Sodic amphiboles and pyroxenes from fenites in East Africa     

Diana S. Sutherland 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1969,24(2):114-135

During alkali metasomatism of the country-rock associated with ijolite-carbonatite complexes the development of sodic amphibole and/or pyroxene is characteristic. In this paper, some new chemical analyses of these minerals, together with published analyses from fenites of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, include those of co-existing pairs of amphibole and pyroxene. The common amphiboles of the fenites are magnesioarfvedsonites with 100 Mg: Mg+Fe+Mn ranging from 67 to 36. They co-exist with aegirines having 0.75 to 0.89 ions Fe⁺³. Most of these minerals are poor in Ca; co-existing pairs tend to show corresponding increases in Ca and in Fe⁺². In the syenitic fenites of Tororo and Budeda, considered to have formed at higher temperatures, the stable mineral is aegirine-augite. New analyses of richterite, magnesioarfvedsonite and aegirine from carbonate-rich rocks are also presented, and the relation between fenites and carbonatites is discussed.  相似文献   

Analysis of State and Provincial Atlas Reviews*   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Diana Hocking  C. Peter Keller 《The Professional geographer》1993,45(1):73-83

Ninety-eight reviews of state and provincial atlases are examined in order to address several questions. Reviews are subjected to content analysis to identify the judgement criteria that experts use in evaluating a provincial or state atlas, and the aspects of each criterion that reviewers praise or condemn. An attempt is made to search for expert consensus and to identify a provincial or state atlas review recipe. The research reported here is part of a larger study undertaken to assist those in the process of planning a new provincial or state atlas initiative. This paper also assists individuals who are searching for rules and guidelines when undertaking an atlas review.  相似文献   

Velocity structure in northern Chile: evidence of subducted oceanic crust in the Nazca Plate     

Diana Comte  Steven W. Roecker  Gerardo Suárez 《Geophysical Journal International》1994,117(3):625-639

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Storage and interaction of compositionally heterogeneous magmas from the 1986 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Diana C. Roman  Katharine V. Cashman  Cynthia A. Gardner  Paul J. Wallace  John J. Donovan 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2006,68(3):240-254

Compositional heterogeneity (56–64 wt% SiO₂ whole-rock) in samples of tephra and lava from the 1986 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, raises questions about the physical nature of magma storage and interaction beneath this young and frequently active volcano. To determine conditions of magma storage and evolutionary histories of compositionally distinct magmas, we investigate physical and chemical characteristics of andesitic and dacitic magmas feeding the 1986 eruption. We calculate equilibrium temperatures and oxygen fugacities from Fe-Ti oxide compositions and find a continuous range in temperature from 877 to 947°C and high oxygen fugacities (ΔNNO=1–2) for all magmas. Melt inclusions in pyroxene phenocrysts analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and electron probe microanalysis are dacitic to rhyolitic and have water contents ranging from <1 to ∼7 wt%. Matrix glass compositions are rhyolitic and remarkably similar (∼75.9–76.6 wt% SiO₂) in all samples. All samples have ∼25% phenocrysts, but lower-silica samples have much higher microlite contents than higher-silica samples. Continuous ranges in temperature and whole-rock composition, as well as linear trends in Harker diagrams and disequilibrium mineral textures, indicate that the 1986 magmas are the product of mixing between dacitic magma and a hotter, more mafic magma. The dacitic endmember is probably residual magma from the previous (1976) eruption of Augustine, and we interpret the mafic endmember to have been intruded from depth. Mixing appears to have continued as magmas ascended towards the vent. We suggest that the physical structure of the magma storage system beneath Augustine contributed to the sustained compositional heterogeneity of this eruption, which is best explained by magma storage and interaction in a vertically extensive system of interconnected dikes rather than a single coherent magma chamber and/or conduit. The typically short repose period (∼10 years) between Augustine's recent eruptive pulses may also inhibit homogenization, as short repose periods and chemically heterogeneous magmas are observed at several volcanoes in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska.  相似文献   

"Detailed Pumping Test to Characterize a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer" by Jeffrey D. Gernand and Jeffrey P. Heidtman, July-August 1997 issue, v. 35, no. 4: 632–637.     

