Internal structure of Piton de la Fournaise volcano from seismic wave propagation and earthquake distribution     

Alexandre Nercessian  Alfred Hirn  Jean-Claude Lpine  Martine Sapin 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1996,70(3-4)

Arrival times of seismic waves from local earthquakes are inverted for both locating the source and defining the 3-D velocity heterogeneity of Piton de la Fournaise.The lateral heterogeneity of the 2632 m high edifice is resolved as a high-velocity plug, 1.5 km in diameter, surrounded by a low-velocity ring, which may be interpreted as due to the construction of Fournaise on the flank of the older volcano Piton des Neiges. Wave mode conversion detected on three-component seismograms provides evidence for boundaries of contrasted velocities.Pre-eruptive swarm earthquakes cluster in the high-velocity zone, under the Dolomieu summit crater. Low strength and cohesion of the surrounding material account for the lack of seismicity for the final 1–3 km radial flow of magma to the vents in Enclos Fouqué.Beneath the high-velocity plug the existence of a body with low velocity for P, and even for S, waves is well constrained. However, the walls and base are poorly defined because of the lack of deep earthquakes for sampling. The few earthquakes that are located in this depth region usually occur at a depth of around 1.5 km below sea level in the region of the cone. This can be considered providing the upper constraint on the lower limit of the aseismic part of the low-velocity body. The coincidence in time of their occurrence with the swarms above sea level and the eruptions suggests magmatic activation of the low-velocity aseismic volume 1.5 km below sea level under the high-velocity plug of the cone. Further down, the concentration of seismicity in two swarms, between 2 and 4 km, under the eastern flank does not allow the structure to be sampled effectively.  相似文献   

To What Extent Can Oxygen Isotopes in Tree Rings and Precipitation Be Used to Reconstruct Past Atmospheric Temperature? A Case Study     

Martine Rebetez  Matthias Saurer  Paolo Cherubini 《Climatic change》2003,61(1-2):237-248

We analyzed the relationship between air temperature and oxygen isotopes measured in tree rings of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from along-term forest ecosystem research plot in the Swiss Jura mountains (LWF project). The oxygen isotope data were compared with a century-long meteorological series of air temperature data. Measurements of oxygen isotope ratios in precipitation were also used for comparison. Results show that the late-wood tree-ring series is significantly correlated with May to August temperatures. Correlations were higher for maximum (daytime) air temperature and even better for air temperature measured on rainy days only. We stress that trends in maximum temperature series for this time of the year, like trends in oxygen isotope ratios series from tree rings, are completely different from trends in yearly mean temperature. Indeed, maximum temperature trends during the vegetation period slightly decreased during the 20thcentury, whereas yearly means increased strongly.  相似文献   

Multiple origin and regional significance of bedding parallel veins in a fold and thrust belt: The example of a carbonate slice along the Appalachian structural front     

Stephan Sjourn  Michel Malo  Martine M. Savard  Donna Kirkwood 《Tectonophysics》2005,407(3-4):189-209

The development and evolution of bedding parallel veins (BPV) are investigated in the Saint-Dominique carbonate slice (southern Québec Appalachian structural front), in order to emphasize the regional significance of BPV in a fold and thrust belt and their importance in establishing its structural and diagenetic evolution. Structural and microstructural analyses reveal that most BPV display a laminated structure locally crosscut by a massive one. Both structures show mutual crosscutting relationships with bedding parallel or bedding perpendicular stylolites and with bedding perpendicular veinlets, indicating that BPV cementation and deformation are continuous processes. Opening both sub-parallel and sub-perpendicular to the BPV walls are documented. Early BPV are planes of weakness that focus later reactivation, and evidence of successive and sometimes opposite senses of opening are locally preserved within a single BPV. The bedding parallel orientation of these veins proved particularly helpful in establishing the structural evolution of an area mostly characterized by front parallel structures with little crosscutting relationships otherwise. Petrographic and geochemical (δ¹⁸O _VPDB and δ¹³C) analyses of structural cements suggest a common, locally derived source for the fluids that percolated through BPV, non-bedding parallel veins and faults. The isotopic ratios also reveal a significant enrichment in ¹⁸O and ¹³C through time. This evolution is tentatively correlated with tectonic, syn-convergence exhumation of the Saint-Dominique slice during its imbrication along the Appalachian structural front, after its burial under Taconian thrust sheets.  相似文献   

Assimilation of continental crust by komatiites in the Precambrian basement of the Carswell structure (Saskatchewan,Canada)     

Martine Juteau  Maurice Pagel  Annie Michard  Francis Albarede 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1988,99(2):219-225

