The Palaeomagnetism of some Scottish Tertiary Dykes and their Baked Contacts     

P. K. S. Raja 《Geophysical Journal International》1964,9(1):15-19

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Ductility of reinforced concrete sections with confined compression zones     

Prakash Desayi  K. T. Raja Sundara Iyengar  K. Nagi Reddy 《地震工程与结构动力学》1975,4(2):111-118

Confinement of concrete in circular spiral steel binders imparts to it considerable ductility and also some increase in strength. This property can be utilized in designing concrete structures to withstand seismic forces where the members are required to possess not only strength but also energy absorbing capacity. Assuming the stress-strain behaviour of confined concrete as elastic-plastic, the ductility factor for strain and the strength factor (denoting increase in strength) have been determined for concrete confined to different degrees. Similarly, assuming the moment-curvature behaviour of reinforced concrete sections with confined compression concrete to be elastic-plastic, the ductility factor for curvature has been determined for such beams. The computed moment-curvature plots have been found to compare satisfactorily with tests on 18 beams. Ductility factors for curvature of singly and doubly reinforced concrete sections with compression concrete confined to different degrees have been determined and presented for certain typical cases. Such plots would be of use in designing reinforced concrete beam sections for required ductility.  相似文献   

A palaeomagnetic study of lower Proterozoic granites from Western Kenya     

J. P. Patel  P. K. S. Raja 《Geophysical Journal International》1979,58(2):279-286

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Linkage between rainfall singularities and geomagnetic activity     

R. S. Reddy  K. S. Raja Rao  Bh. V. Ramana Murty 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1984,33(2-3):127-142

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Heavy metal concentrations in shallow marine sediments affected by submarine tailings disposal and artisanal gold mining,Buyat-Ratototok district,North Sulawesi,Indonesia     

Evan N. Edinger  P. Raja Siregar  George M. Blackwood 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(4):701-714

Trace element concentrations in shallow marine sediments of the Buyat-Ratototok district of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, are affected by submarine disposal of industrial gold mine tailings and unregulated dumping of tailings and wastewater from small-scale gold mining using mercury amalgamation. Industrial mine tailings contained 590–690 ppm arsenic, 490–580 ppm antimony, and 0.8–5.8 ppm mercury. Tailings-affected sediment As and Sb concentrations were 20–30 times higher than in muddy sediments not contaminated with tailings, and 50–60 times higher than pre-mining average. Highest mercury concentrations were observed in sediments affected by small-scale mining using mercury amalgamation (5–29 ppm). Concentrations of most other trace elements were comparable in sediments affected by both types of mining and were slightly higher than regional averages for sediments collected before the onset of industrial mining. Elevated concentrations of both As and Sb in approximately equal proportions suggest tailings dispersal of at least 3.5 km. Mercury released from artisanal gold mining dispersed up to 4 km from river mouths. Slight increases in concentrations of non-mercury trace elements in areas affected by artisanal mining over pre-industrial mining concentrations were probably caused by increased rates of erosion. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.  相似文献   

Inter-annual and seasonal variations in hydrological parameters and its implications on chlorophyll a distribution along the southwest coast of Bay of Bengal     

Shanthi R.  Poornima D.  Raja K.  Sarangi R. K.  Saravanakumar A.  Thangaradjou T. 《海洋学报(英文版)》2015,34(6):94-100

Seasonal and inter-annual variability of hydrological parameters and its impact on chlorophyll distribution was studied from January 2009 to December 2011 at four coastal stations along the southwest Bay of Bengal. Statistical analysis(principal component analysis(PCA), two-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) and correlation analysis)showed the significant impact of hydrological parameters on chlorophyll distribution in the study area. The ranges of different parameters recorded were 23.8–33.8°C(SST), 4.00–36.00(salinity), 7.0–9.2(p H), 4.41–8.32 mg/L(dissolved oxygen), 0.04–2.45 μmol/L(nitrite), 0.33–16.10 μmol/L(nitrate), 0.02–2.51 μmol/L(ammonia),0.04–3.32 μmol/L(inorganic phosphate), 10.09–85.28 μmol/L(reactive silicate) and 0.04–13.8 μg/L(chlorophyll).PCA analysis carried out for different seasons found variations in the relationship between physico-chemical parameters and chlorophyll in which nitrate and chlorophyll were positively loaded at PC1(principal component1) during spring inter-monsoon and at PC2(principal component 2) during other seasons. Likewise correlation analysis also showed significant positive relationship between chlorophyll and nutrients especially with nitrate(r=0.734). Distribution of hydrobiological parameters between stations and distances was significantly varying as evidenced from the ANOVA results. The study found that the spatial and temporal distribution of chlorophyll was highly dependent on the availability of nutrients especially, nitrate in the southwest Bay of Bengal coastal waters.  相似文献   

Heavy metal contamination from gold mining recorded in Porites lobata skeletons, Buyat-Ratototok district, North Sulawesi, Indonesia     

Edinger EN  Azmy K  Diegor W  Siregar PR 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(9):1553-1569

