Recycled insular phosphates and coated grains: Case study from Little Cayman,British West Indies     

Brian Jones 《Sedimentology》2020,67(4):1844-1878

Phosphatic limestones on the west end of Little Cayman, at an elevation of 3 to 4 m above sea level and ca 320 to 550 m inland of the coast, lie on top of a phytokarst surface that defines the upper boundary of the Pedro Castle Formation (Pliocene). These phosphatic limestones are formed of phosphatic lithoclasts, detrital phosphate grains, coated grains (glaebules), composite coated grains, biofragments and phosphate rafts that are held in a matrix that is formed of micrite, calcite cement, and non-crystalline masses formed of P, Al, Si and Fe. The phosphate in these limestones is primarily hydroxylapatite, whereas the overlying soils, found in some areas, are formed of hydroxylapatite, crandallite and minor amounts of boehemite, kaolinite and quartz. Textures in the lithoclasts and detrital phosphate grains indicate that they were derived from older insular phosphates that that were largely removed by mining in 1890 to 1895. The coated grains (glaebules) typically have nuclei formed of a detrital phosphate grains that are encased by non-crystalline cortical laminae that are composed primarily of Al with their variable red colour reflecting the variable Fe content. The phosphatic limestones developed in a low-lying coastal area where the guano produced by a large seabird colony that was close to or mixed with terra rossa and marine carbonates that were washed onshore during storms/hurricanes. The Al, Fe, Si and rare earth elements found in the phosphatic limestones came from the terra rossa. Critically, this study documents the complex depositional regimes and diagenetic processes that can exist at the interface of marine carbonates, coastal phosphates and terrestrial soils as sea-level fluctuations control phases of sediment accumulation that were periodically interrupted by periods of non-deposition.  相似文献   

Weathering effects on the geotechnical properties of argillaceous sediments in tropical environments and their geomorphological implications     

Chen-Hui Fan  Robert J. Allison  Mervyn E. Jones 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1996,21(1):49-66

Outcrops of young, sedimentary, argillaceous rocks with well developed fabric display rapid changes in their properties when subject to tropical weathering. The change in the materials is often accompanied by mass movement activity and the geomorphological consequence in terms of landforms is usually the development of badlands topography. Detailed field and laboratory studies have been undertaken on the Joe's River Formation, Barbados, and the Lichi Melange, Taiwan. Both are sedimentary mudrocks with well developed, scaly fabrics. Physical and geotechnical laboratory tests have been conducted on samples collected from type site locations to elucidate associations between material properties, earth surface processes and landform development. While the inherent physical properties show little or no difference in the transition from unweathered to highly weathered materials, by applying the critical state model, the mudrock geotechnical properties can be shown to change significantly. As weathering commences, material strength surprisingly increases. Only after a period of more extensive weathering do mechanical properties confirm increasingly incompetent materials. The initial strength increase appears to be due to weathering-induced modification of the fabric. The subsequent strength drop is a product of weathering-induced modification of both the fabric and the in situ, intact sediment. It is suggested that by applying the critical state model, a greater consideration can be gained of the geotechnical response of the sediments to weathering.  相似文献   

The Instruments and Capabilities of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer</Emphasis> (MinXSS) CubeSats     

Christopher S. Moore  Amir Caspi  Thomas N. Woods  Phillip C. Chamberlin  Brian R. Dennis  Andrew R. Jones  James P. Mason  Richard A. Schwartz  Anne K. Tolbert 《Solar physics》2018,293(2):21

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Lamprey (Geotria australis; Agnatha) reddening syndrome in Southland rivers,New Zealand 2011–2013: laboratory findings and epidemiology,including the incidental detection of an atypical Aeromonas salmonicida     

Cara L. Brosnahan  Anjali Pande  Suzanne E. Keeling  Mary van Andel  John B. Jones 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2019,53(3):416-436

From 2011, lamprey (Geotria australis) populations in Southland, New Zealand have been affected by reddening along the length of the body and increased mortalities, termed lamprey reddening syndrome (LRS). Molecular testing, bacteriology, histopathology and epidemiology were used to determine if an infectious agent was present and to increase the understanding of this syndrome. An atypical Aeromonas salmonicida was detected from affected lamprey in 2011. This organism has not previously been reported from New Zealand. Investigative molecular testing indicated the organism was an uncharacterised, unculturable, atypical A. salmonicida and a likely incidental finding. Histopathology did not indicate an infectious process was involved, but suggested the reddening may be due to blunt trauma. Epidemiological investigation found the Mokoreta River had a significantly higher prevalence of LRS than others in the Southland region, but there was no clear reason why. To date, no infectious aetiology for this syndrome has been identified.  相似文献   

Identification and classification of geographically isolated wetlands in North Alabama using geographic object based image analysis (GeOBIA)     

Tyler Jones  Luke Marzen  Chandana Mitra  Michael Barbour 《国际地球制图》2019,34(7):769-784