The isotope geochemistry (Sm-Nd, Pb-Pb and Rb-Sr) of mafic gneisses from the basement of the Carswell structure (Saskatchewan, Canada), rich both in Mg and incompatible elements (K, Rb, REE) has been investigated. A good Sm-Nd alignment gives a slope corresponding to an age of 3.7 Ga. However, comparison with major elements data strongly suggests that this alignment is a mixing line between Mg-rich, high CaO/Al₂O₃ magmas and the local felsic crust older than 2.9 Ga. The mafic magmas were probably of komatiitic affinity (MgO > 20 percent) but, nevertheless, were extracted from a source with nearly chondritic to slightly enriched light REE distribution. The age of the komatiite emplacement (1.9–2.9 Ga) is only loosely constrained by the oldest crustal residence age in the series and the subsequent metamorphic events. The granulite facies climax is dated at ca. 1.9 Ga by concordant whole rock Pb-Pb and Sm-Nd garnet-whole rock isochrons. The Rb-Sr systematics have been disturbed by later event(s) younger than 1.5–1.7 Ga, but do not permit a more precise assessment of the perturbation age.  相似文献   

The influence of fluid unmixing on cation exchange between plagioclases and aqueous chloride solutions at 700° C, 1 kbar     

Saint Clair Dujon  Martine Lagache 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1986,92(1):128-134

Experimental exchanges between plagioclases (synthesized from gels) and aqueous solutions (0.5N–8N) were carried out according to the reaction $$\begin{gathered} 2NaA1Si_3 O_8 + CaC1_2 \hfill \\ \leftrightarrow CaA1_2 Si_2 O_8 + 4SiO_2 + 2NaC1. \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ Distribution coefficients defined by $$K_D = \frac{{X_{An} }}{{(X_{Ab} )^2 }}\frac{{(X_{NaC1} )^2 }}{{X_{CaC1_2 } }}$$ were determined at 700° C and 1 kbar. From previous studies it is known that variations in the concentration of the aqueous solutions have no influence upon K _D if the fluid is a single phase. In this study, variation of K _D with the concentration of the solutions is interpreted as the result of fluid unmixing to vapour and brine phases. This implies boiling of CaCl₂-NaCl-H₂O fluids analogous to that known for the system NaCl-H₂O. Experimental data permit calculation of the compositions of vapours and estimation of those of the brines for fluids in which Ca/Na<0.5. Boiling has an effect upon the exchange between feldspars and solutions (metasomatism) and must be considered when determining the activity coefficients.  相似文献   

Static displacement fields due to a seismic source in a nonhomogeneous (dimorphic) medium. Geophysical applications     

Martine Amalvict  Hilaire Legros 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1983,121(5-6):817-834

A new method for finding static displacement fields due to seismic sources (forces or dislocations) in a nonhomogeneous medium (called “dimorphic”) is presented. Previously known results can be easily calculated, as well as new results for sources located at the interface between two media with different elastic properties. The ratio of displacement magnitudes in homogeneous and dimorphic media, which can be as great as 15%, is calculated. Consequences for the seismic moment and some other geophysical applications are discussed.  相似文献   

Eastern Mediterranean palaeoclimates from 26 to 5 ka B.P. documented by pollen and isotopic analysis of a core in the anoxic Bannock Basin     

Rachid Cheddadi  Martine Rossignol-Strick  Michel Fontugne 《Marine Geology》1991,100(1-4):53-66

Continuous pollen and isotopic records were established for core BAN 84 09 GC retrieved from the anoxic Bannock Basin in the Eastern Mediterranean. On the basis of two ¹⁴C dates, they document the palaeoclimate between about 25.7 ka B.P. and 5.2 ka B.P. in the northern borderlands of the Ionian Basin. The upper half of the core has been redeposited.