Diana M. Allen 《Ground water》1998,36(2):197-197

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Evaluation of Multi-Well Test Data in a Faulted Aquifer Using Linear and Radial Flow Models   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Diana M. Allen  Frederick A. Michel 《Ground water》1998,36(6):938-948

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High-Speed BVRI Photometry of SS Cyg at Quiescence and at Outburst     

Diana Kjurkchieva  Dragomir Marchev  Waldemar Ogloza 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1998,262(1):53-74

BVRI photometry of SS Cyg from the end of 1996 and the beginning of 1997 is presented. The star underwent an eruption around December 11. The amplitude of which was slightly bigger than those of observed earlier eruptions. We saw some indication of the future outburst in the decreasing of brightness in all colours by about 0.4 mag during the last two weeks before the event. The emission of the system moved strongly to the shorter wavelengths at outburst. Our multicolour data confirm the existence of a light variability with the orbital (spectroscopic) period at quiescence. Moreover we found for the first time that this variability exists also at outburst but its amplitude is 3–5 times smaller. Whereas the amplitudes of the orbital variability at quiescence decrease to the longer wavelengths, they increase at outburst to the longer wavelengths. The orbital folded curve at quiescence has two-wave shape and was fitted well by the different visibility of two diametrical opposite hot spots (210000 K) with angular size 10⁰ on the magnetic poles of the white dwarf. An analogy between the two basic states of the U Gem-star SS Cyg, the polar AM Her and Z Cam-star RX And was found.  相似文献   

Density intrusions with large relative thickness     

Steven J. Wright  Diana Paez-Rivadeneira 《Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans》1996,24(1-4)

Previous analyses of density intrusions indicate that only relatively thin intrusions are allowed, to satisfy a momentum balance at the current head. These constraints can be relaxed somewhat by various modifications to the basic theory, but are inconsistent with experimental observations indicating that intrusions occupying nearly the entire flow depth can be produced. An alternative theory of density current propagation does not possess these restrictions on intrusion layer thickness and provides a more satisfactory explanation of experimental observations. New experimental results are presented to corrborate this interpretation.  相似文献   

Stress distribution and geometry of the subducting Nazca plate in northern Chile using teleseismically recorded earthquakes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Diana Comte  Gerardo Suárez 《Geophysical Journal International》1995,122(2):419-440

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Visual discrimination of surface features of salt affected soils using satellite images in arid region of Rajasthan (India)     

D C Joshi  Tibor Tóth  Diana Sári 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》2002,30(1-2):33-38

The study has been carried for visual discrimination of natural salt affected soils on FCC images of IRS 1 B in Pali district of Rajasthan. The salt affected soils show wide variations in salinity (EC_2.53.7 to 28 dSm^-1), alkalinity (pH 8.5-9.8), cover ofP. juliflora (10-90%), salt tolerant grasses (10–55%) and gravelly surface (20–35%). ThoughP. juliflora and grasses were present at most of the observation points their cover decreased with soil EC_2.5 values more than 10 and 13 dSm^-1, respectively. Five darkness categories derived as the result of visual interpretation of FCCs; and ground and laboratory studies revealed that the darkness category 1 represented fewer plant community with high salinity (EC 28.7 dSm^-1) and gravelly surface, categories 2 and 3 were characterised by grass cover and moderate salt affected soils (EC 3-10 dSm^-1) whereas category 4 was dominated by thicket ofP. juliflora. The derived numerical darkness categories of the FCC images were slightly low for February images. The darkness values of observation pixel on February images correlated positively withP. juliflora cover and negatively with grass cover and soil pH indicating that surface features on FCC were related with the immediate observation pixels.  相似文献