A speculation on the structure of the D″ layer: The growth of anti-crust at the core–mantle boundary through the subduction history of the Earth   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Tetsuya Komabayashi  Shigenori Maruyama  Shuji Rino 《Gondwana Research》2009,15(3-4):342-353

The growth curve of the continental crust shows that large amounts of continental crust formed in the early part of the Earth history are missing. In order to test a hypothesis that the former crust was subducted to the deep mantle, we performed phase assemblage analysis in the systems of mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB), anorthosite, and tonalite–trondhjemite–granite (TTG) down to the core–mantle boundary (CMB) conditions. Results show that all these materials can be subducted to the CMB leading to the development of a compositional layering in the D″ layer. We speculate that there could be five layers of FeO-enriched melt from partial melting of MORB, MORB crust, anorthosite, TTG, and slab or mantle peridotite in ascending order. Although the polymorphic transformation of perovskite to post-perovskite in (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ may explain the seismic discontinuity at the top of the D″ layer (D″ discontinuity), the effects of solid solution on the sharpness of the transformation suggest that the compositional layering is more plausible for the origin of the D″ discontinuity. The D″ layer can be an “anti-crust” made up mostly of TTG + anorthosite derived from the former continental crust. Tectonic style of the anti-crust at the CMB is similar to that at the surface. At both places, chemically distinct layers are density stratified and are also characterized by the processes of accretion, magmatism, and metasomatism.  相似文献   

Refinement of the Micro‐Distillation Technique for Isotopic Analysis of Geological Samples with pg‐Level Osmium Contents     

Nao Nakanishi  Tetsuya Yokoyama  Akira Ishikawa 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2019,43(2):231-243

In recent years, the ¹⁸⁷Re–¹⁸⁷Os isotope system has been increasingly used to study samples containing very small quantities of Os. For such samples, optimisation of measurement procedures is essential to minimise the loss of Os before mass spectrometric measurements. Micro‐distillation is a necessary purification step that is applied after the main Os chemical separation procedure, prior to Os isotope ratio measurements by negative‐thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (N‐TIMS). However, unlike the other separation steps, this procedure has not yet been optimised for small samples. In this study, we present a refined micro‐distillation method that achieved higher yields and allowed high‐precision R(¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os) expressed as ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os measurements for small‐sized geological samples that contain only a few pg Os. The Os recovery in the micro‐distillation step was tested by changing the operating conditions including heating time and temperature, and amounts of oxidant and reductant. Recoveries were measured by the isotope dilution ICP‐MS method after the addition of ¹⁹⁰Os‐enriched spike solution. We found that the most critical factor controlling the chemical yield of Os during micro‐distillation is the extent of dilution of the reductant (HBr) by H₂O evaporated from the oxidant. A refined micro‐distillation method, in which the amount of oxidant solution is reduced from the conventional method, achieved an improved chemical yield of Os (~ 90%). This refined method was applied to the measurement of ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os by N‐TIMS of varying test portions of the geological reference material BIR‐1a. The resulting ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os ratios of BIR‐1a matched the literature data, with propagated uncertainties of 0.2, 1.1 and 11% digested sample quantities containing 150, 10 and 1 pg of Os, respectively.  相似文献   

Development of partial factor design method on bearing capacity of pile foundations for Japanese Specifications for Highway Bridges     

Toshiaki Nanazawa  Tetsuya Kouno  Gaku Sakashita  Kazunori Oshiro 《Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards》2019,13(3):166-175

ABSTRACT

This paper shows the development of a partial factor design method on the bearing capacity of pile foundations for Japanese Specifications for Highway Bridges. Firstly, estimation design equations on the bearing capacities of pile foundations are improved by analysis of pile load test results and uncertainties in the bearing capacities are evaluated. Secondly, the reliabilities of pile foundations designed by the former specifications are evaluated based on reliability analysis considering the uncertainties in the bearing capacities and coefficients of subgrade reaction. Finally, a partial factor design method is developed based on the target reliability index obtained based on the conventional pile installation method by the pile installation methods. The factors are different for each pile installation method.  相似文献   

Infrared photometry of Venus: Variation during 10 years?     

