Investigation on Planetary Atmospheres Using Laboratory Simulation Experiments The Example of Saturn's Moon (Titan)     

Coll  Patrice  Raulin  François 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1998,80(1-3):113-133

The main goals of experimental simulation in the laboratory of a planetary atmosphere are to feed the theoretical models, and to help the treatment of observations. This type of simulation permits the direct study of objects that space missions can't study or have not studied yet, through the production of laboratory analogues of gaseous or solid phases. But the representativity of these laboratory analogues is of crucial importance. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Effect of Complexing Agents (EDTA and ATMP) on the Remobilization of Heavy Metals from a Polluted River Sediment     

François Bordas  Alain C. M. Bourg 《Aquatic Geochemistry》1998,4(2):201-214

EDTA and ATMP are synthetic chelatingagents used in many industrial applications. Becauseof their low biodegradability, they are present inmany aquatic systems where their strong complexingcapacities can modify the transfer of toxic heavymetals between solid and liquid phases.The remobilization of Cu, Pb and Cd from pollutedsuperficial river sediments in the presence of twosynthetic organic ligands (a polycarboxylate, EDTA,and a phosphonate, ATMP) is investigated as a functionof reaction time to determine the time necessary toreach dissolutive equilibrium, and as a fonction ofthe complexing agent concentration.The dissolutive equilibrium times are similar (10 to20 hours) and the solubilizing power of ATMP isslightly lower than that of EDTA. The curves ofsolubilization of metals in the presence of thecomplexing agents present a shape of a chelateconcentration desorption edge, for a chelate rangebetween 10^-5 to 10^-3 mol L^-1, thesolubilised metals increasing dramatically. Thisremobilization is the result of a competition betweenassociation with the solid phase and dissolvedcomplexation. With EDTA, the desorption order ofmetals seems to be imposed by association with thesolid. For ATMP is it the chelate complexing strengthwhich determines this order.  相似文献   

Holocene Lakes from Ramlat as-Sab'atayn (Yemen) Illustrate the Impact of Monsoon Activity in Southern Arabia     

Anne-Marie Lézine  Jean-François Saliège  Christian Robert  Frédéric Wertz  Marie-Louise Inizan 《Quaternary Research》1998,50(3):290-299

Paleoecology and paleohydrology of the Ramlat as-Sab'atayn (Southern Arabia) are reconstructed from a comparative study including sedimentology, mineralogy, stable isotope ratios of carbonates, and palynology of lacustrine sediments recovered from the al-Hawa depression. The section dates from 8700 to 7200 yr B.P. and records an early phase of flooding followed by distinct lacustrine development from 7800 to 7200 yr B.P., coeval with maximum activity of the Indian monsoon. Comparison of the pollen record with modern pollen deposition suggests that regional vegetation was then already of desert type and was related to strong seasonal trade winds.  相似文献   

Determination of cirrus radiative parameters from combination between active and passive remote sensing measurements during FRENCH/DIRAC 2001     

Grard Brogniez  Frdric Parol  Laurianne Bcu  Jacques Pelon  Olivier Jourdan  Jean-Franois Gayet  Frdrique Auriol  Christian Verwaerde  Jean-Yves Balois  Bahaiddin Damiri 《Atmospheric Research》2004,72(1-4):425

In the context of the next AQUA Train satellite experiment, airborne measurements were carried out to simulate satellite measurements. They were conducted between September 25 and October 12, 2001, off the coast of southern France over the Atlantic Ocean and over the Mediterranean Sea, respectively. During the intensive Field Radiation Experiment on Natural Cirrus and High-level clouds (FRENCH/DIRAC 2001), natural ice clouds were sampled from in situ and remote sensing measurements. On October 5 and 7, 2001, cirrus cloud decks were described by a complete data set acquired by: (i) in situ microphysical instruments onboard the TBM-700 aircraft: PMS probe, and Polar Nephelometer (ii) and downward-looking radiative instruments onboard the Mystère 20 aircraft: an infrared radiometer, a lidar, a visible imager with polarisation capabilities, and a middle infrared radiometer. Moreover, classical thermodynamical measurements were carried out onboard the Mystère 20. Mean microphysical characteristics of cirrus deck are derived from interpretation of remote sensing measurements. These properties are compared with those derived from in situ microphysical measurements in order to evaluate the radiative impact of natural cirrus clouds.  相似文献   

Zircon U–Pb geochronology of Ordovician magmatism in the polycyclic Ruitor Massif (Internal W Alps)     

François Guillot  Urs Schaltegger  Jean-Michel Bertrand  Étienne Deloule  Thierry Baudin 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2002,91(6):964-978

