Knowledge diffusion from GIScience to other fields: the example of the usage of weighted surface networks in nanotechnology     

Gert W. Wolf 《International journal of geographical information science》2014,28(7):1401-1424

This article demonstrates how the generalisation of topographic surfaces has been formalised by means of graph theory and how this formalised approach has been integrated into an ISO standard that is employed within nanotechnology. By applying concepts from higher-dimensional calculus and topology, it is shown that Morse functions are those mappings that are ideally suited for the formal characterisation of topographic surfaces. Based on this result, a data structure termed weighted surface network is defined that may be applied for both the characterisation and the generalisation of the topological structure of a topographic surface. Hereafter, the focus is laid on specific issues of the standard ISO 25178-2; within this standard change trees, a data structure similar to weighted surface networks, are applied to portray the topological information of topographic surfaces. Furthermore, an approach termed Wolf pruning is used to simplify the change tree, with this pruning method being equivalent to the graph-theoretic contractions by which weighted surface networks can be simplified. Finally, some practical applications of the standard ISO 25178-2 within nanotechnology are discussed.  相似文献   

A scoping review on the multiplicity of scale in spatial analysis     

Oshan  Taylor M.  Wolf  Levi J.  Sachdeva  Mehak  Bardin  Sarah  Fotheringham  A. Stewart 《Journal of Geographical Systems》2022,24(3):293-324

Journal of Geographical Systems - Scale is a central concept in the geographical sciences and is an intrinsic property of many spatial systems. It also serves as an essential thread in the fabric...  相似文献   

Anthropogenic influence of trace metals in sediments of the Al-Qilt catchment,West Bank,Palestine: 1. Contamination factor and bonding forms     

Sobhi Samhan  Kurt Friese  Wolf von Tümpling  Herbert Pöllmann  Heinz Hoetzl  Marwan Ghanem 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(4):1533-1539

Al-Qilt catchment, located east of both the Ramallah and Jerusalem districts is strongly influenced by waste waters discharged from Israeli settlements and Palestinian urban centers. In this research, our aim was to verify the chemical status of the surface sediments from the Al-Qilt catchment during 2008/2009. For this purpose, 36 surface sediment samples were collected and analyzed with ICP/MS within the fraction of below 63 μm. The extent of contamination of trace metals from Al-Qilt sediments sites were measured by evaluating the contamination factors (CF) from digestion by aqua regia and additionally by sequential extraction steps using the BCR-method. On the basis of the calculated CF, sediments appear particularly contaminated with Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Cd, Hg, Bi, and B. Three regions, Wadi Sweanit, Ras Al-Qilt, and Qalandiah have been identified as critical points of contamination. Trace metal inputs to the Al-Qilt catchment need to be kept under strict control in the future since Ras Al-Qilt is considered as one of the important springs in the area and is used for domestic purposes. Moreover, it will be susceptible to pollution if no action is taken to decrease the pollution at the upstream of Al-Qilt.  相似文献   

The age of the Roter Kamm impact crater,Namibia: Constraints from 40Ar-39Ar,K-Ar,Rb-Sr,fission track,and 10Be-26Al studies     

Christian Koeberl  Jack B. Hartung  Michael J. Kunk  Jeffrey Klein  Jun-Ichi Matsuda  Keisuke Nagao  Wolf Uwe Reimold  Dieter Storzer 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1993,28(2):204-212

Abstract The well-preserved 2.5 km diameter Roter Kamm impact crater is located in the Namib desert in Namibia. The impact has occurred in Precambrian granitic and granodioritic orthogneisses of the 1200–900 Ma old Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex which were partly covered by Gariep metasediments; the granites are invaded by quartz veins and quartz-feldspar-pegmatites. Previous geological field evidence suggested a crater age of about 5–10 Ma. In order to constrain this age, we selected a set of basement rocks (granites, granodiorites) exposed at the crater rim and studied the Rb-Sr, K-Ar, ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar, and ¹⁰Be-²⁶Al isotopic systems as well as apatite fission track ages of these samples. The Rb-Sr isotopic systematics confirm the derivation of these samples from the Namaqualand basement (age about 1.29 Ga), which underwent Damaran orogenesis at about 650 Ma. No basement rocks with Rb-Sr ages younger than about 410 Ma were identified. The K-Ar ages of pseudotachylite and melt breccia samples show that these samples are dominated by incompletely degassed fragments of basement rocks, with some retaining their original metamorphic ages of about 470 Ma. The apatite fission track ages range from 20–28 Ma, which may be interpreted as an extension of the 25 Ma Burdigalian peneplanation event, or as incomplete resetting of the apatite fission tracks during the impact event. The ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al exposure age of a quartz sample isolated from a quartz-pegmatite was found to be 150 ka; it is likely that the exposure of the sample began after material covering it had been removed by erosion 150 ka ago. Two glassy fractions extracted from a rim granite were dated by ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar analysis. One sample gives practically a plateau age of 3.7 ± 0.3 Ma, while the other gives a minimum age of 3.6 Ma. The best available age estimate for the Roter Kamm crater is therefore 3.7 ± 0.3 Ma.  相似文献   

