Gravity changes accompanying volcanic activity at Pacaya volcano, Guatemala     

Albert Eggers  Jeffery Krausse  Harold Rush  James Ward 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1976,1(3):229-236

Gravity changes of up to 1.2 ± 0.1 mgal (1 standard deviation) were measured at three points within 400 m of an active vent on Pacaya volcano, Guatemala during eleven days of January, 1975. For five continuous days gravity varied inversely with the average muzzle velocity of ejecta, the frequency of volcanic explosions, and the frequency of volcanic earthquakes. The gravity changes are most reasonably interpreted as the product of intravolcanic movements of magma with masses one to two orders of magnitude larger than any flow ever erupted from the volcano. However, elevation changes and/or combination of elevation and mass distribution changes could also have been an important factor in effecting the observed gravity variations. Because we lack elevation control on the gravity stations, we are unable to unequivocally conclude which factor or which combination of factors produced the gravity changes. The study indicates the possibility of gravity monitoring of hazardous volcanoes as a predictive tool, and as an added means for investigating the internal mechanism of volcanic eruptions.  相似文献   

Late quaternary solution of Chalk at Basingstoke,Hants     

D.J. Ward  J. Cooper 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》1976,87(1):101-102

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Intra-city migration to squatter settlements in Mexico City     

Peter M. Ward 《Geoforum》1976,7(5-6)

The paper describes spatially the zonal movements of residents to three squatter settlements established at different time periods in Mexico City. In addition, moves are related to the dynamics of the low income housing system and previous theories of intra-city squatter migration behaviour are evaluated. The data corroborate the concept that the traditionally accepted pattern of centre to periphery, tenement to squatter settlement movements has altered. Direct movement into the periphery on the part of incoming migrants is increasingly important, and older established squatter areas are the most important suppliers of population in recent invasions. The implications for the distribution and structure of housing opportunities for future low-income populations in Mexico City are discussed.  相似文献   

MISINTERPRETATION OF SITE HYDROGEOLOGY CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF RCRA MONITORING WELL PROGRAMS     

Sanford I. Strausberg 《Ground water》1983,21(6):763-763

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Effect of ammonium jarosite on early life stages of a saltwater fish,Cyprinodon variegatus     

G.S Ward  G.C Cramm  P.R Parrish  S.R Petrocelli 《Marine pollution bulletin》1982,13(6):191-195

Embryos and juveniles of the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), a saltwater fish, were exposed to ammonium jarosite, a waste product of the processing of zinc ore, during a 28-day posthatch, flow-through toxicity test. Exposure to measured ammonium jarosite concentrations ≤ 290 ppm had no significant effect on the hatching success of embryos. However, slight delays in hatching were observed in test concentrations ≥ 140 ppm. Although exposure to test concentrations ≥ 140 ppm significantly decreased the ability of juvenile fish to uncurl after hatching, juvenile mortality was significantly increased only in test concentrations ≥ 230 ppm. There was no effect on growth of juvenile fish in jarosite concentrations ≤ 230 ppm. The estimated maximum acceptable toxicant concentration (MATC), based on measured concentrations, was > 140< 230 ppm.  相似文献   

The effect of pressure on the ionization of boric acid in sodium chloride and seawater from molal volume data at 0 and 25°C     

Gary K Ward  Frank J Millero 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1975,39(12):1595-1604

