Measured ion-molecule reaction rates for modelling Titan's atmosphere     

Seksan Dheandhanoo  Rainer Johnsen  Manfred A. Biondi 《Planetary and Space Science》1984,32(10):1301-1305

Rate coefficients for several two- and three-body ion-molecule reactions involving hydrocarbons have been determined at thermal energies and above using drift tube-mass spectrometer techniques. The measured rates for clustering and breakup reactions involving CH₅⁺ and C₂H₅⁺ ions in methane are found to be strongly temperature dependent in the range from 80 to 240 K. The equilibrium constants determined for these reactions differ somewhat from those of Hiraoka and Kebarle. Rate coefficients for two-body reactions of CH₅⁺, C₂H₅⁺, N⁺, H⁺ and D⁺ ions with methane and/or ethane have been measured. The results indicate that the product yields of several of the fast ion-molecule reactions depend strongly on ion energy (temperature), and therefore previous room-temperature results may be of limited value for model calculations of Titan's atmosphere.  相似文献   

Two Tephra Layers Bracketing Late Holocene Paleoecological Changes in Northern Germany     

Christel van den Bogaard  Walter Drfler  Rainer Glos  Marie-Jose Nadeau  Pieter M. Grootes  Helmut Erlenkeuser 《Quaternary Research》2002,57(3):314

Paleoecological records from two Holocene peat bogs in northern Germany are linked by two microscopic volcanic ash layers, correlated by petrology and geochemistry to explosive volcanism on Iceland. The younger “Microlite tephra” cannot be correlated to any known eruption, while the older tephra layer is identified as a deposit of the Hekla 3 eruption. The tephra layers are dated by an age–depth regression of accelerator mass spectrometry ¹⁴C ages that have been calibrated and combined in probability distributions. This procedure gives an age of 730–664 cal yr B.C. for the “Microlite tephra” event and 1087–1006 cal yr B.C. for the Hekla 3 event. Accordingly, the tephra layers were deposited during the late Bronze Age. At this time, human settlement slowly increased pressure on the environment, as indicated by changes in woodland pollen composition at the two bogs. The tephra-marker horizons further show that the palynologically defined transition from the Subboreal to the Subatlantic Period is synchronous in the investigated area. However, the macroscopic visible marker in peat, the change from fibrous to sapric peat, the “Schwarztorf-Weißtorf-Kontakt,” is asynchronous. Bog vegetation did not immediately react in unison to a climatic change at this pollen zone boundary; instead, the timing of vegetation change depended on the location within the bog.  相似文献   

Measurements of positive ion conversion and removal reactions relating to the Jovian ionosphere     

Rainer Johnsen  Manfred A. Biondi 《Icarus》1974,23(2):139-143

Measured rates are presented for the reaction of He⁺ ions with H₂ (and D₂) molecules to form H⁺, H₂⁺, and HeH⁺ ions, as well as for the subsequent reactions of H⁺ and HeH⁺ ions with H₂ to form H₃⁺. The neutralization of H₃⁺ (and H₅⁺) ions by dissociative recombination with electrons is shown to be fast. The reaction He⁺ + H₂ is slow (k = 1.1 × 10^?13 cm³/sec at300°K) and produces principally H⁺ by the dissociative charge transfer branch. It is concluded that there may be a serious bottleneck in the conversion of two of the primary ions of the upper Jovian ionosphere, H⁺ and He⁺ (which recombine slowly), to the rapidly recombining H₃⁺ ion (α[H₃⁺]?3.4 × 10^?7 cm³/sec at 150°K).  相似文献   

Geographic distribution of the diapycnal component of thermohaline circulations in coupled climate models     

Shan Sun  Rainer Bleck   《Ocean Modelling》2006,15(3-4):177

Data archives from four global coupled ocean–atmosphere models are used to construct maps of diapycnal mass flux through selected isopycnal surfaces in the model oceans. The maps illustrate location and strength of the up and downwelling limbs of thermohaline-forced overturning loops whose stability in the face of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations is of major concern in century-scale climate prediction. The up and downwelling limbs simulated by the four models for present-day greenhouse gas concentrations are compared with observational estimates. Predicted changes in the overturning brought about by gradually rising atmospheric CO₂ content are compared model-to-model. While all four models predict some decline in the rate of Atlantic overturning during CO₂-induced global warming, the geographic layout of the overturning circulations in each model is found to be insensitive to the changing climate.  相似文献   

Cretaceous synsedimentary tectonics in the Atlas system of Central Morocco     

Rainer Ensslin 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1992,81(1):91-104

Cretaceous sediments in Central Morocco were deposited in various depositional environments and comprise an undetermined Lower Cretaceous base up to Maastrichtian. The sedimentary columns show a similar facies evolution. Basal unconformities, conglomeratic layers and significant differences in thicknesses reflect pre- and synsedimentary vertical tectonic movements. These tectonic movements took place along large NE/SW striking fault systems, one of the major features of the present tectonic framework. Permanent displacement of the subsidince maxima in time and space indicate the development of small tectonic blocks which were tilted and/or compressed between the fault zones. High sedimentation rates in areas of strong subsidence, however, prevented the evolution of intraplatformbasins. Although tectonic influence was important, eustatic sea level changes ruled the whole sedimentary regime.

