Nutrient chemistry of groundwater in an intensively irrigated region of southern India   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

N. Rajmohan  L. Elango 《Environmental Geology》2005,47(6):820-830

The concentration of nutrients in groundwater acts as an indicator to identify the influence of agricultural activities on the shallow subsurface environment. Hence, the present study was carried out to assess nutrient concentration (nitrate, phosphate and potassium) and understand its spatial and seasonal variations in the groundwater of Palar and Cheyyar River basin, Tamil Nadu, India. The groundwater samples collected from 43 wells were analyzed for nutrients once a month from January 1998 to June 1999. Results of the study suggested that agricultural activities, including application of fertilizers, soil mineralization processes and irrigation return flow, are major processes regulating the nutrients chemistry in the groundwater of this region. Groundwater in the sedimentary formation has comparatively higher concentration of nutrients than the groundwater in hard rock formations, which seems to be due to the adsorption of nutrients by the weathered rock materials. The seasonal water level fluctuation shows that rising water level increases nutrients concentration in groundwater due to the agriculture related activities. The results also indicate that nitrate and potassium concentrations are within the recommended drinking water limits, whereas phosphate concentration exceeds its drinking water limit and 35% of the samples are unsuitable for drinking purposes.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at  相似文献   

The Effect of Machine Behaviour and Mechanical Properties of Intact Sandstone Under Static and Dynamic Uniaxial Cyclic Loading   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

M. N. Bagde  V. Petroš 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2005,38(1):59-67

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Hydrography of the eastern Arabian Sea during summer monsoon 2002     

D. Shankar  S. S. C. Shenoi  R. K. Nayak  P. N. Vinayachandran  G. Nampoothiri  A. M. Almeida  G. S. Michael  M. R. Ramesh Kumar  D. Sundar  O. P. Sreejith 《Journal of Earth System Science》2005,114(5):459-474

Hydrographic observations in the eastern Arabian Sea (EAS) during summer monsoon 2002 (during the first phase of the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment (ARMEX)) include two approximately fortnight-long CTD time series. A barrier layer was observed occasionally during the two time series. These ephemeral barrier layers were caused byin situ rainfall, and by advection of low-salinity (high-salinity) waters at the surface (below the surface mixed layer). These barrier layers were advected away from the source region by the West India Coastal Current and had no discernible effect on the sea surface temperature. The three high-salinity water masses, the Arabian Sea High Salinity Water (ASHSW), Persian Gulf Water (PGW), and Red Sea Water (RSW), and the Arabian Sea Salinity Minimum also exhibited intermittency: they appeared and disappeared during the time series. The concentration of the ASHSW, PGW, and RSW decreased equatorward, and that of the RSW also decreased offshore. The observations suggest that the RSW is advected equatorward along the continental slope off the Indian west coast.  相似文献   

The phase matrix for scattering in a weak magnetic field. The Hanle effect     

D. N. Rachkovskii 《Astronomy Reports》2005,49(8):654-658

A new formulation for the phase matrix for the scattering of radiation in a weak magnetic field is presented. The phase matrix is represented as a product of individual matrices that depend on the angle of incidence and the scattering angle. It is shown that the Hanle effect is absent in observations of scattered light in the solar atmosphere when the magnetic field is perpendicular to the atmosphere. In strong magnetic fields, the phase matrix depends only on the direction of the magnetic field relative to the basic coordinate system.  相似文献   

Significance of transition between Talchir Formation and Karharbari Formation in Lower Gondwana basin evolution — A study in West Bokaro Coal basin, Jharkhand, India     

H. N. Bhattacharya  Abhijit Chakraborty  Biplab Bhattacharya 《Journal of Earth System Science》2005,114(3):275-286

Basal part of the Gondwana Supergroup represented by Talchir and Karharbari Formations (Permo-Carboniferous) records an abrupt change-over from glacio-marine to terrestrial fluviolacustrine depositional environment. The contact between the two is an unconformity. Facies analysis of the glacio-marine Talchir Formation reveals that basal glaciogenic and reworked glaciogenic sediments are buried under storm influenced inner and outer shelf sediments. Facies associations of the Karharbari Formation suggest deposition as fluvio-lacustrine deposits in fault-controlled troughs. An attempt has been made in this paper to explain the sedimentation pattern in Talchir and Karharbari basins, and the abrupt change-over from glacio-marine to terrestrial fluviolacustrine depositional environment in terms of glacio-isostacy.  相似文献   