The apparent molal volume, φ_V of boric acid, B(OH)₃ and sodium borate, NaB(OH)₄, have been determined in 35%. salinity seawater and 0·725 molal NaCl solutions at 0 and 25°C from precise density measurements. Similar to the behavior of nonelectrolytes and electrolytes in pure water, the φ_V of B(OH)₃ is a linear function of added molality and the φ_V of NaB(OH)₄ is a linear function of the square root of added molarity in seawater and NaCl solutions. The partial molal volumes, $\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$, of B(OH)₃ and NaB(OH)₄ in seawater and NaCl were determined from the φ_V's by extrapolating to infinite dilution in the medium. The $\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$ of B(OH)₃ is larger in NaCl and seawater than pure water apparently due to the ability of electrolytes to dehydrate the nonelectrolyte B(OH)₃. The $\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$ of NaB(OH)₄ in itself, NaCl and seawater is larger than the expected value at 0·725 molal ionic strength due to ion pair formation [Na⁺ + B(OH)₄^? → NaB(OH)₄⁰]. The volume change for the formation of NaB(OH)₄⁰ in itself and NaCl was found to be equal to 29·4 ml mol^?1 at 25°C and 0·725 molal ionic strength. These large $\text{Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$'s indicate that at least one water molecule is released when the ion pair is formed [Na⁺ + B(OH)₄^? → H₂O + NaOB(OH)₂⁰]. The observed $\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$ in seawater and the $\text{Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1}$ (NaB⁰) in water and NaCl were used to estimate $\text{Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1 (MgB}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) = Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1 (CaB}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) = 38·4 ml mol}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ for the formation of MgB⁺ and CaB⁺. The volume change for the ionization of B(OH)₃ in NaCl and seawater was determined from the molal volume data. Values of $\text{Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1 = ?29·2 and ?25·9 ml mol}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ were found in seawater and $\text{Δ}\text{V}\text{?}\text{1 = ?21·6 and ?26·4}$ in NaCl, respectively, at 0 and 25°C. The effect of pressure on the ionization of B(OH)₃ in NaCl and seawater at 0 and 25°C determined from the volume change is in excellent agreement with direct measurements in artificial seawater (culberson and Pytkowicz, 1968; Disteche and Disteche, 1967) and natural seawater (Culberson and Pytkowicz, 1968).  相似文献   

Dynamic response of a staggered wall-beam structure     

A. L. Mee  I. J. Jordaan  M. A. Ward 《地震工程与结构动力学》1974,3(4):353-364

A method for the dynamic analysis of staggered wall-beam frames is developed using consistent mass terms which are derived and given in simple terms. The method uses effective stiffnesses for wall-beam elements developed in an earlier paper. Experiments using a nine storey 1 : 15 scale perspex model are described. The first three natural frequencies of the model were obtained using two methods: sinusoidal external excitation of the structure with the base fixed and white noise excitation employing a single degree-of-freedom shake table, in the latter method with and without the addition of mass throughout the model. Agreement between analytical predictions of the first three natural frequencies and mode shapes and experimentally determined values is considered satisfactory, particularly for the first two modes. The lumped mass assumption gave reasonable results for these two cases, whereas the consistent mass theory gave reasonable results for the first three natural frequencies.  相似文献   

The influence of episodic events on transport of striped bass eggs to the estuarine turbidity maximum nursery area     

E. W. North  R. R. Hood  S. -Y. Chao  L. P. Sanford 《Estuaries and Coasts》2005,28(1):108-123

The estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) is an important nursery area for anadromous fish where early-life stages can be retained in high prey concentrations and favorable salinities. Episodic freshwater flow and wind events could influence the transport of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) eggs to the ETM. This hypothesis was evaluated with regression analysis of observational data and with a coupled biological-physical model of a semi-idealized upper Chesapeake Bay driven by observed wind and freshwater flow. A particle-tracking model was constructed within a numerical circulation model (Princeton Ocean Model) to simulate the transport of fish eggs in a 3-dimensional flow field. Particles with the sinking speed of striped bass eggs were released up-estuary of the salt front in both 2-d event-scale and 60-d seasonal-scale scenarios. In event scenarios, egg-like particles with observed specific gravities (densities) of striped bass eggs were transported to the optimum ETM nursery area after 2 d, the striped bass egg-stage duration. Wind events and pulses in river discharge decreased the number of egg-like particles transported to the ETM area by 20.9% and 13.2%, respectively, compared to nonevent conditions. In seasonal scenarios, particle delivery to the ETM depended upon the timing of the release of egg-like particles. The number of particles transported to the ETM area decreased when particles were released before and during wind and river pulse events. Particle delivery to the ETM area was enhanced when the salt front was moving up-estuary after river pulse events and as base river flow receded over the spawning season. Model results suggest that the timing of striped bass spawning in relation to pulsed events may have a negative (before or during events) or positive (after river flow events) effect on egg transport. Spawning after river flow events may promote early-stage survival by taking advantage of improved transport, enhanced turbidity refuge, and elevated prey production that may occur after river pulse events. In multiple regression analysis of observed data, mean spring freshwater flow rates and the number of pulsed freshwater flow events during the striped bass spawning season explained 71% of the variability in striped bass juvenile abundance in upper Chesapeake Bay from 1986 to 2002. Positive parameter estimates for these effects support the hypothesis that pulsed freshwater flow events, coupled with spawning after the events, may enhance striped bass early-stage survival. Results suggest that episodic events may have an important role in controlling fish recruitment.  相似文献   

