Stress reorientation during folding     

Gary W. Crosby  Peter K. Link 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1972,61(2):413-429

Intermediate principal stress, ₂, is, for mechanical reasons, taken to be parallel to the statistical direction of fold axes and traces of thrust faults during evolution of fold and thrust belts. Regionally, maximum principal stress, ₁, and least, ₃, may be taken to be the directions of maximum shortening and maximum thickening of the section, respectively. Where crystalline basement is not involved in the deformation, maximum shortening is manifestly parallel to the top of the basement, or subhorizontal, and ₃ is, therefore, subvertical. While this stress system is grossly adequate on the scale of the fold and thrust belt, it fails locally, particularly in late stages of deformation. Sinuosity develops on all scales within the belt as deformation progresses. Individual fold axes tend to be straight lines in incipient stages of folding, as shown by unrolling folds, but commonly develop with increasing curvature during deformation. The curvature resulting during deformation is a measure of extension parallel to the axial direction, if the ends of the fold are fixed points. Thus, ₂ progressively decreases. With marked sinuosity, stress parellel to the axial direction can be reduced at a given depth below the magnitude of the weight of the overburden, originally ₃. Intermediate and least principal stresses switch position, and strike-slip faulting is favored where the deformational response is failure by shear fracture. The percent axial extension can be expressed in an equation that compares the final arcuate length with the original length. With a knowledge of the physical properties of the rock, the time in the evolution of the structure at which he stresses switch can be predicted, as well as the subsequent structural response.

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Zusammenfassung Die Richtung des intermediären Hauptstresses, ₂, wird aus mechanischen Gründen als parallel zu der statistischen Richtung der Faltenachsen und der Spuren der Überschiebungsflächen angenommen während der Entwicklung von Faltungs- und Überschiebungszonen. Regional können die Richtungen des maximalen Haupstresses, ₁, und des minimalen Hauptstresses, ₃, als Richtungen der größten Verkürzung, respektive der größten Verdickung des Querschnittes betrachtet werden. Wo der kristalline Untergrund nicht in den Deformationsvorgang einbezogen wird, ist die Richtung der maximalen Verkürzung offenbar parallel zur Kristallinoberfläche oder subhorizontal und ₃ somit subvertikal orientiert. Währenddessen im großen Maßstab diese Zuordnung der Hauptstreßrichtungen zu einer ganzen Faltungs- und Überschiebungszone vorgenommen werden kann, versagt sie im lokalen Bereich, vor allem in späten Phasen der Deformation. Bei fortschreitender Deformation entwickeln sich im Deformationsgürtel Bogenformen in verschiedenem Maßstab. Individuelle Faltenachsen neigen dazu, sich an geraden Linien auszubilden in frühen Stadien der Faltung, wie dies die Abwicklung von Falten zeigt. Sie entwickeln sich aber im allgemeinen während der weiteren Deformation mit zunehmend gebogener Achsenrichtung. Die resultierende Kurvatur ist ein Maß der Dehnung parallel zur Achsenrichtung, wenn die seitlichen Endpunkte der Falte Fixpunkte darstellen. In dieser Weise nimmt der Betrag von ₂ fortschreitend ab. Bei ausgeprägter Bogenform kann der Streß parallel zur Richtung der Faltenachse in einer bestimmten Tiefe reduziert werden bis zu einem Betrag, der unterhalb des Ausmaßes der Überlast, also ursprünglich ₃, liegt. Die Richtungen des intermediären und des kleinsten Hauptstresses wechseln ihre Positionen, und Blattverschiebungen werden begünstigt, wo die Deformation Scherbrüche erzeugt. Das Ausmaß der axialen Dehnung kann durch eine Gleichung ausgedrückt werden, welche die Länge des endgültigen Faltenbogens mit der ursprünglichen Länge der Falte verknüpft. Mit der Kenntnis der physikalischen Eigenschaften des Gesteins können sowohl der Zeitpunkt in der Entwicklung der Faltenstruktur, zu welchem die Hauptstreßrichtungen ihre Positionen wechseln, als auch die nachfolgende strukturelle Entwicklung bestimmt werden.

