Modelling dynamics of the estuarine turbidity maximum and local net deposition     

Hesse  Roland F.  Zorndt  Anna  Fröhle  Peter 《Ocean Dynamics》2019,69(4):489-507

Ocean Dynamics - Net deposition in estuaries is often linked to the estuarine turbidity maximum zones, in which fine, cohesive sediments accumulate due to residual transport by the estuarine...  相似文献   

Quality of reprocessed GPS satellite orbits   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

Peter Steigenberger  Markus Rothacher  Mathias Fritsche  Axel Rülke  Reinhard Dietrich 《Journal of Geodesy》2009,83(3-4):241-248

High-precision Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite orbits are one of the core products of the International GNSS Service (IGS). Since the establishment of the IGS in 1994, the quality and consistency of the IGS orbits has steadily been improved by advances in the modeling of GPS observations. However, due to these model improvements and reference frame changes, the time series of operational orbits are inhomogeneous and inconsistent. This problem can only be overcome by a complete reprocessing starting with the raw observation data. The quality of reprocessed GPS satellite orbits for the time period 1994–2005 will be assessed in this paper. Orbit fits show that the internal consistency of the orbits could be improved by a factor of about two in the early years. Comparisons with the operational IGS orbits show clear discontinuities whenever the reference frame was changed by the IGS. The independent validation with Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) residuals shows an improvement of up to 30% whereas a systematic bias of 5 cm still persists.  相似文献   

The ALICE instrument and the measured cosmic ray elemental abundances     

J.A. Esposito  E.R. Christian  V.K. Balasubrahmanyan  L.M. Barbier  J.F. Ormes  R.E. Streitmatter  B. Acharya  B. Luzietti  A. Hesse  U. Heinbach  W. Heinrich  M. Henkel  C. Pfeifer  M. Simon 《Astroparticle Physics》1992,1(1)

A Large Isotopic Composition Experiment (ALICE) is a balloon-borne spectrometer which can determine the elemental and isotopic composition of galactic cosmic rays with energies near 1 GeV/nucleon. ALICE was flown from Prince Albert, Canada in August 1987, and remained at float altitude (120000 feet) for 14.7 hours. In this paper, we describe the experimental methods and analysis which will be used for subsequent isotopic analysis. We obtained very precise charge resolution over the entire designed range: 0.10 and 0.16 charge units at neon and iron, respectively. Results on the galactic cosmic ray abundances and absolute fluxes of the elements from neon through nickel are reported.  相似文献   

Investigating changes of electrical characteristics of the saturated zone affected by hazardous organic waste     

Reinhard K. Frohlich  Patrick J. Barosh  Thomas Boving 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2008,64(1-2):25-36

The Picillo Farm, EPA Superfund Site, in western Rhode Island was an unauthorized disposal site of hazardous organic chemicals. Predominantly organic contaminants have entered an aquifer comprised of layered glacial deposits and fractured bedrock and spread past the site boundaries with groundwater flow. Hydraulic conductivities in the glacial deposits range over two orders of magnitude and fractures and faults in the granitic bedrock further complicate the spreading of contaminants. Monitoring wells delineate two plumes that extend towards a fault-controlled valley with lakes and wetlands; one to the northwest and the other to the southwest. In this investigation we studied the electrical characteristics of both plumes.One dimensional Schlumberger depth soundings were conducted along several profile lines over the plumes and compared to those over non-contaminated sections of the site. With regard to the southwestern plume, high formation factors (ratio of bulk layer to pore water resistivity) between 12 and 45 were observed compared to values between 2.5 and 7.7 measured over the non-contaminated sections. Also, high values (> 5) of vertical electrical anisotropy (ratio of geoelectrically determined depth to high resistivity bedrock to drilled depth to bedrock) were measured over the contaminated part of the site. These values are extremely high compared to other non-contaminated sites (range: 2 to 3) in glacial stream channels of southern Rhode Island. Geoelectric measurements were affected by lateral effects. However, the consistency of high formation factors (11 to 35) and high vertical anisotropies (3 to 5) over the southwestern plume in comparison to low formation factors (3 to 8) and vertical anisotropies (1 to 1.5) over non-contaminated sites represents a marked difference between both sites. Overall, the Schlumberger depth soundings are less susceptible to near-surface lateral inhomogeneities than expected from other geoelectrical methods. Also, the disadvantage of a 1D interpretation was compensated by estimating resistivity and thickness ranges within the concept of non-uniqueness using the Dar Zarrouk parameters (Maillet, R., 1947. The fundamental equations of electrical prospecting. Geophysics, 12(4): 529–556.).The results over the northwestern plume, i.e. an area with higher contaminant concentration than the southwestern plume, were mixed and showed no consistent trends. Predominantly reducing conditions, as indicated by the presence of soluble ferric (FeII) iron hydroxides in ground water samples, increased the electrical conductivity. This is believed to have compensated the effect of high formation factors on the bulk saturated layer resistivity within the affected area.  相似文献   

