Similarity of palaeocurrent: A tool for stratigraphic correlation     

Rabindra Nath Hota  Wataru Maejima 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2016,87(4):397-400

Conventional stratigraphic correlations are based on similarity of lithology, order of superposition, marker bed, unconformity, grade of metamorphism, fossil content and geochronology of the rock units. The Gondwana strata have been correlated referring to the above mentioned criteria. In the present work, the Talchir and Karharbari formations of two adjacent Gondwana basins separated by over 200 Km were examined with respect to their palaeocurrent directions. The study suggests that the palaeocurrent populations of different formations in both the basins are statistically dissimilar, this is because, both are stratigraphically distinct in order of superposition and thus are not correlatable. On the other hand, the palaeocurrent populations of the same formation in both the basins are statistically similar and stratigraphically correlatable. It is suggested that the similarity of palaeocurrent can be regarded as a criterion for stratigraphic correlation at least in local and regional scale.  相似文献   

Hybrid Gaussian-cubic radial basis functions for scattered data interpolation     

Pankaj K. Mishra  Sankar K. Nath  Mrinal K. Sen  Gregory E. Fasshauer 《Computational Geosciences》2018,22(5):1203-1218

Scattered data interpolation schemes using kriging and radial basis functions (RBFs) have the advantage of being meshless and dimensional independent; however, for the datasets having insufficient observations, RBFs have the advantage over geostatistical methods as the latter requires variogram study and statistical expertise. Moreover, RBFs can be used for scattered data interpolation with very good convergence, which makes them desirable for shape function interpolation in meshless methods for numerical solution of partial differential equations. For interpolation of large datasets, however, RBFs in their usual form, lead to solving an ill-conditioned system of equations, for which, a small error in the data can cause a significantly large error in the interpolated solution. In order to reduce this limitation, we propose a hybrid kernel by using the conventional Gaussian and a shape parameter independent cubic kernel. Global particle swarm optimization method has been used to analyze the optimal values of the shape parameter as well as the weight coefficients controlling the Gaussian and the cubic part in the hybridization. Through a series of numerical tests, we demonstrate that such hybridization stabilizes the interpolation scheme by yielding a far superior implementation compared to those obtained by using only the Gaussian or cubic kernels. The proposed kernel maintains the accuracy and stability at small shape parameter as well as relatively large degrees of freedom, which exhibit its potential for scattered data interpolation and intrigues its application in global as well as local meshless methods for numerical solution of PDEs.  相似文献   

Practices of participation in coastal area management: Experience from Kenya     

Hom Nath Gartaula   《Ocean & Coastal Management》2008,51(7):528-535

This paper explores a development intervention, discourses involved and people's encounter at the interfaces during interaction and negotiation processes in everyday project life. It aims to get insight in the participatory intervention; how participatory is it and what is the intention behind the concept? This ethnography of an ongoing program in Kenya concludes that creation of participatory projects is a strategy of development practitioners to have high-rated evaluation of the project for donor funding but, in practice, the concept of participation is used by actors according to their interest and need.  相似文献   

Image analysis of seafloor photographs for estimation of deep-sea minerals     

Rahul Sharma  S. Jai Sankar  Sudeshna Samanta  A. A. Sardar  D. Gracious 《Geo-Marine Letters》2010,30(6):617-626

Factors such as non-uniform illumination of seafloor photographs and partial burial of polymetallic nodules and crusts under sediments have prevented the development of a fully automatic system for evaluating the distribution characteristics of these minerals, necessitating the involvement of a user input. A method has been developed whereby spectral signatures of different features are identified using a software ‘trained’ by a user, and the images are digitized for coverage estimation of nodules and crusts. Analysis of >20,000 seafloor photographs was carried out along five camera transects covering a total distance of 450 km at 5,100–5,300 m water depth in the Central Indian Ocean. The good positive correlation (R² > 0.98) recorded between visual and computed estimates shows that both methods of estimation are highly reliable. The digitally computed estimates were ∼10% higher than the visual estimates of the same photographs; the latter have a conservative operator error, implying that computed estimates would more accurately predict a relatively high resource potential. The fact that nodules were present in grab samples from some locations where photographs had nil nodule coverage emphasises that nodules may not always be exposed on the seafloor and that buried nodules will also have to be accounted for during resource evaluation. When coupled with accurate positioning/depth data and grab sampling, photographic estimates can provide detailed information on the spatial distribution of mineral deposits, the associated substrates, and the topographic features that control their occurrences. Such information is critical for resource modelling, the selection of mine sites, the designing of mining systems and the planning of mining operations.  相似文献   

Toxicity of Nickel to a Fresh Water Teleost,Colisa fasciatus     

N. Kumar  K. Nath 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》1987,15(3):313-315

The acute toxicity of nickel sulphate to Colisa fasciatus has been evaluated by static bioassay experiments. The LC 50 values of nickel for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h were computed to be 96.12, 60.18, 24.45 and 16.72 mg/1, respectively. Their 95 % confidence limits have also been investigated.  相似文献   

Toxic Impact of Hexavalent Chromium on the BLOOD Pyruvate of Colisa fasciatus     

Dr. K. Nath  N. Kumar 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》1987,15(5):531-534

The blood pyruvate levels of a freshwater tropical teleost Colisa fasciatus were investigated from 3 to 96 h following sublethal intoxication of 48 ppm hexavalent chromium. The blood pyruvate levels rose at every time period studied from 3… 96 h. A statistically significant elevation is observed from 24 h and progresses up to 96 h. The maximum elevation of 92.86% has been recorded at 72 h (p<0.001).  相似文献   

Trace element characteristics,REE patterns and partition coefficients of zircons from different geological environments—A case study on Indian zircons   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A.V. Murali  R. Parthasarathy  T.M. Mahadevan  M.Sankar Das 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1983,47(11):2047-2052

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On the vibrations of a composite orthotropic cylinder placed in a magnetic field     

Hari Sankar Chakraborty 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1969,76(1):71-78

Summary The problems of radial vibration of a composite orthotropic cylinder subjected to a uniform axial magnetic field forms the chief interest of the paper.  相似文献   

Spherical mhd shock waves under the action of monochromatic radiation     

Onkar Nath  H. S. Takhar 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1993,202(2):355-362

Self-similar MHD shock waves have been studied under the action of monochromatic radiation into a non-uniform stellar atmosphere with a constant intensity on unit area. It has been assumed that the radiation flux moves through the gas. Variation of flow variables have heen shown in tables for two different cases.  相似文献   

Exact solution of a problem in a stellar atmosphere using the Laplace transform and the Wiener-Hopf technique     

Rabindra Nath Das 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1979,63(1):155-170

The general equation for radiative transfer of line scattering intensity — including the effects of scattering, absorption and thermal emission — in the Milne-Eddington model is considered here. The scattering function is assumed to be quadratically anisotropic in the cosine of the scattering angle, and Planck's intensity function is assumed for thermal emission. The exact solutions for emergent intensity from the bounding face and the intensity at any optical depth are obtained by the method of the Laplace transform in combination with the Wiener-Hopf technique.  相似文献