Dating cleavage formation in slates and phyllites with the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser microprobe: an example from the western New England Appalachians, USA     

Yu-Chang Chan  Jean M. Crespi  & Kip V. Hodges 《地学学报》2000,12(6):264-271

Determinations of the absolute age of cleavage formation can provide fundamental information about the evolution of orogenic belts. However, when applied to cleavages in slates and phyllites, conventional dating methods are complicated by problems related to mineral separation and the presence of multiple cleavage generations. In situ high-spatial-resolution ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser microprobe geochronology and microstructural observations indicate that the age of cleavage formation in slates and phyllites can be constrained by analysing zones of tightly packed cleavage domains. Three regionally developed cleavages (S₂, S₃, and S₄) are present in the northern Taconic Allochthon of Vermont and New York. Representative samples were studied from a variety of localities where these cleavages, which are defined by white micas, are well developed. In the suite of samples, only S₃ and S₄ are expressed as domains that are sufficiently wide and spatially isolated in thin section to permit quantitative ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology. Mean ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser microprobe ages for these domains are 370.7 ± 1.0 Myr for S₃ and 345.5 ± 1.7 Myr for S₄. Because estimates of the Ar closure temperature for white micas are substantially higher than the inferred growth temperatures of the micas defining S₃ and S₄, these values are interpreted as periods since cleavage formation. This interpretation is consistent with independent geochronological constraints on the age of the Acadian orogeny in the region.  相似文献   

Arsenic Geochemistry and Hydrostratigraphy in Midwestern U.S. Glacial Deposits     

Tara L. Root  Madeline B. Gotkowitz  Jean M. Bahr  John W. Attig 《Ground water》2010,48(6):903-912

Arsenic concentrations exceeding the U.S. EPA's 10 μg/L standard are common in glacial aquifers in the midwestern United States. Previous studies have indicated that arsenic occurs naturally in these aquifers in association with metal-(hydr)oxides and is released to groundwater under reducing conditions generated by microbial oxidation of organic matter. Despite this delineation of the arsenic source and mechanism of arsenic mobilization, identification of arsenic-impacted aquifers is hindered by the heterogeneous and discontinuous nature of glacial sediments. In much of the Midwest, the hydrostratigraphy of glacial deposits is not sufficiently characterized to predict where elevated arsenic concentrations are likely to occur. This case study from southeast Wisconsin presents a detailed characterization of local stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy, and geochemistry of the Pleistocene glacial deposits and underlying Silurian dolomite. Analyses of a single core, water chemistry data, and well construction reports enabled identification of two aquifers separated by an organic-rich aquitard. The upper, unconfined aquifer provides potable water, whereas arsenic generally exceeds 10 μg/L in the deeper aquifer. Although coring and detailed hydrostratigraphic characterization are often considered impractical, our results demonstrate that a single core improved interpretation of the complex lithology and hydrostratigraphy. This detailed characterization of hydrostratigraphy facilitated development of well construction guidelines and lays the ground work for further studies of the complex interactions among aquifer sediments, hydrogeology, water chemistry, and microbiology that lead to elevated arsenic in groundwater.  相似文献   

Osmium,tungsten, and chromium isotopes in sediments and in Ni‐rich spinel at the K‐T boundary: Signature of a chondritic impactor     

Ghylaine Quitt  Eric Robin  Sylvain Levasseur  Franoise Capmas  Robert Rocchia  Jean‐Louis Birck  Claude Jean AllGre 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2007,42(9):1567-1580

Abstract— It is now established that a large extraterrestrial object hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65 Ma ago. We have investigated Re‐Os, Hf‐W, and Mn‐Cr isotope systems in sediments from the Cretaceous and the Paleogene in order to characterize the type of impactor. Within the Cretaceous‐Tertiary (K‐T) boundary layer, extraterrestrial material is mixed with terrestrial material, causing a dilution of the extraterrestrial isotope signature that is difficult to quantify. A phase essentially composed of Ni‐rich spinel, formed in the atmosphere mainly from melted projectile material, is likely to contain the extraterrestrial isotopic signature of the impactor. We show that the analysis of spinel is indeed the best approach to determine the initial isotope composition of the impactor, and that W and Cr isotopes confirm that the projectile was a carbonaceous chondrite.  相似文献   

A Spitzer mid-infrared spectral survey of mass-losing carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud     

Albert A. Zijlstra  Mikako Matsuura  Peter R. Wood  G. C. Sloan  Eric Lagadec  Jacco Th. van Loon  M. A. T. Groenewegen  M. W. Feast  J. W. Menzies  P. A. Whitelock  J. A. D. L. Blommaert  M.-R. L. Cioni  H. J. Habing  S. Hony  C. Loup  L. B. F. M. Waters 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,370(4):1961-1978