Among the Middle Penninic basements of the Internal NW-Alps, the Ruitor massif shows the best preserved remnants of pre-Permian metamorphic rocks. Their Barrovian-type mineral associations are somewhat masked by the greenschist to blueschist Alpine metamorphism of Tertiary age. Four Ruitor gneisses have been analysed, showing geochemical characters of granitoids from orogenic zones. Zircon morphology also suggests magmatic protoliths and a crustal source; some of the morphological zircon types suggest anatectic granites. The first U-Pb ages on zircon for this massif have been obtained concurrently through conventional multigrain and ion microprobe dating. Two metavolcanic rocks at 471LJ and 468ᆪ Ma could be slightly older than the porphyritic augen gneisses at 465ᆟ and 460lj Ma. Regional data from the other Internal basement massifs suggest that the Variscan event is poorly recorded, except in Ruitor-type units. Ruitor and Sapey gneisses belonged to the same unit (Nappe des Pontis), which was affected by a 480-450-Ma event including volcanism and anatexis and ended with a late calc-alkaline granite emplacement at 460-450 Ma. The distribution of Variscan basement units roughly parallels Alpine zonation.  相似文献   

Geostatistics of near-surface moisture in bare cultivated organic soils   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Franois Anctil  Renaud Mathieu  Lon-tienne Parent  Alain A. Viau  Mathali Sbih  Masoud Hessami 《Journal of Hydrology》2002,260(1-4):30-37

The aim of this study was to characterise fine scale patterns of organic soil moisture content in the top 5 cm by means of semi-variogram modelling. Soil moisture content was observed along a transect on 2 occasions, early in the 1999 growing season to avoid any influences originating from vegetation and cultural practices. Soil moisture values were found to be normally distributed and were not significantly correlated with the soil organic matter content. Many similarities were depicted between the exponential semi-variograms characteristics of this study and another one in mineral soils, reported in the literature, except for the much higher sills associated with organic soils. Of particular interest were similar correlation lengths, indicating that a correlation range of the order of 100 m should be expected for mineral soils and for the level of moisture and organic matter contents found in this study.  相似文献   

A parametric model of vertical eddy fluxes in the atmosphere   总被引：42，自引：2，他引：42  

Jean-François Louis 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1979,17(2):187-202

A scheme for the representation of the vertical eddy fluxes of heat, momentum and water vapour in a forecast model is presented. An important feature of the scheme is the dependence of the diffusion coefficients on the static stability of the atmosphere. Two tests are presented, using the scheme in a one-dimensional model: the simulation of the diurnal cycle, and the transformation of a polar air mass moving over the warm sea.  相似文献   

Systematic use of trace element in igneous process     

Claude J. Allègre  Michel Treuil  Jean-François Minster  Bernard Minster  Francis Albarède 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1977,60(1):57-75

This paper describes an extended application of the Rayleigh distillation law to trace element behavior in a fractional crystallization sequence. Using a trace element with a very low bulk partition coefficient as a reference (as suggested by Anderson and Greenland, 1969, and extended by Treuil and Varet, 1973), we can derive bulk partition coefficients for other elements and, in turn, the mineralogical composition of the cumulates. Trace elements with large D, such as Ni and Cr, further constrain the system, and we can deduce the initial composition of the magma. An example of this technique is shown for Terceira Island in the Azores.Contribution IPGNS no 229Now at Dept. of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA  相似文献   

Anthropogenic and natural contributions to the rainfall chemistry of a mountainous area in the Cevennes National Park (Mont-Lozere, southern France)     

Patrick Durand  Colin Neal  Franois Lelong 《Journal of Hydrology》1992,130(1-4):71-85

Nine years of bulk precipitation chemistry data for a mountainous site in southern France are presented. The mean rainwater is of moderate acidity (pH 4.63, alkalinity −4 μEql⁻¹) even though there is high, non-marine, deposition of sulphur (near 20 kg ha⁻¹ year⁻¹). Based on the statistical characteristics of the data set, three major sources of elements are identified: long range pollution, Mediterranean sea salt aerosols and aeolian erosion dust, mainly from the Sahara. Most of the sulphur in the rainfall is present as neutral sulphate salts, owing to the latter being rich in alkaline minerals; this counteracts the strong acid input.  相似文献   

The exceptional growth of the Arctic charr,Salvelinus alpinus (L.) in Lake Geneva     

Jean-François Rubin 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1993,55(1):76-86

The growth rate of the Arctic charr,Salvelinus alpinus (L.), is exceptionally high in Lake Geneva; one of the highest every recorded. This can be explained by three factors: (1) the Arctic charr of Lake Geneva is the most southerly indigenous population in the world, (2) the trophic resources are important because of the eutrophication of the lake, (3) the fish density is low.  相似文献