Tetsuya Nagata  Shuji Sato  Tadashi Mukai  Sonoyo Mukai 《Icarus》1985,63(2):217-221

The infrared flux of Venus has been observed with a narrowband filter (λ = 3.6 μm, Δλ = 0.08 μm) from 1982 through 1984, covering a range of the phase angle α from 27 to 94°. Normalized values of flux at the Venus-Earth distance of 1 AU were (4.0–5.4) × 10^?17W/cm²/cm^?1 and the α dependence of the data is rather weak. Furthermore, when the evening terminator of Venus was seen, lower values of flux were obtained in contrast with higher values at the morning terminator. The α dependence is quite different from that of J.V. Martonchik and R. Beer (1975, J. Atmos. Sci.32, 1151–1156). Since we cannot find any significant problem in the two observational methods, the difference might suggest an intrinsic time variation of haze particles during these 10 years in the upper haze layer of the Venus cloud.  相似文献   

Enrichment Ratio-Tonnage Diagrams for Resource Assessment     

Shoji  Tetsuya 《Natural Resources Research》2002,11(4):273-287

The enrichment ratio (ER), defined as the ratio of grade of a metal element in a deposit to the crustal abundance of the metal, is proposed for assessing mineral resources. According to the definition, the enrichment ratio of a polymetallic deposit is given as a sum of enrichment ratios of all metals. The relation between ER and the cumulative tonnage integrated from the high ER side of about 4750 deposits in the world is approximated by the combination of three exponential functions crossing at ER values of 16 · 10³ and 600. High ER deposits are expected for the commodities Ag, Pb, and Au+Ag, and for epithermal, mesothermal, unconformity-related and vein types. In contrast, low ER deposits are typical for the commodities Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, and U, and for chemically precipitated, Cyprus, laterite, orthomagmatic, pegmatite, placer, porphyry, and sandstone deposits. The critical ER value of the low ER class (the differential metal amount decreases with decreasing ER in the regions lower than the value) is 250 in all deposits, 610 in W+Mo, 2800 in Pb+Zn and 360 in Au+Ag, 530 in massive sulfides, 160 in the orthomagmatic type, 170 in placers, 220 in the porphyry type, 1900 in the replacement type, 580 in the stratabound type, 3400 in the unconformity-related type, and 1700 in vein type deposits. The frequency proportion determined by a keyword and a commodity provides valuable suggestions for mineral exploration: for example, the exploration target for chromite is a deposit characterized as orthomagmatic, whereas the expected commodity of a newly developed orthomagmatic deposit is chromite.  相似文献   

Precise determination of ferrous iron in silicate rocks     

Tetsuya YokoyamaEizo Nakamura 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2002,66(6):1085-1093

We have developed a highly precise method for the determination of ferrous iron (Fe²⁺) in silicate rocks. Our new method is based on Wilson’s procedure (1955) in which surplus V⁵⁺ is used to oxidize Fe²⁺ into Fe³⁺ while equivalently reducing V⁵⁺ into V⁴⁺. Because V⁴⁺ is more resistant to atmospheric oxidation than Fe²⁺, Fe²⁺ in the sample can be determined by measuring unreacted V⁵⁺ by adding excess Fe²⁺ after sample decomposition and then titrating the unreacted Fe²⁺ with Cr⁶⁺. With our method, which involves conditioning the sample solution with 5 M H₂SO₄ in a relatively small beaker (7 mL), the oxidation of Fe²⁺ or V⁴⁺ that leads to erroneous results can be completely avoided, even in 100-h sample decompositions at 100°C. We have measured the concentration of FeO in 15 standard silicate rock powders provided by the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ). Analytical reproducibility was better than 0.5% (1σ) for all but those samples that had small amounts of Fe²⁺ (<1.5 wt.% of FeO). Fourteen of these samples gave FeO contents significantly higher than the GSJ reference values. This likely indicates that the GSJ reference values, obtained by compiling previously published data, contain a large number of poor-quality data obtained by methods with lower recovery of Fe²⁺ caused by oxidation or insufficient sample decomposition during analyses. To achieve accurate determinations of Fe²⁺ in our method, several factors besides the oxidation must be considered, including: (1) long-term variations in the concentration of Fe²⁺ solution must be corrected; (2) excess use of the indicator must be avoided; and (3) the formation of inert FeF⁺ complex must be avoided during titration when using boric acid as a masking agent.  相似文献   

