Columnar jointing is a common feature of solidified lavas, sills and dikes, but the factors controlling the characteristic
stoutness of columns remain debated, and quantitative field observations are few in number. In this paper, we provide quantitative
measurements on sizing of columnar joint sets and our assessment of the principal factors controlling it. We focus on (1)
chemistry, as it is the major determinant of the physical (mechanical and thermal) properties of the lava, and (2) geology,
as it influences the style of emplacement and lava geometry, setting boundary conditions for the cooling process and the rate
of heat loss. In our analysis, we cover lavas with a broad range of chemical compositions (from basanite to phonolite, for
six of which we provide new geochemical analyses) and of geological settings. Our field measurements cover 50 columnar jointing
sites in three countries. We provide reliable, manually digitized data on the size of individual columns and focus the mathematical
analysis on their geometry (23,889 data on side length, of which 17,312 are from full column sections and 3,033 data on cross-sectional
area and order of polygonality). The geometrical observations show that the variation in characteristic size of columns between
different sites exceeds one order of magnitude (side length ranging from 8 to 338 cm) and that the column-bounding polygons’
average order is less than 6. The network of fractures is found to be longer than required by a minimum-energy hexagonal configuration,
indicating a non-equilibrium, geologically quick process. In terms of the development and characteristic sizing of columnar
joint sets, our observations suggest that columns are the result of an interplay between the geological setting of emplacement
and magma chemistry. When the geological setting constrains the geometry of the emplaced body, it exerts a stronger control
on characteristic column stoutness. At unconstrained geometries (e.g. unconfined lava flows), chemistry plays the major role,
resulting in stouter columns in felsic lavas and slenderer columns in mafic lavas. 相似文献
The Saint-Lazare area in Paris (France) has undergone important water pumping for the construction of the underground Haussmann–Saint-Lazare station for the EOLE subway line. This paper presents the monitoring of the small surface displacements related to this pumping activity, by classical SAR interferometry. Piezometric measurements provided on 87 piezometers by SNCF and IGC as well as precise levelling data acquired on 626 points by SNCF are also examined. Their comparison with interferometric results shows their good agreement and complementarity, as well as the potential ‘operationality’ of SAR interferometric approach in such a study. To cite this article: B. Fruneau et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).相似文献
An accurate quantification of erosion, based on high-frequency monitoring of river discharge and suspended sediment fluxes is proposed for two watersheds in the western Paris Basin, a sensitive area with respect to erosion phenomena. This continuous monitoring makes it possible to include flood events of short duration, but significant erosion potential. The obtained erosion rate (16 and 21 t?km?2?yr?1) is among the weakest of the planet (3.5 to 18?000 t?km?2?yr?1). However, this annual balance does not reflect the behaviour of these rivers which can be torrential in certain cases. To cite this article: B. Laignel et al., C. R. Geoscience 338 (2006).相似文献
Hard rocks or crystalline rocks (i.e., plutonic and metamorphic rocks) constitute the basement of all continents, and are particularly exposed at the surface in the large shields of Africa, India, North and South America, Australia and Europe. They were, and are still in some cases, exposed to deep weathering processes. The storativity and hydraulic conductivity of hard rocks, and thus their groundwater resources, are controlled by these weathering processes, which created weathering profiles. Hard-rock aquifers then develop mainly within the first 100 m below ground surface, within these weathering profiles. Where partially or noneroded, these weathering profiles comprise: (1) a capacitive but generally low-permeability unconsolidated layer (the saprolite), located immediately above (2) the permeable stratiform fractured layer (SFL). The development of the SFL’s fracture network is the consequence of the stress induced by the swelling of some minerals, notably biotite. To a much lesser extent, further weathering, and thus hydraulic conductivity, also develops deeper below the SFL, at the periphery of or within preexisting geological discontinuities (joints, dykes, veins, lithological contacts, etc.). The demonstration and recognition of this conceptual model have enabled understanding of the functioning of such aquifers. Moreover, this conceptual model has facilitated a comprehensive corpus of applied methodologies in hydrogeology and geology, which are described in this review paper such as water-well siting, mapping hydrogeological potentialities from local to country scale, quantitative management, hydrodynamical modeling, protection of hard-rock groundwater resources (even in thermal and mineral aquifers), computing the drainage discharge of tunnels, quarrying, etc.
