A quantitative study on the use of converted waves for sub-basalt imaging   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Peter Hanssen  Anton Ziolkowski  Xiang-Yang Li 《Geophysical Prospecting》2003,51(3):183-193

The idea of imaging beneath a high-velocity layer using converted waves has been popular since 1990. Because these wave types have their maximum amplitudes at mid- to far-offsets, the search for pure P-waves at the highly multiple-contaminated near-offsets can be avoided. For the Atlantic Margin, with buried thin-layered basalts, our quantitative study shows that the initial single-layered approach is not viable. Even in an unrealistic ideal geological setting, the amplitude of the symmetrical PSP-mode is far too weak to be recognized on towed streamer data. Furthermore, in the far-offset window, where locally converted waves have their strongest amplitudes, there is a multitude of other reflections, refractions and interbedded multiples, which have similar moveouts and, often, higher amplitudes. Without the removal of these events, a reliable image of the subsurface cannot be produced. We show that even if this problem were solved, it would be far easier to use the P-wave reflection from beneath the basalt at near-offsets. Our study shows that this wave type is by far the strongest response. A borehole-derived model using a thin-layered basalt sequence reveals that the strongest locally converted wave has an asymmetrical path and is 10 times weaker. All our results indicate that the pure P-modes provide the best chance of imaging sub-basalt sedimentary interfaces.  相似文献   

Effects of oil on water filtration by exposed sandy beaches     

Anton McLachlan  Beryl Harty 《Marine pollution bulletin》1981,12(11):374-378

The most important natural function of exposed sandy beaches is the filtration of large volumes of sea water which are flushed through the interstitial pore system by the actions of tides and waves. In this process organic material is mineralized by the interstitial fauna and nutrients returned to the sea. This paper examines the physical effects of oil in blocking or reducing this filtration. Reduced filtration of sea water may be caused by prevention or retardation of interstitial water flow and/or decrease in pore space. The magnitude of the effects depends on the volume of oil, its state of weathering, its location on the beach and its degree of admixture with sand. It appears that under all but the heaviest conditions of pollution these effects are relatively small and only become significant in situ when discrete layers of weathered oil occur near the surface in the upper intertidal zone where maximum water input normally occurs.  相似文献   

Great-circle Rayleigh wave attenuation and group velocity,Part I: Observations for periods between 150 and 600 seconds for seven great-circle paths     

Joseph M Mills  Anton L Hales 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1977,14(2):109-119

Rayleigh wave attenuation coefficients and group velocities have been estimated for seven great-circle paths. The attenuation coefficient measurements cover the period range from 100 to 500 s, and group velocities the range from 100 to 600 s. Global average group velocities and attenuation coefficients have also been estimated for these period ranges. The spread of the individual path group velocities for 20-s averaging windows centred at 290, 250, 210, 180 and 150 s is less than 0.034, 0.028, 0.024, 0.048 and 0.071 km/s, respectively. Global average attenuation coefficients, when combined with global average group velocities, show that Q for Rayleigh waves has an approximately constant value of about 145 for periods between 150 and 220 s and slowly increases to a value of about 200 at a period of 400 s.  相似文献   

Quantitative evaluation of fractional crystallization in Bouvet Island lavas     

Anton P. Le Roex  A.J. Erlank 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1982,13(3-4)

Bouvet Island, situated near the southernmost end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is characterized by lavas ranging in composition from hawaiite through mugearite and benmoreite to rhyolite. Major and trace elements vary systematically throughout the sequence, as do mineral compositions, and geochemical modelling indicates that the compositional variations observed in the differentiated lavas can be ascribed to extensive fractional crystallization of a parental hawaiite magma. Following this scheme the hawaiite parent magma experienced approximately 44% fractional crystallization of plagioclase + clinopyroxene + olivine + opaque oxides and minor apatite to give rise to the mugearite magma, which in turn experienced a further 69% fractional crystallization of the same phase assemblage (though with more evolved compositions) to give rise to the Bouvet Island rhyolite. Extensive fractional crystallization (64%), possibly separated in time, of the parental hawaiite gave rise to the benmoreite magma. In the latter scheme the fractionating phases are similar both in composition and proportion to those crystallizing in the passage from hawaiite to mugearite, suggesting that the Bouvet Island hawaiites correspond in composition to a six phase (plag + of + cpx + Fe-Ti oxide + ap+ lq) saturation surface and that the more differentiated lavas resulted from differing degrees of crystallization on this surface.  相似文献   

Tilts due to the free nutation of the Earth's axis in the results of geodetic observations     

Antonín Zeman  Reviewer M. Burša  Reviewer M. Pick 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1981,25(3):284-288

