The origin of chloritoid – 3‐mica pseudomorph growth in staurolite–muscovite schist,Bangriposi (Eastern India)          下载免费PDF全文

N. Prabhakar  A. Bhattacharya  P. K. Mukherjee 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2016,34(5):463-482

At Bangriposi, variable stages in replacement of staurolite by chloritoid – Na–K–Ca mica shimmer aggregates in muscovite schists provides insight into the complex interplay between fluid flow, mass transfer, and dissolution–precipitation during pseudomorph growth. Idioblastic chloritoid growing into mica caps without causing visible deformation, and monomineralic chloritoid veins (up to 300 μm wide) within shimmer aggregates replacing staurolite attest to chloritoid nucleation in fluid‐filled conduits along staurolite grain boundaries and crystallographic planes. The growth of shimmer aggregates initiated along staurolite margins, and advanced inwards into decomposing staurolite along networks of crystallographically controlled fluid‐filled conduits. Coalescence among alteration zones adjacent to channel fills led to dismemberment and the eventual demise of staurolite. Mass balance calculation within a volume‐fixed, silica‐conserved reference frame indicate the shimmer aggregates grew via precipitation from fluids in response to mass transport that led to the addition of H₂O, K₂O, Na₂O and CaO in the reaction zone, and Al₂O₃ was transported outward from the inward‐retreating margin of decomposing staurolite. This aided precipitation of chloritoid in veins and in the outer collars, and as disseminated grains in the shimmer aggregates at mid‐crustal condition (~520 ± 20 °C, 5.5 ± 2.0 kbar). Computation using one‐dimensional transport equation suggests that staurolite decomposition involved advection dominating over diffusive transport; the permeation of externally derived H₂O caused flattening of chemical potential gradients in H₂O and aqueous species, for example, and , computed using the Gibbs method. This suggests that staurolite decomposition was promoted by the infiltration of a large volume of H₂O that flattened existing chemical potential gradients. In the initial stages of replacement, chloritoid super‐saturation in fluid caused preferential nucleation and growth of chloritoid at staurolite grain boundaries and in crystallographic planes. As reaction progressed, further chloritoid nucleation was halted, but chloritoid continued to grow as the 3‐mica aggregates continued to replace the remaining staurolite in situ, while the chloritoid‐compatible elements were transported in the water‐rich phase facilitating continued growth of the existing chloritoid grains.  相似文献   

Use of GIS in assessing building vulnerability for landslide hazard in The Nilgiris,Western Ghats,India   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Edison Thennavan  Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy  S. S. Chandra Sekaran  Ajay S. Rajawat 《Natural Hazards》2016,80(2):1031-1056

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<Emphasis Type="Italic">Holigarna</Emphasis> (Anacardiaceae) from the early Eocene of Western India and its palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatological significance     

Anumeha Shukla  Rakesh Chandra Mehrotra 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2016,87(5):520-524

Thick lignite deposits on the western margin of India were preserved on account of thick vegetation which got buried underneath due to tectonic activities that occurred in northwestern part of India during the early Palaeogene. Study of the fossil flora preserved in these beds is important to deduce the palaeoclimate of the region. Therefore, a field work was undertaken to collect plant fossils from the Tarkeshwar lignite mine, Surat district, Gujarat (western India) which is still unexplored as far as the plant mega-remains are concerned. A fossil wood is systematically described from the Cambay Shale Formation of the mine considered to be of early Eocene in age. It shows close affinities with Holigarna (Anacardiaceae), particularly with H. beddomei and H. grahamii. This genus is evergreen in nature and grows in the Indo-Malayan region, while both the modern analogues of the fossil are endemic to semi-evergreen to evergreen forests ofWestern Ghats, south India, located at the equator. This not only confirms the palaeolatitudinal position of the Indian subcontinent at the equator during the early Palaeogene, but also indicates the presence of equatorial rain forest in the Indian subcontinent during the period. Based on the timetree, Sapindales started to diverge in the early Palaeocene (62–57 Ma) as its oldest fossil is from the K-Pg boundary. Discovery of the present anacardiaceous fossil (belonging to Sapindales) from the early Eocene strengthens the above phylogenetic view.  相似文献   

Evaluation of shale gas reservoir in Barakar and barren measures formations of north and south Karanpura Coalfields,Jharkhand     

V. A. Mendhe  Alka D. Kamble  Mollika Bannerjee  Subhashree Mishra  Sabita Mukherjee  Parashar Mishra 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2016,88(3):305-316

India recognizes the strategic importance for developing shale gas resources like other countries in the world. Shale gas reservoirs are known to be difficult for extracting gas in comparison to conventional reservoirs. Recently, due to high prices of gas, rising demand and enhancement in recovery technologies has attracted the Indian energy industries to explore the shale gas resource. Coal and lignite are the prime source of energy in India and these resources are well explored, while shale is ignored, despite it being associated with coal and lignite bearing formations. The paper presents reservoir characteristics of shale horizons in Barren Measures and Barakar formations of north and south Karanpura coalfields. Shale core samples were collected from exploratory boreholes in air tight canisters. In-situ gas content and adsorption capacities ascertained to be 0.51–1.69 m³/t and 3.90–5.82 m³/trespectively. Desorbed gas derived from canisters contains CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, CO₂, N₂ and O₂ and varies from 76.19–82.63, 0.38–0.76, 0.10–0.50, 8.65–12.34, 9.89–19.34 and 0.56–2.24 vol. % respectively. The permeability and porosity determined under reservoir simulated confining pressure is varying from 0.41–0.75 mD and 0.89–2.28 % respectively. The plots of Rock Eval S₂vs TOC and HI against Calc. VRo% indicates that all shale samples belong to Type III kerogen, which is prone to generate gas. It is evaluated that insitu gas content, sorption capacity, saturation level and low permeability of shale beds are critical parameters for development of shale gas resource in the studied area.  相似文献   

