A New Automatic Subsurface Gas Monitoring System for Seismogeochemical Studies, Installed in Haruno Borehole, Shizuoka Prefecture, Central Japan     

Kazuya Miyakawa  Ruka Takama  Iwao Kawabe  Shinnichi Kariya  Tsuneo Yamauchi 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2010,167(12):1561-1575

The results of subsurface gas monitoring by application of gas chromatography (GC) to the gas composition of bubbles associated with groundwater for seismogeochemical studies are reported. An automated gas monitoring system was used to determine gas compositions in a 500-m borehole at the Haruno Crustal Movement Observation Site (HOS), central Japan during period 1, from December 1999 to December 2000. The average ± two standard deviation (2SD) compositions of gases in this period were He = 82 ± 29 ppmV, H₂ = 170 ± 62 ppmV, Ar = 0.05 ± 0.07%, N₂ = 50 ± 8%, and CH₄ = 45 ± 6%. A new automated gas monitoring system equipped with a micro-GC was installed in the borehole at the HOS, and gas bubbles from the borehole were monitored during period 2, from December 2006 to March 2007. The average ± two standard deviation (2SD) compositions of gases in this period were He = 8 ± 7 ppmV, H₂ = 13 ± 15 ppmV, Ar = 0.6 ± 0.3%, N₂ = 66 ± 7%, and CH₄ = 14 ± 14%. The gas concentration ratios (He/Ar, H₂/Ar, N₂/Ar, and CH₄/Ar) fluctuated significantly over time and repeatedly showed abrupt spike-like increases during period 2. The gas compositions obtained in period 1 and 2 were markedly different. Over the period from 2006 to 2007, the gas bubbles were depleted in He, H₂, and CH₄ of deep origin, but enriched in Ar and N₂ of atmospheric origin. This difference can be interpreted as being due to an irreversible change of the aquifer/gas system. The present deep component in the HOS gas is estimated to have composition He = 63 ppmV, H₂ = 37 ppmV, Ar = 0.17%, N₂ = 63%, and CH₄ = 37%. The new monitoring system is able to analyze the gas composition using a smaller volume of sample gas and with greater precision than the previous system. During the 3-month monitoring period 2, the separation capacity of the capillary column of the micro-GC was sufficiently maintained to determine gas-chromatographic peak areas for the five gaseous species examined. This study confirms that the new monitoring system with micro-GC is promising for continuous subsurface gas monitoring for earthquake prediction studies.  相似文献   

Appearance pattern of tooth germs with developmental process inMylopharyngodon piceus     

Yue Pei-qi  Nakajima Tsuneo 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1995,13(2):155-161

The pharyngeal dental formula ofMylopharyngodon piceus is 4–5 as a rule, and the dentition is asymmetrical. It is difficult to identify each tooth in the larval dentition. In this paper the appearance pattern of tooth germ with development process in this fish is described in detail. The formation pattern of the left dentition is contrasted with that of the right one. In the developmental process, the left pharyngeal dentition lacks teeth at position An3. Thus the left dentition is D-type as designated by Nakajima (1984), while the right one is A-type. This project was funded by the International Cooperation of Japan-China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.  相似文献   

Specific affinity for phosphate uptake and specific alkaline phosphatase activity as diagnostic tools for detecting phosphorus-limited phytoplankton and bacteria     

Tsuneo Tanaka  Peter Henriksen  Risto Lignell  Kalle Olli  Jukka Seppälä  Timo Tamminen  T. Frede Thingstad 《Estuaries and Coasts》2006,29(6):1226-1241

We analyzed responses of soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), bioavailable phosphate (PO₄), particulate phosphorus, turnover time of orthophosphate (T_t), and alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) to varying degrees of nutrient stress. The nutrient stress was evoked by different treatments in concentration and combination of inorganic nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and labile organic carbon (glucose) to mesocosms in experiments carried out in eutrophic southern (Odense Fjord, Denmark) and northern (Tvärminne Archipelago, Finland) coastal zones of the Baltic Sea. Despite seasonal and geographical differences, similar responses were observed in both experiments. Low SRP (<100 nmol l^?1), shortT _t (<10 h), and increased levels of APA were observed in both N+P balanced and P deficient treatments, while the opposite trend was observed in P replete treatments. The shortestT _t and the highest APA were found when glucose was combined with N treatment. Bioavailable PO₄ was estimated usingT _t and P uptake rates as derived from stoichiometric conversion of carbon based primary and bacterial production. With shorterT _t, the PO₄ pool declined to <1 nmol-P l^?1, whereas the SRP background pool (difference between SRP and PO₄) remained relatively constant (c. 50 nmol l^?1). APA was inversely related to PO₄ but not to SRP. Responses of specific APA and specific affinity for PO₄ uptake, which are APA and PO₄ uptake rates (inverse ofT _t), respectively, normalized to the summed P biomass of phytoplankton and bacteria, responded consistently to the pattern and magnitude of nutrient limitation evoked in our experiments. Our results, together with a literature survey, suggest that both parameters can be useful in examining PO₄ availability for the natural phytoplankton and bacteria community in P starved aquatic systems.  相似文献   

Estimation of the apertures of water-saturated fractures by nuclear magnetic resonance well logging   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Yoshito Nakashima  Tsuneo Kikuchi 《Geophysical Prospecting》2007,55(2):235-254