The isotopic record displays a correlation with pollen percentages that is strong and positive for Artemisia (sage-brush) and negative for Quercus (oak). The last glacial maximum and the deglaciation are identified by these combined taxa, together with Chenopodiaceae. The glacial maximum around 18 ka B.P. (which has elsewhere been dated from 20 to 15 ka B.P.) has pollen percentages that are high for Artemisia and low for Quercus. The climate in the pollen source area was arid, cold in winter, briefly warm in summer and sustained the vegetation of a semi-desert. The onset of deglaciation after 18 ka B.P. coincides with that of the decline in Artemisia pollen percentage. However, this decline does not indicate reduced aridity, because it is accompanied by a pollen percentage rise of the even more arid herbs Chenopodiaceae and Ephedra. Throughout the deglaciation from 18 to 11 ka B.P., the aridity progressively increases, culminating at 11 ka B.P. This trend is briefly interrupted by a more humid event, shown by a peak in Artemisia pollen percentage and a smaller peak in oak; these two peaks are coeval with the Bölling-Alleröd chronozone (13-11 ka B.P.). Maximum aridity occurs during the Younger Dryas chronozone (11-10 ka B.P.). Afterwards, the oak pollen percentage begins a steady increase, and its maximum value is coeval with the lowest isotopic value, dated at 8760 ± 170 yr B.P. This period was one of high moisture, warm summers, and, according to altitude, mild to cool winters. This climate sustained forests that were Mediterranean in the lowlands and warm temperate in the uplands. A high pollen concentration is observed during this period and reveals the presence of sapropel S1, which is otherwise unrecognizable in this entirely black core. During the following period between 8760 ± 170 and 5200 yr B.P., the δ¹⁸0 reverts to slightly higher values and the Quercus pollen percentage decreases, while the pollen percentage of the wetter Ostrya, the oriental hornbeam, increases. The high pollen concentration during the deposition of sapropel S1 cannot have been caused by increased pollen input into the sea, this pollen being wind-borne, nor by increased pollen production for all taxa, both trees and herbs. We conclude that it is entirely due to increased preservation of this allochtonous organic material by the deep anoxia of the bottom water, below a thick anoxic water column. The coincidence of sapropel deposition with warm and humid local climate as well as with the second global meltwater pulse suggests that the cessation of bottom-water ventilation was due to decreased surface water density, resulting from less saline incoming Atlantic surface water, increased local runoff, and warmer winters.  相似文献   

Change and stability in landings: the responses of fisheries to scientific advice and TACs     

Patterson  Kenneth; Resimont  Martine 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2007,64(4):714-717

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Variation in hydrologic connectivity as a result of microtopography explained by discharge to catchment size relationship          下载免费PDF全文

Marieke Oosterwoud  Martine van der Ploeg  Sake van der Schaaf  Sjoerd van der Zee 《水文研究》2017,31(15):2683-2699

In hydrological terms, raised bogs are often approximated by simple models as in the acrotelm–catotelm concept. However, raised bogs are often characterized by a pronounced surface topography, causing large changes in connectivity of contributing areas on the bog. In this study, daily regression of measured discharges versus catchment areas is used to quantify the impact of surface topography on catchment connectivity within a raised bog. The resulting coefficient of determination shows the strength of the relationship between the discharge and catchment area over time under different hydrological conditions. Monitoring of discharge, water table, transmissivity, and basic weather data on a raised bog (1.9 km²) in eastern central Estonia took place from May 2008 to June 2010. Contributing areas, calculated based on the outlet's discharge volume (V _Q ) divided by the net precipitation volume ( ), of the outlet containing the central pool‐ridge system varied between 1×10^?3 and 0.7 km², suggesting significant differences in connectivity between hydrological events. Correlation between discharge and theoretical catchment size was high (R ²>0.75) when the water table was close to the surface (less than 5 cm below peat surface), and consequently, transmissivities were also high (up to 1,030m²d^?1), which led to connectivity of local storage elements, such as pools and hollows. However, a water table below this threshold resulted in large parts of the catchment being disconnected. The importance of water table depths on catchment connectivity suggests the need to reconsider the hydrological concept of raised bogs; to incorporate these shallow flow components and better understand residence time and consequently transport of solutes, such as DOC, from patterned peatlands.  相似文献   

Phillipsite formation in nephelinitic rocks in response to hydrothermal alteration at Mount Etinde,Cameroon     

Jacques Etame  Che Emmanuel Suh  Martine Gerard  Paul Bilong 《Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry》2012,72(1):31-37

Fresh nephelinitic rocks and hydrothermally altered rocks at Mount Etinde (Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa) have been studied by combined whole rock geochemistry (ICP-MS), mineralogy and mineral chemistry (SEM-EDS, WDS, XRD) techniques. The nephelinites have feldspathoids, clinopyroxene, perovskite and titanomagnetite as the principal minerals in the mode with subsidiary apatite and sphene. The mineralogy of their hydrothermally altered counterparts includes phillipsite, calcite and analcime which are secondary phases developed in response to hydrothermal fluid events. Correspondingly, the bulk rock geochemical data show elevated SiO₂, CaO, Na₂O and K₂O concentrations with increasing alteration and Al₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ depletion while MgO, MnO and TiO₂ concentrations are largely unaffected. The nephelinites also have high concentrations of LILLE, HFSE and REE and upon hydrothermal alteration they show an enrichment of LREE and MREE over HREE. Phillipsite is the principal alteration mineral in the rocks and it occurs along cracks, vesicles and also forms alteromorphs after feldspathoids. The Ce content of these categories of phillipsite varies. Phillipsite along cracks is richer in Ce while phillipsite associated with calcite has lower Ce concentration and the phillipsite alteromorphs very little or no Ce. Various stages of fluid circulation are proposed hereby to explain the variations in phillipsite generation and composition.  相似文献