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Résumé La contrainte principale intermédiaire, ₂, est, pour des raisons mécaniques, considérée comme étant parallèle à la direction statistique des axes du pli et des traces de chevauchement durant l'évolution du pli et des zones de chevauchement. Régionalement, on peut supposer que les contraintes principales maximum, ₁, et minimum, ₃, suivent respectivement les directions du raccourcissement maximum et de l'épaississement maximum du profil. Là, où le soubassement cristallin n'est pas entrainé dans la déformation, le raccourcissement maximum est manifestement parallèle à la surface du soubassement, ou subhorizontal, et ₃ est, par conséquent, subverticale. Tant que l'échelle de ce système de contraintes correspond à peu près à celle du pli et de la zone de chevauchement, il change de direction localement, spécialement dans les derniers stades de la déformation. Une sinuosité se développe à toutes les échelles à l'intérieur de la zone, tandis que la déformation progresse. Les axes individuels du pli ont tendance à devenir des lignes droites dans les stades embryonnaires de la déformation, comme le montre le déroulement des plis, mais ordinairement ils se développent avec une courbure croissante pendant la déformation. La courbure qui en résulte durant la déformation est une mesure de l'extension parallèle à la direction axiale. Ainsi ₂ décroit progressivement. Avec une sinuosité prononcée, la contrainte parallèle à la direction axiale peut se réduire, à une profordeur donné au dessous du poids de la surcharge, originellement ₃. Les contraintes principales maximum et minimum échangent leur position, et la composante horizontale du rejet de la faille est alors favorisée là où la réaction à la déformation devient négligeable par suite de fracture de cisaillement. Le pourcentage de l'extension axiale peut s'exprimer par une équation qui compare la longueur de la courbe finale à la longueur originelle. Avec la connaissance des propriétés physiques des roches, on peut prévoir, le moment où les contraintes s'échangent durant l'évolution de la structure, ainsi que la réaction structurale qui en résulte.

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M. Guardiola-Claramonte  Peter A. Troch  David D. Breshears  Travis E. Huxman  Matthew B. Switanek  Matej Durcik  Neil S. Cobb 《Journal of Hydrology》2012

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The anatomy of exhumed river-channel belts: Bedform to belt-scale river kinematics of the Ruby Ranch Member,Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation,Utah, USA     

Benjamin T. Cardenas  David Mohrig  Timothy A. Goudge  Cory M. Hughes  Joseph S. Levy  Travis Swanson  Jasmine Mason  Feifei Zhao 《Sedimentology》2020,67(7):3655-3682

Many published interpretations of ancient fluvial systems have relied on observations of extensive outcrops of thick successions. This paper, in contrast, demonstrates that a regional understanding of palaeoriver kinematics, depositional setting and sedimentation rates can be interpreted from local sedimentological measurements of bedform and barform strata. Dune and bar strata, channel planform geometry and bed topography are measured within exhumed fluvial strata exposed as ridges in the Ruby Ranch Member of the Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. The ridges are composed of lithified stacked channel belts, representing at least five or six re-occupations of a single-strand channel. Lateral sections reveal well-preserved barforms constructed of subaqueous dune cross-sets. The topography of palaeobarforms is preserved along the top surface of the outcrops. Comparisons of the channel-belt centreline to local palaeotransport directions indicate that channel planform geometry was preserved through the re-occupations, rather than being obscured by lateral migration. Rapid avulsions preserved the state of the active channel bed and its individual bars at the time of abandonment. Inferred minimum sedimentation durations for the preserved elements, inferred from cross-set thickness distributions and assumed bedform migration rates, vary within a belt from one to ten days. Using only these local sedimentological measurements, the depositional setting is interpreted as a fluvial megafan, given the similarity in river kinematics. This paper provides a systematic methodology for the future synthesis of vertical and planview data, including the drone-equipped 2020 Mars Rover mission, to exhumed fluvial and deltaic strata.  相似文献   

Depth to the apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) as a parameter of interest in marine benthic habitat quality models     

Travis G. Gerwing  Kieran Cox  Alyssa M. Allen Gerwing  Charmaine N. Carr-Harris  Sarah E. Dudas  Francis Juanes 《国际泥沙研究》2018,33(2):149-156

