Geostatistical mineral resources appraisal     

Michel Dagbert  Michel David 《Mathematical Geology》1977,9(3):313-317

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Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects     

William F. Bottke Jr.Alessandro Morbidelli  Robert JedickeJean-Marc Petit  Harold F. LevisonPatrick Michel  Travis S. Metcalfe 《Icarus》2002,156(2):399-433

The orbital and absolute magnitude distribution of the near-Earth objects (NEOs) is difficult to compute, partly because only a modest fraction of the entire NEO population has been discovered so far, but also because the known NEOs are biased by complicated observational selection effects. To circumvent these problems, we created a model NEO population which was fit to known NEOs discovered or accidentally rediscovered by Spacewatch. Our method was to numerically integrate thousands of test particles from five source regions that we believe provide most NEOs to the inner Solar System. Four of these source regions are in or adjacent to the main asteroid belt, while the fifth one is associated with the transneptunian disk. The nearly isotropic comets, which include the Halley-type comets and the long-period comets, were not included in our model. Test bodies from our source regions that passed into the NEO region (perihelia q<1.3 AU and aphelia Q≥0.983 AU) were tracked until they were eliminated by striking the Sun or a planet or were ejected out of the inner Solar System. These integrations were used to create five residence time probability distributions in semimajor axis, eccentricity, and inclination space (one for each source). These distributions show where NEOs from a given source are statistically most likely to be located. Combining these five residence time probability distributions with an NEO absolute magnitude distribution computed from previous work and a probability function representing the observational biases associated with the Spacewatch NEO survey, we produced an NEO model population that could be fit to 138 NEOs discovered or accidentally rediscovered by Spacewatch. By testing a range of possible source combinations, a best-fit NEO model was computed which (i) provided the debiased orbital and absolute magnitude distributions for the NEO population and (ii) indicated the relative importance of each NEO source region.Our best-fit model is consistent with 960±120 NEOs having H<18 and a<7.4 AU. Approximately 44% (as of December 2000) have been found so far. The limits on this estimate are conditional, since our model does not include nearly isotropic comets. Nearly isotropic comets are generally restricted to a Tisserand parameter (with respect to Jupiter) of T<2, such that few are believed to have a<7.4 AU. Our computed NEO orbital distribution, which is valid for bodies as faint as H<22, indicates that the Amor, Apollo, and Aten populations contain 32±1%, 62±1%, and 6±1% of the NEO population, respectively. We estimate that the population of objects completely inside Earth's orbit (IEOs) arising from our source regions is 2% the size of the NEO population. This value does not include the putative Vulcanoid population located inside Mercury's orbit. Overall, our model predicts that ∼61% of the NEO population comes from the inner main belt (a<2.5 AU), ∼24% comes from the central main belt (2.5<a<2.8 AU), ∼8% comes from the outer main belt (a>2.8 AU), and ∼6% comes from the Jupiter-family comet region (2<T?3). The steady-state population in each NEO source region, as well as the influx rates needed to replenish each region, were calculated as a by-product of our method. The population of extinct comets in the Jupiter-family comet region was also computed.  相似文献   

Air Pollution: Assessment,Methodology and Modelling | E. Weber (Editor), 1982. (NATO Challenges of Modern Society,Volume 2). Plenum Press,New York,N.Y., 1982, 329 pp., U.S.$39.50     

Michel Benarie 《Earth》1984,21(4):295-296

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Review     

Michel David 《Mathematical Geology》1979,11(6):721-722

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Michel David 《Mathematical Geology》1974,6(2):201-202

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Small Antarctic micrometeorites: A mineralogical and in situ oxygen isotope study     

Matthieu GOUNELLE  Ccile ENGRAND  Michel MAURETTE  Gero KURAT  Kevin D. McKEEGAN  Franz BRANDSTTTER 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2005,40(6):917-932

Abstract— We have investigated the texture, bulk chemistry, mineralogy, as well as the anhydrous minerals oxygen isotopic composition of 67 small Antarctic micrometeorites (AMMs) collected at Cap Prudhomme, Antarctica, and belonging to the currently poorly studied size fraction 25–50 μm. When compared to larger (50–400 μm) micrometeorites collected at the same site in Antarctica with the same techniques, no significant differences are found between the two populations. We therefore conclude that the population of Cap Prudhomme AMMs is homogeneous over the size range 25–400 μm. In contrast, small AMMs have different textures, mineralogy, and oxygen isotopic compositions than those of stratospheric interplanetary dust particles (IDPs). Because small AMMs (<50 μm) overlap in size with IDPs, the differences between these two important sources of micrometeorites can no longer be attributed to a variation of the micrometeorite composition with size. Physical biases introduced by the collection procedures might account for these differences.  相似文献   

Structural and geochemical data on the Rio Magno Unit: evidence for a new 'Apenninic' ophiolitic unit in Alpine Corsica and its geodynamic implications     

Elisa Padoa  Emilio Saccani  & Michel Durand-Delga 《地学学报》2001,13(2):135-142

The Rio Magno Unit (RMU) tectonically overlies the Schistes Lustrés units in south-eastern Alpine Corsica. It is represented by an ophiolitic sequence, showing remarkable differences with respect to the commonly recognized Corsican ophiolites. This unit can be distinguished from the Schistes Lustrés by the lack of HP–LT metamorphism, reflecting its different geodynamic setting, although both were involved early in the same tectonic events. Similarly, the RMU can be distinguished from the Balagne Unit by the presence of normal-MORB basalts and the scarcity of continent-derived sedimentary input, testifying to a different oceanic palaeogeographical setting. Moreover, the petrochemical and stratigraphic features of the RMU ophiolitic sequence show close analogies with the Internal Ligurides of the Northern Apennines. The RMU represents the first record of a nonmetamorphic 'Apenninic'-type ophiolitic unit in Alpine Corsica, supporting the hypothesis that the Alpine Corsica – Northern Apennine system represents a double-vergent accretionary wedge.  相似文献   

Nouvelle hypothèse sur l'origine des formations géologiques de l'île de Timor (Sud-Est asiatique)     

Michel Villeneuve  Jean-Jacques Corne  Rossana Martini  Louisette Zaninetti 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2004,336(16):1511-1520

Similar lithological and tectonic features indicate that Timor and Sulawesi islands were part of the same continental block. Timor was in the southern part of Sulawesi, then separated during Late Miocene time during the opening of the South Banda Sea basin. At this time Timor evolved as a part of an Upper Miocene volcanic arc that collided the Australian plate at the end of the Lower Pliocene (3.5 Ma). To cite this article: M. Villeneuve et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).  相似文献   

Coseismic slip resolution and post-seismic relaxation time of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake as constrained by geological observations, geodetic measurements and seismicity   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Anne Loevenbruck  Rodolphe Cattin  Xavier Le Pichon  Stéphane Dominguez  Rémi Michel 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,158(1):310-326

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Indication of the uplift of the Ardenne in long-term gravity variations in Membach (Belgium)     

Olivier Francis  Michel Van Camp  Tonie van Dam  René Warnant  Marc Hendrickx 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,158(1):346-352

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