Predicted CO₂ emissions from maceral concentrates of high volatile bituminous Kentucky and Illinois coals     

Tanaporn Sakulpitakphon  James C. Hower  Darrell N. Taulbee 《International Journal of Coal Geology》2003,54(3-4):185

A large collection of well-characterized coals, documented in the Center for Applied Energy Research's (CAER) database, was used to estimate the CO₂ content of maceral concentrates from Kentucky and Illinois high volatile bituminous coals. The data showed no correlation between CO₂ versus coal ranks and between CO₂ versus maceral content. Subsequently, eight sets of low-ash density-gradient centrifugation (DGC) maceral concentrates from five coal beds were examined, spanning in the high volatile rank range. Heating value was not determined on the concentrates, but instead was calculated using the Mott–Spooner formula. There was a good correlation between predicted CO₂ and maceral content for the individual iso-rank (based on vitrinite reflectance, analyzed on whole (parent) coal) sets. In general, the predicted CO₂ increases from liptinite-rich through vitrinite-rich to inertinite-rich concentrates (note: no “concentrates” are absolutely monomaceral).  相似文献   

On the scattering behaviour of bullet-rosette and bullet-shaped ice crystals     

B. Strauss 《Annales Geophysicae》1996,14(5):566-573

The scattering behaviour of bullet-rosette and bullet-shaped ice particles is investigated using model calculations (ray tracing method) with special emphasis on the asymmetry factor g. Because the variability of the geometrical features of these particles is very large, some representative shapes are used in the calculations. The model is based on geometrical optics, and particles are assumed to be oriented randomly; a wavelength of 0.56 m is considered; absorption is neglected. The scattering behaviour of bullet rosettes is compared to that of single branches out of the bullet rosette. It turns out that there are slight differences in the asymmetry factor values, depending on the lengths of the branches (g\approx0.02) and on the angles between the branches (g\approx0.01). Bullets show some special features in their phase functions due to the pyramid. The length of the particle influences the asymmetry factor (g\approx0.10), as does the shape of the pyramid (g\approx0.07). The influence of the pyramidal shape decreases with increasing particle length. Bullets were compared to hexagonally shaped columns. This was done for two columns, one as long as the columnar part of the bullet (length without pyramid), and one for a column as long as the bullet including the pyramid. Asymmetry factor values of bullets with a pyramidal angle of 28° deviate less than g\approx0.01 from the range given by the two values of the columns.  相似文献   

The sulfur and strontium isotopic compositions of Permian evaporites from the Zechstein basin, northern Germany   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. Kampschulte  D. Buhl  H. Strauss 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1998,87(2):192-199

The sulfur isotopic composition of stratigraphically well constrained samples from five evaporitic cycles of the German Zechstein (upper Permian) displays no systematic lateral variation and no significant temporal trend. With an average δ³⁴S value close to 11‰, results confirm the previously determined sulfur isotope minimum for Phanerozoic seawater. Least radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios for these sulfates define a clear temporal variation with a minimum value at 0.707008. A conclusive assessment of this temporal trend in comparison with other data sets for upper Permian seawater is not possible due to substantial differences in (bio)stratigraphic assignments.  相似文献   

Mutual phenomena of Jupiter's satellites     

Zulema Abraham  Federico M. Strauss 《Icarus》1979,37(1):264-271

Observations of an occultation of Europa by Io are fitted by a model light curve. The model has five free parameters, namely the radius of Europa, the impact parameter, the brightness ratio of the satellites, the time of midevent and the mean relative velocity. The model assumes a fixed value for the radius of Io and for the solar phase angle α, and that Europa has a uniform surface brightness. The OC residuals of the best fitting light curve are very small (～0.002 mag) and of a purely random nature; there is no evidence of albedo features. Taking α = 0 does not affect significantly the quality of the fit. Six mutual eclipses were also observed, and their times of minima agree well with the predictions of Aksnes Icarus21 (1974). For two events these predictions differ by about 20 min from those of Brinkmann and Millis Sky & Telescope45 (1973).  相似文献   

Spatial and temporal variability of Antarctic krill: implications for stock assessment     

McClatchie  Sam; Greene  Charles H.; Macaulay  Michael C.; Sturley  Darrell R.M. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1994,51(1):11-18

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Holocene fires in the northern Amazon basin   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Juan G. Saldarriaga  Darrell C. West 《Quaternary Research》1986,26(3)

