Discriminating sources of PCB contamination in fish on the coastal shelf off San Diego, California (USA)     

Ed Parnell P  Groce AK  Stebbins TD  Dayton PK 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(12):1992-2002

Management of coastal ecosystems necessitates the evaluation of pollutant loading based on adequate source discrimination. Monitoring of sediments and fish on the shelf off San Diego has shown that some areas on the shelf are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Here, we present an analysis of PCB contamination in fish on the shelf off San Diego designed to discriminate possible sources. The analysis was complicated by the variability of species available for analysis across the shelf, variable affinities of PCBs among species, and non-detects in the data. We utilized survival regression analysis to account for these complications. We also examined spatial patterns of PCBs in bay and offshore sediments and reviewed more than 20 years of influent and effluent data for local wastewater treatment facilities. We conclude that most PCB contamination in shelf sediments and fish is due to the ongoing practice of dumping contaminated sediments dredged from San Diego Bay.  相似文献   

Visible–near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS‐REx     

Hannah H. Kaplan  Victoria E. Hamilton  Ellen S. Howell  F. Scott Anderson  M. Antonella Barrucci  John Brucato  Thomas H. Burbine  Beth E. Clark  Ed A. Cloutis  Harold C. Connolly  Elisabetta Dotto  Joshua P. Emery  Sonia Fornasier  Cateline Lantz  Lucy F. Lim  Frederic Merlin  Alice Praet  Dennis C. Reuter  Scott A. Sandford  Amy A. Simon  Driss Takir  Dante S. Lauretta 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2020,55(4):744-765

The primary objective of the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS‐REx) mission is to return to Earth a pristine sample of carbonaceous material from the primitive asteroid (101955) Bennu. To support compositional mapping of Bennu as part of sample site selection and characterization, we tested 95 spectral indices on visible to near infrared laboratory reflectance data from minerals and carbonaceous meteorites. Our aim was to determine which indices reliably identify spectral features of interest. Most spectral indices had high positive detection rates when applied to spectra of pure, single‐component materials. The meteorite spectra have fewer and weaker absorption features and, as a result, fewer detections with the spectral indices. Indices targeting absorptions at 0.7 and 2.7–3 μm, which are attributable to hydrated minerals, were most successful for the meteorites. Based on these results, we identified a set of 17 indices that are most likely to be useful at Bennu. These indices detect olivines, pyroxenes, carbonates, water/OH‐bearing minerals, serpentines, ferric minerals, and organics. Particle size and albedo are known to affect band depth but had a negligible impact on interpretive success with spectral indices. Preliminary analysis of the disk‐integrated Bennu spectrum with these indices is consistent with expectations given the observed absorption near 3 μm. Our study prioritizes spectral indices to be used for OSIRIS‐REx spectral analysis and mapping and informs the reliability of all index‐derived data products, including a science value map for sample site selection.  相似文献   

Normalized residual displacement spectra for post-mainshock assessment of structures subjected to aftershocks     

Amiri  Saeed  Garakaninezhad  Alireza  Bojórquez  Edén 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2021,20(2):403-421

Residual displacement, as a significant measure of structural inelasticity, is effectively used in post-earthquake seismic assessment of structures. This demand can be considered for seismic evaluation of structures under multiple earthquakes. This study introduces a simple and novel index to predict the residual displacement of mainshock-damaged structures against subsequent aftershock. The proposed index is defined as a ratio between residual displacement of damaged structures against aftershock and peak inelastic displacement of intact structures under mainshock. In this study, constantstrength spectra based on the index are developed considering the effects of important structural characteristics and also significant seismic parameters. Moreover, analytical equations are presented to predict the proposed index for bi-linear single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF) systems considering both the effects of positive and negative polarities of aftershock. Furthermore, an equation is suggested to estimate the peak inelastic displacement of intact systems under mainshock, which is required to compute the index.  相似文献   

Global standard names for the Lowermost Cambrian Series and Stage     

Ed Landing Shanchi Peng Loren E. Babcock Gerd Geyer Malgorzata Moczydlowska- Vidal 《《幕》》2007,30(4):287-289

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The XMM Cluster Survey: forecasting cosmological and cluster scaling-relation parameter constraints     

Martin Sahlén  Pedro T. P. Viana  rew R. Liddle  A. Kathy Romer  Michael Davidson  Mark Hosmer  Ed Lloyd-Davies  Kivanc Sabirli  Chris A. Collins  Peter E. Freeman  Matt Hilton  Ben Hoyle  Scott T. Kay  Robert G. Mann  Nicola Mehrtens  Christopher J. Miller  Robert C. Nichol  S. Adam Stanford  Michael J. West  † 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(2):577-607