An overview of the 1995 SWARM shallow-water internal wave acousticscattering experiment     

Apel  J.R. Badiey  M. Ching-Sang Chiu Finette  S. Headrick  R. Kemp  J. Lynch  J.F. Newhall  A. Orr  M.H. Pasewark  B.H. Tielbuerger  D. Turgut  A. Von Der Heydt  K. Wolf  S. 《Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of》1997,22(3):465-500

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THE IMPACT-FLOOD CONNECTION: DOES IT EXIST?*     

Alexander Deutsch  Christian Koeberl  Joel D. Blum  Bevan M. French  Billy P. Glass  Richard Grieve  Peter Horn  Elmar K. Jessberger  Gero Kurat  Wolf Uwe Reimold  Jan Smit  Dieter Stöffler  Stuart Ross Taylor 《地学学报》1994,6(6):644-650

In a recent article in Terra Nova, Kristan-Tollmann and Tollmann (1994) suggested that the Biblical Flood can be explained by seven fragments of a comet that impacted the ocean at seven locations on Earth at 03.00h (C.E.T.) on 23 September, 9545 yr BP. We demonstrate that all the ‘geological proofs’ that allegedly support their conclusions are not supported by the available data on impact cratering. Their hypothesis is based on insufficient and ambiguous data, selective citation, and incomplete comprehension of previous research.  相似文献   

The age of the Saltpan impact crater,South Africa     

Christian Koeberl  Dieter Storzer  Wolf Uwe Reimold 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1994,29(3):374-379

Abstract— The 1.13-km-diameter Pretoria Saltpan impact crater is located about 40 km NNW of Pretoria, South Africa. The crater is situated in 2.05 Ga old Nebo granite of the Bushveld Complex that is locally intruded by about 1.3 Ga old volcanic rocks. In 1988, a borehole was drilled in the center of the crater. At depths >90 m, breccias were found that contained minerals with characteristic shock-metamorphic features, thus confirming the impact origin of the crater. Fragments of impact glass were recovered from the melt breccias and several hundred sub-millimeter-sized glass fragments were subjected to fission track analysis. The measurements were complicated by the inhomogeneous composition of the impact glasses, but analysis of a large number of tracks yielded an age of 220 ± 52 ka for the Saltpan crater.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Andreas Berkner  Erdmann Gormsen  Wolf Tietze  Herman Th. Verstappen  J. Sündermann  Peter Gould 《GeoJournal》1990,21(1-2):103-104

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The problem of inherited Ar* in dating impact glass by the Ar/Ar method: Evidence from the Tswaing impact crater (South Africa)     

F. Jourdan  P.R. Renne  W.U. Reimold 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2007,71(5):1214-1231

The Tswaing meteorite impact crater is a 1.13 km diameter structure located in the 2.05 Ga Nebo granite of the Bushveld Complex. The impact age had previously been determined by fission track dating to 220 ± 104 ka. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar step-heating and total fusion experiments performed on single- and multi-grain impact glass aliquots gave apparent ages ranging from 1.0 ± 0.3 Ma to 204 ± 6 Ma. These “ages” indicate that the radiogenic Ar derived from the target rocks has not been completely degassed as a result of the impact process, despite fusion of the target material. Results of step-heating experiments imply that the trapped within the glass is located in two distinct reservoirs thought to be the glass matrix and fluid/vapor inclusions (or un-melted residual clasts). Calculations assuming an age of 0.2 ± 0.1 Ma for Tswaing (fission track data) reveal that the amount of inherited ⁴⁰Ar*() relative to the pre-impact concentration varies from 0.015% to 4.15%. The spread defined by likely reflects the various quench rates experienced by the glass, most certainly due to the pre-impact position of the sample relative to the center of the crater. We compare the influence of on the apparent ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age determination of five impact structures. Our calculations show that the main characteristic controlling the age offset (for a given proportion of ) is the age difference between the impact and the target rocks (i.e., the ⁴⁰Ar* concentration in the target rock). The buffer effect for a given crater structure can be predicted knowing the age of the basement and having a rough estimation of the age of the crater structure itself. The occurrence of is likely influenced by (1) the degree of polymerization (i.e., silicate structure complexity) of the target rock and presumably related to the diffusivity of Ar in the melt and glass, (2) the Ar partial pressure at the grain boundary, (3) the quantity of energy involved in the impact, and (4) the porosity of the target rocks. For glass that inevitably suffers inherited and/or excess ⁴⁰Ar*, the use of the inverse isochron technique can be appropriate but should be applied with careful statistical treatment.  相似文献   

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2014          下载免费PDF全文

Ulrike Weis  Beate Schwager  Uwe Nohl  Laura M. Otter  Brigitte Stoll  Patricia Karlowski  Klaus Peter Jochum 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2015,39(4):497-500

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