Some Basic Concepts of Compositional Geometry     

R. Tolosana-Delgado  N. Otero  V. Pawlowsky-Glahn 《Mathematical Geology》2005,37(7):673-680

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Comments on “Earth's heat flux revised and linked to chemistry” by A.M. Hofmeister and R.E. Criss     

R. Von Herzen  E.E. Davis  A.T. Fisher  C.A. Stein  H.N. Pollack   《Tectonophysics》2005,409(1-4):193-198

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Influence of transducer-ground coupling on vibration measurements   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

G. R. Adhikari  A. I. Theresraj  R. N. Gupta 《Fragblast: International Journal for Blasting and Fragmentation》2005,9(2):79-92

Various methods of transducer mounting provide varying degrees of coupling between the transducer and the measurement surface. The influence of four of these methods on vibration measurements was studied. For this purpose, the first transducer was placed freely on a horizontal surface, the second one was 'sandbagged', the third one was 'spiked' and the fourth one was completely buried in soil. These transducers were mounted side by side and ground vibrations were monitored for 14 blasts at an opencast coal mine.

Ground vibrations in terms of peak particle velocity, peak vector sum and frequency with different mounting methods were analysed. Assuming the data of the buried transducer as the most acceptable one, relative values of other transducers were determined and plotted. For the given tolerance for instrumental and human errors, anomalous readings were found in some cases. The waveforms of the buried transducer were then compared with those of others. Clear distortion in the waveforms or a very low correlation coefficient between two waveforms was suspected poor coupling.

The results indicate that decoupling is most likely with the surface transducer. However, the sandbagged and spiked transducers are also prone to decoupling. Decoupling can result in higher or lower ground vibration. Therefore, burial should be the preferred method for mounting of transducers in soil.  相似文献   

Test of a distributed modelling approach to predict flood flows in the karst Suoimuoi catchment in Vietnam     

Y. B. Liu  O. Batelaan  F. De. Smedt  N. T. Huong  V. T. Tam 《Environmental Geology》2005,48(7):931-940

The major obstacles for modelling flood processes in karst areas are a lack of understanding and model representations of the distinctive features and processes associated with runoff generation and often a paucity of field data. In this study, a distributed flood-modelling approach, WetSpa, is modified and applied to simulate the hydrological features and processes in the karst Suoimuoi catchment in northwest Vietnam. With input of topography, land use and soil types in a GIS format, the model is calibrated based on 15 months of hourly meteorological and hydrological data, and is used to simulate both fast surface and conduit flows, and groundwater discharges from karst and non-karst aquifers. Considerable variability in the simulation accuracy is found among storm events and within the catchment. The simulation results show that the model is able to represent reasonably well the stormflows generated by rainfall events in the study catchment.  相似文献   

Intraplate deformation and 3D rheological structure of the Rhine Rift System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

S. Cloetingh  P. A. Ziegler  F. Beekman  P. A. M. Andriessen  N. Hardebol  P. Dèzes 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2005,94(4):758-778

The lithosphere of the Northern Alpine foreland has undergone a polyphase evolution during which interacting stress-induced intraplate deformation and upper mantle thermal perturbations controlled folding of the thermally weakened lithosphere. In this paper we address relationships among deeper lithospheric processes, neotectonics and surface processes in the Northern Alpine foreland with special emphasis on tectonically induced topography. We focus on lithosphere memory and neotectonics, paying special attention to the thermo-mechanical structure of the Rhine Graben System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland lithosphere. We discuss implications for mechanisms of large-scale intraplate deformation and links with surface processes and topography evolution.  相似文献