A magnetic method for determining the geometry of hydraulic fractures     

J. D. Byerlee  M. J. S. Johnston 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1976,114(3):425-433

Summary We propose a method that may be used to determine the spatial orientation of the fracture plane developed during hydraulic fracture. In the method, magnetic particles are injected into the crack with the fracturing fluid so as to generate a sheet of magnetized material. Since the magnetization of a body with extreme dimension ratios, such as a crack, exceeds that of an equidimensional body and since this magnetization is sensitive both to orientation and geometry, this could be used to obtain information about the crack. By measuring the vertical and horizontal components of the magnetic field and field gradients at the earth's surface surrounding the injection well with superconducting magnetometers having 10^–4 gamma sensitivity and also by measuring field direction within the well itself, it should be possible to calculate the orientation and perhaps infer the approximate geometry of the fracture surface. Experiments on electric field potential operated in conjunction with this experiment could further constrain estimates of shape and orientation.  相似文献   

The nature of surface tilt along 85 km of the San Andreas fault-preliminary results form a 14-instrument array     

Carl E. Mortensen  Malcolm J. S. Johnston 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1975,113(1):237-249

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Agpaicity revisited: pattern recognition in the chemistry of nepheline syenite rocks     

Michel Dagbert  Raymond Pertsowsky  Michel David  Guy Perrault 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1975,39(11):1499-1504

An attempt is made to describe global variations in the geochemistry of major and minor elements within a population of nepheline syenite samples defined by mineralogical criteria.Using correspondence analysis, a new pattern recognition procedure, it is possible to define a few trends of common behaviour which reflect most of the initial dispersion.As Al and Na participate in the scattering along the two main trends, agpaicity is recorded by them. However, the traditional form of the coefficient which measures it is proved to be unsatisfactory as variations of K are not significant.  相似文献   

A study of the infiltration characteristics of undisturbed soil under simulated rainfall     

Harold T. Johnston  Elsayed M. Elsawy  Stanley R. Cochrane 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1980,5(2):159-174

Infiltration is the single most important parameter in deriving the net quick response rainfall which contributes to stream flood discharges. Rainfall simulation is used to study the infiltration characteristics in a typical catchment, the Six Mile Water in N. Ireland. The design of the simulator was such that it could be easily moved from one test area to another within the catchment to examine the effect of soil and slope variation. The simulator was first calibrated in controlled laboratory conditions and later the calibration was checked in the field. The simulator was mounted over an undisturbed plot of 37 m² and the surface runoff from the area measured by means of a collecting channel located along a lower edge of the plot. Soil moisture variations were monitored using a soil moisture neutron probe. Soil classification tests and gravimetric moisture contents were carried out on each plot. The field tests were carried out with variations in rainfall intensity, initial conditions, changing seasons, and for different plots within the catchment area. The results obtained are unique in that they present data obtained under field conditions for undisturbed soil within a natural catchment. The infiltration behaviour was found to depend upon rainfall intensity, initial conditions of the plot under consideration, seasonal temperature, and a slope of the plot. The data showed that while a classical Horton type equation for infiltration was suitable for the later stages of each test result when significant surface runoff was taking place, the model failed to represent early response adequately due to storage effects being omitted in the equation. A modified form of Horton equation is proposed, which models more accurately the infiltration characteristics of the full period of each test run.  相似文献   

Cluster analysis of seismic moment tensor orientations   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Raymond J. Willemann 《Geophysical Journal International》1993,115(3):617-634

This paper demonstrates that well-known methods of cluster analysis and multivariate data analysis are useful for geodynamic interpretation of seismic moment tensors. To use these methods, moment tensors are expressed as vectors in a 6-D space. These are vectors in a rigorous sense, rather than an arbitrary set of ordered numbers, because a dot product can be defined that is independent of the coordinate system. In this vector space, non-isotropic moment tensors are a 5-D linear subspace and normalized moment tensors are unit vectors, or points on a unit sphere. Distance along a great circle of the unit sphere satisfies reasonable requirements for any measure of the difference between normalized moment tensors. In regions with a few isolated sets of orientations, cluster analysis based on the great circle distance identifies the same groups of earthquakes that a seismologist would. Figures based on principal component analysis and discriminant analysis illustrate orientation clustering better than equal area projections of moment tensor principal axes. In one case where clusters have been claimed to exist, orientations appear to be continuously distributed and no evidence is found for separate populations of moment tensors.  相似文献   

Entropy-Maximizing and the Iterative Proportional Fitting Procedure     

R. J. Johnston  C. J. Pattie 《The Professional geographer》1993,45(3):317-322

In a recent paper, Wong outlined the benefits of the IPF procedure, which he claimed had received little attention from geographers. This follow-up paper introduces a large literature, ignored by Wong, which uses that procedure, but within the context of another mathematical model. Its application is illustrated with new analyses of recent voting patterns in Great Britain.  相似文献   