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Zusammenfassung Im Mittleren Atlas und der Haute Moulouya reichen die Kreidesedimente von nicht genauer datierbarer Unterkreide bis ins Maastricht. Sie entstanden unter ständig wechselnden Ablagerungsbedingungen. Die einzelnen Sedimentsäulen weisen jeweils große Ähnlichkeiten in ihrer Faziesentwicklung auf, welche hauptsächlich den eustatischen Meeresspiegelschwankungen folgten. Basale Diskordanzen, Konglomeratlagen und signifikante Unterschiede in den Sedimentmächtigkeiten zeigen ständige synsedimentäre Vertikalbewegungen an. Diese erfolgten hauptsächlich an ausgedehnten, NE-SW streichenden Störungssystemen. Die ständigen, sowohl räumlichen als auch zeitlichen Verschiebungen der Subsidenzmaxima deuten auf die Entstehung von kleinräumigen tektonischen Blöcken hin, die zwischen den Störungszonen entweder gefaltet oder gekippt wurden. Dabei verhinderten die hohen Sedimentationsraten und die geringe räumliche Ausdehnung der Subsidenzzonen die Entstehung von tieferen Becken. Trotz der permanenten tektonischen Bewegungen waren eustatische Meeresspiegelschwankungen bestimmend für die Faziesentwicklung im gesamten Sedimentationsraum.

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Résumé Dans le Moyen Atlas et la Haute Moulouya, la sédimentation crétacée s'est effectuée dans des environnements variables depuis l'Eo-Crétacé jusqu'au Maastrichtien. Les colonnes sédimentaires dans les différentes localités sont caractérisées par une grande analogie d'évolution de faciès. Les discordances basales, les niveaux conglomératiques et la différence des épaisseurs d'une localité à une autre traduisent les mouvements verticaux pré- et synsédimentaires; ceci est surtout clair le long des failles de direction NE-SW qui ont constamment influencé la sédimentation. Les variations de la subsidence dans le temps et dans l'espace trouvent leur explication dans un modèle de basculement ou de plissement de petits blocs entre les zones de failles. Dans les zones à subsidence élevée, le taux de sédimentation était également élevé, ce qui a empêché la formation de bassins profonds. Ainsi, en dépit de l'action tectonique, les changements eustatiques du niveau de la mer ont déterminé tout le régime sédimentaire.

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The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath the western United States     

Xueqing Li  Xiaohui Yuan  Rainer Kind 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,170(2):700-710

S receiver functions from 67 broad-band seismic stations in the western United States clearly reveal the existence of a mantle discontinuity with velocity reduction downward, which we interpret as the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB). The average depth of the LAB is ∼70 km. The boundary is relatively sharp with an overall sharpness of less than 20 km. The boundary is more prominent south of the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the Farallon Plate has completely subducted. This may indicate partial melts at the base of the lithosphere caused by the upwelling of the asthenospheric flow through the slab window. A double low velocity zone is observed at base of the lithosphere beneath southern Sierra Nevada, implying a second melting zone at a depth of ∼100 km, well correlated with previous studies of lithospheric delamination in the area.  相似文献   

Anita Lange - A veteran of limnology     

Heike Zimmermann-Timm  Wilfried Schönborn  Rainer Koschel 《Limnologica》2006,36(1):1

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Aluminous granulites from the Pulur complex, NE Turkey: a case of partial melting, efficient melt extraction and crystallisation     

Gültekin Topuz  Rainer Altherr  Angelika Kalt  Muharrem Sat&#x;r  Olaf Werner  Winfried H. Schwarz 《Lithos》2004,72(3-4):183-207