We propose a solid-solution model for dioctahedral aluminous phyllosilicates accounting for the main compositional variations,
including hydration, observed in natural smectites, interlayered illite/smectite, illites, and phengites from diagenetic to
high-grade metamorphic conditions. The suggested formalism involves dehydrated micas and hydrated pyrophyllite-like thermodynamic
end-members. With these end-members, the equilibrium conditions of quartz + water + K-bearing mica-like phyllosilicates of
fixed 2:1 composition are represented by a line in P–T space along which the interlayer water content varies. The relevant thermodynamic properties required for the calculation
of equilibrium conditions were derived using a set of 250 natural data of known maximal temperature and pressure conditions,
which covers a range between 25°C and few MPa to 800°C and 5 GPa. The temperatures calculated at fixed pressure with our model
are in fair agreement with those reported in the literature for the 250 natural data. At low temperature and pressure, the
amount of interlayer water in K-deficient phengite and illite is predicted to reach 100% of the apparent vacancies, which
is consistent with previous values reported in the literature. Although the amount of interlayer water is predicted to decrease
with pressure and temperature, it is calculated to be significant in K-deficient phengite from LT–HP pelites metamorphosed
at about 350°C, 10 kbar. The presence of molecular water in the interlayer site of such phengites has been confirmed by FTIR
mapping. Its implications for P–T estimates are discussed. 相似文献
The solar activity can be quantified by solar modulation parameter Φ that affects the heliospheric magnetic field. This activity influences the intensity of the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) particle flux within the solar system, and consequently, the differential primary particle spectra depend on the solar modulation parameter Φ (MeV). The modulation parameter Φ shows spatial and temporal variations (Leya and Masarik 2009). Some of the solar activity variations are cyclic and result in measurable effects as for example the 11‐year solar cycle. Variations in solar activity only induce small effects on the production of long‐lived cosmogenic radionuclides. This is due to the fact that activities measured in meteorites usually correspond to saturation values and represent long‐term average values. Long‐lived radionuclides often require millions of years of irradiation by GCR to reach saturation and therefore activity cycles average out. In contrast, one can expect strongly pronounced variations for saturation values caused by primary flux intensity variations, if short‐lived radionuclides with half‐lives ranging from days to a few years are investigated. Short‐lived cosmogenic nuclides were the subject of many experimental and theoretical investigations (e.g., Evans et al. 1982; Spergel et al. 1986; Neumann et al. 1997; Komura et al. 2002; Laubenstein et al. 2012). The aim of this work is to develop formulae for calculating production rates of radionuclides with short half‐life, taking into account temporal variations in the primary cosmic ray intensity. The developed formulae were applied to the Kosice and Chelyabinsk meteorites. The results for the Ko?ice meteorite were already published (Povinec et al. 2015). Here, we give a full explanation of underlying model. 相似文献
The internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of 29 individuals of Cerastoderma glaucum (from the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and the North Sea) and 18 individuals of Cerastoderma edule (from the Atlantic and the North Sea) and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of 43 individuals of C. glaucum (from the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and the North Sea) and 9 individuals of C. edule (from the Atlantic and the North Sea) were PCR amplified and sequenced. The ITS1 sequences led us to describe 27 genetic haplotypes, while 21 genetic haplotypes were determined via the COI sequences. The ITS1 and the COI sequences revealed an important genetic variability within the Mediterranean population of C. glaucum, which contained two different phenotypes: orange foot and yellow foot. A genetic differentiation between the two phenotypes was revealed by the nucleotide diversity index (π) and is strengthened by the AMOVA analysis. This result leads us to suspect the presence of two different groups in the same population of C. glaucum. Nevertheless to be confirmed this hypothesis requires further studies using more locations and a larger number of sample sizes. 相似文献