Applicability of artificial neural networks for obtaining velocity models from synthetic seismic data     

C. Baronian  M. A. Riahi  C. Lucas 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2009,98(5):1173-1184

Seismic velocity analysis is a crucial part of seismic data processing and interpretation which has been practiced using different methods. In contrast to time consuming and complicated numerical methods, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are found to be of potential applicability. ANN ability to establish a relationship between an input and output space is considered to be appropriate for mapping seismic velocity corresponding to travel times picked from seismograms. Accordingly a preliminary attempt is made to evaluate the applicability of ANNs to determine velocity and dips of dipping layered earth models corresponding to travel time data. The study is based on synthetic data generated using inverse modeling approach for three earth models. The models include a three-layer structure with same dips and same directions, a three-layer model with different dips and same directions, as well as a two-layer model with different dips and directions. An ANN structure is designed in three layers, namely, input, output, and hidden ones. The training and testing process of the ANN is successfully accomplished using the synthetic data. The evaluation of the applicability of the trained ANN to unknown data sets indicates that the ANN can satisfactorily compute velocity and dips corresponding to travel times. The error intervals between the desired and calculated velocity and dips are shown to be acceptably small in all cases. The applicability of the trained ANN in extrapolating is also evaluated using a number of data outside of the range already known to ANN. The results indicate that the trained ANN acceptably approximates the velocity and dips. Furthermore, the trained ANN is also evaluated in terms of capability of handling deficiency in input data where acceptable results were also achieved in velocity and dip calculations. Generally, this study shows that velocity analysis using ANNs can promisingly tackle the challenge of retrieving an initial velocity model from the travel time hyperbolas of seismic data.  相似文献   

Photosynthesis versus irradiance relationships in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean     

S Thomalla  E Kean  M Lucas  M-J Gibberd  R Barlow 《African Journal of Marine Science》2017,39(1):43-57

Eleven incubation experiments were conducted in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean to investigate the relationship between new production (ρNO^–₃), regenerated production (ρNH⁺₄), and total carbon production (ρC) as a function of varying light. The results show substantial variability in the photosynthesis–irradiance (P vs E) parameters, with phytoplankton communities at stations that were considered iron (Fe)-limited showing low maximum photosynthetic capacity (P^B_max) and low quantum efficiency of photosynthesis (α^B) for ρNO₃, but high P^B_max and α^B for ρNH₄, with consequently low export efficiency. Results at stations likely relieved of Fe stress (associated with shallow bathymetry and the marginal ice zone) showed the highest rates of P^B_max and α^B for ρNO₃ and ρC. To establish the key factors influencing the variability of the photosynthetic parameters, a principal components analysis was performed on P vs E parameters, using surface temperature, chlorophyll-a concentration, ambient nutrients, and an index for community size structure. Strong covariance between ambient nitrate (NO₃) and α^B for ρNO₃ suggests that Fe and possibly light co-limitation affects the ability of phytoplankton in the region to access the surplus NO₃ reservoir. However, the observed relationships between community structure and the P vs E parameters suggest superior performance by smaller-sized cells, in terms of resource acquisition and Fe limitation, as the probable driver of smaller-celled phytoplankton communities that have reduced photosynthetic efficiency and which require higher light intensities to saturate uptake. A noticeable absence in covariances between chlorophyll-a and α^B, between P^B_max and α^B, and between temperature and α^B may have important implications for primary-production models, although the absence of some expected relationships may be a consequence of the small dataset and low range of variability. However, significant relationships were observed between ambient NO₃ and α^B for ρNO₃, and between the light-saturation parameter E_k for ρNO₃ and the phytoplankton community’s size structure, which imply that Fe and light co-limitation drives access to the surplus NO₃ reservoir and that larger-celled communities are more efficient at fixing NO₃ in low light conditions. Although the mean P^B_max results for ρC were consistent with estimates of global production from satellite chlorophyll measurements, the range of variability was large. These results highlight the need for more-advanced primary-production models that take into account a diverse range of environmental and seasonal drivers of photosynthetic responses.  相似文献   