Surface lowering rates of uplifted limestone terraces estimated from the height of pedestals on a subtropical island of Japan     

Yukinori Matsukura  Akira Maekado  Hisashi Aoki  Tetsuya Kogure  Yoshihiko Kitano 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2007,32(7):1110-1115

In Kikai‐jima, south‐western Japan, many pedestal rocks have developed on the surface of Holocene raised coral‐reef terraces with known dates of emergence. Pedestals are formed just under boulders, which are considered to have been transported by tsunami and settled on a reef flat before emergence. On the assumption that boulders protect the underlying limestone terrace from rainfall solution, the rate of surface lowering of these limestone terraces was evaluated from the height of pedestals and the period of their formation. The result showed that the mean lowering rate over 6000 years is 205 mm/ky. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Biofilm Formation and Effectiveness of Biosand Filtration Systems with Typical and Innovative Filter Media     

Emslie  Derek  Siddiqua  Sumi  Crawford  Bryn  Teece  Wayne 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2022,40(3):1251-1266

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering - Clean drinking water is a necessity and recycling stormwater and greywater has been more appealing in the recent decades to provide filtered water for...  相似文献   

Large-Eddy-Simulation Study of the Effects of Building-Height Variability on Turbulent Flows over an Actual Urban Area     

Toshiya Yoshida  Tetsuya Takemi  Mitsuaki Horiguchi 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2018,168(1):127-153

Large-eddy simulation (LES) is used to investigate the effects of building-height variability on turbulent flows over an actual urban area, the city of Kyoto, which is reproduced using a 2-m resolution digital surface dataset. Comparison of the morphological characteristics of Kyoto with those of European, North American, and other Japanese cities indicates a similarity to European cities but with more variable building heights. The performance of the LES model is validated and found to be consistent with turbulence observations obtained from a meteorological tower and from Doppler lidar. We conducted the following two numerical experiments: a control experiment using Kyoto buildings, and a sensitivity experiment in which all the building heights are set to the average height over the computational region \(h_{all}\). The difference of Reynolds stress at height \(z=2.5h_{all}\) between the control and sensitivity experiments is found to increase with the increase in the plan-area index (\(\lambda _p\)) for \(\lambda _p > 0.32\). Thus, values of \(\lambda _p\approx 0.3\) can be regarded as a threshold for distinguishing the effects of building-height variability. The quadrant analysis reveals that sweeps contribute to the increase in the Reynolds stress in the control experiment at a height \(z= 2.5h_{all}\). The exuberance in the control experiment at height \(z=0.5h_{all}\) is found to decrease with increase in the building-height variability. Although the extreme momentum flux at height \(z=2.5h_{all}\) in the control experiment appears around buildings, it contributes little to the total Reynolds stress and is not associated with coherent motions.  相似文献   

Nutrient dynamics in core sediments of an artificial basal medium prepared with steelmaking slag and dredged materials     

Ayumi Tsukasaki  Nobuo Tsurushima  Tetsuya Nakazato  Yu Huang  Terumi Tanimoto  Masahiro Suzumura  Wataru Nishijima 《Journal of Oceanography》2016,72(6):867-881

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