Trace-element concentrations in single circumstellar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite     

Sachiko Amari  Peter Hoppe  Ernst Zinner  Roy S. Lewis 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1995,30(6):679-693

Abstract— Concentrations of the trace elements Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, V, Fe, Sr, Y, Zr, Ba and Ce were determined by ion microprobe mass spectrometry in 60 individual silicon carbide (SiC) grains (in addition, Nb and Nd were determined in 20 of them), from separate KJH (size range 3.4–5.9 μm) of the Murchison carbonaceous meteorite, whose C-, N- and Si-isotopic compositions have been measured before (Hoppe et al., 1994) and provide evidence that these grains are of stellar origin. The selected SiC grains represent all previously recognized subgroups: mainstream (20 < ¹²C/¹³C < 120; 200 < ¹⁴N/¹⁵N; Si isotopes on slope 1.34 line), grains A (¹²C/¹³C < 3.5), grains B (3.5 < ¹²C/¹³C < 10), grains X (¹⁵N excesses, large ²⁸Si excesses) and grains Y (150 < ¹²C/¹³C < 260; Si isotopes on slope 0.35 line). Data on these grains are compared with measurements on fine-grained SiC fractions. Trace-element patterns reflect both the condensation behavior of individual elements and the source composition of the stellar atmospheres. A detailed discussion of the condensation of trace elements in SiC from C-rich stellar atmospheres is given in a companion paper by Lodders and Fegley (1995). Elements such as Mg, Al, Ca, Fe and Sr are depleted because their compounds are more volatile than SiC. Elements whose compounds are believed to be more refractory than SiC can also be depleted due to condensation and removal prior to SiC condensation. Among the refractory elements, however, the heavy elements from Y to Ce (and Nd) are systematically enriched relative to Ti and V, indicating enrichments by up to a factor of 14 of the s-process elements relative to elements lighter than Fe. Such enrichments are expected if N-type carbon stars (thermally pulsing AGB stars) are the main source of circumstellar SiC grains. Large grains are less enriched than small grains, possibly because they are from different AGB stars. The trace-element patterns of subgroups such as groups A and B and grains X can at least qualitatively be understood if grains A and B come from J-type carbon stars (known to be lacking in s-process enhancements shown by N-type carbon stars) or carbon stars that had not experienced much dredge-up of He-shell material and if grains X come from supernovae. However, a remaining puzzle is how stars become carbon stars without much accompanying dredge-up of s-process elements.  相似文献   

Fractal Dimensions of Blocks Using a Box-counting Technique for the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake,Gujarat, India     

Avadh?Ramprofavadhram@yahoo.com" title="aram@banaras.ernet.in  profavadhram@yahoo.com" itemprop="email" data-track="click" data-track-action="Email author" data-track-label="">Email author  P. N. S.?Roy 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2005,162(3):531-548

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Comment concerning. “Données expérimentales sur la diffusion deséléments majeurs entre verres ou liquides de compositions basaltique,rhyolitique et phonolitique,entre 900°C et 1300°C,àpression ordinaire” by C. Alibert and J.P. Carron     

Roy Kenneth Lowry 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1981,52(1):221

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Book reviews     

Fouad N. Ibrahim  G. Kunkel  David H. Miller  A. Wallner  R. O. Whyte  W. U. Ehrmann  Matthias Kuhle  Robert Giepel  Pieter Lukkes  B. K. Roy  W. R. Stanley  Paul Mosely 《GeoJournal》1986,12(4):464-469

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A note on the self-consistency of the EIH equations of motion     

Rajat Roy  N. C. Rana 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1990,11(3):291-295

The self-consistency of the Einstein Infeld and Hoffman (EIH) equations of motion is critically examined in the limiting case of a threebody problem where two bodies are very close to each other and a third quite far removed from them  相似文献   

Vereinfachte Berechnung der Radioaktivität und ihrer Streuung im Wasser für ein festgelegtes Arbeitsschema     

M. M. Bezzegh-Galántai  H. L. Le Roy 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1961,23(2):494-514

Ohne Zusammenfassung Herrn Prof. Dr. O. Faag zu seinem 60. Geburtstag in Verebrung gewidmet  相似文献   

Interstellar graphite in meteorites: Isotopic compositions and structural properties of single graphite grains from Murchison     

Ernst Zinner  Sachiko Amari  Brigitte Wopenka  Roy S. Lewis 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1995,30(2):209-226

