Geophysical implications of the Martian Gravity Field     

Jafar Arkani-Hamed 《Icarus》1975,26(3):313-320

The undulations of the Martian gravitational potential indicate lateral density variations in the Mars interior. A gravitating and solid Martian model deforms under the influence of these variations, producing stress differences of about 125 bars at a depth of about 200 km. Introduction of a partially molten core of 1300 km radius does not affect the stress distribution in the mantle significantly, whereas the assumption of a partially molten asthenosphere umderlying a solid lithosphere of about 300 km increases the stress differences appreciably. A strong linear correlation of the gravitational potential and the surface topography indicates that the extensive volcanism at the Tharsis region is a recent phenomenon. The high stresses associated with this region imply that there has been no extensive molten region within the upper 300 km since the volcanism.  相似文献   

Source geometry and mechanism of 1978 Tabas, Iran, earthquake from well located aftershocks     

Mansour Niazi  Jafar Shoja-Taheri 《Tectonophysics》1985,115(1-2)

Aftershocks of the September 16, 1978 Tabas earthquake located from close-in observations made during a four-week fielding of temporary stations have been analyzed for the purpose of delineating detailed source geometry of the 1978 earthquake. Spatial distribution of aftershocks and their composite focal mechanism suggest that the geometry of faulting is far from planar. Aftershocks define two prominent alignment. The southern alignment strikes E-W to WNW-ESE, whereas the northern alignment strikes in a N-S to NNW-SSE direction with an abrupt change of nearly 55–60 degrees near 33.4°N latitude. Both field observations of surface faulting pattern and systematic variation of principal directions of stress axes computed from aftershock focal mechanisms are consistent with the upthrusting and imbrication of a wedge shaped crustal block with the wedge angle of about 120 degrees. Both geological and seismological evidence suggest that the deformed zone is truncated at the southern edge by preexisting E-W fault structures. New observations may provide a partial answer to the unexplained farfield asymmetry of the long period Rayleigh wave radiation pattern recently observed for the mainshock across IDA network.  相似文献   

Green biocompatible approach to reduce the toxic gases and dust caused by the blasting in surface mining     

Jafar Abdollahisharif  Ezzeddin Bakhtavar  Hadi Nourizadeh 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(3):191

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The impacts of drying of Lake Urmia on changes of degree day index of the surrounding cities by meteorological modelling     

Gholamreza Roshan  Jafar Masoompour Samakosh  José A. Orosa 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(20):1387

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Rock Drilling Performance Evaluation by an Energy Dissipation Based Rock Brittleness Index     

H. Munoz  A. Taheri  E. K. Chanda 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2016,49(8):3343-3355

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The bulk magnetization contrast across the ocean-continent boundary in the east coast of North America     

Jafar Arkani-Hamed 《Geophysical Journal International》1993,115(1):152-158

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Illuminating and optimising a three‐dimensional model of an oil shale seam and its volume distribution using the transient electromagnetic induction method,central part of Jordan          下载免费PDF全文

Jafar Sadi Abu Rajab  Eid Al Tarazi 《Geophysical Prospecting》2018,66(3):603-625

The oil shale exploration program in Jordan is undertaking great activity in the domain of applied geophysical methods to evaluate bitumen‐bearing rock. In the study area, the bituminous marl or oil shale exhibits a rock type dominated by lithofacies layers composed of chalky limestone, marls, clayey marls, and phosphatic marls. The study aims to present enhancements for oil shale seam detection using progressive interpretation from a one‐dimensional inversion to a three‐dimensional modelling and inversion of ground‐based transient electromagnetic data at an area of stressed geological layers. The geophysical survey combined 58 transient electromagnetic sites to produce geoelectrical structures at different depth slices, and cross sections were used to characterise the horizon of the most likely sites for mining oil shale. The results show valuable information on the thickness of the oil shale seam at 3.7 Ωm, which is correlated to the geoelectrical layer between 2‐ and 4 ms transient time delays, and at depths ranging between 85 and 105 m. The 300 m penetrated depth of the transient electromagnetic soundings allows the resolution of the main geological units at narrow resistivity contrast and the distinction of the main geological structures that constrain the detection of the oil shale seam. This geoelectrical layer at different depth slices illustrates a localised oil shale setting and can be spatially correlated with an area bounded by fold and fault systems. Also, three‐dimensional modelling and inversion for synthetic and experimental data are introduced at the faulted area. The results show the limitations of oil shale imaging at a depth exceeding 130 m, which depends on the near‐surface resistivity layer, the low resistivity contrast of the main lithological units, and the degree of geological detail achieved at a suitable model's misfit value.  相似文献   

