Auzanneau  M. W. Schmidt  D. Vielzeuf  J. A. D Connolly 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2010,159(1):1-24

Phengite chemistry has been investigated in experiments on a natural SiO₂–TiO₂-saturated greywacke and a natural SiO₂–TiO₂–Al₂SiO₅-saturated pelite, at 1.5–8.0 GPa and 800–1,050°C. High Ti-contents (0.3–3.7 wt %), Ti-enrichment with temperature, and a strong inverse correlation of Ti-content with pressure are the important features of both experimental series. The changes in composition with pressure result from the Tschermak substitution (Si + R²⁺ = Al^IV + Al^VI) coupled with the substitution: Al^VI + Si = Ti + Al^IV. The latter exchange is best described using the end-member Ti-phengite (KMgTi[Si₃Al]O₁₀(OH)₂, TiP). In the rutile-quartz/coesite saturated experiments, the aluminoceladonite component increases with pressure while the muscovite, paragonite and Ti-phengite components decrease. A thermodynamic model combining data obtained in this and previous experimental studies are derived to use the equilibrium MgCel + Rt = TiP + Cs/Qz as a thermobarometer in felsic and basic rocks. Phengite, rutile and quartz/coesite are common phases in HT-(U)HP metamorphic rocks, and are often preserved from regression by entrapment in zircon or garnet, thus providing an opportunity to determine the T–P conditions of crystallization of these rocks. Two applications on natural examples (Sulu belt and Kokchetav massif) are presented and discussed. This study demonstrates that Ti is a significant constituent of phengites that could have significant effects on phase relationships and melting rates with decreasing P or increasing T in the continental crust.  相似文献   

Auszählung der Consolfunkfeuer mit Hilfe des Sichtfunkpeilers     

Paul Marchand 《Ocean Dynamics》1958,11(2):83-86

Zusammenfassung Die Auszählung der Punkte und Striche bei Consolfunkfeuern zur Bestimmung des Gleichsignals ist mit dem Sichtfunkpeiler in besonders einfacher und genauer Weise möglich. Der Vorzug dieses Verfahrens kommt vor allem dann zur Geltung, wenn man gleichzeitig die Peilanzeige auf dem Braunschen Rohr mit den Zeichen im Lautsprecher des Gerätes, insbesondere bei auftretenden Störern, vergleicht. Das Gleichsignal kann eindeutig auf ein Zeichen genau festgestellt werden.

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Counting of the dots and dashes emitted by consol stations with the aid of a cathode-ray direction finder

Summary The cathode-ray direction finder allows, for determining the equisignal, to count the dots and dashes emitted by Consol stations with utmost ease and great precision. The superiority of the method becomes particularly evident when simultaneous comparisons are made with the bearing indications read from the cathode ray tube and the signals heard in the loudspeaker of the direction finder. This is especially the case when the reception is disturbed by parasitic noise. The equisignal can be unmistakably determined within an accuracy of one signal only.

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Résumé Le radiogoniomètre visuel (à tube cathodique) permet de compter aisément et avec une grande précision les points et les traits des émissions Consol. La supériorité du procédé est particulièrement évidente lorsque l'on compare simultanément les signes vus sur le tube cathodique, à l'écoute du haut-parleur de l'appareil, notamment lorsque la réception est troublée par des parasites. L'équisignal peut être déterminé sans ambiguïté au signe près.

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Criteres d'analyse géochimique des gisements de fluorine basés sur l'étude de la distribution des lanthanides — application au gite de Maine (71—Cordesse,France)     

L. Marchand  D. Joseph  J. C. Touray  M. Treuil 《Mineralium Deposita》1976,11(3):357-379

59 fluorite samples have been analysed by neutron activation for La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Yb and Lu. Two properties of the partition coefficient of the R. E. E. between fluorite and poorly complexing solutions (L. Marchand, 1976) have been used for interpretations: (R. E. E.) CaF₂/(R. E. E.)_solution are always very high so that CaF₂ records with an important magnification and without major distortion in the R. E. E. pattern from the mother solution; the partition coefficients are higher for the heavy earths than for the lighter ones. Consequently, in finite reservoirs where CaF₂ precipitates, the trend for solutions will be a gradual enrichment in ceric earths. Interpretations at different scales of the Maine hydrothermal deposit (D. Joseph, 1974) permit to emphasize: — a constant geochemical signal at the scale of a growth band of homogenous colour; — a possible characterization of the ore-forming solutions dynamic (infinite vs finite reservoirs) by comparison of successive growth bands in a same sample; — distinct source rocks for the formation blanche and formation verte.  相似文献   

Sr isotopes and trace element geochemistry of the impact melt and target rocks at the Mistastin Lake crater,Labrador     

Michael Marchand  James H Crocket 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(10):1487-1495

The Mistastin Lake meteorite crater lies completely within a batholith composed of mangerite and adamellite with lenses of anorthosite and is located in central Labrador. The multivariate statistical technique of correspondence analysis was used to summarize the relationships between the different rock units for the trace elements Nb, Zr, Y, Sr, Rb, Th, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni. The samples of impact melt form a linear array of points on a factor plot joining the anorthosite samples to the mangerite and adamellite samples. This indicates that the various melt samples can be formed as a result of the complete fusion of different proportions of anorthosite and granitic rocks. A least-squares mixing model utilizing the average trace element composition of the four rock types indicates that an average melt rock can be formed by mixing 60% anorthosite, 38% mangerite and 2% adamellite. An isochron obtained on the combined mangerite and adamellite units of the batholith gives an age of 1347 ±15 m.y. (1σ) with an initial ratio of 0.7082 ± 0.0003. The anorthosite samples plot below the isochron and the melt rocks fall along a mixing line joining the locus of anorthosite points to an average granite sample on the isochron. This is a further indication that the melt was formed by melting of anorthosite and granitic rocks that form the local geological environment.  相似文献   

Reaction of OH Radicals with Acetone: Determination of the Branching Ratio for the Abstraction Pathway at 298 K and 1 Torr     

Estelle Turpin  Christa Fittschen  Alexandre Tomas  Pascal Devolder 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2003,46(1):1-13

We have determined the 2-oxo-propyl CH₃C(O)CH₂ (sometimes called 1-methylvinoxy or acetonyl) radical yield for the reaction of acetone with OH radical relative to the 2-oxo-propyl yields for the reactions of F- and Cl atoms with acetone using the Discharge Flow technique. The 2-oxo-propyl radical has been monitored by Laser Induced Fluorescence LIF at short reaction times in the systems: OH + acetone (R1), F + acetone (R2), and Cl + acetone (R3). From these measurements we have deduced the branching ratio for the 2-oxo-propyl radical formation in the title reaction to be in the range 0.8 R 1.  相似文献