Cyclic triaxial tests on frozen sand     

John C. Li  Gilbert Y. Baladi  O.B. Andersland 《Engineering Geology》1979,13(1-4):233-246

Strain-controlled cyclic triaxial tests were performed on a one-size silica (Ottawa) sand artificially frozen into 71.1-mm-diameter cylindrical samples. Ice-saturated samples with three different sand contents were tested under the following conditions: axial strains ranging from 3 × 10⁻³ to 3 X 10⁻²%, confining pressures from zero to 1.378 MPa, frequencies of 0.05–5.0 cps and temperatures from −1 to −10 °C.

Test equipment included (1) an MTS electrohydraulic closed-loop testing system which applies the load to the sample, (2) a triaxial cell completely immersed in a low-temperature coolant for temperature control, (3) a refrigeration unit for control of the coolant temperature and constant coolant circulation and (4) measuring devices including an LVDT and load cell, together with recording devices such as a digital multimeter, an oscilloscope, a strip-chart recorder and a minicomputer.

Test results indicate that the dynamic Young's modulus increases with increasing frequency, confining pressure and sand content, but decreases with increasing strain and temperature. The damping ratio decreases with increasing frequency, sand content and lower temperatures. The influence of confining pressures and axial strain on the damping ratio are less explicit for the ranges considered. The experimental results are compared with data from other sources.  相似文献   

Soil-5, A New IAEA CErtifiEd Reference Material for Trace Element Determinations*     

R. DYBCZY&#x;SKI  A. TUGSAVUL  O. SUSCHNY 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》1979,3(1):61-87

60 geochemical laboratories from the world over, contributing in all 3687 bits of chemical data on 60 elements, haue willingly participated in the study of SOIL-5 as a reference material. The preparation of SOIL-5 in 45 kg and homogeneity teats are described; in addition, all the data compiled are presented. In evaluating the compiled data, the use of four concurrent tests for outlier-rejection at the same level of significance, has been applied. After proper statistical treatment, “recommended values” could be established for 31 elements, most of them trace elements and “information values” for 29 elements. 23 of the recommended values could be given with a “relatively high” degree confidence whereas the other 18 recommended Values with a “reasonable” degree of confidence. An attempt is made to compare the analytical methods employed; the existence of possible sy3tematic differences is pointed ont.  相似文献   

Pyrolysis of asphaltenes: a source of geochemical information     

I. Rubinstein  C. Spyckerelle  O.P. Strausz 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(1):1-6

Pyrolysis of asphaltenes from crude oils yields significant amounts of crude oil-like material. Studies of asphaltenes and their pyrolysis products from biodegraded and non-biodegraded oils show that biodegradation does not affect the composition of asphaltene. The overall composition of the oil produced from them on pyrolysis is similar to, yet significantly different from, that of the parent oil. From these compositional differences, it is concluded that asphaltene and its pyrolysis products contain geochemical information which is characteristic, and therefore may shed light on the history of the oil prior to asphaltene formation.  相似文献   

Transient and steady-state creep of pure forsterite at low stress     

W.B. Durham  C. Froidevaux  O. Jaoul 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1979,19(3):263-274

Thirty-one single crystals of synthetic forsterite, Fo₁₀₀, were deformed in 69 compressional creep tests in a 0.1-MPa confining atmosphere of H₂ + Ar. Temperature ranged from 1753 to 2023 K and stress σ (= σ₁ - σ₃) from 1.5 to 37.8 MPa. Steady-state creep under these conditions follows an empirical law of the form: strain rate $\text{?}\text{?}\text{= A}{}_{\mathrm{zigma;}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{exp}\text{(}\text{?Q}\text{RT}\text{)}$ where A, n, and Q are constants. General characteristics of Fo₁₀₀ creep — uniformity of strain, shape change as a function of orientation of σ, relative deformation resistance of different orientations — match those of natural olivine single crystals of composition Fo₉₂. Specific constants in the flow law, however, are distinctly new: for σ oriented along [111]_c (equidistant from the three principal crystallographic axes), values for Fo₁₀₀ are n = 2.9 ± 0.2 and Q = 0.67 ± 0.03 MJ/mol (160 ± 7 kcal/mol). A single law covers the range 3 < σ < 30 MPa and 1753 < T < 1953 K. Steady-state deformation is preceded by a transient period of strain softening. High strain rates at σ ? 10 MPa render the transient barely resolvable; it apparently displaces the steady-state flow law by approximately ?0.5% in strain. At σ ? 7.8 MPa, the amount of strain imparted to a sample of the [101]_c orientation is typically <0.1% after one hour.  相似文献   

Thermal effects of chemical reactions in the undifferentiated earth     

O.L. Kuskov  N.I. Khitarov 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1979,18(1):20-26

