A commentary on: Effects of tropical deforestation on global and regional atmospheric chemistry     

Peter M. Vitousek  Pamela A. Matson 《Climatic change》1991,19(1-2):159-162

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Galilean satellite mutual occultation data processing     

T.C. Duxbury  T.V. Johnson  D.L. Matson 《Icarus》1975,25(4):569-584

Results of processing seven mutual occultation lightcurves are presented. The lightcurves were obtained using the 60-inch telescope (152 cm) at Mt. Wilson to observe six J1 occulting J2 events and one J3 occulting J2 event. Using a uniformly illuminated disk model, local satellite Jovicentric longitude corrections of 675 ± 150 km, 275 ± 240 km, and 1175 ± 350 km for J1, J2, and J3, respectively, were determined. These corrections enabled the event midpoint times to be computed to ±5sec of the observed midpoint times for all seven events. These longitude corrections have been verified by Pioneer 10 and recent (1973 and 1974) conventional Jovian eclipse observations. A relative J1:J2 out-of-plane error of less than a few hundred kilometers has been indicated; however, it appears that the relative J3:J2 out-of-plane error is larger than 600 km. Deficiencies in both the uniformly illuminated disk model and Sampson's theory of the Galilean satellite motions for the reduction of mutual event data are described.  相似文献   

Enceladus' plume: Compositional evidence for a hot interior     

Dennis L. Matson  Julie C. Castillo  Torrence V. Johnson 《Icarus》2007,187(2):569-573

The combined observations of Saturn's moon Enceladus by the Cassini CAPS, INMS and UVIS instruments detected water vapor geysers in which were present molecular nitrogen (N₂), carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), propane (C₃H₈), acetylene (C₂H₂), and several other species, together with all of the decomposition products of water. We propose that the presence of N₂ in the plume indicates thermal decomposition of ammonia, and hence high temperatures in the interior of the moon (e.g., 500 to 800 K). Such an environment also appears to be suitable for the production of methane (CH₄) from carbon monoxide (CO), or carbon dioxide (CO₂). The presence of C₂H₂ and C₃H₈ strongly suggest that catalytic reactions took place within a very hot environment. The internal environment of Enceladus is inferred to be or have been favorable for aqueous, catalytic chemistry. This permits the synthesis of many complex organic compounds that could be detected in future Cassini observations.  相似文献   

北秦岭西段冥古宙锆石(4.1～3.9Ga)年代学新进展   总被引：15，自引：13，他引：2  

第五春荣  孙勇  董增产  王洪亮  陈丹玲  陈亮  张红 《岩石学报》2010,26(4):1171-1174

2007年王洪亮等报道在北秦岭西段火山岩中获得一粒年龄为4079±5Ma的冥古宙捕虏锆石。之后,对这一发现开展了深入的调查研究,我们除利用SHIMP技术方法对原4079Ma的锆石进行验证外,新获得了两粒~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb年龄为4007±29Ma和3908±45Ma捕获的变质成因锆石,表明早在4.0Ga已经有变质作用的发生,这或许说明在冥古宙时期地球已经具有相当规模和厚度的地壳。同时开展的岩石学研究表明,蕴含古老锆石的母岩属于火山碎屑熔岩类而不是火山熔岩。  相似文献   

Evidence of chromosomal damage in common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from the Baltic Sea     

Matson CW  Franson JC  Hollmén T  Kilpi M  Hario M  Flint PL  Bickham JW 《Marine pollution bulletin》2004,49(11-12):1066-1071

Common eiders nesting in the Baltic Sea are exposed to generally high levels of contaminants including potentially genotoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines. Blood samples were collected from eiders at eight sites in the Baltic Sea and two sites in the Beaufort Sea. DNA content variation was estimated using the flow cytometric method, and subsequently utilized as a biomarker of genetic damage. We observed no significant differences in genetic damage among populations within either the Baltic or Beaufort Seas. However, eider populations from the Baltic Sea had significantly elevated estimates of genetic damage compared to populations from the Beaufort Sea.  相似文献   

Multiplex PCR allows simultaneous detection of pathogens in ships' ballast water     

Aridgides LJ  Doblin MA  Berke T  Dobbs FC  Matson DO  Drake LA 《Marine pollution bulletin》2004,48(11-12):1096-1101

There is enormous potential for global transfer of microorganisms, including pathogens, in ships' ballast water. We contend that a major advancement in the study of ballast-water microorganisms in particular, and of aquatic pathogens in general, will be expedited sample analysis, such as provided by the elegant technology of DNA microarrays. In order to use DNA microarrays, however, one must establish the appropriate conditions to bind target sequences in samples to multiple probes on the microarrays. We conducted proof-of-concept experiments to optimize simultaneous detection of multiple microorganisms using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern hybridization. We chose three target organisms, all potentially found in ballast water: a calicivirus, the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, and the photosynthetic protist Aureococcus anophagefferens. Here, we show simultaneous detection of multiple pathogens is possible, a result supporting the promising future use of microarrays for simultaneous detection of pathogens in ballast water.  相似文献   

Photometry of 433 Eros from 0.65 to 2.2 μm     

Glenn J. Veeder  Dennis L. Matson  Jay T. Bergstralh  Torrence V. Johnson 《Icarus》1976,28(1):79-85

Lightcurves of 433 Eros are reported for 11 bandpasses ranging from 0.65 to 2.2 μm in wavelength. The relative spectral reflectance, R(λ), was not seen to vary during our observations. Eros has R(1.6 μm) = 1.5 ± 0.1 and R(2.2 μm) = 1.7 ± 0.1, where R(λ) is the spectral reflectance scaled to unity at λ = 0.56 μm. This spectral reflectance is suggestive of a mixture of silicates and material with high infrared reflectance, perhaps a metallic phase such as meteoritic “iron”.  相似文献   

Surfaces and atmospheres of the outer planets, their satellites and ring systems     

Athena Coustenis  Sushil Atreya  Cécile Ferrari  Jean-Pierre Lebreton  Dennis Matson  Linda Spilker  Darrell Strobel 《Planetary and Space Science》2006,54(12):1115-1116

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Corrigendum to “Post-solidification cooling and the age of Io's lava flows” [Icarus 176 (2005) 123-137]     

Ashley Gerard Davies  Dennis L. Matson  Glenn J. Veeder  Torrence V. Johnson  Diana L. Blaney 《Icarus》2007,186(2):590

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The albedo and diameter of 1862 Apollo     

L.A. Lebofsky  G.J. Veeder  G.H. Rieke  M.J. Lebofsky  D.L. Matson  C. Kowal  C.G. Wynn-Williams  E.E. Becklin 《Icarus》1981,48(2):335-338

We report infrared thermal emission measurements of 1862 Apollo, which is the type example of an Earth-crossing asteroid. We derive a geometric albedo of 0.21 ± 0.02 which is within the albedo range of the S class of asteroids. The effective diameter was observed to vary with rotation from 1.2 ± 0.1 to 1.5 ± 0.1 km.  相似文献