Nonparametric kernel estimation of annual precipitation over Iran   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Parviz Haghighat jou  Ali Mohammad Akhoond-Ali  Mohammad Jafar Nazemosadat 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2013,112(1-2):193-200

In this paper, annual precipitation data sets from five old rain gauge stations (Bushehr, Isfahan, Meshed, Tehran, and Jask) in Iran were fitted to nonparametric kernel function by using rectangular, triangular, and Gaussian or normal as kernel functions. The smoothing parameter was calculated by four methods including rule of thumb, Adamowski criterion, least squares cross-validation, and Sheater and Jones plug-in. The Adamowski criterion showed a better performance compared to other methods due to goodness of fit tests. The results of these proposed nonparametric methods will be then compared to the results of the parametric density functions including normal, two and three parameter log-normal, two parameter gamma, Pearson and log-Pearson type 3, Gumbel or extreme value type 1 and also Fourier series method which were applied by a previous study for the same stations. It was concluded that the annual precipitation data were fitted to nonparametric methods better than parametric methods.  相似文献   

Mutually interacting tachyon dark energy with variable G and Λ     

Jafar Sadeghi  Martiros Khurshudyan  Margarit Hakobyan  Hoda Farahani 《天文和天体物理学研究(英文版)》2015,(2):175-190

We consider a tachyonic scalar field as a model of dark energy with interaction between components in the case of variable G and Λ. We assume a flat Universe with a specific form of scale factor and study cosmological parameters numerically and graphically. Statefinder analysis is also performed. For a particular choice of interaction parameters we succeed in obtaining an analytical expression of densities. We find that our model will be stable at the late stage but there is an instability in the early Universe, so we propose this model as a realistic model of our Universe.  相似文献   

Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk Due to Accidental Ingestion of PAHs in Contaminated Soils     

Saeid Gitipour  Mina Mohebi  Ehsan Taheri 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2011,39(9):820-826

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are types of hazardous contaminants, which their ingestion could cause severe consequences on human health. Leakages from storage tanks, underground pipelines, and evaporation ponds are the main sources of soil and groundwater contaminations at the Tehran Oil Refinery area (TOR site), located in south of Tehran, Iran. In this study, soil samples were collected from different locations at and adjacent to a polluted stream in the south of the refinery. The samples were analyzed for two hazardous PAH compounds, namely benzo[a]anthracene and acenaphthene. The clean up levels due to the accidental ingestion of contaminated soils at the site were also investigated in accordance to the U.S.EPA guidelines. Comparing the soil analysis results indicated that the benzo[a]anthracene concentrations in the samples varied from 53 to 299 mg/kg, which were higher than the clean up level of 1.17 mg/kg. Thus, soil remediation is required for this contaminant. The acenaphthene analysis results denoted that the average concentration of this contaminant was below the clean up level of 116.67 mg/kg, indicating that no treatment for this contaminant is necessary at the TOR site. Also, because the slope of the ground extends to the south of the stream, which stimulates the migration of the contaminants in this direction due to advection and dispersion mechanisms, the average of benzo[a]anthracene concentrations in south samples was higher than north samples (i.e., C_avg(S) = 160 ppm, C_avg(N) = 113 ppm). Various treatment techniques such as thermal desorption, soil vapor extraction (SVE), and solidification/stabilization (S/S) were investigated for this site. Due to moderate to high plasticity and relatively low permeability of the soil and low volatility of benzo[a]anthracene, however S/S method is recommended as a practical approach for the remediation of the soil at the site.  相似文献