New data on the stratigraphy,volcanism, and zeolite mineralization of the Cenozoic Vanchinskaya depression in primorye     

I. Yu. Chekryzhov  V. K. Popov  A. N. Panichev  V. V. Seredin  E. V. Smirnova 《Russian Journal of Pacific Geology》2010,4(4):314-330

This paper presents the results of studying the Cenozoic volcanogenic-sedimentary cover of the Vanchinskaya depression of Sikhote Alin. It was established that, in terms of the taxonomic composition of the fossil plants, the basal part of the Cenozoic section is attributed to the Paleocene, while the overlaying coal-bearing sequence, to the Early Eocene. The geochronological (K-Ar) dating showed that the volcanic rocks intruding and overlaying the coal-bearing deposits are Middle Eocene in age: rhyolites—44.7 ± 1.0; trachyandesites—43.7 ± 1.4 Ma. The petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the volcanic and volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks and related zeolitites are described. The zeolitized rocks containing plant detritus differ in their extremely high contents of Y and HREE. The zeolitization of the volcanic glass in tuffs, tuffites, and perlites was caused by hydrothermal solutions that ascended along NW fault zones from the subsurface magmatic chamber.  相似文献   

New insight into the crust and upper mantle structure under Alaska   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Cheng Qi  Dapeng Zhao  Yong Chen  Natalia A. Ruppert 《Polar Science》2007,1(2-4):85-100

To better understand the seismic structure of the subducting Pacific plate under Alaska, we determined the three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure to a depth of approximately 200 km beneath Alaska using 438,146 P-wave arrival times from 10,900 earthquakes. In this study an irregular grid parameterization was adopted to express the velocity structure under Alaska. The number of grid nodes increases from north to south in the study area so that the spacing between grid nodes is approximately the same in the longitude direction. Our results suggest that the subducting Pacific slab under Alaska can be divided into three different parts based on its geometry and velocity structure. The western part has features similar to those in other subduction zones. In the central part a thick low-velocity zone is imaged at the top of the subducting Pacific slab beneath north of the Kenai Peninsula, which is believed to be most likely the oceanic crust plus an overlying serpentinized zone and the coupled Yakutat terrane subducted with the Pacific slab. In the eastern part, significant high-velocity anomalies are visible to 60–90 km depth, suggesting that the Pacific slab has only subducted down to that depth.  相似文献   

An assessment of changes in properties of steppe kurgan paleosoils in relation to prevailing climates over recent millennia     

Tatiana E. Khomutova  Tatiana S. Demkina  Alexander V. Borisov  Natalia N. Kashirskaya  Maxim V. Yeltsov  Vitaly A. Demkin 《Quaternary Research》2007,67(3):328-336

Comparative analysis of morphological and chemical properties of the soil chronosequence on Kastanozems soils in the steppe zone of the Russian Plain, which included paleosoils buried beneath kurgans erected ca. 2000 BC, AD 50, AD 200, and AD 1250 was performed to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental conditions in this archeologically important region. Paleoenvironmental dynamics were traced using the state of microbial communities of paleo and modern soils (including the dynamics of total and glucose-reactive biomass, and the abundance of microorganisms grown on selected media). We demonstrate that the share of the glucose-reactive microorganisms in the microbial community, the ecological–trophic structure, and oligotrophicity index might serve as indicators of the state of microbial communities and be used for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The morphological–chemical and microbial properties confirm an arid period ca. 2000 BC, slightly wetter conditions ca. AD 50, and more humid conditions ca. AD 1250.  相似文献   

The asymmetry coefficient for interstellar scintillation of extragalactic radio sources     

V. I. Shishov  T. V. Smirnova  S. A. Tyul’bashev 《Astronomy Reports》2005,49(3):250-257

Comparing the asymmetry coefficients γ and scintillation indices m for observed time variations of the intensity of the radiation of extragalactic sources and the predictions of theoretical models is a good test of the nature of the observed variations. Such comparisons can be used to determine whether flux density variations are due to scintillation in the interstellar medium or are intrinsic to the source. In the former case, they can be used to estimate the fraction of the total flux contributed by the compact component (core) whose flux density variations are caused by inhomogeneities in the interstellar plasma. Results for the radio sources PKS 0405-385, B0917+624, PKS 1257-336, and J1819+3845 demonstrate that the scintillating component in these objects makes up from 50 to 100% of the total flux, and that the intrinsic angular sizes of the sources at 5 GHz are 10–40 microarcseconds. The characteristics of the medium giving rise to the scintillations are presented.  相似文献   

The gas content in galactic disks: Correlation with kinematics     

A. V. Zasov  A. A. Smirnova 《Astronomy Letters》2005,31(3):160-170

We consider the relationship between the total HI mass in late-type galaxies and the kinematic properties of their disks. The mass M_HI for galaxies with a wide variety of properties, from dwarf dIrr galaxies with active star formation to giant low-brightness galaxies, is shown to correlate with the product V_cR₀ (V_c is the rotational velocity, and R₀ is the radial photometric disks cale length), which characterizes the specific angular momentum of the disk. This correlation, along with the decrease in the relative mass of the gas in a galaxy with increasing V_c, can be explained in terms of the previous assumption that the gas density in the disks of most galaxies is maintained at a level close to the threshold (marginal) stability of a gaseous layer to local gravitational perturbations. In this case, the regulation mechanism of the star formation rate associated with the growth of local gravitational instability in the gaseous layer must play a crucial role in the evolution of the gas content in the galactic disk.  相似文献   