In the Pulur complex, NE Turkey, a heterogeneous rock sequence ranging from quartz-rich mesocratic gneisses to silica- and alkali-deficient, Fe-, Mg- and Al-rich melanocratic rocks is characterized by granulite-facies assemblages involving garnet, cordierite, sillimanite, ilmenite, ±spinel, ±plagioclase, ±quartz, ±biotite, ±corundum, rutile and monazite. Textural evidence for partial melting in the aluminous granulites, particularly leucosomes, is largely absent or strongly obliterated by a late-stage hydrothermal overprint. However, inclusion relations, high peak P–T conditions, the refractory modes, bulk and biotite compositions of the melanocratic rocks strongly support a model of partial melting. The melt was almost completely removed from the melanocratic rocks and crystallised within the adjacent mesocratic gneisses which are silica-rich, bear evidence of former feldspar and show a large range in major element concentrations as well as a negative correlation of most elements with SiO₂. Peak conditions are estimated to be ≥800 °C and 0.7–0.8 GPa. Subsequent near-isothermal decompression to 0.4–0.5 GPa at 800–730 °C is suggested by the formation of cordierite coronas and cordierite–spinel symplectites around garnet and in the matrix. Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isotope data indicate peak conditions at 330 Ma and cooling below 300 °C at 310 Ma.  相似文献   

Determination of bioavailable Fe(III) content in column experiments with the reactive tracer phosphate     

Frank Dethlefsen  Rainer Meckenstock  Malte K. Veehmayer  Andreas Dahmke 《Environmental Geology》2004,46(6-7):896-904

Different methods were compared to evaluate the oxidation capacity of ferric iron in column studies. The specific adsorption of the reactive tracer phosphate on the Fe(III) oxide surface was used as an alternative approach to determine the oxidation capacity utilizing the linear correlation between the long-term extent of Fe(III) reduction and the specific surface area of the oxide. Although a low crystalline form of ferric iron (two-line ferrihydrite) was used as electron acceptor and toluene as a carbon source, only 31 and 24% respectively of the total iron was reduced by Geobacter metallireducens in parallel experiments. The results of the phosphate tracer tests were in good agreement with the Fe(III) that was actually reduced and the microbially oxidized toluene. The oxidation capacity of ferric iron is therefore overestimated by the chemical extraction methods, which completely dissolve the ferrihydrite and neglect surface-dependent limitations.  相似文献   

Structural evidence for the sorption of Ni(II) atoms on the edges of montmorillonite clay minerals: a polarized X-ray absorption fine structure study   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Rainer Dähn  André M Scheidegger  Michel L Schlegel  Bart Baeyens  Daniel Chateigner 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2003,67(1):1-15

The nature of surface complexes formed on Ni uptake onto montmorillonite (a dioctahedral smectite) has been investigated over an extended time period by polarized extended X-ray absorption fine structure (P-EXAFS) spectroscopy. Self-supporting films of Ni-sorbed montmorillonite were prepared by contacting Ni and montmorillonite at pH 7.2, high ionic strength (0.3 M NaClO₄), and low Ni concentration ([Ni]_initial = 19.9 μM) for 14- and 360-d reaction time. The resulting Ni concentration on the clay varied from 4 to 7 μmol/g. Quantitative texture analysis indicates that the montmorillonite particles were well orientated with respect to the plane of the film. The full width at half maximum of the orientation distribution of the c* axes of individual clay platelets about the normal to the film plane was 44.3° (14-d reaction time) and 47.1° (360-d reaction time). These values were used to correct the coordination numbers determined by P-EXAFS for texture effects. Ni K-edge P-EXAFS spectra were recorded at angles between the incident beam and the film normal equal to 10, 35, 55, and 80°. Spectral analysis led to the identification of three nearest cationic subshells containing 2.0 ± 0.5 Al at 3.0 Å and 2.0 ± 0.5 Si at 3.12 Å and 4.0 ± 0.5 Si at 3.26 Å. These distances are characteristic of edge-sharing linkages between Al and Ni octahedra and of corner-sharing linkages between Ni octahedra and Si tetrahedra, as in clay structures. The angular dependence of the Ni-Al and Ni-Si contributions indicates that Ni-Al pairs are oriented parallel to the film plane, whereas Ni-Si pairs are not. The study reveals the formation of Ni inner-sphere mononuclear surface complexes located at the edges of montmorillonite platelets and thus that heavy metals binding to edge sites is a possible sorption mechanism for dioctahedral smectites. Data analysis further suggests that either the number of neighboring Al atoms slightly increases from 1.6 to 2 or that the structural order of the observed surface complexes increases from 0.01 Ų to 0.005 Ų with increasing reaction time. On the basis of the low Ni-Al coordination numbers, it appears that over an extended reaction time period of 1 yr the diffusion of Ni atoms in the octahedral layer is not the major uptake mechanism of Ni onto montmorillonite.  相似文献