Calculations of thermal effects of oxidation-reduction reactions in the open systems for the undifferentiated earth have been carried out up to 2000 kbar. It is shown that a change in the sign of the thermal effect occurs with increase of pressure in these open systems: endothermal reactions which occur at pressures P_s < P_c become exothermal at pressures P_s > P_c and vice versa. At a certain critical pressure P_s = P_c the enthalpy of reaction is equal to zero.The results of calculations show that the central part of the earth and the deep interior could become warm due to reduction processes (for example reduction of ferromagnesian silicates and oxides, and stishovite) during core formation. Reducing conditions in the undifferentiated earth during core formation imply that a large fraction of the total heat of chemical reactions was released in the deep interior and was absorbed in the upper parts of the planet.  相似文献   

SUPERSTACK—AN ITERATIVE STACKING ALGORITHM*     

O. E. NSS 《Geophysical Prospecting》1979,27(1):16-28

An algorithm for separation of signals according to their coherency is proposed. The algorithm, called Superstack, is used on common depth point data after normal moveout corrections have been applied. The algorithm can be regarded as an iterative stacking procedure. After each stack, input values are changed depending on the consistency of the output of the previous stack. The Superstack algorithm is able to provide better separation of signals showing a different degree of horizontal consistency (coherency) than the normal horizontal stack. All noise signals in a CDP-gather may be assumed to show less horizontal consistency than the primary reflections. On this basis the algorithm will give an improved primary/multiple and an improved primary/noise ratio. The Superstack is very general, should not be especially expensive in terms of computer time, and can easily be implemented in routine processing.  相似文献   

Integrated development in a Nigerian rural environment: Issues of inter-disciplinary co-operation     

J. O. C. Onyemelukwe Dr. 《GeoJournal》1979,3(6):533-538

This paper attempts a conceptual clarification of the term development in a national or regional context. It emphasizes the integrative and systemic nature of, as well as the underlying principle of social justice in, meaningful development efforts. Illustrating with a part of the Nigerian rural environment, the paper shows how certain problems of the rural communities can have region-wide, if not nation-wide, implications. The policy issues for effective remedial measures are outlined, and their effective implementation is shown to depend very much on carefully undertaken problem and resource evaluation and streamlined inter-disciplinary co-operation.  相似文献   

Phosphorus and ChlorinE Content of Eight New U.S.G.S. Standard Rocks     

O. JOHANSEN  E. STEINNES 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》1979,3(1):47-49

Data on the content of phosphorus and chlorine in eight new U.S.G.S. standard rooks obtained by radiochemical neutron activation analysis are presented and discussed.  相似文献   

Performance analysis of the spaceborne laser ranging system     

W. D. Kahn  F. O. Vonbun  D. E. Smith  T. S. Englar  B. P. Gibbs 《Journal of Geodesy》1980,54(2):165-180

The Spaceborne Laser Ranging System is a proposed short pulse laser on board an orbiting spacecraft.^1,2,3,4 It measures the distance between the spacecraft and many laser retroreflectors (targets) deployed on the Earth’s surface. The precision of these range measurements is assumed to be about ±2 cm (M. W. Fitzmaurice, private communication). These measurements are then used together with the orbital dynamics of the spacecraft, to derive the relative position of the laser ground targets. Assuming a six day observing period with 50% cloud cover, uncertainties in the baseline for target separations of 50 km to 1200 km were estimated to be on the order of 1 to 3 cm and the corresponding values in the vertical direction, ranged from 1 cm to 12 cm. By redetermining the measurements of the relative target positions, the estimated precision in the baseline for a target separation of 50 km is less than 0.3 cm and for a separation of 1200 km is less than 1 cm. In the vertical direction, the estimated precision ranged from 0.4 cm to 4.0 cm respectively. As a result of the repeated estimation of the relative laser target positions, most of the non-temporal effects of error sources as exemplified by the errors in geopotential are reduced. The Spaceborne Laser Ranging System’s capability of determining baselines to a high degree of precision provides a measure of strain and strain rate as shown byCohen, 1979. These quantities are essential for crustal dynamic studies which include determination and monitoring of strain near seismic zones, land subsidence, and edifice building preceding volcanic eruptions. It is evident that such a system can also be used for geodetic surveys where such precisions are more than adquate.  相似文献   

Rare earth element geochemistry of Archean metasedimentary rocks from Kambalda,Western Australia     

O.A. Bavinton  S.R. Taylor 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1980,44(5):639-648

Archean sedimentary rocks of very limited lateral extent from horizons within basaltic and ultramafic volcanic sequences at Kambalda, Western Australia, are extremely variable in major elements, LIL and ferromagnesian trace element compositions. The REE patterns are uniform and do not have negative Eu anomalies. Two samples have very low total REE abundances and positive Eu anomalies attributed to a very much greater proportion of chemically deposited siliceous material. Apart from these two samples, the Kambalda data are similar to REE abundances and patterns from Archean sedimentary rocks from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and to average Archean sedimentary rock REE patterns. These show a fundamental distinction from post-Archean sedimentary rock REE patterns which have higher $\text{La}\text{Yb}$ ratios and a distinct negative Eu anomaly.  相似文献