Due to recent Supreme Court rulings, there has been an increased interest in the isolated wetlands of the United States. These types of wetlands serve vital ecological roles such as water quality regulation and as a habitat of biological diversity. This study focuses specifically on mapping of geographically isolated wetlands, or those that are separated from traditional wetlands by a given spatial extent, using Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GeOBIA). GeOBIA is a type of remote sensing analysis that identifies objects and features in data-sets via automated methodologies. This type of analysis offers the opportunity to increase the efficiency of what has traditionally been a very labour intensive process of manual photo-interpretation. This analysis resulted in the delineation of 26,424 areas as geographically isolated wetlands. These results were assessed for accuracy through both manual inspection of aerial imagery and field verification which yielded accuracies of 83.7 and 87.7%, respectively.  相似文献   

A geographic data model for representing ground water systems   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Strassberg G  Maidment DR  Jones NL 《Ground water》2007,45(4):515-518

The Arc Hydro ground water data model is a geographic data model for representing spatial and temporal ground water information within a geographic information system (GIS). The data model is a standardized representation of ground water systems within a spatial database that provides a public domain template for GIS users to store, document, and analyze commonly used spatial and temporal ground water data sets. This paper describes the data model framework, a simplified version of the complete ground water data model that includes two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3D) object classes for representing aquifers, wells, and borehole data, and the 3D geospatial context in which these data exist. The framework data model also includes tabular objects for representing temporal information such as water levels and water quality samples that are related with spatial features.  相似文献   

The influence of fire and permafrost on sub‐arctic stream chemistry during storms     

K. C. Petrone  L. D. Hinzman  H. Shibata  J. B. Jones  R. D. Boone 《水文研究》2007,21(4):423-434

Permafrost and fire are important regulators of hydrochemistry and landscape structure in the discontinuous permafrost region of interior Alaska. We examined the influence of permafrost and a prescribed burn on concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and other solutes ( , Ca²⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺) in streams of an experimentally burned watershed and two reference watersheds with varying extents of permafrost in the Caribou–Poker Creeks Research Watershed in interior Alaska. The low‐permafrost watershed has limited permafrost (3%), the high‐permafrost watershed has extensive permafrost (53%), and the burn watershed has intermediate permafrost coverage (18%). A three end‐member mixing model revealed fundamental hydrologic and chemical differences between watersheds due to the presence of permafrost. Stormflow in the low‐permafrost watershed was dominated by precipitation and overland flow, whereas the high‐permafrost watershed was dominated by flow through the active layer. In all watersheds, organic and groundwater flow paths controlled stream chemistry: DOC and DON increased with discharge (organic source) and base cations and (from weathering processes) decreased. Thawing of the active layer increased soil water storage in the high‐permafrost watershed from July to September, and attenuated the hydrologic response and solute flux to the stream. The FROSTFIRE prescribed burn, initiated on 8 July 1999, elevated nitrate concentrations for a short period after the first post‐fire storm on 25 July, but there was no increase after a second storm in September. During the July storm, nitrate export lagged behind the storm discharge peak, indicating a flushing of soluble nitrate that likely originated from burned soils. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A search for molecules in the atmosphere of HD 189733b     

J. R. Barnes  Travis S. Barman  H. R. A. Jones  R. J. Barber  Brad M. S. Hansen  L. Prato  E. L. Rice  C. J. Leigh  A. Collier Cameron  D. J. Pinfield 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2010,401(1):445-454

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加利福尼亚明天地震的实时预报     

M．C．Gerstenberger S．Wiemer L．M．Jones P．A．Reasenberg蒋长胜  张天中 《国际地震动态》2005,(6):3-6

尽管缺少可信的确定性地震前兆,但地震学家通过对地震丛集属性日渐精确的理解,已经获得了地震活动的重要的预测信息。在过去的15年间和较大的地震序列期间,公众可以近实时地得到基于一般短期丛集模型并与时间有关的地震概率。这些预报描述一个给定震级主震之后可能发生地震事件的平均概率和数目,但并不适合于当前特定的序列和不包含可能的余震位置信息。我们的模型在两方面依赖于一般的预测模型的基本原则：它以强地面震动概率表述预测,并将一个现有的基于断层数据和历史地震并与时间无关的发震模型,和描述与时间有关的区域地震丛集的渐增的复杂模型结合起来,得到一个在加州任何地方未来24小时强震动概率随时间变化的地图。我们的地震危险性建模方法可以帮助大家较好地理解随时间变化的地震危险性,并增加它对公众、应急决策者和媒体的实用性。  相似文献   

Estimation of global temperature trends: what’s important and what isn’t     

Phil D. Jones  T. M. L. Wigley 《Climatic change》2010,100(1):59-69

In this essay we discuss the development of and estimation of uncertainties in the global surface temperature record. We briefly discuss the similarities in and differences between the records from the institutions that produce such series. We then consider the numerous issues that must be addressed to enable accurate estimates to be derived. We consider these in their order of importance with respect to the record: biases in the sea surface temperature data, exposure of land-based thermometers before about 1900, urbanization effects in some series, and, finally, the homogeneity of individual land-based records.  相似文献