Decametric sounding of near Earth plasma: correlation and fractal analysis of scintillation data     

Natalia Muravieva  Yury Tokarev 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):331-334

Solar wind observations by means of bi-static decametric radar SURA-WIND allow studying a fine structure of solar wind plasma irregularities with resolution up to 40 km. Spectral analysis and Hurst exponents method were applied to analyze the scintillation of radio signal transmitted through turbulent layers of Ionosphere and Solar wind plasma. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Late Pleistocene Environments of the Central Ukraine     

Denis-Didier Rousseau  Natalia Gerasimenko  Zhanna Matviischina  George Kukla 《Quaternary Research》2001,56(3):349

The Vyazivok loess sequence from the Dnieper Plain, Ukraine, documents regional environmental changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. Pedological and palynological analyses and low-field magnetic susceptibility document changes from dense temperate forest during the last interglacial maximum to open, harsh, loess–steppe during the latest Pleistocene. The Vyazivok section overlies hillwash derived from a lower Pleistocene terrace and consists of two stratified soil complexes (Kaydaky and Pryluky; marine isotope stage [MIS] 5 equivalent) separated by a layer of eolian dust (Tyasmyn silt). The lower soils in both complexes formed within forest. These soils are overlain by the Uday (MIS4) and Bug (MIS2) loess units, which are separated by boreal soils of the Vytachiv (MIS3) complex. The coldest conditions within the record occurred in the youngest loess. Holocene soils cap the Bug loess. The Vyazivok section shows remarkable similarities with other classical loess sequences in western Europe, the Czech Republic, and Austria. The Kaydaky, Pryluky, and Vytachiv deposits, correlate with the PKIII, PKII, and PKI soil complexes, respectively, of the Czech Republic. The Tyasmyn and Prylyky silt layers correspond to marker horizons from central Europe.  相似文献   

The role of the Kazakhstan orocline in the late Paleozoic amalgamation of Eurasia   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Alexandra Abrajevitch  Rob Van der Voo  Mikhail L. Bazhenov  Natalia M. Levashova  Phil J.A. McCausland   《Tectonophysics》2008,455(1-4):61-76

After the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, we mapped surface ground fractures in Tangdhar, Uri, Rajouri and Punch sectors and liquefaction features in Jammu area lying close to the eastern side of the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir, India. The NW trending ground fractures occurred largely in the hanging wall zone of the southeastern extension of the causative fault in Tangdhar and Uri sectors. The principal compressive stress deduced from the earthquake induced ground fractures is oriented at N10°, whereas the causative Balakot–Bagh fault strikes 330°. The fault-plane solution indicates primarily SW thrusting of the causative fault with a component of strike–slip motion. The ground fractures reflect pronounced strike–slip together with some tensile component. The Tangdhar area showing left-lateral strike–slip motion lies on the hanging wall, and the Uri region showing right-lateral strike–slip movement is located towards the southeastern extension of the causative fault zone. The shear fractures are related to static stress that was responsible for the failure of causative fault. The tensile fractures with offsets are attributed to combination of both static and dynamic stresses, and the fractures and openings without offsets owe their origin due to dynamic stress. In Punch–Rajouri and Jammu area, which lies on the footwall, the fractures and liquefactions were generated by dynamic stress. The occurrence of liquefaction features in the out board part of the Himalayan range front near Jammu is suggestive of stress transfer  230 km southeast of the epicenter. The Balakot–Bagh Fault (BBF), the Muzaffarabad anticline, the rupture zone of causative fault and the zone of aftershocks — all are aligned in a  25 km wide belt along the NW–SE trending regional Himalayan strike of Kashmir region and lying between the MBT and the Riasi Thrust (Murree Thrust), suggesting a seismogenic zone that may propagate towards the southeast to trigger an earthquake in the eastern part of the Kashmir region.  相似文献   

The turbulence spectrum of the interstellar plasma toward the pulsars PSR B0809+74 and B0950+08     

T. V. Smirnova  V. I. Shishov 《Astronomy Reports》2008,52(9):736-748

The interstellar scintillation of the pulsars PSR B0809+74 and B0950+08 have been studied using observations at low radio frequencies (41, 62, 89, and 112 MHz), and the characteristic temporal and frequency scales for diffractive scintillations at these frequencies determined. A comprehensive analysis of the frequency and temporal structure functions reduced to a single frequency shows that the spectra of the inhomogeneities of the interstellar plasma toward both pulsars are described by a power law. The index of the interstellar plasma fluctuation spectrum toward PSR B0950+08 (n = 3.00 ± 0.05) differs appreciably from the Kolmogorov index. The spectrum toward PSR B0809+74 is a power law with index n = 3.7 ± 0.1. Strong angular refraction has been detected toward PSR B0950+08. Analysis of the distribution of inhomogeneities along the line of sight indicates that the scintillations of PSR B0950+08 take place in a turbulent layer with an enhanced electron density localized approximately 10 pc from the observer. The distribution of inhomogeneities for PSR B0809+74 is quasi-uniform. The mean square fluctuations of the electron density are estimated for inhomogeneities with characteristic scale ρ ₀ = 10⁷ m along the directions toward four pulsars. The local turbulence in the 10-pc layer is a factor of 20 higher on this scale than in the extended region responsible for the scintillations of PSR B0809+74.  相似文献   

State of the environment of urban and mining areas in the Selenga Transboundary River Basin (Mongolia Russia)     

Nikolay Kasimov  Natalia Kosheleva  Petr Gunin  Ilya Korlyakov  Olga Sorokina  Ivan Timofeev 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(18):1283

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