We forecast the constraints on the values of  σ₈, Ω_m  and cluster scaling-relation parameters which we expect to obtain from the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS). We assume a flat Λ cold dark matter Universe and perform a Monte Carlo Markov Chain analysis of the evolution of the number density of galaxy clusters that takes into account a detailed simulated selection function. Comparing our current observed number of clusters shows good agreement with predictions. We determine the expected degradation of the constraints as a result of self-calibrating the luminosity–temperature relation (with scatter), including temperature measurement errors, and relying on photometric methods for the estimation of galaxy cluster redshifts. We examine the effects of systematic errors in scaling relation and measurement error assumptions. Using only  ( T , z )  self-calibration, we expect to measure Ω_m to ±0.03 (and  Ω_Λ  to the same accuracy assuming flatness), and σ₈ to ±0.05, also constraining the normalization and slope of the luminosity–temperature relation to ±6 and ±13 per cent (at 1σ), respectively, in the process. Self-calibration fails to jointly constrain the scatter and redshift evolution of the luminosity–temperature relation significantly. Additional archival and/or follow-up data will improve on this. We do not expect measurement errors or imperfect knowledge of their distribution to degrade constraints significantly. Scaling-relation systematics can easily lead to cosmological constraints 2σ or more away from the fiducial model. Our treatment is the first exact treatment to this level of detail, and introduces a new 'smoothed ML' (Maximum Likelihood) estimate of expected constraints.  相似文献   

Variability of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation described by three-dimensional empirical orthogonal functions     

Ed Hawkins  Rowan Sutton 《Climate Dynamics》2008,30(4):439-439

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A protocol for coordinating post-tsunami field reconnaissance efforts in the USA     

Rick Wilson  Nathan Wood  Laura Kong  Mike Shulters  Kevin Richards  Paula Dunbar  Gen Tamura  Ed Young 《Natural Hazards》2015,75(3):2153-2165

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Processes governing the predictability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a coupled GCM     

Pablo Ortega  Ed Hawkins  Rowan Sutton 《Climate Dynamics》2011,37(9-10):1771-1782

The processes that govern the predictability of decadal variations in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) are investigated in a long control simulation of the ECHO-G coupled atmosphere?Cocean model. We elucidate the roles of local stochastic forcing by the atmosphere, and other potential ocean processes, and use our results to build a predictive regression model. The primary influence on MOC variability is found to come from air?Csea heat fluxes over the Eastern Labrador Sea. The maximum correlation between such anomalies and the variations in the MOC occurs at a lead time of 2?years, but we demonstrate that the MOC integrates the heat flux variations over a period of 10?years. The corresponding univariate regression model accounts for 74.5% of the interannual variability in the MOC (after the Ekman component has been removed). Dense anomalies to the south of the Greenland-Scotland ridge are also shown to precede the overturning variations by 4?C6?years, and provide a second predictor. With the inclusion of this second predictor the resulting regression model explains 82.8% of the total variance of the MOC. This final bivariate model is also tested during large rapid decadal overturning events. The sign of the rapid change is always well represented by the bivariate model, but the magnitude is usually underestimated, suggesting that other processes are also important for these large rapid decadal changes in the MOC.  相似文献   

储集层非均质性分析的计算机方法:以西弗吉尼亚州下密西西比系油田为例          下载免费PDF全文

迈克尔Ed.霍恩  罗纳德R.麦克道尔  戴维L.马特切恩 《沉积与特提斯地质》1995,(2):46-57

本文使用几种计算法和统计法研究美国西弗吉尼亚洲中部格兰尼克里克油田大Ｉｎｊｕｎ砂岩储集层的结构及其与采油量的关系。计算机程序根据已出版的资料编写，以适合（ｌ）计算渗透率对孔隙度的回归；（２）标绘三维孔隙度；（３）确定和标绘根据地球物理测井记录推断的相；（４）估算原始储量、累积产量和采油率。因为回归分析显示出测井记录和岩心孔隙度及岩心渗透率间微弱但重要的相关，所以，孔隙度可用干地层渗透率中以构成储集层的模式。也使用定量地层对比和多维定算法来估算在缺乏可用数据的情况下构造的影响。于井间使用克里格法内插绘制的剖面，突出了孔隙度较高的地带。使用地球物理测井资料和岩心描述，用聚类分析确定导电相。原始储量的估算结果与累计产量数据相结合，得出采油率的估算值。这些采油量变量图通常呈现在岩相图上观察到的相同的南北走向。  相似文献   

Major Brazilian gold deposits – 1982 to 1999     

Charles H. Thorman  Ed DeWitt  Marcos A. Maron  Eduardo A. Ladeira 《Mineralium Deposita》2001,36(3-4):218-227

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