The usefulness of the apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) in assessments of marine benthic habitat quality was explored at two intertidal mudflats along the north Pacific coast of Canada. Two transects were established at each intertidal site, with three sediment biogeochemistry cores collected from each transect four times over the summer of 2016. Measurements of the sediment pore water dissolved oxygen (DO) content and redox (Eh) conditions were taken at the surface of the core (measured vertically), as well as at increasing depths (1 cm between readings) into the sediment (measured horizontally through predrilled holes in the biogeochemistry corer). While oxic, anoxic, oxidized, and reduced sediment pore water was observed above and below the aRPD, in general, sediment above the aRPD had higher DO content, and higher Eh values than sediment below the aRPD. Therefore, the aRPD depth can be used as a relative indicator of sediment pore water DO and Eh conditions: sediment with a deeper aRPD depth has more available DO, and the pore water has higher Eh values (more oxidized or less reduced) than sediment with a shallower aRPD depth. As such, the aRPD depth is a useful parameter to include in models that assess the quality of marine benthic habitats.  相似文献   

Magnetic Evolution and the Disappearance of Sun-Like Activity Cycles     

Travis S. Metcalfe  Jennifer van Saders 《Solar physics》2017,292(9):126

After decades of effort, the solar activity cycle is exceptionally well characterized, but it remains poorly understood. Pioneering work at the Mount Wilson Observatory demonstrated that other Sun-like stars also show regular activity cycles, and suggested two possible relationships between the rotation rate and the length of the cycle. Neither of these relationships correctly describes the properties of the Sun, a peculiarity that demands explanation. Recent discoveries have started to shed light on this issue, suggesting that the Sun’s rotation rate and magnetic field are currently in a transitional phase that occurs in all middle-aged stars. Motivated by these developments, we identify the manifestation of this magnetic transition in the best available data on stellar cycles. We propose a reinterpretation of previously published observations to suggest that the solar cycle may be growing longer on stellar evolutionary timescales, and that the cycle might disappear sometime in the next 0.8?–?2.4 Gyr. Future tests of this hypothesis will come from ground-based activity monitoring of Kepler targets that span the magnetic transition, and from asteroseismology with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission to determine precise masses and ages for bright stars with known cycles.  相似文献   

Hydrothermal dynamics in a CM‐based model of Ceres          下载免费PDF全文

B. J. Travis  P. A. Bland  W. C. Feldman  M. V. Sykes 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2018,53(9):2008-2032

A 2‐D numerical study of the evolution of Ceres from a “frozen mudball” to the present era emphasizes the importance of hydrothermal processes. Particulates released as the “frozen mudball” thaws settle to form a roughly 290 km radius core. Hydrothermal flow is driven by radiogenic heating and serpentinization. Both salt‐free and brine fluids are considered. Our modeling suggests that Ceres’s core has been warm over most of its history and is still above freezing, and convective processes are active in core and mantle to the present. The addition of low eutectic solutes greatly expands the region of active convection. A global muddy ocean persists for the first 3 Gyr, and at present, there may be several regional mud seas buried under a frozen crust. Transport of interior material to the near surface occurs throughout our model's history. Eutectic brines drive convective flow to near the surface, even breaching the surface in isolated regions, on the order of 30 km in width, similar in size to some mounds detected using the Dawn visible imaging camera (Sizemore et al. 2015). Surface features such as the bright spot in Occator crater and Ahuna Mons could be the result of eutectic plumes. The CM‐based model density profile is within 10% of Ermakov et al.'s ( 2017 ) results. The model mud mantle has a roughly 42:58 volumetric partitioning of H₂O to rock. Our mud model is consistent with the absence of large craters (Marchi et al. 2016 ) and an internal viscosity decreasing with depth (Fu et al. 2017 ).  相似文献   

Intermineral oxygen three‐isotope systematics of silicate minerals in equilibrated ordinary chondrites          下载免费PDF全文

David McDougal  Daisuke Nakashima  Travis J. Tenner  Noriko T. Kita  John W. Valley  Takaaki Noguchi 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2017,52(11):2322-2342