Fracture aperture is an important transport property in subsurface hydrology because it influences well productivity and the volume of the water resource. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) well logging measures the hydrogen‐bearing fluid molecules in porous or fractured strata, and the NMR signal intensity increases with the amount of fluid in the sensed region of the NMR sonde. Fluid confined in a large fracture of >>0.2 mm in aperture has T2 (i.e. spin‐spin relaxation time) values as long as those of the bulk fluid. The bulk‐fluid porosity (i.e. porosity calculated using this long T2 component in a T2 histogram data) increases linearly with aperture. Therefore, NMR logging enables quantitative estimation of fracture apertures of >>0.2 mm using the bulk‐fluid porosity data if the calibration of the NMR sonde is performed adequately. We applied NMR logging to a borehole in a Holocene andesite lava at Sumikawa, Japan, to estimate the aperture of open fractures within the lava. A test well of 100 m depth and 20 cm diameter, filled with bentonite drilling mud, was scanned with an NMR sonde to obtain a profile of the porosity and the T2 histogram of the andesite. The bulk‐fluid porosity was calculated from the T2 histogram data, as the porosity at which the T2 value is larger than or equal to a threshold T2 of bulk bentonite mud. The bulk‐fluid porosity of a specific inclined fracture responsible for the total loss of circulation at 61.2 m depth during drilling was calculated assuming a threshold or T2 cut‐off of 33 ms, and again for a cut‐off of 100 ms. Calibration of the NMR sensor in a laboratory and measurement of the fracture dip angle by electrical microimaging logging enabled us to estimate the fracture aperture as 1.7 cm, assuming a T2 cut‐off of 33 ms, or 1.6 cm for a T2 cut‐off of 100 ms. The method of aperture determination described in this study is independent of fluid species and lithology, and is applicable to various hydrogen‐bearing borehole fluids (clean water, mud and oil) and geological settings.  相似文献   

Why does the Sea Level Difference between Kushimoto and Uragami Show Periods of Large Meander and Non-Large Meander Paths of the Kuroshio South of Japan?     

Yoshihiko Sekine  Kohichi Fujita 《Journal of Oceanography》1999,55(1):43-51

The sea level difference between Kushimoto and Uragami, located to the west and east of the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula, is relatively large in periods of non-large meander path (nLMP) of the Kuroshio south of Japan in comparison with periods of large meander path (LMP). Based on this clear relationship, the sea level difference between Kushimoto and Uragami has been used as an index showing the periods of nLMP and those of LMP of the Kuroshio south of Japan. It has been pointed out that warm and saline Kuroshio water, separated from the main path of the Kuroshio, has a tendency to approach the western area off Kii Peninsula to off Muroto Peninsula in periods of nLMP, while it approaches the eastern area off Kii Peninsula to Omae-zaki in periods of LMP. On the basis of this observational evidences, the dynamic background underlaying the well-known relationship between the Kuroshio path and the sea level difference between Kushimoto and Uragami is examined in the present study, using the temperature and salinity data observed by Wakayama Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station and Fisheries Research Institute of Mie. It is shown that deviations in vertically integrated specific volume off Kushimoto and Uragami almost equal deviations in observed sea level at Kushimoto and Uragami, respectively. It is also shown that the difference in vertically integrated specific volume between off Kushimoto and off Uragami almost equals the difference in observed sea level between Kushimoto and Uragami. As for the Kuroshio water, the high-temperature contribution is predominant for its specific volume rather than that of high salinity, which yields thermal expansion in comparison with coastal water. Because the difference in vertically integrated specific volume between off Kushimoto and off Uragami almost equals the difference in observed sea level between Kushimoto and Uragami, it is concluded that the relationship between the Kuroshio path and sea level difference between Kushimoto and Uragami is caused by the different approaching of the warm Kuroshio water between in nLMP periods and in LMP periods.  相似文献   

ASCA Observations of X-ray Emission from Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies     

Takao Nakagawa  Tsuneo Kii  Ryuichi Fujimoto  Toshiyuki Miyazaki  Hajime Inoue  Yasushi Ogasaka  Ryohei Kawabe 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1999,266(1-2):43-48

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Development of new sensor systems for continuous bedload monitoring using a submerged load‐cell system (SLS)          下载免费PDF全文

Takahiro Itoh  Takahiko Nagayama  Rei Utsunomiya  Masaharu Fujita  Daizo Tsutsumi  Shusuke Miyata  Takahisa Mizuyama 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2018,43(8):1689-1700

It is important to evaluate bedload discharge and temporal changes of the bed surface, and bed deformation can be estimated during floods if the bedload discharge is properly evaluated in an arbitrary cross‐section. With the exception of grain size and its distribution within the bedload, bedload discharge has been measured using both direct and indirect methods. Bedload slot is a direct method but cannot be used to measure bedload during a flood because of volume limitations. Indirect methods require correlation between the signals and sediment volume measured using another method. In the present study, a small, automatically recording bedload sensor with an iron plate and a pair of load cells is developed in order to evaluate not only large particles but also sand particles as bedload. Bedload mass is calculated by integrating with respect to both the velocity of sediment particles and the averaged particle weight as measured by a pair of load cells, and, as an example, the velocity is estimated by the cross‐correlation function of weights measured by load cells. The applicability of the proposed sensor is discussed based on the results of flume tests in the laboratory (2014) and the observation flume of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory of Kyoto University in Japan (2015). The system was installed in the observation flume in November of 2012, and flume data were obtained using natural sediment particles. In particular, it was difficult to estimate the velocity of averaged bedload particles, and it was better to apply a cross‐correlation function in the laboratory tests. However, it appears that the previous estimation can estimate these velocities in the observation flume using a connecting tube and submerged load‐cell systems. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献