Abstract— One hundred forty-three carbon grains, ranging in size from 2 to 8 μm, from two chemical and physical separates from the Murchison CM2 chondrite, were analyzed by ion microprobe mass spectrometry for their C- and N-isotopic compositions. Both separates are enriched in the exotic noble gas component Ne-E(L). Ninety grains were also analyzed for their H and O contents and 118, for Si. Thirteen grains were analyzed by micro-sampling laser Raman spectroscopy. Round grains have large C-isotopic anomalies with ¹²C/¹³C ratios ranging from 7 to 4500 (terrestrial ratio = 89). Nitrogen in these grains is also anomalous but shows much smaller deviations from the terrestrial composition, ¹⁴N/¹⁵N ratios ranging from 193 to 680 (terrestrial ratio = 272). Spherulitic aggregates and non-round compact grains have normal C-isotopic ratios but ¹⁵N excesses (up to 35%). Raman spectra of the analyzed grains indicate varying degrees of crystalline disorder of graphite with estimated in-plane crystallite dimensions varying from 18 Å (highly disordered, similar to terrestrial kerogen) to ～750 Å (well-crystallized graphite). Element contents of H, O, and Si are correlated with one another, and H and O are probably present in the form of organic molecules. On the basis of morphology, the round grains fall into two groups: grains with smooth, shell-like surfaces (“onions”) and grains that appear to be dense aggregates of small scales (“cauliflowers”). “Onions” tend to have lower trace element contents, isotopically light C (¹²C/¹³C > 89) and a high degree of crystalline order, whereas “cauliflowers” have a larger spread in trace element contents and C-isotopic ratios (they range from isotopically light to heavy) but tend to have a low degree of crystalline order. However, these differences exist only on average, and no clear distinction can be made for individual grains. A few limited conclusions can be drawn about the astrophysical origin of the carbon grains of this study. The ¹⁵N excesses in spherulitic aggregates and non-round grains can be explained as the result of ion-molecule reactions in molecular clouds. The round grains, on the other hand, must have formed in stellar atmospheres (circumstellar grains). Grains with isotopically light C must have formed in stellar environments characterized by He-burning, either in the atmosphere of Wolf-Rayet stars during the WC phase or in the He-burning, ¹²C-rich zone of a massive star, ejected by a supernova explosion. Isotopically heavy C is produced by H-burning in the CNO cycle. Possible sources for grains with heavy C are carbon stars (AGB stars during the thermally pulsing phase) or novae, but the detailed distribution of ¹²C/¹³C ratios agree neither with the distribution observed in carbon stars nor with theoretical predictions for these two types of stellar sources.  相似文献   

Ground-Water Contamination and Well Construction in Southeast Nebraska     

Mary E. Exner  Roy F. Spalding 《Ground water》1985,23(1):26-34

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Some cylindrically-symmetric cosmological models in general relativity representing viscous fluid and perfect fluid with heat conduction     

S. R. Roy  S. K. Banerjee 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1988,150(2):213-222

The paper considers inhomogeneous space-times admitting a two-parameter group of motions and satisfying Einstein's field equations for viscous fluid and perfect fluid with heat conduction. Some homogenous solutions representing viscous fluid have also been obtained for which the free-gravitational field is of the magnetic type. Various physical and kinematical properties have been discussed.  相似文献   

Evidence for Holocene climate variability from the sediments of a Scottish remote mountain lake     

Richard W. Battarbee  Nigel G. Cameron  Paul Golding  Stephen J. Brooks  Roy Switsur  Doug Harkness  Peter Appleby  Frank Oldfield  Roy Thompson  Don T. Monteith  Andrew McGovern 《第四纪科学杂志》2001,16(4):339-346

High resolution sampling of sediment cores covering approximately the last 4000 yr from Lochan Uaine, a small corrie loch in the Scottish Cairngorm Mountains, show quasi‐periodic cycles in organic matter (measured as percentage loss on ignition). Analysis of these cycles show correspondences between loss on ignition, δ¹³C values and chironomid head capsule abundance. We interpret the changes as reflecting changes in lake productivity and hypothesise that they are driven by climate variability. However, it is not yet clear whether the periods of relatively high organic matter production and preservation are associated with colder or with warmer conditions. Nevertheless the results indicate the value of using sediments from remote, undisturbed mountain lakes as recorders of Holocene climate variability. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献