PaleoNet: new software for building,evaluating and applying neural network based transfer functions in paleoecology     

Julien M. J. Racca  Robert Racca  Reinhard Pienitz  Yves T. Prairie 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2007,38(3):467-472

Transfer functions that implement organism–environment relationships are now commonly used for inferring past environmental conditions in paleoecology. Specific software for developing and evaluating commonly used modelling techniques such as Weighted averaging (WA), Weighted averaging partial least square (WA-PLS), Maximum likelihood (ML), and Modern analog technique (MAT) are available. A new software programme, PaleoNet, is now available for modelling organism–environment relationships which is specifically designed for the development and the evaluation of artificial neural network (ANN) based transfer functions in paleoecology. Here we present the main characteristics of this new software PaleoNet (User guide version 1.01) and discuss in more detail one of its specific features: the pruning.  相似文献   

Offshore oil platforms and fouling communities in the southern Arabian Gulf (Abu Dhabi)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Stachowitsch M  Kikinger R  Herler J  Zolda P  Geutebrück E 《Marine pollution bulletin》2002,44(9):853-860

This study examined the fouling organisms on the legs of offshore oil platforms at two sites in the southern Arabian Gulf (offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates). 100% of the metal structures was colonized by encrusting organisms. Both the number of individuals and the total biomass tended to decrease with depth. The total weight of dead shells always exceeded that of living organisms. Sessile filter feeders dominated the biomass, whereas small mobile forms had the largest number of individuals. The biomass at the deeper platform (22 m) was dominated by bivalves, barnacles and bryozoans, while polychaetes and amphipods had the greatest number of individuals. Biomass values here ranged from 1 g/0.1 m2 at 20 m to 147 g/0.1 m2 at 5 m; the corresponding individual numbers were 266 (20 m) and 11,814 indiv./0.1 m2 (5 m). The results at the shallower platform (11 m) differed in several respects: barnacles clearly dominated over bivalves, and sponges exceeded byrozoans, while total individual numbers fell due to a decline in polychaete dominance. Biomass values here ranged from 84 g/0.1 m2 at 10 m to 153 g/0.1 m2 at 0 m; the corresponding individual numbers were 695 (10 m) and 3,125 indiv./0.1 m2 (0 m). The potential role of such fouling communities on artificial structures in the Gulf is discussed.  相似文献   

Did Humankind Prevent a Holocene Glaciation?     