The ubiquitous occurrence of charcoal in the forest soils of the Upper Rio Negro region of Colombia and Venezuela indicates the presence of frequent and widespread fires in the Amazon Basin, possibly associated with extremely dry periods or human disturbances. Charcoal ranged from 3.12 to 24.76 mg/cm³ in the upper 50 cm of soil and was more abundant in Oxisols and Ultisols than in other soil types. Charcoal dates range from 6260 yr B.P. to the present. Several dates coincide with dry phases recorded during the Holocene. Ceramic shards were found at several sites, and thermoluminescence analysis indicates that their ages range from 3750 to 460 yr B.P. The age of charcoal and shards confirms that this region has been subjected to fire and human disturbances during the past 6000 yr.  相似文献   

Temporal magmatic variation at Boqueron volcano,El Salvador     

Gregg E. Fairbrothers  Michael J. Carr  Darrell G. Mayfield 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1978,67(1):1-9

The relative ages of 21 lavas from Boqueron volcano in El Salvador were determined by superposition. The lavas are grey to black, porphyritic basalts, basaltic andesites and andesites with phenocrysts of plagioclase, augite, olivine, and magnetite. The andesitic lavas appear to have evolved from basaltic magma by fractionation of the observed phenocryst phases.The temporal variation in the chemical composition of the lavas at Boqueron is composed of three components. First, there is a crudely cyclical alternation of basalts and andesites. Second, these cycles are progressively shifted toward higher SiO₂ contents. Third, approximately in the middle of the stratigraphic section sampled, there is an abrupt change in chemical variation trends from an Al-rich and Fe-poor trend to an Fe-rich and Al-poor trend. This change is interpreted to have been caused by an increased proportion of plagioclase fractionation and a decreased porportion of augite fractionation. The crudely cyclical change in SiO₂ content with time is interpreted as a combination of crystal fractionation that increases SiO₂ content, followed by influxes of basaltic magma that mix with residual magma to decrease SiO₂ content. Successive cycles are shifted toward higher SiO₂ content because there is a significant volume of fractionated magma remaining in the chamber before each influx of basalt.  相似文献   

Comment on: “Latest pleistocene increase in wind intensity recorded in eolian sediments from central Alaska,” by N. Bigelow, J. E. Begét, and W. R. Powers     

Christopher F. Waythomas  Darrell S. Kaufman   《Quaternary Research》1991,36(3)

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Influence of Pore Pressure on Apparent Dispersivity of a Fissured Dolomitic Aquifer     

Darrell I. Leap  Pamela Mai Belmonte 《Ground water》1992,30(1):87-95

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Geochemistry of bedded barite of the Mesoproterozoic Aggeneys-Gamsberg Broken Hill-type district,South Africa     

Craig R. McClung  Jens Gutzmer  Nicolas J. Beukes  Klaus Mezger  Harald Strauss  Ellen Gertloff 《Mineralium Deposita》2007,42(5):537-549

Stratiform and stratabound barite ± magnetite beds are intimately associated with the polymetallic Broken Hill-type (BHT) massive sulfide deposits of the Aggeneys-Gamsberg Pb–Zn–Cu ± Ag–Ba district in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Barite samples were collected and studied from four localities in the district. Although metamorphic water–rock interaction processes have partially altered the chemical and to a lesser degree the isotopic composition of barite, samples identified as being the least altered display distinctly different isotopic compositions that are thought to reflect different modes of origin. All barite samples are marked by low concentrations of SrO (0.5 ± 0.2 wt%), highly radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, elevated δ ³⁴S and δ ¹⁸O values compared to contemporaneous Mesoproterozoic seawater. Radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr signatures (0.7164 ± 0.0028) point to an evolved continental crustal source for Sr and Ba, while elevated δ ³⁴S values (27.3 ± 4.9‰) indicate that contemporaneous seawater sulfate, modified by bacterial sulfate reduction, was the single most important sulfur reservoir for barite deposition. Most importantly, δ ¹⁸O values suggest a lower temperature of formation for the Gamsberg deposit compared with the occurrences in the Aggeneys area, i.e. Swartberg-Tank Hill and Big Syncline. The obvious differences in temperature of formation are in good agreement with the Cu-rich, Ba-poor nature of the sulfide mineralization of the Aggeneys deposits vs the Cu-poor, Ba-rich character of the Gamsberg deposit. In conjunction with this, isotopic and petrographic arguments favor a sub-seafloor replacement model for the stratabound barite occurrences of the Aggeneys deposits, while at Gamsberg, deposition at the sediment–water interface as a true sedimentary exhalite appears more likely.  相似文献