Late Pleistocene glacial chronology of the Taylor Valley,Antarctica, and the global climate     

C.H. Hendy  T.R. Healy  E.M. Rayner  J. Shaw  A.T. Wilson 《Quaternary Research》1979,11(2):172-184

Carbonate-rich lacustrine and deltaic deposits, containing thin beds of finely laminated carbonates and thick beds of silt, crop out at several sites in the Taylor Valley and have been encountered in cores obtained by the Dry Valley Drilling Project (DVDP). Fragments of the more indurated carbonate beds have widespread occurrence as part of the desert “lag gravel” which covers much of the valley floor. Analysis of the carbonates suggests that they were deposited as algal limestones from waters derived from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet via the Taylor Glacier at times which correspond to the previous three global interglacial periods, as evidenced by the ice volumes deduced from oxygen-isotopic analysis of oceanic cores. The lacustrine carbonates have been found up to 30 km beyond the present terminus of the Taylor Glacier, and up to 100 m above the level of Lake Bonney, into which the Taylor Glacier at present discharges. It is concluded that the Taylor Glacier has advanced during each of the previous three interglaciations, and it is suggested that this has been caused by a thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during the interglaciations.  相似文献   

Trace and major element models of granitoid genesis in the Pampean Ranges,Argentina     

Carlos W. Rapela  Denis M. Shaw 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(7):1117-1129

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Lithium in spilites     

Denis M Shaw  Nicole Vatin-Pérignon 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(11):1601-1607

During spilitisation the abundance of Li increases from about 12 ppm in normal basaltic rocks to an average of 75 ppm, with some spilites containing up to 190 ppm. This is relatively far greater than the increase of <50% in Na. Also the ratio CaO/Al₂O₃ decreases from about 1.0 to <0.1 and the H₂O content increases markedly.Alteration of this kind requires waters rich in both Na and Li, with the material added having a ratio 10⁵ Li/Na of about 750: the ratio for seawater is 1.8 but most subsurface waters have higher ratios and are more likely agents of spilitisation.Volcanic hydrothermal brines have suitable Li and Na abundances and are known to have reacted with fresh basalts to produce spilitic alteration: in cases of spilitisation of volcanogenic sediments, reaction with non-volcanic brines may have occurred. In both cases the waters must initially have high CO₂ and low Ca activities.  相似文献   

Physics and chemistry of the Earth,Vol. 10, No. 3, 1977, Chemistry of the Moon: (Edited by L. H. Ahrens), annual subscription $78 (6 issues), Pergamon Press,Oxford     

Denis M. Shaw 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(12):1879

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The University of Durham Mark 6 Gamma Ray Telescope     

P. Armstrong  P. M. Chadwick  P. J. Cottle  J. E. Dickinson  M. R. Dickinson  N. A. Dipper  S. E. Hilton  W. Hogg  J. Holder  T. R. Kendall  T. J. L. McComb  C. M. Moore  K. J. Orford  S. M. Rayner  I. D. Roberts  M. D. Roberts  M. Robertshaw  S. E. Shaw  K. Tindale  S. P. Tummey  K. E. Turver 《Experimental Astronomy》1999,9(2):51-80

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Helen Margaret (Elliott) Roberts,née Westcott     

Denis M. Shaw  Lynn Falkiner  Linda Hillier 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(4):iii

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Additional estimates of continental surface Precambrian shield composition in Canada     

Denis M Shaw  Jaroslav Dostal  Reid R Keays 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(1):73-83

New trace element analyses have been made on the composite Canadian Precambrian shield samples reported in 1967.The overall mean abundance of Cr has been revised to 35 ppm (from 99). New abundances similar to 1967 values are (in ppm): Ni, 19; Co, 12; Cu, 14; Zr, 300; Sr, 315; Ba, 1070; Rb, 110: individual 1967 Rb values were erroneous.Elements not previously determined have the following overall mean values (in ppm): Zn, 52; Sc, 7.0; Nb, 26; Hf, 6.9; La, 32; Ce, 65; Nd, 26; Sm, 4.5; Eu, 0.94; Gd, 2.8; Tb, 0.48; Ho, 0.62; Yb, 1.5; Lu, 0.23; Y, 21; Pb, 17; values in ppb are: Ir, 0.02; Au, 1.8; Tl, 520.Clear positive correlations among Mg-Cr-Ni-Ir-Au appear for all rock-types, marble and quartzite as well as mafic igneous. Regional differences are apparent for several elements: e.g. higher Au, Ir, Cr, Ni in Baffin Island and Northern Quebec composites, compared with Saskatchewan and Southwestern Quebec; high Ti, Zn, Nb, Zr, Hf, REE, Y, Sr, K/T1 abundances and negative Eu anomalies in Southwestern Quebec.The overall REE abundances (omitting Southwestern Quebec) differ from other surface continental crustal rock estimates.  相似文献   

Macoma balthica: An indicator of oil pollution     

D.G. Shaw  A.J. Paul  L.M. Cheek  H.M. Feder 《Marine pollution bulletin》1976,7(2):29-31

The intertidal bivalve mollusc Macoma balthica shows potential as an indicator of oil pollution. In experiments designed to simulate stranding of an oil slick on a mudflat, a significant increase in mortality of this species was found to accompany increasing concentration of petroleum in sediment and increasing duration of exposure.  相似文献   

Calculated geochronology and stress field orientations along the Hawaiian chain     

Everett D. Jackson  Herbert R. Shaw  Keith E. Bargar 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1975,26(2):145-155

A new method has been discovered for calculating ages of the main shield building stages of volcanoes along the Hawaiian chain from Kilauea to the Hawaiian-Emperor bend. The method is based on a graphical technique for hypothetical subtraction of distance intervals that theoretically represent regions of simultaneous volcanism along adjacent or nearly en-echelon loci of volcanism. Distances along the chain, measured from Kilauea, when progressively foreshortened by the distances of hypothetical “collapse” and plotted versus existing age data are found to give linear age-distance relationships. A calibration graph is presented that agrees closely with the measured ages in 17 of the 20 existing dated volcanoes. The criterion for simultaneous activity on different loci is based on the concept of equal azimuths of synchronous volcanic propagation within coeval segments of the chain. This is the predicted relationship when magmatic fluids inject the lithosphere along directions normal to a nearly horizontal least principal stress. It appears that the Pacific plate has been subjected to oscillatory, but principally clockwise, rotations of horizontal stress components during the last 40 m.y.  相似文献   

Development of the early continental crust. Part III. Depletion of incompatible elements in the mantle     

Denis M. Shaw 《Precambrian Research》1980,10(3-4)

New analyses and critical re-evaluation of older data permit another estimate of the abundances of some 42 elements in the silicate shells of the Earth, excluding the core.These data and estimations of volcanic rock production lead to a series of estimates of the mass-fractions of depleted and undepleted mantle. Most likely estimates of the latter lie in the range 0.2–0.4. The best estimates are obtained for the most incompatible elements K, Rb, Sr, Ba, Nb, Th, U.The development of the continental crust and the change in tectonic processes over time is consistent with these interpretations.  相似文献