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Spitzer observations of acetylene bands in carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. Matsuura  P. R. Wood  G. C. Sloan  A. A. Zijlstra  J. Th. van Loon  M. A. T. Groenewegen  J. A. D. L. Blommaert  M.-R. L. Cioni  M. W. Feast  H. J. Habing  S. Hony  E. Lagadec  C. Loup  J. W. Menzies  L. B. F. M. Waters  P. A. Whitelock 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,371(1):415-420

We investigate the molecular bands in carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope ( SST ) over the 5–38 μm range. All 26 low-resolution spectra show acetylene (C₂H₂) bands at 7 and 14 μm. The hydrogen cyanide (HCN) bands at these wavelengths are very weak or absent. This is consistent with low nitrogen abundances in the LMC. The observed 14 μm C₂H₂  band is reasonably reproduced by an excitation temperature of 500 K. There is no clear dilution of the 14 μm C₂H₂  band by circumstellar dust emission. This 14-μm band originates from molecular gas in the circumstellar envelope in these high mass-loss rate stars, in agreement with previous findings for Galactic stars. The C₂H₂ column density, derived from the 13.7 μm band, shows a gas mass-loss rate in the range 3 × 10⁻⁶ to 5 × 10⁻⁵ M_⊙ yr⁻¹. This is comparable with the total mass-loss rate of these stars estimated from the spectral energy distribution. Additionally, we compare the line strengths of the 13.7 μm C₂H₂  band of our LMC sample with those of a Galactic sample. Despite the low metallicity of the LMC, there is no clear difference in the C₂H₂  abundance among LMC and Galactic stars. This reflects the effect of the third dredge-up bringing self-produced carbon to the surface, leading to high carbon-to-oxygen ratio at low metallicity.  相似文献   

Counts, Sizes and Colours of Faint Infrared-Selected Galaxies     

Paolo Saracco  Sandro D'Odorico  Alan Moorwood  Jean G. Cuby 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,276(2-4):991-998

Deep J- and K _s-band images covering a 5 × 5 arcmin area centred on the NTT Deep Field have been obtained during the Science Verification of SOFI at the NTT. These images were made available via the Web in early June, 1998. The preliminary results we have obtained by the analysis of these data are the following: (i) the counts continue to rise with no evidence of a turnover or of a flattening down to the limits of the survey (K _s = 22.5 and J = 24 mag); (ii) we find a slope d log(N)/dm≈ 0.37, in agreement with most of the faintest surveys but much steeper than the Hawaii survey; (iii) fainter than K _s ≈ 19and J ≈ 20 mag, the median J-K colour of galaxies shows a break in its reddening trend turning toward bluer colours; (iv) faint bluer galaxies also display a larger compactness index, and a smaller apparent size. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

The deep structure of Gorringe Bank (NE Atlantic) and its surrounding area     

Andrée Bergeron  Jean Bonnin 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,105(2):491-502

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Determination of parental magmas of HED cumulates: The effects of interstitial melts     

Jean‐Alix BARRAT 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2004,39(11):1767-1779

Abstract— An evaluation of trapped melts effects during crystallization and subsolidus equilibration of cumulates is necessary to constrain the composition of their parental magmas. In this paper, a simple mass balance approach is described. It allows estimation of trace element abundances in these parental melts from phase compositions. It is used to discuss the genesis of cumulate eucrites and diogenites. The REE behavior is in full agreement with the view that cumulate eucrites formed from melts similar to noncumulate eucrites. Trapped melt fractions ranging from <10 wt% for Moama to ?30 wt% for Moore County were involved. The origin of diogenites is more complex. The assumption that eucrites and diogenites shared the same parental melts cannot satisfactorily explain the diversity of incompatible trace element ratios (e.g., Dy/Yb) observed in diogenitic orthopyroxenes, even if interstitial melt effects are taken into account. Moreover, some diogenites unambiguously crystallized from magmas displaying significant HREE (heavy rare earth elements) enrichments. More likely, diogenites formed from distinct batches of parental magmas, as previously proposed by Mittlefehldt (1994), Fowler et al. (1995), and Shearer (1997).  相似文献   

La fondation et l'activité de l'Institut Géophysique Roland Eötvös de Hongrie     

Dr. Jean Renner 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1948,13(1-2):6-10

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Two-surface versus multi-surface plasticity theories: A critical assessment     

Jean H. Prevost 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》1982,6(3):323-338

It is the objective of this note critically to assess the merits and shortcomings of two-surface and multi-surface plasticity theories.  相似文献