Martin Claussen  Victor Brovkin  Reinhard Calov  Andrey Ganopolski  Claudia Kubatzki 《Climatic change》2005,69(2-3):409-417

Recently, W.F. Ruddiman (2003, Climatic Change, Vol. 61, pp. 261–293) suggested that the anthropocene, the geological epoch of significant anthropospheric interference with the natural Earth system, has started much earlier than previously thought (P. I. Crutzen and E. F. Stoermer, 2000, IGBP Newsletter, Vol. 429, pp. 623–628). Ruddiman proposed that due to human land use, atmospheric concentrations of CO₂ and CH₄ began to deviate from their natural declining trends some 8000 and 5000 years ago, respectively. Furthermore, Ruddiman concluded that greenhouse gas concentrations grew anomalously thereby preventing natural large-scale glaciation of northern North America that should have occurred some 4000–5000 years ago without human interference. Here we would like to comment on (a) natural changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration during the Holocene and (b) on the possibility of a Holocene glacial inception. We substantiate our comments by modelling results which suggest that the last three interglacials are not a proper analogue for Holocene climate variations. In particular, we show that our model does not yield a glacial inception during the last several thousand years even if a declining trend in atmospheric CO₂ was assumed.  相似文献   

Advancing climate adaptation and risk management. New insights,concepts and approaches: what have we learned from the SREX and the AR5 processes?     

Joern Birkmann  Reinhard Mechler 《Climatic change》2015,133(1):1-6

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Formation of syngenetic and early diagenetic iron minerals in the late Archean Mt. McRae Shale, Hamersley Basin, Australia: New insights on the patterns, controls and paleoenvironmental implications of authigenic mineral formation     

Rob Raiswell  Christopher T. Reinhard  Jeremy Owens  Ariel D. Anbar 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(4):1072-146

A section through the late Archean Mt. McRae Shale comprising, in ascending order, a lower shale interval (LSI), a banded iron formation (BIF), an upper shale (USI) and a carbonate (C1) has been analyzed for total Fe and Al contents and authigenic Fe present as carbonate, oxide, sulfide and silicate phases. The authigenic mineralogy is controlled by the episodic addition of Fe from hydrothermal activity and removal of Fe by sulfide, relative to rates of clastic sedimentation. The LSI and BIF have mean Fe_T/Al values of 2 and 5, respectively, that record iron enrichment from hydrothermal sources. Iron was precipitated primarily as siderite accompanied by Fe-rich chlorite from anoxic bottom waters rich in dissolved Fe. Pyrite formation was probably limited by the availability of sulfate, which was present at low concentrations and became rapidly depleted. The USI has generally lower Fe_T/Al values (0.6-1.3), similar to those found in Paleozoic shales, with the exception of one interval where enrichment may reflect either a weak hydrothermal source or the operation of an iron shuttle. This interval contains authigenic Fe predominantly as pyrite, where high values for DOP (>0.8) indicate the existence of a water column that became rich in dissolved sulfide (euxinic) when sulfate concentrations increased due to a transient or secular increase in ocean/atmosphere oxygenation. High concentrations of dissolved sulfide maintained low concentrations of dissolved Fe, which allowed only minor amounts of Fe to be precipitated as carbonates and silicates. The USI also has elevated concentrations of organic matter that most probably reflect increased productivity and likely limited euxinia to midportions of the water column on the basin margin. The carbonate C1 represents a basinal chemistry where sulfide has been removed and Fe_T/Al values are ∼1 indicating that hydrothermal activity again produced dissolved Fe-rich bottom waters. Detailed iron speciation of the Mt. McRae Shale can be used to recognize spatial and temporal variations in iron and sulfur inputs to the late Archean Hamersley Basin, just prior to the Paleoproterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygenation, and our refined methods have relevance to all Fe-rich deposits.  相似文献   

澳大利亚黄土磁学性质及环境意义   总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1  

刘秀铭  马明明  P.Hesse  吕镔  汤德平  郭雪莲  陈家胜 《第四纪研究》2011,31(5):837-848

澳大利亚内陆广大而干旱,发育着大面积沙漠,却没有多少黄土的报道.本文对惟一报道的黄土,新南威尔士州Mackenzie地区Waterholes Creek剖面进行了详细的采样和磁学参数测量,并与中国黄土高原洛川和西峰经典剖面进行了对比.结果表明该剖面磁学性质与中国黄土高原有许多异同.它成土特征强,百分比频率磁化率较高,但...  相似文献