Summary Simple expressions for the deformation of equipotential surfaces and changes of the deflections of the vertical are derived at points of the Earth's surface, which are due to the variations of the rotational component of the gravity potential under free nutation of the Earth's axis of rotation (pole wandering). The results of the solution of this problem given in[1] are discussed. The values of the tilts and the changes of geoid heights for extreme deviations of the poles are considered from the point of view of the effect on measuring tilts and on levelling. An elastically deformable Earth is assumed. It is concluded that reductions with respect to the mean Earth's pole are not realistic at the present degree of accuracy of levelling. The necessity to reduce long-term tilt observations, or the possibility of determining the time variations of the rotational axis from the analysis of these observations is pointed out.  相似文献   

A note on the reflection and refraction of damped magnetodynamic waves in the ionosphere     

Antonín Hruška 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1965,9(1):53-60

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Lake Jezero v Ledvici (NW Solvenia) – changes in sediment records over the last two centuries     

Anton Brancelj  Milijan Šiško  Gregor Muri  Peter Appleby  Andrea Lami  Ewan Shilland  Neil L. Rose  Christian Kamenik  Stephen J. Brooks  John A. Dearing 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,28(1):47-58

Lake Jezero v Ledvici (NW Slovenia) is a 14 m deep mountain lake at an elevation of 1860 m, situated on limestone bedrock. It is an oligotrophic, alkaline and hard-water lake with a transparency of about 14 m and has suffered several times over recent centuries from strong earthquakes. In 1996 five sediment cores, between 35 and 45 cm long, were collected from the deepest part of the lake and analysed to reconstruct environmental changes over the last few centuries. The data indicate changes induced by pollution and climate change during the last two centuries similar to those in other European mountain and remote lakes. However, at this site earthquakes have also affected the lake and partly obscure the interpretation of the sediment record. From 1780 to 1890, sediment records show low abundance of diatoms and relatively high abundance of Cladocera. After 1890, the number of diatoms started to increase coinciding with a strong earthquake. From the beginning of the 20th century, concentrations of spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCP), diatom valves and head capsules of chironomids gradually increased whilst in Cladocera the main difference observed was a change in the proportion of benthic taxa. After 1960, in parallel with a rise in air temperature, a further increase in accumulation rate of diatoms started, but there was a decrease in Cladocera.  相似文献   

Ra_excess/Ba growth rates and U-Th-Ra-Ba systematic of Baltic Mn/Fe crusts     

Volker Liebetrau  Anton Eisenhauer  Nikolaus Gussone  Gerhard WörnerBent T. Hansen  Thomas Leipe 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2002,66(1):73-83

We analyzed ²³⁸U, ²³⁴U, ²³²Th, ²³⁰Th, and ²²⁶Ra by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) and Ba by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) on eight Mn/Fe crusts from the Mecklenburg Bay (SW Baltic) and on one from the Bothnian Bay (N Baltic) to test the ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba ratio as potential geochronometer. ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba ratios decrease as a function of depth within the concretions in all analyzed profiles. Calculated diffusion coefficients are relatively low (∼9 · 10⁻⁷ cm²/yr for Ra and 5 · 10⁻⁷ cm²/yr for Ba) and suggest that diffusion is negligible for the Ra and Ba record. In addition, ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba ages are consistent and independent from the growth rate and growth direction within a crust. Thus, the decline in ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba ratio is most likely due to radioactive decay of ²²⁶Ra_ex, although the influence of varying oxic conditions has still to be evaluated. ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba growth rates range from 0.021 to 0.0017 mm/yr and tend to be lower than those calculated and based on stratigraphic methods (1 to 0.013 mm/yr). ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba ages of concretions from shallow water environment (20 m depth, Mecklenburg Bay/SW Baltic) cover a time interval from 990 ± 140 yr to 4310 ± 310 yr BP corresponding to the stabilization of the sea level close to the present position about 5500 to 4500 yr ago. One sample from greater depth (70 m, Bothnian Bay-/N Baltic) showed a higher ²²⁶Ra_ex/Ba age of 6460 ± 520 yr BP.  相似文献   

Multipath mitigation by conventional antennas with ground planes and passive vertical structures     

Dmitry Tatarnikov  Vladimir Filippov  Igor Soutiaguine  Andrey Astahov  Anton Stepanenko  Pavel Shamatulsky 《GPS Solutions》2005,9(3):194-201

An antenna ground plane (GP) plays a major role in the mitigation of multipath coming from underneath the antenna. A distinct trend in user antenna size and weight reduction has been observed during recent years. With this focus in mind, an overview of conventional flat conductive and impedance GP is provided. Results of modern developments of passive vertically stacked structures are discussed. The possibility of obtaining a reasonable level of multipath mitigation with vertical structures of several centimeters is shown.  相似文献   

Estimation of effective roughness length for heat and momentum from FIFE data     

Alan K. Betts  Anton C.M. Beljaars 《Atmospheric Research》1993,30(4)

Using aircraft and surface data from the 1987 FIFE experiment in Kansas, we estimate the roughness length for momentum to be 0.19 m (with an error range 0.10–0.35 m), and the ratio of roughness length for momentum to that for heat to be about 16 (with an error range of 7–35).  相似文献