High‐precision oxygen three‐isotope ratios were measured for four mineral phases (olivine, low‐Ca and high‐Ca pyroxene, and plagioclase) in equilibrated ordinary chondrites (EOCs) using a secondary ion mass spectrometer. Eleven EOCs were studied that cover all groups (H, L, LL) and petrologic types (4, 5, 6), including S1–S4 shock stages, as well as unbrecciated and brecciated meteorites. SIMS analyses of multiple minerals were made in close proximity (mostly <100 μm) from several areas in each meteorite thin section, to evaluate isotope exchange among minerals. Oxygen isotope ratios in each mineral become more homogenized as petrologic type increases with the notable exception of brecciated samples. In type 4 chondrites, oxygen isotope ratios of olivine and low‐Ca pyroxene are heterogeneous in both δ¹⁸O and Δ¹⁷O, showing similar systematics to those in type 3 chondrites. In type 5 and 6 chondrites, oxygen isotope ratios of the four mineral phases plot along mass‐dependent fractionation lines that are consistent with the bulk average Δ¹⁷O of each chondrite group. The δ¹⁸O of three minerals, low‐Ca and high‐Ca pyroxene and plagioclase, are consistent with equilibrium fractionation at temperatures of 700–1000 °C. In most cases the δ¹⁸O values of olivine are higher than those expected from pyroxene and plagioclase, suggesting partial retention of premetamorphic values due to slower oxygen isotope diffusion in olivine than pyroxene during thermal metamorphism in ordinary chondrite parent bodies.  相似文献   

Flammability risk assessment for oil spill response operations     

Hospital Aurelien  Miguez Travis  Stronach James 《海洋学报(英文版)》2019,38(9):113-119

Immediately following a spill at sea, released oil—ranging from diesel to light crude and diluted bitumen, will initially weather through evaporation, resulting in an elevated concentration of light hydrocarbons in the air. As part of oil spill response operations, first responders use hand-held devices to monitor airborne concentrations when approaching a spill. The feasibility of using numerical modelling as an additional tool to assess potential flammability and plan response operations in the spill area was explored in this study. The Lower Explosive Limit(LEL) is defined as the minimum concentration of a gas in air, in this case a mixture of evaporated hydrocarbons, which can produce a flash fire in the presence of an ignition source. This ignition source could be triggered by the vessel itself or by spill response operations. A framework was put into place, utilizing a threedimensional hydrodynamic model(H3D), an oil spill model(SPILLCALC), and an air dispersion model(CALPUFF) to assess the risk of possible ignition of the hydrocarbon vapour in the event of a spill. The study looked at a hypothetical credible worst case tanker spill(16 500 m~3) of diluted bitumen(cold lake winter blend)occurring at Arachne Reef in Haro Strait, British Columbia, Canada. SPILLCALC provided one-minute averaged vapour fluxes from the water surface for each of 17 modelled pseudo-components which were used as inputs to CALPUFF. Using the predicted airborne concentrations of each pseudo-component, time-scaled to one-second averages, the flammability potential in the immediate spill area was determined at each grid point using Le Chatelier's mixing equation. The approach describe here was developed as a proof of concept, and could be established as a real-time system, bringing valuable information in addition to hand-held devices during a spill response, or during a response exercise. This modelling study was conducted as part of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. There are a number of commercially available oil spill models but few if any are equipped with the ability to model air dispersion and forecast hazardous conditions as discussed in this paper.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Coupling thermodynamic modeling and high-resolution in situ LA-ICP-MS monazite geochronology: evidence for Barrovian metamorphism late in the Grenvillian history of southeastern Ontario     

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Travis T. Burns  Aaron A. Berg  Jaclyn Cockburn  Erica Tetlock 《水文研究》2016,30(20):3639-3649

Understanding the dynamics of spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture at the regional scale and daily interval, respectively, has important implications for remote sensing calibration and validation missions as well as environmental modelling applications. The spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture was investigated in an agriculturally dominated region using an in‐situ soil moisture network located in central Saskatchewan, Canada. The study site evaluated three depths (5, 20, 50 cm) through 139 days producing a high spatial and temporal resolution data set, which were analysed using statistical and geostatistical means. Processes affecting standard deviation at the 5‐cm depth were different from the 20‐cm and 50‐cm depths. Deeper soil measurements were well correlated through the field season. Further analysis demonstrated that lag time to maximum correlation between soil depths increased through the field season. Temporal autocorrelation was approximately twice as long at depth compared to surface soil moisture as measured by the e‐folding frequency. Spatial correlation was highest under wet conditions caused by uniform rainfall events with low coefficient of variation. Overall soil moisture spatial and temporal variability was explained well by rainfall events and antecedent soil moisture conditions throughout the Kenaston soil moisture network. It is expected that the results of this study will support future remote sensing calibration and validation missions, data assimilation, as well as hydrologic model parameterization for use in agricultural regions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献