Welded tuffs in the Bogopol and Sijanov groups were sampled at 27 sites from 12 caldera formations in the Sikhote Alin mountain range around Kavalerovo (44.3°N, 135.0°E) for chronological and paleomagnetic studies. KAr age dates show that the welded tuffs erupted between 66 Ma and 46 Ma. All sites yield reliable paleomagnetic directions, with unblocking temperatures higher than 560°C. The high-temperature component at 12 sites and the medium-temperature component at 3 sites in the Bogopol Group show reversed polarity (D = 193.7°, I = −57.6°,95 = 8.1°). The high-temperature component at 11 sites in the Sijanov Group showed both reversed and normal polarities and its mean direction reveals no detectable deflection from north (D = −2.9°, I = 59.6°,95 = 11.2°). The combined paleomagnetic direction of the two groups yields a paleomagnetic pole of 250.5°E, 84.1°N (A95 = 8.8°), which falls near Cretaceous paleomagnetic poles from Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, the North China Block and the South China Block. The Sikhote Alin area appears not to have been subjected to detectable motion with respect to East Asia since about 50 Ma. This implies that the Sikhote Alin area behaved as an integral part of East Asia during the opening of the Japan Sea at about 15 Ma. However, significant separation between the paleomagnetic poles of East Asia and Europe during the Jurassic-Paleogene implies a major relative movement between these two blocks since the Paleogene. 相似文献
High temperature elasticity of single crystal potassium chloride has been studied by the Rectangular Parallelepiped Resonance (RPR) method up to 870 K (? 3.8 times the Debye temperature, ?). The elastic stiffness moduli, C11 and C44, decrease linearly with temperature while C12 increases slightly with temperature. The RPR method is particularly suited to measurements of elasticity at high temperatures, since no glues (which decompose at high temperature) are used to connect the transducers to a specimen. As a consequence, the measured spectrum closely approximates the theoretical spectrum of a specimen freely suspended in space with no external contact. The present elasticity data permits the investigation of the thermodynamic properties of potassium chloride far above the Debye temperature when used together with the previous zero-pressure data on thermal expansivity and heat capacity. The equation of state of potassium chloride is virtually unaffected by anharmonicity, even at T/?=3.8. One result is that the thermal pressure for KCl above the Debye temperature linearly increases with temperature. There is also small dependence on volume, in contrast to NaCl where there is no dependence on volume. 相似文献
We have applied a full-correlation analysis technique to the echo power fluctuations observed by the MU radar (35°N, 136°E), and analyzed the horizontal structure of the scattering pattern in the mesosphere as well as their horizontal motions. The velocity of the scattering pattern did not agree with the background wind velocity, but was associated with the horizontal propagating direction of a saturated inertia gravity wave identified in the wind field. The length of the long axis of the characteristic ellipse of the scattering pattern was approximately 50 km, and the direction was almost perpendicular to the propagating direction of the wave. The correlation time of the scattering pattern was approximately 700 s, which is much longer than the lifetime of the isolated turbulence itself. This implies that the observed scattering pattern is associated with a region where the saturated inertia gravity wave generates turbulence. 相似文献
Based on continuous observations of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) with anL-band (1357.5 MHz) boundary-layer radar (BLR) at a hilly location in Japan, we have discovered that on clear days, a thin enhanced echo layer corresponding to the top of the PBL (or mixed layer) appeared at about 500 m height in the morning and ascended to about 1500 m in the afternoon. Strong upward velocities were observed below the echo layer (or inside the PBL), reaching 1500 m in the afternoon. 相似文献
In the Kanto region, there have been reports of decreasing b-values prior to earthquakes (M ≥ 5.5). The change of b-values is defined as the difference between the long- and short-term average earthquake magnitudes. A hazard function for moderately large earthquakes has also been proposed. This model was based on earthquakes that occurred between 1982 and 1999, and its effectiveness is measured retrospectively. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the model through the use of independent data, the verification test is based on earthquakes observed after January 2000. Through the end of 2004, the only event where there was a decrease in mean event size was observed on June 3, 2000. This decrease resulted in a log-likelihood for the proposed model 1.3 units larger than that of the Poisson model, supporting the validity of the proposed model. Without accumulating further examples, we attempted to improve the verification test by expanding the study volume and by lowering the target cutoff magnitude in order to overcome the small sample size. When two other targets from the expanded volume were added, the difference in the log-likelihood (ΔlnL) increased to 3.6. In this case, the information rate per event was about 1.2, larger than that of the model period. Lowering the cutoff magnitude increased ΔlnL to 2.5. These extended tests led to higher confidence in the model with the larger ΔlnL value than did the primary test. From the viewpoint of the per-event information rate, each case involving targets with a magnitude 5.5 and larger resulted in better performance than in the model period. 相似文献
We estimated metamorphic conditions for the 6 Ma Taitao ophiolite, associated with the Chile triple junction. The metamorphic grade of the ophiolite, estimated from secondary matrix minerals, changes stratigraphically downwards from the zeolite facies, through the prehnite–actinolite facies, greenschist facies and the greenschist–amphibolite transition, to the amphibolite facies. The metamorphic facies series corresponds to the low-pressure type. The metamorphic zone boundaries are subparallel to the internal lithological boundaries of the ophiolite, indicating that the metamorphism was due to axial hydrothermal alteration at a mid-ocean ridge.
Mineral assemblages and the compositions of veins systematically change from quartz-dominated, through epidote-dominated, to prehnite-dominated with increasing depth. Temperatures estimated from the vein assemblages range from 230 °C in the volcanic unit to 380 °C at the bottom of the gabbro unit, systematically 200 °C lower than estimates from the adjoining matrix minerals. The late development of veins and the systematically lower temperatures suggest that the vein-forming alteration was due to off-axis hydrothermal alteration.
Comparison between the Taitao ophiolite with its mid-ocean ridge (MOR) affinity, and other ophiolites and MOR crusts, suggests that the Taitao ophiolite has many hydrothermal alteration features similar to those of MOR crusts. This is consistent with the tectonic history that the Taitao ophiolite was formed at the South Chile ridge system near the South American continent (Anma, R., Armstrong, R., Danhara, T., Orihashi, Y. and Iwano, H., 2006. Zircon sensitive high mass-resolution ion microprobe U–Pb and fission-track ages for gabbros and sheeted dykes of the Taitao ophiolite, Southern Chile, and their tectonic implications. The Island Arc, 15(1): 130–142). 相似文献
Summary. The evaluation of the rock mass mechanical properties by the seismic reflection method and TBM driving is proposed for TBM
tunnelling. The relationship between the reflection number derived from the three-dimensional seismic reflection method and
the rock strength index (RSI) derived from TBM driving data is examined, and the methodology of conversion from the reflection number to the RSI is proposed. Furthermore a geostatistical prediction methodology to provide a three-dimensional geotechnical profile ahead
of the tunnel face is proposed. The performance of this prediction method is verified by actual field data. 相似文献
Lognormal kriging is an estimation technique that was devised for handling highly skewed data distributions. This technique
takes advantage of a logarithmic transformation that reduces the data variance. However, backtransformed lognormal kriging
estimates are biased because the nonbias term is totally dependent on a semivariogram model. This paper proposes a new approach
for backtransforming lognormal kriging estimates that not only presents none of the problems reported in the literature but
also reproduces the sample histogram and, consequently, the sample mean. 相似文献