Shallow marine sediments and fringing coral reefs of the Buyat-Ratototok district of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, are affected by submarine disposal of tailings from industrial gold mining and by small-scale gold mining using mercury amalgamation. Between-site variation in heavy metal concentrations in shallow marine sediments was partially reflected by trace element concentrations in reef coral skeletons from adjacent reefs. Corals skeletons recorded silicon, manganese, iron, copper, chromium, cobalt, antimony, thallium, and lead in different concentrations according to proximity to sources, but arsenic concentrations in corals were not significantly different among sites. Temporal analysis found that peak concentrations of arsenic and chromium generally coincided with peak concentrations of silica and/or copper, suggesting that most trace elements in the coral skeleton were incorporated into detrital siliciclastic sediments, rather than impurities within skeletal aragonite.  相似文献   

Controls on carbon cycling in two contrasting temperate zone estuaries: The Tyne and Tweed, UK     

Jason M.E. Ahad  Johannes A.C. Barth  Raja S. Ganeshram  Robert G.M. Spencer  Günther Uher 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2008,78(4):685-693

In order to evaluate the respiration–photosynthesis dynamics in two contrasting North Sea estuaries, pH, temperature, alkalinity, chlorophyll-a (chl-a), and isotopic ratios of dissolved inorganic carbon (δ¹³C_DIC) and dissolved oxygen (δ¹⁸O_DO) were measured in the Tyne (July 2003) and Tweed (July 2003 and December 2003) estuaries. Using a concentration-dependent isotope mixing line, δ¹³C_DIC values in the Tweed (July 2003) demonstrated mostly conservative behaviour across the estuary, reflecting mixing between riverine and marine sources, although some samples were slightly more ¹³C-enriched than predicted δ¹³C_DIC values. Low pCO₂ (less than 2 times atmospheric pressure) and ¹⁸O-depleted δ¹⁸O_DO signatures below equilibrium with the atmosphere provided further evidence for net autotrophy in the Tweed estuary in summer 2003. Conversely, in the Tyne during the summer and in the Tweed during the winter higher pCO₂ (up to 6.5 and 14.4 times atmospheric partial pressure in the Tweed and Tyne, respectively), slightly ¹³C-depleted δ¹³C_DIC and ¹⁸O-enriched δ¹⁸O_DO values indicated heterotrophy as the dominant process. The relatively large releases of CO₂ observed during these two estuarine surveys can be attributed to significant oxidation of terrigenous organic matter (OM). This study therefore demonstrates the usefulness of combined δ¹⁸O_DO and δ¹³C_DIC isotopes in examining the relationship between respiration–photosynthesis dynamics and the fate of terrestrially derived OM during estuarine mixing.  相似文献   

Site Characterization Using Solar Hα Images     

Brajesh Kumar  P. Venkatakrishnan  A. Raja Bayanna  K. Venugopalan 《Solar physics》2007,241(2):427-437

A Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) is proposed to be installed at the lake site (Lake Fatehsagar) of Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) in India. The lake site Observatory of USO is located on a small island in the middle of the lake. To determine the optimum size of the MAST (for use with an adaptive optics system), it was decided to quantify the seeing conditions prevailing at the lake site during the different months of the year. For this purpose, we have used short-exposure (3 ms) high-resolution Hα (6563 Å) images (spatial scale of ～0.55 arc sec per pixel) of the Sun taken in burst mode with the 15-cm refractor Spar telescope located at the lake site of USO. Spectral ratio technique as reported by von der Lühe (1984, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A1, 510) has been used to estimate the Fried’s parameter (r ₀) at this site, which gives the quantitative measure of astronomical seeing. This study has been carried out daily on an hourly basis during 4:30?–?10:30 UT over the months January?–?June of the years 2005 and 2006 to understand the diurnal and seasonal variations in r ₀ at this site. It is noteworthy that the lake was almost dry during the observing period in 2005, while it overflowed during our observations in 2006 because of abundant monsoon rains. The seeing in the presence of water shows improvement in r ₀ by about 1.0 cm with respect to the previous year’s dry condition and mean r ₀ varies between 4.0 and 4.5 cm as evident from the data obtained between January and June, 2006.  相似文献   

Construction of green fluorescent protein based bacterial biosensor for heavy metal remediation     

C. Edward Raja M.Sc.  Ph.D.  G. S. Selvam M.Sc.  M. Phil.  Ph.D. 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2011,8(4):793-798

Environmental contamination by heavy metals is a worldwide problem. Therefore, it is necessary to develop sensitive, effective and inexpensive methods, which can efficiently monitor and determine the level of hazardous metals in the environment. Conventional techniques to analyze metals, suffer from the disadvantages of high cost. Alternatively, development of simple system for monitoring heavy metals pollution is therefore needed. The present approach is based on the use of bacteria that are genetically engineered so that a measurable signal is produced when the bacteria are in contact with the bioavailable metal ions. Reporter genes are widely used as genetic tools for quantification and detection of specific cell population, gene expression and constructing whole cell biosensors as specific and sensitive devices for measuring biologically relevant concentrations of pollutants. An attempt has been made to construct the reporter gene enhanced green fluorescent protein and was expressed under the control of cadR gene, responsible for cadmium resistance. Recombinant strain Escherichia coli cadR30 was used, that carried cadR gene in pET30b expression vector and cloned. Clones confirmed by the expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein was detected under ultraviolet illumination and separated on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The construction of green fluorescent protein based Escherichia coli bacterial biosensor was developed based on green fluorescent protein expression under the control cadR gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa BC15. The constructed bacterial biosensor is useful and applicable in determining the availability of heavy metals in soil and wastewater.  相似文献