Preface     

Monique Pick  Gérard Trottett 《Solar physics》1987,111(1):vii-vii

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Concentrations of contaminants in surface water samples collected in west-central Indiana impacted by acidic mine drainage   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S. K. Allen  J. M. Allen  S. Lucas 《Environmental Geology》1996,27(1):34-37

The results of analyses of surface waters collected from a variety of locations in west-central Indiana indicate extensive contamination by acidic mine drainage. These samples had pH values as low as 2.1 and total iron concentrations as high as 1200 mg1^–1. The speciation of iron, expressed as the ratio [Fe(II)]/[Fe(III)] ranged from 0.08 to 8.27. Measured lead concentrations were as high as 811 mgl^–1. In addition, the concentrations of nitrate and sulfate ions were as high as 359 and 624 mgl^–1, respectively.  相似文献   

Data for coastal GIS: issues and implications for management     

A. E. Lucas 《GeoJournal》1996,39(2):133-142

Geographic information systems can provide easy access to large quantities of geographically-referenced data for monitoring, planning and environmental decision support for coastal applications. The dynamic and variable nature of the coastal ocean environment gives rise to data issues different than those associated with land-based GIS. This paper investigates, in particular, the use of different data, including those produced by numerical simulations or ocean models, for coastal management and is illustrated with examples from a Baltic Sea GIS implementation. Implications for the use of these data in environmental management are discussed.  相似文献   

The Thornton Beach Mammoth: Consistency of Numerical Age and Morphology     

Spencer G. Lucas 《Quaternary Research》1996,45(3):332-333

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Trace element incorporation into pyrope–grossular solid solutions: an atomistic simulation study     

W. van Westrenen  N. L. Allan  J. D. Blundy  M. Yu Lavrentiev  B. R. Lucas  J. A. Purton 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2003,30(4):217-229

 We have performed atomistic computer simulations on trace element incorporation into the divalent dodecahedral X-sites of pyrope (Py — Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂) – grossular (Gr — Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂) solid solutions. An ionic model and the Mott–Littleton two-region approach to defect energies were used to calculate the energetics of substitution by a range of divalent trace-elements and of charge-balanced substitution by trivalent ions in the static limit. Results are compared with experimental high-temperature, high-pressure garnet-melt trace element partitioning data obtained for the same garnet solid solution to refine our understanding of the factors controlling element partitioning into solid solutions. Defect energies (U _def,f), relaxation (lattice strain) energies (U _rel), and solution energies (U _sol) were derived using two different approaches. One approach assumes the presence of one type of hybrid X-site with properties intermediate between pure Mg and Ca sites, and the other assumes discrete Mg and Ca X-sites, and thus two distinct cation sublattices. The hybrid model is shown to be inadequate, since it averages out local distortions in the garnet structure. The discrete model results suggest trace elements are more soluble in Py₅₀Gy₅₀ than in either end-member compound. Physically this is due to small changes in size of the X-sites and the removal of unfavourable interactions between third nearest neighbours of the same size. Surprisingly, depending on the local order, large trace element cations may substitute for Mg²⁺ and small trace elements for Ca²⁺ in Py₅₀Gr₅₀. These solubilities provide an explanation for the anomalous trace-element partitioning behaviour along the pyrope–grossular join observed experimentally. Received: 27 January 2000 / Accepted: 14 February 2003  相似文献   

The world energy book: David Crabbe and Richard McBride. Kogan Page, 259 pp., UK £ 12.90     

N.J.D. Lucas 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1979,19(4):359-360

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Oceanography and marine biology. An Annual Review: Vol. 19, edited by Margaret Barnes,Aberdeen University Press,Aberdeen, 1981. 655 pp. ISBN 0 08 028439 6. Price: £39.00     

Sir Cyril Lucas 《Marine pollution bulletin》1982,13(4):142-143

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Ecosystèmes continentaux du mésozoïque: Edited by Ph. Taquet. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France,Nouvelle Série,LIX, Mémoire no 139, 212 pp., 300 FF     

N.J. Mateer  S.G. Lucas 《Cretaceous Research》1981,2(2):251-257

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