Tunneling in lesser Himalaya,Jammu and Kashmir,India with special emphasis on tectonic mélange     

Pratap Chandra Dhang 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2016,88(5):593-602

Himalayan fold belt has full of geological surprises, ‘mélange’ is one of them which create difficulties during tunneling. Such mélange completely went unnoticed during surface mapping and geotechnical investigation preceding the construction of the Udhampur railway tunnel (URT). During the construction, the mélange zone has encountered across the tunnel, which occurs along the Tanhal thrust (equivalent to MBT) that separates the Murree Group and the Shiwalik Group. The mélange was characterized by a chaotic, heterogeneous geological mixture of stronger blocks (scale independence) and weaker sheared fine-grained matrix, often termed as “block-in-matrix rocks” or bimrocks, which enforced mixed face tunneling. The heterogeneity in a tectonic mélange led to stress concentrations in the rock blocks, and there were relatively high deformations within the matrix also. Release of stress from the blocks due to excavation, with unfavorable joint and thrust orientations enforced brittle failure of the blocks (face and crown collapses) while matrix deformation (time dependent) caused convergence of primary support later. Additionally, the clay minerals with high swelling potential within the matrix swelled and created pressure on the primary support. Due to the geomechanical heterogeneity in mélange, homogenizing the rock-mass by the commonly used quantitative systems might have lead to an inappropriate design and construction. The adopted New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) proved to be an useful tool for tunneling.  相似文献   

Efficiency of organic ligands in adsorptive dissolution and photoreductive dissolution of hematite     

P. Mukherjee  Y. Gao 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2016,13(5):1195-1206

Organic ligands, especially oxalate, play an important role in iron dissolution from iron-containing minerals. To study the effects of organic acid ligands on the dissolution of iron-containing minerals, the dissolution kinetics of hematite in the presence of oxalate, acetate, and formate were studied under ultraviolet radiation with varying ligand concentrations (10–3 mM). The results indicate that for adsorption dissolution, oxalate is the dominating ligand for producing soluble iron (III) from hematite; for photoreductive dissolution under ultraviolet radiation and in oxic conditions, the production of iron (II) is highly proportional to the concentrations of oxalate, whereas the effects of varying concentrations of formate and acetate are not significant. At low oxalate concentrations (10–500 µM), the photoreductive dissolution of iron (II) is substantially low, while at high oxalate concentrations (3 mM), oxalate is equally effective as formate and acetate for producing photoreduced iron (II) from hematite. Combining with field data from other works, it is likely that the ratios of oxalate to total iron need to be higher than a threshold range of ~1.2–5.5 in order for oxalate to effectively produce photoreduced iron (II) from hematite. This study demonstrates that the iron (II) yield from photoreduction of hematite is significantly lower when the hematite surface is pre-coated with organic ligands versus when it is exposed to ultraviolet radiation instantaneously.  相似文献   

Characterizing the 2D shape complexity dynamics of the islands of Sundarbans,Bangladesh: a fractal dimension approach     

Sugata Hazra  Anirban Mukhopadhyay  Abhra Chanda  Parimal Mondal  Tuhin Ghosh  Sandip Mukherjee  Mashfiqus Salehin 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(20):1367

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Technical efficiency of Connecticut Long Island Sound lobster fishery: a nonparametric approach to aggregate frontier analysis     

Lei Chen  Rangan Gupta  Zinnia Mukherjee  Peter Wanke 《Natural Hazards》2016,81(3):1533-1548

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Detection and Classification of Mosaic Virus Disease in Cassava Plants by Proximal Sensing of Photochemical Reflectance Index     

Sadasivan Nair Raji  Narayanan Subhash  Velumani Ravi  Raju Saravanan  Changatharayil N. Mohanan  Thangaraj MakeshKumar  Sukumar Nita 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》2016,44(6):875-883

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Long period Pc5 pulsations     

Jagdish Chandra Gupta 《Planetary and Space Science》1975,23(5):733-750

The characteristics of long period Pc5 pulsations (frequency 3·33-1·67 mHz; period 300–600 sec) for stations in the subauroral, auroral and polar zones are studied for 1967. These pulsations occur mainly in the auroral and polar zones with one morning and one evening peak; in the cusp region they occur most frequently near local noon. The evening peak gets stronger and appears farther away from noon with increasing geomagnetic activity. Periods are shorter and amplitudes larger in the morning compared to the evening hours. Only in a small latitudinal belt (60–70°) do the periods tend to increase with latitude. Amplitudes are almost always maximum near the central line of the auroral zone and drop much more sharply towards lower latitudes than towards higher latitudes. Considerable diurnal variations and also variations with magnetic activity are found to exist in the occurrence-latitude and amplitudelatitude profiles. In all the three regions the occurrence and the amplitude of these pulsations increase with magnetic activity to a certain level after which results become uncertain. Periods either do not change very much or at some stations decrease as activity increases.  相似文献