Impact of elevated ammonium on reproduction in two Hawaiian scleractinian corals with different life history patterns     

Cox EF  Ward S 《Marine pollution bulletin》2002,44(11):1230-1235

Elevated nutrients have the potential to disrupt reproduction in scleractinian corals, with consequent impacts on population dynamics. Reproduction in broadcast spawning (Montipora capitata) and brooding (Pocillopora damicornis) species was assessed following exposure to elevated ammonium in a microcosm experiment. Planulation in P. damicornis ceased following 4 months of ammonium exposure and did not recover until 3 months after termination of nutrient enrichment. Larval settlement and survivorship were not affected by ammonium enrichment. Few significant changes were found for reproductive parameters of M. capitata. There was a significant but small decrease in egg size (430 microm in control eggs to 408 microm in eggs from ammonium enrichment treatments), but no differences in total fecundity or fertilization success. This may be related to the presence of zooxanthellae in the eggs of M. capitata, in contrast to changes in reproduction previously reported in Acropora species, whose eggs do not contain zooxanthellae.  相似文献   

Analysis of a vertical dipole tracer test in highly fractured rock   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Sanford WE  Cook PG  Dighton JC 《Ground water》2002,40(5):535-542

The results of a vertical dipole tracer experiment performed in highly fractured rocks of the Clare Valley, South Australia, are presented. The injection and withdrawal piezometers were both screened over 3 m and were separated by 6 m (midpoint to midpoint). Due to the long screen length, several fracture sets were intersected, some of which do not connect the two piezometers. Dissolved helium and bromide were injected into the dipole flow field for 75 minutes, followed by an additional 510 minutes of flushing. The breakthrough of helium was retarded relative to bromide, as was expected due to the greater aqueous diffusion coefficient of helium. Also, only -25% of the total mass injected of both tracers was recovered. Modeling of the tracer transport was accomplished using an analytical one-dimensional flow and transport model for flow through a fracture with diffusion into the matrix. The assumptions made include: streamlines connecting the injection and withdrawal point can be modeled as a dipole of equal strength, flow along each streamline is one dimensional, and there is a constant Peclet number for each streamline. In contrast to many other field tracer studies performed in fractured rock, the actual travel length between piezometers was not known. Modeling was accomplished by fitting the characteristics of the tracer breakthrough curves (BTCs), such as arrival times of the peak concentration and the center of mass. The important steps were to determine the fracture aperture (240 microm) based on the parameters that influence the rate of matrix diffusion (this controls the arrival time of the peak concentration); estimating the travel distance (11 m) by fitting the time of arrival of the centers of mass of the tracers; and estimating fracture dispersivity (0.5 m) by fitting the times that the inflection points occurred on the front and back limbs of the BTCs. This method works even though there was dilution in the withdrawal well, the amount of which can be estimated by determining the value that the modeled concentrations need to be reduced to fit the data (approximately 50%). The use of two tracers with different diffusion coefficients was not necessary, but it provides important checks in the modeling process because the apparent retardation between the two tracers is evidence of matrix diffusion and the BTCs of both tracers need to be accurately modeled by the best fit parameters.  相似文献