The distribution of rare phenolic type compounds in wild and cultivated wheats     

Raymond Cooper  David Lavie  Yitzchak Gutterman  Michael Evenari 《Journal of Arid Environments》1994,27(4)

In 14 species of Aegilops, four species of Triticum and two species of Hordeum, a complex of rare phenolic compounds was found and showed quantitative differences between the wild and domestic species. There was a dramatic reduction in the cultivars to about 5% of the amount of these phenolic constituents. In the wild species these phenolic compounds may act as important germination regulators, such as water-dissolving germination inhibitors which may act as 'rain gauges'. This is especially important for the germination at the appropriate time in species inhabiting arid regions or deserts.  相似文献   

The role of nitrogen in crop production and losses of nitrate by leaching from agricultural soil     

A.E. Johnston 《Marine pollution bulletin》1994,29(6-12):414-419

Managing land to produce food, fibre or timber must have some environmental impact, the magnitude of which will depend on the cropping system and the intensity of management. Nitrogen is an indispensable input for modern agricultural systems, which not only aim to feed people but seek to sustain rural communities dependent on agriculture. In temperate regions there is a universal problem of nitrate leaching from agricultural land, and increases in nitrate concentrations in water bodies in recent years have been a cause for concern, especially the role of nitrate in the development of algal blooms. Nitrate invariably appears in drainage from agricultural land in the absence of any significant input of nitrogen as a result of the breakdown of soil humus or from aerial deposition of combined nitrogen in various forms. Where only inorganic nitrogen fertilizers are applied in amounts and at times to satisfy crop demand, they are apparently used efficiently. Where nitrate in drainage is a direct residue from applied nitrogen fertilizers, it can usually be associated with the use of excessive quantities or with the failure of a crop to achieve its expected yield. Most of the nitrate which appears in soil in autumn comes from the microbial mineralization of soil organic matter. The soil microbial population breaking down organic matter does not differentiate between soil humus or organic matter added to soil by ploughing in grass leys, forage legumes or large quantities of organic manures. Adding such organic materials to soil can lead to the release of much nitrate. Such microbial processes would be impossible to control in environmentally benign ways.  相似文献   

Thermal evolutions of the terrestrial planets   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. Nafi Toksöz  Albert T. Hsui  David J. Johnston 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1978,18(3):281-320

The thermal evolution of the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus and hypothetical minor planets is calculated theoretically, taking into account conduction, solid-state convection, and differentiation. An assortment of geological, geochemical, and geophysical data is used to constrain both the present day temperatures and thermal histories of the planets' interiors. Such data imply that the planets were heated during or shortly after formation and that all the terrestrial planets started their differentiations early in their history. Initial temperatures and core formation play the most important roles in the early differentiation. The size of the planet is the primary factor in determining its present day thermal state. A planetary body with radius less than 1000 km is unlikely to reach melting given heat source concentrations similar to terrestrial values and in the absence of intensive early heating such as short half-life radioactive heating and inductive heating.Studies of individual planets are constrained by varying amounts of data. Most data exist for the Earth and Moon. The Moon is a differentiated body with a crust, a thick solid mantle and an interior region which may be partially molten. It is presently cooling rapidly and is relatively inactive tectonically.Mercury most likely has a large core. Thermal calculations indicate it may have a 500 km thick solid lithosphere, and the core may be partially molten if it contains some heat sources. If this is not the case, the planet's interior temperatures are everywhere below the melting curve for iron. The thermal evolution is dominated by core separation and the high conductivity of iron which makes up the bulk of Mercury.Mars, intermediate in size among the terrestrial planets, is assumed to have differentiated an Fe–FeS core. Differentiation and formation of an early crust is evident from Mariner and Viking observations. Theoretical models suggest that melting and differentiation of the mantle silicates has occurred at least up until 1 billion years ago. Present day temperature profiles indicate a relatively thick (250 km) lithosphere with a possible asthenosphere below. The core is molten.Venus is characterized as a planet similar to the Earth in many respects. Core formation probably occurred during the first billion years after the formation. Present day temperatures indicate a partially molten upper mantle overlain by a 100 km thick lithosphere and a molten Fe–Ni core. If temperature models are good indicators, we can expect that today, Venus has tectonic processes similar to the Earth's.Paper dedicated to Professor Hannes Alfvén on the occasion of his 70th birthday, 30 May 1978.  相似文献   

Making management procedures operational innovations implemented in South Africa   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Plaganyi  Eva E.; Rademeyer  Rebecca A.; Butterworth  Doug S.; Cunningham  Carryn L.; Johnston  Susan J. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2007,64(4):626-632

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